'Reca, where are you? The day has welcome us not now yet you are still sleeping. What is wrong with you ', Omi, Reca's mother inquires.
' I am not sleeping mom. I am here in the bathroom taking my bath. Am already getting late for school today. But mom is my food ready?' She asked
'Yes please. Dress up fast and come for it, She said and in about some minutes, Reca, a fourteen years old girl enters the kitchen. She is nicely dressed in black straight uniform over a pair of white shoes.
'There is your food', Omi said pointing to a white flask in front of Reca.
'Thank you Mom. I shall be leaving now', Reca said closing the kitchen door. Omi rises up to bid her daughter a good bye but she was already gone. The girl is late for school today so she thought it wise not to also spend part of the time just to say bye. She therefore said it to herself and returned to her house whole chores. Just as she was about to continue she heard a voice from the compound. It was her husband, Amoa.
'Omi, where are you?', he asked.
'In the kitchen. Is there anything you want me to do for you? Omi asked from the kitchen.
Yes I want to have a word with you. If you can do me a favor, I would be very happy.
Omi came out of the kitchen wandering what exactly her husband wants them to discuss. She feels as though her neck was the pivot carrying the world. It wasn't her fault feeling so because Amoa was a man who can give anyone at any time the heaviest shock of their lives. As to whether it is her turn to collect her's, she cannot best tell. She prayed it shouldn't be something bitter. She then moves to where Amoa is sitting and sat on a bench that stood in front of Amoa.
I am all ears please. Can you go on?
'Yes I have called you here for you and I pounder on something very important. This morning I meet Mr Along, Reca's teacher', he said and paused for some minutes.
And what said he to you? Omi asked.
He said that very soon they will be given some students an unqualified graduation for....
Unqualified graduation? Omi interrupted. What do you mean by that? Explain it in a better way for me to understand please.
'I will not. Since you know more than I do, say it to yourself. Let me tell you this: If you don't destroy your impatience inextricably, you will swim in hot water one day. Where are you rushing to? You just tell me where you are rushing to. I have called you here to tell you something you don't know only to have you pull words out of my mouth. Am done with you. You can go wherever you want to go', he said and slammed his back on his lazy chair. Amoa knows in his heart that there is no way his wife will welcome the message he was about to lay bare. The only way he can do it is first become angry with his wife so that it will catalyst his plan to successfully relieve himself from shame.
'Am sorry for making you feel bad. Please pardon me for that mistake', Omi said from her lips. Even though she knows very well that she wasn't in anyway wrong for asking that question but she has nothing else to do.
Had it not been that my good spirits have visited me today, you would have regretted for your uncoof behavior. Now listen with your ears and your eyes and your noise. The teacher said that the students who have not paid their monies or school fees, if you like it, will soon be sucked home. That is all. Reca has not paid and that will mean she will soon join us here at home', Amoa said.
'I know it will not happen. Our daughter must be in school. At least we can sell some two or three cattle to raise some money...