WHERE IS THE GUY I MARRIED?
EPISODE 7



It was as if I woke up from the wrong side of the bed on Sunday morning. I had woken up several times in the midnight to hit my husband so he could change his position in order to stop his snore







On one of the occasions, he had opened his eyes widely with his mouth opened and what was it my eyes saw- drool! I shook my head.







Still very sleepy, he scratched his head, then his moustache and then his hairy chest.







“Oh my God!” I exclaimed loudly. It was just two in the morning.







”Why is this guy like this?’ I asked myself.







“Dear, did you hit me? Like…I mean…did you…” he babbled on, drifting back into sleep. I pulled the blanket over him.







“Dave, is this the great surprise you have for me? Snores, drools and sleepless night, huh!” I exclaimed again, almost shouting but my husband was long asleep.









‘I hope this is not a bad sign o. I pray against bad omen. Since I met Dave, he had never been this strange at night!’ I sat up and stared at his face.







I looked over at my baby’s bed and she was sleeping peacefully, her thumb in her mouth- again!







Then, Dave’s leg started coming towards me as the snores heightened. I quickly blocked it and threw it away but he didn’t wake up still. I was very shocked. Just a touch would have woken Dave up on a norm.







“Dave, Dave…David,” I called as I pulled at him but he didn’t answer.







“In times like this daughter, you don’t think it’s the best time to pray,” My best friend’s voice went on again.







“My prayer time is 3am,” I retorted.







“Start praying now,” he replied with a command. I turned to my back, picked my bible, knelt beside my bed and prayed.







I started singing after a while with my husband’s continual snores as the piano!
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“You are my African queen, the girl of my dreams; you’ll take me where I’ve never been…”







My husband’s sonorous voice sang on, waking me up. I stretched and looked up to see my side. He wasn’t there.







“Where is this guy?” I asked myself as I checked the time. It was 4 o’clock. I gently stirred on the bed to the other side, still pretending to be asleep.







Then I saw Dave on the arm chair holding the phone close to his mouth, closing his eyes and singing deeply from his heart. Through the half-open window of my eyes, I watched on and as he concluded his call, I almost fell off the bed.







“More than anything in this world, more than my mum, more than anything in the world, I really love you. Would you be my wife?” he said on and on with the phone still close to his mouth. My heart pumped repeatedly.







“Dave wants to kill me,” I said to myself as I trembled on my bed.







‘Is this the surprise? A new wife?’







I shut my eyes firmly as I looked across the room to see him smiling happily. He walked over to the bedside and I tried myself to quickly compose myself so he didn’t know his secret had leaked. He bent over me and squeezed my shoulder.







“Sleepie sleepie! Wakie wakie!” he said on and on and my heart turned sour. I muttered some prayers and stretched as I sat up, opening my eyes in pretense as if I was just waking up.







“Good morning dear” I said.







“Good morning. How was your night?” he asked







“Very terrible!”







“Terrible? Why?” he asked, obviously bewildered.







“You have a doctorate degree now in snoring and drooling education” I said and he laughed.







“Me?” he asked.

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THE PENULTIMATE
Sweet Mother went out of the room to open the main door for Dorcas leaving Dave and I inside the room.







I concentrated on Blossom that was feeding quietly while pulling at my weave. I was trying to pull myself together. I swallowed several times perhaps the liquid can quench the burning that had started in my chest.







Dave’s arm coiled round my neck and he pulled me close. Blossom looked up and smiled so heartily at the union but my baby’s smile didn’t do me anything.







What is Dorcas coming to do here? Is she perhaps coming to confront me? Over my own husband?







“It’s not going to happen,” Dave said as if he knew what was going on in my heart. I looked up at him and faked a smile.







“Nothing you are thinking about will happen. Now, give me your hand and trust me,” He said and even when I was reluctant and slow, he laid hold of my hand and held it with confidence.







“Let’s do this together” he said and I swallowed again before sighing deeply.







“But must she come into our bedroom?” I asked, almost with disgust. My husband smiled and tickled me briefly on the cheek.







“She is still your cousin and you are not even so strong now to move here and there? Let her come in.”







“Ok o,” I said with mixed feelings. I wanted to do God’s will of forgiveness and look beyond Dorcas’ fault but I didn’t want to set my eyes on her.







Or better put, I didn’t want Dave to set his eyes on her.







What would be on his mind when he sees her? Won’t he remember the nude pictures? Dave is also human o. I hope he won’t be imagining things!







The door opened and we heard some footsteps.







“And here we are!” Sweet Mother announced and I really could not look back to see the duo.

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WHERE IS THE GUY I MARRIED?
EPISODE FIVE
BY LIZZY OYEBOLA YAKUBU

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The darkness was as thick as anything!







I could see nothing but darkness!







I could feel nothing but darkness!







I even tasted darkness!







Then, fear set in, then insecurity, then anguish, then the sudden realization that it might be that I am in hell and then, I screamed so loudly I felt I was going to vomit my internal organs.







“Where am I? Can someone please talk to me?” I cried out and listened for any response.

My voice reverberated in the darkness as thickly as the darkness.







“You want someone to speak to you?”







A light flashed from behind me as the voice spoke. I looked behind me but saw nothing but the same darkness.

The voice sounded so familiar that it hurt my heart that I couldn’t place the owner.







“Who is that? And where am I?”







“It’s a pity that my daughter doesn’t understand my voice again, ” the voice came again, there was light briefly again.







That’s the voice! The voice of the Holy Spirit and I was so joyful.







“Daddy, I have missed you but what’s this darkness? Am I dead?” I asked with misgiving.







”Daughter, you are in bitterness. You are embittered against your husband, your cousin, yourself, your marriage and even your Lord. The darkness you are inside right now shows how dark your bitterness is. Bitterness is darkness!”







“Really! So I am going to hell?” I asked as my heart started beating fast.







“Daughter, today is not the day of judgment so be grateful to God. God really loves you daughter. He wants you to love Him as much as He does.”







“Daddy, I was just so disappointed at everything. I didn’t bargain for this when I agreed to marry Dave. My marriage isn’t working out.”







“That’s true daughter. Your marriage isn’t working out but you have not failed yet. You should not be embittered against anyone but the devil.”







“Ok daddy, please just get me out of this darkness first.” I said desperately and there and then, light shone.







The brightness was just too much. It radiated round where I was. I was on my face and my hands grabbed the two legs before me.







“How do you feel now dear, daughter?” he asked in His sweet voice.







I spoke and my voice sounded angelic in my ears.







“It’s much better. It’s very bright but I prefer it. I prefer it to that darkness.”







“Now, let me explain certain things to you daughter,” he said and helped me up.







He put his arms round me as we walked through the beautiful environment that gave way as we approached.







“Dave has been a very great son of God since being in the university, working miracles and signs through the power of God. He has really stepped on the toes of the devil and he is bent on destroying him.”







“Hmmmm. The devil is sure a wicked man, doomed for hell!” I cried out







“Take it easy daughter. Just calm down and listen first!” he said firmly.







I became silent.







“The devil was ready to confuse him when he was to choose his life partner when sisters from the fellowship would stick to his side doing this and that for him but by God’s grace, he overcame. He was not shaken,” he paused again.







I nodded as I listened carefully.







“He chose you, married you, prayed for you and he has loved you greatly till date. Even when his heart was drifting away due to sins, he still loved you.”







“Wow!” I exclaimed. I had always known he loved me but I was happy that the Holy Spirit confirmed it.







“You got pregnant immediately you got married according to God’s will but the devil determined to kill you. Dave was always praying for you until Dorcas came in. In love for you to be taken care of, he accepted Dorcas into your home and that was the mistake. He didn’t pray about it. He didn’t even have anyone to pray for him. You were too weak to pray for your husband – your own mistake but God has been faithful.”







“Hmmm…thank you Lord o,” I said with gratitude







“You case is like Abraham and Abimelech. You were Abraham and you gave your husband Sarah, to Abimelech which is Dorcas. Now, Dorcas working under the influence of the devil kept on enticing Sarah but the Lord did not allow them to touch each other.”







“Thank You father. But God, I have really noticed a great change in my husband towards me.”







“You have not really been there for your husband my daughter.”







It was like a shock to my ears. I thought I had given all I had to Dave.


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Yes I was blessed.

May the LORD help me to yield to His Spirits voice every moment.

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WHERE IS THE GUY I MARRIED
EPISODE FOUR


I shook from head to toes. Dave has finally succeeded in killing me!







Everything he is babbling about could be handled by a Christian wife perhaps but not me! My faith hasn’t reached that level yet.







He has been disgusted by his wife of just one year to the extent that he resorted to watching porn and probably masturbating. Now, he says there are more confessions.







He has an affair out of wedlock? Then I will leave him, forever!

He has a child outside?







Jesus, what would I do? I will kill myself… He has multiple baby mamas?

Ah! I will kill him, then precious Blossy, then myself.







“Liz, easy! Take it easy,” The Holy Spirit started speaking again.







I reversed and sat on the bed. My two legs couldn’t bear the shock anymore. They started hitting each other.







I started having a mild chest pressure. I could feel air struggling to pass through my bronchi.







Another attack is looming! But abeg, let asthma stay aside.







As I let out a very dry cough and started wheezing, Dave rushed to me, tears still on his face.







“Liz, I am sorry. Should I get you your inhaler?” he asked me.







I saw concern on his face but my health isn’t the most important now. it’s the issue on ground.







“Tell me what you have to say to me then I will decide either to die or live,” I wheezed on and on.







Dave made an attempt to hold me round the shoulders but I refused the offer.







My chest was on fire. It was burning so fiercely.







“Since, it’s death you want me to die, I’ll say yes! I will die but before I go, tell me what you have to tell me,” I forced the words out of my mouth.







It wasn’t convenient sitting down any longer, so I knelt with my chest on the bed if that would ease my pains.

It intensified.







“Lizzy, I can’t tell you anything at this point. Please,” he was saying with great concern on his face.







I threw him a dangerous look with my mouth suspended as I struggled for air.







“Then, there would be problem. Tell me now or there would be problem in this house,” I threatened.







