Must Read: I Have Done Some Great Bad Things - Season 2 - Episode 2

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Must Read: I Have Done Some Great Bad Things - Season 2 - Episode 2

So,we all know how a sunday for a normal Catholic person goes..You wake up in the morning,do your morning chores,Eat{if you have time to},dress up and go to Mass,come back and then other things follow..Its an obligation to oneself and to God the Creator!!
During those days,we didnt have a Parish yet,and so our Masses were rotated sometimes,especially if the visiting priest to our station wouldnt make it in time..
But today,this sunday,the Mass for the day is in our station,and was fixed for 9:am if i could remember correctly..
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Previously,i had had the thought of going back to Amara’s house while i was coming back from Jane’s house..I even headed to the direction of their compound pathway,but had to stop midway and ride home instead..One will start wondering what could have stopped me from completing the ride to their home!!



Presently,The Mass is already midway,and it was time for Thanksgiving..I heard their{Amara} name as one of the people that will be giving thanksgiving that day..It got me surprised somehow..The thanksgiving as am thinking right now,came too early…But hey,what do i know! They have gotten better,and are giving God thanks,to God be the Glory!
As an obligation,and cuz of my relationship with them,i had to join in the procession of Well-wishers…
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Count to three and we were through with Mass for the day,and well wishers were told to escort them home as is the normal thing..Well,i ain’t no cheeky well-wisher,i was more than family..I didnt need to follow them home like trolls on a trolley,trolling home on a troll pathway after a Sunday thanksgiving…I had my bicycle,and i could go there anytime i want,whenever i want and however i want; i am Odii…I have another business to attend to..I had Nkechi to stay with that day,and am not thinking twice about it,i just had to be with her..But does she merit it? Do i even have to?
Okay,as a kid i didnt think this,but i think that the moments feeling within those times was just to be closer to Nkechi since Amara was turning boss and not so nice to me…Wait,Did i say boss?
“Odii?”


I came back to reality on hearing my name,and look who’s calling me? Amara!
“enwekwala ebe iga taa!”{Dont go anywhere today!},i heard Amara instruct me,or rather,order me…
What is it i was even thinking prior to this? Boss{ing} right?
“enwere ebe anyi na aga o”{We will be going somewhere today o},i managed to say out loud almost as soon as she gave out her command…
She just looked at me,gave me a faint stare,and shaked her head..I guess in her mind,she must be like: “since when will she tell me to do a thing,and i will tell her i am doing another thing instead”….Yeah,quite alright,she didnt know the truthfulness or falseness of my statement,but i almost forgot that i have not been in good terms with Amara recently…
“Ngwa a gam eso ha aga”{Alrite,i wont go out with them again},i sq££zed in immediately,as if there was any place i was going with anybody..Infact due to the fact that this lie was not thought out properly,Amara would have discovered it was all farce,had it been she decides to be My Amara!..
Like i have been saying previously,i always act silly around Amara,and i didnt alwaz like it when Amara was feeling bad,not if am the cause of the anguish that is!..
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“icho ibia na nke anyi?”{Do you want to come to our place?},i asked her as she regained her normal stance and sweet facial composure again..
She nodded her head in affirmation..I dont know if i felt happy or unhappy at this Moment,because what immediately came to my mind was How i am supposed to keep up with my personal promise to Nkechi,that i will spend the entire day with her after Mass..
But i totally get Amara’s plan..Amara knew quite alrite that Grandma and Blessing and my Uncle{plus me} will be spending most of the day afterwards in their house cuz of the Thanksgiving ish! So,the plan is for us to take hold of the fact that noone will be at home in my house to come Good finally…Its been so Long a Love!! …
Amara,i know i love;so then,what do i have for Nkechi? Sincerely,both as a kid and as an adult,i cant really fathom out this self-imposed question..But i sure do know that Nkechi was someone i surely needed to cling on..But,why? Honestly,i dont know!
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It wasn’t long after we returned home from Mass,when grandma and Blessing dressed up again,and i didnt need anybody to tell me where their destination is..She inquired to know if and when i will be coming there,saying i am now a bigboy na! I simply told grandma that Amara said she will come,and then we will both go to their house together..With this,they left..
