This Chapter is dedicated to JosephineIvy she's super crazy, but I still love her.

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I felt a hand shake me softly, but I didn't find it in me to open my eyes. Those hands shook me harshly this time around, and within seconds, my eyes flew open. I could see Chidinma looking down at me as I got up from my bed.

"What time is it?" I asked in between yawn.

"Eleven-thirty, Itoro." Chidinma got hold of me, and tried to yank me up. "You haven't slept in this late. We're having a GNS course by one in the afternoon, so you need to get your ass up."

I got up with a groan and headed straight for the bathroom. Within minutes, I was out with my red and white long sleeve and blue rip Jean. I got hold of my backpack and shoved my item in as I looked over at the reading table, to see Chidinma applying some makeup.

"I'm done," I informed her in a bored tone. Chidinma, whipped her head to the side to look at me.

"You're serious?" Chidinma asked with a scoffed, "No makeup? Not even a touch of powder?"

"I'm not in the mood," I said as I sat on her bed.

"It's been a week, since Genesis broke up with you." Chidinma said, as she tried to look for her eyeliner. "Isn't it time to get over him? Cause clearly, you are not over him."

"I am," I said to her.

"No, you're not."

"I am," I tried to stand my ground.

"Denial is the first stage, baby." Chidinma stated.

Was she lecturing me?

"You're just denying the fact that you ain't over him. And you should be, he comes from a psych family."

"No one's psych Chidinma," I said to her. "His dad must have a reason."

"A reason?" Chidinma laughed. "What stupid reason would make a man do that to his own son?!"

"Leave it to the police Chidinma, they are on the case."

"Well they should be fast about it," Chidinma said, while putting her false lashes. "Cause I'm afraid to go out of school now. I don't want another set of guys to come and kidnap me and next thing we hear, is that is brother sent them." Chidinma stood up promptly from the seat, and batted her false lashes at me. "I'm ready, let's go."

I sighed as I walked out of the room with Chidinma. We had a hour to spare before lecture starts, so we decided to take our time as we walk to class. On our way to class, Bolaji spotted us and walked towards us.

"Hey Itoro, hey Chidinma." Bolaji smiled at us. "I heard what happened between you and Genesis." He looked at me sympathetically.

"You heard, or Genesis told you?" Chidinma enquired.

"Surprisingly," Bolaji began, "Gerald told me. Genesis just didn't wanted to talk about it."

"Yeah, cause he's a dumb ass." Chidinma deadpanned.

"Chidinma," I scolded her, then looked at Bolaji. "I'm fine."

"Have the police come to ask you guys some questions?" Bolaji asked Chidinma and I.

"No, why?" I asked him.

"They came over to my place, and asked me some questions about the case." He informed me.

"Well, that's not bad." Chidinma said to him.

"The police took Andrew into custody, after I testified against him. They'll bring out the truth, and try to connect it with the killers of Anita."

"Wait," I said, stopping him immediately. "They've found the killers of Anita?" I looked at Chidinma with stunned eyes, before looking back at Bolaji.

"That's what the police said, I don't know." Bolaji shrugged, before looking ahead of him. I looked forward, to see what he was looking at and so did Chidinma.

At a far end close to a large mango tree that was surrounded with benches attached to it, was Genesis, sitting with a beautiful fair lady. He was staring at his phone, while the lady was busy playing with his hair and he wasn't doing anything about it.

"Who's she?" I could feel some aching in my chest, and my eyes were itching me.

"Tessy," Bolaji replied. "She's the only daughter to Mr and Mrs Nnamdi. The owner of pearl skin production company."

"Wow," Chidinma gushed.

"She's also a model. She's normally the model for her father's products and commercials, and some known modelling agencies."

"Introduce me to her," Chidinma said immediately. "She holds the key to my future___"  She stopped when she looked at me, to see that I was staring at her in shock.

"I-I mean, who's she to Genesis?" Chidinma asked, trying to change the topic about her future.

"They are childhood friends. She just came back from the state, and decided to throw Genesis, a surprise visit." Bolaji explained, making me to release a sigh of relief.

"Let's Hurry to class, Itoro." Chidinma said. "If we stand here googling over Tessy and your lover boy over there, we won't make it to class on time."

I nodded my head, as I looked at Bolaji. "Bye Bolaji,"  He waved back at us, as we walked to class.

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"Hey Itoro," Unwana called, once class was over. She walked towards Chidinma and I, "Guess what?" She said, once standing in front of us.

Chidinma and I exchange glances, before looking at Unwana. "Bright what?" When it comes to amebo, I normally call Unwana by her English name. It was an habit that I can't explain.

She clapped her hands, before looking around. "I heard that Andrew got arrested the day before yesterday." She announced.

Tell us something we don't know.

"And why was he arrested?" I asked as if the news was new to us.

"Hmmm....." She sighed before speaking. "I heard he almost raped someone." She then clapped her hands again, taking deep breath. "I don't know the girl o, but she should be lucky that he did not succeed."

"Thank you Unwana," Chidinma who had heard enough of her non stop gossip, cut her short. "Itoro, let's go." Chidinma held my hands and dragged me out of Unwana's presence.

"That girl ehn," Chidinma said, as we left Unwana.

I chuckled a bit, "I don't even know where she gets her news fro__" I stopped walking, and so did Chidinma. Right in front of us, were Genesis and his 'childhood' friend, Tessy. They had also stopped walking. And right now, the four of us were looking at each other and waiting for who to speak first.

"What's up, Genesis?" Complained Tessy. God, her English was so clean. "Why'd you stop?" No one spoke, so she decided to speak again. "D'you know her? Or wait, is she ya friend?" She smiled at him, before looking at me with the warmest of smiles. She wasn't all that bad.

She moved forward, and extended her hands towards me. "Hi, I'm Tessy or you could call me Tess."

I held her hand and shook it lightly. "I'm Itoro."

"And I'm Chidinma," Chidinma stood in front of me, and grasped Tessy's hand in a large hand shake. "An aspiring makeup artist and model."

"Why don't we four find a relaxing place to hang out, and get to know each other?" Suggested Tessy.

"I don't think__" Genesis tried to protest.

"Oh don't be a party pooper Gen," Tessy cooed. "It's always fun to make new friends. Don't worry, I came with my car. All you've got to do, is to give me directions. I'm actually a good driver."

"Tes___" Genesis still tried to protest.

"Don't be like this Genesis," She whined, then turned to Chidinma and I. "Would you guys wanna hang?"

"Hell yeah!" Chidinma screeched.

"I-I guess," I shrugged slightly. And that's how we all saw ourselves, heading straight to Tessy's white Land Rover.

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