September 21

My big sister came today with a lot of smiles in her face and a big demand for money. You are free to call her Christle.

Anyway, I am starting to wonder if I should get mad at her for holding my money for too long or ask Clag's parents for their son's whereabouts. It is almost a week now and Clag was yet to return my soccer boots.

The other day, after I was done exercising in the morning, I saw Clag's Mum trying to cut the short grasses in their front yard and after moments of desperately trying to get her attention, she only waved a hand at me and went inside. Damn!

This morning, while I was waiting for my big sister to be done with the bathroom, I remembered she was fond of keeping money in her purse and I was so tempted to find her purse and open it.

I will have to thank someone later for ensuring I did not yield to my temptations because my big sister was about leaving the bathroom when I was considering doing it.

I just wished i had the courage to ask my big sister for my money when she came out of the bathroom because I had to wait till dinner to finally get the chance again.

Sarah called Mum's phone in the afternoon and Mum picked up. After about twenty minutes of speaking in hushed tones, Mum gave me her phone and told me to be quick. As I placed the phone on my ear, all I could hear were the sounds of gunshots as if she was in some sort of dangerous scene. Only when I heard her voice did I know she was watching an action packed movie on her TV set.

"Sorry," Sarah started, and I could feel how much she meant it from the sound of her voice.

"What are you sorry about?" I asked her.

"I am sorry about what I said to you," Sarah said.

"What did you say to me that you are sorry about?" I asked.

"It was irresponsible for me to assume you liked me because of the way you spoke to me on the phone."

Was Sarah mad? How could she think I was falling for her? 

"I know it is immature for me to be saying such adult things to you but I hope you understand how I feel," she added.

Adult things my ass! The next word that came to my mind was "pedophile". I have seen Mum used it once when she was telling her friends at a dinner party how bad she hated a man who raped a five years old girl.

"Are you a pedophile?" I asked Sarah and she was stunned.

For a minute, I did not hear her say anything other then murmur to someone I couldn't see because I wasn't with her.

"I have to go now Perer. See you soon."

And that was it. Sarah's voice was gone. I figured it was best I try to contact Sarah after an hour and I did. She picked up my call and told me that everything she said was a mistake and that everything she said to me about my Dad was a lie. She hung up. She was gone again.

I have read enough books to know when someone is trying to get away with a crime and in my case, Sarah was doing the same thing but I don't know what she was trying to get away with. 

Tonight I was totally jittery from my conversations with Sarah and I made a decision to totally withdraw from her but I didn't have any plans on how to achieve that. Maybe I will ask Mum about that later on.

I went to Clag's house and saw him digging up something in the backyard. I didn't waste much time with him after I collected my soccer boots from him. I just left. I was desperate to get some sleep so I could wake up early in the morning and go to church and then come back home and prepare my things for school.

I guess I was feeling excited that my holiday was finally coming to an end. On the other hand, I was yet to figure out how I will start the new term. It is kind of cool if I decide to start the new term by being alone and avoid making new friends. I didn't really know what to expect on the first day of school but I wasn't bothered either.

Christle came before I went to bed. She dropped two thousand naira notes inside one of my trousers and apologized for taking too long to pay me back. She wished me good luck and told me to be serious for the new term. I knew she was only saying that just so I wouldn't call her a bad sister. After all, she was more unserious than I am.