Must Read: I Have Done Some Great Bad Things - Season 2 - Episode 18

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Must Read: I Have Done Some Great Bad Things - Season 2 - Episode 18

I realised,or rather felt that our stay in Ann’s place will not favour me as i would have loved..


I also realised that there was no way i was going to fulfill my promise of Going to Nkechi’s place that day since it was a saturday already too..It also dawned on me that i might not be able to accomplish my promise of Seeing and probably reconciling with Jane the next day cuz we were supposed to go back tomorrow evening being Sunday..Hmmmmm!


I started to think of what to do to make Amara change her heart and mind about our staying in that place and going back..Already,while i did my thinking,they talked of the experience of the day in Ann’s place{villa} and its environs…In otherwords,they continued their bragging before our wonderful sight-seeing adventure…
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After eating lunch that day very earlier than usual,i felt sleepy somehow and decided to go and lay down while the girls continued with their noisy chats!
In my sleepy mood,i started telling myself that i want to and need to be very sick..Yeah, sickness or ailment its a bad thing to wish for,but i didnt care..
I was lost for any other reason to tell Amara as the cause to go back home,and i didnt want Amara getting angry cuz of my stûpid nagging or childish pranks..I needed something real,and funny enough,sickness appeared to be the only easy root out!
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I was wishing to be sick before i finally slept off..When i woke up like two hours later,i was still healthy and gearing swiftly..I wanted to slap the hell out of myself at that moment for not waking up being sick..But then,i remembered i had had an inspirational dream that hour..Yeah,it was inspirational in the sense that when i remembered the dream immediately,a better idea occurred to me..A sweet better idea..
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Well,believe it or not,you can willingly deduce and inflict a temporary sickness on yourself…
Same way you can temporarily or momentarily make yourself cry..All you need to do is just to think of the right things to inflict it,relating it squarely with the different variables that can make it happen effectively..



Truthfully,it is fake..But,at the moment of exhibition of the act,it is usually real,or so you will feel..


And so,here is the plan;claim that my head has started disturbing me heavily,then i back it up with a faked cry..I need not bother about the temperature of my body,cuz most of the time,my body is usually hot,and i know that this time wont be different,especially with my self-induced illness!
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Having finalised and perfected my plan,i la!d still on the bed..I knew it will be only a matter of time before someone comes in and see’s me and my fake sick plot to go home and meet my people at home!


Ten minutes has passed since i finished with my plan,and noone has shown up yet..I became startled somehow and worried..I was like why na?
As if the devil himself has put the idea into my head and made the real thing happen,i started coughing uncontrollably!
O boy! I had just wanted to put the coughing as part of my plans to make them come,but i realised that this cough is now a real one,and it wasnt my making!
Angela rushed in to the room i was and saw me struggling to breathe as i coughed and then shouted to Amara to come that something is wrong..
Hmmmm! Amara rushed in with Ann accompanying her,was utterly startled and totally worried visibly..She touched my neck,and my body was heating up..I was getting real sick,and this wasnt what i wanted,this wasnt the fake illness i intended,this was real!



And then,i pointed to my head and called out “nurse!”..
….And then i pointed to my head and said:
“nurse!”
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On hearing the word Nurse from my mouth,Amara took it that i was referring to Nurse Amara,and her worry increased the more..
But,how could i be referring to someone i have not seen for almost 2yrs now?
I heard Amara ask Ann whether FMC Was nearby cuz Amara knew that the Nurse was working there then,but we dont know her current status as at the moment my feigned illness turned to a real ailment!
Ann brought Paracetamol for me to drink since it was probably the only medicine she could prescribe! I took it in,but yet to be relieved….Amara told them that i must have mentioned “nurse” for a reason,that therefore,they should take me to FMC where we{they} might be able to search for the nurse if at all he still works there and know why i said so…


When Angela and Ann inquired why?,Amara told them of my previous problem that Ukamaka caused,though she didnt put the Ukamaka part…
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All of them were seriously worried to their marrow,probably praying in their heart that this boy should not die in their hands,or something like that..
I realised myself a bit at some point and then feeblenessly told them to take me to a nurse{what i had in mind is a chemist shop;dont blame me!} around the place cuz she will be in a better position to treat me better..My mum happened to be a nurse!..
Because my talking was weak,they barely heard me talk…Alternatively,just like i had wished,Amara said we are going back to our villa so that grandma can treat me with her shrubs and herbs and tree barks…
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It was a good idea to them..Even though they might not agree to it,they were happy their burden{being me} will be lifted off of them soon!
Like an hour later,i was in my house,with Grandma doing her magic…
While enroute our village,i have been somehow relieved of whatever sickness that was taking over me,and so,what remained is the feigned part of the ailment and a tiny real element of the true illness!
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Angela had Followed Amara and i back to our village as she was so worried about me,which kinda surprised Amara…but she{Amara} couldnt care less about it since her main focus is for me to get well soon! But right there in my mind,i knew that Angela is starting to make good her promise little by little as the hours pass by..
By nightime,i was 98% okay,and the remaining scenes i created with being sick is just fake..
While i stayed in our house,even damn{ing} the reason while i left it the first,Amara and Angela stayed in Amara’s house..The reason is,our house at that moment was somehow stuffed with relatives showing up and all that,and so we had to improvise…
The next day,i woke tp totally okay,and while in Church that same day,i saw Jane and she waved at me to which i waved back!…
During Offertory,after the first offertory has been given and people who were doing Thanksgiving approached the altar,i waved at Jane to come outside…..
SOME MINUTES LATER
“ike agwuchala m”{i am really tired!”},Jane said..
“ike gini kwa?”{what Strenght?},i replied..
“ike Mass taa”{This todays Mass},Jane replied..
I dont really blame her shaa cuz the preaching that day was really long!
“O wu anyi la?”{Should we go?},i asked, to make her a bit excited..
“i choronu ka anyi….?”{So,do you want us to…..?},she said calmly..
I nodded my head in affirmation..
I just said we should go as a joke,but she took it serious,so i played along with it..
“ngwanu!”{Okay!},she said..
We said bye-bye to Mass and went home from there..I was hoping that it is our home that we were going,but on reaching the entrance to our compound,Jane urged me on,telling me that we are going to her house…I was worried!
I was worried by the fact that Ukamaka and her parents might be around,or even if they weren’t,they will soon be as soon as the Mass is over..



