The bullied girl is with a child

29: Blocking it all out

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"Dara! Dara! Dara! Dara! Please can we talk?" Luis asked finally catching up with her, she did not even want to look at him. She continued walking as if he was not there, she wanted him to leave her alone and not talk to her. Exams were starting soon and she needed to focus.

"Abeg now! Just one minute!" Dara stopped abruptly making him stumble, "what do you want?" she snapped not looking up at him. He sighed and rubbed his chest, "well, first off thank you for talking to me..."

"I do not have time for your drama Luis," she gritted out trying to keep her cool, "okay, okay I will just talk, look I just wanted to apologise for what I did to you last night, it was out of line, and it will never repeat itself."

Dara scoffed, "I do not need your apology, please stay away from me," she said taking another step away from him, "wait! I am sorry now! Please don't be mad again," he begged again but she sighed, "exams starts soon Luis don't you have something to do?" she questioned him exasperated.

"I know you are saying all this because you are mad, and to that, I say I am really sorry," he begged again. "Leave me alone Luis, I am really busy as you can see," Luis sighed as she walked off.

He rubbed his sweaty nose and turned back, jogging toward his car knowing he needed to go back to his hall.

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Dara laughed at Nife's antics, she could not believe the girl went to smoke knowing she had exams the next days. Nisi just shook her head unimpressed and started trying to help her to their hostel.

They were going to enter the hostel when a group of three guards stopped them and they frowned wondering what was happening, "why? Why did we stop?" Nife asked looking around, her eyes were already drooping and she needed some relief.

Dara clenched her jaw as soon as she saw him, her father walked toward her, he was tall and wore a large coat, the ones those detectives wore in thriller movies. She walked toward him as the student started murmuring, Nisi and Nife looked at each other also wondering what was going on.

"What are you doing here?" Kola tried to smile, she had a hard expression on his face, the last time he had seen her, he was throwing her out of his car never to come back, "I just... Please don't walk away," he pulled her hand but she yanked it off, "let us talk, I am begging you, I know everything I did was horrible but your mother she is in pains, your siblings everyone misses you."

Dara scoffed and blinked, she cursed herself for saying the truth last night, she did not know it would bite her in the ass. She glanced at her friend who had their mouth open, and students all around her started murmuring and talking.

"Please just go, isn't it a good thing that I am not trying to bother you, I do not want anything to do with you, my life is finally on a good path, please just leave me alone," Kola refused to listen, he rubbed her hands trying to get a little bit of warmness through her.

"I said let me go!"

"I just want us to talk that all," he repeated, "and I said no! I said no yesterday and my answer still remains the same, there is nothing to talk about here, I will not waste my time or yours," he let her go and sighed.

"We just want our daughter back," he said sadly making he clench her jaw, her chest angrily puffed as she stared at him dead in the eyes, "well, I do not want parents, I am fine just where I am, I have been doing this for eight years now and it will not change." she entered in the hostel feeling proud of what she had done.

She was not going to give them any chance, the way they acted as if they were entitled to her forgiveness and because they say they have been looking for her for months she was supposed to forgive them for eight years of abandonment.