She Stole My Grandma’s Name—and My Heart / Chapter 3: Money Miracles and Campus Cruise
She Stole My Grandma’s Name—and My Heart

She Stole My Grandma’s Name—and My Heart

Author: Amanda Young

Chapter 3: Money Miracles and Campus Cruise

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Grandma just transfer hundred thousand give me straight.

I too happy, almost jump reach ceiling.

If you see the way I roll for bed, you go think say I win bet9ja. Even Auwalu dey look me with one kind eye.

"You don give me next month pocket money be that?"

I dey confirm, make I no go over spend. You know say students dey live for hope.

"No, next month na next month. This one na for the clothes."

Na so I shout like fowl for dorm.

"Aaaaaah!"

Everybody for dorm begin laugh. Auwalu talk say make I go buy him zobo for cafeteria. I tell am say na only person wey get sugar mama fit try am.

I tell am say, na who get long hand dey chop two meat for pot.

Grandma, Grandma, I love you! I love you pass how rat dey love rice!

I even blow kiss give her for phone, dey smile like mumu.

I kiss my phone screen, then show my balance to my roommate.

He come talk say, "Na this kind Grandma we suppose dey do documentary for."

"See now? Your boy don hammer."

I dey reason say if I fit save 20k every month, by December I fit buy better phone.

Before I sleep, I send Grandma good night message.

I drop am with correct sticker, make she know say na serious matter.

Grandma reply, "Good night. God bless you, my pikin. Make money never finish for your hand."

I send her sticker of that dramatic "You dey craze!" from the TV show she dey craze for lately.

She sabi that show well—if episode miss, she dey call me to help her download.

"No be 'my good pikin, good night' you suppose tell me today?"

I dey play with her, make she no forget the tradition.

"Okay, my good pikin, good night."

As I wan sleep, my phone buzz again.

"So I go dey call you my good pikin every day from now?"

I too sleepy. "Of course."

I dey try reply, but my eye don heavy.

You be my best Grandma for this world.

I wish I fit finish the message, but sleep carry me before I press send.

Too bad sleep catch me, I no fit type the second part.

Next morning by eight, all of us for dorm wake up late.

I even wear two different shoes rush go class.

As I reach downstairs, I jam one babe from girls' hostel.

I look up—na our department fine girl, Morayo.

Morayo get better result, fine face, and her family get money.

Her only wahala? She too dey form cold.

And she no too like me at all.

We dey same department, and I only get her WhatsApp two days ago.

She first ask me which kind wahala I dey plan again, say I dey behave somehow.

My roommates talk say, "She dey cold, but we no know say her mouth sharp like that."

I even wan use that chance confess to her, but as I remember how she dey talk, I just lock up.

I delete her straight.

But today, the way Morayo look me dey different.

Her eyes still cold as before, but e get another feeling join, make am contrast with the morning sun.

I just dey feel somehow as she dey look me.

My roommate shout from front, "Ifedike, hurry abeg, we go late!"

Na true, she just dey laugh me for my mismatched shoes.

I try hide my leg, but she don already snap the thing for status. Na so gist go spread reach hostel group chat.

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