Chapter 3 3

Mrs Chima sat on the wooden bench selecting the dried melon,Francis walked up to her,"mum aren't we starting School?? we're two weeks late already"Francis stated which made his mother suspend what she was doing.

"You and your junior sister will start next week at Asarama"She explained.

"You guys are in secondary school already,it would be nicer there"She added.

"What about Clara, Helene, Isabella and Samuel??"He questioned further.

"Well Sammy is still a baby,Clara and Helene can move to the public school while Isabella can go to the nursery school close to the house"She answered."Oh"he muttered in dissatisfaction but shrugged walking out.

Clara who eavesdropped the whole time hissed in annoyance.

She was going to a public school?? Like what the heck??,she missed her friends,oh her girlfriend especially who did funny stuffs with her.

Ugh!!having new friends is boring!- She muttered to herself moving back inside.

*******Later that day****

Clara yawned stretching her body as she cleared her eyes,she turned and found her siblings still asleep.

Humph!

She scurried down to move outside due to the noise and laughter.She opened the door seeing her parents and dad's friend.

"Good afternoon mum,dad"She greeted yawning again,"hungry??"Her mum asked which got her smiling.

She turned to the man,"Good afternoon sir".

"Good afternoon girl,how are you??"

"I'm good"She responded strolling back inside walking towards the kitchen.

"The food inside the white plate is yours,don't touch the others!!"Her mum yelled from outside.

She pushed herself forward to the sink to wash the dirty plates,when she was done she took her food to eat.

"What are you doing??"She heard her brother's grumpy voice which got her startled

"Hmm??"She moaned hurriedly swallowing the food.

"I'm eating"She responded,"is that yours??"He asked admist yawning as he walked to get his own food.

"Yeah mummy said it's mine"She responded.

He hummed stuffing some amount of food in his mouth as he ate.

"Gosh!this daddy new pattern of fishing,I don't get it!this place sucks!"Francis poured out his frustration.

"I thought I'm the only human who hates here,no meat,no nice food always garri and fresh sea food, yuck! So damn annoying"Clara blurted out.

"But the fishes are kinda tasty though, especially that devil ray"She added smiling sheepishly.

"Yeah,kinda"He agreed sitting on the stool.

"I can't believe dad's transferred to this place, four years should be fast approaching please"Francis lamented.

"You're saying four years??,you'll not pray for miracle,two years is enough to stay in this damn shit!I hate it here"Clara protested which got Francis chuckling.

"Do you really hate it here huh??"He questioned.

"I do"She states firmly.

"Okay.... okay,it's well anyways"he added monching on his food.

Clara just stares at him smirking,"hungry pig"she murmured to herself walking away.

"Clara I'm hungry oh"Her little sister, Isabella whined sliding down from the bed,"Go to the kitchen then,big bro is there eating"She replied moving out.

*Anything to help with mum??"She questioned settling on a stool.

"Yeah,if you can but don't let the prawn hurt you"Her mother answered which made her scoff inwardly.

"No probs"She responded bending to to select the mixed fishes.

Her mum kept discussing with her father using their dialet which she understood perfectly unknown to them.

After a short while,a woman came in,"Ah ma'am you people are into this too??"She smiled warmly.

Mr Chima chuckled along side his wife,"when you're with the Romans,you act like one ....or I'm I wrong??"He questioned adjusting for her to sit on the bench.Mrs Chima sat on the wooden bench selecting the dried melon,Francis walked up to her,"mum aren't we starting School?? we're two weeks late already"Francis stated which made his mother suspend what she was doing.

"You and your junior sister will start next week at Asarama"She explained.

"You guys are in secondary school already,it would be nicer there"She added.

"What about Clara, Helene, Isabella and Samuel??"He questioned further.

"Well Sammy is still a baby,Clara and Helene can move to the public school while Isabella can go to the nursery school close to the house"She answered."Oh"he muttered in dissatisfaction but shrugged walking out.

Clara who eavesdropped the whole time hissed in annoyance.

She was going to a public school?? Like what the heck??,she missed her friends,oh her girlfriend especially who did funny stuffs with her.

Ugh!!having new friends is boring!- She muttered to herself moving back inside.

*******Later that day****

Clara yawned stretching her body as she cleared her eyes,she turned and found her siblings still asleep.

Humph!

She scurried down to move outside due to the noise and laughter.She opened the door seeing her parents and dad's friend.

"Good afternoon mum,dad"She greeted yawning again,"hungry??"Her mum asked which got her smiling.

She turned to the man,"Good afternoon sir".

"Good afternoon girl,how are you??"

"I'm good"She responded strolling back inside walking towards the kitchen.

"The food inside the white plate is yours,don't touch the others!!"Her mum yelled from outside.

She pushed herself forward to the sink to wash the dirty plates,when she was done she took her food to eat.

"What are you doing??"She heard her brother's grumpy voice which got her startled

"Hmm??"She moaned hurriedly swallowing the food.

"I'm eating"She responded,"is that yours??"He asked admist yawning as he walked to get his own food.

"Yeah mummy said it's mine"She responded.

He hummed stuffing some amount of food in his mouth as he ate.

"Gosh!this daddy new pattern of fishing,I don't get it!this place sucks!"Francis poured out his frustration.

"I thought I'm the only human who hates here,no meat,no nice food always garri and fresh sea food, yuck! So damn annoying"Clara blurted out.

"But the fishes are kinda tasty though, especially that devil ray"She added smiling sheepishly.

"Yeah,kinda"He agreed sitting on the stool.

"I can't believe dad's transferred to this place, four years should be fast approaching please"Francis lamented.

