I went to sit a little distant from her and started engaging her in talks. We talked about everything and believe you me, Kemi didn’t hide anything, even the date she was disflowered, the name of the guy, the place, circumstances and how she felt. She was very blunt like my Grace. (I hope you’re not bored I kept mentioning Grace. She was the first real girl in my life, my play pal and friend. It sounds like I missed her right? Yea… I do)
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Kemi went on and on until she talked about the death of her mother. She was almost reduced to tears when she narrated how she died, which led her to where she is presently
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Kemi is the 2nd child in the family of 4 children. She is the only female, others are males. She was loved dearly by her mother and there is nothing her mother will do, buy or go that Kemi will not be considered…first! She enjoyed uncommon treatment from her father too cos she was brilliant than all other children in the family. A year before Kemi would gain admission to study law in UI, her father lost his job
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The burden and pain of this joblessness led to partial stroke and became unable to work again. Maintaining the family and footing the school fees of 4 children became the responsibility of her mother. She would farm, do laundry washing for others, babysits 8-10 children all in the name of catering for the family. In was this struggle that eventually led to her death. She had a cardiac arrest one day, fell down and died at the spot…while cooking in the kitchen when there was nobody home that fateful day
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A friend of Kemi’s father offered to sponsor her education if she would agree to follow him to Lagos. She accepted the offer and bade her family goodbye, thinking she was going to be a student of law in the University of Lagos. Two years on, Kemi had not bought a Jamb form let alone go for a Post UTME. She had been restricted to a sales girl with no hope of change soon
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I was so incensed as well as sorry for Kemi. I moved close to her on the chair, held her hands and consoled her. She removed her hands from mine and just wrapped it around my neck, placing her head on my chest
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TO BE CONT

LIFE 4 9JA