SERIES::THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 13)

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Ada sat on the stool in her
room, very close to her dressing
table. She was crying. She felt
dirty and cheap. She had
never taken time to reflect on
her behavior lately.
Of course she had no reason
to. She had been carried away
by the wind, the wind of
pleasure and fun.
Ada remembered the first day
she met Mike.

She thought he
was a 300 level student and he
helped her when she was
having difficulty with her
registration especially during
her online registration at the
business center that was in the
school environment.
Mike appeared and saved
her from a lot of
embarrassment. He
was there for her when
she misplaced her
receipt and he helped her in getting
familiar with the school
environment.She had always
wanted to have somebody she
could look up to. Someone who
could make her feel
secured. Best of
all,he had proclaimed
his love
for her. This was
something she
had always yearned
for, to be
loved.
She has already
fallen deep in
love with Mike when
she
discovered that he
wasn’t really
a student. He was
one of the
‘problematic’
students, students
who were given
indefinite
suspension because
of some
cult activities. Ada
couldn’t leave
him even with this
development.
She didn’t think she
would get
anybody who could
love her the
way Mike did, she
could do
anything for him.
Then the demand
for money and
attention started.
He would
want her to stay
with him not
minding that she
would miss
her
lectures. He would
ask for
money and threaten
to leave
her if she didn’t
bring it. She
couldn’t just leave
the love of
her life so she
would ensure
that she met his
never ending
demands. She knew
he was a
wrong company for
her, but the
experience of
feeling wanted
was all that really
mattered.
Mike was not the
first guy to
introduce her to sex.
She had it
with a boy who
professed love
just after Ada
wrote her WAEC.
But he broke
her heart right after
she gave in
to his demand for
sex. That was
the
beginning of the
feeling of
emptiness
somewhere within
her. She had nobody
to talk to
even before and
after she had
the sex.
There was nobody
to help her
build herself worth.
But Mike made her
feel
important. He took
her to
parties. Introduced
her to his
friends and they all
accepted
her. She
felt he was worth
missing
lectures for.......**
Now she felt scared
and for the
first time in a long
time she
allowed her mind to
actively
wonder if her
relationship
with Mike was doing
her any
good. She seemed
like a lost
person who didn’t
know where
she was heading to.
She might have no
close
relationship with
mum and dad
but she sure needed
them for
survival. Getting
them mad have
never been her
intention and
now dad was
threatening to
send her away.
That was scary.
She never knew
home was
important; she
always detested
it.
The thought of
being pregnant
was even scarier.
She was late
and this was the
third day. She
didn’t know what
Mike would
do if he realizes
that she was
carrying his baby;
somehow Ada
was sure that he
would deny
her. What would she
do? Who
will she go to? What
will become
of her?
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EPISODE 14