"All FOR YOU" A Novel By Rejoice Igbinovia Aluyi (Chapter 1)

.....A promising  young  girl , a beautiful teenager,full of dreams, hope and aspirations  for the future.

I am Dorcas. i was only 13,when my life fell apart like  a pack of cards.Both my parents  were traders, they were hardly  around, they leave the house very early in the morning, and return  late,i was left with the burden  of taking care myself  and my two younger siblings, I became an adult, even though i too was only a child. My first menstruation came, and my mother wasn't  there to welcome me to womanhood, thanks to few lessons i had learnt in class, i was able to look for alternatives  for pad and helped myself .my mother came late that day as usual ,i ran to her, mummy I want to tell you something, i had said, Dorcas please  not now, can't you see I came late, come with me to the kitchen  let's  fix dinner, those were the reply I got,  okay mummy,i said and followed her into the kitchen.we made dinner and we all ate,but mother didn't  ask me what I wanted to tell her, how carefree can some mothers  be, in fact what  stopped mother  from asking me to say what i wanted to while we made dinner?. 

By morning she was rushing to the market, and so my mother didn't  even realise her baby girl was already a woman.i figured the whole thing herself, and experienced the first menstrual cramps without  the guidance of anyone. 

It was second term in school and i was in my finales  in junior high school, the school had organised an extra class for those who enrolled for both the junior and senior finale exams to prepare them ahead.After exams uncle Peter our English  master would  ask me to stay back, that I was very poor in English Language  and would  love to give me a personal  lecture for few minutes, I was happy  because  I believed it was going to help me, I knew I wasn't  too good in English language actually, especially  oral English, so I couldn't  thank uncle Peter enough for volunteering To Help me even though  it was for free, my parents  were never home, and my siblings  stayed with our neighbors  while I come for lectures. 

The first few days were great, uncle Peter would teach me again what he had thought  before  and I'd  understand  it better.i was happy and couldn't stop  thanking God for making uncle Peter  help me in my academics. 

But then after a week of the lesson, one day  after the other students had gone as usual ,we had began the lectures, but at some point uncle Peter started starring at me in a rather strange  way,i was confused but kept mute, then he walked up me, he kept  coming closer and  closer and closer, then he sat beside me, he saw how nervous  I was, I had never sat beside a teacher before, the feeling  was strange, I felt  my heart was going to explode,, calm down D, he said, I wondered  why he was Calling only the initial  of my name, he placed his hands on my shoulders,,, I felt this cold feeling,it was so unfamiliar,, un....un... un...... Uncle,,,I was about saying something  when he interrupted  me, ohhhh D, don't call me uncle when we are alone, just call me Peter, or pee. Did I hear that  clear, my teacher asking me to address him by his first name, something  definitely  isn't  right, I thought  within me..

See D, you should  know I like you, I mean, I choose to teach you for hours for free, you know, you junior exams isn't  a child's  play, it's going  to be very difficult ,especially  when you are not prepared, but that's  why I am here, to teach you, and help you understand  all you need to know, the only thing  I want from you is to allow me play with you, hmm relax, I promise  you are going to like it, it's a kind of play for matured people, but because  I consider you my friend, I am going to teach you, he started  lowering  his hands from my shoulders  to my tiny breast, I had a bad feeling this was wrong, and even though my mom never gave me any sex education, we were thought in a subject  never to allow any body play with our breast  and private part, having that  in mind, I was praying God should  help me, and stop whatever  game uncle Peter had in mind,, as he was about unbuttoning my school top, his phone rang, ohhhhhhh who could  this be at this  time he exclaimed, he deeped his hand in his pocket  an reached  for his cell phone, as he was on the phone, I took my books and ran out of the school compound..... 

It was evening  of that same day, mother had returned, she seems to be in a good mood, how was school today she had ask, mummy school was fine, mummy  I'd  like to tell you something that  happened in schoooooo, I was trying to explain, oh Dorcas, you always have something  to tell, please not today, let's  fix dinner first,,,, whenever  she says let's fix dinner it's end of discussion....... 

We finished cooking and ate, before I knew it mother had her bath and went to bed. I waited for father to return,because I wanted to share that  day's  epistle  with someone.... 

Daddy welcome, I greeted as he walked into the house, Dorcas how are  doing, you aren't  sleeping  yet he had asked, no papa,i was waiting for you, I said, ohhhh don't I have the best daughter  in the world, where is your mother, and brothers,he asked?.  they are sleeping, I replied, okay get me something  to eat,.mama had already served the food, in case papa comes  in and we are all at sleep he'd  just get his food, that was the method in my home, so I went into the kitchen  and served the food. Papa ate and was full, so I cleared the table, he went to the bathroom  and had his bath. When he came out, he saw me still seated, Dorcas tomorrow is school, you can't be up this late, go  to bed he said, papa I am up because i want to tell you something I had said. Dorcas whatever  you want to tell me can wait till morning, so go to bed and we'd  talk tomorrow, okay daddy I said,as I walked to my room like a snail to it's shell. 

It was the next day and we were already dressed for school, but father was still asleep, mother went to their bedroom to inform him that we were leaving, he walked out still looking very sleepy, daddy good morning sir, my siblings and I greeted. Good morning my darlings,i can see you are ready for school, come and have this for snacks, I came closer as the eldest to collect the money,that reminds me, Dorcas  you said you wanted to tell me something yesterday, what  is it madam?, father asked.

yes Daddy, It's about myyyyyyyyyy, i was about talking  when mother interrupted me,please, please,please,not this morning, when you come back you and your daughter  can have father and daughter discussions, as for this morning allow them go to school, oya,oya let's go, mother insisted, I walked behind  her feeling very alone... 

Written By Rejoice Igbinovia Aluyi

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