HE SAID NO
EPISODE 32
The atmosphere was tense as the sound of the generator blared on, Mrs. Robert was not done.
“You have a problem and the fact that you don’t know makes it even more pathetic.” Mrs. Robert yelled on as Amifel kept mute, she was already boiling with anger.
“So, you broke up with George! Ehn!”
“I didn’t break up with him, he broke up with me!” Amifel yelled, she was already getting emotional.
“Will you shut up your mouth! He broke up with you? Isn’t that what you have always wanted or would he have broken up with you if you didn’t frustrate him? after all we have done to make sure that things work out between you two!”
“Do you think I planned for all of these to happen! Do you think I don’t want to get married too? “
“You want to get married? I doubt that, ” Mrs. Robert fumed, “That you dumped him, or you made him dump you is one thing and that he is getting married is another but what is paining me the most is that you gave your pearls to a swine!”
“You know what I have noticed about you? You never listen, and I won’t bother explaining.’ Amifel said as she walked out on her quickly, she had had enough. So, George was getting married, he moved on quicker than she thought. As for her mum, she had heard enough for three people.
“You are walking out on me abi? Continue! At least, you have dashed your husband to your friend, so it is fine!” Mrs. Robert screamed, Amifel who was about to lock her door, stopped in her tracks as she walked back briskly to the sitting room.
“What are you talking about?” Amifel asked as her mum hissed and angrily walked to her room, banging the door really hard, it was her turn.
Amifel headed back to her room as well and locked the door firmly, she settled on her bed as she ruminated on all that had happened. Grace had since told her to tell her parents about her and George’s break up but she had vehemently refused, as she kept pushing the evil day forward. Now, it had finally come and it did catch her unawares. For her sanity, she decided to leave home for a while, she would move to Grace’s place until further notice.
What a day, she sighed. From the proposal party to George’s surprise wedding. She wasn’t surprised that George had gotten married, he was every girl’s dream man after all and a lot of girls would kill to get him. She didn’t bother to undress, she just wanted to sleep, wake up the next morning and move to Grace’s place. She felt weak and tired, she was hurt too by those demeaning words that her mum freely lashed her with. Tears had gathered in her eyes.
“Father, I am really hurt right now and I don’t know what to think. First, Grace got engaged and now the man who you asked me to leave is getting married. Even though I don’t appreciate this sort of response from my parent, especially not at a time as crucial as this, I don’t blame them either, I know, If I hadn’t left him, I should be married to him now. Maybe he wasn’t the best but at least he is good enough, everyone thinks he is good enough except you or wait, how am I even sure that I heard you correctly in the first place, how am I sure that it wasn’t my mind playing tricks on me, this is so not fair!” she said angrily as she sobbed. She closed her eyes and stood still, her questions met with silence, the only sound she heard was that of their working generator.
She felt restless, she just wanted to sleep but sleep was not forthcoming. She scrambled for her phone right inside her purse which was some meters above her head.
Since she couldn’t sleep, she might as well surf the net. She scrolled through her news feed on Instagram, ‘owanbe’ pictures and videos posted by different people winked at her.
The inquisitive spirit in her pushed her to George’s wall. He must have done a private wedding event because there was no notification of that sort from him, his last posted 3 weeks before then.
Just as she was about to log off, her eyes caught sight of Blessing’s picture on a friend’s news feed, it was a wedding picture but it was a personal picture of her in a glamorous wedding gown, it was posted that same day and it had the caption, ‘congratulations baby girl, God bless your new home!’. She went straight to her wall and she scrolled through her pictures, there was no recent picture of her.
“Happy married life to her,” she mumbled.
She sat still there in the dark, whenever her dad was home, the generating set always worked through the night, except there was power supply. She was there looking into space, she did not know when she dozed off.
She woke up quite early, It was still dark outside, she packed her things into a small traveling bag, she needed to leave before her parents woke up. She thought of calling Grace but on second thought, she felt it was too early and decided to wait till she was ready to leave.
Her phone rang while she was getting set to use the bathroom. It was Grace.
“Grace! I was just about to call you, ” Amifel said, “You sound tensed, what happened?”
“Have you heard?”
“George’s wedding? “ she shrugged as she wore her shower cap, “ I heard. My mum rained fire and brimstone yesterday, even my dad was so angry. I don’t even know how I managed to sleep. I will tell you all about it when I come around. “
‘Okay, you are coming around? When?”
“This morning, in fact as soon as I am done bathing. I can’t stay here anymore, I don’t want to go insane. Expect me soon.”
“Okay, I will wait till you come around before I leave for work.”
“Okay, thank you, dear.”
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Grace had just finished her quiet time when she called Amifel, what she heard the previous night made her feel disturbed. She knew that Amifel had not heard otherwise she would have called her or told her when she called her.
No wonder Blessing had been acting strangely, little wonder she told nobody that she was getting married.
She couldn’t imagine how Amifel would feel hearing that her best friend got married to her ex-fiancé!
To be continued…
Written by Sodamade Olamide Tolulope.
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