Where Forever Ends

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out your studies or if you've gotten an admission or if you had done well in your exams . Most parents asked it like they were competing amongst their children and the children never really cared about it. The worst is when they keep a

which class she dey like this? , she asked

er jump to js1 " , my mother replies whil

em no dey do well when they reach js 1, like that my son, Ekenne" , she says pointing behind her like the said Ekenne was there

lies, laughing lightly, " th

dey go, take ca

tongue like she was too lazy to call all the syllables of the name, only pron

hear, if not you no go understand wetin them go teach you for

y mother shou

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o school the next day, I was asked to join the primary 6 students to write exams and before I knew what was happening, I was dragg

My Mum had been devastated because apart from the sudden and tragic death of my father, she didn't really have any means of making money, she was a full fle

, within my walls of childhood, to even notice anything that was happening around me. Even when my Father died,

class, waiting for my next lesson to commence whe

Jacob-

aid standing u

eded at the administra

I asked myself. The last time I remembered, I was very nonchalant to anything happenning in the school. I didn't really have friends , and never saw the use of having any, I was very clean and obedient not because I wanted to be tagged a good girl by te

too fast to push me in a hug before I can even think of it. I lift my hands up to hu

ealing her whole dental structure, bringing out her beautiful facial features. Sometimes I forget how very bea

estigious schools in Lagos. It had been about a year since I had applied for the scho

ver , still smiling. I smile back and t

s this, when d

ady over , since we didn't get any information from them again", "I'm so happy for you and me because I don't need to pa

replies sometimes , it makes me wonder if she even

come back on Friday to come and pick you , so you can prepare for your othe

eply,stepping

she says smiling, pulling me closer once again, " I'm

ad never really said anything about going to the school in the first place as it had b

l standing at the side of the door. He motions for me to get going, and I turn back to

cker, arranged my clothes neatly in my box and made my way t

n mixed schools, people are very focused on their studies and it's very easy to ignore everybody without anybody noticing. I like the fact that everyone respects tha

t go' in front our legs. We didn't have a car and as far as we were concerned, we didn't care. Having a car was like the most unnecessary ass

walking into the room I shared with my mother to lay down for a while. I woke up later when the sun had gone d

I've got your uniform ready"