SERIES:THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 8)

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“Look at what your
daughter is
doing,” he muttered
slowly
through his clenched
teeth.
“Ada is pregnant.
His cell phone rang
again, he
looked at the caller
ID and it
was his boss. He
angrily picked
the call.
“I am very sorry I
can’t make it
to the office as
soon as I
thought. In fact, we
will see
tomorrow.”

“What is wrong
with you Mr.
Ikedia? What is
happening? You
have left everybody
here
hanging, I am really
embarrassed, you
know I don’t
condone such
behavior. If there is
a problem
why didn’t u call and
tell us…”
“I said that I will
see you
tomorrow sir and
explain things
to you, thank you.”
Dad cut the
line and switched
off his cell
phone.
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I was watching
television in the
sitting room when
dad showed.
“What’s that? Will
you switch off
that television and
go into your
room? Are you not
supposed to
be in school? You
can’t
be reasonable
enough to know
that you are
supposed to spend
the most part of
this morning
studying your
books.” He
stopped and
continued to stare
at me with disgust.
I hurriedly turned
the TV off and
headed straight for
my room.
“Call Ada and John
for me.” His
angry voice said to
my back.
I hated the day
with all my life.
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I quickly informed
Ada and John
that daddy wanted
to see them
and hastily entered
my room. I
felt really bad. I
almost
hated my dad. Why
must he be
so mean? I had
often heard
most of my friends
talk about
their dad at school. I
even see
how
they related with
their parents
when they come to
pick them
from school. Most
of them
weren’t as rich as
we were. But
they were much
happier.
My own home was
filled with
nothing but
constant quarreling.
Nobody was ever
happy with
anybody. Dad was a
stranger to
us
all and I never get
to hang out
and do anything
meaningful
with my sister. She
didn’t care
about anybody in
the house, in
fact she didn’t
want anybody to
know anything
about her so she
was always in her
room, making
and answering calls
like
the calls were the
only thing
that made her
happy when at
home. She never
laughed with
anybody at home,
not even me,
her
only and little sister.
My mum
was so withdrawn
that you
hardly get her to tell
you
anything interesting.
She was
just a
woman of her own
world. John
was just strange.
As the days
went by, he
transformed into a
dangerous person.
Something
was
just bothering him.
He was
learning to be
somebody he
wasn’t comfortable
with.
I had never seen my
mum and
dad share happy
moments
together. The few
times they
talk you find them
answering
each other
in monosyllabic
replies and
when they talk long
it was
always when dad
was in his
squabbling mood. He
barks at
mum and
continuously
complains at any
little thing he feels
she had not
done right.
I wished I could ask
God for
another family.
I got tired of just
lying down
doing nothing, so I
decided to
read my book like
dad had
suggested. I opened
my bag and
put my hand into
it.While
searching for
the book to read,I
thought I
heard a metallic
sound.
I quickly searched
through my
bag and behold, in
between
my homework note
book
was
the
key everybody was
looking for..
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