HE SAID NO
EPISODE 22
Amifel and Grace were planning to attend a Christian singles conference tagged First love organized by Christ-life missions, Grace was invited by Mike who was one of the organizers of the conference. The invited guest spoke on how singles were to embrace their relationships with God and make it their topmost priority, he further emphasized that they should allow God to be their satisfaction as no other man can successfully manage that position. He also encouraged them to be strong in the lord and get themselves busy with God and with their individual lives and assured them that God-sent partners would meet them halfway.
The program rounded off quite early and they agreed to cool off at a nearby park after Grace told Amifel that she had a surprise for her.
“Come oh, you have not told me where you kept Blessing, it’s almost a month now since I last saw that girl, when you first told me, I thought it was a lie until called her to make orders for birthday cakes earlier this week and she didn’t pick up, I even sent her a text, no response, that is so unlike her. Blessing that doesn’t joke with money? What’s happening?” Amifel said as she took her seat on one of the faded- ash plastic chairs in front of a white table, Grace settled in swiftly opposite her.
“Amifel, if I tell you I know where she is, I would be lying, I no longer understand her, ”
“What do you mean, are you no longer her roommate?”
“For now, yes, I thought a roommate is someone you share a room with, its been a decade since she last slept in that house. She just breezes in and breezes out, she comes to pick some of her things every now and then, the rest of her things left in the room are invaluable,”
“This is a very strange behavior, are you sure she is fine?”
“I don’t know, I can’t say for sure but what I do know is that she is up to something,”
“I agree with you, Blessing loves adventures, I just pray she doesn’t get into another trouble,” Amifel said, as a lady who wore a Pepsi designed t-shirt, walked over to them to ask them if they would love to have anything. They both ordered snacks and soft drinks as they continued their discussion.
Blessing not only attracted drama, but she also seemed to manage it well enough. Some months back, she was found herself in an unfortunate saga with a married man whose wife almost tore her into shreds at the full glare of a curious crowd. But for the timely intervention of the police, the story would have taken a different turn.
The woman filed an assault case against her at the police station with some message threats as evidence which Blessing denied blatantly. Amifel and Grace had to go to bail her out after they discovered that the woman made it up to get Blessing detained. Even though Blessing refused to say the truth, they knew that Blessing had a thing to do with the woman’s husband, the woman only spiced it up for her.
Another time, it was a pregnancy issue, Blessing lied to the guy she was dating that she was pregnant and the guy surprisingly became more serious with her. He started sending her money on a regular and even became more dedicated to their relationship. Even though Blessing was excited at the turnout, the truth remained that it was a charade which she only put up to get some money from him. After he had bought her story and was even looking for a way to take her to see his mother, she started looking for a way to wiggle out of the false pregnancy mess she had put herself.
“Tell this guy the truth, you are playing with trouble,” Grace advised her then, but not Blessing, she was a resolute person who only did what she wanted, the way she thinks she should do it.
All hell broke loose when Blessing told him that she had a miscarriage, the guy vowed to rain thunder and brimstone. To cut the long story short, the relationship later ended in premium tears.
“You said you had a surprise for me,” Amifel said as she bit on her hot sausage roll, “I am all ears, ”
“All ears ko, all nose ni, you like gists too much, “Grace teased, “I was just joking,” she said as Amifel hissed lightly.
“You didn’t even ask of your friend,” Grace continued,
“What friend?”
“Mrs. Akinwale, ”
“Oh, you mean Grace, I wanted to ask, I forgot. How is she?” Amifel asked, non-challantly,
“She’s fine,”
“Good to know, has she settled with her husband?”
“Not yet but we are hopeful that she would very soon,”
“She looks like someone that is thinking of filing a divorce, ”
“Maybe that was how she looked the last time you saw her, have you seen her recently?” Grace asked.
“Please be serious for once,” Amifel chuckled.
“I plan to visit her during the week, would you like to tag along?”
“Thanks, babe, I’ll pass,”
“You wouldn’t let this go, would you?” Grace said as she took a sip from her bottle of Fanta.
“What? I and Grace are cool, I just have a busy schedule this week,”
“I don’t believe you, prove me wrong,” Grace said, with her hands on her chin and her elbows on the table,
“How?”
“Follow me to her place,”
“You are just impossible, “Amifel shrugged, “Fine, I’ll go,” she succumbed.
“I thought you said you were busy,” Grace said with her mouth curved slightly, Amifel ignored her as she focused on her almost finished snack. Grace seemed to know how to get her way every time.
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To be continued…
Written by Sodamade Olamide Tolulope.
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