THE LIFE OF A NIGERIAN TEENAGER ✔

33~ THE RUNAWAY DAUGHTER

Ramadan is almost over, just six days remaining, I can't even keep my head in place. I texted Alhaji Bello and told him what happened, the reply I got was shocking. Just an emoji of laughter. I knew what it meant. He didn't buy it and he's not going to buy it.

I was in turmoil, should I just abort the child and risk the chance of denying my future husband and parents a child? Or should I just give them a grandchild even if they are going to be mad at me for the rest of their lives?

The ringing of my phone pulled me out of my trance. I looked over and it was Surhail.

"My love." His voice rang through, I felt like crying but then he will ask me why I was crying and I won't have any answer to his question.

"Ya kake? (How are you?)" I asked. We talked for a while before he dropped a bomb.

"Are you and Basma fighting? I asked her something earlier about you and the way she replied made me think something is wrong."

"Oh-we just uh..had a misunderstanding." I dismissed.

"Oh..then settle quick okay? I don't want my wife and sister to be fighting."

I swear I could feel my heart break. I felt fat. For once since, I joined the Divas I felt regret. Deep coursing through my veins. If I hadn't joined them then perhaps I would be in this position but then I wouldn't have met Basma and then Surhail wouldn't have existed. Well he will exist but I won't know him.

I never thought I held strong feelings for Surhail. It never downed on me that he completely devoured my heart. But I felt it and the realization blew me away. I loved him. I am helplessly, completely in love with the guy I never thought I will talk to. And I felt like dying from the enormous guilt.
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"She's upstairs."

I was in Basma's house, she still hasn't picked my calls and I was going crazy. She was my support system, her not beside me during this time was dragging me down. Making me feel hopeless. I walked into the room without knocking.
Basma always leaves her door open. She was reading a book but I was too in a hurry to talk to her I didn't bother to check which.
She was fully engulfed in her book that she didn't notice me until I cleared my throat.

Her eyes snapped up to look at me then turned into slits. "What are you doing here? Leave!"

"No!" I said firmly. "I'm not leaving until you hear me out."

She ignored me which gave me the go ahead to say what I want to say.

"I'm so sorry. I don't know how I would have react if I was in your shoes. Please I'm so sorry."

"How many months?" She cut off.

"What?".

"A month and."

She huffed annoyed. "Get out."

"Why don't you want to listen to me huh? I Said I'm sorry, I would have gotten an abortion but the doctor says I have less chances of getting pregnant again if I do that."

"The reason why I'm more angry is because it happened when you have accepted my brother. You didn't even held him in high regards. When did it happen?"

"A week before Waec."

"Get an abortion, its better than hurting my brother."

"That's extremely selfish."

"Yes it might be but I want my brother to keep his sanity. Get out." And then she pushed me out right when Surhail walked in. Seeing the tears in my eyes and the anger in Basma's face made concern appeared on his face.

"What's going on?" I walked pass him out of the house, where I hailed a cap and found myself in the lobby of Garki Hotel.

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Who else is angry at Basma? I think she"s taking it too much?
Make she leave my baby joor.
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