THE CONGRUENCE
EPISODE 29
I was a little confused…
Then he explained that a lady, by that name, came for mid-week service at the church. She was a first timer and had come over to say hello to him after the service. She introduced herself as my friend and roommate back in the University and that we even flew to Lagos together.
I had never mentioned anything about Deola before…I didn’t see a reason to. She was from a part of my life that I wasn’t very proud of and I wanted it to stay where it belonged, the past.
So I explained how we had lost contact when she graduated but met in the plane and all that…I added that I invited her to church but didn’t know she would visit that fast.
I then asked if there was anything else
“No…not at all. She’s just a little too friendly but I guess she’s one of those people that are extroverted to a fault”
I quickly added that she was renting out a room in a flat at one of the areas Folahan liked and had given me a deal but I wanted to inform him before taking the offer.
Folahan said we would talk about it when I returned and after checking it out.
The Training School is usually rounded up with an all-night party…it was to officially welcome the new employees to the Bank. For my team, it was held at one of the Executive Directors’ house in Victoria Island. My plan was to leave first thing Saturday morning to see my folks and return to Lagos so I could catch my flight to Abuja on Sunday evening.
Folahan surprised me by showing up at the party…I couldn’t help but jump at him…I had missed him so much. He did a good job at keeping a surprise because I still spoke with him earlier that day. I should have suspected though, going by the different questions he was asking earlier. He wanted to know the location and duration of the party. He wanted to know how long I was planning to stay there for…I just thought he was being caring.
“My folks live very close but I don’t like bothering them so I checked into a hotel.
They don’t even know I’m around.
I just feel it makes sense that I be the one to meet your people first then I can arrange for us to meet my parents” he said as we left the venue of the party
We got my bag from the Guest House and went to the hotel…
We had another heart to heart discussion that night…this time it was deeper than the first one.
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