***After Bimpe’s text message*******
I cried till midnight, the whole world appeared to be
crumbling before me. I suddenly lost appetite for
everything and the thoughts of suicide began to fill
my heart.
My memory flashed back to the stress, hustle and
struggles I went through for five years at the
university before obtaining the certificate, I began to
remember all the stress I went through during NYSC,
I also remembered how I squeezed out time out of
no time to attend java and oracle classes, I
remembered the stress of writing the professional
exams before finally getting the results.
“Chai!!!!, Adebimpe wicked gan ni oooo”
After a while, my mind stopped flashing back to the
past and it began to think about the future. I started
consoling myself with the thoughts that “after all, I
can easily re-apply for another certificates”, but how
will that be possible before thursday evening that I
would have to travel to Ado?.
***weeping and biting my finger****
“Chaii, Adebimpe is just wicked”
“Did I really deserved this extreme punishment?”
” What do I do before thursday?”
“Should I call my uncle to tell him that I don’t have
my results with me?”
“How will I even say it sef?”
“How do I even reach bimpe and beg her, who knows,
maybe should would forgive me”
“Who knows maybe she had set my certificates on
fire?”
“Will I just loose this chance of getting a better job
again?”
“Will my uncle ever be willing to assist me anymore?”
“I just wished I checked my credentials properly
before leaving the hospital”.
Infact, I regretted once again for travelling to niger
state for the GNLD interview.
I continued murmuring and crying all through the
night with nobody to talk to, At a point in time, I
thought of calling segun but I couldn’t. I was
seriously angry and mad at him. He was the one who
pushed me and led to bimpe’s “hard-way” treatment
in the first place. Bimpe shouldn’t have gone to this
extreme if he hadn’t chased her out when she was
here with me in Akure.
Another thought started overlapping my mind. I began
to see the whole things as the handiwork of my step-
mother.
“That woman must be a witch”
“She had never wanted my progress since child hood”
Why must my certificate be stolen at this time that I
needed it for a big job?”
Moments after, another thought came into my mind
that it must be the handiwork of the people from my
village.
“I could remember how my dad used to tell me that
the village people can bring people down in the spirit
realm”
Different thoughts began to overlap my brain as I
continued attaching the situation to every possible
circumstances. I looked at the wall clock and the
time is 3:48am and yet I couldn’t sleep.
“Chaiii, I swear to God, I will personally kill Adebimpe
any time I set my eyes on her again”
I began to nurse evil thoughts on how to harm
adebimpe. I wish I knew her contacts and address, I
wouldn’t mind paying hired killers to kill her.
inshort, I must take my own revenge also in a hard
way,
“This is definitely the Beginning of the end between
me and bimpe”
Its 6am on wednesday morning, I was feeling so
weak, sad, heart broken and depressed. My eyes
were all swollen and my joints were so weak, I knew
it that if I go to work that day, I would be so sad and
it would be so obvious on my face, but I couldn’t
excuse myself from work because I didn’t inform my
boss the previous day, I thought of travelling to Abuja
that Wednesday morning maybe I could get to see
bimpe, who knows, she might be in abuja and
pretending to be in lagos. But I had a second thought,
“What if I couldn’t find her in Abuja?”
“Do I even know where to locate her?”
“What if she had destroyed the certificates?”
“What would be my gain if I couldn’t return with the
certificates?”
At that moment, I just wished I have a black magic to
command the credentials to disappear from wherever
it is and re-appear in my room. I began to think of
locating a powerful herbalist who could help me to
summon and command the credentials. My mind and
head were just fill with different thoughts as they are
coming and overlapping.
I needed someone to talk to and segun couldn’t be
the person due to the fact that I was still so angry
with him. In fact, I don’t feel like seeing him again. If
he hadn’t pushed me to treat bimpe badly earlier,
who knows, she wouldn’t have gone to the extreme
on me.
I went to the bathroom to have my shower and I
dressed up. I couldn’t eat anything as a result of my
lost of appetite for any food. I just managed to cheer
up and proceeded to work.
I got to work and I was so moody. I refused to talk
and associate with anyone as sadness was all
written on my face. Segun was calling me but I
refused to pick up, after several missed calls from
segun, I decided to switch off my phone and force
myself to concentrate on my job.
I closed from work in the evening and went home
straight. On getting home, I saw segun seated on the
bench infront my compound. As I approached him, I
was so annoyed and furious within me, I just felt like
hitting a plank on his head. I walked pass him and he
greeted me but I ignored. I entered into my room and
he followed me inside.
SEGE: bro, wetin happen?, you just dey ignore my
calls since yesterday, I was feeling uncomfortable
and I decided to visit, you still ignored me. Why?
ME: ***raised eye brow*** why won’t I ignore you
segun?. WHY?
SEGE: what have I done wrong onihaxy?
ME: so you don’t know what you did wrong abi?
SEGE: **pats me on my shoulder** we are no more
friends but brothers, if there is anything wrong, why
not just tell me?.
ME: Are you not the cause of all the atrocities I’m
facing from Adebimpe?
SEGE: my brother, how?
ME: you dey ask me how?. If you hadn’t pushed me
to hurt this girl in the first place, this wouldn’t have
happened.