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The girl from my past

The girl from my past

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last updateHuling Na-update : 2020-11-02
By:  francesacholonuOngoing
Language: English
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Name: The Girl from my Past SETTING: Houston, Texas in the USA and Lagos in Nigeria. Kunle Oduduwa grows up leading the life of an average Nigerian; study, get a job and possibly get a life. Unknown to him, his father who'd abandoned them to go to the States leaves a lot of secrets with his mother - secrets which his mother hides from him because revealing them would lead to a disaster...a disaster she must avoid. He grows up in a dangerous town where drugs, sex trafficking, rape and killings is seen as normal. Kunle tries to avoid it all but the forces still catch up with him. In a bid to save himself, he discovers that he's not the average boy he thought he was - he has another form...he is a bird. Kunle cannot face the overwhelming forces against his life alone. In his struggle for survival, he accidentally gets the help of a black leopard who saves his life - this black leopard turns out to be a beautiful girl. However, Kunle finally travels to the USA - away from everything and everyone to start the perfect life...but his past comes haunting him and once again, the leopard-girl from his past surfaces. Can he be able to unfold the mysteries surrounding his life? And can he get to love once again?

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LAGOS.
My love for Airplanes began since I was two. That’s what mum told me. And that was the last time we saw dad. It happened fast. Even though I was an infant then, I still remember snippets of how it happened. How my craving for the sky began.The day I was born, a plane almost crashed into the hospital the minute I set my eyes upon the world. Mum claims that nurses believed I was born for the sky and dad affirmed to this. I still couldn’t fathom how nurses who were totally into the sciences could actually accept such mystical shit.The last time I saw dad was equally the first day I set my eyes on a plane. I needn’t mum to keep reminding me of our past – how dad loved us all. I’d gotten bored of that. It was like an everyday routine. I knew she was still hurt. They didn’t quarrel or fight, they even held hands and he reassured her that he’d be back in the next couple of months; with lots of dollars. We were going to be rich and live happily ever after. He was a sweet man.
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GANG WARS.
We lived in the worst part of Lagos. A place called Ogbelende. Everyone in Lagos pretended to be ignorant of the exact location of it. They were all clearly fooling themselves. If a new comer was to ask a child for directions, the child was sure to flee immediately to the safety of his mother. If an adult was asked, the adult was definitely going to pretend like no such place existed.I hated the fact that we lived there. It was in contrast to the sort of place I hoped for my family. We lived there not because we couldn’t afford to live elsewhere but because mum claimed that it was her only link to her husband – they were both orphans, raised themselves and grew in the streets as I was told. The house was a two bedroom flat. My mother and my sister shared one room and I slept in the other room. About five other apartments were in the compound but weren’t as kept as ours. We minded our business although everyone struggled to use the only two restrooms in the compound especially
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MASTERS HIGH SCHOOL.
Masters High was a world of its own. It wasn’t a school for all comers. Visitors to the state looking for a very good government owned school for their children were definitely directed to masters high!It was a school that strongly upheld the tenets of discipline, high moral standard and academic excellence. People greatly criticized government for building such a school because it was clearly way better than other schools built around the state by the same government, which were substandard. The school boasted of steady electricity, sufficient water supply, ultra modern equipped boarding facility, state of the art gymnasiums, modern classrooms... It also boasted of top notch staff, save for few teachers who teaching wasn’t their calling.What I loved most about the school was the geography library and the evergreen football pitch. They both took my mind off the uncertainties of life. Mum had initially encouraged me to enroll into the school’s boarding house
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MY SISTER.
Bisola Emmanuella Oduduwa popularly known as Bisi was the sweetest sister anyone could dream of having. I counted myself lucky for having her as my sister. She was the output of the ball in my mother’s stomach. From the depths of my memory, before Dad travelled, I used to think mum was carrying a big ball in her stomach. She was heavily pregnant for Bisi then. He wasn’t there to hold her hands when his replica was born. I kind of held a grudge against him for this but mum insisted that she encouraged him to proceed with the travel back then.The day Bisi was born; I was watching my favorite Tom and Jerry cartoon series on our white and black television. Suddenly, mum came into the room and was panting. I was barely two years then but I could tell that mum was in grave distress. Through instinct, at least according to the family’s myth, I rushed into the house of an elderly woman, who was single and had never married. She was a retired nurse even back then. She’d never moved ou
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MUM.
