HE SAID NO
EPISODE 15
“Hmmm, sounds like a sequel to mine, when did this happen?” Grace said while Amifel threw some chin-chin into her mouth before she answered her,
“I had the dream on the night after my last date with George, that should be about ten days now, ”
“Wow, were you thinking about George or what?”
“I wouldn’t say I was thinking about him, I was so tired of the whole thing that I sincerely poured my heart out to God when I got home that night and that was what followed,”
“Wow, that was powerful,”
“Believe me Grace, for the first time in months, I felt lighter when I woke up, “ Amifel said,
“That is really amazing, I know how it feels to have my burdens lifted. I’m really happy to hear this, so what’s the action plan now? “
“Well, God told me that he would fix this. So, I think my action plan is to be still and watch God work it out,”
“Hmmm, don’t you think you are trying to shy away from what you ought to do,” Grace asked as she laid on her side,
“You know, at first I felt that way too until George started pulling some funny stunts,” Grace seemed a bit puzzled as Amifel took a sip from her malt before she continued, ‘George has started acting funny,”
“What do you mean by funny?”
“He has been acting weird of late, at first I thought it was because of the argument we had the last time, ”
“You guys fought?”
“Not exactly, it was nothing serious, He has stopped calling, and the last time I called him, he sounded like he didn’t want to talk to me. Even when I sent him a text some days later, he responded with syllables,”
“Do you want him back?” Grace asked, looking intently at her,
“Of course not,” Amifel shrugged, “But even if I am backing out of this relationship, it’s not out of hate and I still want him to be fine and that was why I tried to reach him, more so, we have not had a formal break up and I don’t want him to hold me responsible for this,”
“Oh-oh, If I get you well, you are trying to play the victim, ”
“Don’t talk like that Grace, I owe him an apology or at least an explanation,”
“That God said no is enough explanation to pull the trigger and let this go,” Grace said as she gave a light clap, already getting pissed,
“You are too blunt Grace, it’s not that easy, I still care about him,”
“Amifel, in my own opinion, I would advise that you leave him alone, you said it yourself that God told you he would help you out and it is glaring that help has come now, “ she paused a bit to look at Amifel’s countenance, “Let him be, “
“Okay,” Amifel said, “It’s not that I want him back anyway, I want this done with soon but I just don’t want him to think I am jilting him,”
“Since you don’t want to tell him upfront, its better you let him think what he wants. You have you head to save here girl and don’t even talk about being selfish, ”
“Okay Grace, I totally get you, thank you.”
“And if for any reason, you call him again or you guys get back together, please don’t tell me about it, “Grace said as she stood up,
“I won’t ma, ” Amifel said with a smirk,
“You won’t, to which one?” Grace said, raising her arms akimbo,
“I don’t get you, ” Amifel was baffled,
“You won’t call him or you won’t tell me?” Amifel laughed heartily before she answered her, “I won’t call him, ”
“Better, do you care for rice? I’m starving,” Grace said, drawing a curtain on the conversation.
“What stew did you make?”
“Chicken,”
“I’m in abeg, “Amifel said as Grace headed for the kitchen to start cooking, the petite kitchen was neatly arranged, as most of the kitchen items were kept in the kitchen cabinets, only the plate rack and a bunch of plantains could be seen on one side of the cabinet,
“Ami, I even met one pregnant woman at the bank earlier this week,” Grace said, as she stretched to bring out a medium-sized pot from one of the cabinets,
“Ehn ehn, like you haven’t seen a pregnant woman before, ”
“I knew you would say that, ” Grace said, as she headed to the door, flinging a small plastic seive at Amifel who narrowly dodged it, ” but seriously, I couldn’t ignore her, ”
” Why? Was her glow that lit?”
“I wish, ” Grace chuckled, “On the contrary, she was tattered, and she looked like she was tired of life. As a nice girl that I am, I couldn’t bear to see a pregnant woman queue up behind so many people, so I was compelled out of pity to help her out with what she came to do,” she said, Amifel who could barely hear her found her way to the kitchen to get the best of the gist,
“Surprisingly, before she left, she gave me money for lunch, guess how much?”
“How much?” Amifel asked while opening the pot of stew not too far from where she stood, fat chunks of chicken filled the medium-sized pot,
“10,000 naira!” she said widening her eyes,
“Wow, #10,000 for lunch? She must be a big woman oh,” said Amifel, still savoring the aroma of the eye-appealing stew in front of her,
“That is the funny part of the whole thing, she didn’t look it one kobo. In fact, I could have bet with my Nike Airforce sneaker that all the money in her account could not be more than #10,000,” she said, as Amifel chuckled. Grace was talking about the white Nike Airforce sneaker that she loved so much.
“If that sleek sneak was my size, I would have stolen it,”
“Thank God we don’t use the same shoe size oh, isn’t God a good God,” Grace laughed, “I even got her contact,”
“Ahn Ahn, on top ‘wetin’, you want her to dash you more money,”
“The amount of the money is not the big deal, it is the fact that it is coming from somebody like her, ”
“I get, I’m just joking,” Amifel tapped her playfully as she washed the rice into hot water,
“I felt so drawn to her and I don’t know why, and I have been saying I would call her oh, let me even do it now before I forget,” she continued, mopping her hands with a napkin, as she went for her phone on the wooden table, Amifel followed suit as she also headed back to the bed, Grace scrolled through her phone for her number,
“I just hope I saved it, ” she sad to herself, “Yeah, got it, ” Grace dialed her number the first time, no response. She was on the second one and just when she was about to give up, someone picked up,
“Hello ma, ” she said, smiling as if she could see her,
“She is not available, call her back, ” a man said with a hostile voice,
“Oh, okay, please tell…” She was about to say something else before the man on the other end hung up on her, she stared at her phone as she debated on whether she should call her again or let things slide,
“What happened to you, what did she say, ” she said, glancing briefly at Grace’s gloomy face
“She wasn’t the one who picked up, or did she give me a wrong number? No, that can’t be, ” Grace asked no one in particular, then almost immediately she stood
up,
“It must be him!” She announced,
“Who?” Amifel asked, she was busy surfing the web and didn’t seem to be interested much,
“Her husband!”
To be continued…
Written by Sodamade Olamide Tolulope.
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