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• The endless sea   chapter fourteen

  I woke up this morning feeling excited, I had ironed my uniform the previous night and have gotten ready for today's school, I quickly rushed into the bathroom, bathed and soon clad in my new school uniform. it was a high waist navy blue skirt, that just ended above my knees, printed and flayed. on top was a sky blue shirt with whose sleeve ends somewhere at my ankle, I noticed it is something that differentiates us from the junior students whose sleeves ends at just their upper arm. on it was a navy blue tie to match. I drew closer to the mirror to see what I looked like, I was satisfied with myself. my cornrows weren't worn out so, I, picked us a brush to dress my frontal hairs that looked a bit scattered. I wore a pair of clean white socks and a pair of black shoes. I quickly dressed my bed and rushed out to join the rest of the family at the dining for breakfast. breakfast was cereal, and I enjoyed every bit of it. Dera was still not ready to resume school, but I guessed he's th

• The endless sea   chapter thirteen

  mum's burial was a success. I was really grateful, I got to see jay after a long while and he's still going back with my aunty to portharcourt, he really changed a lot in a few months. well, another sad news was that I lost my phone during the burial and there's no way I could contact favour and tell him my recent ordeals nor even contact Sara. they were just left in the darkness to what was happening to me recently. chi boy and Mimi had promised to get me a new phone so I would stop being sad about it. since after my mum's burial, mich has started becoming nice to me, I wouldn't know if he's becoming to like me or its just pity because that's what I keep seeing in his eyes but that one apart, all I know is we are now in good talking terms and that crowns it all. uncle harry and aunty Tessy keeps checking on me all the time and taking notes of my moods, ii am so happy with that level of kindness from them at least that made me feel a lot at home. today's is Satu

• The endless sea   chapter twelve

  I really wonder what the call was all about, but my uncle didn't feel happy after the call, he looked so gloomy. I wondered what the call was about, and why he looked at me with so much pity in his eyes. well, I waved that aside. my stay in my uncle's house is becoming more peaceful, is not up to a day when chi boy changed his attitude towards me. he became lively as ever we would sit and joke till nightfall. most times, he will drag with Dera who would go out with me in a day, I was beginning to enjoy my self. no one was my problem again except mich. I am yet to find out where I have wronged him. sister Mimi as I fondly call her, is always out, but won't fail to get me stuff while coming back. since we are almost the same height, she gave me some of her clothes she doesn't like again. she takes me to a stylist to make another cornrow every weekend. I'm beginning to like the person I was becoming. Favor is happy too. I do send him pictures every day and make video calls with him. he

• The endless sea   chapter eleven

  its Saturday already, the long-awaited day for my cousins to come back from school. we had woke up very in the morning and started cleaning the house, aunty Tessy had gone to the market to get foodstuffs and some other things we would be needing in the house. everywhere got so busy that I was already getting tired by all the clump of preparations taking place. I really wonder if they prepared for everyone's coming back this way. soon my uncle and his wife came back and I went into the kitchen to cut vegetables she got for making fried rice. I was getting bored already because aunty Tessy is not the type that engages you into a conversation while you get things done, unlike my mum who plays and tells you kinds of stories, giving you pieces of meat and fish for you to eat while you cook with her. that actually made it clear to me how much I miss mum and being at amasi already. in as much we ain't so rich but everyone was always happy, we sure know how to do things to suit everyone's s

• The endless sea   chapter ten

  my uncle's house feels like another heaven, though his wife is more of a strict person. someone who would be in her middle forties, slender and quite tall. fair and beautiful, she has a dimple on her left side which comes out when she laughs. she is someone who laughs occasionally, so I do not feel so comfortable around her. she works in a bank, so she's rarely at home except on Saturdays and Sundays. my uncle has four kids, the two older ones are in the university, I learned they would be coming home by next weekend, the younger two are still in secondary school. he has three boys and a girl. so staying in the house with three grown-up boys was like a big work. his first daughter is miracle, Mimi for short as I've heard them call her, the first son is chidindu, chi boy for short, the second son is chidera, while the last is Micheal. mich just finished his junior waec just like me, though he's more taller and slender like their mother, Dera is thick and quite tall like their mother.

• The endless sea   chapter nine

  I rose the next morning feeling slightly different from the way I used to. maybe it's because of the journey ahead. the truth was, it was still dawn, you can barely see people walking, you only get to see their shadows. we were fully prepared and set to leave. mum started crying, I knew she was going to miss me, I ran and held her in an embrace and whispered: "I will miss you mum, please take care of yourself.""I will miss you too my daughter, please always be a good girl and don't bring problems to your uncle and his family ok" I nodded and loosened myself from her grip. I bade her goodbye as we proceed. we walked to our village junction where we will board a bus heading to the park in the city. immediately we passed my school, I remembered favour and Sara. favour's reassuring words and the kiss. I smiled at my self, I turned to look at my uncle to know if he noticed me. but he was so busy with his phone. I brought out my phone from my backpack with my headset, I wore