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Episode 5
Throughout the journey to Port Harcourt, I was lost in thought. I was wondering how mum will cope with my sisters. Even at a very young age then, I knew that life was not going to be easy. I was also worried about how I would live my life outside them because I had never stayed away from my family before for even one day. That was how my mind ran wide until we reached the entrance to Rivers State where they wrote welcome to Rivers State, it was then my uncle who had been silent like me eventually spoke up, "we have reached Rivers State", he announced *as if I had not seen the sign post...abi they put it there for fancy???*, I just muttered an okay for him. As we drove on, he showed me some landmarks and my response was always brief. When we reached uncle Uche's compound, a girl came out and opened the gate after he horned several times. As Uncle Uche drove in, I started firing, casting and binding inside me because the girl I was seeing didnt look like someone that would welcome me as I sensed she must be my Uncle's daughter. Also, she carried this air of arrogance as she walked. After
locking the gate, she quickly came to hug my uncle and by this time, I was already out of the car and was getting my luggages from the booth. My uncle called me over to where he stood with the girl and
introduced her to me his daughter, Ada, and he immediately went inside his house. I then extended my hand to shake her as my village teacher had taught us to greet people we meet newly but instead of shaking me, if you see the way she eyed me from head to toe eh, nobody told me to hide my hand, but then my brain quickly edited to adventure mode; ADVENTURE MODE ACTIVATED....rule 1...don't loose out when on an adventure... As she was eyeing me up, I immediately started eyeing her back*no be me go carry last*. We stayed there eyeing each other like too weaponless enemies that accidentally met each other. In my mind what was going on was that if she wanted to show me how city girls behave, then I will show her how adventurous village boys behave since she did not want to stop. She had to give up when her mother came out shouting "Ada where is the boy your father came back with". I wondered if my Uncle had not told her my name because with the way she said "the boy", I knew I had a long way ahead. I respectfully greeted her on sighting her at the entrance to the house as I made to go inside with my luggage. The next thing I heard almost made me loose balance, "Ada go and show him his room, let him go and drop those bags and come and wash this car. I had to clean my ear to be sure I heard well because I just came back and the first thing to do is to wash car which I had never done before, without even resting??? "Port Harcourt, here I come" was what came out of my mouth. TBC
