Member-only story
FAROUK
I woke up with the worst headache ever. The alarm clock was ringing, and I hit the snooze button hard to stop it.
Then I realized there was a naked body lying beside me — the beautiful, bronze-skinned body of my Igbo girlfriend, Chidera. She was my ride or die chic, the one who would catch a grenade for me. She was a true definition of loyal to the core. We had been through hell and back and she I didn’t mind spending all my money on her. We had a house party at my house, and we just crawled into bed at 5 am. There was music, boys, babes, and booze. It was so much fun, and I was lost in the moment. I could not recall a single thing.
Chidera moved a little and smiled. I watched the sheets move up and down as she inhaled and exhaled. It was 10 am, and I had a lot of things to do. I had paid Issa, a smart dude in my economics class, a hundred pounds to take my test for me so I didn’t have to worry about studying. He had written tests for me several times. He usually wrote two tests and made sure he turned them in right when the time for the test was over because there would be a frenzy turning the papers in, and no one would know he wrote two tests. He was smart, and I trusted him with my grades. I had to catch up with some dude who had a business idea for me. As long as money was involved, my interest would go up one thousand percent. I got out of bed and…
