Hijacked from the Innocence Tree.
It was a cloudy Friday evening, Daddy and mommy left in the morning for something urgent in the village and they will be staying for the weekend, so it’s just me and Aunty Nkechi, I just got home from school. I was so hungry (I didn’t eat that cold indomie mama put in my flask earlier today), so I rushed off to the kitchen. Instead of finding food, I was graced by the presence of Aunty Nkechi’s boyfriend. I really do not know what she sees in this guy, he has this smell that makes me want to puke anytime he passes by. As usual, I greeted him, but he didn’t respond. I guess he was lost in his own world because he was busy licking his lips disgustingly, or was he hungry? After the awkward moment with Uncle Kene,I went to my room murmuring out of hunger and anger, without noticing that Aunty Nkechi wasn’t even at home. The hunger won’t let me sleep or do anything for that matter, I called out for Aunty Nkechi but I couldn’t find her, Uncle Kene told me that she went to the market. Disa...