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• The Good Kids   Chapter Fourteen.

  Omotayo.Bang!Bang!!Bang.The pounding headache woke me up from my light sleep. My head felt as if it would explode soon and I held my hand with both hands as the pounding intensified.I sat up on my bed as I tried breathing exercises to see if it would stop but if anything it just became more unbearable.My temperature was all over the place but I still felt cold inside. Could I be getting a fever?I shivered as the cold water came in contact with my skin. I was hoping that the water would reduce my temperature a little.I picked my toothbrush still in the shower and brushed it weakly with the water cascading over my body.Today was going to be somehow,I could feel it."Hey honey,did you sleep well?"My mother asked as I made my way to the dining room.René and my mother were already seated and they were talking about something. I searched for my dad but he was nowhere to be found."Where is dad?"I voi

• The Good Kids   Chapter thirteen

  Harmony.The plates looked like a fountain. It looked as if it hadn't been washed in months. As if I had not just washed it yesterday.On a Monday morning when I was supposed to be preparing for school I was trapped inside. Washing plates.School was not rosy but it was nothing like this hell. By the rate I was going I would be extremely late to class and I would most likely be punished. But that was the least of my problems. I had a huge problem.My period.It was late this month and what my mother could say was that"You are pregnant."She had said it with so much conviction that even I had feared that I was indeed pregnant before I threw the thoughts away. My mother had beaten me black and blue yesterday as she told me to confess but I told her that there was nothing to confess and she beat me the more because I was using my English to mock her.My stiff muscles and bruises over my arms was proof of how bru

• The Good Kids   Chapter twelve

  Simone.Brrng!!!Why is my alarm going off on a Saturday?I turned and tried to turn it off but instead it fell off the table and landed on the ground,making a loud crashing sound.I grumbled and sat down on the bed and I tried to rid sleep from my body.I took my phone and checked the time.7:05.What was I thinking yesterday that had made me set an alarm on a Saturday?"Simone,open this door. We heard a crash."I heard my mom's voice behind the door and she sounded worried. Typical mom."I am fine mom. It's just my alarm clock.""Are you sure,honey?Are you sure you feel up for that tutoring assignment that Principal John gave you?"Ohhhhhh!I knew that I had forgotten something.I really didn't want to go but if I didn't do as the principal asked he'd tell my parents about the fight and that would be a disaster."No it's fine,mom. There is no problem.""OK."I waite

• The Good Kids   Chapter eleven.

  Omotayo."Tayo,come back here! I am still talking to you.""But I am done with you!"I replied my father back smoothly.Omotayo,one. Father, zero."When did it become okay to talk to your father that way?""Since you decided to move your family around like poultry."Mehn!I am on fire today.My father grunted in frustration but I couldn't care less. He lost my respect and love when I started to lose reason."I don't see a big deal in this,Omotayo."My father replied,his voice losing all anger that was there before."Of course you don't see the big deal in it!"I exclaimed incredulously. "You never see the big deal in anything."My father raised his hand to smack my face but judging from the look on my face,he stopped and brought it down. Perhaps he thought that if he slapped me I would slap him back. Perhaps, he was right."Watch your tongue,Tayo!"I rolled my eyes and ran upstairs while ignoring ca

• The Good Kids   Chapter ten

  Simone."Madam Simone,wake up!"I heard the same line that I have been listening to for the past seventeen years."Leave me alone!"In case you were wondering, I just started saying this line four years ago. When Caitlin decided to put our entire class into groups."It's your dad calling you!"The maid said smugly and I knew why.Let me tell you a little about my Father:My father is Kunle Adeboye,the owner of a multi national conglomerate. He deals with almost everything. He has nightclubs,a lip gloss production industry. He produces sugar,cement,napkins,rice....just name it. Some people actually call him the head of the Nigerian Mafia.My mother is Mona Adeboye. She works from home,even though she has a law degree. She has a tiny figure but she can't be taken advantage of,mostly because of my dad.Now back to my dad!He is a big,soft,cuddly bear despite his seemingly hard face and bulky stature. But the last thing you w

• The Good Kids   Chapter nine.

  Damini.When I stood up,every thing was dark. There were no walls,ceiling, windows or doors. I was just in a pit. No where to hold as I tried get myself together."Damini!"I turned when I heard my name. It was so faint but urgent. I could tell that the voice belonged to a girl."Damini!!"The girl called out to me. Her face was blurry but her voice was as clear as the day. Deep and soft at the same time. I could make out the outline of her hair and I reached out to touch it but as I brought my hand closer she went further away from me."Help me."The voice floated around me because she seemed so far from me now. I still couldn't see her face and I was getting frustrated."Come closer."I shouted at her without meaning to."I can't."Her voice broke as she said those two words."Please!"I said,with a lot of emotions in my voice. As soon as she heard that one word, she froze and nodded slowly. As if