Chapter 5

Micheal's POV.

I was in my room, reliving the incident that happened back at school today,when I heard a knock on my door. Knowing fully well who it is.

Knockkkk.

"What is Blessing?"I yelled. Blessing works at my mum's boutique, my mum is a well known fashionista and her boutique is one of the best in Lagos State. Blessing lives with us because she's an orphan. She's older than me with four years and she uses that her elder sister tone whenever I'm getting naughty. She had been the one helping me with my problem, but only when she's on vacation from school.

I know you might think I'm spoilt for not calling her aunty Blessing, she asked me to call her by her name, besides we're already in the 21st century, you'd rather call your elder sister,sis or your elder brother,bro. I call her sis buy whenever I'm angry I call her by her name. I've gotten used to her already, she's more like my biological elder sister.

"Oluwafemi you have a visitor so get down here right now"She yelled.

"And who is that?" I asked her speaking more softly because I heard that there's a visitor waiting for me.

"A girl from your school"she replied.

"Be down in a sec" I told her.

  A girl from my school, who could that be, I hope it's not who I have in mind. I have two people in mind.

Omoshalewa.

Or

Bridget.

I thought to myself as I walked down the stairs. I was wearing a white joggers and a black singlet. I walked to the living room to meet her sitting on the couch,but she was backing me. That didn't stop me from knowing who it is.

"Shalewa!" I didn't know when her name slipped out of my mouth. She turned her head towards my direction.

"Hi" she said in a very low tone.

"Hi"I replied her, walking to the couch opposite the one she was sitting on. There was silence between us for what seems like forever until she finally spoke up.

"Act…actually I'm here because I wanted to talk to…"she was explaining but I cut her off.

"I know why you're here"I told her.

"You do?" She asked looking confused.

"Yes, I do. It's obvious that you're here to talk to me or probably insult me because of what happened back at school today"I said almost raising my voice.

"No…no you're wrong I'm not here for that"she told me shaking here head in the negative way.

"Then…then why are you here"I replied softly feeling disappointed.

"I'm here because…"she tried to talk further but I cut here short again.

"Wait a sec…how do you know my house…I mean I know you know I live in this estate but how do you know my house?"I questioned here.

"I asked the gate man…as I was saying bef…"she continued but I cut her short again out of curiosity.

"Which gate man?"I asked.

"Posi's gateman…I'm here be…"she wanted to explain why she was here but I cut her off again.

"How did he know my house?"I asked again. Don't judge me I'm just curious.

"Your dad is the deputy governor,so literally people who live in this estate will know your house you fool… well except from Posi…interrupt me one more time and I'm promising you that I'm going to smack you so hard on the face"she yelled at me a little. That was when I realized that she could get my home address anywhere in this estate.

I think I pissed her off with my question, I was surprised at the way she threatened to slap me if I interrupted her again. In other not to get slapped I just nodded my head in approval.

"Good"she said crossing her leg and sitting like the CEO of a company. I was mesmerized by her beauty, I was just looking at her from head to toe and her lips. I was no longer paying attention to what she was saying, I was far gone into the kingdom of her beauty.

"Mister, mister"she snapped her finger in face, that was when I snapped out of my fantasy island. She was standing right in front of me already and we were so close.

Have I been gone for that long that I didn't realize when she stood up to stand in front of me. I asked myself in my mind.

Dey haff finally gotten you. Awon aye(the world). My subconscious mocked me.

You can't blame me, she's like a goddess of beauty, no flaws from head to toe not even on her skin. I thought to myself.

"Did you say something?"she asked me like she heard what I said in my mind.

"Ermmm…I said I'm sorry…I just drifted off to God knows where"I said smiling like a dumbass.

Drifted off to her island of beauty. My subconscious said giggle.

Cut the crap. I yelled at him.

"Why did I say I was here?"she asked.

"I'm sorry…I didn't grab that when you where talking"I replied her looking as innocent as a puppy.

"Oh God, iru omo wo la le ye(what type of child is this)"she said smacking her hand on her forehead with the other one at akimbo. I loved the way she stood, she looked so womanly.

"Come back"she said shaking me vigorously, before she let go.

Damn! My head is spinning from that shaking. I said in my head.

"Okay let's stay afresh…I mean from the beginning of today"she explained,I only nodded. She was already sitting beside me.

"Let's forget we had a little argument this morning…I forgive you, I'm a type of person who does not like to keep malice and I forgive easily but that doesn't mean I'm not hurt but what you said…I'm deeply hurt but I can deal with my own issues"she explained but she didn't do well hiding how hurt she was by what I did,as a tear fell off her right eye. She quickly used the back of her hand to clean it, but she didn't notice that I saw it.

"I'm deeply sorry"I muttered.

That sounded stupid. You should apologize more than this. My subconscious told.

"I know what I did and said was so uncalled for but if there's one thing I would want to do is to erase those moments…I really want to be your friend…I  mean it and I don't want to hurt you or any of our friends like I've always done…"I explained to her how I felt.

