While on our way back to Cornfield, Frank decided to add more gass to his car. Surprisingly, the filling station was as dry as it used to be. It was kind of full, about eight cars in front of us and by the looks of it, more would be coming soon. "The gas will take us to your Aunt's house, but I don't think it will be enough to take me home. However, I think it will be able to bring me back here to refill my tank" Frank said about reversing back to leave the queue when two cars came and joined the queue from the back, there-by stopping him from leaving the line. "Shit, shit!" he muttered a curse, "I shouldn't have join the queue in the first place" he uttered in remorse while I remained silent, looking at the convenience store through the glasses which was a stone throw away. "You want to buy something there?" he asked seeing I had my eyes fixed st the store. "Here," he handed me his debit card without even waiting for me to respond to his question. Anyways, since he had already made up his mind to hand the card to me I decided to collect it. I believe they had chocolates there. "the pin is 2606" he added.
"Thank you!" I said as I gladly opened the door, "What should I get you from the store?" I asked in case he needed something. However, he smiled and told me he wouldn't be needing anything. "Okay, see you soon" I beamed at him and then left the car. I could feel his eyes on my as I gently began heading towards the convenience store. And just as I arrived at the entrance, I turned and caught him staring at me. He smiled and waved at me. Hence, I smiled and waved back at him as well before turning and walking into the store. The moment I walked into the store I found out there were about ten people inside, going around and picking what they wanted. I also did the same, I strolled around and began looking for the things I needed. Majorly, chocolates and candies. I took two packs of chocolates and then two packs of candies. And just as I was about heading towards the salesman I oversaw Betty strolling around with a cart, I actually didn't see her earlier. It was as if she was in the washroom. I quickly began heading over to the salesman in order not to be seen by her, however just as I paid for the things I bought and turned about leaving the convenience store, she came straight to me and asked if I was the girl she once met with Frank. However, denied being the person.
"Me? Nah, it's not me" I turned and began walking away when she quickly held my gown and drew me back, "What... what is wrong with you? I already told you I am not the one you are talking about!" I yelled at her. Why would she even pull me back? What if I had lost my balance and fell down in the process? I thought to myself.
"You think I don't recognize you?" she scoffed, "Of course I do, you are the girl that stole Frank's heart. You b*tch, you even had the guts to tell me shit that day on phone. Well, here you are, and I am going to..." she said halfway as someone chimed in,
"What's going on here?" The person was behind me. Thus, I quickly turned and found out it was a cop. He probably came to buy something. As speechless as I was, I turned and glared at Betty before leaving. She was also speechless. If I was a cruel person, I would have told the cop that she was trying to hurt me and I believe he would surely deal with her. But I wasn't that kind of a person, I wasn't her type. I left the convenience store and met Frank still on the queue, almost the line had relatively progressed and he was now the second person. There were more than seven vehicles behind him, and that made me to wonder what exactly the problem was and why there were so much queue today and at the moment. It didn't used to be this way before, you know. Not even in the night. And I knew that because whenever Frank would drive me back we used to drive past the filling station, however we didn't used to see queues like this. Infact most of the time, it used to be empty. Well, whatever the case might be it's none of my business. As soon as we get our gas, we would be on our way to cornfield.
Just as I returned back to the car, Frank noticed the changes in my face. He quickly asked what was going on and if I had encountered a problem in the convenience store. At first I shook my head, noth willing to share the story with as it was irrelevant but you know, Frank could be persistent sometimes. Hence, he kept asking until I finally decided to let him know. I narrated everything to him, and just as he was about to go out in anger and confront her in the shop, the car in our front left the queue after having filled his tank. Then the cars in our back began pressing their horns, pressurizing us to move forward and fill our tank. Hence, Frank decided to let her be. He moved to the front and began filling his tank while I waited patiently for him inside the car.
