THE MAILA Story by melonyAfter work,
Ada returned home to find the mail at her doorstep. She picked it up while
unlocking the door to her apartment. Just when she was about to open it, her
mobile phone ranged, it was her fiancée Greg calling to check on her, they had
just recently decided on their wedding month and were yet to make it public. ‘Hey wife! How
does that sound honey’ Chuckling
Ada replied ‘Awful! I’m thinking of reconsidering! ‘Aww c’mon
you have to get used to it, you know’ ‘Yeah, yeah’ ‘Where are
you now?’ ‘At home, I
just got back from the office’ ‘So, have
you had dinner?’ ‘I just got
back!’ ‘Ok, ok’ ‘I got a
letter, today’, ‘A letter?
From who?’ ‘From aunty
Nnenna’ she said surprised, now haven fully unfolded the letter. ‘A letter?
Why would she send you a letter when she can just pick up the phone and call
you’, ‘Yeah that’s
what I was thinking, it’s kind of weird’ ‘Well what
does it say?’ Greg asked curiously ‘It says to
come and see her urgently’ ‘I hope
everything’s ok’ ‘Yeah me
too’ ‘Ok listen
Hun, let me leave to rest and have dinner, I’ll call you later’ ‘Ok, love
you’ ‘Love you
more, bye’ The
connection went off. Her mobile phone battery signaled low battery, she quickly
plugged to charge, thankful that the electricity was on that night. She thought
of calling her aunt but looking at the clock, she thought better of it, it was
already 9:00pm, her aunt might be sleeping and Aunt Nnenna was an early
sleeper. She yawned and remembering it was 9:00pm she wondered if she should
eat first or shower first, she decided then to prepare dinner first, shower
then eat because she would be too tired to shower after eating. She had left
the office late that day, they had begun auditing the departments, it was
usually hectic and took about a month, and all she could think of was what a
long month it was going to be. She quickly made dinner, noodles… she was
running out, and she just ate three out of the last six packs. She showered; oh
the shower was needed and ate. She didn’t even make it to the bed; she slept
right on the couch. * * * Ada woke up
late the next morning, and everything she had to do to prepare for work was
done in a hurry. She woke up in a hurry, showered in a hurry, ate in a hurry
and left in a hurry. She arrived
the office at exactly 7:05am, she was five minutes late. The office was already
buzzing with activities; the phones were ringing endlessly like they weren’t
supposed to be picked up. She just settled in her cubicle in time before her
own phone begun to ring. © 2013 melony |
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Added on November 8, 2013 Last Updated on November 8, 2013 |