MY
DAYS
AT CROWN
SCHOOL
?#EPISODE 44✔
It has been a week since have resumed work after Victoria’s wedding. I was supposed to have left the hospital in the afternoon, but had to cover up for a friend of mine who couldn’t make it for afternoon shift. So tired, and stressed out. I was finally done for the day. I got up after taking little rest to start preparing to hand over, and go home. A knock on the door interrupted my thoughts.
“Doctor,” the knock c@m£ again.
“Yes, come in.”
Nurse Amarachi walked in with tray in her hand. “You’re leaving alre-ady?” She asked.
“Yes,” I replied. “Just waiting for Doctor Yunis to take the night shift.”
“He’s around. I just saw him walked in now,” nurse Amarachi informed me.
Thank God! I silently prayed.
“Actually, I c@m£ to tell you a man is here for you. He said his name is Doctor Richa-rd .”
?Doctor Richa-rd
As much as I try to remember anyone with that name, I couldn’t. I don’t know anyone with Richa-rd , talk less of being a Doctor. “Can you plea-se describe the man?” I asked nurse Amarachi. She squee-zed her mouth, frowning all together just for her to describe someone. May be trying to think of words to describe the man, it took her few seconds before she finally spoke up.
“He’s tall, dark, with a ti-ght green shi-t. He rolled the two hands up, so his… I think Rolex watch.”
She had to st©p because I was alre-ady laughing. How was she able to write essay back in school? I almost coll@pse. Thank God I was holding on the black chair I just got up from. She was actually a very good nurse, but who was asking her for the watch the guy was putting on, or how ti-ght his shi-t looked.
“Nurse Amarachi one!” I tea-sed her. “Don’t worry. I will just meet the man outside.”
She didn’t take me serious because I’ve been laughing a lot these days. Just a few months of staying with sister Blessing, she had thought me how to laugh pretty well at anything. I picked up my new black bag I just bought. I cleaned my hand with a tissue and dust the red jumpsuit I was wearing. I re-moved the hair band I used to hold my fixing because I couldn’t allow it down during work.
On getting to where my visitor was waiting, I shook my head at what I saw before me. Another trick of getting me see him. His back was facing me, waiting for me to appear.
“Hi Doctor Richa-rd .”
He turned around with a smile displa-ying on hisl-ips. “Hi Gorgeous.”
That made me blus-h a little.
“Guess Dr Richa-rd worked?”
“No,” I shook my head at him. “Actually, I was about leaving alre-ady. So how can I help you sir?”
He smiled at him, his two hands resting on his h!ps. I could see p@rt of his expo-sed arms, veins popping out of it, and staring back me. “I’m here for the check up I told you about.”
I couldn’t help it. A little chuckle escaped my mouth. “For real? Coming from a doctor.”
“You and I both know the man standing before you is Victor Stephen. And he deals with anything business.” He said with confidence, ma-king me smile in return. I was so proud of the man standing before me. He looked more handsome in his office clothes. “Is there anything I can do to put an end to this? Just because of this one sl@p, we won’t hear word again,” I said. He won’t st©p torturing me with that one sl@p.
He laughed, and t©uçhed his cheek ma-king me giggle. “You mean that h0t sl@p?” He was enjoying himself. Always a free man when talking to me.
“Going?” I scared him, knowing he would speak up on why he c@m£ here looking for me.
“Hey, I just wanna drive you home.” That tone was cool, and S-xy, trying to make me give in.
I started laughing. “Are you kidding! What about my car?”
“It’s nothing ha-rd . My mom’s driver will drop it at your place before tomorrow.”
If that will make him st©p torturing me on that sl@p. So be it. I climbe-d into his black car. Another very cold air hit me entirely, ma-king me shiver a little with cold. “Can you plea-se turn down this air conditioner a bit,” I said. At first, I didn’t know why I was even shivering more. It was then I realized he increa-sed it.
“Victor!” I screamed, and he started laughing.
“Enjoying yourself?” He displa-yed his wicked grin at me.
I hit him, and he mimicked in girl’s voice. “Ouch,” ma-king me laugh, and just shook my head.
