His Parents, His Siblings, My Parents, My Siblings, Our friends, the entire
community could also testify that I Loved Chike.
Did Chike Love me back in return?
Most definitely! We were two inseparable lovebirds. Modest, well brought
up, smart, humble are few of the words you could use to describe our pair.
Everyone loved us together! Parents gushed over us. They saw two
teenagers who were mature enough and responsible enough to start a
relationship.
Chike and I met when I was sixteen years Old. He was Nineteen.
We met at as a result of attending the same Tutorial Center. I was fresh out
of secondary school, while Chike had stayed at home for three years
awaiting admission to the University.
The first Day we got to talk was when I was trekking back home after
classes. I had no money on me, thanks to my very humble background. I
wasn't aware that prior to that time, Chike and I always boarded the same
bus home. Forgive my unawareness of my environment; you could blame it
on my addiction to crime novels. Crime novels were my escape from the
obviously criminal world I lived in.
That day, I couldn't read my novel as reading while trekking was definitely
not the way to go. I noticed a bus stopped some meters ahead, reversed
towards me...
Written by opeyemi akintunde
