I wanted to act strong but my emotions gave me away. As they all came closer and surrounded me I perceived a sweet aura of true love streaming from, it was time to reciprocate by doing the right thing.
"Pearl" Nonso said holding my hand, "it's OK, whatever it is we can handle it and we'll be fine, right?" She continued as she sought consent from the other girls. Without a word, they all nodded in agreement(I guess that was all I needed to go on.
"First of all, I have a confession to make about Hossie" I said trembling. "What about him?, did he hurt you?" Goodness asked with overwhelming concern.
"No, no, no, he didn't" I started. "It's just that I had lied to you girls about his personality" I paused as I started into their eyes sequentially as i allowed the first statement sink. "The truth is that Hossie is not who you guys think he is, he actually is our friend Sweetness but now I call him Hossie" I stopped as I expected the worst.
When there was no response, I decided to explain further. "I know I hurt him by leaving completely and running after Jide, I know I found it difficult to submit to him but my encounter with him in the dimension of an instructor changed everything and its time to take him serious from now on, that's why I need your support and blessings" I explained. At this point they kept sad and long faces so I didn't stop talking "am sorry girls please, I didn't want you girls to know about the trauma i went through when Jide left and he was the only person apart from you girls who I knew could help me also, that's why I called him...." I was still saying when the frown on their faces transformers into a smile, a wide grin and then an uproarious laughter. This actually got me perplexed as I kept looking at them unable to hide my surprise.
"Did I say something funny or was I sounding foolish?"
Yes, Janet had gone through this before as she narrated her ordeal, I couldn't help but wonder(no wonder the first impression I had of her was 'runs girl' according to my judgment). 'But why was she still so skin' my heart questioned sarcastically. She told me how she fell 'head over heels' in 'lust' with this guy named Gabriel. No sooner had she gotten pregnant for him did she realize that all he wanted was a glimpse of the glory between her legs. She told me how she was treated badly by her brother Archie and how disappointed her parents were but the most important thing was that she survived and that gratitude she owed to the other girls who helped her back to her feet till she got the baby(Peace)....the amazing part of it was that her parents who disowned her accepted her back and are now helping her nurse the baby so that she can graduate.
It was when she talked about her parents it occurred to me that I should have parents too what I was not sure of is how thru were going to take the news cos I didn't really remember anything concerning them and so decided to ask Janet.
"Hey, you guys told me a lot of things but none about my parents, why?" I asked. As much as she tried to control her actions and emotions, I could still read the fear behind her eyes as she visible frozen. What was not clear was the reason why but I was more than determined to find out.
