"OMG!" She let out a scream as her books fell off her hands.
She didn't expect to meet me at home at that hour, with the doors and windows closed, she thought she had seen a ghost.
"Babe, what are you doing at home?" She asked while lifting the curtains to let light and ventilation have a passage into the room.
"Are you okay?" She came to where I lay on the bed to feel my body temperature. She was a nursing student so she needed to be sure before she makes false assumptions.
" I assume you are hungry. Lazy ass. I know you don't want to cook..."
She stopped talking when I sniffed.
"Eunice, what's wrong with you?" She yanked me off the bed.
" Did anything happen? Were you sent out of the lecture hall? Talk to me!"
"Amaka(best friend). The first time such a thing happened, I had to let go and move. I suffered. I locked up myself in the room. I starved. She is my best friend after all. What am I supposed to do?" I sobbed.
"Hold on. You are yet to say something. Cut the crap and talk to me." She fumed
"Remember, I had an issue with Stanley last month. We talked about this. I needed someone to help me talk to him. I have done a similar thing for her in a situation like this, and I thought she will be of help too.
I gave her Stanley's number so she could help me talk to Stanley.
A week after, Stanley started giving me an attitude. I called my best friend, Amaka to tell her of the recent development. She told me she will do something about it. Glory(roommate), you won't believe it when I say that my best friend is flirting with my boyfriend behind my back." I stuttered.
She gaped in awe as she tried to find the right words to comfort me.
"How can someone you call your friend stoop so low to do that? Is Stanley high? What was he thinking? Are you a dull he trashes whenever he wants? I think we need to hear from Stanley. Did you confront him?" Glory inquired.
" How can I confront him? I saw the both of them together; their bodies locked against each other. I struggled to come home on my own."
" Hi best, guess what happened." She flung the door open.
"Tuah!" Feeling enraged, I slapped her.
"Eunice, why on earth did you just do that?" She asked.
"Amaka, you have no shame. Oh please. Don't give me that look like you are not aware of what you did. Did you come here to mock me? Are you so heartless that you don't care about how I will feel?" I grumbled.
"Eunice. Why all of these words? What have I done to deserve this? Have you forgotten in a jiffy what we shared?" She asked
"Quit the pretense before I do worst than this. Didn't you remember what you claimed we shared when you were flirting with Stanley in the school's garden?
" Which Stanley?"Stanley came in unannounced.
"What's the rant all about?" He queried.
"Rant? I see. I guess I need to ask you what you were doing with my so-called best friend at the school's garden," I challenged him.
"You mean Amaka? My cousin?" Stanley replied.
"Your cousin? Please, shut it. What insolence? I hate your guts. So, Amaka has suddenly turned to your cousin. I'm so embarrassed. I wish..."
" I came here to tell you that I found out that Stanley was my distant cousin. I didn't know till we met. I had an arranged meeting for you two. I wanted to be sure he won't flop, so I decided to check up on him first. At first, I thought it was a mirage seeing someone that looks exactly like my father. I was prompted to ask him. I doubted; I called my dad to be sure and the hug was the outburst of the joy to have met a distanced cousin." Amaka explained.
" wait. Do you mean that A..ma.ka..is your sister and it was just a hug and nothing else? I sputtered.
" Eunice. When did you become this narrow-minded? Is this the level of your insecurity? You raised your hand on your best friend because of some silly thought? Eunice, Amaka has been your best friend for ages. She has been there for you before I came into the picture. I'm disappointed." He walked out of my room.
Glory was confused, amazed, and sad at the moment. She couldn't decipher what went through my mind.
"Best. I know why you did what you did, but this act of yours just now shows me that you can't trust me, and you can discard me at just any moment. Yes, I might have wronged you in the past, does that mean I will stoop so low again? I have forgiven you, Eunice. With your hands, babe, you have pierced a nail through my heart." She mumbled in tears.
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