“Shall we?” He said, and started driving. As I was trying to give him the description to sister Blessing’s place, I was surprised as he just went ahead and even took another route to get to the place quic-ker. He parked at the front of the house, and sighed. I allowed myself to relax on the seat. We were talking the whole time, as he made silly jokes while driving. My human hair spre-ad on my shoulder, with my right hand resting on my fore head.
“Guess someone has been stalking me.”
He made a rou-gh laugh, rowdy, and sinking into my memory. “I’ve only been here once.” His masculine voice displa-ying. At the corner of my eye, he turned to my side and brushed the hair to view my face. But I guess someone actually likes doing that, because he had done it before.
“Victor…”
“Suzy…” He replied, still not turning away. He was trying to start again what he did at Victoria’s p@rty.
“plea-se, not again.”
“plea-se, what again?”
I giggled. “Victor plea-se st©p.”
“Suzy I can’t st©p.” He was grinning from ear to ear.
“You will never st©p.”
“Not until she’s mine again.” He said, and I found myself staring back at him. He threw me a k!ss, and I found myself blu-shing.
He looks really cute
I felt like holding unto him and never leave. But I was scared, what if all these weren’t real?
He was trying to be fun and lively, but I could see he was tired. He must have been stressing himself a lot. His eye ba-lls were a bit red when I looked closely at it. A voice interrupted me.
“Yes oo… My people.” It was my favourite pres£nter.
Someone had been enjoying the programme too
My phone rang and I received my call. It was one of the workers at the hospital who saw my car. And I immediately explained to him that someone would come for it. When I was done talking on phone, Victor was also busy on his phone. Chatting with his girlfriend may be. Immediately he was done, he turned to me. “I should allow you go rest.”
“And you too, you nee-d rest.” I told him. “Here, take.” I brou-ght out a sachet of paracetamol.
He smiled. “Really. For me?” His voice was husky. “So you care?”
I rolled my eyes at him, and kindly return his smile. “Of course I care about you. Now take and use out of it before going to be-d.”
He growled, and collected it. Then he smiled. And the next thing shocked me. He was moving closer. Closer… And almost.
I couldn’t let him k!ssme.
But I could not do anything, and just closed my eyes.
Oh…my…
My two eyes popped open when I felt hisl-ips on my… Cheek.
Anger flu-shed throu-gh me.
That was no joke
Are you Kidding!
“Thank you,” he murmured, grinning at me. He was grinning. Enjoying himself.
Welldone sir
You won’t win this.
“Suzy are you okay?” I knew that was a pretend tone, because he was still grinning.
“Perfectly fine,” I said and went out of the car. He waved at me, and drove off. My phone vibr@ted the moment I stepped into my sister’s compound.
“That’s for trying to scare a grown man like me.
‘Going!’ You remember?”
His future wife should get re-ady. He just hit back on me. I couldn’t help smiling. Stepping into my sister’s parlour, as usual, bre-ad and bu-tter with thick tea sat at her front on the dinning table. Anytime soon, she would deliver. And she almost pressed the baby with food. I joined her, and took my own share out of it. I was very hungry too. He got up, walking towards the freezer.
“One cold water plea-se, and come with the radio also.”
From afar, I saw my little box which contains Victor’s letters, and everything he gave to me. I actually brou-ght it out last night checking throu-gh it, and I didn’t remember to return it back. I could s-en-se something wrong with the box. Someone had tampered with it. That was not the way it was when I saw it as I was rushing to work this morning. It could be no other person than Love. She was always like that.
My sister c@m£ back with what I requested. “Less I forget, Austin c@m£ to check on you today. I thought he would wait as usual, but by the I c@m£ out, he was in a hurry to leave, and just left without leaving any message.” My sister delivered.
“Don’t worry, will call him.” I collected the radio instead, and tune in to my usual station.
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?”Melody FM my people… 102.5fm. Still your favourite pres£nter on t©p ‘love connect’.
W..A..N..D..E… Wande! I’m the girl that make your b©dy do gbisgbis, and make you wish to fall in love. Hahaha… Oya everyb©dy start laughing. Shey make I go?”
Like seriously, it worked, because my sister and I started laughing. Over sabi will not kill her. “Don’t go o…” My sister replied, as if the pres£nter could hear her.
