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And with that we were on our way to the big city, Onitsha here we come...

Wish I could say it was as easy as that, but no, packing up and making preparations and mom kept giving me death stares, I played it safe, hanging around dad most times, I always heard, when you're on the road to achieving greatness, your friends tend to ignore you and your loved ones most times think you're psycho, those who don't mean well for you think you're all out wasting your own time, the universe seems to set your once loved ones against you, but I wasn't gonna be worried the road ahead was gonna be plagued with thorns but amma get the rose soon.

The fact that when these people can no longer control you, having you at their finger tips in the name of friendship or family, love and what not... Emotional junky hullabaloo, they tend to begin to hate you, despise you and stuff, you get to hear things like...

"Ngozika Bia nwa m." When I arrived mom put her palm on my shoulder and brought me nearer. "You see my daughter, the bible in Exodus 20:12, it says honor thy mother and thy father, Ephesians 6:2 also acknowledges and emphasizes on the fact that it's the only commandment with a promise, but when you simply honor thy father and not thy mother kwanu, then you know that you're only being half obedient and God will give you half blessings, see my child you need to be..." Daddy passes by and shakes his head and mom readjusts, she straightens up and tries to focus on the TV. Daddy turns and smiles.

"Nkiruka, leave the girl alone biko kwanu, ah!." He said and left, I made to follow cos mo? Was seriously giving me the creeps, where the fuck was she headed to with all these?, but she began to exclaim.

"Once again, you want to leave me to follow your father, no problem ooo nwa, after all the breast milk for two to three years, I carried you in my belly for nine to ten months..."

"It's called womb mummy."

"Uhoh, you're also now talking back, I now realize how useless I have become in your life okwia?, nsogbu adiro, go, go, go and be with your father." I stood there confused to a fault.

"Sorry mom, did I do anything wrong?." She looked at me a while, closed her eyes and shook her head.

"Get out, get out, just get out." I still stood and soon a slipper came arrowing towards me which I narrowly ducked. "Asim ngi zuzulu si ebea puo, You're correcting me, it's not like you went to school or anything, mmu na nna i je akwukwo don't know anything abi?, okwia?." she said about to send another one and I make a run for it. "Ngwa, come get me my slipper before I deal with you, I come back to come get her stuff, I delicately throw it, maintaining a safe distance and making sure it lands with respect, then I run away, I get to my room and recollect mother's words, I don't take much meaning to it and, I decide to take some siesta, we leave tomorrow morning being Wednesday so I just wanted to waste the day sleeping, not like there was any friend to play along with or have a proper conversation with, Onitsha here I come, away from this crazy life, damn.

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