Spice

Chapter 2

Amani 's pov
Can you imagine what that son of a jaki said to me I can believe this mr ahmed o what did he mean by that I said to finyi as she wanted for me to finish praying my asr prayer she just laughed as I was ranting then she said haba Amani but you know you like giving mr ahmed hard time let's not even go there and you know him his a a very sharp guy he no like mess up for this she smiled at me and I decided not to say anything I folded my hijab and I decided to go back to the office with finyi as I was fasting and there was no point going out with the guys to eat . I smiled at finyi as she showed me her ring she said her boyfriend paul proposed to her and she was so her I hugged her and said ohh I'm so happy for you atleast you have left the crew the single ladies group me and finyi always laughed at our boss the GM admin she was 46 and was not married we laughed at hajiya Binta badly and I said to finyi hmmm ok o this one that you've left me in this crew it will be me and hajiya Binta now in the single ladies club .finyi laughed and soon break was up and everyone was back to the office andii before I knew it was six o'clock the office alarm went on to indicate that it was closing time . I was packing my bags when frayer the chief engineer called me into his office
Amani why do you like giving me ahmed a hard time
I smiled and I said sir his a pain in the ass and we laughed about it and mr frayer told me to please change my ways. I closed from work o had already called an Uber to come and pick up from work I had iftar today with the girls
Now I had my little circle of friends that I usually spend my time with there was Isabel, jasmine ,Haifa and yours truly Amani we have been friends for over six years and we shared almost the same views about life
Isabel  was a proud proprietor she owned a small cafe
Haifa wonderful economist that worked with world bank
And beautiful barrister jasmine who worked with her fathers chanbers
We were all beautiful career women that loved to meet up each Monday and Thursday's to discuss our life  or as my brother call us the gulma quad.
I left for my house and I changed into a black abaya and i packed the samosas I made our house help fry for me and I borrowed mama's car keys and drove of to the cafe  . It was more like a rule for everyone to bring something on Monday night .and I went straight into Isabel's office as usual I was the first to arrive we exchanged pleasantries as we started to gist about this new guy she met she said his name was Jamal as we got into details Haifa and jasmine arrived and Isabel told us everything from where he works to where he is from to even his shoe size my friends are crazy I know
We laughed at Isabel and then suddenly I noticed a bruise on Haifa's face and I asked her madam mai ya faru and she smiled and said ohh I hit my head on the door yesterday and we all smiled now you see we all know that haifa's husband nuru was an abusive guy but as long as she didn't tell us anything we couldn't help her through it , jasmine being a talkative said to her ke da wanan kofan dai na wa o
Ya kamata ki gyra kofan ko ki chanza ta we all laughed as Haifa changed the topic and she asked jasmine how her wedding plan was going  she said it was all good and a second we had eat as heard the call to prayer and prayed
Then we continued gisting and I told them about my rough day at the office Isabel said wai ke madam since Abdullah left you you've turned into something I don't even understand you again o . And I replied Isabel ba dole bah in zama something else duk garin Abuja Abdullah ya rasa inda ze nama yan mata sai a office di na haba Isabel ,ai girma ze zube we all laughed and then it was time for isha and I told Haifa you should start getting ready to go home fa you know your husband will soon back we laughed and she said ai she took permission before she came but still packed her trays and put them in the car as we hugged her good night , and soon I told jasmine zan tafi fa should I give you a lift and she said yes we hugged Isabel good night . I lived in jabi while jasmine lived in asokoro two ends so we had a long drive and discussed on how we could help our friend with the domestic violence she was going through. Haifa was so patient and she loved nuru so much that she let him treat her like a donkey ,and that wasn't good so I told jasmine I have an idea why don't we talk to her mum about it , she said ok
Jasmine I miss our crazy adventures in school I miss how we used to be so happy and how we wore our hearts on sleeves I miss those busy weekends we were always partying and jasmine  said madam we had our fair share of life and I think that it's time for us to grow up each day I pray for us to settle down and let our paths in life choose us we both laughed and suddenly my phone rang it was my mum and she said madam Ina kike it's ok you should come back home now
Ok mum I just want to drop off jasmine sai na dawo.
Mum: say hello to jasmine matan souja
Amani:ok mum I will , see you soon