Must Read: I Have Done Some Great Bad Things - Season 2 - Episode 4

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Must Read: I Have Done Some Great Bad Things - Season 2 - Episode 4

A week or two later,things moved on very normal,as if the past weeks never really happened…I opted not to and seldom went to Jane’s house like i was previously doing..I was content with her coming,which aids me avoid Ukamaka,and gives me more chance to thinker out what to do with,and where to go with her anytime..

My relationship with Amara flourished,but not the intimacy aspect though..In that department,Nkechi and Jane were the one’s that filled it up…
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Back to school..Few days later,the exams came,and we wrote them with all smiles..At the end of the whole thing,i came first as usual..No gifts in school then for the first Person,but at home,i knew they will be aplenty..
In fact,its a normalcy that comes with me grabbing the first position; it comes with a lot of Frivolities,and jamboree,but literally though…
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Upper week,we all are now at home,and plays were on top of our to do list,and so it went on..Unlike my other mates,ontop of plays,i still had other personal to do list set aside,of which i must actualise,no matter what….And hard as it seemed,i still tried and actualised them,infact,it was within this period that i rarely even stay at home for a few minutes…It was this period that my popularity increased the more..But what more could i do or say?i had self-inflicted obligations to take care of,and i tried my best to fulfil them all…
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THE GREAT DECIET
My uncle had previously told me that we will be going to Calabar,and he reminded me again that day,telling me to pack in 3-5 casual clothes for the journey..According to him,we will stay exactly five days,but if worse came to worse cuz of the nature of his business dealings,then we will come back on the sixth day…
Although i didnt like it that i will be away from the village for a while,the promise and hope that we wont stay more than five days brightened me up…According to my uncle,we will be travelling by Sunday,and i remember he told me this on Monday….
The first person i told of this was Jane,cuz she visited,and she didnt seem to be happy about it..But i made her happy by taking her out on a ride,and we capped it off with our normal intimacy…
The next day,i went to Amara’s house,after Junior came to our house…I already told Junior about it,and it changed his mood,and so,it was from his mood that Amara noticed,and asked what the matter is…I told her about the journey…What do you expect? Amara started persuading me and gave me a zillion reasons to tell my uncle so as to free me not to go…The decision is already made,but i cheered them up by telling them that i will sleep in their house on Friday….Well,that friday,i fulfilled my promise,and Amara and i had a real romantic fu.c.k……Damn,Amara didnt want to let me go!

On Saturday,i informed Nkechi of my journey..Her’s was hearttouching..She was like,”just at the moment that she is finding her way into my heart”…
But seriously,this people were making it look like am going away for a whole year!!
Nkechi wasnt after intimacy that day,as she was somehow sober,and held me close to herself as we spent the day together in her house..Finally,she let me go,giving me some money!
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On Sunday,Early Morning,we were off to Owerri municipal,with my uncle carrying me in his motorcycle…He packed it somewhere in Town,and after some hasslings and wanderings in Owerri,we were set and ready to go…

Few hours later,we arrived our destination probably…I cant remember where we stayed or what actually happened in Calabar,but i remember praying hard everyday as i stayed indoors,that the days will run like Hell,so that i could go back and be with my people at Home{Grandma,Blessing,Amara,Nkechi,Jane,Junior,Collins,Eunan,Chibuike,Madam Obi,and others} again..I missed them all like hell…I was a stranger in Calabar!!…..But little did i know that My uncle had other plans for me..
The days had moved faster than i had actually anticipated..Even though i didnt quite aclimatize with the environment as i would have normally done,i still felt somehow at home there In Calabar,cuz of the love the people we stayed with showed me{us}..
I didnt go out,and the only outing i made was the day prior to our supposed going back home..I remember us going to certain places,and my uncle buying some new clothes for me,plus other things too…
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The Next day,i was ready to rock n roll,all set and ready to wave my August entertainer goodbye…I sure will never miss the place!

Before i could even remember that Avu is my hometown,we were on our way going…
But here is the twist of the event,which i tagged the greatest deciet of my life by my trusted friend and uncle…Instead of us going back to Owerri,and to our hometown,i rather found myself in another Familiar,but not all that familiar environment to me..
I found myself in Aba..I didnt even need anybody telling me what happened..My kiddy brain relayed the pictures via my sensory organs,and my brain gave the real interpretation of events,after a great perception…My uncle tricked me…God da.m.n it!! He didnt only trick me,He tricked grandma too..He tricked and lied to everyone.
Of course what do you expect of my reaction when i noticed what has happened?!! At first,i tried to think that Maybe we both will spend the night in Aba{as the sixth day he talked about previously}..But my eyes opened clearly to the reality of events when the following morning,i couldnt see my uncle anywhere!
I felt so terrible..I have never felt so lonely and a lone before….But look at me? Many people would have been happy to see their people,and by their people,i mean my parents and siblings!