“Ok then. Liz, please be well first. At least, use your inhaler first. I know how you feel.” He was saying but his preaching didn’t go well with me as I struggled to shift from the bed, caught him by his two legs and onto the bed he fell. He was somewhat shocked at my sudden power. I pulled him down the bed and held him by the neck. He looked at me with great fear.

“Will you talk now?” I wheezed on.







He nodded like an agama lizard.


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WHERE IS THE GUY I MARRIED BY Lizzy Oyebola Yakubu
EPISODE THREE

I was determined to show Dave hell when he comes back.

The offences were that he cheated on me and also that he never told me about it.

If he had told you about it, would you have been able to contain it?” My Guide whispered to my ears.
“See, right now Holy Spirit, I am not ready for peace. I am not happy. I kept myself for this guy. I never knew a man. No man had seen my unclothedness apart from him and now, he is not contented!” I ranted on and on.
I picked my Bible and put it aside. I didn’t want any chance for God thing this afternoon.
God is too peaceful o!

When it’s time to fight, we should. If he comes now and I am submissive to him, he would really not know what offence he has committed.

I flipped through the Christian channels on the cable and they were talking about forgiveness, tolerance, understanding, prayer bring every yokes down. Even the Islamic stations bombarded my ears with not allowing the devil into our marriages by our mistakes.
I felt like screaming!

Must everyone do this to me?
Can’t I just have the chance to fight for myself?

“Liz, you think fighting would settle this? No! listen!” the Holy spirit sa

The Spirit must love me so much to still persistently speak to me.

He knows my name! he knows my every thought! He sees each tear that falls and hears me when I call!

Oh now I know the true message of that song!
I listened!

“See, a woman needs the wisdom of God. If a marriage works, its kudos to the woman. If it doesn’t work again, it’s a failure on her part”
“How? How?” I said on. Is it because the Holy Spirit is a spirit that he can’t feel what I am feeling? Woman’s fault ke!

“See, a wise woman builds her home but the foolish one pulls it down with her own hands. Hence, to build this home, you need wisdom.”

“How else can I be wise Lord? I am very sure I am in your will. Or, am I not?” I was almost crying. I had fallen on my face with great anguish.

“You are in God’s will daughter but that does not shield you from life’s storms. God has not promised Christians a storm free life but he promised us his protection even in the storm”

“Ah! But you said you will not tempt us more than we can bear Lord.
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WHERE IS THE GUY I MARRIED?

EPISODE 2

Written by Lizzy Oyebola Yakubu




The scent of our Rosemary perfume wafted into my nose and I opened my heavy eyes.







Wow! It’s morning already.







I knew if I checked the mirror, my eyes would be hotter than fire. I didn’t even know when I drifted into sleep. My husband’s odd behavior drove me really crazy last night!







As I opened my eyes, I saw Dave standing before the king-sized mirror knotting his tie.







He looked really handsome and the suit was his perfect size! But his hair? His hair wasn’t combed at all. Why?







God please help me to be the Proverbs 31 virtuous lady. Don’t let me chase my husband out oh God! Give me wisdom. What do I know is on his mind now? What will I do?







I sighed deeply and adjusted on the bed. I cleared my throat because it had become croaky from the last night’s cries. He turned back to look at me. Then he faced the mirror again.







“Good morning,” he muttered







“Good morning dear. I waited for you last night. I didn’t even know when you came in. I am so sorry for all that transpired last night. How was your night?” I asked as I sat up. I was weak!







“Good,” was all Dave said.







I stood up and walked close to him. He shifted away from the way to avoid contact with me. I looked into his face and really, he was avoiding an eye contact. I didn’t want to start any argument again.







I forcefully held his hand and he relaxed, still looking away. I hugged him and he stiffened.







Our hug was like a lady hugging a pole. He didn’t hold me, he didn’t say anything but I heard his heartbeat. It was beating so fast. I rest my head on his chest to comfort him.







What can I do for you little heart? I asked myself softly.







Dave gently pulled me away.







“I am late,” he said, walking towards the bed.







I went to my dressing table and picked up a tail comb.







“Dave, if you don’t want my hand to touch you, at least my comb can?” I asked him. He sat on the arm chair obediently. I went closer and combed his hair gently, praying as I did.







I remembered three days ago while I combed his hair, he was saying







“Mummy, it’s painful.” Like a crying kid







“Painful ke! No o. you are the one that said you wanted afro o. Now, you have it. Endure it. You don buy job,” I played along.







We had laughed over it that day. But today, the silence was thick. It was as if a huge wall of Jericho had been built between Dave and I.







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“Lovely Lizzy, I have missed you. I am really sorry that I made you cry and worried . But the best I can do for you now is to avoid you. I really can’t look into your eyes now. Lizzy, I am sorry” I thought as Liz’s beautiful, soft hands worked on the bush of my head. I felt my heart so pained that it was about to rip open. What is happening to me?

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WHERE IS THE GUY I MARRIED BY Lizzy Oyebola Yakubu

"Wiiiiiieeeeeeennnn, wieeeeeeeeeeeeeeen, wieeeeeennnnnennnn” my baby’s cry geared on and on.

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“Jesus, please stop her. Please calm her down. What do I know is wrong with her now?” I kept muttering to myself as I sat up and held my three month old baby in my arm. She was crying profusely. Tears dotted her face like little puddles of water. She doesn’t want to be appeased. She refused to be breastfed too. What shall I do?

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I climbed down the bed and danced around while singing lullabies for her but instead of being appeased, Blossom kept crying.

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“Is it her diapers?” I asked myself. I went to her wardrobe and brought out another diaper. I went back to the bed, sat down, removed all of her clothes and off I set to the bathroom.

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After giving Blossom a warm bath, I came back to the bedroom to dress her in another light, comfortable sleeper after applying sufficient powder on her body and enough oil on her scalp. Yet, the cry continued. I was frustrated.

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I brought her close to my bosom as I raised my blouse but her little hands pulled my blouse down meaning “I don’t want your jugs!” She cried the more!

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We were in the hospital that very day before for the ante-natal. The last vaccination was not like this o! Though she cried it was not as bad as this. This incessant cry, I have been told to anticipate but I didn’t expect it would be this much. I eased the blouse she was wearing and checked her small shoulder which was the ‘venue’ for the substance causing my baby’s discomfort. I rubbed it over and over again. She cried the more. I put my baby down, knelt beside my bed and cried!

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Is this how motherhood thing is? God, this is unbearable! I cried and cried.
You might be thinking, where is your husband? Is your baby fatherless? My dear people, no! My husband is alive,. He is safe and sound.

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All the while the drama unfolded, Dave slept so beautifully as if nothing was happening. My baby’s tears and my own- everything was in his ears like lullabies urging him to sleep on.
This was not the man I married!

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When I just got married to him, my sleeplessness made him sleepless. When I turned on my side on the bed, he would wake up, no matter how deep his sleep was. He would cuddle me and sing into my ears till I fall I asleep but now, he just didn’t bulge.

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.







We ask ourselves,

“Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?”

Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.







Your playing small does not serve the world...
– Marianne Williamson

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WRITTEN BY: LIZZY OYEBOLA OYEKUNLE



BEVERLY

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I couldn’t be consoled, yet I couldn’t cry!







Cole must not get married to Beverly! You think you are wise huh?







Dr. Oladejo’s voice from the recorder rung in my ears again.






I need to save my family! You can’t keep attacking my family and then I will sit still! But of them will be married!







That was Prof. Bello’s voice but I couldn’t hold it in!







I had gone on a walk!







I had showered!







I had tried to sing!







Yet, I couldn’t get their words out of my head!







My phone rung for the umpteenth time and I knew without looking into the screen that it was Dr. Earl again!







He must have gotten the fact that I got to listen to the recorder while he was away, checking his father!







It was a very great and terrible day!







The words jumping out of the recorder were too deep for me to just accept and comprehend!







I had placed the recorder on the driver’s seat and walked away from the vicinity!







I needed somewhere to hide my unfortunate head!





I needed somewhere to shed some serious tears!







How on earth?







Beverly is my goat! She is still under supervision! You can’t be selfish enough to take her away from me and use her!







Those were words coming out of my trusted guardian!







Goat? Me? Under supervision?







What do you mean? You met my daughter and stole her leg from her! At a tender age, you took one of the things that mattered most to her! Why would you touch my belonging? Why?







Prof. Bello’s voice rung in my ears as I dumped some of my clothes from the wardrobe into my small travelling bag.







I needed a place where I could go bury my head!







How on earth would I have known that she is your daughter? She wasn’t wearing the brooch of the brotherhood!







So what?







Isn’t that a given? Anyone could have touched her. I saw the glory in her and wanted it. But why are you getting mad? I couldn’t even touch her. I could only touch her leg!









And have I even hurt your Beverly? Tell me Oladejo, have I? Why are you touching every other…







You dare call your superior by his name?







And if I do? You have done more harm to me than good! You were my best friend! You introduced me to one stupid brotherhood that promised so many gre…







You dare insult the brotherhood! You blaspheme!







Kill me! That’s the worst you can do! Can’t you see too? You are rotten at home, about to die and you come here to threaten me? We will go down to hell together! But leave my family alone!





Give me Beverly!









Give me my family back!







Why are you so keen on revenge? Do you know how much I have spent on this goat? Can’t I leave her quietly till she’s mature so I can sacrifice her for fat later?





You want to know why I am keen on revenge right? Because that is how I can get a fool like you! You dared touch the whole of my family and even me?







Is it my fault that you’ve got so many glorious belongings?







Well, you will get the point now! I will get Cole to sleep with Beverly and then you will die! Then, my family will be free, Beverly will be sacrificed and I will die! That’s my goal and I will achieve it!







What will you achieve by doing that? I want to use Beverly for my promotion! She’s my sacrifice! Why would you…





I shouldn’t sit here, discussing with you!







The brotherhood sent me to you Bello. Just obey their call and appear at the meeting!







Never! I made a mistake of a life time the first day I appeared before you beasts. I will nev…







You are turning your back to the hands that fed you?





Fed me? How? You rather took away from me! I made all my money myself! While all of you sat at the table to enjoy the blood and flesh of my daughter’s leg, you think I was…





What leg? You think we could taste the leg? We couldn’t! Wasn’t that why the brotherhood asked you to withdraw from your daughter and your son if you want to live long?





