The Woman I Cherish 10

Jewel stood still, staring at the door
Henry just walked out from. He
couldn’t do or say anything. He knew
very well that Henry might have
misunderstood what he saw. Angel
also stood still without saying a
word. she was waiting for Jewel to
say the first word. When Jewel didn’t
say anything, she turned and walked
to the door. Jewel followed behind
her, knowing fully well that she’s
going to Dr Femi’s office. He didn’t
want to argue with her anymore. he
would agree to any decision she
made. He had made a mistake
already and wouldn’t want to add to
it. He followed her out of the room
and locked the door behind him.
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Angel stood in front of Dr. Femi’s
office, with Jewel standing right
behind him. She was still holding the
paper she grabbed from Jewel. She
knocked softly on the door.
“come in” Dr. Femi’s voice sounded
from within.
Angel opened the door and entered.
Jewel followed behind her
immediately.
“good afternoon sir” they greeted in
unison.
Dr. Femi looked up from the
magazine he was reading.
“good afternoon.” Dr. Femi
responded.
“have you made your decision”
“yes sir” Angel responded.
She handed the paper she was
holding to Dr. Femi.
“we have agreed to meet, Tuesday,
Thursdays and Saturdays.” Angel
said.
Jewel stared at her, surprised. That
was the same suggestion he made to
her, which she refused. if she was
going to agree, why then did she
have to make a scene back there in
his room.
Dr. Femi stared at the book for a
while and dropped it on his desk.
“okay, good. That means you will be
meeting today. let me give you some
materials you will be working with.”
Dr. Femi said and brought out some
materials from his drawer.
He handed the materials to Angel.
“you should work with this for now. I
will announce it in the class later on
that you both will be representing
your class. but for now, no one
should know about it. not even your
close friends. is that clear” Dr. Femi
said.
“yes sir” they responded in unison.
“okay, you may leave now. when you
have any questions, don’t hesitate to
let me know” Dr. Femi said.
“thank you sir” They responded and
left his office.
Jewel stretched his phone to Angel,
once they were out of Dr. Femi’s
office, and without asking any
question, Angel collected the phone.
She knew Jewel was asking for her
number. She typed her number and
returned the phone to Jewel. Jewel
collected the phone and they went
their separate ways.
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Jewel entered his room to see Henry
sitting on a chair. he was busy
solving a question. he pretended like
he didn’t see Jewel. jewel stared at
him for a while and went to lie on his
bed. He didn’t know whether to
explain what happened earlier to
Henry or not. And moreover, there is
no how he would explain things to
Henry without mentioning Angel’s
reason for coming to their room.
There’s no how he will explain it
without telling him that Angel and
him are preparing for an upcoming
quiz. Dr. Femi warned them not to
tell anyone. He didn’t know why Dr.
Femi said that, but he wouldn’t want
to disobey him. He will explain
everything to Henry when the time is
right. As for now, he won’t say
anything to him, since he didn’t ask.
Henry continued with what he was
doing, without looking at Jewel’s
direction.
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Lucy sat on her bed with her phone
in her hand. She wanted to put a call
across to Jewel but couldn’t. After
minutes of holding the phone without
making any call, she dropped the
phone on her bed and lay on her
back.
“I can’t continue like this. this is not
the best way to go about it. I can’t
keep calling him whenever I need to
hear his voice. he will get tired of my
calls someday. I need to look for a
different way to go about this. I need
to go to my cousin’s hostel to seek
for her advice on this. she might be
able to help. she is more experienced
than me. I think I should go to her
hostel.” she said and stood up from
her bed.
She took her phone from her bed
and left her room.
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Jewel sat up on his bed. he looked
at his phone and realized it was
almost time for his personal study
with Angel. He looked at Henry’s bed
and realized he was no longer in the
room. he stood up from his bed, took
his wallet and left the room.
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Angel sat on her bed, preparing for
her study with Jewel. She packed the
books on her bed and put it inside
her handbag. she was the only one
in the room. Jessica had not
returned. Her door suddenly opened
and Lucy walked in. she went to sit
beside Angel on her bed.
“what’s up Angel” Lucy said.
“I’m cool” Angel responded.
“are you going out?” Lucy asked,
when she saw Angel packing some
books into her bag.
“yes” Angel responded.
“where is my cousin?” Lucy asked.
“Jessica is not yet back.” Angel
responded.
“let me get something from the other
room. I’m coming”
“okay” Lucy responded.
Angel stood up and left the room.
Lucy sat alone in the room, staring at
every corner of the room. Angel’s
phone suddenly started ringing on
her bed. Lucy ignored it at first, but
when it kept ringing, she took it from
the bed. she stared closely at the
phone and realized that the call was
from Jewel. same Jewel that had
been giving her sleepless night.
“why is Jewel calling Angel” she
mumbled.
“I thought they were not in good
term. Or have they set aside their
differences. even at that, they
shouldn’t be that close for Jewel to
have her number.”
she was still mumbling when the
phone stopped ringing. it started
ringing almost immediately.
Out of curiosity, she picked the call
and place the phone on her ear
without saying anything.
“Meet me at the gate” Jewel’s voice
sounded at the other end
Before she could say anything, Jewel
ended the call. She stared at the
phone, confused. Jewel’s tone
sounded like an order. He sounded
like he was ordering Angel to meet
him at the gate.
While she was still staring at the
phone, the door opened and Angel
walked in.
“Jewel called” Lucy said immediately
she saw Angel.
“oh, so he has called. what did he
say?” Angel asked.
“he said you should meet him at the
gate” Lucy responded.
“okay, let me start going then” Angel
said.
She carried her bad and collected
her phone from Lucy.
“are you guys……….” Lucy wanted to
ask a question.
“never mind” she said instead.
“okay, see you later.” Angel said and
walked to the door.
Lucy stared at Angel until she left
the room. it was obvious that she
had lot of questions on her mind.
she wanted to ask Angel if she and
Jewel are now an item. She prayed
silently for that not to be the case,
because she can’t stand to see Jewel
dating another lady, and most
especially her close friend.
“I hope there’s nothing going on
between them. I have to find out and
put a stop to it. I have to use every
means possible to make sure that
there relationship don’t work, if it is
true that they are seeing each other.
I will do everything possible to make
Jewel mine.” she said and lay on
Angel’s bed.
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Angel and Jewel sat quietly at the
faculty garden. They were the only
one in the garden. every other
students have gone back to their
hostel. The garden was very quiet
and conducive for reading. They
were both holding different materials
which they were reading. even
though they were sitting very close to
each other, they had not say
anything to each other since they got
to garden. They were not even
studying together. Each of them was
reading his own material. they were
not working together as they should
have.
Henry suddenly walked into the
garden. He froze immediately he saw
Jewel and Angel sitting at the far-left
in the garden. They were too
engrossed in what they were reading,
that they didn’t notice his presence.
Henry quickly hid behind a tree and
stared at them from a distance. He
frown when he saw Jewel sitting very
close to Angel. He glared at them.
His eyes suddenly turned red. if
those eyes were gun, about six
bullets would have pierced into
Jewel’s body. He glared at them with
so much pain in his heart.
“someone I thought was my friend,
went behind me to get the lady I
love. so people could be this wicked”
he said, bitterly.
“Jewel, don’t think you have won,
because I will surely come back for
you. you will regret going for the lady
I love. I’m going to make you regret
doing this to me. just wait and see.
you have just drawn the battle line.
you will surely regret this. I promise
you” Henry sworn.
He glared at them one last time and
left the garden without their
awareness.