Chapter 22

“Take it easy, Elo… I’m always there for you. No ‘eagle’ will swoop down and take me away.” 

I heard Elo giggle over the phone.

“Most of the girls in this New Girls Hostel are like eagles, but I’ll definitely be ready for them, my love.”

“Just relax. No ‘eagle’ is snatching me away from you…”

“I almost forgot, Pierre honey, would that jollof rice be sufficient for you to eat today and tomorrow?”

“Come on, Elohor, your love knows how to cook, and I got tonnes of provisions too.”

“But would it be enough?” I can prepare extra, put it in a food flask, and bring it tomorrow…”

“No, no, no, Sunday is a day of rest. I’ll be fine baby. Don’t worry about me, please.”

“Please, stop it. If I don’t worry about Pierre, who’d I worry about?”

“You can worry about your elder brothers,” I whispered.

“My brothers have their mum, their wives, and girlfriends to worry about them, so I wouldn’t bother myself without that.” We both had a hea