Shadows of the Green - Season 1 - Episode 6

5 years ago

Shadows of the Green - Season 1 - Episode 6

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Tony and Gori went to the Lodge market and
bought few shirts,trousers and a pair of
sneakers. Gori offered Tony some but he
refused bluntly telling him he needed the
clothes more because of his poor dress sense.

Tony saw him off to his lodge as he promised
on checking him in the hostel the next day.

“Why would your roommate offer me such
money, Tee. He is a student like us.” Gori
asked as Tony was about leaving.

“I’m confused too, Gori. Even though, we stay in the same room,we hardly talk. He would
come to the hostel once in a while to rest. I
heard he is just twenty years of age o, he is in
four hundred level Banking and Finance. He is
a rich dude, I learnt his father was a one time
senator in Kwara state. Rumors have it that
he is into Yahoo Yahoo. He cruise Xtera and
Camry o. Omo, DAT boy na big boy, make in
just teach me small, I wan blow o” Tony
explained. Gori was marvelled and confused,
he felt something was wrong somewhere. They
departed that evening and Gori on getting to
his lodge met his cartorn of noodles gone, his
foodstuffs sack was gone too. He searched
thoroughly and reported to the Portal when he
could not find it,He slept on a bare stomach.

Ken came the next morning and Gori quickly
asked if he saw his missing foodstuffs.

“Say wetin? I no no say na u get am na.” Ken
answered.

“Ken, this is unfair o. You’ve been bullying me
since I came to this room as if I’m your
younger brother.”

“Younger brother Abi son? Sheybi you be
twenty years? You no my age?I go turn thirty-
nine next month and you still dey call una sef
my brother?craze chop you?” Ken asked
furiously.

“I’m sorry but where are my foodstuffs?” Gori
begged. Ken moved closer and patted him on
the shoulder.

“No vex,OmoGee. Na one babe find me come
yesterday, na im pack am say she dey hungry”
Ken begged.

“You mean you gave your girlfriend my
foodstuffs!”Gori frowned.

” We go buy another naw Abi why you con dey
frown?”Ken said as he dipped his hand into
his back pocket and brought out two five
hundred naira notes.”Gori,oya take. Go lodge
market go buy foodstuffs”
“How much is this?” Gori collected the money
and counted it. “You mean one thousand naira
to buy the food I’m suppose to feed on for the
whole semester” he asked as tears soaked his
eyes.

“You go put money join na” Ken responded
nonchalantly as he made to his space.

“This is unfair, I have to report you to the
portals. This bully is much” Gori cried out.

“Go report me to the V.C, coz portals no fit do
me anything.” Ken replied as he la!d on his
mattress.

Gori cried for some minutes before he left for
the portal lodge, after lodging his complains,
the portals advice him to either evacuate the
room or resign to fate.

“You mean I should leave the room I paid
for?” He asked
“Then you accept your fate, my child” the
elderly portal replied.

“So you knew that man is a bully and you
paired me with him”
“You came late. You see, Ken is feared among
students and lecturers, he is the torn on the
V.C’s neck, even if you report him to the V.C,
they would rather lock you up. My advice is if
you have money, move to off campus” another
portal warned.

Gori resigned to fate and returned to his
hostel. He took his stove to the portal’s lodge
as advised, he bought little foodstuffs and
soup ingredients with the one thousand and
the other seven hundred the portals
contributed for him. He cooked and ate in the
portals lodge and left for his hostel after. He
kept his foodstuffs and stove with the portals.

* * * *

Gori went to school the following morning
looking pale, he had called his mum the
previous night and explained everything to her,

she complained bitterly of his father inability
to get his siblings school fees and advised
him to manage till she could get some money
to send to him. He cried all night, he felt some
strong hands on him during the night and
upon opening his eyes, he saw Ken stark
Unclad struggling to have his way with him.

He struggled, shouted but Ken succeeded in
raping him, yea… Ken deflowered him.

He sat in his favourite position that morning
reminiscing his past days in school when he
heard someone called his name, he turned to
see Tony and Promise.

“Guys, good morning” he greeted trying to
force a smile.

“You look sick, Are you fine?” Promise asked
“You have some sleepbags,did you sleep at
all?” Tony asked too. Gori looked at both of
them and saw how worried they look, just to
cover his sadness, he bursted into laughter, he
laughed so hard that the duo exchanged an
askance glance.

“I’m fine guys, just hungry” he said.

“Why don’t you eat before coming to school?”
Promise asked
“I woke up late” He answered.

“So you have nice clothes like this and you
were wearing old hags last week” Promise
commented. They all smiled. The lecturer
came in, Promise went to her seat while the
duo sat together. It was noon, Gori, Tony,
Promise and her friends were seated on the
lecture pew in the faculty general hall, Gori
had explained what happened the following
day leaving out the rape incident, Tony felt for
him and told him Bills d Don would like to see
him at his offcampus apartment that
afternoon, he told him Bills d Don had been
nice to him since Gori’s visit. He gave him his
address as he had been warned not to come
with him. The girls were also gisting and
laughing, Gori brought out his jotter and
started composing a poem on his unfortunate
experience when he heard someone called his
name, it sounded much like his mother’s voice,
he looked up just to see his dream grinning at
him.

“Chubby queen” he called out absentmindedly.
“Excuse me” the girl said feeling embarrassed.

“Oh, sorry. Ehm ehm ehm….” He tried
recollecting the girl’s name.

“Tiwatope” the Lady helped him out.

“Sorry, I preferred calling you my chubby
queen. Where have you been?” He asked
“…to London to see the queen” Fiwa
responded smiling.

“You said your department is next to mine, I
checked both Early Childhood and French but
you were not there.”

“My department is Early Childhood. I was
admitted to the school clinic that was why I’ve
not been around.”

“So sorry about that, how are you feeling
now?he asked.

” better, I’m fine ”
“Please, can I have your number. We need to
talk. He said bringing out his Nokia Torchlight
phone and handed it to her, she tried
punching the ‘0’ key but it seized, Gori had
forgotten the key can only be operated by him
and his father, yes his father, his father gave
him the phone including the simcard when he
was coming to school. He exchanged glances
with Tony, he was embarrassed. Tiwatope
returned the phone to him, gave him her Nokia
express music to type his number which he
did, she later called him and asked him to
save her number. Promise and her friends
bursted into laughter as soon as Tiwa left for
her seat. Gori was embarrassed, Tiwa’s phone
intimidated his’. He determined that very
moment that money must be made…