I was in my room upstairs when I got a
text on my phone. It was form a friend
who was into examination “runs”, He sent
type F answers of the ongoing jamb to
me and I forward it instantly to
janet..
“Flashback”. Friday evening while I was
chatting with janet, we had already
discussed about it. I told her to place her
phone on silence and shade the “exam
type” that I will send to her. I lied to her
that it cost me 10k to get the answers.
She was so happy that I could go extra
length for her, she promised to
compensate me when she returned on
sunday morning. Sikirat on the other side
told me how she missed me when I called
her to teach me porridge cooking, she
told me how her accent changed at home
in ilorin, how she was speaking english
and helping the kids to solve
mathematics, she told me how she was
envied by her friends and neighbours in
ilorin. She promised to return on tuesday.
At 11:20, madam called my name from
downstairs to come down and eat my
breakfast, I came out and went to the
dinning. She had prepared rice and stew
with stock fish and beef, I was putting on
a “straight face” while I sat down to eat.
Madam served the food and came to sit
beside me. She patted my laps and ask if
anything is wrong, I replied “nothing ma”.
After the meal, I
packed the plates, took them to the
kitchen and washed. I arranged all the
plates into the shelf. I took a mob,
mobbed the kitchen and the tiles in the
living room while madam was
standing upstairs watching. I dusted all
the chairs and electronics, arranged all
the room and went out of the compound.
I trimmed the flowers and swept the back
of the house, I did all this with a frown
on my face and never smiled. I returned
inside,
walked across madam as I was sweating
and returned to my room. I had a shower
and slept off with my phone switched
off. I woke up around 5pm. I switched on
my phone and I got
whatsapp messages from janet telling
me about her exams. And a text message
from madam telling me “weldone, you
are such a hardworking boy.”. I went
down stairs to tutor gideon. I asked of
mummy from gideon and I was told she
went out. When I was through with him, I
went to the kitchen, checked the food
time table and it was spiced spagetti on
the menu. I arranged the pot, called
sikirat for guidelines, and prepared it at
the best way I could. I ate mine and
served gideon while I went straight to
bed at 8pm. I was inside my room
chatting with janet when madam entered
the house. I could hear her voice and
communications with gideon.
At 10:20pm that saturday night, my
phone was ringing. I checked and it was
madam, I placed it on silent and refused
to pick. She called 5 times which I didn’t
pick. Then a text message came in and I
read. “You amazed me with the level of
your
hardworking today, you tidy everywhere
without any instructions
and supervision, you are such a good
boy. Meanwhile, my laptop is hanging
somehow, can you please come here and
help me to look into it?”. I saw the text
and laughed. I dropped the phone,
ignored the message and tried to sleep.
At few minutes pass 11pm, I heard a
knock on my door, **wetin gideon dey
find this time of the night?, abi madam
sent him to me?**** I thought before
asking “who is there?. Its me “mummy
janet”, Open the door.
To be continued
