Must Read: I Have Done Some Great Bad Things - Season 1 - Episode 18

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Must Read: I Have Done Some Great Bad Things - Season 1 - Episode 18

The Night is a perfect Mask..I sure know That if
Nkiru had seen the shock expression that
registered in my face as she asked me Where
am coming from that night,She could have
Suspected Foul Play more or that Something is
not smelling Rosy somewhere! “M gara ga nyuo
mamiri”(i went to Urinate)..”O Lee ihe mekwara
nu iji na êyê êyê abata?”(Then,why are you
sneaking in back to the room like that?)she
said..I said “achoghi m imete gi”..(i didnt want
to wake you up)..Hmmmmmmm….”Mana,Nkiru
kedu ihe ji na ajukwa nu m ihe ndia
niile?”(But,Nkiru,Why are you asking me all this
questions?)..i said..She didnt say anything for
some seconds as She just asked me, “odii,o wu
ana m eju gi anya?”(Odii,am i not enough for
you?)..she now asked me in English,”Dont you
like me?..Dont u like the care i show you? I have
even left my house and is now living with u and
ur grandma,still it is not enough for..We Bleep
almost everytime,every given opportunity..i buy
things 4 u,i took you as my own younger
brother,we played together….First,it Was my
sister Amara,and now Aunty Faith…What is
wrong with you for Christ sake….Gi choro ka Obi
di mu mma n’abali a,gwa m eziokwu ebe isi(If
you want me to be happy this night,better tell
me where you are coming from?)..I think Nkiru
cried that moment after saying all these
things,even though she did a good job of hiding
it….One thing Nkiru never really undestood is
the fact that i was still occupied in my Childish
mentality to even Know What a “relationship” or
“boyfriend Girlfriend things”,is..I guess she
mistakenly or almost usually forgets that she is
older than me with 8yrs,regardless of my
height..She thinks or should i say assume,that
am her age mate..I can tell u now that if i didnt
know better,at least,i can boldly tell that Nkiru
was in love with me(i didnt think so as a kid
anyway)….”M putara ezi ka m ga nyuo
mamiri,lekwa Aunty Faith na door..ujo abia
m..ya a just doro m n’aka gaa na room ya..Ama
m ihe unu mere, i mara na ichoghi ka m gwa
mummy m,i ga eme ihe o bula m si gi mee”( i
went out to urinate,and immediately saw Aunty
Faith outside the door..i was taken aback..she
just grabbed my hand and straight to her room
we went..she said she knows what we have
done and that her mum will hear about it if i
dont do whatever she told me!)…i Lied….I
guess Nkiru Perfectly bought it,as she reached
out for me and drew me closer to herself and
hugged me….i guess she reali undastood what
she percieved i did for her,as she asked a
Rhetorical questio,i guess….Why is it alwaz
us?.


When i went back to Madam Obi’s
house,breakfast was ready..(i was surprised,as i
wondered how they got the kerosene they
cooked with…i guess they had reserve
somewhere!)..We all ate together,and after that
we relaxed a bit,as i chatted happily and
sweetly with Nkiru..Well it wasnt Long before
Madam Obi called for me,and i answered..She
invited me in to her room and motioned to a sit
nearby..She then asked me About my History…


(i guess that was the actual thing that made
her invite me for the weekend..She wanted to
know me better.)To tell the truth,i didnt even
know how i came to be with my Grandma
then…But then,i have heard one or two Patchy
stories about How i came to stay in the
Village.So,i told her that my grandma had
demanded for me after i stopped b0s0m-
feeding..I told her of how i had gone on holidays
to Aba and all that..There was a question she
asked me..(i remembered that question
yestaday,when my Aunt in Okigwe asked me
the same thing)..Madam Obi started the
question like this..Since it is that you have not
grown up with them,what were u calling them?


Is it daddy,Mummy, or papa,mama,mma or
what?..This one got me…The truth is,i dont
even remember what i called them when i went
for holidays there..I guess my memory reali did
a good work forgetting it.(although i now call
them dad and mum freely recently,i perceived
it was hard for me to call them that 10yrs
ago)..Madam Obi really undastood the situation
perfectly..It is hard transition..We continued to
talk about my family and background,till i just
managed to look up,and beyond Madam
Obi….Imediately,i raised my head,my eyez
Went straight to The Wall clock there..


The time is 11:30a.m….What imediatly came to my mind
was “NKECHI”.