The Trip

TheTruth

Bethel stared at Blessing with an astounded gaze. " Do you even have a heart? " She asked.

" Yes, I do, only that it's small, pretty tiny bitty small " Blessing replied with a smile, one hand still on her phone, while the other waving around with toast bread on it, as if trying to demonstrate her words to Bethel.

" Ahhhhh, I don't even want to have your time " Bethel shook her head and said. She turned to Cynthia, whose face had already recovered some shade. " Are you okay? " She asked, a bit of worry laid within her eyes.

Cynthia looked at her for a short moment with animosity hidden beneath her gaze before answering " Do I not look fine ". Bethel didn't develop even a hint of surprise after hearing her. It seemed like it was something she expected. " No you don't " She replied harshly.

Cynthia was about to rush towards her in anger but was held back by Samuel and Reuben. Bethel in turn paid her no heed. She went back to her chair and sat down. She picked up the toast bread she had previously thrown on the floor when the fight started and cleaned up the exterior part with her hands while muttering " See what you guys caused ".

Frank also found himself a seat and sat down. A piece of toasted bread was already in his hand with the cup he was holding before the drama. It had been filled with soft drink.

Samuel and Reuben also guided Cynthia to her chair, and helped her settle down, treating her like some sort of little princess. Their action earned them a " hmph " from Blessing. After a bit more consoling, both found their way back to their seats.

" Okayyyyyyy, so assume you guys are done " Blessing said, finally placing her phone down. " You know what, if you guys love acting dramas this much, why not just apply to be an actor on Nollywood?, I am pretty sure with what I just witness, it won't take to long for you guys to get Bon awards " She taunted them with her ever annoying smile plastered on her face while waving her hands as if trying to further explain her speech.

" Do you seriously think you are being funny? " Bethel asked.

" I am not trying to be dear. Just that you guys are seriously one of a kind " Blessing replied.

" If we are so bad, then what are you still doing here? " Bethel asked again. " Ohhh, you are chasing me away. Never mind, once the toast bread and drinks are finished, I would gladly leave, i can't afford wasting the money i contributed. " Blessing replied.

" I would soon ... " Bethel was about to speak again when a hand landed on her shoulder. It was Frank's hand. She turned her gaze towards him. Frank shook his head, indicating she should stop. She looked at him for a while before nodding. That was how their relationship worked, they had mutual respect for each other.

Blessing just smiled on seeing this. She looked at Bethel and the rest before speaking, " Aren't you guys forgetting something? " She asked. Suddenly, everyone in the room except for Frank started exchanging glances.

" What's going on guys? " Frank spoke out, feeling left out.

After a while of silence, a voice finally sounded " We might have picked up some personal ideas from your brother's suggestion for you to got to the city. We will most likely be going to the city soon ".

" Going to the city, how. What are you people going to do there? " Frank asked with a frown, not understanding what was going on. Bethel on hearing him, kept quiet for a while before replying. " After hearing your brother's suggestion about the city, we all developed new ideas, if nothing, to at least broaden our horizons " Bethel said. Her words only made Frank more confused as she was beating around the bush.

The only one who had a better expression, with a not so guilty smile on her face, Blessing, cut in when she saw Bethel still beating around the bush.

" To cut it short, we have all decided to relocate to the city for now " She said.

" Since when " Frank asked, shocked.

After a short pause, she continued " After hearing the stories you told us about your brother's experiences in the city, and then hearing his suggestions, we got in touch with him and asked if he could help us settle down there, and he agreed. ".

Frank was dumbstruck. He couldn't believe what he had just heard. " Seriously? " he asked, still shocked.

" Yah, seriously " Blessing replied, not bothered. The rest stared at her indicating for her to shut up.

" Wow " Frank exclaimed sarcastically after clearing his head of the confusion.

" Are your parents aware of this? "he asked. Though no one answered, he could tell from their gazes, it was a yes. " Which means this plan has been on for a while now " he asked again.

" So why couldn't you guys tell me ? " he asked again.

Not waiting for them to reply, " So I guess you guys thought i would somehow sabotage it "he replied himself.

Turning his gaze to Cynthia, he finally understood why she reacted like that earlier. " No wonder " He said. He had already suspected something was wrong from the moment Cynthia spoke like that to him. Truthfully, he knew that even though Cynthia didn't really like him and frequently taunted him, she always knew where boundary lines were needed to be drawn, but somehow she intentionally exceeded that line earlier. Cynthia on hearing and seeing his attention drawn towards her, a guilty snort escaped her mouth which immediately earned her a glare from everyone.