HAD_I_KNOW
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Episode 1
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Queen was by every meaning of the word a slay
queen. She was of average height, light skinned
complexioned, with a face that could pass for that
of a model. She was curvy with bums that was
flattered by her petite body and boobs that looked
like they would pop out of the push up bra that
she always wore. She was never caught off
guard, as her face was always made up with her
dress to kill attitude. At 300 level in the university,
Queen had slept with most of the randy lecturers
on campus and for boyfriends, she had most of
the deadly male cultist as her toys. It was a
wonder that she had not joined any cult group
and that was because her father had threatened
to place a curse on her if she ever joined any
illegal group on campus.
Queen and her clique of friends were known as
the happening babes on campus. They had the
latest wears, hair extensions and frequented the
most expensive restaurants in town. Her
university was located in the federal capital
territory of Nigeria and so she had politicians as
boyfriends and sugar daddies.
She had a two bedroom well furnished apartment
in Maitama without the knowledge of her parents
who thought that their daughter was living in the
university hostel.
Her friend Asha was also a slay queen and the
two girls because of their similar life styles lived
together in the same apartment. Queen although
24 years old had phobia for sleeping alone in a
room. That was the reason why she had asked
her cousin whose parents could hardly afford to
pay her fees to come and live with her. Mercy for
that was her cousin’s name was more than glad
when Queen invited her over. Mercy was a quiet
and studious girl who didn’t joke with the things
of God. She was finding life on campus very
difficult because her parents were the poorest of
the poor who couldn’t even afford to pay her fees.
Mercy who had never had a space of her own for
lack of money to pay hostel fees was squatting
with one friend or the other until Queen invited her
over. As a mark of her appreciation, Mercy
cleaned the house and washed the dishes every
day. A first glance at her in the house and one
would think that Mercy was a maid in Queen’s
house.
Mercy who did not approve of her cousin’s way of
life wondered how her cousin had become that
rich on campus when she was from an average
home. Several times, she had thought of opening
up to Queen’s parents about the kind of life that
their daughter was living in the city but the fear of
being thrown out by Queen and the dread of the
embarrassment associated with squatting with
different girls in the hostel kept her shut. So,
whenever Queen’s parents called Mercy to ask
after their daughter, she would put in good words
for her and tell them how hard she was studying.
Afterwards, she will go on her knees and with
tears ask God for pardon and mercy for lying.
It was on a Saturday morning and Queen woke up
early as usual to take her bath and make up her
face. Asha who was also awake was busy
ordering things online.
Asha: “Queen, did you see this Kim Kardashian
gown I saw in one online store in Instagram” she
asked her friend when she came out of the
bathroom.
Queen: “no, let me see” she said and collected
Asha’s gold iPhone 7 which was a gift from one
of her sugar daddies on her birthday.
Queen: “wow, it is fine o, I like the neck line. This
one will just bring out my boobs ehn” she said
touching her boobs fondly.
Asha: “I tell you o, this gown will make men cum
in their trousers. I am getting it” she said.
Queen: “How many days does it take for them to
deliver it and how much is the gown?” she asked
cleaning her body with her hand towel.
Asha: “the dress is N90 thousand and if we want
express delivery, we will pay extra N10, 000 so
that it can be delivered in two days”
Queen: “Okay. That is N100, 000 all together,
place an order for me too. I want the dress. There
is this dinner I have to attend with alhaji, this is
what I will wear there. By the time I package my
breast and bums inside the dress ehn, alhaji will
almost eat me with his eyes”
Asha: “Yes o, pepper them things. Them go hear
am for this town, with this front and back wey we
carry, omo na die!” she said and the two girls
clasped their hands together.
“Lord have mercy”, Mercy who had just finished
praying said.
Asha: “Na wetin be that one? Abeg who talk?” she
asked turning around sarcastically.
Queen: “who else but my holy cousin?” she asked
in a mocking tone.
The two girls laughed out loud and long. Mercy
was not moved, she was already used to their
mockeries.
Mercy: “Queen, are you going out? I thought we
are supposed to go for tutorials today? Exams
start on Monday o” she said for emphasis.
Queen: “So what if exams start on Monday? Is
this the first time I would be writing exams in my
life? So I should not enjoy myself again because
exams start on Monday abi? Babe abeg free me, if
you don’t have any better thing to say, just go
back to that your mattress and continue talking to
God” she said cleaning her face with her cleanser.
Asha: “Mercy sha, you funny o. Tutorial ko,
tutorial ni. Even when I was in 100 level I didn’t
go for tutorial, is it now that I will start attending?
Ehen babe” she said addressing Queen. “When
are we going to the salon? It is that N150, 000
Peruvian hair that I want to fix this time around”
Queen: “Let us go today now, after all today is
Saturday. I need to fix my nails and eye lashes,
seff. Then my pink lips balm has finished, I need
to get another one. I will buy the Peruvian hair
and fix too, you and I will be twinning this week”
Asha smiled. “You see why I love you? You too
soji abeg. We are just the perfect match, on to
twin bad gang levels” she said and hugged her
friend.
Mercy: “Queen, 150 thousand just for weavon in
this reception? Haba, remember that your parents
are struggling to feed and pay the fees of your
younger ones o, won’t it be better if you send this
money to them? Or better still, I think you should
invest this money in something that can yield
profit in the future. All the money that you have
been spending on clothes and weavons and
cosmetics is more than enough to buy a plot of
land. Please think about this” she said gently,
afraid of annoying her cousin who was her
benefactor on campus.
Queen: “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! How many times
did I call you? Free me o, what is your business
with how I live my life. In fact what is your own
with how I spend my money? Is it your own
money? No, tell me now. Why should I send
money to my parents? Are they not the ones who
are supposed to be sending money to me?”
Asha: “I don’t blame Mercy o, shebi it is because
we are staying in the same room with her, that is
why she has the guts to talk trash” she said
sighing.
Queen: “It’s you that caused it, now. You know
that I cannot sleep alone in a room and yet you
will be sleeping out every night. I had no option
than to bring her in to live with me” she said
adjusting the strap of her push up bra.
Asha: “Babe, the girl stay for here favour us. At
least she cleans the house, washes our clothes
and does the cooking. We are already used to her
talk jare, allow her stay after all we will soon
graduate by next year”
Queen: “Abi o, that is my dear”
Mercy shook her head and went to the kitchen to
tidy it up, if only she could afford a space in the
hostel, she wouldn’t have had to put up with this
shit…
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To be continued
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