What have I gained? I became a devil to my own children! No more!







You would have been fine if you never accepted that bastard into your home again!







You have no right to sit down there and preach to me! Everyone sees you as a human but you are a beast! The way Beverly boasts about you, I really do wish she can hear you now!







I give Beverly all she desires so she can grant me all I desire! Even when I will sacrifice her, I would make sure she has reached the peak of…







Before you use her for your selfish benefit, I will use her to redeem my family!







Bello, I am on my knees! Can’t you see the way the brotherhood has mutilated my body? I must get Beverly back from you or I die! Give her to me and I will do anything for you!







Liar! Go and die! I will use her!





Where is the rope I used to tie her down? Hand it over to me NOW!





You think I have the rope? Why then am I hustling to get her tied to my son? I don’t have the rope!





There was a thud from the recorder.





You dare slap me? You dare…





You liar! If you don’t have the rope, who then has it? Fool! Before I die, I will make sure I destroy your family!





Before I die, I will make sure all you’ve ever worked for crumbles! Including Beverly!





I shut my ears at that as I placed my bag in a shuttle bus, gave him my credit card and entered into the bus.







“Warehouse” I said and he zoomed off.







I needed to be far away from the school! I needed to be in a secluded area where no one on earth would know me!







The heart of man is desperately wicked, who can know it?





How on earth?







As I settled down on a dusty sack of SMC rice, I couldn’t help but ask on ‘How on earth?’







Why would Dr. Oladejo pick me up as though he loved me?







While I saw him as a good shepherd, he only saw a goat waiting for slaughter?







But I saved you! I delivered you from the hand of he that was stronger than you!







That must be the Holy Spirit!







Tears rushed to my eyes at that moment.







“Thank You Lord! Thanks! But who else can I trust in the world? Who will not…”







Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding!







“But men are wicked o! Oh my God! Ah!” I kept sighing as I could. As flood of tears rushed down my face, my eyes ached.







Dr. Oladejo after my father was my strongest pillar on earth!







Why would he scheme such a thing?







Brotherhood?







A cult? A fraternity? Oh my God!







My phone beeped and it was a message from Dr. Earl-that would make his 105 messages in three days!





Beverly, are you fine? Where are you? Come out and let’s talk about this. The devil is defeated already! The Lord has sent confusion into the enemies’ camp. Why not come out and let’s discuss this darling? I can feel your pain but the Lord got there before them! You are supposed to be full of thanks Bev! Come out!







As I read the message again, I wept louder!





I wonder why I knew I should be praying but I couldn’t even mention ‘Jesus!’







It felt as if a small, sharp dagger was being used to cut out some chunks of my heart!







It felt like I was bleeding!







“How can I ever look into Dr. Oladejo’s face?” I cried.









“What next? What’s the next thing to do?”







“Goooooooooodddddd!!!!!” I screamed so loudly that the wholly filled warehouse shook vehemently.







“Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy” I screamed again, my head banding so much.







My phone started ringing again and it was Dr. Earl.







With so much frustration grabbing my heart, I ended the call, removed my battery and threw the phone away till I could hear the screen shattering to pieces!





Everyone in the whole wide world should leave me alone!





“I blame my father!” I started singing sorrowfully!







Of course I did blame him! Why would he be poor? Why couldn’t he be rich for once?







If we were rich, nothing like this would happen!







It wouldn’t!





Isn’t that a given? Anyone could have touched her. I saw the glory in her but couldn’t touch her. I could only touch her leg!







Those words rung in my ears!







Ava was touched too! And she was from a rich family!







“So, what could have made a difference? What…”









Jesus is ALL the world needs today!





“How?”





Ava’s glory wasn’t touched then because she had a hedge of Fire round her! However, I allowed her leg to be touched for a testimony!





“Okay?”





But, in what way have you been touched Beverly? You’ve not been touched at all! I love you! At a time when you were supposed to be slaughtered by the evil ones, I raised some souls to pray for you! Why? I love you!







Tears filled my eyes.







“Really?”











Oh yes! I didn’t allow you to be touched by the powers of darkness because you have a lot to do for me! Be thankful and not regretful! I love you!







“You love me?” I asked again, my heart shattering to bits.







I do! Do you know why they wanted to force you to sleep with Cole?







Good one!







I had always wanted to know!







They could tell the importance of sexual sins in destroying the hedge of fire round about the body, soul and spirit! Bello couldn’t catch you because I had chosen you! He wanted you to be joined with Cole so he could get you! When that was taking too long, he decided that you both should sin sexually! I love you for saying no!







“And I love you for helping me! For stopping him!” I quickly muttered as I grabbed my chest as tightly as I could!







Tears rolled down my face at the shock of the whole revelation!







“I am thankful Lord! I am thankful! I promise to give myself to You! You own me Lord! You’ve bought me Father! I give myself away! Who am I?”







Your father’s voice is ever before me! I know him! He’s my beloved! And I hear him!





I raised my hands in holy adoration as hot tears freely escaped my eyes, travelling slowly but steadily down my face!




“I shouldn’t actually blame my father as he is the richest man on earth! He couldn’t give me money and all but his prayer to God for me was everything I needed!” I thought deeply.







Thank You Lord.





Thank Mr. Jones.



———————

EARL

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I checked my wristwatch.





10am.







I started running as far as my legs could carry me to Bell Hall.







“My invigilation is by 11am. MED 1 students are having Basic Anatomy 012 in the Bell Hall by 8am.”







That was what Dr. Atobatele was discussing with another colleague and my ears picked them so fastly.







Beverly, wait for me!





I got to the entrance of the hall and as the security men asked me to show my invigilation tag, I quickly scanned the hall to see if I could find the chubby lady with long, dark hair, pulled into a full ponytail behind her!







She was nowhere to be found.







“I want to see a student quickly please” I said to the security men as if I did not know the rules of the school.







“Are you on invigilation?”







“No” I said, absent-mindedly. I caught a head that looked like Beverly’s. There was a furry cap covering her head and a white muffler wrapped round her neck.







Is the person bespectacled?







Turn your head, turn it quickly!







“Dr. Earl, you know the rules sir. Please can you step aside if you are not invigilating?” The most stubborn security man argued, looking at me angrily like I had stepped on his toes!





“I am sorry” I gave up the search and was about turning to go when Dr. Binta called from behind.







“Dr. Earl, what brings you here?”







I turned to look into her face and she was sweating under her nose.







“Are you under duress? Why are you sweating under your nose?” I asked, avoiding her question.







“I have been purging since last night o. Kai! Ba lafia I swear! I am not well at all!”







“Oh my! Sorry madam! Why not go to the toilet?”







“Will you take over invigilation from me? There are ten lecturers inside. I think our invigilation rules should be cross-checked o! Ten people for how many stud…”







“Give me your tag and go to the toilet doc. I will take over for you” I said and she hurriedly handed the tag to me.







“Thank you. Thank you!” She hopped off like a frog.

Source: https://ashsalt.com/2020/06/smallville-college-smc-8/


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SMALLVILLE COLLEGE 7

Written by Lizzy Oyebola Yakubu


Is that not Dr. Oladejo?

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BEVERLY

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As I alighted from the taxi that had conveyed me to the SmallVille Kindergarten School (SVKS), looking up, I saw someone who looked like Dr. Oladejo in front of The Special Lodge and I was dumbfounded!







I had just spoken to Glory and she had told me her father was still very ill and in bed!





How could the man that was dying just two weeks before, walk so hale and hearty on his two legs in SMC?!







“I thought he and Prof. Bello don’t agree!” I thought so quietly as I walked briskly to the Kindergarten School.









Earl suggested that Somto be brought to SMC so we could all watch him grow better and I did so. He enrolled him into SVKS by himself and Somto started becoming fleshy and all healthy again.







As I approached Somto’s personal class (Since he was secluded from other children so he wouldn’t infect them with whatever ‘disease’ he had), I heard a baritone voice sing from inside and wondered who it could be that was with my son.









“Somto” The voice called







“Les” My baby replied, obviously meaning ‘Yes?’







“What is my name?” He asked







“Dati” Somto replied again meaning ‘Daddy’









Oh my!







Earl!







My heart warmed up at that! – what a totally different man!







A man that could look pass my past and love me for who I really am even if I might not get married to him-such a great man is rare!







A kind of heat rushed through me and tears started forming.







“Lord, I want to do Your Will in marriage. Lord, be the One who will order my steps and give me what You want for me oh Lord!” I muttered from the depth of my heart.







“Lord, I don’t want my parents’ kind of marriage. I don’t want a marriage that is not in accordance to Your Will oh Gracious Father! Choose for me Lord. Please choose the bone of my bone and the flesh of my flesh for me my Father.” I swallowed and fumbled with my handbag.








“I know life will make sense, Your work will be easier and more fulfilling when You lead me in my marital life. Hence Lord, work it out in the Name of Jesus!”







“Chai, Lord I am grateful that You broke off the love I had for Cole out of my heart. It was actually a selfish, ambitious love, just to get what he has and use it for my family.” I shut my eyes firmly and wrapped my fists into balls.







“Lord, the feelings I am having for Dr. Earl, if it is Your Will, purify the love and perfect it. If it is not Your Will Lord, let me not even see any good in him or what he does or says anymore from today in the Name of Jesus. Amen!”







“I love you my son!” I heard him say again and tears rushed into my eyes anew.







“Ai yob you dati” My son replied and I smiled, sniffing as I did.







“I can smell mummy” Came Earl’s voice and I knew I had been caught. I sniffed in the tears that was gathering in my insides and straightened my chiffon skirt. Entering the classroom, Earl beamed a large smile at me that made my knees wobble.







“Hello sir.” I muttered, trying to regain my strength.







I had never felt that way before.







“Morning Bev” He replied, his nice of teeth greeting me joyously. I gulped.







“Momi na dati” Somto started singing and we burst out laughing as I lifted him onto my laps.







“I love you my boy! Keep prophesying. Mummy and daddy! Sing it loud!” Earl teased. I laughed and shook my head as if I wasn’t enjoying it, though a permanent smile was etched on my face.







“Why are you here at this time of the day doc?” I asked, still trying to avoid eye contacts.







