It was a bright Friday morning. Waking up from my bed, I didn't feel like going to my place of primary assignment. I kept tossing and turning, not knowing the excuse I am going to give for not going to work that day.
I was so lost in thought when a call came through my phone, jerking me back to reality. I sluggishly got up from the bed and couldn't locate where I must have kept the phone last night. Finally, I found it, but the call had ended.I sighed in frustration. The call came in again. I picked up, and my boss asked to see me in the office very early.
I answered yes, sir, but deep down I was very upset because I can't give an excuse that I won't make it. He didn't even give me a reason to talk; he just passed his message and hung up the phone. I had to drag my weak bones to the bathroom that morning to take my bath when my phone started ringing again.
I ignored it, thinking it was my boss again. He can be very impatient, especially when he needs me to do something for him. But the phone kept ringing, and I had no option but to pick up. Someone was screaming on the phone. I had to remove the phone from my ear and look at the number; it was my friend Chinonye.
Hello dear, I hope the reason why you wanted to burst my eardrum is good. If not, I will have your head this morning,' I said smiling.
It's great news, my darling. I can't wait to share it with you. I'm getting married!" she shouted.
Oh wow, really? Congratulations, my darling. When is the wedding taking place? I asked praying it doesn't clash with my vacation
It's on July 16 precisely. I have added you to my asoebi. I hope you will be there. I am not taking no for an answer. I will send the cloth across to you. It's just twenty-five thousand naira.', she replied sharply, as if she were in a hurry to end the call.
Okay, but don't send the cloth yet. I will get back to you when I am back from the office. I have to run along. Before I finish what I was saying, she has hung up the call.
I didn't think much of it because I was going to call her after work, so I rushed to my place of primary assignment. After I was done with the day's activity and came back, I freshened up and decided to call her back.
It rang, but she didn't pick up. I called again, and she still didn't pick up. I left it to go do something else, and she called back almost immediately.
'Hello girl, I missed your call, what's up,' she hailed me.
I told her, 'Yes, well, I needed some clarification on the location of the wedding and you didn't drop your wedding card on my WhatsApp.'
'Oh, I forgot, I thought I did.' 'It's going to take place in the east,' she replied.
'Haha, like in your hometown, girl? That's a whole 12-hour journey and some cool cash to spend. Where is the church wedding taking place?'
There was silence on the other side of the line. I shouted, 'Hello, Chichi, are you there? You are not saying anything.'
'I am here, the church wedding will also take place in the east. The delivery guy will meet you in the office tomorrow,' she said angrily.
'Never mind the cloth, I'm not sure I might be available to attend the wedding that day,' I said as a matter of fact.
'So let me get this, it's not even my wedding yet, and you are already looking for a weak excuse not to come around. Is that the signal that I'm getting from you?' she asked gently, but I could sense her anger rising.
'No, dear, I'm just asking. In case I don't make it, you won't be angry,' I retorted.
'Girl, please come out clean. What is the main problem? Fortune has just come up with her own dumb excuse, and you are planning to give your own now,' she chimed in.
I couldn't hide it from her. I could clearly hear from her voice that she was very upset with our other friend, Fortune, and now with me too.
'Girl, let me be honest, I can't afford that material of yours. It's too expensive, and transportation from here to your hometown is close to forty-five thousand just for going, not to mention coming back, and I haven't even talk about sewing.
She started laughing loudly, 'I know it's the transportation and the fabric that will be the problem, anyway, I have that sorted out already. There will be a bus to take you to and fro; all you will do is pay half of what you will pay in the park.'As for the fabric, it's just your measurements and the fabric you will choose, that's all I want,' she was still laughing at me.
Whatever, I will be there; my girl is the best. We both laughed, and that's how I attended the wedding.
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