Chapter 6 The end For me

Gabriel pinned her to the wall and placed his lips on her, he held her waist tight even when she protested.

"Am sorry i can't do this", she tried to break away from him but instead a hard slap reached her on the face.

Suddenly the door opened and Gideon walked into his room.

"Gideon who gave you the permission to walk into my room and why must you break my door, can't you knock?"He asked and let go of the girl as she quickly ran off as fast as her leg could carry her.

"Gabriel when would you change, yes I know you have been traumatised for the past ten years but you must live by that", he preached.

"Oh my goodness, I can't believe a pot is calling a kettle black...".

"If I should blame then you are the person I should blame besides you are the worst, leave you drunkard", he uttered, those words really cut Gideon hard in the heart.

"And let's see who gets better", he walked away.

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Adriana quickly checked her wrist watch and saw the time, "gosh, am late", with that, she stood up and immediately rushed to the bathroom.

She quickly took her bath and brushed her teeth then she walked out.

She brushes her hair and applies her cream, then she walks to her bag and picks one of her favourite dresses, a straight gown.

"Wow, this dress looks good on me", she smiled and took her bag with her.

***MILES HIGH SCHOOL EXAM HALL***

Over hundreds of students walked into the hall, some in troops, some with their parents while some came all along by themselves.

Adriana quickly backs up her bag and walks into the hall then she suddenly bumps into someone.

"Oh sorry", a sweet cool voice echoed.

"Sorry?, Am the one who is supposed to apologise and not you, proper sorry ", Adriana said with her gaze on the lady standing with her, her body covered with veil.

"Are they from Asian country?", Adriana asked cause she knows they are the ones who normally join in the scholarship.

"No, I am a Nigerian", with that, she bent down and picked up her book then she entered the hall.

"Nigerian?". Adriana asks herself with surprise as she walks into the hall.

The exam invigilator walked into the hall, some students mummering while some placed their head on their desk.

"I pray I passed this exam", Adriana said and boldly put her necklace tight.

"Settle down", the supervisor said.

"Yes sir", they all sang and the class went silent.

"Here are the rules of the exam...", He paused on the screen as the rule showed.

"No cheating or Browsing", he read out loud to them.

"Note, only three students will be elated", he said and the students turned their heads, mummering to each other.

"Three students out of about a hundred candidates?".

"So absurd".

"Geez, what assurance did I have to pass the exam".

Different students keep murmuring at the absurd setting of the scholarship.

"I can do it", Adriana shook her head.

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Gideon closed the door and left without even turning his gaze toward him.

"What the hell did he take me for?"Gideon put on his uniform and walked up to the dining table.

"Good morning sir", Mrs Sabatoir bowed her head as she greeted him.

"Why are you moody?"Gideon asked her.

"Oh nothing", she replied absurdly.

"Won't you tell me?". He asked again.

"I will have to pay for the damaged meal and I don't have the money to pay", tears rolled down from the forty year poor Sabatoir.

"Have it", Gideon gave her his black card.

"All?"Her mask widened because of a black card worth a hundred billion won.

"Yeah, have it all and pay that dude his money", he said and left for his car.

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"Haven't you still got a hold of Brown's missing daughter?", Mr Brown asked.

"No sir".

"No sir?" He asks and throws the mug on the Confligiere.

"I thought you had been smart to take care of this, not knowing you are a dull head like usual", he raged.

"Brother why not treat me like one, we are siblings for once", he said and without a second a hard slap reached his face making him bleed slightly.

"This is just the little you have seen, don't you know I don't do family in business", he returned back to his seat.

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"Malisha, what is wrong with you?", Mr Brown asked.

Mr Brown is the state governor and a multi business shareholder.

"Dad?", She asked.

"For crying out loud, why can't you beat this Gideon and Gabriel?Must you always come forth?Can't you top up? '' he scolded her and could run through spine making her shiver.

"Mr. Governor, must you always bore our daughter with grades?". Mrs Brown asks as she drops the lemon juice on the glass.

"Kimba must you always spoil this girl when you know that a dullard can't ascend the position of a multi millionaire shareholder", he said and walked out of the living room.

"Bye mum", she pecked her mum.

"Bye?, Off to where?", Her mother said.

"Off to Miles mansion", she whispered and her mum smiled.

*****

"Hey you go out".

"Follow him".

The invigilator pointed out thirty students who were cheating in the class and making use of their phones.

"Binta hope you know which family you are from, so do your best to get the scholarship", those mellow voices her mum keep bumping in her head.

"Hey you, stand up", the man pointed at Binta.

"You too", he pointed at Adriana.

"What did we do for crying out loud?", tears cloud down from Binta's eyes.

She watches as other students stare at her with pity and agony and other students are chased out of the hall.

"This is the end for me", Adriana muttered as a thin stroke of tears made its way to her cheeks.

She isn't an emotional girl but seeing her dream dim down and suck down the mud is the last she would want to see.