But there i was,crying foul,acting dumb,behaving as if the world was taken away from me..It was just like that particular moment when that precious thing you value best in life is taken from you right in front of your eye,and you cant do anything about it!…
I managed,or rather tried to act normal! I got myself to believe that,My uncle could have told me i was coming on holidays here…But how could he tell me that? He knows the answer will be sweet “No”…He did what he thought was the best possible alternative..Trick us all!
Men! The thought of my great friends at home made me feel more terrible and miserable..At each passing minute and day,i would be thinking of what i would have been doing in the village at that particular time…I think of where i could have been! I thought of Nkechi…I remembered all the promises i made to her,and she to me,and our new found Saturday love..I remembered how she held me closely as if she was losing me,and for the first time,didnt have the urge to f.u.ck with me..Amazing! I remembered Amara’s words,that i should not go..It hit me like heavy thuds of Rain torrents deep down in my thinking faculties..I should have listened to her..If i had pressed hard,grandma was alwaz there to exonerate me..why didnt i heed to Amara’s advice? If i had known…I rarely thought of Jane,but whenever i did,i will just smile…I didnt want to smile…I wanted to go home,so i stopped thinking of Jane….
And there was grandma too..What would she do or feel when our tricky uncle goes back to her without me? How will grandma be doing without shouting out her “ojemba”,her “Odii”….Men! I know grandma is really gonna tear her son to pieces with words,and i know their score will be settled by relatives,neighbours and kismen…Grandma sure know how to pull crowds!! The thought of grandma always brought tearz to my eyez,and that was what i needed!! I needed to be crying to my parents to make them know the fact that they cant just forcefully take me away from where i now see as home..They made the decision of allowing me go there when i was barely 2yrs old,why are they now finding it hard to live with?
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Days passed into Weeks,and weeks turned into a month,and the weeks started running again!
How will Amara be without me? How will Nkechi be without me? How is grandma doing without me? How are my other friends doing without me around? When will this holiday just end?
This are the thoughts ever present in my mind..I dont wanna talk about my parents and other siblings cuz they didnt help matters,and i remember alwaz beating up someone for throwing taunting remarks or making taunting comments at me…It really wasnt easy!!
But then,the worst of them happened!!

Two months passed,and as against what i was hoping,my uncle didnt show up to take me back,cuz i knew my parents themselves wouldnt do that…
O boy! Two months turned to three Months,and three Months kept adding weeks ontop itself,and i am still in Aba,while my mates are returning to school,and i was supposed to be entering Primary Five,and noone is talking anything village!! Like what da f.u.ck! Did My Uncle Just did what i dont want to think he did??
TWO YEARS LATER
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We have just finished the Common Entrance Exams,first school leaving exams et al,and the year was 2002…
The past Year and this year were so terrible for me,no village familiar figure,just only me,and i dont even know how i managed to survive those times..Well,i give it up for the many kids around in the Street then..Somehow,i got in line with them,But the thought of Village was ever present in my Mind..But i kinda wondered,what will the village now be like after being Two Years away from there?
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Towards the Ending of July that 2002,i intensified my Wanting to go home{villa,},as if where i was wasnt home..Gawd! The disturbance was pretty serious and hot from me this time around Onward,and i tried to and did silly things just to drive home my point…I didnt care again..All i wanted was to go home………….And i got my wish!….
HOME COMING{AUGUST 2002}
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Mum bought many things for me,gifts and all,both for me,for Grandma,Blessing,and the probable visitors,and my friends too..
The idea here is that i was going for a holiday in The Village,just prior before entering JSS1…But really?
On that Saturday, i had woken up earlier than usual,and the thoughts of village filled my mind…I had already packed my things previously,and If you saw the way i packed my things,you will realise that i wasnt coming back again,or rather,that i didnt plan to come back again…
Before 8:00a.m,Mum and i were already on our way home,and, if only you should see how happy i felt at that moment when the Bus started moving home wards!!
Fastforward to Two hours later,i was once again now in the Familiar hometown Territory…Gawd! My joy knew no bound..I was transfigured to the Heavens…Talking of Joy,you should have seen grandma’s reaction when she saw me…whew! Its just like being away from Your love for quite sometime,and when you see them,Who can deny the joy it brings? I was happy,excited,exhilarated,very glad and cheerful that once again,I am home!

Dont bother trying to know my Mum’s mood in all this,cuz my grandma really had it out with her,about how they decietfully and trickly took ‘her’ ‘Odii’ from her…But she didnt deliberate Much on the issue,she was much happier that i have returned to her..What more can i say,and what more does she want…..

After some hours,towards evening time,Mum said she will be going back to Aba,and Aba she went back to after giving me some money,and dropping some “be careful” advice…So right now,i am back!
But throughout that day,i didnt go anywhere..I relaxed at home with grandma gisting,and When Blessing came back,you can imagine how surprised she was..She was a bit happy,and damn! Blessing has grown a bit more…We all stayed like before,talking,and i asked of Uncle’s whereabout,and the reply is that he rarely come backs home…Yeah,Uncle has finally decided to marry,and now lives in town..He comes back to the house occassionally,and later moved to Aba when that His great Ailment started…..Such a pity!
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Those that live near us who heard voices,came and when they saw me,everyone of them welcomed me back,and i greeted them back too….I have not yet gone out…I still didnt want to go out yet..I wanted to surprise many of them{my friends},I wanted to announce my being back personally With a bang!

And so the next day,even with all grandma’s talk that i should go to church with them,i refused to..I Still didnt want them to see me..I still wanted to surprise them…The church will only make the obvious known! But surprise,really? I sure as hell know that Once Blessing gets to Church,the news will circulate like wild fire!!
Well,its better that way somehow,afterall,thats how it was supposed to be..But i saw it coming anyway,and its back to village things again…
So,what does the village hold in store for me this time around? Am i still part of it? Has it moved on without me? What has happened to the image of me?
And then,there,are my sweethearts;my dear special Amara,My Nkechi,my Jane! Are they still in the village? What has become of them? Am i still special to them?
What am i now to my friends? There is also Collins,Chibuike,and Eunan!! Where are they? Are they still in the village? Have their parents taken them to somewhere else!

Just how will my coming back to the village be like,is something i am yet to know..Only time will tell,but meanwhile,Welcome Back home,Odii!!!..*winks!*.