"It's okay Hossie" I consoled. "I hold nothing against you, we're good" I concluded.
"Really?" Hossie screamed and he lifted me off the ground for a hug.
In that same way, he carried me to our secret place.('i have really missed this guy' i said to myself).
It felt so good to be with Hossie again after a very long time.
It wasn't long when we started discussing the usual's(fasting,Prayers,Bible study.....etc). 'Dah! This guy no dey waste time ooo' I said to myself smiling.
But seriously, I've missed all of these stuffs and getting to do them again felt so amazing. Hossie and I spent about three hours fellowshipping. It was an amazing experience and I was happy that I didn't lose him.
I intended to spend more time with Hossie, but for the panic call that came in from Goodness, I explained to that I had to go home but not without the promise to come back as soon as everything was okay.
With this, Hossie kissed me goodbye as I ran to the bus stop to take a bus that'll take me home.
On my way, I tried calling Goodness again cos I was so worried but I couldn't get through to her coupled with the fact that all their phones were switched. At this time my panic was heightened and my heart almost exploded within me.
'I just hope that everything is okay' I sighed under my breath as I said a silent prayer for my friends. I boarded a tricycle and my destination was "home".
"I hope that helps in the enhancement of your brain a little bit?" Nonso questioned.
Suddenly, it felt like Archie got possessed with another spirit as he suddenly began to plead for mercy.
"You know what?" Dinma started, "We're not here to argue with you, we just need the details on your plans of becoming a father and taking care of Pearl" she concluded as we all got up and walked out of the room.
"I'm so disappointed in you bro" I could hear Janet scream as well all walked out slamming the door as if its force was able to correct everything and bring it back to it's normal again. But trust me, it didn't.
When we got home,it was already dark, and the house was dead silent as everyone was lost in her own thoughts. No one was even hungry, so we just went to bed on an empty stomach.
At about 10pm May woke me up to have some tea and biscuits. But I refused, I wasn't in the mood for anything or anybody. She insisted.
"Come on Pearl" she said, "You have to eat something no matter how little, remember what the doctor said and don't also forget that you'll be having an appointment with him in two days" she said as she supported me to sit up and eat.
The remaining part of the night was torturous for me, even when May went to bed I found it difficult to close my eyes. I stood up and went to the kitchen. All I could think about was the next step to take, definitely no one especially in family is going to accept me with such shame.
Then I thought of taking my own life or that of the baby. I wasn't sure what having an abortion entailed so I just decided to take my own life and that of the baby all the same.
'Yes, that's exactly what I'm going to do' I assured myself.
At this moment I felt so confident as I picked up all of the drugs prescribed for me and poured them into my palm(I was going to die of overdose,the drugs were much and I trusted that they were more than enough to knock me and the baby out of this earth).
Suddenly I stopped as I thought about my friends and everyone who knows me, ('how are they going to feel' i imagined, their pain and tears but I determined in my heart that nothing was going to stop me, "this is the only way" I thought). I said a short prayer, asking God to take care of everything and everyone as i began to take the drugs one after the other.
When I got to the street I alighted(forgetting my change, it really didn't matter to me at this point in time) and took a quick run down home.
When I got home,to my greatest shock and surprise, I found my friends all in perfect health with amazing smiles having a romantic affair with some pizza and making the atmosphere of romance conducive with a bottle of wine.
I began to recall the tension in Goodness's voice when she made the panic call and tried to link it with what I was hearing and seeing right now, but trust me, there was no equilibrium point. At this juncture, 'I weak' ,as i dropped on the chair panting.
"Did these girls just play a prank call on me?" I asked myself by myself.
"If you like,sit down there and be looking, we're almost done with one pack already" Goodness said amidst a mouthful if pizza.
Those words immediately brought healing to my soul and restored my sanity, they can't go 'Scott free' they had to pay for the #300 I left with 'keke man'. With the strength of David that killed a thousand and Sampson that tore the Lion's mouth, I pounced on the unopened pack if pizza as I claimed it like the promised land and ran into the room. 'Thank God I still have the bottle of fanta Hossie got for me' i sighed as I remembered that I left the wine behind.
"Pearl open this door" Chidinma barked(I know say she too like food, na she got first ask)
"I'll break this door" Goodness screamed(see this one ooooo, you think say this door na Archie face ba)
"Pearl that's covetousness" Nonso declared (oh you dey judge my case abi..e go tire you)
"That pizza will hook your throat ooooo" Janet declared (hahahaha)
I sat there, and enjoyed myself till I "couldn't could" anymore....
