Crime To Love - Episode 11

 

It was about 8.00am the morning was chilled; the birds chirped in the bushes of the university surroundings.

Students were busy walking majestically in the school compound with different aims and objectives. Jennifer was called back from the dream world by the knock on the door. She opened her eyes and directed her eyeballs to the wall-clock hanging directly opposite their bed. The time was 8.00am . She looked by her left side and saw that Chizoba was still lying down like a log of wood; she remained motionless in bed, with only her tummy rising and falling accordingly as air streamed in or out of her body. The knock on the door came for the second time. She reluctantly said “please hold on”. She yawned and rose from the bed, she gently patted Chizoba. The latter opened her eyes, craned her neck and looked at the wall clock. She saw the time and sprang up from the bed for she was already late for her morning lectures.

Jennifer went to the door and opened it. For a while, it seemed as if the whole world should end right where she was standing. She stood speechless and motionless watching her uninvited visitor. Chizoba was in the bathroom brushing her teeth felt uneasy when she heard the door opened by her friend but didn’t hear any speech from anyone.

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. She dropped her cup and toothbrush, came out to know the reason for the sudden silence of her friend and their visitor

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. “Jennifer what is the problem?” Chizoba asked opening the door of the bathroom. She greeted Cyril who was the visitor. Cyril answered her greetings made his way to the chair in their room and sat down.

Chizoba was very confused because Cyril was only smiling while Jennifer was just busy watching the floor without even answering any of her questions. After a while Cyril asked Chizoba whether there was any problem with his coming to their room, but Chizoba said no. He then asked her why Jennifer was behaving how she is doing right now.

Chizoba couldn’t find any answer to this question from the unknown visitor. So after moping at Cyril and Jennifer, she sighed and entered the bathroom to prepare for her morning lectures.

“Cyril who directed you to my school and what have you come to my room to do?” asked Jennifer without looking up from the floor.

Cyril laughed and asked her to first of all get kolanut for her visitor before asking what and who brought him to her room.

          “If you must know, this room is out of bounds to guys.

We don’t welcome the opposite sex in this room, so if you wouldn’t mid leave now”.

“Now that I am unaware of the rule have I gone against the law that is punishable? Cyril asked.

          “Remember that ignorance of the law is not an excuse, you know that quite well

Cyril, I hope you are a Barrister, why are you pretending”. She boiled. Cyril stood up from the sit and went closer to her, held her hands and said “Jennifer stop talking to the floor, raise up your eyes and look at me eyeball to eyeball and repeat all you just said few seconds ago.

Are you blind?

What is it that has blindfolded you?

Can’t you differentiate between love and likeness?”

“And what makes you thing that I can’t look into your eyes and say them all?”

“Then if you can do it, let’s just give it a trial, I have looked deep into your eyes and seen what is written down there”

“And what do you think you have seen?”

“I saw love, since the day I saw you in your house on that fateful day your elder brother celebrated his birthday, you know that all, let’s forget about this pretence and face the fact”.

“Which fact are you talking about and which pretence are you talking about here, tell me”

“Jennifer you are taking this too far, calm down and lets handle this situation amicably,  someone has been emotionally disturbed, somebody has lost a case once just because of this word “love”. I believe on one is kidding here, let’s just pave way for our better tomorrow”

In anger she voiced out like a roaring lion. “Cyril it seems you have overstayed your welcome, so try to change your direction to the door before I lose my temper”.

Cyril went closer and touched her at the back; she turned and gave Cyril a very horrible dirty slap.

“Anyway I embrace it, for that is always the crucibles one must see in the journey of love”.