Must Read: I Have Done Some Great Bad Things - Season 2 - Episode 10

7 years ago

Must Read: I Have Done Some Great Bad Things - Season 2 - Episode 10

We arrived at Amara’s uncle’s house sometimes before noon..

We were cordially welcomed as i expected but unlike previously,i chose to keep a straight face!
But truthfully speaking,knowing my kind of personality,i knew it will only be a while before i open up!
I got meself finally talking freely anyway,all thanks to Amara who categorically told me that i will annoy her with my recent ‘shut your mouth’ attitude!

Towards evening time,Amara told them that we are living….and we left!
But we didnt go home,Amara took me to one of her friends house inside Owerri town! Ah cant actually remember the particular place,but i was pretty sure it was around World Bank area,probably around that Holy Trinity Catholic Church cuz i remember there was a Catholic Church around the area..Am not so sure anyway cuz i didnt know Owerri municipal very well then,even now!

The girl’s parents were wealthy,really Wealthy..
Ah didnt know what she and Amara discussed,but sooner than later,the girl dressed up and came out to go out with us!
I heard Amara say:
“o wu anyi aga eji motor unu aga?”{Wont we go with you people’s car?}..

The girl,whose name i later got to know as Ann,told her No…But she did mention that Angela will provide the car…
Hmmmm! This startled me somehow,throwing me into serious huge suspense as to what is really going on,what these girls are planning,and who is Angela?…
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Now,the older version of me now would have kept dumb and watched the episodes unravel itself,but my younger version then was alwaz inquisitive…And so,what else would i have done to clear some facts? I asked Amara an indirect question..
I was like:
“Anyi o ga lakwa taa?”{Will we go back at all today?}
Ah dont really know what Amara has told the Ann girl about me,but the expression she displayed was one of: “what a kid!”
Amara simply looked at me,held my hand,smiled and told Ann that they should get going to Angela’s place!
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30 MINUTES LATER : ANGELA’S HOUSE
We arrived at Angela’s house,the three of us,and when we later saw this Angela girl,it seemed as if i knew her{but i didnt know her!},and she looked on as if she knew me{but,she didnt know me}..A mistake!
From the look of things,The Angela in question was a bit younger than Amara and Ann,and from my observations of her and everything about their place,her peepz were not around! But unlike Ann,they were just your normal rich Nigerian peepz!

This just brought one constant thing in my mind: “how did Amara get to know these people?”….
After a little tete-a-tete,Angela was like:
“Amara,onye o wu nwanne gi?”{Amara,is this your brother?}..
Instead of Amara answering her,she just started laughing,throwing occassional glances at me!
Then Ann,added her question too,saying that she is serious and curious to know too,adding that she has been harbouring same question in mind!
…
Amara responded them by saying:
“o wu zi onye mu na ya kwu bia ka unu biara ima? O wu anyi a na ga zi?”{Are we now here to talk about the person i came with? Are we not going again?},Amara said,showing a rather serious face!
“enwere ihe no na igwa anyi?”{is there any big deal in you telling us?},Angela added…
Amara drew me closer to herself,and told them not to bother themselves,that they should get going!
While we all walked out from the house to their gate,Ann was like: “you and secrets eh,even in irrelevant things!”
Amara laughed out loud,and so did i too..
“keekwanu motor o wu anyi ji eje?”{Where is the car we are going with?},Amara asked noone in particular!
At this moment,Angela called out a name,probably one of their drivers,and within 3mins,all of us,Amara,Angela,Ann,the driver and I were set on course to a place am yet to find out!
Just as the driver drove out to a main road,he asked to noone in particular:
“this bad girls,so,where are we going to today?”….
Jeez! Its not even their first time!! My gawd!
“So,where the heck are we going to for crying out loud?”,is the only thought in my mind at the moment that the answer lay right ahead but that didnt want to let me be!! And its getting dark!! We will see,Wont we?Yeah right,we will!
The car moved through the roads and streets of Owerri municipal as the ever present thought of where we are going occupied my mind!
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The girls gisted,relieving some old moments of which i deciphered to be that they were either classmates or grew up together somewhere! I wasnt so sure..But another chat which they raised altogether made me realise that they either grew up together,or that they are classmates or both !
But how? I thought She grew up in the Village same way with me..Anyway,she has a lot of explaining to do later,i concluded…

This was the thought that i just concluded in my mind when Angela asked me what my name is,after making a side comment with Ann and Amara that i have been mute all along{what was i suppose to talk kwanu?}!
“Michael!”,i replied..
Amara gave me an askance look,thinking maybe that i have lied about my name..She is yet to know that my English name is Michael cuz not even a single person in the village then knew it!
Angela was like:
“i love those who answer Michael..they are always sweet and nice people to be with”..Then she added:
“Hope you are a good boy,Mike?”..

I wanted to say something but Amara used her hand to block my mouth to my surprise!
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10 MINUTES LATER,PARTY VENUE!
We arrived at the venue of the supposed event,to which i kept wondering why they opted to do such in the night,knowing quite well that nighttime reeks of evil and with unprecendented mishappenings lurking around! Just my thought though..

Amara told me to stay in the car with the driver let them go and arrange certain things,that she is coming back to pick me! And three of them Walked off..I was left alone with the driver!
I chatted with the driver,my main aim being to try and get the information as to what the girls came here to do! He told me that they{the girls} were doing a kind of get together or something! He said it as if he didnt even care,like it was a mistake coming here or something,but a while ago,i had heard him being ecstatic and rearing to go anywhere! Ah dont know,maybe he isnt happy babysitting me!
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20 MINUTES LATER
Amara and company were yet to come and take me in..I was still stuck in the car with the driver..But something happened!

