ADUKE…
Chapter 5
Living with Sharon was so much fun,and very comfortable,I had enough to eat and drink,and even TV to relax,it was more than enough for me,maybe because I didn’t have such at home..
Living with Sharon,I soon discovered she was never home most nights,she sometimes receives calls and hurried out of the house,I was always the one marking attendance for her in class and helping her with assignments and test….
Sharon,please introduce me to your part time job, I would like to make money and take care of my school needs like you do,I had asked her one evening.
Ad,do you think you can do my kind of job,she had asked me smiling, of course Sharon,you should know me by now,I can do anything,all I want is to be able to make some cash.i said.
Hmmmmm,well if you insist,you see,there is nothing a beautiful girl like you can not achieve if she’s determined,you are young, succulent and every man’s dream,any man would do anything to have you in his bed,she added…
Sharon,you are correct,but I am waiting for my Mr right,I haven’t meet anyone that my heart accept,I said…
Oh so you belong to the land of fairy tales,prince charming meeting princesses,she asked laughing….
What is wrong believing in love, wanting to love and be loved in return,I had asked confused…
My darling, everything is wrong, because love is just a name use to define being stupid for someone.see Ad,what is love when there is no money involved,when you can not live your life the way you want to,when you can not buy whatever you want to,see which student do you think will help me achieve all these I have achieved,or do you think If I was foolishly loving one student I would achieve all these,you better open your eyes girl,she said.
I wasn’t comprehending what she was saying or where she was driving at.,so tell me,what exactly do you do then and how do you make so much,I asked her curious.
Well since you want me to spill it out for you,I will,I and some of my friends are call girls,we have fun with the high and mighty in the society,i mean the men that matters in out county,all we need do is play matured games with them on the bed,and then by morning,we get a fat brown envelope as thanks for coming,she said…
Sharon, please If I understand you,you sleep with men for money,i asked her looking surprised..
Yes madam,I do,how do you think I made all these,more over it’s just s*x,she added..
How can you call sleeping with any man Just S*x,I asked her.s*x isn’t what you just give out like you are giving out a cup of garri,you are supposed to keep yourself for that man who would be your husband,I said.
She laughed sarcastically,so I should keep myself for one man somewhere,when I can use what I have to get what I need,you that have kept yourself for over 20 years,what have you achieved,,,See if you wish to be a big girl like me,you would have to change this your orientation,she said.
I was worried all hrough that day,what have I gotten myself into,is this really the right way,my mother wouldn’t be proud of me if I end up a prostitute,maami has sacrificed alot for me,I can not disappoint her like this,,after much consideration,I decided never to get involved in such shameful act,even if it means I live in little and lack.
I knew living with Sharon could be a temptation and I may one day decide to get involved with what she does,hence I choosed to leave and go back to Joyce my bestie…
The next day,I arranged my bag and I was ready to go back to Joyce,what are you doing,and why are you leaving,Sharon asked concerned…
Oh nothing Sharon,I just miss my roommate all of a sudden,I want to go back to my hostel,more over my mother do not know I have moved to another,I am sure she won’t be happy knowing of the latest development…
Ad,are you leaving because I told you the kind of job I do,but come on,I am not disturbing you, neither would I Force you to do what you don’t want to,she said trying to convince me to stay back….
Maami had always told me there’s is no need looking at a meal you know you don’t want to eat,there was no need enjoying the comfort that comes with living such life since I Know I don’t want it,I said within me, Sharon,we are still friends, nothing has changed,I just want to live the life I am use to and not get carried away by a life I can’t afford,I said,and hugged her…
Well if you say so,just know my door are always open to welcome you,and should you change your mind,I am just a call away,she said…
Thanks alot Sharon,I took my luggage and headed to my previous hostel..
Joyce was very happy to see me and have me back, welcome back prodigal friend,she had teased me, babe but wait ohhh,what changed your mind,you were so excited going to live in a big and well furnished apartment,she asked..
I narrated my experience at Sharon’s place to her and she was marveled at the kind of job Sharon was involved in,and to think she’s so nice in class …
The educational system was going smoothly,thank God there was no strike,I had just concluded my finale papers for 200 level,I was happy to go home to maami,I had greatly missed her….
Getting home,I couldn’t believe what had happened,maami’s shop were she sales provisions and food stuffs had been raised down by fire caused by wrong electrical connection from the next shop,both maami’s shop and the other shop was finished..
Maami was looking a shadow of herself,but why didn’t you tell me maami,I asked her in tears seeing how thin she looked because of thinking…
Omomi,I didn’t want to bother you, especially since you said you were writing exams,I wouldn’t want you thinking about the situation and fail your papers,she said trying to hold back the tears that was trying to come down.my child,it’s been three weeks,and things had not been easy with me, couple with the fact that I even borrowed some money to stock up the shop before the unfortunate incident, she said already in tears,I couldn’t help but joined her in crying.life is so unfair,but why,why maami’s shop I kept asking…
They were days we had nothing in the house to eat,Baami will sometimes leave #500 and go out,what in heaven’s name would that do, people maami had borrowed money from, would also come and create scenes demanding for their money,Baami would ignore like nothing affected him…
The humiliation was too much,the pains maami was going through,going to bed at times without food in the stomach,and even waking up to nothing was too much for me to bear,I then decided it was high time I called SHARON…
Written by
Rejoice Igbinovia Aluyi
