Episode 16
The Evil Schemers
[RECAP: A new Female teacher came to the school and began associating with Millson. Dzifa wrote a letter warming Bansah Lovelace, the new teacher to stay off Millson ]
{Dzifa’s Narration}
It looked like miss Bansah was not intimidated by my letter. The more I saw them together,the more I felt unhappy and moody. I felt like the saddest human being on Earth.
My parents were very worried about my moodiness.I shut the door. Tears streamed down My face.
I could still hear my father’s voice ramming with my mum’s.
Solemnly, she strode into my room with an air of anxiety. I crept into my bed with my hands folded across my legs and my chin placed carefully on my knees. I stared into the blank space for some minutes before my face started welling up with tears .
With a blink, the tears fell down my beautiful face like a torrent of an angry rain which was withheld for some couple of years.
Judging by the present state of my face, one would think I was more than a 17 year old secondary school girl.
My skin had lost its beauty and
my short dazzling soft natural hair suddenly lost its lustre.
I hit my legs several times to get rid of the mosquitoes buzzing in my ears as if to lure me to sleep with their irritating lullaby. I wiped my dried face, repositioned myself by straightening my legs and rested my back against the wall.
“Dzifa !.. Dzifa!!!. Come and eat your meal, it will get cold”.
My mother Mrs Agbenyega maud walked slowly to my room when she didn’t hear any response from me. She jerked with fear when she heard the sound of the door opened.
My mother was surprised to see me moody.”
“Come and eat your food, dear, “she said, “what happened to you at school?”I was quiet.
Dear Reader,You don’t expect me to tell my parents I had a crush on a male teacher who was not simply interested in me. Do you?” Mama I am not hungry. I want to sleep”.
I laid down and pretended to sleep.
“Okay, goodnight,”my mother said without further hesitation and covered me with a wrapper to keep me warm and to wade off the notorious mosquitoes hunting for my fresh blood.When I woke up the next day, I felt worried and nervous. I couldn’t sleep well throughout the night. I got up, had my bath and left for school.
That evening I met six girls and we drew a strategic plan.
It was around 7 o’clock. The moon was slowly announcing its presence. Most of the village’s natural beauty was lost, hidden under the thick canvas of darkness. The nocturnal creatures were becoming quite active. Darkness was beginning to emanate from the evening sky.
The changing dynamics of the weather seemed to convey a hidden message to us. Nothing is permanent under the sun.
Evil operates under the cover of darkness. The moon begin to glimmer the blue planet. The giant blanket of darkness that blocked out the sky completely was broken. Moonlit trickled in in enough quantity to temporarily convert the night into day but more darkness
emanated from the evening sky as if it was a battle of supremacy.
~@ 7.10 p.m~
I met the six girls who were also disappointed and heartbroken when Sir Millson decided to ignore their love letters in an isolated hut.
I’m talking about Dima, Evelyn, Vivian, Irene,Lucy and Sylvia.
Me: You are all welcome.
The D.E.V.I.L.S : Thank you.
Me: I have a problem that I believe you can help me solve since it concerns you too.
Evelyn: What is it?
Me: Our new Female teacher Bansah seemed to be interested in our ” Roman Father “. At first I do not want to take the issue seriously because I knew sir Millson does not like girls. Later on I realised miss Bansah’s intention was to date Millson or to be in a relationship with our crush. I’m sure that’s what she wanted to achieve. The most painful part is ” our Roman Father seems to like her too. He’s tolerating her too much to my liking. I wrote a letter to warn her about her relationship with our “Roman Father” but she was still nonchalant. Now is action time.
Sylvia: So what do you want us to do to help you?
Vivian : Yea, how can we help you?
Me: I want you to help me gang beat her. As I’m speaking to you now, she’s still with Millson chatting and laughing.
Dima : Like seriously?
Evelyn: Hmmmm.
Irene: This woman wan come take our bobo away. Abi?
Evelyn: Na so.
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Me: Girls, as I suggested early on, let’s gang up and beat her so that next time she sees a nice guy, she will be careful how to relate with him.
Slyvia: but….do you think beating our teacher is the right thing to do? Are we not going to bring a curse upon ourselves?
Dima: hmmm. Maybe….
Irene: Shut up, you idiot. We are not interested in your sermon. Do you think writing a love letter to your teacher is good?
Slyvia: N…..No.
Irene : Yet you wrote it.
Sylvia: ..Yea , I did but love is not the same as aggression.
Irene: We need a realistic approach to this problem, not your righteousness nonsense.
Slyvia: Look. I think we are missing the point. Sir Millson is just like any other male teacher. He also has feelings. What make him different from the other teachers is self control. If Sir Millson likes miss Bansah, its because miss Bansah is not a student. Remember school rules forbid teacher- student relationships. He’s just trying to be obedient.
Evelyn: Slyvia, I swear, if you talk again, I will slap you.
Slyvia: Try it and see. Your mother won’t recognise you when you go home this evening.
Me: Please let’s not quarrel. We are here to unite and deal with a common enemy who want to snatch our lover boy.
Sylvia: Dzifa, let me give you this candid advice. If you attack miss Bansah, you will lose Sir Millson forever.
Me: Why?
Sylvia: You see. The moment you attack her , Millson’s attention will be drawn to her. He will want to help her recover. He will console her ,sympathise with her and through his efforts, their love will grow naturally.
Dima: I think Slyvia is right.
Irene : ( Laughing ) Since when did you become an aficionado of love.
Evelyn: Let’s ignore this talking cricket. What is our final decision?
Me : Ok. Those who want us to beat Miss Bansah Lovelace raise up your hand. All the girls raised up their hands except Dima and Sylvia. That’s 4:2.
Majority decision.
We planned to ambush miss Bansah on her way home after she finished chatting with Millson.
Around 8.00 p.m Millson saw her off. We waited for Millson to return home. When he passed by , we captured miss Bansah under the cover of darkness and began hitting her with series of punches. She screamed and fought back with venom. We were surprised at her reaction but we had an advantage. 5 against 1. Dima and Sylvia went home. They refused to partake in the assault on miss Bansah.
We beat her, pulled her hair, slapped her severally on the face and kicked her in the stomach.
Of course, we also sustain some degrees of injuries as she fought back in fury.
Evelyn went a bit extreme. Using a stone nearby which she chanced on, she used it to hit her head.
She fell down and did n’t wake up.
Out of fear, we all ran away to our various homes.
****
Is Miss Bansah Lovelace dead.
Tbc
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