I was sitting at the backseat of the car and the driver sat in front..All of a sudden,he just left his seat and joined me at the back,and i was like:
“ihu seat ahu o na ata gi aru?”{Is the front seat biting you?},i said in my mind..
Hmmmmm! The guy was like trying to romance me,and was making me a promise of cash gift et al if i could let him have his way! O boy!
At first,i thought he was playing,but he became too serious about it and was trying to overpower me to have his way while i struggled to really make sense of what the guy was trying to do…
It was at this point that i heard Angela’s voice calling the drivers name with such a big hatred and Anger in her voice that i have never felt before in my life…
The guy went cold!! And as he got off me,i noticed that his Greatman was at Ease,and shame was all over his face..He was totally damned! Jesus!!

While i tried to make sense of what just happened,i heard Amara ask Angela whether or not she knew that that was the drivers life and yet she allowed her{Amara} to keep me with him?
The look in Angela’s face explained it all! She really sincerely didnt know…When i managed to take a look at Ann,i realised she was totally stunned!

Amara came close to me,smiled and told me that we should start going inside without saying a word about what just happened…And then as we all walked inside,into the hotel,where the events were scheduled to take place,i heard Angela saying with anger that she will tell her dad about it and that the driver must be fired! She was like,what kind of silly behaviour was that with a child!! Ann,was like,nobody should spoil this day for me,seriously!! I have heard of “opi ike”{Homosexuality},but i didnt even know it was what the driver was trying to do then…hmmmmm!!
So,whats even the party about anyway!
We walked into the clubbing area of the hotel,and woww! Was all i could say!!.
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It was my First.I tried my best to memorize every event,visualize every happening,cuz i alwaz have been the one with something to Tell even though i’m alwaz glued to my self-styled personally generated thoughts!
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The party was a kinda school leaving party organised by certain peepz,of whom most were classmates,but not all..Some,were invitees,some simply saw it happening and joined,whereas some where the legit partakers of the event..
As we walked into the hall,to where Amara and friends have previously arranged,we sat down as we waited for what they have for us!
The Mc kept things going as speeches were made,some peepz danced,and all that..
Things went according to Plan for them,and us too..At some point,Angela went out,and when she came back,she was loaded,with an hotel attendant carrying drinks{should be 3’3 and Fanta or so,probably for me},Meat filled plates,and a not too big plate of rice!
According to her,it is exclusively for our Table!
As she said this,i turned to look around the hall,and to my surprise too,People were busy chunking in huge chunks of meat and alcohol as if tomorrow is non-existent!
They drank the Alcohol,i drank my soft drink just as we chowed the rice dished out individually,but in our own case,Amara and i ate from the same plate,with heavy chunks of meat not allowing you get a good spoonful of rice to chow…
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She only drank two bottles,but the Way she was starting to behave,you will think that she gulped down a crate of alcoholic drinks! Wheew!
Angela was a hot and great dancer,and she took the event with such ease in her dance steps and movement..Everyone wanted to dance with her!
It was there that i realised that Amara can dance,really dance badly…
I sat in my{our} seat and watched them all dance,and it was fun! Some people were really funny,both the ajikpako’s and ajibota’s,and even the guys..Some can dance,while some were forcing themselves to dance,as such,amusing peepz like me!
Anyway,peepz like me dont like dancing,and even if i had wanted to join in the dancefloor,i couldnt,i wouldnt even dare to,it was odd! I was the kid around,and in my thoughts,my presence alone at their party is disrespecting!!
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ONE HOUR 30MINUTES LATER:AFTER THE PARTY
The driver has advised them{us},for security reasons,that he cannot drive them back to Angela’s house..He however,suggested that they{we} should lodge at the hotel for the night or do a little night wake-keeping!
They opted to lodge at the hotel..The plan is that Amara and i will sleep in one room while Angela and Ann will sleep in one! Who will pay for the rooms? Angela!
……….
The hotel rooms were almost filled,and only two rooms were still left to be filled…We thought we were lucky,but at the point of trying to bargain a price for the rooms,a guy with two girls walked in to the Receptionist’s table! He was really desperate,and he needed a room like hell too..Worst of it all,he was willing to pay anything for a room!!
The bottom line is,the delay of Amara and co and their consideration of the guy{being their classmate or friend or whatever}, left us all with just the choice of sleeping in one room,all of us!!
What a night!
………
The hotel room was pretty okay and spacious enough to even contain seven to eight people at most! So,we were lucky,i guess..
It has a single bed,with the floor decorated with rug{should be blue or so} and a single sofa!!
The room was just serene and delightful to be in with fantastic interior decor as is a notable of an early 21st Century city star hotel in Owerri,with the sound of music emanating from the club hall in a faint manner!
The plan is that two people will lie in the bed,while two will lie on the floor using the Hotels bedsheet as Spread,and the people to lay on the ground will be entitled to sleep with the only pillow in the bed…
Who will sleep where is still left for the night to decide!
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Ann has gone downstairs and brought like six more bottles of alcohol{four bottles of Guiness and two of 3’3},with two plates of pepper Soup,heavily stuffed with huge chunks of meat,and i was like: “where is my own soft drink na?”…
I was like,woww,These girls really know how to enjoy o! Before i could know what was happening,i was handed a bottle of 3’3 by her,much to the disapproval of Amara,but nothing more! And i was thinking of a soft drink!!
Ann said: “Enjoy Michael”,in Igbo!
O boy! this girl self!
With the way things are developing,and with them starting to behave in an alcohol driven manner,talking of things they shouldnt have,even undressing in my presence without caring much about my presence,i was like: “whats this night going to be like?”…On my own,i have all but almost gulped down the drink she gave me..So,even i, is in a tipsy state myself!