SHATTERED EPISODE 18

From the writer of
Nude Bed
Death after life
Cold Desert
Hot eyes
Sorrows of an Eagle and
Calabash

That moment when you find love, trust and honour in the eyes of everyone.
That moment when your worst enemy becomes the demon himself.
That same moment when your best moment becomes your worst nightmare.

Enjoy the thrills of how far life would sacrifice for love. Yesterday is always a shadow you can not escape, today is a dream worth living, yet tomorrow shall forever remain the wonder of nature hidden to all.

A *shattered* past in itself is a shattered tomorrow.


*SHATTERED*

EPISODE 18

Meaning I will be the ladt to present mine.
Each and everyone presented her gift. She opened it in our presence and showed her appreciation once she received it. It got to Mariama's turn. It was obvious she had nothing good to offer. She sat uncomfortably in her chair and said, "I forgot my gift in a car. I was so tired that I slept off in the cab till we got here. I didn't even realise it till the driver himself woke me up. I will make it up to you next time." We all knew she was putting up a lie so there was no time to question her. We all looked at each other's face and giggled. After all, she had already said it in the group,  so what was there to worry about? It was only hurting for us to see her do that. Ma-uuda has been a sister to all of us and so she deserved an iota of kindness.

Mariama's attitude was one no one could give explanation to. She's been like this way back in school. I didn't know if it was sheer jealously or withcraft. Naa presented her gift. It was well wrapped. It was big so we were all eager to see what she had in there. Eyes were widely opened as we all stretched our necks. Mauuda took her time to take the wrapper off. It was a blue fluffy teddy bear. Ma-uuda placed it on her chest and smiled. I could see she loved teddy bears that much. It took me to our days back in school when she would always place teddy bears on her bed for decoration. I remembered when she once called a junior and offered her huge amount of money in exchange of her teddy bear. She loved and cherished things one could least expect.

It finally got to my turn. I got up and asked Naa to help me lift mine. "Eeeiii, ad3n? 3y3 funu anaa?", Naa asked. We couldn't help but laugh. That was one of the characteristics of her. She would always find reasons to make you laugh. We lifted it and presented it to her. All these while, the photographer was taking shots.
"Seriously?", that was Ma-uuda's first remark. "Come around, all of you come. Naa, didn't you see this? Look at it..."congratulations my bride". How was it done? O my goodness! The inscription alone is catchy. Thank you". They were all happy, except for Mariama who pretended not to care about whatever was going on. Now they were all eager to know the contents of the carton.
Ma-uuda opened it carefully, making sure not to spoil the inscription. The first thing she saw was the photo collage with memories. She picked it and went through it. "This is marvelous!", Patience exclaimed. I felt very proud. There were more surprises to come. She gently put the photo collage down and picked one of the plates. She didn't realise she had her name written beneath them until the photographer told her to hold it well for her to capture the name.

She turned it and realised she had her name written beneath all the plates. She couldn't hide her joy as she jumped to hug me. It was my heart desire to see her in such mood.
"Hei, Ma-uuda, there's one more thing in there. Look at it. Personalized set of silver cutlery with wooden handles", Patience said. I'm sure Ma-uuda didn't realize it until she was told. "Really? I thought that was all. Awww my sweet bae, how can I thank you? I'm just short of words. Look at it. My name is on everything, even the carton. God bless you guys. You have really made this day a very special one for me. I just wish this was the grand celebration", Ma-uuda said.
We all laughed and sat down as she she called the servants to come and pick the things away.



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