Empire High School - Season 1 - Episode 22

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Empire High School - Season 1 - Episode 22

Emeka just wanted to be friends with me.

He’d joined me in the library after picking
stuffs at the store. He’d picked a
supernatural novel titled “Fountain Falls” It
was his favorite novel. It has a volume 2
“The Red Haired Witch”. Emeka begged me
to read the book, and he briefed me about
it. And with what he said I found it
interesting. The same writer (ADEMIDE)
wrote the book I read at the library. We
were talking about the writer of those
books when Temi, Elena interrupted us and
Joseph was behind them.

A loud horn snapped me out of thought. I
looked beyond and I saw Emeka in a black
Toyota Camry Car. He waved at me and I
went to him. I opened the car door and
entered.

“Are we free to go home?” He asked
Emeka whined up his tinted glass.
“Yes”

My gaze fell on his busted lips. Emeka
noticed i was staring at his lips.
“What happened?” I asked him
He looked away from me and started the
car. The car glided into motion. Soon the
car stopped and the glass went down
again. A security guard moved closer.
“You don dey go house?”
“Yes.. ”

The man eyed me suspiciously
“Oga no think rubush oo” Emeka said
The guard smiled

“You be boss na”
“Na you boss pass” Emeka replied
The guard laughed

“Abeg, oga help me give Mr Ben this
money” he took out #2000 from his safe in
his car. Another man joinred.
“Oh Mr ben I was just about to give him the
money”

The man bend over and looked into the car.
“You get Partner today?” He said
“She’s the one I was talking about”
Emeka said

What?!
What did Emeka tell him about me?!
“Na she cause the riff between -”
Emeka placed his hand on the horn.
“Emeka! Wetin Na!”the guard screamed
Mr Ben laughed
“Me?! Riff?! What did i do?
“Don’t worry I’ll talk to Joseph” Mr Ben said
“Don’t worry about it. We’re running late”
he gave Mr Ben the money.
“Thank You Emeka” He said
Mr Ben gave the guard #1000.
“I didn’t say you should give him the
money. That’s for you”
“He’s my son too”
“Emeka, I’m sharing this with three other
guards” the guard said
He reopened the safe and brought out
#3000

Why is he giving them money?
“This is for the three guards”
“Ah! Emeka thank you. God bless you” the
guard said and walked away
“Mr Ben send me your account number so I
can give you that money for Chioma
medical bills”
“Thank you Emeka” he said
I could sense sadness in his tone.
“I’ll call you”
“Take care of yourself” He said
The Glass went up and Emeka drove out of
the school compound. I couldn’t take my
eyes off him. Emeka was nice towards Mr
Ben. His plans to transfer money to Mr Ben
to pay Chioma medical bills touched my
heart. I didn’t know the full story but with
this little, Emeka was generous.
I was concerned about Mr Ben. I wanted to
know more but I doubted if Emeka would
tell me about it.
“Check the back seat”

He broke the silence. I looked back, there
was several nylons on the seat. The items
he bought at the tuckshop. Emeka slowed
down for the guards to open the Estate
Gate. EHS was located in an Estate. He
moved out slowly and soon we hit the
highway.

“Keep yourself busy with some junks. I
picked out few things for you, though I
didn’t know you what you like.. ”
“I’m fine.. Thanks”
I held my backpack closely to the chest.
“Where do you stay?”
“Gold Estate”
“Oh really? ”
“Yes”
“A friend of mine stays in that estate”
Then we lasped into silence
“About Mr Ben.. You mentioned Chioma”
“Yes she’s Mr Ben’s first child”
“She is sick?”
“Yes Chioma is down with Typhoid” he said
“And she is in the hospital?”
“Yes since two weeks. Chioma fainted at
school so they rushed her to a private clinic
nearer to her school. They didn’t discharge
her because Mr Ben couldn’t afford the bill”
“How much is the bill?”
“#30,000”
What?! And he wants to pay for it?!
“And you intend to transfer the money to
him?”

“Yes”
“Wh..Where did get such amount of money
to pay the bill?”
He looked at me and focused on the road
ahead.

“Yoi don’t know anything about me” he
said
“Hey don’t think I bribed those guards.
Actually, that how i just give them anytime
I have money in my safe” he said
“Can i ask you something?”
“Sure”

“Why did you decide to help Mr Ben?”
“He’s like a father to me. And chioma is a
sister to me”
“How old is she?”
“Chioma is 16”
He replied

“You’re nice” I spilled out my thought.
“I told you” he answered
“Can I ask.. You something again?” I asked
He nodded
“I want to know what happened in the
hallway. Why did Joseph punch you?”
Emeka was silent. A frown formed on his
face. And I watched him grip the steering
tightly.