Fisayo didn't exactly tell me what was happening.

I told the girls and Timi what I had just heard. Timi didn't want me to go anywhere, he claimed it might be something dangerous. After I begged and begged, he finally agreed.
He decided to take me there, the girls all chose to come along.

The ride to Olivia's place seemed long and was very quiet.
We were all bothered, what could have possibly gone wrong? What exactly was the terrible thing Fisayo did?

"can you go faster" I begged Timi.

"calm down Benny " he said in reply.

Again we were quiet for sometime.

" I have a lot of things cooking in my head right now " Aisha sighed.

" I think Fisayo probably poisoned Olivia..... Rest in peace girl, you'll forever remain in our hearts..... Do you think her burial would hold like very soon?"

Timi laughed "Debra not now, I don't think Benita and Aisha would be ready for a joke now "

"I was just saying" she mumbled.

We eventually got to Olivia's place, we all rushed upstairs to her flat. The door was left opened, that alone seemed creepy.

The whole place was scattered, table turned, papers all around, flower vase broken...

" Olivia, Jennifer " I called out.

We walked into the room, nobody was there, Aisha entered the bathroom.
" oh my...... " she screamed.

Debra and I rushed into the bathroom" Jesus "

" oh my God ".

Timi came towards us " what happened? "

We didn't need to answer because he could see Olivia on the floor, blood all over.

" this is what I was talking about. This was what I meant by a dangerous game...Is she dead? " Aisha cried.

Debra bent to feel her pulse and all "I don't know... I c-can't tell"  it looked like she was terribly scared. Her expression seemed blank and the last time Debra had a face like this, she awfully cried her eyes out that day , that was like years ago, the last time I saw her cry: the first time her mom disowned her.

But I doubted if she would actually cry right now, few minutes ago, she joked about Olivia's death, if Olivia was truly dead, she wouldn't care?

"I can't tell " she repeated as she closed her eyes.... Was she like holding back her tears?

On my part, I was crying already, the blood was just too much.

Timi had taught me one thing, crying doesn't necessarily mean you are weak, sometimes it helps in letting go of the pain or whatsoever.

Without saying a word, Timi bent to carry her, he didn't mind the blood as he also got stained by her blood.

"oh my God, she looks lifeless " Aisha sobbed.

She made this small movement.

"she's alive " he confidently assured us.

We followed him down to the car, we couldn't help it as we were crying.

" stop crying, she's alive "Debra stopped us.

Again the drive to the nearest hospital was a quiet one. I kept on calling Fisayo and Jenny but none picked up.

" do you think we should call her mom" Aisha asked me.

"I'm considering that " I tell her.

We got to the hospital and Olivia was taking to the emergency unit.

We waited for a very long time. We got to find out that she lost the baby and was in a very critical state but the doctor assured us she'd be alright.

We were scared, quiet, a bit frustrated. Timi tried to calm us but it was quite normal we felt that way.
Olivia used to be our friend, we grew up with her, yea we had issues but at this point, her life is involved.

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Days later, we came to check on Olivia, just the girls and I. She was awake and was crying when we entered the room.

Immediately she saw us, she covered her face.

We sat on the available chairs, all quiet.

Still covering her face and crying, she slowly spoke up.
"I'm so sorry for everything that had happened "

We didn't say anything.

" I was just so jealous of you Benny, I wanted to have everything you had and look where it has gotten me "

More silence from us as her cries filled the air.

" I wanted Jude to help me snatch Timi from you, I also wanted Fisayo to do the same, they both agreed at first but later changed their mind. "
She blew her nose

" Jennifer, the bitch left me.... She ran away with my things"

"I asked Fisayo to come and see me, he came and as usual, I tried to persuade him to help me carry out my plan but he refused. We got into an argument and I slapped him, he got angry at me and started beating me" she was badly crying.

" when I fell down, it occurred to me that he had hit my head too because I was bleeding from the head, he noticed it and started begging me, telling me he was sorry and all, claiming it was his anger issues. He called Jenny and he also called you. Jenny came over, she was scared but she still left with my car after packing my clothes and things away,I guess, it was some minutes later you showed up..... Benita, Aisha, Debra, I am so so sorry " she begged us.

" I know I have begged you girls before but I wasn't being sincere, I just realised friendship is not something you find everyday, I thought Jenny was my new best friend but she proved she was only after my stuff , you guys showed up and even with everything I did to you guys , you still helped me, brought me to the hospital, it hurts that I've lost my baby but I guess, I learnt my lesson the hard way."

Aisha was cleaning her eyes, I was also crying. Debra walked up to a corner, backing us, she stayed there listening to what Olivia was saying. I guess she was also feeling emotional but wouldn't want us to know.

"I understand if you people wouldn't forgive me, I understand but I just want you girls to know I am so sorry. Aisha, I was initially angry at Benita but I took it out on you, did you ever wonder why Hakeem left you?.... I wanted you to have a bit of your own medicine... Debra, I couldn't do anything to get to you, you're just too tough as usual.... And Benny, I was behind the whole lesbianism matter last year, I am sooo sorry, please "

More silence before Aisha decided to speak up.
" you once asked us to forgive you not knowing you still had something up your sleeves, I don't know if we are to trust you now and about Hakeem's matter, I don't have anything against you, I have my Josh now."

Debra turned around "as for me, I don't know what to say, I can't just believe you all of a sudden, I'll just sit and watch the whole thing"

Olivia turned to me, she had hurt me countless times, it wouldn't be easy forgetting the whole thing.

"Benny say something " she pleaded.

"look Olivia, I've forgotten about the whole thing, I've moved on and the most important thing right now is for you to get better "
I lied, I wouldn't forget anything.

" we should be on our way, since all has been said, here, this is your food " Debra put a bag on the table and I couldn't tell if she was angry or not but she  stormed out of the room .

We said our goodbyes as we left the place.

I walked over to Debra, she was sitting on a random car.
" do you think we'll be able to accept her back? " I asked.

" even if we do, she wouldn't be part of us anymore. " she answered.

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A month had passed and Olivia, long ago had been out of the hospital.

I tried communicating with Fisayo but it didn't work, he sent me a long text, apologising for all the things he had done. He made us know that he would be out of our lives for good, he also asked me to help beg Olivia to forgive him.
I tried calling him but his number wasn't going through, the text was the last I heard from him. I was glad that at least, I was done with him already, he is a psychopath and needed help. A part of me felt sorry for him though.

Jenny refused to pick any of our calls, Olivia wasn't really bothered about her, she was able to get a new car and new things again.

She had truly learnt her lesson the hard way, we had come to forgive her but we still kept an extra eye on her even though she clearly wasn't up to any mischief again.
Most of the times, she'll come visiting us but we'd have one excuse or the other to avoid her.

Second year began, we rented a place out of school, Rona and Anu came to stay with us.
We didn't let Olivia, she didn't even try to, it seemed she was tired of begging us. Good thing.

Later on, she tried harder to rebuild our friendship but it was just so hard. We had long replaced her with Rona and Anu.
She still didn't give up, it was a gradual process for her, still kept on trying and trying.

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This Corona thing is no longer a joke!
Y'all heard of the taxi driver who drove the Italian man around (the man who brought the virus to Nigeria).
Idk if it's true but the man escaped and is asking for 100 million from the govt and he threatened that if he doesn't get it, he'll spread the virus around.
We just gatz stay woke. 🙏💔😢
I hope it's a rumour tho....

Ps: 50vts on this chapter, I'll update the other. 💙❤