To Hate Emmanuel Johnsons - Episode 5

Tessy:

On getting to the house, i help olivia take her bath and assist her

with her school assignments. Then i start preparing egusi soup for

dinner. Mom isn't home yet and that's not surprising as she is rarely

home by this time. After making the soup, i put water on the fire to

make the eba. Then i go to my room in search of my phone. My phone is

the only thing that makes my day fun these days. I could just lie on

my bed and read lots of awesome stories for hours.

I take my phone to the sitting room so i could watch olivia while i

check if any of my favourite stories has a new episode. Seeing that

there is no new updates, i go to check my facebook to see if there is

any msg and that's when i see a new friend request. The profile shows

that its a guy but the username, 'favour lee' doesn't look familiar

and the profile picture is a picture of Chris brown so i have no idea

who he is. I go to delete his request but see a msg he sent.

Favour lee- help a friendless guy and accept pls. I promise to be fun;)

i read the msg and smile, he seems nice and kindof funny so i accept.

"T, am hungry" olivia says. This makes me remember the water i left on

the fire

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. So i run to the kitchen and prepare the meal. After cooking,

we eat and olivia falls asleep. I tuck her in her bed then i go to our

neighbour's house to help with her chores. She pays me N500 every day

to wash her dishes and do some chores for her. I need the money so i

could use it to buy some textbooks for olivia and i, as our mother

pays only our school fees without bothering to buy us books.

Mrs peace igwe was a teacher in our school and she offered this, to

help me when she got to know of our mother's negligence. This is a

perfect transaction and the only problem is Mr igwe. He always makes

crude comments around me when his wife isn't listening or tries to ask

me out. I did my best to avoid him as i needed the money so i couldn't

quit.

Today, he isn't home yet, so as soon as Mrs peace lets me into the

house, i hurry to the kitchen, wash the dishes, collect my pay and run

home.

It was already 8:22pm and olivia was still asleep when i got home. I

pick my phone, then sit in the living room to wait for my mother. My

phone vibrates in my hand, alerting me of a new fb msg. Excited to see

if it's favour lee, i check it.

Ese-sorry about today. I didn't mean to embarrass u.

Feeling a little disappointed, i sigh.

Tessy- lol,k spoilt child. And he isn't dat goodlooking!

Ese- come on, admit it!... His lips were just muah!

Tessy- m not admitting anything.

Ese- come on.

I read her last msg and groan. I know she would not let this go,

until i agree with her. My phone vibrates again. Picking it, i type.

Tessy- okay, i admit, the new guy is very goodlooking and his lips are

gorgeous. Satisfied?

Favour lee-what?

Oh my G. I just sent the msg to the wrong person. Thank the heavens,

favour lee doesn't know me or else i would have just literally die of

embarrassment. I apologize and tell him its a wrong msg. He says it no

problem and we chat for a while. From our chatting, i got to know his

real name is favour and he is in his last stage of cancer so he was

always in the hospital which made him friendless. I felt so sorry for

him so i told him from today, i would be his friend.

Read " Stolen innocence " by the same author ( Ameh juliet )

. He lives in

lagos, which was far from warri where i reside so we decided to be

Facebook besties.

I was already dozing off on the sofa after chatting with favour when

i heard my mom's car horn. I rub my sleepy eyes and check to see that

it was already 12:11am. I walk sleepily to open the gate for her. She

drives in with reckless speed almost hitting the gate.

"good evening ma" i greeted, not even sure if i should be greeting her

a good evening by this time.

"what is good about this evening?" she retorted"useless girl that you

are, you cant even open the gate right. No wonder your father left. If

you were more useful, he would have stayed" she says the last part

sobbing and i can see she's drunk. She always talks about my dad when

she's drunk. I hug her then help her to her room and she dozes off as

soon as her back touches her bed. I remove her gown and her

ridiculously high heeled sandals so she would be comfortable, then use

a wet towel to wipe her make-up off.

After taking care of her, i go to bed. Olivia stirs a bit as i enter

the room and sleep beside her. I kiss her forehead and promise

silently, to always take care of her and our mother.