To Hate Emmanuel Johnsons - Episode 25

Emmanuel's pov:

The only reason why i am still attending classes is to see tessy. I

know she hates me now but atleast i can still look at her even from

afar before i go for my treatment in lagos. My dad decided not to tell

about my illness till after the wedding to avoid solemn feelings. He

wants tehila to enjoy that day without stress. I woke up at around

4:00am not because of excitement this time but because my illness

acted up yesterday night and the discomfort made me fall into a fitful

sleep. As i prepare to go to school, my dad comes up to my room to ask

about my health. He seems really concerned and this surprises me

because since my mom died, our relationship has been strained. I

assure him that i am fine and that i could manage till the next week.

He tries to dissuade me from going to school as i have already written

my waec the previous year but i convince him to let me have a normal

life before my treatment. He sighs and squeezes my shoulder as an act

of sympathy. My dad isn't touchy-feel-y or else i think he would have

hugged me. I want to hug him though, so i walk into his arms and hug

him like i used to when i was still five

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. His body stiffen awkwardly

but after a few seconds, he relaxes and hug me back. I try my best and

hold back my tears. I have to be strong, even though my world is

turning upside down. My dad retreats from our hug and i notice his

teary eyes before he walks out of my room. Nausea hits me and i rush

to the toilet to offload the little food that haven't been offloaded

yesterday night. After cleansing my mouth and washing my hands and

face, i look to the toilet mirror and study my reflection. I look

sick. I am pale, My eyes are yellowish and my lips are dry. I sigh,

then move to my closet to get ready for school. I apply a little lip

balm and eye drop then pinch my cheeks to try to alleviate my

paleness. I don't want tessy to notice my paleness. I now look

presentable enough so i go downstairs to take a cab to school as i am

too weak to walk the distance. I have to conserve my strength.

At school, i watch tessy as usual and notice prosper always hanging

around tessy. He even moved to the front of the class to be closer to

tessy's desk. The jerk!. Tessy is mine. During break, i see him hold

tessy's hand in disguise of consoling her after she got scolded by Mr

promise when she didn't answer a question he ask. From when i stand at

the back of the class, my hands itch to pull his grabby hands off my

tessy. Yes! I said it. My TESSY. I almost go to remove his hands but

then arinze interrupts me.

"you keep looking at tessy. Don't tell me you like her" he says.

"Manuel and tessy sitting on a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g" chukwuka sings

while making kissing faces. I want to punch that stupid mouth of his

but i don't want to draw attention to us. I don't want to embarrass

tessy anymore.

"stop it man" i grind at him

"stop what?"chukwuka asks

"stop talking about tessy in that context." i answer and tower over

him in a threatening stance as i am taller than him.

"i was just kidding man, take it easy. Wasn't it your idea to mess with her?"

"it was. But from now on, leave her alone. Infact, i want the both of

you to be her protection in this school. Don't let anyone bully her"

"wow, i really do like her" arinze says

"yes i do. I am still going to give you the PS two i promised you so

you have to do what i tell you"

"sure"chukwuka says

"whatever"arinze says but i know he would follow my instructions. He

is too greedy to have self dignity.

After school, i still see prosper with olivia and tessy. What's this

guy's problem? Is he now tessy's twin?. What an annoying jerk.

Read " The fill-in wife " by the same author ( Ameh juliet )

. Well i

hope tessy has more taste than that. Prosper is not even that

goodlooking. Okay let me be honest. Even as i straight guy, i can

appreciate prosper's goodlooks. But i would never admit that though.

We are like opposites. He is dark in complexion and built but not

burly. He is goodlooking in a flavour(a nigerian musician) way. While

i look more like van vicker(a nigerian actor). I hope tessy prefers

simmer guys. I know i don't have the right to tell tessy to wait for

me. I don't even know if i will survive the cancer.