Where was I? Yeah, I was watching that nonsense �Miss Universe� when my phone rang. On seeing Jan�s number on the caller-id I decided to ignore it. However, I guess persistence is one of her many qualities because the girl called 3 more times. With a sigh I gave up and picked up the phone.
�Hello?� I said in the driest of all voices.
�Femi, where have you been? I�ve been calling all day!� She was in one of her panicked frenzies.
�Sorry I�ve been out. What�s up?�
�It�s Donald again.� Duh! Like I didn�t know that.
�Yeah? What�s he done this time?� At times like these you wonder why you have friends. I would rather be watching paint dry that having this freaking conversation for the 60th time!
�I can�t take this anymore. I am leaving his cheating ass! Do you think I could crash with you for a while as I look for my own place?�
What da hell is wrong with this female? She don lost her mind! �Sweetie, you can�t be serious.�
The emotions in her voice changed from panicked to angry. �What do you mean? I can�t come over? I guess the whole �A friend in need, a friend indeed� thing means nothing to you? I should have��
�Relax!� I interjected. �You know you can stay at my house anytime. With the twins gone there is a lot of room. I just don�t want you to make any rash decisions. I mean��
It was her turn to interrupt. �You think leaving a cheating, lying sonofabitch is rash?�
�Of course not. But you know Donald isn�t that person.� Pause. �Have you spoken to him about it?�
�Why? So he can lie to me? I�ve had enough.�
I sighed. �You know what? Sit tight. I�ll call you in about 10 minutes O.K? Stop packing. Just breathe. I�ll get back to you in 10 minutes. O.K?�
�What�s the point of that? I�ll just be delaying the inevitable by 10 minutes. I�m just going to keep��
�Shut up and just chill O.K?� I screamed, then I hung up.
At this point I could tell that things were getting out of hand so I decided to call �Timmy the dog� immediately. I called his cell phone and he picked it up at the second ring.
�Hey Femi, can I call you back?� He sounded cheerful and I could tell he was at some sort of party because I could hear a lot of background noise.
�No you can�t. Your marriage is about to fall apart.�
�What?� He sounded confused.
�Change locations. Go to a quieter room.�
Anyway, I basically filled him in on what had been happening to his wife and he sounded genuinely shocked. Apparently, his wife hadn�t told him a thing -just as I�d thought. He explained to me that Iara was new in town and that he was her new mentor �assigned to him by his bosses. He was just trying to make her stay more pleasant and had his wife expressed her fears to him, he would have explained the whole situation to her. I chided him for not taking the initiative and telling her everything because we all know how Janelle gets. I advised him to go straight home to avoid returning to an empty house. Like I promised, I called Jan and she answered with an �I�ll call you back.� And on Friday, she said everything was cool and that she and �Timmy the dog� were going away for the weekend. Good for them!
The rest of the week was pretty cool. I had an interview on Friday and the guy was so so soooo cute that I honestly wished that I�d been Sharon Stone in �Basic Instinct� so that I could do the �crossing/uncrossing legs� thing she did oh-so-well. Anyway, I couldn�t help it and I flirted shamelessly as he flirted right back and something tells me I�m gonna get called back for a second interview. Who said women had no power??
Saturday, nothing happened except I realized that my period was about 3 days late� Early this morning, we watched Nigeria lose to Argentina at the first round of the World Cup and personally, I don�t give a shit but my father kept lamenting, saying, �What is Ogbeche doing?�
Today is Sunday right? So I guess that makes my period 4 days late. Yes, I�m terribly calm. I�m off to Rite Aid�
Femi, 12:05pm, Sunday, June 2, 2002