Jane however,cleared my doubts..As usual,she is only with Ukamaka for the weekend,but Ukamaka went somewhere but will be back in the evening..So,basically,i was gonna be spending almost the rest of the day with my weird Jane!….Hmmmmmm!
I just Hope that Grandma and co dont get worried about my whereabout………..And Amara too!
The feeling is always the same,The Acts even when symmetrically or bilaterally interwoven ,always expounds same thing!
The Utterings no matter how hard or soft-slated it is, always conjures up with the emoticals,the same inward enlightenment,the same inward feelings..
What Feeling? What act?
Well,every reader on this thread knows my dealings with Jane!
One of the things we both share in common is the fact that we are both heady and stubborn in our own little ways,sifting through and having it our way most of the time!
You all know that i have stated it times without number about what could have been if i had met Jane earlier! But then,despite the situation and condition we met,we still had a great history….Our adventures call up,wailing into our dear heart day in day out,reminding us of where we belong! But yes,we have been neglecting and discarding this Wailing save for yesterday!
And this innate yearning about “us” is what i know brought about that free yesterday,and here i am again alone with my adventurous friend…Whether we are trully gonna be making up and just forget the past is what i am still to know..In my heart,i pray we do…But,its all in your mind;whatever you interpret it as!
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We both sat near each other,and while i prayed in my heart that she will kickstart a conversation,i knew that she is having exactly same thoughts as me…But then,i know that unlike me,Jane is not really never shy with me..
“a ma m ihe i na eche!”{i know what you are thinking about!},Jane said..
I shaked my head in negativity,showing her that she doesnt really know what am thinking of..


She repeated her statement again,this time with a more resolute stance..No need arguing,so i kept mute..
After some seconds,i asked her:
“o gini ka m na eche?”{So,what am i thinking about?},i asked her..
“what to tell me!”,Jane replied..
I smiled..
Somehow,i had become totally dumb and utterly shy,and i didnt really know why! Well,its Jane!
“So,why did you say i should come?”,i said in Igbo,even though we{i} didnt plan on going to their house from the church..
“Nothing!”,she replied..
“Nothing?”,i asked..
“Yes!”,she replied and started smiling..
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This her single act conveyed a message to me..I dont really know whether my assumption was true or false,but i got the feeling that Jane has been looking for a way to be with me and talk with me,play with me,go places with me just like old times,but she was either full of herself or she didnt know how to;but i doubt she didnt know how to! Well,its just my assumption anyway..
“so,why have you been avoiding me?”,i asked her after gathering enough morale to do so,which was situationally-generated,i.e,taking advantage of the moment…
Of course,this was the situation i know we must tackle if we are going forward,I mean,she knows she will have to answer this question sooner or later….It must be answered…
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I could feel her struggling with her internal being,that battle of “you gotta tell it out or no need saying it out”…
Well,as for me,i have read Jane like a book{though not fully revised},and i know she was going to tell me exactly what she said..
“You provoked me!”,she said with a sort of anger taking over her!
Knowing quite alrite that it will be a long story if i should start explaining how i went to Aba without telling her,i decided to hit the spot immediately..I Asked her in a mature manner:
“I juru mmaa ihe mere?”{Did you ask Mama what happened?}….
She noded in affirmation..
“kezikwanu kpa m shi kpasuo gi iwe?”{So,how did i provoke you?},i asked her..
I believed that if she had asked grandma where i went to or what happened to me this past years,then i dont see any reason why she should be angry with me,avoiding me in the process;cuz grandma would have told her exactly what happened to me…
But,Jane had another thing in mind..Actually,where i thought her anger was coming from isnt where it was coming from..
Jane told me that:
“What you are thinking as the cause of my anger with you and why i was avoiding you is not the case…”..
“So,whats the case then?,i asked enthusiastically!
Jane was like:
“Enwere ihe {aunty}Nkechi gwara m gbasara gi!”{Nkechi told me something about you!},she said..
My heartbeat increased,my heart itself almost jumped out of my heart,my eyez popped out in amazement and bewilderment as a zillion thought ran through my mind whilst i almost shouted while saying :
“{aunty}Nkechi nke ole?”{Which Nkechi?}..
“The one you and i know!”,she said calmly.