"Where is it?" I soliloquized as I took my time to ransack the whole house, I searched my purse, my bag, and everywhere I kept it but couldn't find it.
This happens severally, especially when I had a hectic day, a bad day, or when my mind is distracted, even down to holding an item and still looking for it.
That fateful evening, I was on my way back from the bank where I had gone to withdraw a certain amount of cash.
Being the only one in my room, I kept about 2,000 naira somewhere safe, and then I used the other money to get groceries and other items for the weekend.
The next morning, I needed the two thousand naira for something, I knew I had that exact amount of money but where is it?
I tried so hard to recall the last place I sat before going to bed, I searched and searched but couldn't find it, I started to get angry at myself because why on earth can I not recall where I kept this money?
Then I tried to recall the outfit I wore, I wore a pair of jeans and a tee -shirt, I went ahead to look for the money, "it will probably be in one of my many pockets," I murmured, I searched all the pockets on my jean but that money was nowhere to be found.
I had to forfeit what I wanted to use the money for as I had given up on searching for the money.
After several months, I was about to leave for a beach hang out, I thought of the fanciest bag that could match my outfit and yeah, this beautiful white fancy bag I had came to mind.
I loved the bag because of its versatility so I chose to rock the bag, I had worn my clothes and my sneakers and yes ready to leave the house when my key which I kept in the bag was nowhere to be found again, ahn? The key I dropped in the bag? There was no way I could leave my key since I had to lock my door, this time I was determined to find my key, I turned the bag upside down, yet the key wasn't there, then I realized there was a hole in the bag, you know how mischievous some bags can be, then I dipped my hands in the hole(a torn lining in the bag), lo and behold as I was bringing out the key I felt something like a paper, what could that be? I brought it out.
It was my lost 2,000 naira, I must confess that my joy knew no bounds that day, I was super excited as it was the beginning of the no-cash crisis in my country, so I was 2,000 naira richer, I started to think how the 2,000 naira got into that hole, and I recalled it was I who intentionally kept it in the hole of that particular bag that day I came back from the bank a few months ago "How on earth did I not recall there was a hole in this bag?", I busted into laughter. and kept the money right in my purse, as I do not want to be looking for it again.
The beautiful hole my money was seated waiting for me to find it hehe And then I whispered to myself, remember you kept it in your yellow purse oooo. That could be my inner voice reminding me when I come looking for it again.๐น Hadn't it been that my key fell into that hole, I might still haven't recalled where that money was. All images used are mine.