So
I ran…
Out
the door…out of the house.
And
I didn’t stop until two streets after. I hailed a cab and got in quickly.
“Banjo
street.” I said.
“Na
one thousand ma.” The cab man replied.
That
was outrageous! My apartment wasn’t far enough for that amount. A bike man
would have taken me there for just 200 and people complain about bike price
beingreally outrageous…but I didn’t care. I just wanted to get home, away from
Daniel and his messed up situations. I felt too young to be dealing with stuff
like that. What was that stuff people said?
Live.
Love. Be happy.
How
did that have to do with my situation, I don’t know, I just know it kept
ringing in my head then. Nothing was going to make me unhappy, nothing was
going to make me not live life…a good one at that.
Not
even Daniel.
The cab pulled up at my apartment and I paid the cab man. Good thing I had my purse with me when I left. Good thing I had Nigerian Money in it.
I
used my key, hoping to steal inside the house without Kendra knowing but luck
wasn’t on my side. The door was bolted shut from inside, so I knocked. It took
a while before Kendra opened up. She practically jumped me as soon as the door
opened. Her excitement knew no shame…the neighbours must have been wondering
what was up.
“Where are your bags?” she asked, looking behind me.
“My
bags?” I was a little confused, I wasn’t thinking straight.
“You
went with a box…and I expected you to come back with others so where are they?”
“Oh!
“ I exclaimed. “At Daniel’s.”
She
looked at me closely then, “Are you alright?”
“Of
course, why wouldn’t I be?” I replied in an annoyed tone.
Just then, my phone rang. I looked at it…Daniel. Bad thing I had turned it on as soon as we landed. I hissed, then pressed the side button to keep it from ringing out. Kendra cornered hey eyes at me and I shook my head and went inside. I went straight to my room…and she followed me. She sat on my bed as I undressed. I needed to shower but the will to just be in my bed, with the sheets over my head was stronger.
“Bibi…something
is up.” she said.
“Nothing
is up.” I replied without even a single glance at her.
“Then
why aren’t you excited, telling me how the trip went.”
I
ignored her.
“Why
do you look upset?”
“Beauty
is in the eyes of the beholder remember?”
I
tried not to look at her, I concentrated hard on buttoning up my pyjamas shirt.
“And
why would you leave your f***king bags at Daniel’s?” she finished, waving her
hands vaguely.
My
phone rang again. It was beside Kendra on the bed. I went to pick it but she
beat me to it.
“Daniel’s
calling.” She said.
I
tried to take the phone from her but she snatched her hand back. “Fine.” I say.
“I’m not even in the mood to talk.” I climbed into my bed.
Kendra’s expression looked like she had just solved a puzzle.
“So there’s really something up.” She said, feeling smart. “What happened between you two?”
“I
don’t want to talk about it.” I said with a bit of force.
I wished the girl would just leave me be but the girl’s my friend Kendra and Kendra never lets stuff like this go. I noticed her about to pick the call.
I wished the girl would just leave me be but the girl’s my friend Kendra and Kendra never lets stuff like this go. I noticed her about to pick the call.
“Don’t.”
“Tell
me what happened!”
“I
can’t…”
Her thumb went to the blue button on the screen but before she could click it, the ringing stopped.
“Look Kendra, I really don’t want to talk about it right now. Can you at least respect that?”
“No.”
“No?”
“No.
You can’t come back…your first trip out of the country and not tell me about
the minute you get…blah blah blah.”
Okay,
not that she said blah blah blah but that was it to me…blah blah blah.
She
babbled on, torturing me into telling her and so I gave up.
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