WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 31 – 40
EPISODE 38
“I’m going to kill that guy, he doesn’t know who is messing with, he should just wait until I report him to the police for theft”
“Is someone tripping?” Jane said as she covered herself with blanket to get more cozy on the bed. Ever since the day Amaka went out to get pizza, she has been fuming with rage and ranting about how she was going to deal with Dele for refusing to give her back her national ID.
“Come come, if you don’t have anything useful to say just keep quiet, how can I be tripping for him?”
“Well, let’s start with the way you’re handling this matter, the Amaka I know would have gone to that guy’s office or even his home just to get back her ID, but instead what have you done? Nothing, Amaka nothing”
“Well let’s just say I’m taking my time”
“Hmmm taking your time indeed”
“Bia this girl I thought you were going through a heartbreak, why is your mouth so sharp?”
“You are senseless Amaka” Jane said laughing, Amaka joined in the laughter too.
“You know, going to his house won’t be a bad idea” Amaka said thoughtfully “do you know where he lives?”
“Whose house, Dele?” Jane asked not quite catching up.
“No, the gate man’s address, of course Dele’s address” Amaka answered sarcastically.
“Well forgive me for not keeping up, I thought we had dropped the subject”
“Whatever, do you know his address?”
“You know you only get defensive, when you are trying to hide something?”
“Are you going to give me his address or what?”
“Well I don’t have it”
“What you should have just said since, by the way why aren’t you dressing up for work?”
Jane’s suspension has ended and she was expected to report at work that morning but she wasn’t feeling it, she didn’t know how she was going to face Vivian not after what she told her about Jeffery has been confirmed. She didn’t have the will power to face her or her other colleagues especially Katherine.
“Jane you have to get up from that bed and get dressed or we are going to be late for work”
“Amaka I don’t feel like going back to work”
“Why? did you get another job?”
“No I didn’t, I haven’t even applied somewhere else”
“My thoughts exactly, until you get a better job you can’t just go about quitting the one you already have, so get dressed because we are going to work”
“Amaka I don’t think I can face people at the office, especially Vivian and Katherine, they are sure going to make a field day laughing at me and I don’t think I can handle that”
“Jane you need to know people will surely say something about you even if you weren’t dating Jeffery, they will surely talk that’s human nature. You can’t give up your job simply because people are going to be talking and laughing behind you, that’s you just giving them more things to talk about”
“I don’t know Amaka, I really just feel like quitting”
“And then what? Vivian and Katherine would have the last laugh? Jane you can’t lose your boyfriend and your job too, the only crime you committed was to fall in love and the last time I checked it isn’t punishable under the law, if you quit, then they win”
“Your point?”
“My point is go and take your bath and get dressed for work or else I will drag you down there in your pyjamas and don’t even think I can’t, because you know I will do it”
Jane quickly got off the bed and rushed into the bathroom, knowing who Amaka was; she will definitely drag her out of the house if she doesn’t get dressed.
Few minutes later Jane was out of the bathroom and was getting ready for work, Amaka came out of the kitchen holding two mugs of hot chocolate drink and some sandwiches.
“Here I made I a cup for you” she said handing a cup to Jane who declined “I don’t feel like eating anything”
“Okay so long you go to work”
WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 31 – 40
An hour later they arrived at the office, they had a little chit chat with the receptionist who kept Amaka abreast with all the juicy gossip in the office, Jane extricated herself from the gist to go to her office and get ready before Vivian arrives.
When Vivian arrived, she had a mocking grin on her face when she saw Jane seated.
“Good morning ma”
“Good morning my dear Jane, it’s good to have you back. I guess you have taken this period to think about what you want to do with yourself?” Vivian gesticulated every word she spoke with her hands.
“I don’t understand ma, how do you mean?”
“Oh you know, now that the rightful owner of the property is back, where does that leave you? a side chick I presume?”
Jane said nothing, in true sense she had nothing to say.
“Oh dear Jane, you don’t have to look all lost and forlorn, I’m sure you will find someone within your class maybe a driver or even an assistant like yourself. Hahahahahaha….”
Vivian laughed off into her office, leaving a tearful Jane who wanted to do nothing but run back home and hide under her blanket, then she remembered Amaka’s words; “you quit and they win” she couldn’t let them win at least not on this one, she had to hold her head up and prove to them that she was stronger than what was happening to her right now. So she wiped her eyes with the back of her hands, took a sip of water and walked into Vivian’s office. “I would like to have your planner so I can organize your itinerary for the week, ma”
Vivian must have been shocked with the boldness Jane suddenly possessed, because she was speechless for a minute “already set to dive back into work aren’t you now? It’s with Katherine, you can get it from her” she said, dismissing Jane disdainfully.
Jane left to go look for Katherine at the office cafeteria where she would usually be by that time of the morning. When she got there, Katherine was having her usual cup of tea at the corner of the cafeteria.
