Must Read: Circle Of Three - Season 1 - Episode 6

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Must Read: Circle Of Three - Season 1 - Episode 6

Cassie yawned. It was 10pm and yet, her MAC 311 assignment
stared at her unfinished. Courage and Comfort had already slept,
and the room was stark dark. NEPA had done the usual and her
rechargeable lamp was the only shining object in the room.

She tapped Courage on her head and on her waist, Courage
refused to wake up. She did same to Comfort and the same result
occured. Feeling naughty, she decided to do something.

There was a dead snake, recently killed by the maiguard around.
Cassie had a plan.

She went to the back of the house, lamp in hand as she went to
pick the dead snake. She then came back to the room, put the
snake on Courage’s body and tapped her violently, shouting
‘Snake! Snake!!”
Courage turned and suddenly jumped out of her bed in fear as the
snake fell down. She was about to scream when she realised that
it was dead. Cassie, in the meantime, was laughing.
‘See as you run. Oole'( weakling)
‘What do you mean by that, Cassie? See as you disrupted my
sleep. Is that your sorry?’
‘E yah, sorry oh’
Courage hissed as she settled back to sleep. Cassie, still awake,
tried to stir her back to alertness.
‘Courage abeg borrow me your biro.’
When Courage did not budge, she continued bothering her until
she woke up.
‘Cassie, abeg leave me. I no sabi the spirit wey dey chase you.’
‘Na spirit dey chase you. Abeg borrow me your biro.’
‘Na so dem dey ask for biro? I no give you.’
‘Oya please now.’
Shey you go leave me alone if i give you.
Yes.

Courage stood up and dragged her bag and brought out her biro
‘Please return am oh!’ Courage said in between yawning.

Cassie received the biro,continued writing and realised that she
was too tired to push on.

She pushed the assignment to the floor and slept.

She saw herself between Ade and someone she could not
fathom. Ade was shouting her name but she was busy talking to
the stranger, when suddenly he turned away.

Chase all she
could, Ade did not come back. She was screaming on top of her
voice…..
‘Cassie, what’s wrong with you? Why you dey shout Ade’s
name?’ Comfort asked, after beating her out of her nightmare.

Cassie woke up, looking distraught and confused for a minute.
“It was a nightmare?”
‘No, na daystar! Abeg wake up, 12 don nack.’
“Jesus!” Cassie shouted as she suddenly came to life, picking
her papers which were on the table and scribbling away for five
minutes, before carefully putting them in a bag and calling Shittu,
her class rep.
‘Shittu Baba, wetin dey happen?’
‘Aunty Cassie, Biggest girl of the class, I dey oh.

Why you no
come MCB 307 class? Mr Wale asked of you.’
‘Abeg that one no dey do me. You don submit MCB 301
assignment?’
‘No, but it remains thirty minutes before I drop it at his office.’

Shittu said, mimicking the lecturer.
‘Okay, I dey come. If you submit am before I come eh, eh, Shittu,
you no go like yourself.’
“Roger that!” Shittu said. Cassie smiled and dropped the call.
‘Comfort, abeg I dey come, I wan reach department.’
“Eh? Like this?” ‘ You go smell oh. In fact you dey smell now.’

Cassie ignored her for a minute, then ran to spray some perfume
and ran out of the room.