CHAPTER FIVE (5)
A week later after the burial ceremony of his Mother, he informed his uncle pereakpo that he want to go back to the school and continue his studies... On Tuesday Johnson left for school as he reached school that afternoon many students filled his room to sympathize with him, Isaac and Nathaniel was also sighted there accompanied by Johnson's two girlfriends, Isaac was grieved in pain... Had it been he listened to all my advices and let go of Nathaniel, things will not have been in this way.... Isaac thought to himself.. On that day, Johnson became saturated with advices of different kinds from different colleagues, some of his course-mates(Females) brought him food but Johnson couldn't eat any of it, having ate and became filled with sorrow..He lost appetite for food.
The overcrowding of his room since this arrival didn't give him any chance to remember his sorrows, he felt happy all the while as the students continued to discuss one matter after the other which were very interesting and some very funny.
As night was drawing nearer and darkness was digging deeply into the night, the sympathizers continued to depopulate, Only Nathaniel and Isaac was left behind.... Johnson's two girlfriends couldn't stay because they said they had something more important to do in the night. Johnson began to swim in ocean of thought, he would bend his head sometimes when touched he will be shocked like someone who unknowingly immersed his finger, he will smile slightly in pretense... After sometime, Nathaniel made known to them that he will be leaving and will come back in the morning to see Johnson that he was very tired and weak and he left to his house, Isaac couldn't leave Johnson all alone so he slept with him in his(Johnson) room.
It was as if Johnson had started anew in the university when he finally recovered from his grief , he had a lot to do you meet up with all that had been taught in school during his absence..... In other to make Johnson achieved his Ambition as a law student in the 300 Level, Isaac helped him by teaching him some topics that he missed and also did the Assignments as tests that he missed during his stay in the village due to his mother's burial and his stay with Nathaniel for two weeks, sometimes Isaac will teach him topics in the lecture hall before the lecture will begin, with the help of Isaac.... Johnson was so happy by the way Isaac is taking care of him, he also apologized for the rude behavior he showed to Isaac during his flexing with Nathaniel, with the help of Isaac, Johnson regained all that he missed, he really appreciated Isaac's invaluable help to him. The Examination came and went , to Johnson's perplexity he came out in flying colors, he performed very well in all his courses without a carryover.
When the semester was over, Johnson went home for the long vacation but the holiday was not a happy one to him since his caring mother was not there for him but at least Isaac was there for him, his (Johnson) loneliness in the village during when Isaac is not around always aggravated in sorrow while he cried most of the times.
In addition to Johnson's sorrow over the absence of his mother in the house, another problem came up.... There was no means to raise money for his going back to school after the long vacation, being the first semester alot of money would be involved.... Johnson didn't know what to do or whom to run to, his only maternal uncle was also old and couldn't fetch him money for his needs, he remembered when his mother will struggle every moment to make sure that she raise some money before he comes back home for the holiday when she was alive..... Johnson began to swim in the ocean of thought and sorrow, he became despondent as pessimistic about the future, there was no job which could fetch him more money at that moment, only day-to-day job of farm weeding was available at that time...... Oh! What an Agony of life.... The Mystery of Life is too bad for the living, it's better to die than live in this condition, he thought out loud.... He decided to meet his matrimonial home (His Father's Family) but his matrimonial home chased him away saying he's "EVIL".
The inability to find People's help and favor in the village throw Johnson into psychological prison of sorrow and agony, it was the that Johnson understood his mother's worth to him... One would never know the value of what he has until one losses it. As the ten weeks of the long vacation elapsed, Johnson went back to school without money... On reaching school life became more tougher to him, be packed out from Peterson's hostel and put his belongings to Nathaniel's room.
