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Episode 15

TIME: 10AM
VENUE: HARMONY LODGE.
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Darasimi alighted from a campus shuttle at a
junction popularly known
as Harmony. The street was named harmony
because of a house built for
student’s of the university for rentage. The
logde was known as Harmony
lodge. By the roadside at the junction stood
Harmony cool spot. A
popular bear palour and pepper soup joint
owned by Mama Harmony.
“Weldone Mama Harmony.” Darasimi greeted
the woman who owned the
cool spot and the lodge.
“Dara omo mi. Bawo ni?” (Dara my daughter.
How is everything?”
Mama Harmony asked.
“Adupe fun olorun.” (we thank God) Darasimi
replied.
She was a regular stopper at Harmony cool
spot where she normally have
her meals when she is too tired to cook. And
discount enjoyed by the
occupants of Harmony lodge is enormous. Buy
a plate of rice worth #200
and get a bottle of drink free or pepper soup.
She was an easy going girl who lived her life
in a predictable
manner. Wake up in the morning, do her
chores, get dressed and go to
school, come back home and sleep. She
doesn’t go to parties neither does
she keep friends. She had just five friends who
lived inside the school
hostel whom she occasionally visits and vice
versa.
She unlocked the black gate through the hole
bored on the iron gate.
She entered the compound which is the base
for most engineering students
of the school. Two cars were parked inside the
compund instead of the
normal three cars meaning one of the car
owner is out enjoying himself
with his car-less friends who will jump at the
opportunity of a free
ride.
A black Hyundai was one of the two cars
belonging to Adeoye(late
Hadiza’s boyfriend) also an engineering
student in his final year.
“Hey babe.” A guy popularly referred to as
Scorpion greeted her
from his room.
“Scorpy. How far na?” She replied and opened
the door into her
room downstairs.
Even though Darasimi was brought up in the
christian way. Since
gaining admission four years ago, she has
since lost some of the good
characters imbibed in her. she now behave like
every occupants of
Harmony lodge. Harmony lodge has a sharp
contrast to its name. The
compound is far from being peaceful, since
most of the boys occupying
the rooms are either cultist or influential
students of the school. So
its either they fight because of girls or they
fight to stamp authority.
On entering her room, she opened her
wardrobe and picked a packet
of noodles which she planned on eating. Her
roomate, Sade travelled home
to check on her sick mother.
She walked into the kitchen as typical of other
rooms in the whole
lodge. A room, a kitchen and a bathroom
incorporated with convinience
materials.
She began cooking and in few minutes, the
compound which seemed quiet
when she walked in was begining to bustle.
“Oya place your bets.” A guy said to the
others.
“Na five thousand I wan put o.” A familiar
voice replied.
The boys were playing their usual abnormal
gambling game and today’s
game seems not to be different. The task is
anyone who can jump into a
car through the window without having any
body contact with the car
body. The car being used was the black
Hyundai belonging to Deoye. A short statured
guy opted to do the jumping and he did it
successfully.
“Oya give him his money.” Deoye ordered
bringing out the five thousand he promised
earlier and giving it to the boy.
A two hundred level naive but rich kid who
was referred to as a common jew by the big
boys of the lodge put up a struggle with them.
“I didn’t say I want to place a bet. I just said
he can’t do the jumping.” The boy replied.
“I close my eyes now. Go bring your laptop
and give it to Samson.” Deoye ordered the boy
who ran into his room which is beside
Darasimi’s room. Samson is the guy who
jumped.
“Who dey cook for this area na?” Scorpion
asked.
“e be like sey na Sade o.” Samson replied.
“Tar! Sade don travel na. Make we go check.
Boys gats to chop na.”
The guys(numbering up to twelve) excluding
Tayo(the jew kid) who stood holding his
laptop all walked toward’s Darasimi’s room.
“Hold that lappy well o.” Deoye advised.
“Kpom kpom kpom.” Sounded the knock on
the door.
–to be continued–