“I am becoming so used to Somto and he seems to love me so much too. I love to be here whenever I am free” He said and I nodded. It felt so good.







“That reminds me doc. Do you know Dr. Oladejo?”







“Sure. Your sponsor and guardian”







“Is he close to your dad?”







“Hmmm…maybe, maybe not. Why do you ask?







“You know, I left him really sick two weeks ago. He still sounded so feeble when I spoke with him five days ago. But today, I saw him entering The Special Lodge on his two legs with Prof. Bello!”









“The Special Lodge?” Earl seemed to rack his brain. He stood up almost immediately.







“Let’s go towards the place. I have a premonition that we need to be there. I think the Holy Spirit wants us to visit them. I don’t know but I feel it strongly in my spirit that we should move close to that place” He said, rushing his words like he was talking and swallowing hot noodles altogether.









“Somto, we will be back darling” I pecked him and he staggered back to his cushioned bed.









As we left, I saw his nurse walking back inside to meet him.









I kept wondering why Doctor Earl would want us near The Special Lodge!



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EARL

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Holy Spirit, what would You have us do here?







My heart kept beating hard as we moved to the back of The Special Lodge.







“Sir, what are we doing here?” Beverly whispered so quietly, her nice pink lips dancing as she did.







“Shhh…let’s be quiet” I whispered too, placing my right index finger against my lips. She nodded and carefully, we got to the back of the office. The window was opened slightly and we could hear some voices inside.







Recorder!







The Holy Spirit whispered and I racked my brain. I didn’t have any recording device on me except my phone which could even ring any time.







Pocket.




He said again and I frowned slightly, fumbling with my pockets as I did- it was there! – the recording chip I used in class during lecture. I had used it that morning but never did I know that I still had it in my pocket. I would usually keep it in my briefcase.







“Thank You Holy Spirit!” I whispered as I signaled for Beverly to wait behind while I moved to the window side.







“So, what exactly did you say you…” I heard the voice asking which eventually faded away as I pointed the recorder down into the office.







“Lord, make my hands invisible please. I don’t want to be caught here Lord” I prayed silently.







Suddenly, the window hit my hand and gbam! the recorder fell into the office. There was silence at once and I quickly bent down, using some leaves as covering, my heart racing vigorously.







I signaled for Beverly also to hide and she ran behind a tank house.







“I am sorry Holy Spirit. I failed!” I whispered, rubbing my forehead anxiously.







How could it have fallen?!







The men must have realized that it fell. They must have picked it up and- oh gracious me!







“The recorder has my name!” I exclaimed quite loudly, yet quietly!







When I heard their voices resume, I quickly stood up and ran towards the tank house, where Beverly was hiding. Her eyes brightened up.







“How far?” She asked. I sighed.







“The recorder fell inside and unfortunately it bears my name” I said and her eyes widened.







“That was why I said we shouldn’t go. Why are we here in the first place?”







“I thought I heard the Holy Spirit telling me to go. I must have been wrong” I said, sighed and waited for the Holy Spirit to say “No you aren’t wrong” but I didn’t hear His Voice.







“Let’s go now sir. We will come back to retrieve your recorder when we can” She said and I nodded, even though I knew that The Special Lodge was only meant for my dad and he only held the key.







Getting it back would be a miracle!









I felt quite uneasy as we walked back to SKVS and I wondered why.





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BEVERLY

______________





“Hello mummy, this is Beverly”





“Oh my darling, are you here already?”





“Yes ma. I am at the gate”







“Okay. Press the doorbell and tell the gateman to lead you up to Flat B, the main building” Mrs. Bello said and I nodded like she could see me, dropped the call and walked up to the gate to press the bell.





Dr. Earl had pleaded with me two days before to go to their house and spend some time with his stepmother as she was lonely with no child or even her husband at home.







It felt weird at first but when I thought about her as being the mother to my friends and roommates, I decided to go.







“Oh darling Beverly!” The beautiful woman in her early fifties rushed at me and drew me into a very close embrace as the door to the main building opened.







We were in the embrace for a while and I really loved it as I wafted in the sweet savor she exuded. I had never been hugged by a woman that sweetly, not even by my mum!







I moved into the elegant house and I was stunned!







The high-end look that greeted my eyes when I entered into the elegant house was absolutely amazing! Not to talk of the wide crown molding and the baseboard trim of the roof and walls.





“Come with me darling. I specially asked all the workers in the house to take the day off, leaving only the gateman” She said as she settled in one of the elegant couches.







Whenever I entered SMC, the feeling that took over me always said that I had left Nigeria and had landed in one of these developed countries!







SMC is heavenly but The Bellos’ is heavenlier to the extent that I wondered how gloriously blinding the beauty of Heaven would be.









“Oh…I am so happy to meet you mummy” I said, placing a large overstuffed green pillow on my laps. She smiled.







“I am more blessed to have the lady two of my children are really dying to have under my roof” She said and I blushed.









“I really do not know what they see in me that much ma” I joked and we both laughed out loudly.







“And mummy, I am really sorry about everything that has befallen a number of your family members.” I said and she smiled.









“My dear, we have a lot to discuss. I have a lot to teach you also.” She paused and readjusted herself on the couch. “Any woman who is married without any knowledge of God and the knowledge of the devices of the enemies has already failed in that marriage!”









“Hmmmm”







“I married and felt it was all I needed to do! I forgot that immediately I get married and start having children, my battle in prayer increases!”









“Wooow! I am seriously learning ma” I said and she burst out laughing.









“I have a strong belief that my family is coming alive my dear so don’t let me bore you with the sad tale the devil wrote about us! Things are already being realigned by God for us!”









“Amen! I strongly believe momma”









“So, let’s move to the kitchen. I wouldn’t know what you will like so I didn’t prepare much.” She stood up and I followed suit. “I have some grilled chicken, Gizdodo, catfish, some pepper soup and what else sef?” She was saying as we entered into the kitchen.







I couldn’t hold myself as I entered into the well-lighted peach colored kitchen with so many gadgets and heavy duty, expensive-looking drawer knobs and pulls.







“This kitchen is too beautiful!!” I exclaimed and she laughed.







“We thank God my dear.” She said as I moved in, stepping triumphantly, yet cautiously on the well-polished hardwood floor.







“I hope you can find your way around the kitchen darling. I was in the process of preparing some pastries for Cole when you called.” She said and I nodded at the blank cheque I had to do as I wanted in the elegant kitchen.







Looking at the glassy pots and golden racks, I was really so excited than I couldn’t even feel hunger anymore.







“I can always have the grilled chicken you talked about ma. Let me help you with the pastries” I said and she smiled.







“God bless you my dear” She said and we got to work, sieving and mixing and rolling and cutting.







“Add a little sugar for me please” She said and I opened the transparent jar with the inscription ‘Sugar’







“Thanks dear” She said as she mixed on.







I covered the sugar jar and examined it very well.







“Ma, is it that there are no ants in this house? No matter how tightly I close my sugar, I will always find an ant or two the next day but there are no ants in here” I said and she smiled.





“That’s because this is airtight. No ant whatsoever can enter into it” She replied calmly and I nodded. I replaced the jar on the rack and returned to the working table.





“I just got an inspiration now.”







“Please share with me” she said humbly as the mixer went to work.







“The bowl which is airtight can’t be invaded by ants. But the careless bowl which even seems to be covered will still get ants in it!” I said and paused.







“That’s quite deep o” She said and I smiled.







“Be all overly enclosed in the Lord, let Him be all over you and you will realize that the ants can only try and try, they will never be able to penetrate.”







“And then, on the other hand, be indecisive about God. Loving God a bit and still giving room for Mammon, then see the invasion of millions of ants in your life!” She completed, nodding repeatedly as she worked on.







“Yes mummy. You get my point”







“Hmmmm…This is what happened to my life o. I was serving God but I hadn’t totally let go of some of these worldly things. Then, from the little space in the jar of sugar, there was an invasion, a mighty invasion and see, none of my family members, none except Earl is able to stand! Can you imagine?” She wiped her hands against the apron and shook her head, the veins on her forehead palpitating so badly.









“Hmmmm” Was the only thing I could say at the precision of her words. They were the exact things the Holy Spirit had dropped in my mind earlier on.









“Beverly, I have woken up! My family is hung up in the mid of life and death but you know what? They are coming back down to the fulfilment of God’s Will for their lives! I am now awake! No more dozing! No more lazing around!” She said so passionately as she started oiling some of the cookies pans.









I could feel the smoke!







I could feel the passion!









I could feel the downpour of anointing!



Source: https://ashsalt.com/2020/06/smallville-college-smc-7/

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Written by: Lizzy Oyebola Yakubu





What is the matter with Cole?

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EARL

I was seated in front of my flat awaiting Beverly’s call that she had arrived her place but there was no call. Even after we finished the vigil, there was still no call from her.











When I tried reaching her, her phone was not available. I got to my flat and started knocking on Cole’s door. There was no answer.











Oh suddenly, I see Cole. Guess he traced me here using Google Maps









Beverly’s voice rang in my head.













Definitely, they were together!











What could be happening Lord?











“Or has he followed her to Cross River state?” I suddenly asked aloud. My heart started pounding.











I moved to Cole’s door again and banged harder! When there was no response, I knew he was not inside. I moved to my flat and brought out a recliner that I placed in front of my door. I had to keep a vigil so as to know when Cole would arrive!













Soon enough, I heard his car’s honk and he drove in. I maintained my cool when I saw him coming.









He looked so dangerous and angry that I wondered what was wrong! I watched as he ran fastly into our compound, tears on his face.









Tears?









On Cole’s face?









Impossible!





“F*ck! F*ck you! Sh*t men!” He was cursing under his breath as he pressed the lock on his door and hurriedly jumped in.











I stood up at once, my heart in my mouth!











Something must be wrong!











What is it oh Lord?













I picked my recliner and entered into my flat, my brain so busy doing so much calculations!











I picked my phone just then and dialed Beverly’s number- switched off!

SMALLVILLE COLEGE 6







Oh my goodness!











I went on my knees and raised my hands.











