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. It wasn't Friday The Thirteenth. It was Tuesday; the day before her second exam but it was also the last

ast by 12pm when her phon

o, Ad

lo,

ll at home?"

I'll soon

get to come for

forget but she had othe

I want to submit m

e." And Ehis

ruggled to breathe properly, her body was tense, her nose

go out

submit my file be

that,

d to go t

that,

ind me,

hroom. She got out soon after and immediately

Where

at home but

up sha." And

er bag. She would have put her phone in her bag too but s

't

arried her bag and rushed out of the house but

dn't have any transport money or any money to spend on transportation. Vehicles drove past her, with some buses slow

that,

that,

to persuade her to miss out on the service. Her pastor had told her that she would have an open door encounter a

4:47pm. There were only two men in the office and they w

on Sirs." She

" One of them, with a b

lue file before responding. "I

spoke. "The time has already passed for you to su

ece of paper pasted on the wall. It read "Submission of blue file",. She t

e back later.

r." She

t the office, they con

ealized that she ha

all. You ca

shook

o ASU

ed to the direction of the hall. Her

is go

ked he

The voi

o

h

disrespect

have many thing

lt the voice was trying to heighten her already high anxiety and distract her from her

And with that, sh

ople coming in. She didn't see Ehis amongst them, so she decid

his, wher

com

he

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t y

I'm c

her thing while completely disregarding her. She got upset by it but hoped that she w

stay.

ored it and

ted. She tried not to be distracted by overthinking or anxiety. S

God will protect you.

t wasn't against her throughout the

ship session. During that, she prayed that she succeeded with flying colors

g to the sermon. She also thought of the exam tomorrow and hoped she would do well. She had the past questions of all the courses but still

d home. She saw Ehis talking to her friend, Dammy. As s

h, Ad

vening,

alked towards her an

are

fine,

cided to c

ys close to evening time and she didn't like to b

." She an

shoulder. "Ok

he left to mee

r bag on the stacked chairs. Dammy was n

ow, le

m following Dammy for night clas

had come or not, her sister would have gone to do it without telling her on time. In her opinion, night class

, she would never tell anyone her whereabout

She sh

the Main Gate, you

ka

he entrance. Adesuwa shook her head and walked towards the entrance. She

home. And o

ed again but no response. She decided to call when she got home. She walked very quickl

you passed th

t home now." Ad

ake care

g up th

er nose sta

ething bad wan

one around. The express road, once busy

ught it was someone who wanted to know the time. She tried to brush the hand off but it held stronger. She turned to th

ve me yo

ng a knife. Adesuwa's heart skipped a beat

eing

rew off her slippers as she ran after him and howled for help but there was no one. The thief ran into the bushy side of the road and disappeared. She was scared to follow him into the dark

my phone and ran into that bus

hey laughed instea

ad and ran towards the cinema building. A night guard was

e stole my phone and ran into

her with pity. "But

e it. "Please, just f

s head. "He's g

s? They had warned her not to go out during the night but she diso

t, you are unharme

kay. What

her. He would be so angry

if she had a heart attack or her

didn't know but she d

st hope. After what felt like the most agonizing minutes o

uncle said that I should meet

ut she followed the girl anyway. She just needed help. She followed the girl to meet her

er there. What happened? Why were

g. They calmed her down and told her to repeat again, slowly. She stopped crying for a bit and told th

someone for a phone. Your m

and rolled down her

I will call her. W

member. Infact, she couldn't remember it at all. She

dialed it. It rang but no one answered. It went on twice.

But then, it

Who is

mm

rly confused and scared when the man explained the situation to her. She too told the

ng happened to her and we sho

her into the bush, to catch the thief. He wouldn't have gone that

rprisingly, they did. The girl held her hand and the man walked in front, guiding

!" He ca

ted to c

nked them as they left. Then, he called her mummy and turned to Adesuwa. Of course, she expected the scolding, which she received but it was not severe. Instead, they told her not to stress herself. Her uncle led her to

ain, regret and anger. She felt dry and whatever light in her was dim. She wished her criminal dead, burnt alive or lynched by a mob. She

is as a removed distraction and focus on yo

nly reminded her of the event. So, she watched Netflix, which took her out of her sadness. Soon, it was midni

chool. Adesuwa didn't feel like going but she had to. Ot

teeth, took her bath and got dressed. Moments later, Ehis walked in. She didn't feel like

tered Ekosodin junction, another way that led to UNIBEN. She reached her exam hall. Many of her course mates were already there. She went to a corner and squatted, with a

w are you?" And h

ehow knew the answers to every question. Sluggishly, she answered them and tried to ignore a girl asking her to tell her answers. She didn't feel like it but told her anyway. She left before the exam time expired and went to the basement to wait for her sister as agreed. Her uncle had

got home and they were just glad to be with them. Adesuwa still felt regrets, anger and hatred towards her sister under the guise of pretending that she had forgotten a

y. It was usually when something ba