I was now in the parlour all alone,but my uncle joined me a few minutes later,and while i engaged him in one or two talks in my own little way of always getting him to chat with me,He told me that i will be going with him to somewhere during the holidays..Seriously,if you actually knew how i enjoyed the village more during holidays,you will try and imagine how my mood turned when he said this..But he assured me that it is not Aba,that we are going to somewhere else,and that i will love the place even though we will stay just a week!
Just a week? Sweet…”That wont be a problem”,i gladly told myself!
Few minutes later,he has dressed up again,and like grandma,i didnt need asking where he was going..He inquired too why am not dressed up to follow him,that he thought i wanted to go with him? I told her that Aunty Amara said i should wait for her,that both of us will go together,back to their{Amara’s} house…With this,my uncle told me to look after things carefully in his usual “Leziakwa anya!” statement..
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It was now only me in the house..I went to the mini-library there in that parlour,picked out some favorite storybooks and started flipping through them{not that i understand them though!}..Few minutes later,the thought of Nkechi filled my mind again..This is the only time i personally opened my mouth to make her a promise,and now i wont be able to fulfill the promise..I knew quite well that if it was Jane that was coming in place of Amara,i could ditch her,and she wont think anything deep into it…But Amara? Damn! I have told her that i wont go out again,and i really do know the consequences of compromising that promise..Amara has already shown me that she could make me feel much miserable by being away and apart from me,and no matter how much i desire to be with Nkechi,she could never really take the place of Amara..At least,this i know!
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“tap tap tap” i heard on the door leading directly to our parlour,where i am…
I didnt even ask who it was as i just quickly rushed and opened the door…Standing at the door Entrance is Amara,and beside her is the nurse..Is this a joke?
Well,to cut the whole thing short,the nurse said she just came around and will be going back immediately..She said because she promised to come and see me again,thats why she is there,and that she met Amara on the way while coming…hmmmmm!
She didnt even stay up to five minutes as she started going back,that is,after i escorted her through the pathway for a while…As she flanked down an okada,she dipped her hand into her purse and brought out money and gave me,telling me i should manage,and that she will come back fully again to our village during the December period….Well,what more can i say,thats good and thoughtful of you..I waved her goodbye as the okada sped off,and then i started thinking of what would have been had it not been that Amara didnt come along with the nurse.Yeah,Amara spoilt a show!
I walked back to the house,and saw her Sitting,nd she smiled at me,and i smiled back.
She told me to come and sit near her,which i did,though unlike before,i was somehow afraid this time.So much for my stupidity! As if Amara is going to eat me!
“Odii m”{my Odii} she started out with calmly,and holding my hands,squeezing my fingers gently.
I didnt want to fix my stare on her,cuz i didnt want to activate an old guilt i have decided to let go of..
“Odii leenu m anya,Mmm?”{Odii,please look at me,Mmm?},Amara inquired of me.
I swallowed my pity and my guilt,and faced her squarely,looking at her with a smile i managed to force out..
“o kwa akpasuola m gi iwe?”{Shey,i have vexed you?},she inquired of me while still playing with my fingers.
“amakwa m.Echetakwa m oge i kpasurum iwe o wu”{I Dont know..I dont remember the time you vexed me},i said..
She just laughed..I didnt know where she was driving to,so i decided to keep everything i say in check.
Amara simply told me to lay my head on her laps..I did,which made me to now stretch out my legs,and la!d down on that couch,with her laps as my pillow..
Amara started out by telling me how much she missed me regardless of how she treated me…Wait o! What is Amara doing? I thought she was supposed to be reminding me of how i willingly and wholeheartedly did what she told me not to do? Why the sudden prep talk? Why is she not bringing up those speeches?
.While those thoughts filled my mind,Amara kept on saying what she was saying..But i guess she realised that i was not listening,and so she had to bring me back by calling my name..
I immediately told her that i am hearing what she was saying..Well,she decided to come good this time..She told me to go lock the door,and i did..When i came back to her,to lay back in my former position,she told me that we should go into my room,that she needs to lay down a bit.Hmmm.I simply told her that she will end up sweating profusely in my room,but that i would bring a foam here for her to lie down in..She agreed..
