DANIELLA✔

Chapter forty-one

When it was late in the night and I was sure everyone had gone to bed, I locked my room door and brought out my phone. I came online on whatsapp to see if Peter, Adam or Gbemi were online. I wanted to scold them for leaving school without me, particularly Adam. If I were to blame anyone for what happened today, it would be Adam. He was the one who took me to the botanical garden and told me he had something very important to tell me, only for him to leave when Charles came. Not only did he just leave the botanical garden, he left the school.

So help me God, I will kill you tomorrow in school.

I sent the message to Adam when I saw that he was online. The message got delivered but he didn't read it.

A minute had passed and he still hadn't read the message. I slid out of his chat board to check if Gbemi was online. She wasn't. The time when she was online last was 10:32pm and the time was presently 10:33pm. She had just gone offline.

Then I checked to see if Peter was online. I deliberately checked his thread last because I was pissed at him for not waiting for me just as we agreed. Even if everyone left school without waiting for me, Peter shouldn't be part of them. I was really disappointed in him. When I tapped on his name, I saw that he was online. What was he doing online by this time when I wasn't online? The thought of him chatting with another girl crossed my mind and I got jealous instantly. I wanted to type a message, berating him that he was chatting with some other girl, but I thought better of it. I mean, that was me just jumping into conclusion and it was insensitive. Rather than that, I greeted him.

Hey Peter!

A minute passed. Two minutes and even five minutes had passed and still Peter hadn't read, let alone replied my message. And he was online! Peter wasn't one to reply my messages late. I couldn't help but wonder why he was doing it now. Perhaps he was online and was asleep. I hope that was it.

I checked to see if Adam had replied my message, but he hadn't. As a matter of fact, he had gone offline. My eyes were heavy already, so I switched off my phone and hid it in my luggage. Then I went to bed and before long, I drifted off to sleep.

***

I woke up with a jerk to the sound of a cock crow. Everywhere was a little bit bright, meaning that the day had dawned. Oh my gosh! I overslept. I jumped out of bed and hurried to the kitchen to sweep the floor, warm the leftovers, and quickly boiled water that I was going to use to have my bath. The weather was quite cold this morning.

"So you woke up late this morning." I jolted as Uncle Henry said and spanked my butt.

I had a towel wrapped around my body. Uncle Henry moved towards the sink and dropped his mug, that he probably used to take coffee this morning, in it. "Help me wash it. I'm off to work." He said.

"Whatever." I mumbled under my breath.

Uncle Henry was walking out of the kitchen but then he stopped abruptly and turned around. "Daniella, do you know all of these your suffering can stop if you want it to?" He asked.

I scrunched my brows in puzzlement. "I don't understand sir. How?"

"All you just have to do is yield to my demands." He said and I rolled my eyes. "If you can just make love to me, I'd ban everyone from beating you or even disturbing you."

"I'm fine sir. I can cope." I said as I took up the mud to wash it.

Uncle Henry wanted to say something else, but Annabelle called him from outside the kitchen.

"Think about it." He said and then walked out of the kitchen.

I hissed and rolled my eyes when I was sure he was out of earshot.