Smile for me

CHAPTER TWENTY NINE

AMANDA'S POV

I can't believe this is happening right now, I've always known that coming back to Nigeria was a bad idea. How could mom even do that? To her own sick father? How

I still don't even understand why she would even like to me like that, I feel really guilty for easily believing her lies and not trusting my grand father, I feel sick.

I've been walking for more than 20 minutes and I have no idea where I'm going to. I want to be somewhere quiet right now and maybe talk to someone too

I miss Lisa so much, I can't even remember the last time I spoke to her or even Luke, I'm such a terrible friend. She would laugh at how my life in Nigeria has turned out to be

From sad love stories to a whole family drama with exposed family secrets and siblings fighting against each other- the perfect story line for a family drama series!, something like the ones I watch with grandma

I need to talk to Lisa or Luke or anyone about this. I reach out for my phone in my pocket but I can't find it, I must have left in the room this morning

I walk aimlessly for a few more minutes before I walk back home, taking slow steps to make the walk home as slow as possible

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The front door is wide open when I get home, I can hear Aunty Ifeoma's voice from inside, I hurriedly walk inside afraid that she has started a physical fight with my mom

"Please calm down" I see Chioma trying to calm her mother down

"Ifeoma go inside! It's enough!" Grandma slightly yells at Aunty Ifeoma

Quite frankly I've had enough of her bull shit already, she's acting like she's such an innocent person but she's far from that. I still remember the last message she sent to mom while we were abroad, mom didn't show me the message but I snuck into her room 2 days after we got the news about Grandpa's death. The message she sent seemed like she didn't want to have anything to do with us anymore like she was saying a final goodbye, how she could treat her own blood like this and still act like some victim is beyond my imagination

"Chioma please what's happening again?" I ask her

"Chioma let's go inside now!" Aunty Ifeoma tells Chioma before she can even answer me

"I'm sorry"

"𝑵𝒏𝒂 come over here first"

Chioma and grandma both say at the same time, I ignore the both of them and walk into the room to find my mother

"Mom what's happening? You're still at it with Aunty Ifeoma?" I ask her as soon as I walk into the room

She's facing the small wardrobe when I walk in, she turns to me as soon as I walk in

"What's going on with you and Aunty Ifeoma again-" I stop talking when I notice her suitcase and her clothes scattered on the small bed

"Mom what are you doing?" I ask her walking towards her

"What does it look like? I'm leaving this place, this house!"

I look at her surprised

"What do you mean you're leaving?!" I yell at her

"I said I'm leaving this place! I can't be here anymore! This is the reason why I couldn't be here! My own family is against me!"

"What do you mean! Your family loves you! and I don't blame you for anything, yes I'm upset but come on Mom!"

"I've made up my mind Amanda"

"And what about me?" I ask her

"You'll come with me of course! We're going to stay at a hotel today, I'll book our fights both to Lagos and New York tomorrow" she replies

"I'll just follow you? Like I followed you back here? What if I don't want to leave ?"

"Amanda don't say that! I'm not leaving you, go and pack your bags we're leaving as soon as possible!"

"Aunty Ifeoma was right, you are selfish! You only think about yourself! I didn't want to come here yes but I'm here now and I'm not going anywhere! How can you do this to me! After finally settling down here you want me to leave?"

"Amanda stop being childish! You didn't want to come here so what are you saying now! Is this because of that boy? Don't be a fool!"

I know she's talking about Uche but what the hell does he have to do with this

"I'm not leaving mom, you can go without me!" I tell her pretending like I didn't hear the last thing she said

She drops the clothes in her hands on her bed and walks towards me

"My love please come with me, I can't leave you here. Ifeoma will make your life a living hell if I do that, she hates me"

I remove her hands from my face and step away from her

"You can go but I'm not going anyway with you" i tell her and walk out of the room as fast as I can so she doesn't see me cry

I walk into my room to get my phone silently praying that Chioma isn't there too. Luckily she isn't, I grab my phone and leave immediately

Grandma is till standing where I left her earlier, I ignore her and walk out of the house trying my hardest not to break down, I hear grand ma calling my name but I ignore her

I remove my phone from my pocket and dial the number of the one person I really need to talk to .
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