Two minutes later,Amara was lying down on the foam i brought,while i la!d down on the Sofa in the Parlour..But,Amara didnt want it that way as she requested that i should join her in that foam..Seriously,Amara is behaving awkwardly or somehow..Well,wasnt i silly to think it that way? I should be grateful…But grateful for what?
“Odii!” Amara called me calmly as we both la!d down on the bed,facing and staring at each other..
“Mmmm”,i answered her..
“echezila ihe ahu ichega”{Stop thinking about that which you are thinking about},she said out calmly and plainly,as if she knew exactly what i was thinking..
I smiled,asking her:
“ima ihe m n’eche?”{do you know what am thinking about?},i said..
“Odii,ma a ga awukwanu ebiri?..Chefuo ihe ahu i n”eche.Echefuola m ya kemgbe eshi”{Odii,am not your age mate you know? Forget about that your thoughts..I have already forgotten mine},Amara said,smiling…
Hmmmm..She caught me in this one i must say..I tried to forget what i was previously thinking about why Amara decided to be keeping face for me previously,and repressed the thoughts as much as is possible not to make me recall them in the sweet moment and atmosphere i am enjoying with Amara..
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Amara told me to come closer to her,which i did,and she just embraced me,hugging me closer and tighter to herself in such a way that i was literally now laying on top her,save for my rear ribs and bones and left hand..
Seems like she realised what she was doing,and stopped…That was when i immediately asked her the time we will be going back to their house..She just said:
“ya ru ma agwa gi”{I Will let you know when the time comes}…Then she added:
“gwa m eziokwu,kee onye wu onye ahu gini ya kwu fuo eshi ahu anyi biara?{Tell me the truth,who is the person you went out with on that day we came here?}…
I wanted to tell her the truth,and tell her that it is Ukamaka’s sister,but then,i didnt want to implicate Ukamaka again..Infact,i didnt want to spoil everything..I Understood quite well that Amara has a huge and vibrant resentment and dislike for Ukamaka,which dates back to that pushing incident that landed me smack dab in rehab..F.u.cking doctor,i didnt even understand a damn word he said,but i did the relapse anyway!
“atukwala m ashi?”{Dont lie to me?},Amara warned..
After some few split-seconds thought,i told Amara that am afraid she might not believe me or what i will say..
She urged me to spew it out…I told her the person i went out with that day is Ifeoma!
“onye wu Ifeoma?”{who is Ifeoma?},is the next question that came out from her mouth…
“i ga ama onye wu,mana o wu nwanne enyi m nwoke,Eunan”{You might not know her,but she is My friend,Eunan’s sister},i said..
“Eunan nke bi na Amakabo?”{Eunan that lives in Amakabo?},Amara asked,to which i nodded in affirmation..
“kee ihe gi na ya jega kwanu?”{Where did you go to with her?},Amara asked,and i felt that her tempo of inquisitiveness have calmed down..
“o wu ihe Block Rosary quiz ahu!”{Its the Block Rosary quiz thing},i told her…
I know Amara bought in the lie perfectly,but using the Block Rosary to lie ain’t no good thing i swear!
The thing that followed is that Amara went on telling me how happy she now feels,and how she missed me,and how she missed our f.u.ck sessions..Immediately she said this,she freed me from her grasp..Like i alwaz would say,A led to B,and B led to C,and before it could get to Z,we were in a hot romancing and caressing and kissing thrilled Romance…But the thing is,even though Amara was highly high,she didnt allow us do any f.u.cking..It was just touching body!!
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Few minutes later,we were on our way to their house,and we arrived few minutes later,even though we trekked,regardless of the fact that i was with my bicycle..
People were still flocking around their house,though they were not much anyway,plus my people too..Amara served me with what they cooked for the day and drinks and i chilled and helped myself out with it…After spending some minutes there,which i believed was not upto one hour,i went and told Amara that i will be going to the place i told her about earlier after Mass,since i still have time…She permitted me to go!! Chai!! Amara loved me more than i could comprehend,and this time around,it taught me something..Therefore,i promised to end all ties to Nkechi that day after our F.u.ck!!…