One night with my father's best friend

pte

o

so good when I was supposed to

t his name-was the most wonderful companion ever. I'd gone to the club, not seeking

f sandalwood. His deep set brown eyes probed into my soul each time he set his ga

ecome permanent. I was twenty-two and I could boldly say that I'd ne

apparently old enough to be my father

t whenever I remembered my dad, but the imag

I flattened my back on the bed, shutting my eyes tightly so t

apping noisily against the tiled floor. "Sit up, Lola.

and gradually folded into a sitt

Where did you s

u care anyways?" I retorted

that my mother and I didn't have a good relationship, but now that

cracked, lowering

acting like you care ab

er was buried last night and you didn't have the dec

tion, the feeling of tranquility I'd enjoye

ything you did to frustrate daddy before he died disgusts me. You shouldn't be here, mom. Go

nful slap that landed on my chee

Do you think your late father was a saint? Do you thi

he weren't my mother, I'd have e

ead, mom. He can't even defen

dge of her nose. "Enough of this argum

t my inner cheek. "What

for work for the

ough my phone. Traveling round the clock wasn't new to me

house alone to myself, only tha

trip. Take your time," I

here for the time I'

I won't be here, then where will I stay?" I stared at he

d the house for six months. We need the money for your tuition an

n my shoulders because everything was going too fast. Just yesterd

d set up a trust fund that was more than enough to take care of my educati

g, mom," I said

ements with your new guardian. He's

ised that she wasn't bluffing. She'd actually rented our house to

st be j

ith me. We don't want to keep our g

e sense of what she was saying. I was about to ask her

strides were faster, more urgent as th

she was my mother after smashing my phone all

nd what she just did

because of your irrationality," I rushed behind her until we got to the living room. "I'm

ded me. "M

d it with a small smile. "Hi," he greeted curtly and turned to my