“Lord, I thank You because there is no problem with Beverly. I worship You because she has gotten to her destination safe and sound. Thank You Lord because my heart can rest securely now that You are with her. Thank You Savior. Amen!”









I moved to my wardrobe, brought out my sportswear and changed into them. I would need to go on an early morning exercise to clear my mind because the Lord had told me that ‘It is well!’











Jeje jeje we dey go

Jeje we dey go o jeje

Jeje jeje we don dey go

Jeje….











I sang on as I jogged out of the compound, my huge headphone clutched down my ears. I did not mind the fact that it was just 4am in the morning.











I needed some heart clearing!





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BEVERLY

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“I’m sorry Beverly” His voice came up in my ears and I clutched the pillow to myself.









“I just don’t know what came over me! I don’t understand!” He said again, tears laced his eyes. I was already too shocked to say anything. I couldn’t even straighten my roughen hair, nor could I pull down my skirt.









Suddenly, there was darkness!









I screamed like I had mistakenly sat down on a hot stove!









I hid my face in the well scented pillow and screamed again.







“Madam, stop screaming. It’s just power outage. They will put on the gen now. Stop disturbing the whole hotel. You aren’t the only one here” An obviously angry soul said, knocking on my door angrily.







“Sorry” I managed to say as my voice could allow.







Soon, the light came on and I sighed.







“Lord, did I come to earth with bad luck? Jesus, what did I do in my past life? I must have been a rapist in my past life! I must have!” I cried out at once, covering my mouth with a pillow so my cries could be suppressed.







Immediately Cole dropped me at the airport, he got a ticket going to my state and paid for it since the one Dr. Earl booked earlier had expired. I didn’t even know how I got to the plane. I didn’t know for how long we were in the air. All I knew was that a taxi dropped me in front of a hotel.







“Madam, you seem so out of your mind. It is well. We brought you to this hotel so you can book for a night and leave for wherever you are going in the morning.” I remembered hearing a woman tell me.







When she realized that I wasn’t listening to her, she must have come down herself to book for a room for me because all I knew was that I was in a hotel room, my luggage with me!









“God bless her! God bless her!” I kept muttering again as I wept still.











Of a truth, there is but a thin line between sanity and insanity; life and death!



COLE

“I am not a beast!” I kept telling myself as tears ran down my face.







“No I am not a dummy! I am not a beast! I am not a dummy!” I cried out loudly as the events of the night before relived in my face.







How could I obey my dad to do something that grievous?







How could I?









“Why am I puppet? Why?” I cried out suddenly.









I remembered the look of agony on her face as she struggled with me in the car.









“Oh my! Oh my! Oh my! Noooo!” I cried out again.









How on earth would I still be able to face her? How?











Tears rushed out of my eyes like a fountain of hot water!











My phone rung just then- daddy!









I hissed as I watched it ring. After a while, when he wouldn’t stop calling, I picked.









“Cole, how far?” He asked.









“What?” I asked disinterestedly.











“Didn’t you do what I asked you to do last night?”









“What did you ask me to do?” I asked, wanting him to mention it with his mouth to see how heavy the word was even in the mouth!











“Your sister is dying! She just came out of a heart attack just few minutes again! If she dies you…”









“Just tell me the correlation between Bella’s health and Beverly’s life daddy! What is happening that we do not know about? What have you entered into that they are demanding for the life of a glorious…” I was saying so angrily when I heard him coughing.











“Cole! Cole! Are you mad Cole? Who are you to say stupid things about your father? Who are you, boy?”











“Who are you too dad? Professor Bello, I ask, who are you? I have been your puppet for too long, but not anymore! I used to love and obey Prof Bello who was a hero but the one I know now is a criminal! A criminal that should be placed behind the bars!”











“What!” He exclaimed. I breathed heavily for a while and then the call dropped. I covered my mouth, so afraid.











“What have I done? What! Ha…I am in trouble! I am in soup!” I cried as I rolled on the floor.









Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. I jumped up in fear.









Who could it be?









My dad’s touts?











The knock persisted.









“Cole, it’s me. Are you inside?” It was Earl’s voice. I ran to the door quickly and opened. I locked the door immediately he entered.











“You are having issues with daddy?” He asked suddenly and I sighed, resting my head against the wall.









“What is the issue? You can always trust me.” He said calmly and I walked close to him.









“Bella is sick in the hospital. What is the correlation of her health with me sleeping with Beverly even if it takes raping her?” I asked and Earl’s eyes widened. “You are my elder brother, so you should know. If I sleep with Beverly, nay, even if I rape her, Bella will be fine, what does that mean?” I asked and Earl bent his head.









“Daddy asked you to do that?” He asked, still calmly.











“Yes. He said I must do that yesterday! That it must be done yest…” I was saying when he suddenly caught my arms.











“And you did?” He asked urgently. I swallowed.











“Ye…” I was saying when he stood up and walked to the wall. He slapped the wall about three times before he bent down to pant for a while.









I stood up and walked to the wall.









“That girl is a poor, innocent girl who came to this school because she was helped, you people have just everything, why would you take what she’s holding preciously? Why Cole? Even if daddy says you should deep your hands in fire, would you? Would you?” He asked, his voice shaking vehemently.









“That was what I thought about as I was about doing the act. I had pushed her down, drawn her skirt up. I had successfully removed our clothes but as I was about doing the act, I looked into her face…” I paused, looking into Earl’s eyes.









“And…” He asked so anxiously.











“I saw a look in her eyes that was scary! It was pitiful, yet scary! Then I remembered daddy. How could he have sent me on such an evil errand? I stood up immediately and started dressing her. She was so shocked to even do anything! Even as I pled with her, she couldn’t say anything! She just kept crying!” I said and Earl sighed.











“So, you didn’t rape her?” He asked to be sure.











“I almost did, I rough handled her” I said and Earl nodded.









“We thank God that it was not more than that. It is well” He sighed again. I knelt before him.











“Bro, I am now an enemy of daddy! I insulted him on the phone! What do you think he will do next? I am so scared to the bones! I am” I started crying again. I had never been so vulnerable before my elder brother but I had nobody to turn to. Just nobody!









He pulled me up with his huge arms and rested his arms on my shoulders.









“He can do nothing to you if you are under Divine security! Under the Everlasting arms of God!” He said and I blinked.











“Are you preaching again?” I asked, almost dejectedly.











“The farther you try to move away from God, the closer He is to you because we are always praying for you! No other security in this world than in Jesus!” He said and I sighed.









Soon, he was seated with me on my bed, pointing out some verses of the Bible to me. He talked about quoting some of those verse. I crammed quite a lot.









At the end, when he was leaving, I felt new and refreshed.











Jesus actually made a whole lot of sense to me!











“Whether you agree or not, Jesus is Lord!” Earl’s words rang in my head.











Wow!





______________

BEVERLY

______________

The sitting room was as quiet as a graveyard even though we were about twenty in there!









Dr. Oladejo was such a good man and all his foster children, those he was doing good to or those he had helped one way or the other were scattered all over the large house immediately the news of his bad health reached them.









Mummy, his wife had suddenly gone so lean. I rubbed her shoulder as she looked on mournfully.











“It is well mummy” I muttered to her. She nodded with a small smile.









“Who is Beverly?” The doctor that had gone inside to attend to him announced. I was shocked.







“Mummy, which of the Beverlys?’ I asked and she smiled.







“You are the only Beverly on his mind. Maybe when he sees you, he will be okay” She said and I frowned slightly.









“Okay, let’s go in together ma”









“No. If he needs me, he would have sent for me too. He probably wants to discuss some vital things with you. Go” She said with a finality and I nodded.









I stood up and followed the direction of the doctor.









I entered the room and I was wowed!











It looked like a real ICU in a hospital with the many machines, white lights, tubes, palpating sounds and so on. It looked like an entirely new place from the whole house.

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What is the matter with Cole?

__

EARL

I was seated in front of my flat awaiting Beverly’s call that she had arrived her place but there was no call. Even after we finished the vigil, there was still no call from her.











When I tried reaching her, her phone was not available. I got to my flat and started knocking on Cole’s door. There was no answer.











Oh suddenly, I see Cole. Guess he traced me here using Google Maps









Beverly’s voice rang in my head.













Definitely, they were together!











What could be happening Lord?











“Or has he followed her to Cross River state?” I suddenly asked aloud. My heart started pounding.











I moved to Cole’s door again and banged harder! When there was no response, I knew he was not inside. I moved to my flat and brought out a recliner that I placed in front of my door. I had to keep a vigil so as to know when Cole would arrive!













Soon enough, I heard his car’s honk and he drove in. I maintained my cool when I saw him coming.









He looked so dangerous and angry that I wondered what was wrong! I watched as he ran fastly into our compound, tears on his face.









Tears?









On Cole’s face?









Impossible!





“F*ck! F*ck you! Sh*t men!” He was cursing under his breath as he pressed the lock on his door and hurriedly jumped in.











I stood up at once, my heart in my mouth!











Something must be wrong!











What is it oh Lord?













I picked my recliner and entered into my flat, my brain so busy doing so much calculations!











I picked my phone just then and dialed Beverly’s number- switched off!

SMALLVILLE COLEGE 6







Oh my goodness!











I went on my knees and raised my hands.











“Lord, I thank You because there is no problem with Beverly. I worship You because she has gotten to her destination safe and sound. Thank You Lord because my heart can rest securely now that You are with her. Thank You Savior. Amen!”









I moved to my wardrobe, brought out my sportswear and changed into them. I would need to go on an early morning exercise to clear my mind because the Lord had told me that ‘It is well!’











Jeje jeje we dey go

Jeje we dey go o jeje

Jeje jeje we don dey go

Jeje….











I sang on as I jogged out of the compound, my huge headphone clutched down my ears. I did not mind the fact that it was just 4am in the morning.











I needed some heart clearing!





_______

BEVERLY

_______



“I’m sorry Beverly” His voice came up in my ears and I clutched the pillow to myself.









“I just don’t know what came over me! I don’t understand!” He said again, tears laced his eyes. I was already too shocked to say anything. I couldn’t even straighten my roughen hair, nor could I pull down my skirt.









Suddenly, there was darkness!









I screamed like I had mistakenly sat down on a hot stove!









I hid my face in the well scented pillow and screamed again.







