Dirty Diana episode 6

Dirty Diana
EPISODE 6
Continuation
I raised my head up to look at Mr Ekpo who was so sad and was feeling guilty, he couldn’t
look at me in the eyes for between the both of us deep in our hearts, if any money was
missing we knew who collected it between him and I, I opened my mouth to talk and I was
stammering
“Sir.mmmm…emmm.. I did not break into any house, and neither did I steal any money” I
said
The moment I had just finished my statement, Mrs Ekpo jumped in saying
“I have a proof”
And Wili-wili smiled saying in a loud tone
“Ekpo you have proof? Beautiful! Beautiful! Proof is the optimum way of driving home your
point, holding the culprit at bay before he swims to a foreign land” Wili-wili said
She walked to where I was standing, grabbed the hem of my skirt, raised it up and pointed
at a small burnt s₱0t which I didn’t even notice as she said,
“This is where I wanted to burn it if not for the timely intervention of my husband”
I was left dumbfounded and confused, I could not not utter any word in defence, as the
Principal flashed a mean look at me and said
“You can now go”
I turned to leave and Mrs Ekpo protested
“Ah! Principal just like that?” She asked
“Don’t worry woman! I have a better plan” Wili-wili said.
I walked out of his office as tears began to car-ss my cheek, I wondered what was on the
Principals mind, I was like an ant to a giant like Wili-wili and if he decided to vent his anger
on me I’ll be doomed, I saw Stella sitting at a corner outside the principal’s office, she stood
up the moment she saw me and consoled me as I cried helplessly, just then the bell for the
morning assembly was rang, we both walked to the assembly hall.
By the time we were say “Our lords prayer” the rumbling sound of Wili-wili’s beetle was
heard, his car came to a halt with the exhaust of the shooting ‘BOOM!!’ As if a bomb was let
to explode, we all stopped in the middle of our prayers and began to laugh, I could see the
smile on some teachers face too but they are pretended like it was not funny for nobody
was ready to loose his/her job, he came out of the car and walked to the front of the
assembly and stood er-ct like an army general taking salutations from his subordinates,
when the prayer was over he grabbed the megaphone and then said
” I would be quick and precise with my announcement today, I’ll not while away my precious time on frivolities, A student amongst us has been so emboldened with crime that she had
the guts to break into a teachers house to steal…..”
The crowd numbering almost a thousand scre-med “Yeaahh! Jesus!” As he continued
“Such unscrupulous element who thinks she can grow under my tutelage and be a thief is
nothing but a stooge, where is Diana Osas?” He asked
The crowd chorused “Dirty Diannnaa” the moment my name was mentioned, those who
were short and couldn’t catch a glimspe of me had to be helped by their classmates who
lifted them up, Stella who was standing right behind me raised her head forward and said
“Be strong! Please be strong”
I began to walk to the front of the Assembly as I walked the ovation grew louder, students
are drawn to naughty people, stuffs like this was what ar-uses their mundane mind, I got to
the front of the assembly hall and the Principal looked at me again and continued
“This is the face of the thief, I want to use her as a lesson to other people of like minds, get
me that table” Wili-wili said
Pointing at a table as it was brought to the stage, and then the principal said
“She will be flogged twenty four strokes by Mr Epko right here on this table.
To be continued