A tale I would never forget
In no time I was out of the bathroom. I tried to get ready as fast as possible for the party. I am not someone who likes to go for an event late if I must go but at the time I came out of the bathroom, We were already thirty minutes behind schedule. "Osima," Ela called from the closet trying to get my attention on the clothes she has helped sorted out for the party. ''I will take the red gown'' I pointed at the red gown on Ela's right hand.
"Why not this?" Ela handed over a black shimmering gown. "you should show some more skin and those curves," Ela teased.
"Oh no that one is too revealing I usually wore it with jacket the few times I have worn it. besides you don't want me to look over dressed. I am not the one celebriting " I refused. my auntie had bought me the gown from one of the top designers in one of her tour. I handed it back to her." You know my style Ela," I said.
" Come on, your style is dated I need you to get upgraded. How could you hide such fine dress in a jacket," Ela teased back. It was obvious she wanted me to wear the dress but I was not moved.
"Don't forget you could meet your prince charming today," Ela looked at me as if she was trying to remind me of the goal for going to the party. I knew this was part of her attempt to get me to wear the dress. But Meeting a prince charming was the last thing on my mind at this time, I hissed.
"I just want to have a bit of a care free time, catch as much fun as possible haha," I laughed there was no way I would wear something I would be so uncomfortable in. "Did I hear you say catch some fun? Ela asked with disbelief in the tone of her voice. Ela and Moreen always refers to me as the over zealous one among the three of us. Back then in school, the two of them will deliberately teased me until I would agree to go out with them.i got a job immediately after school and I have since then focused on building my career until I met that guy who has now turned my world upside down I shook my head bitterly.
"Come on hurry up Osima or we would miss the party," We both laugh as I got dressed.
"I hope you are not changing your mind about catching some fun tonight," Ela asked rhetorically." No way" we both laughed as I hurriedly dressed up.
Getting to the venue of the party Ela and I were surprised at the scene that welcome us on arrival.
There were only a handful of people when we got there. We. expected the party to have long started before we arrived but from the look of things, the party was yet to start. "What's going on" I wondered. "Could it be that there was a mis up in the time'' I tuned to Ela who was standing right beside me.
" Maybe the party planner had a bit of set back, "Ela replied, I could tell she was not convinced of her answer.
" Let me call Casime, " Ela said reaching into her bag to bring out her phone. When I looked around the party venue, the few people around were all strange to me. I had expected to see a lot of familiar faces since the surposed celebrant was Casime lover who used to be our class mate at the University. Casime and I were never friends and will not consider us as enemies either. We have had a little misunderstanding over a guy in our school days but we managed to move past it. At least so I thought. We never got along much after the fight between us although we gave each other a good front to say hi when ever we saw after then. Casime was one of those busy bodies who always thinks she could outshine any one. She also was known for her multiple relationships. One thing I liked about her was how she could light up a place with her funny stories. She was mostly very happy and we saw her as news carrier. If anything was happening in school, Casime would be the first to know. She usually gave us the latest gist on campus. "I hope we would get along better now that we are no longer in schoo"I swallowed under my breath. It's been three years after graduation and I have not set my eyes on her after our graduation ceremony. If it was not for the expection of seeing my class mate, I wouldn't have gone for the party but now that everything seems weird, I wondered if I have not made a wrong decision. 'Well I needed to take a break from my hunting thought'I tried to console my self. I went over to meet Ela who had been on the phone.
" So what did she say?" I asked Ela who had a worry look on her face. "We need to leave this place Osima. Something is not quite right," Ela declared.Casime is not taking her calls. I wonder where she could be Ela frowned.
I was also most certain of this. The two guys who had been sitting on my right side had been giving me a suspicious stare that I couldn't explain. There was something strange about the setting of the place.I had a strange feeling the moment I stepped into the place. I have noticed the lady sitting among a group of four guys at the opposite end giving me a look that sends a warning note but I couldn't place it. "How do we get out of here?" I asked Ela as I noticed two broaded chest guys heading towards us from the entrance.I felt What happened next was a tale that I would never forget.