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True Colours

On a Saturday afternoon, Isabelle had been doing some studying when her phone rang. She looked to see that it was Ore calling her and picked up the phone.

"Hey Ore, what's up?"

"Hi Isabelle, I'm glad you picked up. I've been trying to reach you all day" he said, and there was something in his tone that she couldn't quite place. She looked back at Alex sleeping and left the room she was studying in.

"I've been reading all morning, didn't want any distractions. How are you?"

"Not so great, at least not Dami, to be honest."

"Dami? What's wrong with Dami?" She walked into the living room and sat down

He sighed into the phone. "I take it that you don't know. I assumed you had, that why I called you"

"Know what? I don't know anything Ore"

The call was silent for a while.

"You're making me worried. What happened."

The Call went off. Typical network issues. Thankfully when she called him back he picked immediately.

"Ore please tell me what's happening"

He didn't speak for a while. But then after he must have found the courage to say the next sentence that spilled from his mouth.

"Dami's nudes were leaked on social media last night. They're all over Facebook"

She gasped. "Oh my God. Who did it? How did this happen?"

"I'm assuming it's her boyfriend. The story that's being passed round was that apparently he did it for a dare or something. I'm not quite sure. Others are saying that it was his other girlfriend that had been in boarding school who found them on his phone after finding out he was messing around with Dami and posted them."

Isreal. That animal , she thought. If the Dare story was true then she really wouldn't be able to see that boy as someone that was born with his brains intact.

"What did Dami say about all this?"

"Not much. She's been in her room and has refused to come out since last night. I'm scared because there's no noise or anything. She won't open the door. That's why I called you, I thought you could possibly help her out"

Dami never breaks down in front of people
"What about your parents? Do they know about this?"

"They traveled with Tosin for a wedding in Lagos. I'm not sure about that yet"

"I'm on my way. I'll be there in roughly an hour"
After she hung up, Isabelle slapped her head and pondered on what she was going to do and how she'd be able to get to Dami's house, that felt like miles away. She'd have to get transport, but she had no money. She knew she had to go and see Dami. It was just how that was the problem.

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Isabelle didn't like social media. She'd tried to be on them and joined them initially but she didn't kind the idea of her being so easy to locate. She found it hard to interact with people on Facebook so after about two weeks for joining the platform she had deleted her account. It was more peaceful that way. Regardless, she had wanted to see the video and how bad it was before she made any progress.

It was whether to leave Alex at home that was an issue. Her parents had travelled for a crusade and the house was empty, only Aunt Patricia, but she had really not been on speaking terms with anyone that lived in the main house. Luckily, as she stepped out of the servants quarters, she saw Timothy walking towards his own part of the quarters.