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Six

'It is not up for discussion',

It was just a normal day till a car drove into the compound and his favorite person in the world next to his mother came out of the vehicle ,Uncle Ugochukwu. His mum's older brother who was in the army.

When he came down from the car and saw his face the smile immediately dropped and he calmly asked for his sister.

'Brother welcome, I didn't know you were coming. When did you guys return?',

'A month ago nne. Nne what is on Daniel's face?', he asked straight to the point. He knew his sister was not big enough to inflict such bruises on his nephew. He didn't want to draw conclusions so he waited for his sister to confirm what he already knew.

'It's his father, two weeks back. But let's not dwell on that right now, come in let me make ofe nsala and akpu for you. I know it's been ages since you ate something sumptuous', she tried to distract but he was already inspecting Daniel's face from side to side .

'What did you do to your father for him to do this to you?', Uncle Ugo asked looking him in the eyes.

'I was with some area boys when he drove by. He dragged me by my ears into the car and brought me here to bruise my ribs, burst my lips and cover my eyes among other things', he answered truthfully.

'Interesting, so  cultism is on your to-do list?',

He kept quiet not wanting to anger his Uncle who was way bigger than his father.

'If your aim is to protect your mother cultism isn't the way. Let's go inside, i don't need to be under this hot sun', he directed both mother and sun into the house.

After dinner he called his sister aside and told her what he planned to do about the situation. She was hesitant as she didn't know what his father would do and he asked her to let him handle the man.

Which led to where they were at his father's house and his father refusing that he go with his Uncle.

'What do you mean it's not up for discussion? That is my son you are talking about!', he tried intimidating Uncle Ugo who was dressed in plain jeans and polo.

'This is just a courtesy call Mr. Okafor. And the next time i see my sister or here that you laid a hand on her you'll lose that hand. You've heard and probably seen what the army does to wife beaters, you truly don't want to mess with me. Daniel let's go',

Daniel didn't spare his father a glance as he climbed into the army issued hilux and drove off.

'How long will I be gone for?', he finally asked. Scared to leave his mother unprotected like that.

'It all depends on you, but at most it'd be a year. And don't worry about your mother, if he so much as sneezes in her direction he'd wish he never met Adannaya my sister'. They drove to their house and his bags were packed.

After a very teary goodbye from his mother he was driven to the army barracks where he embarked on a path of hell for one good year.

*******

one year later

Not much had changed since he left the school, luckily the principal had agreed to let him join his mates as his results from the school he spent a year at was impeccable.

SS2 was finally here,and he had just one more year to be done with secondary school.

The past year had been spent in training in self defense by his uncle and friends. The excercise could be seen in his muscle tone. Not to talk of his growth spurt, he was almost the same height as his uncle and his uncle was tall.

As he took in the hallway his steps reduced when he saw a not so little Esther laughing at something her friends were saying.

Today she packed her hair up and she was looking good. Apparently he wasn't the only one that grew in height in the past year.

'I just tire foe the kin tin o, he showed us the routine. I danced it, his girlfriend said i wanted to snatch him. Okay aunty hold him well let me dance with another partner she no gree. Ngwanu i no dance again, she de vex. Kuku kill me na! Na me be first dancer for Unity School Mbieri!', her friends now laughed at her exaggerated explanation.

Apparently she was no longer introverted.

With a shake of his head he moved passed them and continued to his destination. He saw kasper waiting for him at the class door.

'If it isn't the new hottest guy in school!! omo babes go de rush me unto PA things. I will do shakara ehnnnn!', Daniel laughed at his friend. It was good be back here.

'Not to burst your bubble but i already got my eyes on a pretty little thing already. We have physics for first period, let's not goof around much',

'You de even blow grammar! na im be say i gats brush up na, i no go fit de fall hand upandan again. Starting now, let's go to our seats. I secure the back seats next to the window for us',

'Great, lead the way', he was really trying to hold in the laughter as true to his words Kasper spoke clean English through out the day.

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