Must Read: Wasted Years: The Ordeal Of A Pastor

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Must Read: Wasted Years: The Ordeal Of A Pastor

I woke up the next day which was Monday without seeing the bulky guy. After I had a cold shower, I dressed up and left for the lecture room. The lecture was very interesting as I met a lot of new faces including cynthia(the girl that I met on the first day).After the lecture, at around 5:30pm,I went to the fellowship and I was recognized , I took active part in their programs and it was eventful. The program ended at exactly 7:00pm.I returned back home tired and worn out, my Mr Bulky has arrived, I greeted him who nods in acknowledgement of my greeting. I slept immediately after eating and for the rest of the week, my routine was from home to lecture, lecture to fellowship and fellowship to home. I was going back home on Thursday when cynthia’s call enter my phone
‘hello, Mr man, so you have forgotten us like that’ her voice rang out musically

‘hello cynthia, am sorry for not calling you all this while, its because am just too busy trying to accustomized myself with the school settings, ok let me make it up to you this weekend, where can we hang out this weekend?’I explained

‘it’s alright, what about the meeting at the fresher’s party organized by the Student Union on Saturday’s night’

‘ Ok no problem, see you on Saturday ,bye. I hang up and went inside my hostel.I muttered my greeting to the bulky guy and settle down to eat the food I bought at the cafeteria. After eating, I brought out my phone and begin to play winning eleven on my phone using PSG after thrashing the computer three time(Though putting the difficulty at amateur),I quit the game and studied for like one hour more before sleeping.

I woke up around seven on saturday morning, I stand up groggily from the bed and visit the bathroom to brush and other personal hygiene. I saw the bulky guy already dressed up and was about going out, I stared at him wondering what could be wrong with him for his actions. Anyway am unbothered like olamide in who u epp .After he left, I manage to boil some rice and I ate. The time was around 12 and there is enough time for the party. So I called my mum to just greet her ‘Hello ma’ I said to the mouthpiece

‘hello micheal ,how are you? Mum said

‘ Am fine, I am just calling you to inquire about your welfare’ I said

‘ ok o, thank you, please make us proud at school and don’t get involved in anything that can tarnish the image of your father, you know that he had been promoted to the post of senior pastor’

‘No problem ma, you can always count on me, i will do my best ma bye’

‘Bye, I will send you some cash on Monday’ and she hang up. Waoh, sweet mum, even the money I had been given at home and she is talking about sending another, oh, no, matter what I must take care of you. The time is around two ,I decide to kill time by playing
winning eleven, after playing like two match,’
Sh*t, the phone don reach five percent, As I was complaining, power was restored

‘up nepa’ I shouted like a kid quickly plugging my phone. I decided to rest a little. By the time I woke up it was some minute to seven and the show was starting by seven-thirty. I went to the bathroom for another wash before picking the cloth to wear to the show ,I unplug my phone to find 5 missed call from cynthia so I replied her with a message that am coming.I dressed up quickly and left for the show.The music blaring from the loudspeakers welcome me to the venue of the party,I flashed cynthia to tell her that I had arrived,she asked me to wait that she is coming ,I stood where I was for about few seconds before I saw her coming by my rightside, o boy, this girl fine o,no be small.

‘Hi micheal’ she said sounding musically

‘how do you do cynthia,you’re looking nice’

‘thanks, you are not looking bad’

‘thanks ‘ I said before I followed her inside the hall.I took my seat in the middle seat, the sug try o, they invited a popular musician and a well known comedian. After a breath taking performance by the musician and rib cracking jokes by the comedian.I called cynthia to tell her that am going, she said that she came with her friends and they are not ready to leave,she bade me good bye and I left.

As I made my way across the rows of chair,I saw an area near the exit where the school big boys settled down, they sat around a table and they are noticeably far from each other, as I scanned their faces, I saw the bulky guy sitting with some girl, I quickly shifted my gaze from him to another place and I saw him

‘Edwin’ I called out

‘who be ……………… ? He stopped
short’Mike’ he called me and I moved close to him but he use hand to tell me to go out without anyone noticing except me and complied with the sign,i walked out and he came to meet me after some time.Edwin was my friend in my secondary school but he did his waec when we were in sss2.

‘Mike,Mike how far now? i looked back and saw him coming

‘Edwin ,am fine o’

‘you know i have to do what i did cos if they know we are together,they may want to get back on me through you’ He said
‘ Who ?’ I inquired

‘oops, you know……….. He stopped, ‘No problem, its nothing’ He said

‘you are sure there is no problem’ I asked

‘yes, anyway when did you arrived ‘He evade it and asked his own question

‘two weeks ago and i have been offered mass comm’

‘alright,where are you staying’

‘room 19, independence hall’

‘what’ he shouted, thats a lion den

‘what do you mean’ i asked him

‘i will let you know later’ He said and we exchange number.As i turned back to be going,I saw the bulky guy staring at me,i ignored his look fearfully and went home.I was so tired and it was around 11:30,i slept without putting off my cloth.I had hardly slept for two hours when i saw someone shaking me and tell me to sit up
‘Who is that? I asked fearfuly