When bola was in ss3,she failed waec.she was scared to tell her parents at home because her daddy is a very disciplined man and she has been told not to bring bad results home.she decided to keep it to herself and she planned to save money to pay for another exam and rewrite without telling anyone.
So,after few weeks she went home.on her way home, she was afraid,"what will I tell my dad when I get home?she said,with her eye full of tears.her friends in the car called her name "bola bola" she didn't response they had to tap her before she knew they were calling her."bola what is going on?why are you crying?Ayo asked bola.she said,nothing I am fine I just remembered something that is why I'm crying."ok no problem,Ayo said slowly.
What is wrong with bola?she has been moody since when we checked our result and she has been acting weird," Cynthia her other friend asked ayo".i don't understand her anymore I'm her so called best friend but she still hid things from me. what can we do to make her talk to us I don't like the way she have been acting lately.'cynthia said',i think we should follow her to her house, sit her down and talk to her maybe she Will tell us what is bothering her.
They all dropped at bola's house.bola was suprised when her friend's got down in her house,"what are you girls planning to do?Ain't you going to your own house?bola asked.we are going to go home when you tell us your problem and everything that you have been keeping away from us.I don't have anything to tell you girls is better you go home before it's too late.'"she said angrily".
Few hours later,her parent came in, her friends greeted them in a cheerful way.the way bola greeted her parent was different from that of her friends and her parent noticed."bola come here,her mother called."ma ma ma, bola answered with fear in her heart.how are you?How was your exam?,fine ma fine ma,i heard that your result it out."yes ma she replied, go and bring it I want to see it now.ayo and Cynthia were still there at the moment,they saw her reaction so ayo said to Cynthia I think bola's result is bad.why did you think so? Cynthia asked.didnt you see the way she has been acting?her mum told her to go and bring her result and she was shaking she should have told us the truth.let's go and meet her in her room Ayo told Cynthia.
They went to her room and they met her crying.'oh,so your result is bad and you have been hidding it from us.i don't want anyone to know bola said with her eyes full of tears.i feel bad I have promised my parent that i won't fail.it has happened already, 'ayo said to bola.let go and tell your parents now you can't keep this away from them they will know sooner or later.
Noo,i can't tell them yet.you girls should go home now"please"her friends left with anger.
When her friends left she went to meet her mum and she lied to her that she forgot the print out of her result in school."hmm, her mother sigh.ok so when are you going to print another one for us to see.i will do it later mum I need to settle down first.she was happy that she has successfully lied to cover up for sometime.
After few months,she started to think of how she will get money for the next waec,so she decided to look for a job.she walked around the street for two week,at the end of the second week,she got a sale girls job.'how will I tell my parent about this?they must not know that I failed and I don't think they will allow me to do this job."bola said in deep thought".she went to her best friend house to tell her about the job.Ayo I just got a sales girl work and I don't think my parents will allow me to do it."why did you want to do a sales girl job?explain to me.i need money to write another exam and I don't want my parent to know about it yet.i have been lying to them for a while now.'she said'.bola I won't advise you to do that kind of work because I can't do it.so how will I get money now?bola asked her friend.tell your mum if you can't tell your daddy.i will think about it"she replied".
When it was getting closer to the end of the year,bola Surmon courage to tell her mum and plead with her not to tell her dad,she called her mum,mummy,mummy please i want to tell you something.'what is it?her mum asked.mum please don't tell my dad talk to me bola what is?mum i failed waec "she said with tears rolling from her eyes".you did what ahhh why didn't you tell me.i'm afraid,i don't want daddy to knw he said he won't pay for another one.its ok bola now that I know I will look for a way to tell your dad that he won't be angry with you when I tell him.thank you mum;bola said and she felt relieve.
Her dad called her the next morning."bola come here i want to see you;her dad said.dad I'm coming. "she said"with fear.'bola is it true that you didn't pass your exam?yes dad,why didnt you tell me?why did you have to lie?dad I'm sorry'.now that the secret is out,dad I will tell you everything i failed and I have been planing to save for another one and resit for the forecoming exam.'so you think you can do it yourself?her dad asked,No dad i was just scared.what exactly are you scared of?am i a lion?No dad.ok.i will pay for the next exam and you will rewrite it but you will be punished for lying.
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Bola did not do well in keeping such information away from her parents. We as parents should try to know our children well so to know when they are lieing
Good exposition from that perspective.
Too scared of her father but the cat slipped out of the bag nevertheless.
It’s normal to be scared of your father in such situation but there’s nothing that can be done
No one can hide such huge thing away from her parents
It is better to tell your parents the truth than keep it from them because the longer it takes, the more hurt your parents will feel when the cat is out of the bag