The Parcel
"Brian!!"
I shouted and hugged him out of excitement
"Oh my God...Brian"I couldn't be more excited to see someone over the years.....
"How have you been ??"he asked me smiling so beautifully
"I am fine and excited to see you"I jumped on him again hugging him so tight that he could barely breathe.it had been years since I last saw him....
"Do you still work at Brooks?"
"Noooo,I now work at a graphic company down the street.....and you? Do you still work at the airport??"
"Noo,I now own a clinic at Ikeja"
"Wow.....Brian that is good news..congrats on that"
"You too."
"Hey" Judy was done ordering breakfast and we were ready to go.
"Brian.. meet Judy my colleague and Judy meet my old time friend Brian"
Then they shock hands and exchanged pleasantries.
"Eeeh I have to go now..Judy and I just came out to get breakfast "
"Oooh okay that's fine..could you at least give me your phone number?so we could stay in touch with each other"he immediately handed me his phone and I punched my digits into his it and handed it back .
"It was nice seeing you again brian"
I said and hugged him....then Judy and I left.
After work that day Sarah and I headed home.i couldn't find the right time to ask her about her trip to Abuja because I was overly excited about meeting Brian.i just decided not to talk bring up the issue and let her decide if I was worth that kind of information.
Morning 🌞 came early and I was so excited for the day.did meeting Brian suddenly change my mood??I thought to myself endlessly....it was morning and I needed to get ready for the day.i was still trying to clean up the rooms,and toilet when I heard a loud knock on the door...it was 6:40am in the morning and Sarah had gone out for her daily work out.so who would it possibly be?
"Who is there?"
I asked moving closer to the door.
"Who is that?"
Then the knock came again and I immediately opened the door.
"Good morning,ma"
It was a young lady about my age.....I could tell by the way she looked.
"Good morning"
I responded and closed the door behind me
"Is This Sarah Obasi's room?"
"Yes and you are?"
"My name is Kosi...I am here to see miss Sarah is she around?"
"Sarah went out early this morning.is there a problem?"
"I have a parcel for miss Sarah..could you please give it to her when she returns?"
"Yes of course"
She handed me an envelope that was nicely wrapped, a pen and paper to sign.
"Could you sign here please?"
I collected the pen and paper and signed in Sarah's place.
"Thank you so much,ma"
"Have a nice day"I watched her leave and then shot my door when I was sure she had left.the parcel felt so light and I wondered what was inside...sarah and I never kept secrets or things from each other.we were always open and honest about everything we did.so opening the envelope was nothing about crossing boundaries,so I opened the envelope.
My eyes were wildly open so as my mouth when I saw the context of the envelope.tears slowly fell down my cheeks and my nose became runny.my brain stopped working at that point.my heart has never been as heavy and shattered as it felt at that point.so many things flooded my mind and I couldn't think of a way to react... tears just kept falling on the papers I was holding untill it was hard to see what was written on it.
Just then the door opened and Sarah came in."Rita" she called out my name hoping to get a smile or a good morning greetings from me..but I was just standing there like a zombie,not taking my gaze of the papers that I was holding.i just couldn't believe my eyes.
"Rita?are you okay??"
She asked me again...taking steps towards me.
"Rita! What is wrong with you? Are you okay?"she immediately collected the paper from me and looked at it for a few minutes before redirecting her gaze to me.
"Rita....wait"
Then she took another step towards me...I couldn't look at her,i kept looking at the papers she was holding as I took a step backwards from her.
"Stop.right.there"
Those were the only words I could utter at that point.i just took my phone and ran as fast as I could without looking back or Even an idea of where I was headed.i just wanted to run away from everything and everyone.. without stopping to catch my breathe I continued running non-stop..I ran till I could feel my heart stopping then I immediately stopped...but little did I know that I was standing at the middle of the road.i could hear people calling me to leave the road but I just couldn't move my legs,I stood there crying endlessly and sweating heavily.and just then I saw a car coming at a very high speed..and the next thing I saw,was myself laying on the floor while people rushed towards me...some jumpingin fear while some cried..I wished I had died that day, because if I did die...things would have turned out so differently...at that point I became unconscious.
The next time I opened my eyes,I found myself laying at a hospital bed with lots of bandages on my legs and hands.i felt serious pain at the back of my head and also at my back.i was in a lot of pains and I couldn't talk or move my body.. again..I felt tears roll down my cheeks.i couldn't control my heart from feeling what it felt at that point I just allowed myself growl in agony and anguish....