Chapter 5

Sarah's pov

"Bye guys" I said to my friends. They All had drivers that picked them up after school. And right now, we were at the school's parking lott, since the school had let out for the day

"Are you sure you don't want us to drop you off? I really don't get why you dad doesn't hire a driver to pick you up, do you? " Favour asked and stated for the thousandth time. She is literally the most caring in the group and I love her for that

"Naaa I'm good. I want to take a walk home and clear my head and you'll have to ask him that yourself" I replied to her

"Yeah, like i can ever confront your stern looking dad! But,if you're sure about walking, See you tomorrow then!" she said walking away with the rest of our friends

"Yes I'm sure, bye" I replied as I walked towards the school gate

As I walked home, I thought back to today's events and wondered why I felt a pang in my chest when Daniel quickly glanced away from our eye contact. And also why I felt burning sensations of irritation come over me as Favour, Jessica and Angelica talked and touched him the way they did.

I felt so uncomfortable that I made up an excuse to my friends and left before lunch break was over.

Also when they got to class and talked non-stop about their conversation with him, arguing on who he liked among them and also discussed different theories on why he was absent from school for so long. I felt my chest clench a bit and my ears focused on their discussing instead of concentrating on class

What is wrong with me? I don't even know the boy!

I quickly shoved these thoughts out my of my mind, because they were stupid, when I approached the front gate of my home

I entered our compound, got to our front door and walked into the house

"How could you do such a thing!" I heard my mom's voice. I wondered who she was yelling at

"I had no other choice! What else do you want me to do!" I heard my dad say in a frustrated voice. This was confusing for me because my parents never fight so this was strange

"Anything apart from what you did!" Mom replied

"Nothing is settled yet, I just sent in our proposal like other people" my dad replied in a strained voice

"I don't care! It's the fact that you did it at all. It's so morally wrong!" My mom said

"Technically it isn't" he said and then sighed. "Honey, don't give me that look, you know this is my last resort. Can you please support me on this?" He added

Well, I've heard enough and it's really not making much sense to me. And eavesdropping is wrong, so with that in mind, I walked into the living room where they were

"Mom? Dad what's going on?" I asked

"Nothing" they replied together

"But I heard yelling and dad why are back from work at this time?" I asked them

"I needed to talk to your mother" Dad said

"Okay? Not to intrude but what where you talking about that caused so much yelling?" I asked again

"Don't bother about it dear, it's nothing serious, right honey?" He asked my mom. But my mom just looked at him with squinted eyes, shaking her head

"Mom?" I asked

"Yes dear, whatever he said" she replied still giving my dad the look

"Are you sure everything is fine? " I asked again

"Yes, Sarah, you can go. Everything's fine" she said giving me a stern look

I got the message clearly, my presence was not needed there. Taking the cue, I said "ok bye" slowly backing out of the room.

Once I was out of the room I speedwalked up the stairs into my room. I immediately changed from my uniform, putting it in the laundry basket. I'd probably take it downstairs this evening or my mom could pick it up later, that is, if she was in a good mood. But from the heated arguments she and my dad were having. I'm assuming that I'll definitely be the one taking the clothes down

Speaking of, what where arguing about! I replayed their conversation over and over in my head and it still didn't make sense to me

What did dad mean by last resort? I really hope it's nothing too serious

And if it is I hope it gets better soon, because seeing mom and dad fight was an unpleasant event.

And that was the last thought I had before I was taken over by sleep