“Hi. Good morning.”
“Good morning. How can I help you ma’am?”
“Thanks. I am looking for someone who was admitted at this hospital.
His name is Adewale Olusola.”
“Who are you to him? And is he expecting you?”
“I am. . .”
I wanted to say I am a friend which would definitely mean he is a
friend but hell no he is not a friend. I am not angry. I would just
love it to be that way but I definitely need to say something to get
a bypass with the Nurse.
“Madam!”
“Oh sorry. I am an old friend of his *that sounds better at least. He
was an old friend.*”
“Okay. You go straight then make a first turning by the right; the
third room is where you’d find him.”
“Thank you.”
I had set out of the house early to find Sola even if it was the last
thing I wanted to do but I actually have to know what’s going on.
I had took a quick shower, dress up in a short sleeveless top, a jean,
a flat sandal and a black face cap as a shield against the sun as it
turns out the sun sets out so early today. The fact that I haven’t
received any call or a single text from Jide kept on bothering me
even though I try to hide it. I like him but I have never been in a
relationship before and a guy-drama is the last thing I have patience
for.
“He’d call. . . He needs some time.” I keep telling myself.
I didn’t want to call Sola to find out where he was or to tell him I
wanted to see him or something and Jide wasn’t on talking terms
with him ever since that incident. It was like their friendship ended
that day at the restaurant. I decided to call one of his friends who
had told me where I could find him. . . Staring at him on the bed
with heavy bandage to his head and the surreal that radiates all
over him while asleep makes me wanna hit him with that bournvita
can next to his bed but I thought I wasn’t angry. Maybe not at
him, maybe at myself for allowing him do that to me. . . I decided
to leave as he was asleep hoping he would be awake by the time I
check back in the evening.
“Hi” he said holding my hand firmly like a resuscitated corpse who
grabs the first thing he sees.
“So you pretend to be asleep too? Guess you pretend over almost
everything in your life. Like you pretended to yourself that you did
nothing wrong to me. Like you lie to yourself ‘Sola forget about it,
life goes on. . . this babe doesn’t matter. She can’t do ‘nada’. It’s a
past you would never need to face again. . .” You want me to go
on?”
“Why are you here and how do you know where I was?”
“Seriously? You disgust me. I hate men like you who have ego over
nothing. You are wrong and you still wanna wear that 50 shoulder
pads of yours? You still wanna pretend like you are the boss, you’ve
got it all working, you’ve got it all together. . . You know, I don’t
care about what you did, I am just sorry if you have to wait till you
are in your 50s and you have to be responsible to your kids and be
protective of your girl-child till you grow up and be responsible for
once in your life. . . You know what, it doesn’t even matter. Here, is
the last place I wanna be so I would just go straight to the point.
What do you know about Amaka’s arrest?”
“You know you are so unnecessarily assuming. . .”
“It’s okay Sola, seriously, I have so much I want to say to you but
right now, it doesn’t matter. I’d appreciate if you would just
answer my questions.” I said with so much disgust.
“Fine. . . You see this bandage on my head, Amaka did this to me. I
have been having severe and terrible headaches for like four days
now non-stop.”
I sank my butts on the next available bed to me. Not that I was
surprised and not like Amaka is violent but why she did I don’t
understand.
“Amaka did this to you?”
“Yes, she did.”
“And you got her arrested?”
“Yes. . . So?”
“Are you kidding me? You got Amaka arrested? I am so wowed!
That’s so interesting you know. You couldn’t have done anything
other that. If I were in your shoes, I would have done the same
thing you know.”
“Exactly. I like the fact that you are being real.”
“You are a fool Sola. Oh! For whatever reason Amaka broke a bottle
on your head I would find out but I am not sorry for you and for
crying out loud, this happened in my house, my apartment. You had
the gut to show your face in my house and you blamed Amaka for
breaking a bottle on your head?”
I picked my bag to leave. I walked to the door and stopped to face
him.
“I’m gonna make sure she’s available for bail. She’s not gonna spend
another night in that horrible place and you better make sure it’s
easy. That same button you pressed to get her arrested, you better
start pressing them now to get her released. . . I pray you don’t
get better.”
I jammed the door at him only to bump into Jide by the door.
“And what are you doing here?”
“Jide, please, let me be. Let’s talk some other time.” Very crazy of
me to say right? I know but he was sounding so possessive and I
wouldn’t have any of that. I was patiently expecting to see him,
hear from him and now I am trying to spoil it.
“You think I wanna talk to you or you think I wanna sit down and
discuss that night with you? You must be kidding me. It’s not about
then, it’s about now.”
“I don’t understand.” I replied actually feeling lost.
“Okay. I will make you understand. I presume this is where Sola is
admitted right?”
“Yes. So?”
“I thought you guys were not talking; like you are not talking to
him, you don’t wanna see him. . .”
“And I thought you guys were no longer friends. . .”
“It doesn’t matter if he is no longer my friend or if he is. It’s not
like I hate him to the point of death. He didn’t offend him, he
offended you and I was just disappointed he did that and that
couldn’t man up to it.”
“Okay. You should go see him then. I have somewhere important to
be.”
He drew me back with his hands firmly gripping my hand.
“Jide, you are hurting me. Stop! For crying out loud we are in a
hospital.”
“You will answer my questions young woman. . .”
“Jide, coming to see Sola is not what you think it is. It’s something
much more important than that.”
“Really? Is that all you have to say?”
“Yea, for now!”
“Okay then. First, my dad has hooked you up before; now, you came
to Sola! I don’t even know what to believe anymore. Even if I
wanna sit down to discuss that dinner with you; with this, I don’t
think I want to anymore. . . You and Sola are both dead to me.”
He left angrily and I was obviously running after him.
“Jide, it’s not what you think. Why can’t you just be patient for
once!”
He entered his car, wind up and zoomed off!
“Jide!” I kept on screaming his name till I couldn’t see him again.
“Very matured!” I screamed into the air.
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