“Good morning Katherine, I would like to have Vivian’s planner please”
“Look who we have here, it’s the boyfriend snatcher, ops my bad the Fiancé snatcher”
“I’m not here to exchange words with you Katherine, just give me the planner”
“Of course you wouldn’t want to exchange words with me because your body guard friend isn’t here to defend you, where is she? did she leave you too?”
“The planner Katherine, I really don’t have time for this”
“No you wouldn’t, I’m very sure you are too busy scouting for someone else’s boyfriend you want to snatch again”
“At least I’m good at something, but you, what are you good at? Nothing. You why? It’s because you are h®rrible person, you have a toxic character and that’s why you have no friends. You are miserable Katherine, I have a friend who’s got my back but what do you have? I think you should think about your life instead of making mine your business. Now give me that damn planner before I lose it!”
Katherine quickly fished out the planner from her hand bag and handed it over to Jane who forcefully took it from her and walked out of the cafeteria feeling a lot better, now she has addressed one of her fears all she needed was to continue holding her head up and continue to face her fears one after the other.
She went back to the office and started organizing Vivian’s itinerary for the week. She was on the last one for the week when her phone rang; it was an unknown number calling.
“Hello?”
“Hi, am I unto Jane?”
“Yes this is she who am I speaking with?”
“Hi Jane, this is Anita, Michael’s wife”
“Hi Anita, sorry I didn’t have your number saved on my phone. How are you doing and how is the baby?”
“I’m doing okay and the baby is doing just fine, Jane I’m sorry to be calling you at office hours but I really needed to talk you”
“Oh it’s no problem what is it you want to talk about?”
“It’s about Jeffery, please hear me out before you end the call”
“I’m sorry Anita, I really don’t want to talk about Jeffery right now I just want to..”
“Jane please just hear me out, Jeffery is losing it, he hasn’t been himself since you both broke things off”
“And you think I have been myself? Do you know what I have been through myself? I wasn’t the one who got engaged and lied about it”
“I know Jane but sometimes things aren’t what they seem”
“Oh really? That’s what everyone keeps saying, but the last time I checked no one has told me something different from what I have been seeing and reading on the blogs.
There was an uncomfortable silence between them, then Anita finally said;
“Can we see and talk?”
“No Anita I don’t want to risk running into Jeffery besides I don’t want to talk about him just when I’m beginning to make progress of getting him off my mind”
“Oh really? just how much progress have you made?”
“I ummm….”
“Jane you and I know you still love Jeffery”
“Well that won’t be for long, it’s just a matter of time before he becomes history to me”
“Would you want to look back years later on this day with regret for not trying? or would you want to be able to say; you tried to make it work?”
WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 31 – 40
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It’s been two weeks since Jeffrey’s fiancée came public with their engagement and Jane last saw Jeffery. The blogs seems to have forgotten about her and Jeffrey’s relationship for they no longer wrote about it. Jane knew it was just a matter of time before they left her alone. Her life was beginning to get back to normal, except for one thing missing out of it; Jeffery.
“I think you should go and see her Jane”
“And then what? Have her tell me to my face that they all knew Jeffery was engaged? Please I have had enough humiliation already”
“But with what you told me she said over the phone, I don’t think that’s what she wants to say”
“And how do you know that?”
“Is that not the whole point? That’s why you need to see her and hear what she has to say”
“Amaka I don’t know if I should go”
“Okay, at least promise me you would think about it?”
Ever since Jane told Amaka about her conversation with Anita, she has been trying to get her to go pay Anita a visit like she requested. As tempting as it was, Jane was trying really hard to forget everything about Jeffery and meeting up with Anita was not going to help her in any way. The truth be told she was scared of what she was going to find out from Anita.
“Okay I will think about it, maybe I will go see her this weekend. Can we talk about something else?”
“That’s more like it, that reminds me; you will be going home alone today”
“Why? you have a date after work?”
“No, I’m going over to Dele’s office I need to get my national ID from that guy, he has held it long enough”
“Hmmmmm….. Finally the Amaka I know is back, how did you get to know where his office is located anyway?”
“I have my way, no more questions I need to get back to work so I can leave on time, see ya”
“Bye”
Jane went back to work, for the past two weeks she and Amaka has been observing their lunch breaks in Jane’s office. As Jane is still trying to avoid most of her colleagues from asking her too many questions about her failed relationship. The last thing Jane needed was pity.
Amaka has been her greatest source of strength. She’s ever quick to ward off anyone who tries to ask Jane too many questions or mock her. Jane doesn’t know what she would have done without Amaka by her side.
“I think you should leave that pitiful look at home and do the work we pay you to do”
Jane raised her head to see Katherine standing in front of her.
“At least some of us do have work to do, unlike some people who do nothing but move from desk to desk searching for what isn’t theirs”
“At least I don’t try to steal people’s fiancé” Katherine countered, folding her hands.