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“This message wey I have for here, they make me feel like meeting my prince charming shaparly.” She laughed too.
“Aww…this is just so sweet,” she emphasized on the words, ma-king me laugh.
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✒”And this is to my darling Suzy, as Victor don tittle am.” I had to drop my bre-ad, and move the radio a bit closer. I shared a quic-k glance with my sister who was also curious, as I was.
“The first day I set my eyes on her,
I knew I wanted to just know her
Believe me, she is a beauty to behold. Her smile
can draw the whole men to her side. But trust me,
I want to be the only man.
Suzy, I know you’re listening right now. I was
scared. Believe me, I was scared to get closer to
you. But when I did, you gave me so many reasons
to fall in love with you. plea-se don’t push me away.
I love you. I love all that makes you. Pres£nter
Wande, she really loves you, but she loves me
more.”
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A tear sli-pped down, as much as I tried to st©p it from falling. More tears kept on rolling down as much as I didn’t want to break down. I know he loves me. He really do. Victor really do loves Suzy.
‘Suzy you mean so much to me’
I know he meant every word, because I could feel it whenever he’s around. But I was afraid I love him more. Truth be told. I care greatly about him. For a very long time.
“Suzy plea-se let’s do change over.” The pres£nter brou-ght me back to pres£nt. “Dear Suzy, this guy is crazy. And when I mean Crazy. Credibly, and… Crazily in love with you. I’m really crying right now,” she said, and I started laughing again. Always adding too much salt to everything thing.
“Wow! Isn’t this something?” My sister murmured, but I could hear her.
“So Suzy, he wants us to pl@yyou ‘The Vow’ by Timi Dakolo. Sit back and enjoy.”
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I’ve known you for a long time
We’ve come a long way
You were like my sunshine
Girl you give me so much happiness. And I wanna
give you nothing less.
I promise to be true
To give my all to you
No matter what they say
This heart belongs to you.
This time around, I wasn’t ashamed of my tears. He made me love. He made my heart jump for joy. I love him. I really do love Victor with everything within me. My soul, my b©dy, it yearns for him.
The tears keep streaming down.
And I couldn’t st©p myself.
I wish I could go to him, and confess all my feelings also. Tell him how his jokes makes me laugh like a teenage girl. How he makes me blus-h with his cute face. And when he laughs, he’s the cutest man in the world. All these I wish to tell him.
I felt my sister’s hand on my shoulder. “You really nee-d to let him know about your feelings. See how he makes you feel. It’s better to let Austin go, than makes him think he holds the key to your heart. This is for your happiness Suzy. And to let Austin knows the truth. And you will both be free.”
She wiped my tears, and I picked up my phone. Victor first. Austin later. It would be better we talk.
First ring….
“Thank God!” It was a woman’s voice. “We’ve been trying to reach his whole family, but no seems to pick up. If you’re related to him in anyway, this patient was rushed down here some minutes ago…”
“What!” Immediately, I felt it. My heart st©pped breathing.
No! It can’t be! Definitely can’t be.
I almost coll@pse this time around, when I realized this was no dream. My b©dy shaking as if I was shocked by an electricity. I couldn’t help myself to believe what I just heard.
“What did you just say happen plea-se?”
“Ma’am, this man was involved in an accident.”
Yes.
That was all that took me to bur-st into one heavy tears.
“No, plea-se tell me it’s not him. plea-se it’s not him.” I said throu-gh my tears, unable to control myself anymore.
“Suzy what’s wrong?”
“Ma’am this is a case of emergency. We nee-d his family right now.”
“Suzy talk to me!” My phone was angrily yanked away by my sister, as tears kept on streaming down my face.
I was re-ady
re-ady to give our love a chance
And this…. Tears streamed down instead.
“Suzy.”
“No sister Blessing… I will die if anything happens to him. Your car key. Where is it? Where?” I ran around the house, and immediately ran out the moment I gr@bb£d the key.
If this is the only thing I would ever ask you Lord.
plea-se save him.
Save my Victor.
Now, he nee-ds me more than ever.
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✔TO_be_Continued?
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