HE SAID NO.
Episode 8
“Where is Blessing?” Amifel asked as soon as Grace got to the tasty foods eatery,
“She had to deliver a birthday cake to one of her customers, she would be around soon, ” Grace replied, adjusting herself in the red seat.
Amifel, Grace, and Blessing usually hung out on Sunday evenings at designated places, except when they had other engagements, sometimes they stayed together indoors at Grace’s place, and at other times, cinemas. This time, it was their favorite eatery, they had been there a couple of times before then,
“Okay then, do we just make orders or wait for her?” Amifel probed,
“Erhm, I think it would be better we wait for her. We might be done eating by the time she gets here and that might kill the fun altogether, ” Grace suggested,
“Okay, if you say so, how have you been?” Amifel smiled as she rested her elbows elbow the table covered with a sparkling white table cover and beautiful flowers.
“I’m good babe, this week was the bomb! You know we are close to the month-end?” Amifel nodded as she continued, “we had to do our monthly reports coupled with all sorts of meetings, Grace lamented, ” Eeya, I can imagine, sorry about that, ”
“Thank you, Ami, how did your week go?” Grace asked, “Went well, I was quite less busy, I only organized one event, so I was virtually free!” Amifel said, swinging her hands in the air,
“Somebody is enjoying herself,” Grace smiled, “You can say that again, ” Amifel said, flaunting her weaves,
“Lest I forget, there is something we need to talk about, ” Grace said, dragging her chair closer to Amifel, “I had a dream, ”
“Oh, not again!” Amifel sighed, “Let me talk first now, I’m serious about this, ”
“Who were you sent to this time?”
“I dreamt about you, Amifel and it was very serious,”
“Uhmm! Grace the dreamer! Okay, fine, let’s hear it. I hope it’s good though because the last one you had about me was a nightmare, ”
“I’d let you be the judge of that, ” Grace said, “I saw a man in handcuffs, dragged by uniformed men and I was wondering who he was and what he had done, ”
“Please, how does that concern me?” Amifel asked nonchalantly, “Let me finish abeg, ” Grace said as Amifel listened, “Then I saw you in handcuffs too, you were dragged by another set of uniformed men, ”
“Another nightmare…”
“I felt so burdened up when I woke up that I had to pray through. I just wished I saw the face of the man, ” Grace concluded, “Wow, I don’t even know what to say to this, ”
“Have you told George?”
“No…” Amifel dragged, “I don’t think I want to tell him about it anymore, ”
“Why?” Grace queried, ” I thought you said you…”
“Yeah, I did say I wasn’t convinced, but I am beginning to feel that I am being unnecessarily scared, ”
“How do you mean?”
“Even if something bad was bound to happen, the bible says that the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available, we can overturn the course of events with our prayers, ”
“Uhmmm… Interesting! Where is all this coming from?”
“From a man who knows the power of prayers, ” Amifel answered,
“Really? So you want to use prayers to turn the course of an event that God wants you to avoid altogether, are you even listening to yourself?” Grace said while gesticulating with her hands,
“Amifel, don’t try to play smart. God did not ask you to avert anything, he said you should let this man go!”
“I am getting really confused about the whole thing, ” Amifel said, looking dejected,
“Listen to me Amifel, God is all-wise and he can see what you are not seeing oh, ” she paused for a while before she continued, “even though I didn’t see the face of the man in handcuffs, something tells me that that was George, ” Grace said as Amifel looked away
“I already prayed about it though but you don’t hide under the guise of prayers when God has already told you what to do, prayer ought to give you direction and once God tells you what you do, your response should be to obey and not to act smart, to obey is better than sacrifice,”
“But I am scared, I am scared that I am getting older, where would I find someone else?”
“Do you trust God?”
“I do, ”
“Then, you should trust him enough to know that when he asks you to release something, it is because he wants to give you a better one, God loves you, Ami. Trust him on this one, let George go, ”
“I feel I am incapacitated to tell him, ”
“Pray about it, be sincere with God and with yourself, then ask him to help you. I am so sure he will, ”
“Hey ladies! ” Blessing said excitedly, as she swung her purse in the air and catwalked to where they were seated, her pleated short skirt danced to the rhythm of her movement, “Did I miss much?”
“Not really, we have been waiting for you, ” Blessing said as she helped her drag out the third seat on their table,
“Awww, thank you ‘durlings’, I was held up in thick traffic, I was even thinking of calling you guys that I might not be able to make it here, ”
“How did you now manage to get here this fast, if the traffic was as mad as you claim, “Amifel asked,
“Okada to the rescue baby!” Blessing said, “Let’s go get something, I am a little starved, ”
“I’ll go with you, ” Grace volunteered, standing up to adjust her blue polo.
“We will talk about this later, ” Grace whispered to Amifel before she followed Blessing,
They came back some minutes later with snacks, two bottles of coca-cola and one sprite, Blessing and Grace carried a tray each, “Did Grace tell you about the S.U brother that has been trolling her up and down?” Blessing asked as soon as she took a seat,
“No o, Please come and give me the full gist, ” Amifel giggled,
“Let her tell you about him herself biko, “Blessing said as she grabbed a bite of her meat pie,
“Which of them oh?” Grace asked, “The brother that has been getting my friend excited, ” Blessing chuckled,
“Don’t mind Blessing, she is talking about Mike, we attend the same church and he’s just a friend,”
“No o, It has not finished, tell us everything, ” Blessing insisted,
“Please, leave me oh, I have told you all you need to know abeg, ”
“You know I won’t take no for an answer, ” she insisted, “Except you want me to cook up stories of my fantasies, I have told you all that happened. We are cool, just friends for now but I’m hoping something beautiful comes out of this,
” Awwwwwn, something beautiful ” they chorused, as they clapped excitedly, as they chatted into the evening…
To be continued…
Written by Sodamade Olamide Tolulope.
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