“Madam, stop screaming. It’s just power outage. They will put on the gen now. Stop disturbing the whole hotel. You aren’t the only one here” An obviously angry soul said, knocking on my door angrily.







“Sorry” I managed to say as my voice could allow.







Soon, the light came on and I sighed.







“Lord, did I come to earth with bad luck? Jesus, what did I do in my past life? I must have been a rapist in my past life! I must have!” I cried out at once, covering my mouth with a pillow so my cries could be suppressed.







Immediately Cole dropped me at the airport, he got a ticket going to my state and paid for it since the one Dr. Earl booked earlier had expired. I didn’t even know how I got to the plane. I didn’t know for how long we were in the air. All I knew was that a taxi dropped me in front of a hotel.







“Madam, you seem so out of your mind. It is well. We brought you to this hotel so you can book for a night and leave for wherever you are going in the morning.” I remembered hearing a woman tell me.







When she realized that I wasn’t listening to her, she must have come down herself to book for a room for me because all I knew was that I was in a hotel room, my luggage with me!









“God bless her! God bless her!” I kept muttering again as I wept still.











Of a truth, there is but a thin line between sanity and insanity; life and death!



COLE

“I am not a beast!” I kept telling myself as tears ran down my face.







“No I am not a dummy! I am not a beast! I am not a dummy!” I cried out loudly as the events of the night before relived in my face.







How could I obey my dad to do something that grievous?







How could I?









“Why am I puppet? Why?” I cried out suddenly.









I remembered the look of agony on her face as she struggled with me in the car.









“Oh my! Oh my! Oh my! Noooo!” I cried out again.









How on earth would I still be able to face her? How?











Tears rushed out of my eyes like a fountain of hot water!











My phone rung just then- daddy!









I hissed as I watched it ring. After a while, when he wouldn’t stop calling, I picked.









“Cole, how far?” He asked.









“What?” I asked disinterestedly.











“Didn’t you do what I asked you to do last night?”









“What did you ask me to do?” I asked, wanting him to mention it with his mouth to see how heavy the word was even in the mouth!











“Your sister is dying! She just came out of a heart attack just few minutes again! If she dies you…”









“Just tell me the correlation between Bella’s health and Beverly’s life daddy! What is happening that we do not know about? What have you entered into that they are demanding for the life of a glorious…” I was saying so angrily when I heard him coughing.











“Cole! Cole! Are you mad Cole? Who are you to say stupid things about your father? Who are you, boy?”











“Who are you too dad? Professor Bello, I ask, who are you? I have been your puppet for too long, but not anymore! I used to love and obey Prof Bello who was a hero but the one I know now is a criminal! A criminal that should be placed behind the bars!”











“What!” He exclaimed. I breathed heavily for a while and then the call dropped. I covered my mouth, so afraid.











“What have I done? What! Ha…I am in trouble! I am in soup!” I cried as I rolled on the floor.









Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. I jumped up in fear.









Who could it be?









My dad’s touts?











The knock persisted.









“Cole, it’s me. Are you inside?” It was Earl’s voice. I ran to the door quickly and opened. I locked the door immediately he entered.











“You are having issues with daddy?” He asked suddenly and I sighed, resting my head against the wall.









“What is the issue? You can always trust me.” He said calmly and I walked close to him.









“Bella is sick in the hospital. What is the correlation of her health with me sleeping with Beverly even if it takes raping her?” I asked and Earl’s eyes widened. “You are my elder brother, so you should know. If I sleep with Beverly, nay, even if I rape her, Bella will be fine, what does that mean?” I asked and Earl bent his head.









“Daddy asked you to do that?” He asked, still calmly.











“Yes. He said I must do that yesterday! That it must be done yest…” I was saying when he suddenly caught my arms.











“And you did?” He asked urgently. I swallowed.











“Ye…” I was saying when he stood up and walked to the wall. He slapped the wall about three times before he bent down to pant for a while.









I stood up and walked to the wall.









“That girl is a poor, innocent girl who came to this school because she was helped, you people have just everything, why would you take what she’s holding preciously? Why Cole? Even if daddy says you should deep your hands in fire, would you? Would you?” He asked, his voice shaking vehemently.









“That was what I thought about as I was about doing the act. I had pushed her down, drawn her skirt up. I had successfully removed our clothes but as I was about doing the act, I looked into her face…” I paused, looking into Earl’s eyes.









“And…” He asked so anxiously.











“I saw a look in her eyes that was scary! It was pitiful, yet scary! Then I remembered daddy. How could he have sent me on such an evil errand? I stood up immediately and started dressing her. She was so shocked to even do anything! Even as I pled with her, she couldn’t say anything! She just kept crying!” I said and Earl sighed.











“So, you didn’t rape her?” He asked to be sure.











“I almost did, I rough handled her” I said and Earl nodded.









“We thank God that it was not more than that. It is well” He sighed again. I knelt before him.











“Bro, I am now an enemy of daddy! I insulted him on the phone! What do you think he will do next? I am so scared to the bones! I am” I started crying again. I had never been so vulnerable before my elder brother but I had nobody to turn to. Just nobody!









He pulled me up with his huge arms and rested his arms on my shoulders.









“He can do nothing to you if you are under Divine security! Under the Everlasting arms of God!” He said and I blinked.











“Are you preaching again?” I asked, almost dejectedly.











“The farther you try to move away from God, the closer He is to you because we are always praying for you! No other security in this world than in Jesus!” He said and I sighed.









Soon, he was seated with me on my bed, pointing out some verses of the Bible to me. He talked about quoting some of those verse. I crammed quite a lot.









At the end, when he was leaving, I felt new and refreshed.











Jesus actually made a whole lot of sense to me!











“Whether you agree or not, Jesus is Lord!” Earl’s words rang in my head.











Wow!





______________

BEVERLY

______________

The sitting room was as quiet as a graveyard even though we were about twenty in there!









Dr. Oladejo was such a good man and all his foster children, those he was doing good to or those he had helped one way or the other were scattered all over the large house immediately the news of his bad health reached them.









Mummy, his wife had suddenly gone so lean. I rubbed her shoulder as she looked on mournfully.











“It is well mummy” I muttered to her. She nodded with a small smile.









“Who is Beverly?” The doctor that had gone inside to attend to him announced. I was shocked.







“Mummy, which of the Beverlys?’ I asked and she smiled.







“You are the only Beverly on his mind. Maybe when he sees you, he will be okay” She said and I frowned slightly.









“Okay, let’s go in together ma”









“No. If he needs me, he would have sent for me too. He probably wants to discuss some vital things with you. Go” She said with a finality and I nodded.









I stood up and followed the direction of the doctor.









I entered the room and I was wowed!











It looked like a real ICU in a hospital with the many machines, white lights, tubes, palpating sounds and so on. It looked like an entirely new place from the whole house.









“Come and sit down” I heard a ghostly voice and I was confused as I walked to the bed.











That couldn’t be his voice!









Never!









I saw a very lean stature on the bed and my heart shifted from its normal position as I fell to the ground, my hands wrapped around his tummy.











“This is not daddy! This can’t be you! It can’t be” I cried on, sorrowfully.









He looked like he had been waiting for me so he could die afterwards!









“I have been waiting for you” He confirmed my fears and I shook my head.









“Why would you wait for me? Don’t wait for me daddy! You can’t die! You must live! You must. Oh Lord my God!” I wept on. He laughed silently.









“What is death that you are this afraid?” He asked, his voice so croaky.









“Daddy, is it your heart? What is the matter?”







“Yah, heart failure” He said so calmly. There was a sad look on his face.









“Caused by?”











“It was CAD at first, I suffered two heart attacks few weeks after that. Then, now, x-rays say, its cardiomyopathy.” He explained and tears down my face. I saw a stethoscope close to him and picked it up.







“You want to see for yourself? C’mon, do so” He said as I listened to his lings for signs of congestion. I picked up some abnormal heart sounds too.







Oh my God!









“Daddy, how do you feel? You mind a heart transplant?” I asked and he shook his head.









“The whole thing isn’t normal my dear. Up till last week that I had a major check-up, all parts of my body was working perfectly! How could this just happen in a day? How?” He asked, tears forming in his eyes.

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SMALLVILLE COLLEGE 5

(PROF. BELLO)

My inside was totally disorganized!

Someone who called himself a reporter had called the day before to say he had an allegation against me and if I didn’t cooperate, he would leak the information in a very malicious way!

He was calling again when he knew I had shut him up yesterday.

In fact, since I knew the call was going to be all about the bastard Earl, I had him released before the said time.


I hated having anything to do with journalists or reporters or just those people who called themselves the fourth estate of the realm!

They pretend to be all righteous and harmless but majority of them are simply dubious especially when dealing with the first class citizens of the nation!

“I repeat, Mr. Adeola or what do you call yourself, what allegations do you have against me?” I asked angrily.

I had left home on a good note and coming to my workplace, I would never have imagined that one nicompoop in the form of a godforsaken reporter would be reaching out!

“Do you know one Shirley in your school?”

“Which school? I have many school. Be direct”

“Shirley with whom you had planned to rope your son into an attempted murder and rape assault case” He said and I was irate.

“And if I know her?”

“Shirley has confessed to all the wrongdoings and her voice is on tape”

“What voice?” I asked and I heard faint sound of her voice from the background.

Stupid girl!

“Who sent the voice to you?” I asked, my heart pounding so hard.

“The message was sent anonymously. The e-mail used to send this to me is not even functional”

“So, why didn’t you just leak the information? Why are you reaching out to me instead of doing the person’s bidding?” I asked as if I didn’t know why. I wanted to hear from the horse’s mouth.

He chuckled.

“Sir, I thought you are a veteran in this business. It would be the bomb if I release it but I want to save you sir. Only if you cooperate.”

It was my time to laugh.

“Save me? Why would you save me? You are my brother or father?” I started laughing again.

Source: https://ashsalt.com/2020/05/smallville-college-smc-5/

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SMALLVILLE COLLEGE (SMC) 4

WRITTEN BY: LIZZY OYEBOLA YAKUBU



AVA
God, vindicate my bro!

I felt a surge of electricity run through my mind as I thought about how things had suddenly gone sour in our family.