"Like you've always done?"she asked with a furrowed eyebrows. That was when I realized what I just said.

"I mean like I've done on the day we first met"I lied to her.

"I'm so sorry…please forgive me"I told her with my hand together in a pleading gesture, looking at her with all the sincerity in my heart.

"I forgive you"she simply said with a big smile on her face.

"Thank you"I said placing my hand on her leg, when I realized where my hand was I removed it quickly.

"You're welcome…friends fight and they solve it. So back to why I'm here"she said looking me straight in the eyes.

"I'm here because of the welcome party that the school organized"she explained.

"What about it?"I asked.

She told me about how that picked paper and how she was the one who picked my name. She told me the dress code and other things I had to know about the party.

"So the party is in two days time which is on Saturday?"I asked her just to be sure.

"Yep"she answered.

"So what do you think we should wear…we don't have to think about color anymore,since the school has chosen a color for us"I asked looking at her.

"I've already made my own choice"she told me smirking.

"Tell me about it"I asked her  placing my hand under my jaw.

"I'm going to wear a sheath gown"she explained.

"What's a sheath gown?"I asked looking confused.

"Ohh I forgot that I'm talking to the son of a fashionista who has no idea about fashion"she said smacking me on the head.

"Don't judge, I'm not a girl"I said raising my hands up in surrender. She brought her phone out of her bag and showed me a picture of what she wants to wear.

"Ohh this is what they call seal gown abii what did you call it"I said looking at the picture before I felt another smack on my head.

"Ouch"I shouted.

"It's sheath not seal, ode(idiot)"she told me laughing at me.

"I don't know naw"I replied rubbing my hand on my head.

"Well this will look nice on you could you just send the picture to my WhatsApp"I asked her.

"Sure but why…so I could use it to get my ode²(idiot ²)"I said sticking my tongue out.

"My personal mumu(fool)"she said causing us to both laugh but our little bubble got burst by Debby's call.

"Excuse me"she informed me that she wanted to take the call.

"Yes babe"she spoke seriously.

"What!…I don't understand you…what do you mean she's not at home"she yelled a little causing me to know that sometimes is wrong.

"But she's also not in school and Baba said she left naw"she replied before ending the call.

"I should go now"she told me picking up her bag.

"What's wrong?"I asked her looking worried.

"Nothing much it's Mide"she said walking towards the door before I grabbed her hand.

"I thought you said we're friends…so tell me the problem.…please"I pleased to know what's happening. She explained all that happened after to left school,I was surprised too. With the little time I've spent with them Mide always leave school with her friends.

"This is strange…let's go to her house…"I said but she cut me off.

"Never mind you don't have to stress yourself out I…"I tried to persuade me to stay but I cute her short.

"She's always my friend and I think as a good friend I should look for my missing friend"without waiting for her reply, I ran upstairs to get a top to wear on my joggers. On my wAy down,I grabbed the car to Sis's venza. She was standing by the door looking so worried,I understand her pain.

"Sis, please send me your car for an hour,I wanna go check om someone"I yelled towards the stairs.

"Suite yourself, check on someone abi drop your girlfriend"she yelled from her room causing me to open my mouth in shock.

"I hate you"I said before gesturing for Shalewa to go out as I  followed her.

"Same to you"I heard sis shout back.

We got into the car, after Shalewa used her seat belt I zoomed off not even caring if I had my seat belt on.

Omoshalewa's POV.

We got to Mide's house not up to 10minutes. I got down swiftly and sprinted into her house,with Femi walking closely behind me. I prefer calling him Femi, Micheal is too simple for me, I like to call people by their native names. We inside as fast as we can. Debby, Posi and Emeka were already there, Debby and Posi rushed over to meet me, while Femi walked over to meet Emeka.

"Her friends are here, now…they all said she left school before their lunch break"Sister Tabitha told the person she was talking to on the phone.(Picture of sister Tabitha in the media)

Sister Tabitha is Mide's aunty, her mum's younger sister. Mide been the only child is always left at home with Sister Tabitha,but sister Tabitha goes to work all day and comes back at night. Sister Tabitha works with Nigerian civil defense, she studied Criminology in the United States of America. As for Mide parents they are always in one country or the other every week doing business meetings. But, they care about their daughter so much and always feel guilty for not always been there for her.

"Please do…I'll go to his office right now…aunty mii ee ma beru, in kon Kon ko Ni se(my sister don't be afraid, nothing will happen to her)" she tried to assure the person she was talking to on the phone placing her hand on her chest, before ending the call.

"Good afternoon ma"Femi and I said in unison.

"Good afternoon Shalewa and…"she said facing Femi.

"Michael ma"he told her his name.

"Good afternoon Michael"she greeted him, before facing Debby, Posi and I.

"From your school too?"she asked.

"Yes ma…we're all friends"Posi answered her.

