Dear Diary : Burning Things.... 1

Dennis brought my phone to me,  I was almost done braiding a customers hair,  The phone started ringing as I touched it.
Aunty Nana's name was displayed on the screen.

"Hello Aunty"  I said into the receiver

"" Ure can you come down to my place when you are less busy? We have an emergency,  please hurry ""

"Alright Aunty,  30mins more I will be with you ""

I resumed the ritual of hot water soaking of the braids then thinking what would make Aunty Nana call me.

I finished in less than ten minutes,  excused myself from the customer, got permission from My Madam to go.

I walked into Aunty Nana's place,  her house girl asked me to join her upstairs.  Aunty Nana opened the door herself and was peering past me as if she was expecting a mob with me. 

Strange I thought to myself.

She lead the way to her sitting room and I was shocked to see Lucy,  Nkechi,  Daisy and a very haggard looking Evelyn. 
"What's going on here" I asked puzzled.

Evelyn was avoiding my gaze and was dabbing her eyes with a tissue paper supplied by Aunty Nana who is also patting her back and mumbling something to her.

I sat down waiting for an explanation,  when I got none,  I started looking at my wrist watch pretending I was checking the time and also to show I don't have much time,  I was impatient.

"Ure you buy new watch? You never wear a working wrist watch,  that's why I ask" Said Daisy adjusting herself to check my watch.

I gave her a dirty look for that.....

"Ure something terrible happened today,  Evelyn  burned down Carl's car this morning,  she met a girl at the house,  she was so furious,  that she borrowed matches from a neighbor and set the car on fire,  when the car started burning and exploded she got scared and ran.  She is here now and needs protection" Aunty Nana was explaining to me,  while Evelyn was sobbing and shedding tears,  then she started wailing loudly,  her nose was leaking too,  the tears ran down her face to meet the nose then the liquid joins her mouth while she swallow some and spit out some.

"I am confused here,  Ivie can you shut up for once ? You burned down a car in a jealously induced rage,  don't kill yourself"  but prepare to go to jail I said to her

That made her wail even more loudly

" she came to the house for sanctuary,  I don't want her to get us into trouble that's why I brought her to Aunty Nana's place,  Carl knows our house,  and that's the first place he will look,  I have already alerted Ifem at work in case she see Carl at her branch " explained Nkechi

" Better pikin" I said to her

"I think we should go over to Carl's place to find out the level of damage and apologize to him,  I don't want to be constantly watching my back, we all know Carl and what he is capable of,  and he knows of our friendship with Ivie,  Evelyn I mean " said Lucy

" Yes is better we disassociate ourselves from this matter on time,  Carl was a cult boy back at UniBen,  Ivie won't go scotfree and Carl might punish us as well " said a very frightened Daisy

" YOU people are just chickens " I said looking at Lucy, Nkechi, Daisy and Ivie. So you all believed Ivie burned down Osas's car?  She fit? If it had happened we would be at her funeral not gathered here watching her enjoy a cocktail of her tears and runny nose.  Ivie tell us the truth did you or did you not burn down the car?

"I... She started sobbing again,  Nkechi have to elbow her hard on her ribs.

"I nearly burned down the car,  I saw the girl kissing Osa I was furious,  Osa said she is his Fiancee and he pushed me out of his house and banged his door.  I asked his neighbour for matches he gave me,  I went downstairs to the car,  I gathered paper,  put it under the car,  light the matches but breeze kept on extinguishing it.  That was when Osa came down,  slapped me and throw my clothes at me then warned me never to cross his Street in my life,  I... I..... I..

"What did I tell you people?  The Ivie I know will never have Liver to burn a toy car" I said triumphantly

Aunty Nana you self know Osa nah,  forget his new name Carl,  Osa will strangle Ivie one hand,  this is not an emergency, to warrant pulling me out from work.

when they were playing love all over the town,  I no tell you Ivie, that this day will come? I no tell you?  Did you listen? No you didn't,  love was shacking you,  I am surprised you did not arm yourself with a shotgun and blow your brains off!  Abeg I am going back to work someone should get her a big bucket to fill it with tears......

imagine! Some girls are fools,,  they will be dating a guy that is not dating them! .