As we walked along the Hall way she kept smiling and it was amusing
'Sorry if I may ask why do you keep smiling, it's not like you are in a paradise' I asked her finding no humor in what I said but she laughed
'Anthea one thing I have learnt since I came here is to find joy in the most little things' she said looking at me with a smile that seems genue
'So if you ask me for what is making me happy, let say it's because am glad you are here finally I will have a room mate' she said this time standing in front of a door
'We are here' then she pushed the door open, I stepped inside the room it was not what I imagined
'Woe, this is not what I imagined 'I said looking around
'Like!! , that was the same thing I said when I came inside here for the first time' she said as she joined me to look around as if it were her first time. The room was painted pitch blue it has a bunk for only two people a comfortable students bed placed up and down of the bunk, there was a wardrobe at the left side of the room that was ment for two people only , a white curtain to cover the window,
'wow even my room is not as fancy as this' I thought
' ok, I know the room is nice but now we need to go to the bathroom to take our bath' she said and walked to were the
Wardrobe was opened the second path and brought out a towel and bathing kits we change in a more silent way and headed to the bathroom when we got to the bathroom so many eyes were staring at me feeling uncomfortable I turned to Ella
'Is this how people here stare' I asked her out of confusion because it was been provoking.
'Take your bath and forget about them' she said almost laughing
' forget about them you say it is impossible to do that when it feels like every time I do people are watching'
I said to her in total disconfort,
'I told you not to pay attention to they, what is the eyes made for, looking leave them when they are tired they will go back to what the came here to do'
When she said that she went into one of the shower box and started talking her bath but I stood there nervous because of the too much attention I was getting when Ella noticed this she burst into a pale of laughter.
In what almost seemed forever I took my bath and we came back into our room, now I am in front of the dressing mirror with a towel on my hand trying to dry my hair since there was no dryer, I looked at her throw her reflection on the mirror sensing my gaze she turned to my direction
'What is it ' she asked coming towards my direction
'I've been meaning to ask, how did you get here' I asked her then the smile on her face suddenly disappeared,
Sensing her change in attitude I went to were she was standing and held her right hand
'Am sorry to have to reminded you, it's okay if you don't want to talk about it' I said feeling guilty that the cheerful Ella was now gloomy
'No it's not a problem' she said this time smiling she went to the dressing table picked up the old hair brush
'Let me brush your hair while I tell you' she said urging me to sit down on the floor while she say on the bed ready to brush my hair, with my hair an her hand she spoke
'In others people story their parents were poor but mine was not my dad had a telecommunication company but one day he made a wrong investment, he lost then when the shareholders heard of this they ask for refund but the the company was in a state of bankruptcy my dad sold most of his branches to pay the share holder, my dad was deverstated all his life time was crumbling in front of him his friends left no one call to help him my grandma called him a disgrace to his generation in one of our annual family gathering my mom left us, then my dad was compelled to borrow money to save his company everything went back to normal but then a secret unveiled it was more of a scandal my mom was cheating on my dad if it was something that he found out himself it would have been let's say preferable but then it was in all the internet platform, when he switched on the TV it was the first thing on a Arise new it made headlines,
Flash back
My father was shocked seeing what was on the screen of our television, angry sparked in his eye
'Ella! Ella' he called out
'Get me my car keys ' he instructed
'Dad calm down don't go anywhere like this' I tried to calm him down
'I said get me my car keys now am beginning to wonder if you are really my daugther' he snapped