Shortly after, Betty came out of the convenience store with her stuff in her hands. She had bought a lot the fact that the nylons in hands were full. She began looking around probably for me, and just as her eyes landed on us she smiled and began walking over to our vehicle. Just then, Frank confronted her angrily. He asked why the f*ck she tried to lay her hands on me and all she did was to smile. Thus, she told him she was only playing with me. Frank knew she was lying, for that reason he warned her to stay away from me if she didn't want to end up in trouble.
I thought she would continue arguing with him, but with a frowned face she reluctantly agreed that she would stay away from me. However, she demanded Frank should drive her home. Unfortunately for her, we were heading to Cornfield hence Frank told her he wouldn't be able to drive her home as he was heading to Cornfield with me and wouldn't be leaving soon even after dropping me. In anger, she roared and told him blatantly that he had changed. She even tried unlocking one of the doors of the car but Frank locked them. Out of frustration, she muttered a curse and left... promising to tell Paul what's going on between him and her. I didn't know why she said that but it was obvious she was trying to use her cousin to convince Frank since they were friends. Frank however didn't care, and as soon as his tank was full we drove away.
As he continued driving, he told me something strange that happened between him and her recently. He started after clearing his throat. "Betty is really trying to get me into trouble, she called me few days ago in the evening and told me she was dying. I panicked. I asked her what happened and she told me she had no idea, and just as she began explaining what might be the cause she began panting and the call ended there. I was so scared hence I decided to call eight five one to tell them what was going on. After narrating everything to them, they told me they would send a medical team to check her out. However, they encouraged me to go to the scene myself to confirm while the medical team hit the road. As someone who was only trying to help, I decided to drive to the house. I used my spork car, and after about five to six minutes of driving, I was already at her apartment's door. Seeing no ambulance or medical team arrived, and the place looked lively I ran into the apartment to check on her myself. As I walked through the hallway to her room, my phone began ringing. It was eight five one. Our of curiosity, I pulled her door open before picking the call. Just then, I saw her playing with her puppy while the eight five one agent I spoke to earlier told me it was a false alarm and that they called someone from the apartment building and told him to confirm if my report was right in a low-key. And when the person did, he found out she was fine. They rewarded him one bucks for it and charged me two hundred bucks for the false alarm, to which I paid. Betty wasn't remorseful at all, I became so angry at her that I nearly shove her the moment she approached me and began pleading and explaining the main reason why she did what she did" he said and paused, making me to heave a sigh and ask what happened next.
"Did you leave the room immediately? What happened next?" I was curious about what exactly happened after pleading with him to forgive her, I wanted to know how exactly he handled the matter.
"I wanted to leave but she begged me to stay, that the reason why she did what she did was because if she had chosen to summon me I wouldn't come. Hence she decided to use that method to lure me into coming. When I asked what exactly she wanted with me, she told me to sit so she could explain... to which I did. Then she told me the main reason why she wanted me to come in the first place was because a cop had been disturbing her life, using his power and influence to disturb her life meanwhile she didn't like him. And she had tried all her best to shun him away but he was too stubborn. Even after lying to him that she had a boyfriend, he still wouldn't let her be. Hence, she decided to use me in order to shun the guy. Like I should pretend as if I was her boyfriend. I was so angry, I didn't even know when I snapped at her and left the house. Since then, I had been careful about her. She really want to use me and get me into trouble" he said. I didn't even know when I scoffed, it was so funny that I couldn't hold my laughter. He laughed as well and told me it was really funny.
When we arrived home, he parked and bade me goodbye before telling me to have a wonderful night. I bade him goodbye too and alighted from the car. Thus, I waved at him as he began driving away. And just as I turned about heading into the house I saw Mr John staring at me from their compound with his hand in his pockets. He was smiling evily, just then one of his boys came into the light and talked to him. Thus, they both went into the house. That man really didn't know what's best for him, if he knew he wouldn't still have his eyes on me. But no problem, I would stick to his wife's advice. I would keep distancing myself from him until he gets tired and stay away from my way... for good!
Just as I walked over to the door and pulled it open, I saw Aunt Vicky in the sitting room together with Jessica, Lorraine, and Mrs Smith. They were both gisting and laughing, which was really a wonderful sight to behold. Finally, she was back home!