“Oh come on Katherine aren’t you tired of using same line over and over again? You are beginning to sound like a broken record. I’m sure you must have something else to say, so let’s hear it”
Jane leaned on the table giving Katherine her full attention.
“You are so shameless Jane”
“There you go with the shaming again, I don’t have shame so what? It’s a well established fact between us. You can’t shame the shameless so what else do you have against me Katherine?”
Katherine stormed off into Vivian’s office, Jane smiled to herself, not anymore was she going to allow anyone intimidate her, not even Vivian who has made it a point of duty to always bring up Jeffery’s name whenever they were together.
WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 31 – 40
Few minutes later, she was in Vivian’s office working on a new project with her while Katherine flipped through the pages of a fashion magazine.
“Look it’s Jeffery’s fiancée” Katherine said “oh look at the size of that rock on her finger”
“Let me see” Vivian said abandoning what she was doing.
“She’s beautiful, here Jane take a look” she tried passing the magazine over to Jane.
“No I would rather not” Jane said without even looking up from what she was writing. “About your meeting with the telecommunications director, do you want me to make it for Tuesday ma?”
“Tuesday is fine” Vivian said with so much shock on her face.
At the close of work, Amaka left for Dele’s office. Her informant told her he usually closes by 6pm, so she still had about an hour to catch up with him. To beat the usual evening traffic she boarded a bike to his office.
“Hello good evening, I’m here to see Dele” she said to the receptionist who looked like she was getting ready to leave.
“I’m sorry, what is your name?”
“Amaka”
“Do you have an appointment Amaka?”
“No but it’s pertinent that I see him”
“Well I’m sorry we have closed for the day so you would have to come back another day”
”Please I really need to see your boss”
”Well I’m sure you heard me the first time, come back another day”
“If only you knew how much I paid the bike man who brought me here just so I can get to see Dele today you won’t ask me to come back, I know he is still in the premises so I advice you let me see him”
“If seeing him was that important to you then you would have been here earlier or better still booked an appointment”
“Okay that’s it then, I’m done trying to be civil with you”
Amaka walked past the receptionist to a door she assumed to be leading to Dele’s office. Just before she got there, the receptionist rushed and stood in front of the door.
“What do you think you are doing?” The receptionist asked
“I should be asking you that question, what do you think you are doing standing in my way? Move out of my way or I will make you!”
“You can’t go in” the receptionist responded still guarding the door.
“You leave me no choice then” Amaka pushed the girl who lost balance and fell. Amaka immediately opened the door and as she tried going in, the receptionist held on to her left leg causing Amaka to trip and fall into the office.
“What the he.ll is going on here!” A confused Dele asked as he saw the two ladies struggling on the floor of his office.
“What is going to happen is that if this girl doesn’t leave me I’m going to bite off her ear” Amaka shouted.
This must have scared the receptionist off for she immediately left Amaka’s leg.
“Sorry sir but she was trying to get in without an appointment” the angry receptionist tried explaining as they both got off the floor.
“I still don’t understand how that led you both into wrestling?” Dele asked still looking confused at the sight of his disheveled receptionist and Amaka in his office.
“I’m very sorry sir, she..”
“It’s fine Miriam, let’s talk about this tomorrow you can close for the day”
The receptionist who was at the point of tears thanked Dele and left.
“I didn’t know you employed touts as your receptionist?” Amaka said after the receptionist had left.
“she is new and from the look of things you were the one who almost bit the poor girl’s ear off”
“So I’m the tout?”
“You just said so yourself, what are you doing in my office anyway?”
“I’m here to take my national ID which you have been holding hostage”
“No, I found it lying on the ground and I have been helping you keep it ever since, you should be grateful”
“Well thank you, you have kept it long enough. Now hand it back to me” she stretched out her hand to Dele
“Not so fast”
“What do you want from me Dele? Give me my ID, is that too much to ask?”
“Not until you tell me why you hate me so much?”
“I don’t hate you, now can you give me my ID?”
“Amaka you hate me and we both know it, so I’m asking why?”
“Bia(meaning come) this guy give me back my ID now if you don’t want to see my crazy side”
“There is a crazy side other than the one I just saw wrestling with my receptionist?”
“You have no idea, better give me my ID now and we will both be out of each other’s hair”
“No, I think I want to see the crazier Amaka, go on show me” Dele leaned against his chair and folded his arms.
“Please give me my ID and I will be on my way”
“No I want to see your crazy side, show me”
Amaka tore up the dress she was putting on.
“What are you doing?” Dele asked as he immediately got up from his chair “why are you tearing at your dress?”
“Well let’s just say I’m about to scream rappe and have your employees running in here”
“What? You are crazy”
“You asked for the crazy Amaka remember? So give me my ID now before I scream”
Dele bent to get it out of his table drawer and then stopped.
“You know what? I changed my mind, go ahead and shout”
“You want me to shout that I’m being rapped in your office? Are you sure?”
“Yeah go ahead, the office is sound proofed anyway no one will hear you, so shout”
WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 31 – 40
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