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  Episode 5 [RECAP : Dzifa’s admiration for her teacher compelled her to write series of anonymous letters to Millson which were not replied. She eventually decided to approach him but couldn’t voice her feelings for him.Millson called her into the staff common room] My Confidant { Dzifa’s Narration } I drew closer to Sir Millson. I was happy in my heart. “Please Sit down,” he ordered. I sat down on a chair closer to him. He said, “I have noticed something is eating you up . You are trying to hide it from me but it’s not helping you. It’s really affecting you psychologically and would soon trickle down to your academic performance. What is it?” Tell me.” “Sir, it’s nothing.” I said. Sir Millson looked at me smiling. He said, “C’mon, tell me what is worrying you. ” “Ermmm, I just ………..” I realised the word choked my throat. I tried hard to say it but I couldn’t. Something seemed to seal my mouth. Well, if you don’t feel comfortable telling me what is eating you up, I need not push i...

  Episode 4 Secret Admiration [RECAP : Millson was surprised to see the Yakayake seller he was attracted to in his class. He realised she was a student. Dzifa decided to initiate a friendly move] {Dzifa’s Narration } School has always being boring to me.If there was a place I wish I could avoid, then that place would have been school.Sometimes I pretended I was sick just to skip school. This habit nearly made me lose my post in the school as the GP( Girl’s Prefect) I couldn’t agree more with Prince Ed when he defined -S.C.H.O.O.L as the S.ix C.ruel H.ours O.f O.ur L.ives. Everyday , when I went to school to meet all those boring teachers trying to force useless theories into my head, I always pray secretly that lessons should end quickly. “Who the hell brought schooling to the world at all?,” I always ask.”That person would suffer forever.” All my sentiments about schooling and its boredom changed when Mr. Millson Lamptey came to our school. When he was teaching ,it seemed as if he...

  Episode 3 Surprised Encounter [RECAP: Millson was recalling his first experience in the village and his first encounter with Dzifa, who was then selling ‘yakayake.’ He was attracted to her natural beauty] [Millson’s Point of View] <•<•<Flashback continued <•<<•< I remembered the next day, I went to class, fully prepared to teach when my eyes caught a familiar face. It was the girl that sold the yakayake to me when I first visited the village. For a moment, I was confused because I never knew she was a student, not to talk of being a student at Tutukpene Senior High School.Tutukpene SHS is a girls’ school , located not far away from the heart of the village. She seemed surprised too. Probably, She didn’t know I was a teacher or she had not seen my face clearly the previous day. There were three things about Tutukpene girls that made them highly attractive. One,they have nice curves. This could easily be seen despite wearing school uniforms.Two, they have thick...

  Episode 2 Before The Class began [RECAP: Millson Lamptey went on an internship programme in a remote village called Tutukpene. The Girls’ Prefect was getting very attracted to him] ●<Third person’s Narration>● Millson couldn’t help but notice how Dzifa was staring at him in the classroom. That wasn’t his first time of seeing her. He recalled his first experience in the village and how he first met Dzifa. <•<•<< Flashback began<•<<•<•< Life in Tutukpene was extremely difficult, no electricity, no pipe borne water, no stable communi cation network, poor School infrastructure, poor market facilities, poor road network , no Internet connectivity. The village had no health centre but traditional birth attendants and herbalists. The thick forest surrounded the while village , as if it was an army, ready to advance on its settlers. He could see the girls carrying clay pots, going to the river side to fetch water, the boys carrying cutlasses and firewood,...

  EPISODE 1 The Internship Summary of Episode 1 Millson decided to become a teacher. He went to the university and soon was posted to a remote village to do his internship with his friends. ****************************** {Dzifa’s Point of view } “Aww,my God ,this new teacher is simply hot and handsome. I need to get closer to him. Maybe he will even propose to me. I can’t take him off my mind. It’s like I’m going crazy—-” “……The word government can be explained from three perspec tives,”my sensual thoughts were interrupted by the teacher’s lesson. “The first one is Government as an institution of the state ,secondly Government as an academic field of studies and lastly Government as a process or function. I will take each of them one by one and explain to you what they mean. Before we delved into the explanation I will like to tell you the etymology of the word:Government ” The word “Government ” originates from—-” My mind drifted back to my sensual thoughts. I look at his musculat...

 *PROLOGUE*  He’s your teacher. He’s so nice to you.Soon you have a crush on him and you look forward to having a feel of him. In addition to being nice to you ;he looked so young and handsome. Instantaneously,your heart yearn for him. Afterall,You are a teenager with raging hormones and a high sex drive. Then you meet him on the way carrying loads on his head. You offer to help him. He smiles and say ,”thank you.” As a female student,You know his house is out of bounds to you but you accompany him to the house anyway. Then you reach his house. He wants to take the load from you so that you will return but you said he should not worry. He opens the door and enters the room.Without waiting for an invitation,You follow him inside. You put the load down. He says, ” thank you,see you in school tomorrow.” You look a bit disappointed. Then you feign tiredness and sat down in his couch saying,Sir,I’m tired. I want to rest for five minutes. Can I? He looks at you suspiciously but agre...

 FINAL PART    For three days I didn't see my husband nor Stella. When the pastor came to see me, he assured me everything is under control if I can calm down and hear the full gist. How can I calm down when my husband just impregnated my housemaid? I was mad at the pastor. Daddy, I am still listening to you because of the grace of God over your life. How do you expect me to calm down when I'm losing my marriage right in your presence? The pastor put up a smile, Sis Lucy, you aren't losing your marriage, just calm down. He pleaded.  Few hours later I was discharged and pastor and his wife drove me straight to their house. I was taken through several hours of counseling to just to make me calm down. Eventually I calmed down to hear the complete gist. After my nerves have been calmed, pastor invited my husband and Stella in. To my greatest surprise Chioma was also invited. I tried to reason why Chioma was invited but no idea came into my head. I held my peace as I was ...