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56: A million pieces (part II)
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ISSY (easy) 57: The signs
The signs were there and they had been clear, but priorities had been shifted. Diverse goals had been involuntarily put in place.If Isabelle could go back to this very moment, she would have made different choices. She wished she had taken a different step. If she had paid just a little more attention, things wouldn't have turned out as they did. For coming late, Mr Edward had asked Emily to run laps around the track. It was unlike Emily to not have argued as she dropped her bag among the many others on the field and did as she had been told.Watching her best friend move with her mood as solid as a rock, Isabelle wondered what might have happened. Emily had come out a few minutes after Martin joined them. Martin hadn't been punished and had even been asked to sit at the bleachers or the bench set aside under the canopy on the field. He had chosen to sit under the canopy and watch. It was unfair he hadn't been punished, but then again he looked unwell. She didn't know him well and
ISSY (easy) 58: Whose fault?
Turned out the whole drama had been as real as the pain that accompanied the nurse' effort to treat Isabelle's wounded ankle.The sickbay was a sparkling white room, which had been divided into two sections — the male and female section. Each side had three beds on both sides of the room and was divided by white-painted wallboard. To get to the other side, which was the male's section, one would have to come out through the entrance/exit of the female's, walk a little to the right of the slightly spacious passage and would find the door to the other aide.Since Bankole had refused to leave, the nurse handed him a towel, as she did to Isabelle, and he took it and dried at a corner. Isabelle had cleaned up too but was dripping slightly and she felt cold.When done, the nurse excused herself for a minute, but no one said a word to the other.Isabelle had no idea of what to say. She felt humiliated and at the same time grateful."Are you okay?" Bankole bent to inspect her ankle and instin
ISSY (easy) 59: The healing process
Grace and Jessica had been going downstairs when they noticed Isabelle coming up. She had had her head down, trying to hide her face from passersby and hadn't noticed them till they spoke.The two friends took their sweet time to come down the stairs with their arms folded.Isabelle climbed up, hoping to pass them, but they blocked her — Jessica on her left and Grace on her right."Let me pass," Isabelle said."Let me pass," Grace mimicked.Sniffing, Isabelle wiped her face with her right palm.Jessica eyed her and she realized how bad she must look because she was slightly wet."This is just the beginning," Jessica said. "Since you think you can come here and stay for barely a month and steal my boyfriend, I'll make sure I fix your mentality.""Did I ever say I wanted your boyfriend?!" Isabelle spat.Jessica scrunched u
ISSY (easy) 60: Abandoned
¶¶You never said I'm leaving,You never said goodbye,You were gone before I knew it.And only God knew why...~ Author unknown (source: google)¶¶“Your shirt.” Isabelle pointed at the stain her wet hair and tears had left on Joel's PE shirt.Joel frowned. “Yeah.”“I'm sorry.”“It's... It's okay,” he said.They both decided to go to the washroom — each to their gender-based section — to clean up and change their clothes.When they were done, they returned to their classroom, where Isabelle was greeted with a lot of snide comments and booing.“Here comes the bitch!” One girl shouted.“All hail the queen of bitch-Ville,” another girl said and the whole class laughed.“You guys should shut up,” one boy at the back got up to say. “Y'all are just jea
ISSY (easy) 61: Busted
“Hell, no.” Loveth's disapproval was as blatant as Joel had inferred.Isabelle and Joel were seated across Loveth and Jemina and hadn't been allowed to settle down before Loveth made her rejection known.“Why?” Isabelle stared at everyone.“Because he's a silent monster — aderubaniyan ipalọlọ. He's the worst of their kind. I refuse to work with him.”“At this point, Loveth,” Joel leaned in to say. “You don't get to choose whom you work with.”“Yes, I do.” She pushed her chair back loudly, consequently attracting curious onlookers she didn't care about.Jemina stopped her from leaving and she glared at her.“I can't believe you knew and didn't tell me,” Loveth said. “What kind of friend are you? You know what he did.”“Can someone tell me what this is about?” Isabelle pleaded.“He hasn't told you yet,” Loveth said, shocke
ISSY (easy) 62: Unexpected guest
Isabelle's life was governed by two major principles, which are: doing the right thing and getting it right.She had thought she had done the right thing by letting Bankole carry her away, but it had been the exact opposite. She hadn't even done it right.She had done the right thing by meddling in Loveth's business, but she hadn't done it right.Exposing Kelechi was the right thing to do, but she hadn't done it right.She had also done the right thing by wanting to go to the best school in Lagos, but hadn't even done that one right.“Honey! We're going!” Her mom called from the other side of the door.Isabelle rolled from staring at the ceiling with her teary eyes to her left side to hide her face and behave l
ISSY (easy) 63: The power of silence (Part I)
Isabelle stared up at the ceiling. “You don't understand. What can I do about it? I told you, I'm grounded. Moreover, how are we going to save Loveth if she's going over to Mr Stanley's this evening? She doesn't trust you and I don't even have my phone with me. There are a lot of obstacles now.”Joel pondered on what to do for a while. “When do your parents come home?”“I don't know. It depends. My mom forgets stuff a lot, so she comes home midday to grab whatever document she must have left behind. But asides that, at least 8. On busier days, 11.” She sat up. “Why do you ask? Hope it's not what I'm thinking?”“It's the only way.”“I can't leave. My dad will kill me. I'll be in deeper trouble.”“But your conscience will eat you alive before your dad kills you. This is our only shot at this and if we let it go... You said Loveth doesn't like false hopes. You've raised her hopes high. Now imagine what it'll do to her if you don't try your best to get her out of this situation.”He was ri
ISSY (easy) 64: The power of silence (Part II)
“I'm not,” Joel had replied Isabelle.He kept his gaze ahead as he continued. “I'm not any different from my friends and I tell myself that every day. The fact that I had no hand in all they did doesn't excuse the fact that I knew and kept my mouth shut. If I can say sorry over and over again to those who have suffered at our hands, I would. “Until now, I didn't realize how bad my silence had been. I used to think as long as I wasn't involved, my sins were less. But as time led on, I realized I had played a bigger role in everything.“Hearing Loveth talk about what we had done to Tope... It, it made me sad and I want to apologize. I want to let her know I didn't mean for any of those things to happen to her, but I don't think she'll listen. She must be too hurt to want to even see my face.”There were no words to make this better, to make him feel better. His silence was his mistake, his sin and it was great. If only he had spoken up, Tope might still be a scholarship student. She wou
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