Days At D.C.A

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Wednesday's assembly was heavily anticipated. Everyone could feel the tense atmosphere at school that day, especially when they saw the troop of cars that adorned the parking lot of the big hall that morning.

The school directors were around.

Nobody needed to tell Ifechi that it had everything to do with her. She walked head low into the assembly hall and took a hidden seat at the back.

A tall, classy woman took on the stage when she climbed the podium to speak.

"Warm greetings to you all..." She started in a very polished accent.

"Over the past week there have been series of events that has happened at our school which I am sure most of you are aware of. These events have been unfortunate, more unfortunate is the discovery that one of our students may be involved in this criminal activity. Investigations are being carried out as we speak, but for security and discretion purposes, Henceforth, no student or staff should be seen around, talking or even associating with Miss Ifechi Okereke Stephanie"

Whispers and mutters filled the air, teachers and prefects stood at their post in a bid to restore order to the frenzied room.

"Assembly dismissed!"

Her head was on the desk and her back heaved up and down as she sobbed. She ran out of the hall as soon as the assembly had ended. Nobody dared to stop her, none of her classmates not even her friends rushed to console her.

It became worse when she heard the footsteps of her classmates coming into class. Aliyah mercilessly spoke up.

"Isn't anyone going to say anything about the fact that we have a thief in our class!"

Some of her classmates laughed, some hissed, many remained mute, the heaviness in the air was rather unsettling, even for her classmates.

"It's true o, I've been looking for my purple headband since last week..." Joyce spoke up. "...I wonder who could have stolen it" She cackled at her joke, Aliyah joined in along with some others. Grace didn't laugh.

"Oh but for real, class guys let's keep our things safe o, you know how it is when some of these poor kids get access into schools like ours..."

"Asin eh, I wonder what's going on at home, maybe her parents are struggling to feed, that's why she has to ste....."

Gbammm!!!!

Someone hit their desk, they all turned to Pedro who stood up fuming, about to say something when Jude the assistant head boy beat him to it.

"Aliyah...Joyce, that's enough." He said with a tone of finality. Both girls shut up but not without snickering and throwing mocking glares at the girl at the far corner of the class.

"Well they said nobody should be caught talking to her, so y'all better stick to that, as part of my prefect duties, if I catch anyone I'm snitching" Aliyah said. Most of her classmates rolled her eyes at her silliness, some even hissed but the girl didn't care.

Ifechi faced the worse bullying from class B girls, and especially their guys.

She'd finished her last WAEC paper with an hour to spare, partly because it was physics, and mostly because she felt suffocated in the hall where multiple invigilators mounted her to inspect her every move.

Haba nau.

The external invigilator barely allowed her to leave the hall even after she'd submitted the paper, perhaps the school teachers had informed him of what was going on, although she highly doubted it.