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• Behind The Gate Of Lakeview    Chapter Seven

  ~Jade~ 'Dad please, I have to attend this wedding, it's my best friend sister's wedding.' 'No and let this be the last time we'll have this conversation.' That was dad's curt reply. We were having our rare family dinner and Zee decided to ruin it by asking Dad for permission to attend a wedding in Ekiti. 'oh oh' 'I don't have any problem with you attending weddings in Oyo, Ibadan or Ife but you're definitely not going to Ekiti for a wedding.'

• Behind The Gate Of Lakeview    Chapter Six

  ~Jade~This morning like most mornings, I ate alone in the big dinning room I see no reason my parents should have built for a family of five. A family of five that rarely eats together at that. My dad had an impromptu surgery during the night and he had rushed to the hospital with Saheed. Mom already left even before I woke up to deliver their breakfast to them. Now, I'm sitting at the dinning table alone, listening to the clusters of cutleries on plates and listening to the echos of my thoughts. Our debate on Sex Education is just two days to go, today is Wednesday and on Friday, we climb the podium again except that this term, Lakeview has decided it's not going to be a debate-like but an argument sort of, like a panel discussion on Sex Education in front of the whole

• Behind The Gate Of Lakeview    Chapter Five

  ~Jade~There was a new student in school the next day. I got to school and the guys were whispering about the supposed new student, about how well formed her ass is and about her boobs. I mentally rolled my eyes as I passed Caleb and his friends as he was gisting his friends."Guys, I'm not joking here oo. You have to see this ass. It's like Kim K's ass. Damn. There's going to be some serious knacking this session."I rolled my eyes and walked into the class. Michelle who was talking with her gang glared at me and the whole of her gang hissed at me. I smiled. What a joke? I saw the new girl later, some minutes before the assembly, she was asking Caleb something around the SS3 block. I dou

• Behind The Gate Of Lakeview     Chapter Four

  ~Jade~"I know you're my friend but seriously, Jade, you're crazy. Like seriously? You could have just ignored them."I inwardly cringed at what Hana said. Yeah. I could have just ignored them. Yeah, I wanted to ignore them but seeing Uthman not reciprocating Michelle's feelings even after what she did to me because of him gave me joy. Not that I particularly care whether they date or not but for now, let me just bask in this joy."Yeah, I wanted to ignore them but Hana, you should have seen her face and the way she was acting."I shrugged at the remembrance."She's crazy, Hana. it was funny. Feelings reduce you to fickle things like that."It w

• Behind The Gate Of Lakeview    Chapter Three

  ~Jade~Rumours were the first thing I heard the second week of school. Everybody were talking about it and the center of all the rumours was walking with this head held high as if it wasn't him they were talking about."Do you think it's actually possible for Uthman to give up football?"Hana asked me, it was lunch time and we were sitting in the cafeteria, eating our snacks slowly and savoring the joy of being a finalist. Crazy, right? But I just like being a finalist."No I don't think so and No, I don't know. Why are you asking me about Uthman anyways?"She shrugged just as Uthman walk in with Daniel. I saw Michelle waved at him from where she sat. He waved back and walked straigh

• Behind The Gate Of Lakeview    Chapter Two

  ~Uthman~Dinner had always been a hurdle in the house. Not like we always eat together because dad was hardly ever home but the few times he was home, he'd make us eat together. I still don't understand why he'd that because eating together does not do anything to help our family. Infact, contrary to the popular opinion of family bonding well over meals, ours only seemed to highlight how torn apart our family was.Aunty Bola was always on edge anytime dad was planning on eating with us and today was no exception, she had been on edge since he got back. She was trying to put dinner in place and even from my room, I could taste the apprehension in the air. I did not step out of my room until dinner was served. Now, we w