He said no episode 14 – 15
~HE SAID NO
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Episode 14 – 15
The trio had not had their regular hang out for about 2 weeks, all thanks to work and conflicting schedules. However, Amifel and Blessing saw more often because they worked together most of the time. Amifel usually recommended Blessing for cakes and pastries whenever she got new invites for event plannings,
It was weekend, and there was no event to manage, Amifel was bored and so she decided to visit her friends. She didn’t bother calling because they were meant to be home, after all, it was weekend. Also, she didn’t want to go anywhere noisy and her friends won’t condescend to that, so she decided to go uninvited.
However, when she got to their place, she wished she actually called before going.
“Good afternoon ma’am, ” a chubby dark-skinned man greeted her as he opened the door, one of her friends obviously had a visitor, or maybe it was the both of them.
“Good afternoon sir, are they home?” She asked, contemplating turning back, “Yeah, Grace is around, she just excused herself to get something, ” he explained, “My name is Michael, I am Grace’s friend, ” he continued, extending his hands,
“Please pardon my manners, I am Amifel, and they are my friends as well, ” she answered receiving his hands in hers,
She did a quick scan, standing before her was a short and plump man who looked like he was in his mid-thirties, he was muscular and hairy, he definitely belonged to a low budget bearded gang and not the same gang George was in. What caught her attention the most were his boot-cut trousers, she thought guys no longer rocked that kind of trouser and she was shocked to see one in front of her, the tip could the trouser and his Afro cut reminded her of the way guys used to dress in the 70s. Apart from his cute face, she scored him zero for every other attribute.
“What could Grace be doing with such a man, ” she thought to herself as she sat on their maxi-bed, patiently waiting for Grace. She remembered the man Blessing was gisting her about in their last outing and silently hoped he wasn’t the one.
“Amifel, you are here. I didn’t know you’d be coming around, ” Grace said, immediately she came in.
“Yeah, I didn’t know that you were having a guest either, I just wanted to surprise you, ” Amifel smiled,
“Oh yeah, you did surprise me, ” Grace said, “By the way, meet Mike, he’s my friend and we serve in the same department in church, she continued,
” I already met him, ” Amifel said, “Should I take that to mean that you are a badass singer?” Amifel asked, facing Michael,
“Well, I am trying my best, ” Michael laughed, his big front tooth stared at Amifel, some moments after, “I think I would love to take my leave now, ” he announced,
“What? Why? I already got you a drink, maybe you’ll take it along then, ” Grace said, unpacking the chilled can malt she went to buy, the drinks in their fridge were already hot, all thanks to PHCN.
“I’m sorry, I just remembered I had an engagement for this evening, and I have to prepare for it, ” he explained,
Amifel felt like he wasn’t comfortable with her and she hoped she didn’t make her disapproval too obvious.
“Why do I feel like you are going because of me?” She asked him,
“I second that, Mike can be a little shy, ” Grace said, he giggled before answering her, “Of course not, if anyone would be uncomfortable then it would be your friend because she wanted to leave immediately she saw me, ”
“Oh, really. I just thought… Well never mind, ” she said, as he made a face, “Hey, have we met before?” Amifel asked sarcastically,
” I doubt that, ” he responded,
“I’m just joking, ” she laughed, “but really, you don’t have to go, ” she continued, hoping he would insist on leaving.
“I would have loved to ma’am, maybe some other time, ”
“Okay, if you say so. It was a pleasure meeting you, ”
“The pleasure is mine, I guess I’ll see you around, ”
“Okay, ”
“Maybe you’ll take the drink along with you then and some snacks, ” Grace offered,
“Don’t let me do that, let your friend have it so that I would save you the stress of going to get another, ”
“Her? She’s not a visitor, we’ll sort hers out, ”
“I insist Grace, ”
“Okay fine, Amifel, I’ll be back, ” Grace said as she made to see him off after they said their goodbyes.
Grace was away for a couple of minutes and Amifel who was glad the young man left removed her wig and unbuttoned her shirt as she laid down more comfortably on the bed.
“What if that old school guy forgot something and decides to come back for it?” She thought to herself, she didn’t bother answering before she quickly replaced her wig and adjusted her shirt,
“Amifel, whatsup? I didn’t know you would be coming around, ” Grace said, as soon as she opened the door,
“Madam, you have said that before, please say another thing, ” Amifel said, as Grace laughed, she quickly removed her wig again and gave her hair a light scratch,
“Don’t be ridiculous jor, What’s the plan? I would have said we should go out but I don’t know when Blessing would get back, ”
“Don’t even bother, I just want to stay indoor, ” Amifel quickly said,
“That makes two of us, how have you been?” She asked, settling on the bed beside her,
“I’m good, well I know I would be, ” Amifel answered,
“What’s wrong?”
“Leave my own first, let’s talk about you, is that him?”
“Who?” Grace said, trying to feign ignorance,
“Uganda, ” she hissed, “Abeg, is that the ‘man’ that you were talking about the other time?”
“Oh, Mike, it’s him, ”
“I mean the one you were hoping to share something beautiful with, ”
“Yes, it’s him, ” Grace affirmed,
“Wawu! Amazing! Is he a pastor?” Amifel said with a smirk,
“No, why?”
“Well maybe he plans to be, his trouser is a witness, “she laughed as Grace hit her playfully with a pillow, ” Really, who dresses like that in this age that we are in?”
“The trouser isn’t that bad moreover, I think that is the only one he has of that style, ”
“Hmmm, defender of the helpless. Things people do for love…” Amifel shrugged,
” Mike is actually a nice man when you get to know him, ”
“Well, with his archaic dress style, he doesn’t exactly have a choice except he plans to remain single for a long time, ” Amifel said, almost choking on her laughter, it did not look like Grace was finding the wh0le thing funny,
“You don’t sound like you like him, ”
“Does that matter? So long as you like him, it’s fine, ” she giggled, as she stood up and headed to their wooden table, she helped herself to the cold malt meant for Grace’s guest, “is there anything I can munch alongside?” She asked as Grace flung a plastic bottle of chinchin towards her,
“Enough about your old school friend, some strange things have been happening lately, ” Amifel said, sitting back beside Grace, as she narrated the dream she had to her,
To be continued…
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~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 wh0le 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 relationsh¡p, 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 w¡dening 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 wh0le 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…