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D’s first decision was to never forgive Lami. Her second decision was to tell her mum to speak with Dr N. Dr N will be won over by her mum, D hoped. There was an issue, though. Her mother was in another state. Would she be willing to pause the work that took her there and come to her daughter’s aid? D trusted that her mum would. The problem was when she would get back to Lagos, the state D schooled in.
Putting these thoughts aside, D went straight to bed immediately after she got home at 4:43 pm. She awoke at 8 pm, still feeling fatigued. The thought of L and her uncollected assignment came to mind. She picked up her phone and called her mother. On the first ring, her mother picked up.
“Hello, my baby. How are you?” said D’s mum.
“Not fine o,” D replied and proceeded to explain all that had transpired during the day.
“Wow. But that’s not fair now. A fellow student. Kai,” D’s mum commented after hearing her daughter’s pained narration.
D then proposed her idea to her mum, “Mummy, can you follow me to school tomorrow? This assignment is our CA, and I’ll fail the course if I don’t submit it. The woman is very wicked, I’m sure she will not listen to me if I go alone. Please, help me explain to her”
“Ah. You will not fail in Jesus’s name. Okay, I’ll leave with the first thing tomorrow morning and meet you at your school. But, I think that will be around 1 or 2”, D’s mum assured her.
The next day, 12:56 pm
True to her word, D’s mum arrived at D’s university the next day. Mother and daughter met and headed for Dr N’s office.
Knock knock, open door. D led the way into Dr N’s office, her mother right behind her.
“Good afternoon, ma,” greeted D.
“Good afternoon, ma. I am D’s mum, Mrs A”
“Good afternoon, ma. Please, have your sit,” Dr N offered while pointing to a seat at the opposite side of her desk.
“Thank you, ma,” Mrs A said while taking a seat with a heavy sigh.
For some reason, D chose to keep standing. No one paid her any mind. Adults were about to speak.
Mrs A started, “I am here to help my daughter speak to you about the submission of her assignment”. She went on to explain that D had been very sick the day before, but still made it to school.
Unfortunately, the girl who was collecting the assignment refused to collect it from her. She said you asked her not to collect it anymore. Yes, this is true, I said that. D, is that why you called your mother? You could have just come straight to me to explain. Sorry about that, ma. Oya, submit your assignment now.
The meeting ended.
That’s it? D, thought. Was the meeting really that short? D was sure that there was going to be a long argument with words like “liar”, “wicked”, “unfair”, and “report” being flung here and there.
All of this happened in 2016.
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These are 500 words (or more ?)! Talk to you tomorrow!
To understand this narrative, start from Part 1.