At thirty-three, mum was still a beauty queen. Her ebony skin was flawless. Most of her customers in the tailoring business wondered why she didn’t remarry. At that age, she still had many suitors asking for her hand in marriage. Despite the fact that we weren’t wealthy, she carried herself with a certain air of grace that could even be likened to someone from a royal family.She was known in Ogbelende and beyond for her prowess in sewing. In as much as she didn’t attend a university, she was polished in and out. Her command of English language was faultless. Little wonder, everyone thought she was a witch. She never engaged in cheap gossips. Neither did she ever spend any second of her life explaining the whereabouts of her husband to anyone. Oftentimes, I heard some men discuss about her and call her a whore and a witch. It didn’t affect her at all. How could it? When she’d turned them down. What else could they do about it than to rattle bratt
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CONFRONTATION.
Life had really given us its worst blow. I didn’t see the essence of living anymore. The thing in me that needed to blame someone was titling towards the direction of mum. I wondered why she gave birth to us only to leave us as orphans. I didn’t see reason for the struggles anymore. It had been two days since she died. We didn’t leave the hospital anyway. The hospital authorities brought psychologists to brace us up for the future. All three of them who were sent to us sounded surreal. It didn’t seem like they were really talking to us, or at least talking to me. Bisi wouldn’t speak to me. Her silence was beginning to hurt. I didn’t want to be hard on her by asking her how she felt. The solitude between us was even perfect. The worst moment of my life was when after 24 hours of her death, the same doctor that announced that she was in coma stepped into the room once more and told us that mum had been certified dead and her body was to be sent to the mortuary. I pushed hi
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DUMEBI.
I didn’t know when I slept off. It wasn’t a comfortable sleep at all because I kept on tossing and turning. At a point I screamed; “somebody help me!” It was a bad dream. I had dreamt of being pursued by a scorpion and I fell down then he wanted to hit me on my head before I screamed and was brought back to reality.The girl on hearing me, rushed into the room and asked what the problem was, I’d started trusting her gradually even without knowing. From the direction of her steps, I could tell she was coming from the other room.“I had a terrible dream. My assailants were pursuing me.” She looked very concerned.“Oh, I’m so sorry. It’s an after effect of the attack you experienced in the afternoon. And you don’t have to worry anymore; they aren’t ever going to hurt you again, ever again. Trust me. Beautiful boy” She said. “How do you know all these and what’s the mystery behind you.” “I’ll let you know all you want to know. But for now, you n
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LAST DAYS AT MASTER HIGH.
The two days Dumebi stayed with us made me see what care actually felt like. She never left my side. She did virtually every work; dishes, laundry, cooking and was perfect in all. I was yet to see her flaws, that is, if there was any. Her stay was really a relief to Bisi too. It helped in easing the tension between us completely. I was suddenly developing a fondness for her, especially when she slept beside me. But when I remembered that she was a leopard and I was just a bird, my spirit dropped. She could tear me easily, limb to limb.It was through her I got to find that there were actually a lot of people with dual nature like us. Most of them were scattered all over the world. It was rare for to meet one’s kind. Meeting her was actually a rare privilege because most people like us never mate throughout their lives. I got to find out that some of us had really grown to hate it to the point that they never wanted to turn back and it became a very recessive gene and after som
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LOVE AND HAPPINESS.
the security man to help me out. He was a very light skinned man and looked more like a doctor than a security man. “Oga abeg, I dey find Akintola family house.” I said.“Are you not the boy who I’ve been seeing on every poster?” He asked.“Yes sir, I am.”“Oh, today is really a good day oh. I’ve set my eyes on a celebrity. I am so glad. If God decides to take my life today, I wouldn’t mind at all.”“Why do you say so?”“You see my boy; I was really like you when I was growing up. I really wanted to excel academically. I made the best results and all that but then, I lost my parents to an auto crash when I was thirteen and I couldn’t continue with my education.”“I am very sorry for that sir.”“You don’t have to be. Just focus and be smart in whatever you are doing.”“Sure thing. I will.”“I’m sure you are looking for Dumebi, she’s a very good girl and she speaks well of you.” He winked and directed me to plot 23.
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AT LAST!
Our people say that sweet moments do not last. The day I dreaded and equally expected finally came. It was a Friday afternoon, Bisi was out with Obinna, they were officially dating and I could see that they were genuinely in love. I was lying down on my bed, listening to the radio, when a knock came. Dumebi had gone for two hours and I wasn’t due to see her until the next day.I wondered who the boring Friday afternoon visitor could be. Then I checked and was surprised to see a mail delivery man at my doorstep. It wasn’t like it was a rarity at these parts to receive mails but I had all my personal mails delivered directly to my school. And ever since I graduated, I hadn’t received any mail. “You must be in the wrong house sir.” I said to the middle aged man.“No, I am very certain am not. I was adequately provided with information on the house I was to deliver the mail to and this house matched the description perfectly. By the way, I am looking for a certai
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