I turned back to look at the woman and said sorry did you just called
my, " tunji its me joy, unilorin, oke –odo remember? " she cuts in."oh
my God I can't believe it's you joy " she smiled and said yes its me
o,its just sad we have to meet again like this" common forget it
jare,that one done pass," omo you done change o" was the next thing I
said. "Yes o" you too but I was still able to recognize you sha. Wow
its nice seeing you again o, she said" I really appreciate your help
today am really greatful ", "oh joy please stop saying that now" I
have a restaurant on the next street although I can see you are just
coming from work but how be glad if you at least go with me so I can
fix you something to eat, or madam is waiting at home, she teased " I
smiled back and said" madam ke " I never get madam o. ok that leave
you with no excuse than to go with me now.i smiled and said ok " ok no
problem" . Now at the restaurant with a plate of rice and plantain
with chicken lap" it's my favorite I said to her, am not surprised sha
most people have rice as their favorite she said from across the table
were she is sited, so hope you are keeping in touch with your friends
back then in school I said, no not really just a few of them , like
ope you remember her ? absent mindedly I said yes because I was still
enjoying the food, I was at her wedding last year ,men that girls
father is loaded o.if you see her wedding ehn," wait ,wait first you
know opeyemi ?, na wa for you o so you have forgotten so fast , have
you forgotten that she was once my roommate at the school hostel,
since then we have been good friends, I pretended not to know anytin
so I could get more gist from her so I said " I heard she now has a
son self" "oh Benjamin, she had him while in school, then I said "are
you serious?" then she said " she got pregnant and had to leave school
when she became very sick, she never came back till we graduated
although she later went back to complete her program after we left"
heya " so who was the guy she got pregnant for ? "I don't know o she
said she got raped by a guy". I opened my mouth and couldn't close it
.i was so lost in thought that I didn't hear everything she said after
that " ehn ehn I knew it! no wonder she's so mad at me , no wonder she
threatened or she's dealing with me, Oh my God so Benjamin is my son"
a tap on my plate brought me back to reality "is anything wrong tunji
look you have spilled the drink on your suit" " oh ehm am ok dear just
that when I eat too much rice I usually have this stomach upset" haaa
pele dear she said. You know what joy I really appreciate the food am
very greatful I gave her my phone so she could input her phone number
, then she said " I should be thanking you instead for saving me
today" . you know what I have to rush home now I have am important
meeting to attend tomorrow morning and I have to prepare for it, don't
worry i will give you a call , she said ok and hugged me as I stood up
to leave.
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