Chapter 2 02

"Phil, I'm sorry..i was.."

"I warned you Layla" Philia said, cutting her short.

Layla nodded and Philia walked away, smiling at customers and touring her shop like she normally do.

Layla groaned, blaming the man for not fucking Philia long enough or had Philia requested for a quickie?..

"Layla! Customers are waiting!!" Philia shouted and Layla set to work immediately.

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Her rumbling stomach woke her up the next morning.

She sat up on the bed and clutched her knees to her chest, staring at nothing in particular.

Her eyes were laced with tears,she missed her mum so much.

Her Mum would never have starved her to punish her.

Of course Philia hadn't given her dinner yesternight.

And if she doesn't get up quick enough to make breakfast before Philia wakes up,then there'll be no breakfast for her before she leaves for school.

She threw her blanket roughly to a side like it was the cause of her problems and then carefully slid her feet into her footwear.

Her leg is still hurting,she hadn't even applied anything to make it heal faster.

She walked to the kitchen and started making sandwich,she prepared her sandwich while the coffee was brewing.

And by the time she was done,the coffee was ready.

She doused it with cream and sugar, stirred it and then placed it in a tray beside her sandwich.

She quickly cleaned the kitchen and then picked up the tray and left to her room.

She sighed in relief when she got to her room safely without seeing Philia.

She gently dropped the tray on her bedside table and then grabbed a towel before heading into the bathroom.

Her heart do beat fast anytime she prepares for school because she knows she can't escape being mocked through out a day but not anymore, she's not going to allow that anymore.

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She smiled as she stood under the shower, the tiny slash of water hitting her skin.

She had even wanted to stop going to school at some point but what kept her going was...

Dylan.

Her crush or rather,every female's crush.

She always look forward to seeing him everyday, his handsome face had this way of making her heart flutter,she always wish he would just look at her with those striking eyes of his for once, sadly..he doesn't even spare her a glance,it's just like she doesn't exist, even if they were not sitting too far from each other.

She wants him to notice her and she's gonna make sure that happens today.

Of course he knows her, who doesn't know Layla Moremi Williams, the only girl in Ocean high school who has a black father.

And almost everyone knew she had a crush on him and he knows too just like he knows other girls are crushing on him,yet he doesn't glance her way.

Perhaps she's the last girl he would ever consider having as a girlfriend.

Having as girlfriend?..Lol.

He wouldn't even think of that, perhaps she's the last girl he would ever consider glancing at.

And she has seen Dylan laugh severally whenever she's being mocked, although he has never mocked her directly but she doesn't even care if he laughs whenever she's being mocked,she loves him and would do anything to make him look directly into her eyes,she would do anything to make him see she's in love with him.

She isn't gonna hide anymore, not when...

She sigh as she stepped out of the shower, she grabbed her pink towel,wrapped it around her body,removed the shower cap from her hair and walked back to her room.

She dried her body and started dressing up for school.

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Her coffee was almost cold by the time she was done dressing up but she took it anyway.

She sat on her neatly spread bed, smartly dressed for school and started having her breakfast.

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She picked her backpack when she was done and walked out of her room with the tray in hand.

She dropped it in the kitchen sink and planned to sort it after she's back from school.

She needs to get going now because she's gonna be walking to school and she always like to cover a reasonable distance before time runs out.

Her school is damn far from the house.

Philia do give her transport fare of course but she saves the money and uses her legs instead.

And now...she now has a huge amount in her piggy bank.

She met Philia in the living room sorting dollar notes like she does every morning.

"Good morning Phil" Layla said.

"Morning Layla" Phil looked tired and Layla knew she was probably shagged all night.

Of course Phil isn't doing it for money,she only enjoys doing it like she had told Layla.

"What?" Layla asked as Philia's eyes scrutinized her.

"You look so ugly!" She scoffed before handing Layla some dollar notes.

"Thanks Phil" Layla said, ready to leave.

"Come" Phil stopped her and she turned to her.

"Have this" Phil handed her more dollar notes.

"You want me to get something for you?" Layla asked.

"No,just have it, use it to do whatever you want" Phil said and Layla stared at her, stunned.

"Take it and leave,your ugly face is scaring me" Philia groaned.

"Thank you so much Phil" Layla said,touched.

She took the money and then left for school after saying bye to Philia.

She thought about Phil's sudden kind act as she ran to school, ignoring the sharp pain in her leg.