Chapter 1: Gist Go Fly

The hottest gist for campus WhatsApp group na about me. Even my phone dey hot, notification dey buzz every two seconds, wahala everywhere. I swear, e be like say if you shake your phone that afternoon, my story go just pour out. Na my matter everybody dey yarn, dey add salt and maggi join. The headline self loud pass church bell:

Title: [Shey Ifedike and Temi don break up today]

Dem full the post with my paparazzi pictures, and for under each one, people dey rain insult for my head. 'See as her head be, na mumu dey worry am.' 'She too dey do follow-follow.' Some people even dey copy my DP and edit am with meme text, turn am to comedy skit. Dem add my face join that famous 'God Abeg' meme, e just dey fly everywhere. Person go see my face dey fly upandan, even for people wey I no sabi at all. If you check comment, na insult dey reign. Some people dey do like say dem sabi my life pass me. Me sef tire.

Bootlicker. Shameless. Toad…

Dem even say I dey do mumu love, say na juju Ifedike use hold me. Some people dey ask if na poverty dey make me dey follow am. The group just full with bad mouth.

Ifedike no send. He tell me say make I no mind wetin people dey talk. He act like all the noise dey blow over him head like harmattan breeze. Anytime I try talk am, he go just smile, pat my back, wave hand like say he dey chase fly, say, “Babe, abeg ignore them. Na empty gist.” E get as e be, but I dey try manage.

But later, when e burst online say him first love na homewrecker, the guy hack the whole group.

That day, dem update the campus gist. For the first time, I reply.

[Shey Ifedike and Temi don break up today]

[Yes, we don break up.]