HeavenOasis

Kim grieves after Maxwell's death. “ Chinwe, Chinwe, Chinwe !” “So you cannot even draw those simple shapes, yet you were there at the back, talking?!” Mrs. Grace asked angrily. “I’ll teach you a lesson. Your turn, Kim, draw those shapes” Kim collected the chalk and drew the shapes with flourish. After that day, Kim and Chinwe became close friends. Kim learnt over time that Chinwe had come from a broken home with five children, all of whom were dropouts. Chinwe and her siblings were being raised by her mother alone who hardly had time to devote to her children. “Don’t worry, I will help you as much as I can” Kim said after listening to Chinwe’s story. During break periods, Kim devoted her time to teaching Chinwe what they had been taught earlier in the class. Although it was harder than Kim had anticipated, Chinwe knew nothing, yet Kim was patient in teaching her and she was gradually picking up. The duo studied at every available opportunity, this closeness was...

LIFE OUTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL. While we were expecting our results, many of us traveled out of Lagos. Some of us began learning one handiwork or the other. The rest of us began working in different p[laces as office assistants, cleaners etc. on my part, my mum got me a job as a messenger in a law firm. The work was good but the pay sucks like seriously. The firm was owned by two renown SANs  and it was the most prominent law firm in Mushin with over ten staff excluding the drivers, messengers and cleaners. In June, our result came out but I failed woefully because I had 7 Ds and 2 Es. I almost cry when I checked it online. I knew I was not smart enough to study hard for the exam yet, I needed someone to hold responsible and to blame for my failure. I felt it unfair that I could failed woefully like that. When my mum saw the result in the evening, she was sadder  than I was. I told you she said. Michael, despite all the money I borrowed  from a Corporative Society, se...