Me: are you sure of what you are saying?

Anita: yes. The news is all over town na. That young boys have been dying mysteriously.

I suddenly lost my appetite as i couldn’t believe that segun my best friend was dead.

I picked my phone and called his mother to see if things were actually true.

Mama segun: hello, who is this?

Chaiii, poor woman. From her voice, i knew she has been crying since.

Eyaa, what a wicked world.

Me: this is Idris ma. I am segun’s friend right from school. Ma, what i am hearing is it true?

Mama Segun: *silent but was sobbing loudly*

me: i am sorry ma. I just heard it now and i myself couldn’t believe it.

Mama Segun: what is their not to believe. My enemies have taken him away from me ooo.

She sobbed loudly and i could hear some back ground voices crying too.

The phone fell from her hand and i guessed it scattered because the line went dead.

Anita: eyaa, poor woman. How did you even have her contact?

Me: from my gmail account. Segun once used my gmail account to back up his phone contacts. Back then, he hasn’t created a gmail account and felt that it was useless.

Anita: do you know the worst thing.

Me: no, what is the worst thing?

Anita: he was examined by the doctor and he was confirmed okay before he died. No wounds, cuts or anything internal, they believed it was somehow natural.

Me: don’t tell me that nonsense abeg. Segun died a mysterious dead. The segun i know is strong and hearty and wouldn’t just sleep and die like that.

Anita: ok oo, eat your food before it get cold.

Me: abeg i don’t have appetite. My friend is dead and you are telling me to eat?

Anita: so you want to waste my food abi? No problem, come eat tomorrow make i see na!

She said and took the food away angrily.

Me: *in my mind* na wow for women and their wahala oo.. My friend don die you still dey pressure me to eat food. Abeg carry your wahala go sit down.

Me: *Carried my phone and called Ayo* bro, am really sorry for my attitude?

Ayo: *sounded angry* why you come dey beg?

Me: forgive me na, i no know before.

Ayo: see your life idiot. How you go expect me to play with such thing?

Me: sorry once again!

Ayo: no prob, i go call you tomorrow.

Me: wait, i hope say you no dey vex.

Ayo: no prob na. You be my guy.

I ended the call and looked at the ceiling. “Hmmm, na so my friend take die” i was still looking up when NEPA brought light and the whole compound shook as the neighbourhood shouted “UP NEPA”

NEXT DAY…

I woke up, prepared for work and anita gave me breakfast. Lol, she can’t be angry for long. I headed straight to work with a happy mind not knowing that that day will be a day i won’t forget……