"Okay…tell me what happened in your school today, from when you entered the school premises till you left the school premises"she asked us, gesturing us to all sit down.

We all said our own side of the story from when we finished assembly to how Micheal said trash things to me,to when we left school.

"Okay…but the question now is why did she leave school?"she asked.

"No idea ma"Posi said

"We were all surprised too…because she never leaves the school premises without us"I added.

"Yes, I know that's why I'm also surprised"she said.

"The only thing she said was that she was going to use the lavatory…that's why we brought her bag thinking she came home maybe because she was not feeling too good"Debby explained to Sister Tabitha.

"That means she didn't have the mind to leave school…something must have happened when she went to use the lavatory."she told us standing up, pacing the length and breadth of room. Trust Sister Tabitha to activate her detective mode when it comes to matters like this.

"She have to go back to your school…we need to check the CCTV cameras"she explained to us.

"What have a CCTV camera in KHS"When all asked at the same time out of shock, we had no idea there are CCTV cameras in school.

"Yes…I'm not supposed to tell you this sef…your school installed them because of things like this…only few reputable parents and free teachers know about it"she explained.

"Wow…I shock oo"Debby said almost laughing.

"Not now Debby"I whispered to her. She takes everything as play.

"Let me grab my car keys then we'll go"she said but before she could go up the stairs, Femi stopped her.

"I brought my car.…we can all go in my car"Femi said.

"Are you sure?"she asked.

"Yes ma, Mide is also my friend this is the least I could do for her"he told her.

"Okay let's go…but wait…you look familiar…ain't you Oluwafemi Micheal,son of the deputy governor of this state"she asked looking surprised.

"Yes ma"he replied smiling feel proud of how popular he is.

"Nice…let's go"she said as we all moved out quickly.

"You didn't tell me you guys had rich and fine guys in your school"she whispered to the three of us.

We got to our school after a 40minutes drive,we all got down quickly and walked into the school. We had to park outside because the gate man already closed the gate. It's two hours after closing hours.

"Good afternoon sir"Sister Tabitha greeted Baba out school gate man. We all stood behind her.

"Good afternoon madam"he answered.

"Please is the principal still I'm school?"she asked.

"Yes, he's still in school with a few teachers.

"Okay sir, thank you sir"she answered him, we all greeted and walked closely behind sister Tabitha.

"Hey…did you meet your friend at home"he shouted behind us.

"No sir, please have you seen her…did she come back to school"Debby was the one who spoke moving closer to himself as we all stopped too.

"No I've not seen her since then…I was just concerned"he said.

"Okay sir…thank you sir" I replied him, we were all worried,our best friend is missing for goodness sake.

We got to the principal's office, Sister Tabitha knocked on the door before hearing a response.

"Yes coming"the principal voice broke out .

"Good afternoon sir"sister Tabitha greeted her.

"Good afternoon Miss Tabitha…how may I help you"she said as she looked at all of us, she knew something was wrong.

"My niece is missing ma"she told her.

"But how I saw her in school today"she explained.

"Yes she came to school today but left before their lunch break"she told her. She explained all that happened to her and the reason why we were here.

"Okay follow me let's go to the security room, to check the CCtV footage. We followed the principal, she stopped at the staff room to call a few teachers to follow us to the Security room. We got to the security room after walking like 3minutes…it was at the end of the last block after the school store,no student ever goes there, it's a secluded place in the school.

"We're here, let's check the footage from the the exact same time she left the class"the principal said.

"Good idea ma"Sister Tabitha said.

The principal played the video we saw Mide walking out…of the class room smiling as always. When she got to the lavatory she was stopped by a man grabbing her from behind in a disgusting manner, she tried to break free from him.

"Please zoom in…who is that"Sister Tabitha said using her detective tone.

The principal zoomed without hesitating.

"Master Tunde"we all exclaimed.

"What!"the principal also exclaimed.

He forced her into the lavat6. We didn't see anything that happened inside the lavatory, literally they can't install camera inside the lavatory. After what seems like forever but it was just 25minutes Mide came out of the lavatory crying,her clothe was messed up, Master Tunde came out after adjusting his belt. She ran back inside the lavatory but Master Tunde just smirked and walked away. After 5minutes Mide came out looking all neat up and she ran towards the school gate. I did know when I started crying,the looked at everyone,they were also crying. The room was dead silent for a while.

"Did he just rape her?"Master Alfred voiced out everyone's mind. Sister Tabitha was very angry.

"And you let this happen under your watch"sister Tabitha yelled at the principal and teacher.

"We are so sorry…"the principal tried to console sister Tabitha but she cut her off.

"Cut the crap,it is called a CCTV camera so that you can see what is happening in the school not just to recording...you could have hired someone to keep watch but no you just dumped it in a room... I'm going to sue everyone of you I promise"she shouted before walking out angry,we all followed her but our legs were shaking from what we just watched.