We were just a normal happy middle class family about fifteen years ago until dad got an international contract that changed his life and ours forever.

When we had to move to Miami, I never knew it was the beginning of a totally new life for us all.

We met Bro Earl there for the very first time as he had been in Florida all his life. He was a born again child of God that he sometimes put me off when he started his sermons.

Dad instructed all of us never to go close to him or listen to all he had to offer. We were Christians of course but we saw pastors as money sucking machines hence we only went to church during harvest, thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and New Year eve- four times in a whole year!

“You’ve been in Miami for a while and you have had to wear a lot of designers. By the time you get back to Nigeria, you will see the fake versions of all these designers. Leggo Jeans for example never fades. When you get to Nigeria and you see faded Leggo Jeans, how would you feel?” Bro Earl had asked me one time.

“Not too bad. I expect that we have Nigerian brothers who manufacture what looks like Leggo Jeans. It faded because it was never Leggo Jeans from the start.” I had laughed and he smiled gleefully.

“I love your smartness smallie. That’s the correct answer! It was never a Leggo Jeans from the start! Some so called pastors like the fake Leggo Jeans are misrepresenting Christ, milking all the money of their members, preaching prosperity over righteousness and exalting the building over the pew! Why? They were never pastors from the start. Or maybe they were from the start and they
eventually gave in to seductive spirits. We shouldn’t allow these people’s problem chase us from fellowshipping with believers as the Bible admonishes” He had told me.

“Really!”

“Once one gets a Bible believing church, it will all be easy. One would keep growing spiritually and in all other ramifications. Once one worships in a dead church, one would as well be dead” He told me and I nodded.

“I will follow you to church on Sunday then” I said and just like when thunder strikes, I felt a thunderous slap across my ear down to my face.

“Yeh!” I cried out in pain as I lost focus. I blinked severally as I saw stars before falling to the ground, my jaws locked. I knew it must be my dad. He was the one that had such large and firm palm.

“Earl, if you want to preach to my children about your miserable religion, you will have to leave this house. Oh yes, you were doing well without us, so go do well on your own and live my children out of it!” Dad thundered.

“And you…” He started as he picked me up from the floor with a hand like I was a piece of paper.

“You will have to choose between Earl and your family. You have to choose between religion and liberality” He screamed at me. His eyes were very red so much so that I became so scared of him.

Immediately he let go of me, I ran quickly to Bro Earl and hid behind him. I peeped to look at my dad’s angry face thereafter.

“Ava, are you mad?” Dad screamed, breaking one of mum’s precious vase.

“Ava!” Mum called out too. I didn’t know if it was the anger of her broken vase or because she felt sorry for me.

Dad stormed out of the sitting room just then and I was relieved for a while. Bro Earl turned to look at me. He bent before me and pecked my forehead.

“You are a treasure! You are just six years old and you have chosen Jesus? That’s the best choice darling” He was saying to me when suddenly his eyes turned red, his teeth was clenched and I looked up!

Dad was pressing a very hot pressing iron into his back!

“Dad!” I screamed aloud. I was very shocked at the inhumane attitude of my dad. Why did he so hate spirituality? As far as I was concerned, Bro Earl was the best brother in the world for me.

“Leave my house now!” He eventually lifted the iron which sizzled with burnt cotton. I bent quickly to sees Bro Earl’s back and it was an eyesore!

He smiled sadly at me as tears rolled down his face.

“Bring his bags out. He leaves today!” Dad screamed again. He stormed inside as mum followed sheepishly.

“You need to call the police bro. This is demonic” I was already crying. With a shivering hand and a shaking jaw, Bro Earl picked my frail hand and smiled.

“Having a burnt back is much smaller compared to having nails in your hands and feet, having a thorny crown on your head, being whipped with canes that have blades with blood gushing out. It is much smaller compared to the Lamb of God that was ridiculed on the cross meant for criminals. Jesus loves you smallie.” He hurriedly said and started moving to the door.

“I love you bro” I screamed as he left, his bags being thrown after him.

“Get into your room, now!” My dad screamed at me and I hurriedly ran into my room, weeping profusely.



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SMALVILLE COLLEGE

(Episode 3)

Written By: Lizzy Oyebola Yakubu



“I hate you bitch!”

I heard myself scream at Ava and I swallowed almost immediately.

Where did I pick the word from?

When did I start using swear words?

SMALLVILLE COLLEGE 3
SMALLVILLE COLLEGE 3
As I panted angrily, I racked my brain to remember who used that word close to me in recent times and dropped the word in my brain.

The last time I remembered, no one dared throw stones at goats and dogs in our yard talk less of throwing bad words at them!

“Wow! See the effects of walking with Bella?” She said obviously very sad but I wasn’t in the mood for it.

Fine, walking with Bella as my best friend for two weeks had been having serious effects on me, I can very well understand but how dare Ava point that out to me?!

“Ava, while coming to school, I wasn’t sent to be guarded and shielded around by a mother. I am a mature lady who can take good care of herself. See…” I was charging at her when she gulped silently and fell into her bed, dropping her crutches beside her.

“I know you can! I know!” She threw her hands into the air and looking closely, I saw tears in her eyes.

What?

“I don’t know for real why you have been avoiding me these days. You don’t go to the chapel when I invite you and even when CSA holds morning devotions, you don’t join. I asked the simple question now and you are…”

“Stop there and stop acting the innocent lady. I am not attending any of your meetings because I am not going to allow my head to be bowed in meetings being led by some witches and wizards who have just been destined to destroy my life!” I said and watched the tears in her eyes drop.

“That is the new strategy? That we are witches and wizards? Destroy your life, really?” She asked like she was talking about something I couldn’t understand.

“I don’t know what you are talking about, really but Ava, I have told you not once or twice before, leave me alone! See, even if you see me entering fire, as long as it is not your fire, allow me! If not, what I will show you in this school, will take more than your broken leg!” I said rashly, picked up my bag and stormed out of the room not caring to look at her face to check the effect of my words.

“Have a wonderful day Miss” The door said as I jumped out through it but I wasn’t in the smiling mood to reply as I always did.

The very thing I hate much in the world is jealousy and competition!

If I used to love you and then I start to smell jealousy and rivalry, I would be very far from you and deal madly with you!

I was more than crazy the week before when I heard Ava discussing with her dad about the fact that she wanted to attend the medical conference too. What if I was not chosen? Would she have felt like participating too?

And then her friends changed towards me. Whenever they met me on the way, they would raise their noses as if I was one odour to avoid!

Oh how my pride was hurt!

As I was dressing up on ‘resuming’ into our room after few days of staying in a coursemate’s room, she walked up to me and asked:

“Still going for the medical conference?”

It was the simple question that aroused the anger in me and made me present a sizeable punishment to her.

Why was she so concerned about the medical conference thing?

Why?

The medical conference was postponed till after a week so that the main doctor in charge, Dr. Earl would be able to attend.

I checked at the hospital the day before but he wasn’t available. They said he’d been discharged and then I got his message on Whatsapp saying I should meet him in front of the senate building so I could attend the medical conference.

I hastened my steps- I loved trekking even though my friends pay for ‘drop’. Why can’t I walk few miles when I have walked more miles than athe fastest car in SMC has ever covered?!

I passed the back of the cafeteria so I would be there more quickly.

Looking at my wristwatch, it was about ten minutes to 8- almost time.

I raised my head and there he was in his car, just right behind the senate building. My face broke into a smile as I saw him in his lovely blue top, beaming with health!

His face was powdery dark and as he locked his car, a tab in his right hand, I hastened to play some hide and seek with him.

As I tiptoed, he suddenly turned and saw me. He burst out laughing out loud as I pouted.

I was caught!

“You look good sir” I said and he smiled as I genuflected before him.

“Glory to God my dear. You look awesome too” He said and I did blush as I fumbled with the belt of my shirt.

“How do you feel now sir? I was so concerned that I came to check again yesterday but I was told you’d been discharged.” I said and he smiled again as he grabbed my right hand.

“Let’s go have our seats there. We still have about fifteen minutes before the conference” He said and I nodded.

My wristwatch was obviously five minutes fast.

I was feeling very funny as he held my hand but I just couldn’t place my feelings.

Could I be having feelings for my teacher?

Or is it pity?

Whatever I was feeling, I had never felt it before in my entire life.

I was lost in thoughts so much that I didn’t even see him talk less of stop him from wiping the gossip chair for me.

“Sit down Miss” He said and I came back to my environs. I sat down and he did same.

Miss?…oops!

From the side of my eye, I could see him looking into my face for a long time. The silence was awkward!

“Thank you darling. Thank you!” He said eventually and I gasped.

“Its a pleasure sir.”

“I know of a truth that God used you for me Beverly. He used you! If you were not there, I could have died!” He continued and my inside couldn’t resist the dancing.

If Dr. Earl wouldn’t stop, I could do some crazy stuffs.

“I am indebted to you forever! I will always remember this kind deed. Everyone who heard about the incident praised you! You are very rare!” He said again and I smiled on.

“Thanks for the compliments sir” I said and bowed slightly.

“Can we be friends? I mean, I want to know you better. Will you allow me?” He asked and I frowned slightly, coming back to my senses.

Does he have feelings for me?

Friends?

What kind of friends can one have with a man?

Just suddenly, when I couldn’t hold it, when I remembered who I was and where I was coming from, I held my tummy for a while and gasped.

My tummy went sour at once and my eyes became misty.

Who was I to even dream of having feelings towards Dr. Earl?

I stood up and faced him.

“I am very sorry sir” I said, genuflecting. Of course he looked shocked as he signalled for me to sit down.

I did obey but I sat very far away from him.

“I have a stitch on my tummy. If you notice, I wear peplums most of the time so that my obvious tummy isn’t revealed” I started. He frowned a bit and blinked thereafter.

Source: https://ashsalt.com/2020/05/693/

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EPISODE 2

“Who is that girl?” I could see hands pointing at me but I focused on my books deeply so I wouldn’t look up.

“Who are you? You didn’t hear me, d’you?” I heard a voice ask, almost shouting, tugging at my shoulder.

