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Tope and Tomisin were so much afraid that Tope was shivering. He thought within him ‘had I known, I should have allowed mum to bring me, rather than refusing.’ They were inside the forest there then the guys of their stature started laughing and unmasked. It was funny seeing their mates in class do that. To their suprise, it was some of their classmates also comming from their various centers and met on the way who did that.
‘What is this! So its you guys.’ Tope lamented.
‘What! David, Ayokunmi, Folarin, Adeola and you this goat, pointing her hand “Bolaji”‘ she commented.
They both stood up looking so dull and happy, the guys were still laughing while Tope being annoyed and was looking so depressed.
‘Sorry, we had to do that to make us all happy’ Bolaji said joining his hands together.
‘Yeah, we saw you from afar so we thought hiding and ambushing you will be the best’ Ayokunmi laughed.
‘Was it funny, I almost had heart attack’ Tope complained smiling a little.
They all laughed.
‘Abi now, I was terrified that had I known I shouldn’t register for this exam, imagine, Bolaji carried me’ Tomisin also added.
‘ We are sorry, now how was the exam?’ David inquired.
‘We thank God, not that bad sha’ Tomisin replied, all moving out of the bush to the pathway.
‘Yes ooo’ Tope added, cutting a leaf beside him.
‘ I knew it, I knew I would be good for you guys. Ours wasn’t good tho’ Fola said looking dismayed.
‘What! You are pulling my legs right’ Tope glanced at them one-by-one.
‘It wasn’t jurh!’ Adeola too added his.
‘But it was simple to us now, especially the salt analysis.’ Tomisin responded and squeezed her face.
‘You guys are… Hmmn.’ David said too, smiling at them.
‘Are?’ Tope asked.
‘Good now, you are more understanding and brilliant’ Folarin cut in.
‘No no no no no ooo, that’s not the issue. It was great and its not about someone being brilliant and the others dull’ Tomisin complained.
‘We’re just pulling your legs, it was awesome na, 90% of what the lesson teacher taught us.
They all laughed.
Oluwatomisin got home after spending many minutes at the gate knocking. She entered looking tired. It had been an hectic day, her first time writing an external exam, taking cab herself and even surrounded up by some guys.
‘How was the first of all papers?’ Her Dad asked lying on a couch in the sitting room.
‘It was very fine dad, I had a lot of fun again.’ She replied, having her sit and looking tired.
‘Hmmn, you mean students’ dressings rights?’ He smiled.
‘How did you know dad, quite funny how some people dressed as if they were attending a party.’ She replied.
‘That’s normal, people do that a lot sha so its not a suprise to me, get your food on the dinning.’ He pointed.
‘Wao! Thanks dad. So you cooked?’ She smiled.
‘Sure, why won’t I, for my beautiful daughter’ he nodded smiling.
‘Thanks dad.’ She repeated and thought in her “my beautiful daughter”.
The family was moderately okay, Tomisin lost her mum during child birth, so her dad vowe not to marry again and bring up his daughter with all his ability. He loved her so much and has always cared for her. Seun, the only son and child of Collins then gave birth to Oluwatomisin, Tope’s soul mate…..
After Tomisin has eaten, her father called her and narrated to her his financial capacity.
‘Dear daughter, I’ve been running after a contract now, I’ve spent several millions of naira and hoping it to be mine until I discovered it has been awarded to another engineer out there. The only helper I’ve got died last week, my father’s brother. I’ve got no money now, I will have to pay your school fee and others from what I have here now. Daughter, please try all your possible best to make sure you make it’ he sighed looking so sad.
‘Dad I promise you that a 100 times. I will bring out this family’s name. Everyone will know. Sorry about that of the contract, just get together, Lord help us.’ She went sad.
‘I trust you, just go inside, relax and read. Success is yours’ he stood up.
‘Thanks dad’
After talking with her son, Olajumoke went to the balcony to call Timileyin. She was so concerned about Tonia, she had always thought of having her as a daughter-in-law.
‘How was my daughter-in-law’s paper today?’ She inquired.
‘Ore, it was fine ooo. What of Tope, my son-in-law to be precise?’ She asked.
‘He’s fine and he said the paper was fine, God crown their efforts will success’ she prayed.
‘Amen oo, that’s the koko oo’ she replied.
‘I’ll be visiting Ghana next month after their exam to greet you and Tonia’ she smiled.
‘That’ll be great, you just asking of Tonia, what of Lucia na’ she laughed.
‘Aaaah!’ She exclaimed.
‘How is she oo, my darling daughter’ she continued.
‘Great here, sha be doing partiality, because she is your daughter-in-law don’t ask of anyone else’ she smiled.
‘Hmmn, are you now jealous?’ Both laughed.
‘Okay we’ll talk later’ Timi said.
They ended the call.
Temitope overheard their discussion from his room and laughed. ‘This mum nawaa oo’ he thought.
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Tonia, a very beautiful and brilliant girl in her college, in Ghana. Many loved her because of this her beauty, white teeth, fresh and sweet smell and her great stature. She was the best of her set also because she did read like anything. She fell in love with Tope’s pix that she was given by his mother and started loving him, without seeing him before. She was of the same height with Tope himself and hated lies and cheating. She lived with her parents in a well furnished apartment they bought in Ghana, it was wonderful. The furnitures and other wooden materials used in that house was muah! And always shinning. The house was more than mighty with each room as big as some people’s big sitting room. They were blessed.
Temitope and Tomisin were sitted taking a fan lolly youghurt after their paper that day. Thay had physics alternative to practical.
‘Why don’t you like browsing, I just don’t know why yoy have an e-mail, g-mail, facebook, twitter, and the rest without cisiting them’ Tomisin lamented.
‘Just don’t know too, but I distaste it sha, hardly do I even check my mail not to talk of Facebook and the likes’ he replied.
‘O ga o’ Tomisin said.
‘Let’s start going home oo’ Tope uttered.
They stood up and left the place for their various houses.
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The Ts are too much in this tory