LOGINJOYCE'S POV. Mic testing....The event was crowded with people, in different dazzling attire. They all sat down as the arrangement of seat in banquet settings, rocking to the tune of music played by the DJ at the corner of the hall. The hall was decorated in elegant colors with glittering chandeliers hanged on the ceiling.The table was embellished with bouquet, fingers chop was placed at the front of each guest. The caterers roamed about the hall, with foods in the tray on their hands, serving each guest.I swirled around with a large smile on my face, clad in a long white wedding gown exposing the small of mh back. My hair was bonded in buns, with white clips clipped on it to beautify the hair. My eyes dazzled in make over made by the short lady with an oblong face beside me. She smiled along with me, held onto the face brush.I stared back at the mirror in the hotel room, admiring the beauty that s
JOYCE'S POV.I dressed up already in my neat ironed uniform waiting patiently for Carl to get through with his food, wrapped my arms around my chest singing a praise song."Why aren't you eating?"I turned my face to the direction that came from. There was mum dumping in the light brown tea into a glass cup for Carl. "I'm not just hungry mum, I am okay. Carl, hurry pls, so we could leave together.""Done sis!" He stood up from the wooden chair and swallowed the tea eagerly as he cupped some bread in his mouth. "Shall we!" He said in a full mouthed and reached for his school bag that was hung at the back of the chair, then he flipped it on his shoulder."Bye mum!" We both waved to mum and stepped outside as she responded in a smiling face.*****Background voices of students' overtook the school as I walked into the school magnificent compound. Students' hung around the school compound mumbling to the
CLIFFORD'S POVI walked inside the small apartments that already looked empty, or is it just me? The frames that was hung on the painted wall in the living room were no where to be seen. My eyes thumped at the luggage aligned at the entrance of the wooden door.What is going on? I thought, then I saw my parents' moved out with a suit case, then an handy bag, like they are set to leave the city."What's up dad? Mum! What is going on?" I called to their noticed as I gazed back at the luggage."Good you are here! Go change your clothes, we are leaving now. I don't think we need to wait any longer." Father uttered hastily, reaching for the luggage."What! Now! All of a sudden? What is going on here? What of my studies? My friends? I will be leaving them here without a proper goodbye? This is not fair, what are you doing this for?""This is not about your friends right now, and your studies, I wi
I and my friends which were already before me trekked down the highway from school, down to our house. Some students' from other school murmured pass us in a whine uniform and style just as ours. Their voices and giggled enlightened the environment. The cock I sighted at the end of the busy road crowed along side their blared sound."What is wrong Joyce? You don't look cheerful this evening. Don't you girls notice?" Eunice tapped me on the shoulder then raised her head up to other girls–who immediately shoved of their smiling faces."I realized you haven't being okay since you've gone to speak to Clifford." Precious strolled back to where I was, leaving Sandra behind."Can you now see how much Clifford hurts you? I told you times without number, go for Eric who loves you, at least he is rich enough to take care of you," The passer-by focused their gaze at her as she squawked. "What are you looking at?" She rolled her eyes at them and wrapped her arms to
JOYCE'S POV."Why would you do that to me Clifford, why?" A single tears squeezed out of my wild eyes as I asked him. "Did you remember everything we've shared? Did you remember all the memories? Or have you forgotten so soon? Now you are leaving, you are leaving me all alone in this country, for what reason?" I fell on my knees, crying out. "For what reason."I was in the class chi-chatting with some of our class mates when Clifford signaled me that he wanna talk to me in private. I excused myself from others' and went to meet him. We ended up at the terrace beautified with flowers and green grasses in success high school, in our turquoise blue and white uniform.I have always been given the overall best student since I was in SS1 in my ex school until I got to SS3, which made me got a scholarship to success high school where I met Clifford, in the same very class. We bacame friends instantly, it