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The Journey of a Waiting Girl - Ifunanya's Story

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"Wait!" Unsure and uncertain if that command was directed to her. She continued her frantic and near endless search. Then came the certain one, "Ifunanya wait!" This time it was precise and clear. The instruction was from her teacher, Mr Reality and she knew better to obey than offer a sacrifice of excuse. As a student who from cradle has always been on the good books, she dared not be found wanting else the numerous awards reckoned to her behavior be questioned or revoked. Looking through the window blind, she could see her friends advancing, crossing over to the other side of engagement. She wondered as she paced through the hindering command, why she must wait. The wind blew, and with that impulse she would want to cross the line and allow the force of peer pressure. "What if I summon faith and move?" She asked no one but herself. Even my neighbour just joined the moving train, why not me. But she doesn't know the route better than I do neither doe...