SERIES::THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 18) THE FINAL EPISODE

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"3:00pm"
It was time for lunch. The whole
house was famished, and even
though mum had asked Ada to
wait unto her call before coming
to eat, Ada had decided to come
down and help. Dad was obviously not being very useful in the kitchen; he was just distracting mum. Both were trying all afternoon to reason
out what happened to the key. It
was really surprising to them.
In no time John and I joined them. The kitchen became filled up. Everybody wanted to feel the new vibe in the house. It was just warm. I was no longer afraid of telling dad and mum that I was with the key. There was something in their faces that calmed me for the mean time.
Soon, lunch was ready.

SERIES:THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 17)

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Mum was very busy in the
kitchen that she didn’t notice
dad standing at the door, and
carefully observing her.
“How did it go?” Dad asked.
Mum quickly looked
behind her, “Oh, you startled
me,” it was not every day that
dad comes around to meet her
in the kitchen. “Well, the
response was fine and I am glad I
talked to her, I don’t really
think she is pregnant, she is
just anxious thats all.”

SERIES::THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 16)

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John gently raised his head
when dad walked into his
room.To dad, he looked like he
was tired of life. He slowly sat up as
dad entered.He couldn’t understand
why dad was in his room. But
dad wasn’t looking angry and that
helped calm him down a bit.
Dad sat beside him, a moment
of silence lingered. Dad couldn’t
help but stare at John’s childhood picture on mini drawer beside John’s
bed. He picked it up, looked at
it, smiled slightly and dropped it
back.

SERIES::THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 15)

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Ada was lying on her bed when
mum knocked on her door. She
stood up, looking surprisingly at
the door. That was strange, nobody ever knocked on anybody’s door in
this house. Something was
wrong, she was sure.
She walked up to the door and
opened it, not knowing what to
expect. Mum was facing her;
they stared at each other for
some seconds and mum walked
into the room looking around
the room like she was seeing it
for the first time. Ada continued to
stare at her even as mum sat
on her bed.

SERIES::THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 14)

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Mum was angry, she was also
sad. She was angry at dad and
somehow at herself. Where was
all the love she used to share
with dad? What made her allow
her children to outgrow her?How had she allowed her family
to come to such ruin?This
wasn't the type of home she wished for.

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.

SERIES::THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 12)

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John lay on his bed
with his back, while his eyes
were looking at the ceiling.
He didn’t know what was
wrong with him. He didn’t know
what else to do. If dad was serious
that he should leave the house, where will he go? Perhaps
he shouldn’t have talked back at
dad.

SERIES::THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 11)

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“What do you
expect me to do?
Sit down here with
you to train
the children so that
you can remind me
of how my
mates are working
hard? Is this
what I get for all
my hard work
in ensuring that this
family
is catered for?

SERIES::THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 10)

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“Who cares,” John
muttered
under his nose. But
it was loud
enough for dad to
hear.
“What did you say?”
dad asked
and instinctively
rushed towards
John. Before John
could turn
around and react,
dad’s right
hand had already
reached his
shoulders and forcefully turned him around. 

SERIES:THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 9)

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'10:15am'
“I can see that you
kids have
decided to disgrace
this
household, but I will
never
allow it.” Dad was
speaking to
Ada and John.
“I will not harbor a
rogue and a
prostitute in this
house,
never!!!” his voice
was so loud
that I could feel the
vibration it caused in
my room.

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.”

SERIES:THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 7)

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He searched again
and saw a
stick of cigarette.
“You smoke?”
John was visibly
scared. He
remained silent with
his whole
body shivering and
starring at
dad.
Dad looked at him
like he was
seeing John for the
first time.
Dad stormed out of
the room.

SERIES : THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 6)

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'8:50am'
My dad’s cell phone
rang again.
He looked at the
caller ID, it
was a strange
number. He
picked the call.
“Hello,”
“Good morning sir,
am I
speaking with Mr.
Ikedi?”
“Yes, who is this
please?” dad
asked.
“I am the principal
of Wisdom
Child Academy and
your son is
my pupil.

SERIES: THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 5)

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Mum got angry at
dad's
accusations
towards her.She
told him that he
wasnt the only
one that's suppose
to go out
that very day,that
we the
children are
supposed to go to
school too.

SERIES : the missing key (episode 4)

(EPISODE 4)
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She angrily banged the door behind her she left

the room and entered my room... My door was

already opened so she walked straight in. she
started searching all over like it was her room, I
didn’t speak with her. We had a brief quarrel last night
before I went to bed. Something that led her to hit me while I

rained abuses on her and reminding her of how she follows men.

SERIES : the missing key (episode 3)

(EPISODE 3)
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“You can stare at me from now till
tomorrow but you will never find the
key on my face. I expected that by
nowyou should know thatthey key
is not here and start searching for
it in other sections of the house.”Dad
said in anger'“I know I kept the key
here and none of the kids are with it.
I believe this is the only place the key
should be.” Mum replied defensively.“Maybe a ghost
came to this house and took it. You are
very sure that you kept the key here
and it is not here yet you only concentrate on
searching the same place; are you okay?

SERIES : the missing key (episode 2)

(EPISODE 2)
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“LINDA!!” Dad called  my name...
If dad called any of  us the way
he was calling me  now, we
know there was  trouble and
trouble with my dad was hell.
When angry with anybody in the
house, he would use very
derogatory words ensuring that
his victim looked and felt as
foolish as ever. He would
attack your self esteem and
make you hate yourself.

SERIES : the missing key (episode 1)

(EPISODE 1)
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--6:30am--
It happened on a  Monday. Very
early in the morning,  my dad
woke up as usual  and started to
dress up for work.  By 6.30am he
was ready for work.  He then
took his time to  sort out some
papers. I think these papers had
something to do with his work.
It was almost 7am when he locked
up his suit case and  left the
bedroom. Mum was still
sleeping when he closed the
door behind him.