••Showers of doom,

and clouds of grief••

       "Let's all please have a minute silence for a very respectable man that the Lord took away from us recently, to rest in His eternal embrace,"

Principal Martins announced at assembly and shock constricted my throat as my eyes flew up to look at him.

Some students were murmuring, wondering who had died and I prayed the principal wouldn't say my name—maybe someone else had died before we resumed the midterm break.

"May the good lord help the Smith's family through this period of grief. As we all know, Mayowa has been a good student all year round and I implore you all...