𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚃𝚘 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛'𝚜 𝚂𝚘𝚗 ||ℭ𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔢✓||

Chapter 34

Femi's POV.

"Femi, are you deaf?! I said what happened here?! Why are you nosebleeding?!" Mom yelled while I groaned, nursing my throbbing nose as blood trickled down from my nostrils and onto my white dress shirt. Now, I'm sure it'll be condemned. I can't possibly get it back to it's original color.

"Mom, I-"

"I punched him in the nose, accidentally though" Chioma replied timidly, cutting me off. I turned around and mouthed the words: "stop talking" to her. She seriously didn't have to tell my mom that. For all I know, my mother will be so mad at her now.

"Mom, mom, mom, see eh. It's by mistake, it wasn't intentional. She was only trying to__"

"Femi, don't try to lie to her. I don't need you to take the blame for my mistake" Chioma said and I gave her my are-you-for-real?  Look.

Is she seriously trying to act all I-don't- need-your-help right now? I'm trying to help this girl! She doesn't know my mother oh.

"Wait a minute, Chioma. Why did you do that? What did he do?" Mom asked and I groaned, knowing this wouldn't end well.

"He, um, he..." She sighed. "He tickled me" she muttered in a low voice. I must say, she looked really submissive right now, and I know it's cause of the very intimidating look my mom was giving her right now.

"Ah-ah! Is that all? Because he tickled you, you now decided to break his nose for him?" I could tell by the sound of her voice, that mom was really angry but was trying to contain it. Ever since I was a child and even till now, my mom has always hated seeing me getting hurt. And now that she has lost my sister, I'm all she has and that's why she's this upset.

But c'mon! I did not die nau, I only broke my nose...temporarily!

"Mom, it was a mistake. I was the one that started it and__"

"Femi, close your mouth. I was not talking to you, it is Chioma that I am talking to" she warned, cutting me off, her calm but very intimidating look still on her face. I swallowed my words immediately and plopped on the bed still nursing my throbbing nose, my hands now sticky with my own blood.

"Oya, apologise" she said to Chioma who looked surprised. Deep within me, I scoffed knowing she'd rather die than to have herself apologise to me. So I had to save her the trouble.

"She already did, like five times now. She was still apologising when you came in" I lied and she looked at me, no emotions present in her eyes, although I knew she was happy that I just saved her butt.

"Okay. That's fine then, you see eh, Chioma I'm not angry at you oh. I was just, em...airing my views. Okay?" She smiled at her and Chioma nodded her head with a small smile of her own. "Ehen, I came here to call you both for dinner. Abi Chioma, do you want to eat in your room?" She asked and Chioma nodded affirmatively.

"Okay, I'll have one of the maids bring you your food. It's spaghetti, is that okay with you?" She said to Chioma who once again nodded her head affirmatively. "Alright then. Oya, Femi let's go. The first aid box is upstairs, follow me so I can treat the nose then by tomorrow morning you can see the doctor" she said to me and I got up from the bed and followed her, but not before mouthing a "goodnight" to Chioma.