EIGHT

"I didn't know this place even exists", I say and she nods with a mouthful.

"No one in this school does", she says when she's finally done with chewing. "My brother used to be the drama club president in his set and he found the keys and he gave them to me when he graduated. I always come here when I want to go away". 

The attic in the drama room is at the top of the stairway leading to nowhere, well, that what I thought till Chidimma pulled out a key and fitted it into a keyhole in the wooden wall. It's a small room with a desk, a bench and a minishelf of books. 

"Wanna see the view?". I nod. 

She stands up and I do too, the little window shows the sports centre of the school and the roads outside the school fence. The