FED UP!

(…continued…)

 

“Yee,” Cynthia said and made to sit up.

  “What is there to watch in this house?” Mabel asked rhetorically.

  “Movies,” Cynthia replied. “We have lots of them in the movie rack.”

  “You don’t have any reasonable movie here. The absence of Cable in this house is not good.”

  “It will waste. It is only in the night that either mummy or I am around to watch TV.”

  “I will go to my house later to check how things are and then bring some of my movies.”

  “Will you leave me alone here?”

  “No. Maybe when Chidinma and co come.”

  “Better.”

                While Mabel flipped through the local channels on the TV, Cynthia went to the refrigerator and brought some fruits. After searching for a while, Mabel was fed up.

  “All these News and talk shows sef,” she said. “No one wants to do something interesting. Not even music.”

  “Check the Movies there. You could find one we can manage till you get from your house.”

                Mabel checked and reluctantly slotted in one of them. They watched for a while and NEPA took the light.

  “I really miss my house,” Mabel said.

  “Let us go na. We will come back in the evening.”

  “No. You don’t need to stress yourself. Moreover, your friends are coming to see you.”

                They chatted for a while and Cynthia’s phone rang. It was Chidinma calling to find out if she was home and told her she was on her way.

  “Start with the hair na,” Cynthia begged Mabel.

  “Ok. Come and sit.”

                Cynthia sat on the floor. Mabel got the tools she needed and started losing the hair. Cynthia also helped do the one she could. It was not a complex hair style so it did not take too long for Mabel to be done.

  “Do you need to wash it immediately?” Mabel asked her.

                There was a knock on the door.

  “That should be Chidinma. She will help me do the rest.”

  “Ajibo Chidinma will do what?”

  “She is not ajibo to me o.”

                The knock came again.

  “Let me get the door,” Mabel said and went to the door. She opened it. It was Chidinma and another lady. They exchanged pleasantries and Mabel let them in. As she was closing the door, she saw Chuka waving at her. She waved back. He gave her sign with his hand asking her whether he can come and see Cynthia. She replied with a sign that he should check later.

                Cynthia and the ladies exchanged pleasantries. They looked worried about her.

  “You are really looking sick,” Chidinma said.

  “True,” Kate, the other lady said. “Look at your hair. Scattered.”

  “I am getting better.”

                Cynthia made to stand and felt pain in her back.

  “Lie down for a while,” Mabel told her. “You have been sitting for a long time.”

                Chidinma helped her lie back on the floor facing upwards. They sat on the floor beside her as they discussed.

  “Let me leave you people to gossip,” Mabel said and went into the room.

  “you can join in the gossip na,” Cynthia said.

  “Never mind. Remember I have to go out soon. Let me get my cloth ready.”

  “Ok.”

  “I am still around in case you need anything.”

  “We will help her with whatever she needs,” Chidinma said.

  “We have kept the whole day free to stay with her.”

  “That’s nice of you. Thanks.”

                Mabel went into the room to get the cloth she will wear to her house ready.  Meanwhile Cynthia and her friends gisted in the parlour for a while. Then Cynthia began to cough.

(…to be continued…)

-Chinedu Isaac