Countless - S01 E21 (Story Episode)

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Countless - S01 E21 (Story Episode)

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 21

I wondered which kind of mother will leave her two daughters at home to attend an overnight party of a friend. She must be another product of amadioha. I thought.

“are you there?” Her voice brought me back.

“yes..am…am sorry, am just tired.”

“are you alright?” She asked with a concerned tone.
“yes, am fine. You know what? I will pay you guys a visit during the week, to make up for the missed calls.”

“really?”
“I swear to you with my voter’s card.”

“wow! that would definitely be nice…But which day do you want to come?” She inquired.
“Tomorrow is tuesday, I will come on wednesday…maybe around ten in the morning. Will you guys be around.” I asked.
“I’m going nowhere, but my sister may not be around.”
“wait, you mean to say, you often stay in that mighty house alone? All by yourself,? With your…your….”. My voice trailed off as I couldn’t find the proper adjective to describe her condition.

“Most times yes, you know, I can’t let everybody be tied down by my condition. They have to live their own life too…and whether I like it or not, sooner or later, they are all going to leave me, atleast to pursue their own dreams. Have come to terms with that fact already.” Her voice sounds very awful and I can’t help but pity this disabled beauty. I decided to cheer her up.

“let me give you a breaking news…You will be very happy to hear it. Shall I?” I asked amusingly.

“com’on don’t exhaust my calmness please.” She stated with eagerness.

“paracetamol now cures headaches!” I screamed.
I could hear her burst into uncontrollable laughter at the other end of the phone.

Although that little prank is older than the square root of Buhari’s real age, but I was happy it served the purpose it was mean’t for.

The laughter died down after a few seconds and we said our goodbyes.

“nice hearing your voice angel.” I said teasingly.

“same here too Mr hansom. Sweet dreams and goodnight.” She said jokingly.

“you too dear.” I ended the call conclusively.

I was happy and at the same time felt sorry for her condition. I wanted her to be able to stand on her feet so badly that I contact the gawd of thunder, asking if he can do anything for her. The answer I got was ‘AM a god of thunder not a Doctor.
I hissed at that disappointed reply and wondered, ‘whats the use of a god, if he can’t help people.’

I checked the time, it was some minutes past eight, I decided its time to call Adedoyin. I placed the call and she picked up after the fourth ring.

“Hello, good evening.” I tried to sound very mature, by not showing the anger that I was feeling towards her.
“evening to you too. Please who is this?” She inquired in a standard tone.

“I got your note yesterday, but I couldn’t call you because of what you caused, you b*tch, you ruined my life, you foolish whorre!.” I wanted to scream that to her but decided against it and played it cool, like real mens do.

“I got your note from (remembering the bait game) the waitress and I couldn’t call you because of some mess I got myself into.” I answered as calmly as I could..
“Beatrice’s boy?” She asked with curiousity in her voice.
“Yes! You bastard product of lucifer!” I almost lost it right there when she mentioned Beatrice’s name, but, I quickly got hold of myself and continued the calm game.
“Yes…. Am so sor..” she cuts in before I could finish the statement.

“Wow! Thats nice…Have been waiting for your call since midnight….this is great..” She sounds very delighted and I couldn’t help but feel total hatred towards her.

“ok. I don’t have enough call card, but I will like to know when I can see you.”

“Thats my line… I should be the one asking that, because thats why I sent you the note. I really have to see your hansom face again.”

“alright…where can we meet?” I asked.

“hun…Can you come to my office tomorrow?”

“at where?” I inquired.

“Its at Quarry road, but when you get to Lafenwa, you can call me. I will meet you there and take you to where we can talk properly.” she replied.
“No problem.. I will come around 12.”

“alright dear… See you tomorow…lo….ve…” I ended the call.

I immediately placed a call to the light skinned lady…’oh I don’t even know her name yet’. I narrated every details of the call to her, including the part where I was desperate to yell at her. She laughed and told me its normal to feel that way. I asked for her name and she said Chioma. She promised to spend the next night at my place and immediately my konji heard that? It started an automatic press up. I ended the call.

I was very hungry, so I hurriedly went out to buy bread and sardine.
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I need to call Jide, but I don’t know what to tell him yet.
I was left to contemplate on maybe calling him and telling him the truth is better or I should just wait and see how tomorrow will unfold. Either way, Jide needs his money and the odds of getting it seemed higher than a million.

‘Tomorrow is another day.’ With that thought in mind, I slept off.