I showed them that I am the finest even when I have pimples all over my face, I moved so smooth, like I was a heavyweight wrestler, none of my friends notice that I have tiny legs behind my toes.
"Haven't you all noticed my broad chest?", I told them I have a very big and broad chest, Jones was there, he wanted to unveil my secret, I tugged him with my eyes and he shut up and smiled.
As the most handsome boy in town, I started to do like, I'm celebrating an award, so I met Neroma" a new girl in town, we got along well, I brag to her, I can summersaults for four hours, without getting tired, she comes to my house, and wants me to summersaults, then she saw my play equipment so small, she leave my house, I was embarrassed, when she said, "my play equipment, looks like she's playing toy with a baby".
In class, one of my friends by mistake left her long notes on the floor, I was next to her and everyone expected me to pick it up, I remember what i used to say about my hands, they are so big, and I could lift anything, no matter how big it is, so I lift up my face, and pretend, I didn't see the book, I left it there, because I didn't want to embarrass myself anymore, then I keep hiding my little fingers.
Who would have thought, I was a man without strength, I of all people, who both talk about strength and fight, came one day, Patricia wants a fight with me, I used my brain and make him pick someone else, I make friends with Patricia immediately before he proceeds to fight me, he turns around to face someone else, because he can't get into a fight with his friend.
I used to tell people, that my clothes was first-hand, bought from Adidas company, TMZ company and Nike comapny, my friend saw me that day, buying second-hand clothes from a woman in the market, I did not allow him to approach, I rushed to him and tell him, the seller is my Neighbor.
I made everyone believe that me and my family lived in a mansion, located in Victoria island Lagos, Nigeria, With beautiful roads and lights. So this day, me and my brother, were struggling to push our wheelbarrow out of the mud, we came back from fetching water at the town well, my friend almost saw me from his father's car, when he comes near, I ducked my head, thank God, he didn't see me.
I make my circle believe, I have a younger brother who studies in Oxford University, then a friend saw me with my brother, he almost realized it was my brother. I told him, me and our house help, we just came to this ghetto, to give shelter to the people here, the clothes we don't need anymore, "you know there is love in sharing, don't worry about the way we dress, we had to dress like this, like we were doing rag day at school, so nobody can noticed that we are from rich family, and kidnapped us.
I make my circle believe that on each of my birthdays, my father would buy me, a new car, so I am the only one among them, who has a lot of cars. However, my father does not do such a thing, because we are managing our life in the family, even bicycle I don't see on birthdays, just blowing out the candles, and making wishes that I don't know, if any will be fulfilled.
Two of my friends told me that they needed job, that they were about to go to the city to make a living, I told them not to go, that my uncle could hire them in his company, they should just give me time, to talk to the manager of my uncle's company, I collected their credentials and some money, since then, they have been calling me, I don't answer calls that would come with billing.
Right now I want to live a simple life, with little lies, I don't want to go into big lies, just little lies, mostly, I'm trying to cover up the formal lies.