I looked up at image standing right in front of me and my heart skipped a beat. He looked so good! Clad in blue jeans trousers and a white top with a golden jacket on top, I couldn’t help but blink in appreciation as I wafted in his well scented perfume.

I had never seen a man who looked that young and rich, but here was one standing in front of me!


“Wow! She is pretty!” He said and made to touch my jaws when I woke up from my fantasy, stood up at once and caught his hands. I held them so tightly that he screamed. I looked into his fearful face and smiled wickedly.

“My name is Beverly Jones, a 20 year old girl from Boki Local Government, Cross Rivers state. Are you clear? Be a good boy and just settle down in your seat. Don’t lets cause a brouhaha” I eventually let go of his hands and sat down gently- as if nothing had happened.

There was silence in the classroom- awkward silence!

As I tried to inhale some more fresh air, I heard a round of applause from behind me and when I lifted my head, some guys were right before me, clapping with such gusto.

“Here comes our class rep!” They chanted like a song and I blinked hard to understand what they were saying and who they were talking to.

I looked back at the fine guy I had just given a tight squeeze. He was holding his hurt arm and when he saw me, he smiled and winked!

What was that?!

“I second the motion that Beverly Jones be our class rep” A familiar voice said from behind and when I looked back, it was Isabella! She started walking towards me.

“Huh?” I muttered out of shock and she smiled as she raised my right hand up.

“I present to y’all, my bestie. Treat her kindly” She said and there was a loud round of applause and some oohings.

Bestie?

I still couldn’t understand what was happening and I think Isabella understood as she walked up the podium.

“Beverly, you are welcome to SmallVille College. We are all new students but some of us here are already acquaintances as we attended the same secondary school, The Vine Ville Academy (VVA). Of the fifty classmates we had then, twenty of us are here, studying Medicine while some others have travelled abroad and others in other departments or institutions as the case may be” She explained and I nodded.

No wonder they all behaved so closely.

“With the way she is, I pray she wouldn’t be beating our lecturers to stupor! How can a pretty lady have evil hands, huh?! What an evil beauty!” The fine guy exclaimed and everyone laughed. I could only smile as I stood up to face the class.

“Let me introduce you to like three most important people in this class” Bella said and I nodded.

I was becoming so comfortable with the way she made me feel so special.

“The guy you beat right now is called Cole. He is like the proudest person…hahaha..if there is a word like that in this whole school. Treat him gently” She said and everyone burst out laughing.

I turned to look at the ‘proudest guy’ and he winked again at me, his head tilted to the side. I gasped in irritation.

He must be feeling himself too much!

“So also, we have the Queen Bee in the person of myself, Isabella. I could be a very spoilt brat. Treat me well” she said and covered her face in a shy manner.

I smiled. She didn’t need to tell me how spoilt she was. I had had a fair share of her rotteness.

“And we also have the brainy of our class…” the class didn’t allow her land before they started clapping.

“That’s the momma!”

“Brainy for life!”

“Seven times brainy, brainy forever!” I heard Cole say also and I looked towards the east side of the class where they all faced.

“That’s Shirley” Bella said and I nodded. The poor girl had her head on her desk and I could see a book on her laps. She was obviously reading and her mind was out of the class.

“She has never dropped from 100 percent from Primary five when she joined our school. She is intelligent like that. Her father is the Honourable minister for education so you can tell why she must be intelligent” Bella explained on and I nodded.

Wow!

“Every other person is very important but I can’t start talking about them as papilo will soon be in the class…hehehe…” She said and almost everyone giggled again.

“Come have the podium” She said and I stood up, sighed and walked up the podium

“Thank you all for choosing me as your class rep. I had looked forward to having that position as I can see that majority of you will need discipline” I said and paused to see their reactions.

They murmured amongst themselves, some frowned, there were just different reactions from them and I smiled.

“I am not a president’s daughter, nor have I seen a governor before. My parents are small scale business people and I don’t have the best things of life. Nevertheless, I have what you people do not” I said and searched their faces. They looked so dumbfounded.

“What is that?” Some asked. Others looked insulted for hearing that they had a lack- especially from a poor lady!

“Contentment and experience!” I said and they muttered amongst themselves.

“You have money and desire to have more. You compete with your colleagues to have the best of all things and you aren’t satisfied. You people run miles to shed off weight from the excesses you have accummulated while I run miles to get just some crumbs on my table” I said and felt like a poor star as all eyes was on me.

Source: https://ashsalt.com/2020/04/smalville-college-smc-2/

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SMALLVILLE COLLEGE (SMC)

WRITTEN BY: LIZZY OYEBOLA YAKUBU

EPISODE 1

“SmallVille College sir?” I asked, so confused.

I didn’t know if I should be glad or start crying or even fight!

As far as I knew, SmallVille College was not a school for such a person as me. It was a school for the plutocrats and the aristocrats and what exactly did my parents have to take me to such a school as that?

I gained admission into a federal university without stress immediately I graduated two years before and I was to pay just 30,000 naira for the registration and tuition but for four months, we could not get that sum ready.


When we eventually did, the admission had closed and I had to wait for the next year. That year also passed and I had to wait for the next year!

But checking the brochure of SmallVille Academy, I shuddered at the thousands of dollars that was required to be paid. If someone were to give me the fees for just two sessions, I would go to a Federal School, study medicine for eight good years, build a comfortable bungalow and buy a nice, secong hand car.

“While I checked the brochure sir, I couldn’t but wonder why you chose that university for me of all places. See UI, OAU, UNIBEN, why SMC of all schools sir?” I asked Dr. Oladejo.

While waiting for the next set of admission, I started a coaching center where I trained students who were planning to write WAEC, NECO and GCE.

Fortunately, Dr. Oladejo got to know about me and employed me as a private lesson teacher for his only girl, Glory who had difficulty in passing Mathematics and Physics. He said if I could train her till she could get a C6 at most in her papers, he would give me anything I requested for.

Well, when the result was released, Glory made straight As in her two papers and it was a great celebration in their house as everyone chewed my name in their mouth joyfully for weeks.

Even I was shocked at the result. I had thought that even if a miracle were to happen, she would get B3 each. But a greater miracle happened!

“Glory is my only daughter. She was so hopelessly spoilt until you stepped into the picture Beverly. You are a rare gem and I want only the best for you. If you want to study medicine in its original form, SMC is just the best. It has the UK standard and it is fast becoming the number one school in Nigeria” He said and I shook my head.

I was not convinced.

“Sir, going to SMC is like a waste of money sir. I really appreciate your concern and all but if you can give me half of the money, I will collect it and open up a very big business for my parents, then find a federal university to attend”

Let me quickly introduce myself.

My name is Beverly Jones.

I am a 20 year old Bokyi girl from Boki, Cross Rivers State, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa.

My father is a born again, fifty years old, blind man while my mum on the other hand is a forty-five years old, strict woman.

I am the first of six children (All girls). My siblings are Beth, Bailey, Bethany, Brooke, and Becky.

My dad mended shoes and bags while my mum specialized in selling Zobo and puff puff to pupils of St. James Anglican Grammar School, Boki.

“Moreso sir, I don’t know why you are doing this for me. I will never be able to repay you back. Never!” I said, I was already becoming skeptical.

Even though his face looked so convincing and looked as if he wanted the best for me, I had sworn never to seek for help from any man whosoever.

“I don’t seem to get you dear Beverly” He said, looking quite confused.

“Sir, what I mean is that, I have learnt that when a man plans to give you one, he seeks to collect ten from you then!” I said sharply and his wife laughed, looking so surprised while he looked so shocked also.

“Beverly!” He called out again. Glory looked up from the cartoon she was watching so intently and frowned slightly.

But I knew what I was saying!

I had been bitten once and never did I want to get bitten again.

In order to have my WAEC fees paid while I was in SS 3, my mum had to take me to Mr. Boma, the rich Palm Wine Tapper in my area to seek for money.

I can’t forget in a jiffy how he ran his eyes over my body for a while before he spoke.

“How much is the money?” He asked my mother.

I was getting uncomfortable with the way he kept looking at me like I was a product for sale.

“WAEC AND UTME is 50,000” She said, sounding so expectantly.

“Leave her here with me tonight and I will give her the money tomorrow morning.” He said and my mum went on her knees in appreciation and started moving to the door thereafter.

I was shocked.

What was I supposed to be doing for a man who looked like he was lust-infested?

I ran after my mum and she turned to look at me then, her eyes sparkling with such brightness that burnt!

“Why are you following me?” She asked, guilt written all over her face.

“Mum, you can’t leave me here with a palm wine tapper all because of money. I am not that cheap!” I said

Maybe I shouldn’t have said that because as soon as the last word dropped from my mouth, a slap landed on my right cheek and another one on my left.

I went blind for some seconds and when I tried to open my eyes, I saw millions of stars!

Then, my head split open as she pushed me to the wall.

“I am the one that is cheap huh? You must be stupid!” She exclaimed as she looked into my face angrily, holding my neck like I was an unwanted foetus whose birth would bring shame to her.

“I want to go to school has been your song for many days now. We want you to go to school but where is the means? See your useless father, bringing in 200 naira from the shoe something he is doing now that he calls a job, huh! How can we get you 50,000 naira then? Or do you want to stay at home before going to school? And you are here telling me I am cheap? Seriously?!” She pushed me off angrily and I fell down, tears strolling down my face.

I caught her legs as she made to go and she turned to look into my face.

“Mum, I didn’t say you are cheap. I am only saying that the man looks lustful. He looks like he wants to rape me” I cried.

“Rape is without your consent. I am giving the consent. You are my daughter. I own you. Do anything he says you should do!” She exclaimed and I covered my mouth as my breathing ceased for a while.

“Mum!” I screamed as hot tears streamed down my face. I choked as I tried to breathe in the air that had rushed to my nose and almost died when she turned to look into my face fiercely.

“Use what you have to get what you want! Haven’t you heard that saying?” She asked, turned her back at me and moved towards the door. She opened it and went out, banging the door after her.

I sat in that corner for what looked like an eternity, crying bitterly.

I found it very difficult to believe what had happened.

My dad despite being handicapped had always played the motherly role. My mum never had our time but to provide the food we would eat for the day and go on her business...

Source: https://ashsalt.com/2020/04/smallville-college-smc-1/

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