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D. Nkwetato Tamonkia

D. Nkwetato Tamonkia⁠

Author, Veteran Teacher, Education Consultant and Founder of DNT Academy. I love geopolitics. Favorite quote: "The man you think is mad thinks you are mad."

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Chapter 10: Scandal, Pain And Love

Love has a painful and bittersweet side which often tries to dominate. Sometimes, tears mean much love and sometimes tears mean breakup.

6 min readNov 5, 2024

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Two days passed after my fight with Daniel before the news about my love affair with Amanda broke out, plunging the whole school into a frenzy of gossip. On every popular spot on the school campus, there were small groups of students talking about the big fight I had with Daniel and my night with Amanda.

After our fight, Daniel spread the news over the weekend adding as many lies to the story as possible for his own benefit. In our classroom, someone, most likely Daniel, drew a nude picture of me and Amanda in bed on the blackboard and wrote mockery notes next to the picture. Bateh my friend was the best at drawing in class but I couldn’t imagine he had drawn it.

That is how Patricia got to know about my date with Amanda. From the suspicious parcel I had received recently to the drawing on the board and the nasty comments, everything made sense now to her. I had lied to her. Unable to control her own emotions she broke down in tears but it was her friend Jessica that really made her part of the scandal.

Patricia had told Jessica about her secret morning sex experience with me and…

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D. Nkwetato Tamonkia
D. Nkwetato Tamonkia

Written by D. Nkwetato Tamonkia⁠

Author, Veteran Teacher, Education Consultant and Founder of DNT Academy. I love geopolitics. Favorite quote: "The man you think is mad thinks you are mad."