Chapter 12

Hard as it was to believe, none of these plans ever materialized. Bussy suddenly became ‘elusive.’ She stopped responding to my text messages and never answered my calls. I had typed extensive text messages to Bussy (that were delivered) some days earlier to tell her and reassure her that the issue of age was not a problem and she should not worry about it. 

When I got fed up with her behaviour, I tried stalking her around her hostel, around the huts and near the Crown Estate gate. Since she was now in the 200 Level (though not as a medical student), her lectures now took place at the Temporary Site.

I tried to imagine what could be the cause of her change in attitude towards me. I knew the age issue was not enough to make her change her sweet and transparent nature to what it presently was. One fateful day, I ran into Felicia at the restaurant beside the entrance of the New Girls Hostel. Fel