"You're saying four years??,you'll not pray for miracle,two years is enough to stay in this damn shit!I hate it here"Clara protested which got Francis chuckling.

"Do you really hate it here huh??"He questioned.

"I do"She states firmly.

"Okay.... okay,it's well anyways"he added monching on his food.

Clara just stares at him smirking,"hungry pig"she murmured to herself walking away.

"Clara I'm hungry oh"Her little sister, Isabella whined sliding down from the bed,"Go to the kitchen then,big bro is there eating"She replied moving out.

*Anything to help with mum??"She questioned settling on a stool.

"Yeah,if you can but don't let the prawn hurt you"Her mother answered which made her scoff inwardly.

"No probs"She responded bending to to select the mixed fishes.

Her mum kept discussing with her father using their dialet which she understood perfectly unknown to them.

After a short while,a woman came in,"Ah ma'am you people are into this too??"She smiled warmly.

Mr Chima chuckled along side his wife,"when you're with the Romans,you act like one ....or I'm I wrong??"He questioned adjusting for her to sit on the bench.

"It is oh"She responded sitting down.

"Madam,how far now??, when are you bringing them? We have service today!"She asked.

"Oh we'll come on Sunday,since it's their first time,most of them are already asleep"Mrs Chima explained. "Oh"She mouthed.

"No problems then,I just said lemme check on you people before I leave"She added.

"Oh thank you, God bless you"Mrs Chima smiled warmly,"Alright I'll take my leave"She stood up.

"Fine girl,hope you'll come to church on Sunday??"She turned to Clara who gave an innocent look. "Yes I will"She responded sharply facing what she was doing,"okay then,bye!"She added walking away swiftly.

"Who's that?"Mr Chima asked.

"A deaconess from Assemblies of God Church,I met her some days ago when I was in search of church,since AG is the available church which is manageable here, I accepted to join her to know the location while she followed me to know the address"Mrs Chima explained.

"Oh I see"he replied concentrating on what he was doing.

"Good evening "They all heard the landlord's voice which made them raise their heads up,"oh Good evening Sir "Mr Chima replied warmly smiling.

"Good evening sir"Mrs Chima greeted flatly while Clara just stared at the skinny looking man.

"Are you guys selecting fish?"He questioned as he bent to touch Clara which she pushed immediately,"Ah! are we quarreling??"The man asked.

"Don't touch me"She warned sternly.

"Clara!!!"Her father called out,"don't you have respect??"He questioned.

"Clara go inside"Her mother's voice came up before she could defend herself.

She ran swiftly without any further delay,slamming the door behind her. She could see the old man's annoyed face which was a visible grim.

He walked away without any further discussion while her both parents quarreled over what happened.

She sighed falling on the bed,she hated it when her parents quarreled.

Helena crawled up to the bed,"Hey!"She called out which got Clara's attention,"mm??"came her response.

"What happened?"She asked.

"Nothing happened,just a minor issue"She replied sighing heavily.

"Hmm minor issue?.."Helene pressed on.

"Helene!!"Clara half yelled giving her the face of 'don't ask me another stupid question'.

"Sorry"Helena apologized immediately getting the signal before she bares the consequences.

Clara sighed staring into thin space.

"Uhm Maxwell would be coming to stay with us"She could hear father's voice from inside as her eyes widened in shock.

What??!!!!!

"Meaning??"She heard her mother opposing voice.

"Listen now....my brother couldn't handle him so..."

"Is it not his son??"Mrs Chima attacked.

"I think when that bit was with us we were hearing series of complain and you want to still bring him back??"Mrs Chima added.

"It's my brother were talking about"Mr Chima defended,"please keep it to yourself "She interrupting sharply.."your brother,your brother,you'll still be receiving insults,u5s that one part of family again?? She asked no one in particular.

"Woman hold it!,leave my family out of this!" Mr Chima fires up.

"And when did I add them??"She questioned back.

"I'm warning you now"He kept pointing fingers on her.

Clara heaved a deep sigh,soon they'll start fighting and exchanging words It has become their daily routine.

She turned sideways closing ber eyes to get a good rest as she drifted away once again.

*******

Clara cleared her eyes getting up as she stretched her lungs widely.She cleaned her eyes with the back of her palm before opening them.

Huh??-She stared around examining the area.

It was uncompleted building and she was on the bare ground.

She stood abruptly walking to the door post as her eyes scanned the place,it caught a cross like wooden stick on the ground,it was at that moment she realised she was in a grave yard.

She gasped rushing out of the room immediately but everywhere seemed so quite and cold,she turned back to the room but it was no longer there,just bare walls.

She turned backwards, everywhere seemed so dark with no ending point as she shivered in fright.

She kept moving forward but every room she came across where graveyard.

She panicked fighting her way out as she whimpered.

What exactly is happening?? She gazed around searching for an escape to no avail.

"Clara.... Clara!!"She could hear her mother's voice,"mum??"She called out,everywhere becoming blurry like she was fainting.

"Clara wake up!"Keep mother yelled out as she sprang up immediately sweating all over.

"Ah ah!what happened?"Mrs Chima asked sitting next tor her daughter.

Clara who was furiously sweating used her clothes to wipe them off,"I'm fine mum"came her response vividly remembering the dream.

She didn't want to bother her mum,besides it was of no use- She thought.

"Are you sure??"Mrs Chima pressed on.

"Yes "she replied nodding,"alright"She patted her getting up,lemme prepare something for you guys to eat then,you can go back to rest"She added getting up while Clara hummed and laid back on the bed folding her legs.

Gosh! It was a dream!- Her head screamed loudly.

She closed her eyes sighing deeply,"it is well".