When I was younger, I was more of a tomboy. I was someone who chuckled when my mother would advise me to wash my hair with red mud so that is could be shiny, silky and …show more content…
It was raining profusely. The sky and large clouds were tar-black, just like Kayla’s hair. Puddles began plinking as the rainfall became heavier and the roofs of the cars danced with spray. The tapping on the school windows soon became a pitter-patter. People ran for cover outside and umbrellas were opened as the clouds spat out their beads of water. The minute I entered my school building, I received the breaking news. “Kayla has Eloped! She was only sixteen!”- the gossip spread like fire around the whole town. Everywhere I went, all I could hear were muffled whispers about Kayla which sounded like the buzzing of a swarm of bees. While everyone was more concerned about "which boy?", I was more concerned about "how did this happen?" and “why did this happen?”. Few people said it was the boy who used to frequently drop her to school in his shiny silver Mercedes or Ferrari while others said it was the one who she used to be seen with at the