At 1pm the door bell rang. Sonia was the only one at home. Angela has gone to her shop. David was away in his office.
She wondered who might be at the door.
“Who is there?”she asked standing close to the door. “It’s me o”A voice said from
outside. “who?”Sonia asked again. “Soni you can’t recognise my voice ni?
Sonia smiled and opened the door.She knew it was Bisi, due to the way she asked her the last question.
She had told Bisi where she now lives.
Bisi her dear friend had no choice than to come and visit her there since she
knew Sonia was always home alone when her employers leave for work.
“Soni you are enjoying here o. you are really enjoying here” Bisi said.
“That’s what you think. but you are wrong my dear”Sonia defended herself.
“hmmmm,soni, if i were in your shoes,i would be very very happy o”Bisi said as she glanced around the compound.
“Why do you say so?”Sonia asked.
Bisi smile and held her friend.
“You are my friend and i won’t
hide anything from you. If i were you, i would get close to your madam’s husband. you know what i mean” Bisi
rolled her eyeballs.
“Do you know what you are saying?”Sonia was calm though.
“You are very pretty my dear,and that is a great asset.your mother needs money for her drugs and we know too well that you are a young woman who wishes to make money like others. this is your chance”Bisi said as if she knew exactly what she was saying.
Sonia was quiet. she was actually thinking about it.
“But be careful to avoid your madam’s
suspicions.
She is a woman and will understand every step you
take. I have to go before they meet me
here”Bisi said and left.
Sonia pondered this in her heart.Bisi has been a friend for long.They had suffered together and so share so many things in common,despite the fact that they both hailed from different places.
She remembered Ebere who had called her up to take the job as a maid.Ebere had told her that she will have a discussion with her in four days time and nobody should know about it.She
wondered what the kind lady might have for her.
“Bisi my dear friend.you may be right but i
haven’t got that kind of heart”she soliloquied as she watched Bisi walk lazily out of the compound.