MR OSAI: morning, Funmi. How are you?
FUNMI: Iβm alright. Good morning
MR OSAI: how have you been managing?
FUNMI: God has been gracious. I have been receiving help from lots of people.
MR OSAI: great to hear. Do you need anything?
FUNMI: not at the moment. No.
MR OSAI: Itβs Saturday today, So Iβm only here until 10am. Our daughter has got really nasty cataarh; I told my wife to get her ready so I could quickly come to the office and do a few things before I take them to the hospital, so they must be waiting.
Erm, I just wanted to find out if you are willing to take on the role of my personal deputy?
FUNMI: wow! Why not!
MR OSAI: well, I did put up vacancy for two more roles on our website. If you become my deputy, it means your position will be empty and we need one one more person in our IT department. So you are happy to do it?
FUNMI: yes!
MR OSAI: great! So it comes with a pay rise, and a few other benefits like entitlement to an all expense paid holiday, health insurance which covers you and one other family member and a car.
FUNMI: wow! Are there things Iβd need to do?
MR OSAI: erm, we will train you for a week and thatβs all fully paid. Nothing difficult at all. Just to familiarise you with your new role.
FUNMI: okay. Thank you. Did you get the email I sent you?
MR OSAI: Oh yea! The CV, right? Is that someone you know?
FUNMI: yes. Itβs actually the lady I told you about who got me a house and all.
MR OSAI: oh! The Amarachi of a girl! Alright, ask her when she is available to startβ¦
FUNMI: oh! My God! Thank you!!
MR OSAI: youβre welcome, Funmi. Anyway, look after the office. Iβm leaving now
FUNMI: please send my love to your daughter and wife. I hope she feels better soon.
MR OSAI: I will. Thanks. Bye
(Mr Osai left and after sometime, a call came through to Funmiβs desk from the receptionist)
FUNMI: βοΈhello, Funmi here. How can I help?
RECEPTIONIST: someone is here to see you
FUNMI: whatβs the name?
RECEPTIONIST: Zain.
FUNMI: hmmm! Let him in, please. Thanks
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(WHO IS Zain?, HE FIRST APPEARED IN THE LAST EPISODE. A LITTLE INFO ABOUT ZAIN)
Just before Ebuka and Amara travelled in Episode-20, the following events happened
(Zain knocked on the door and Funmi opened the door for him)
ZAIN: surprise! Surprise!!
FUNMI: you didnβt tell me you were coming!
ZAIN: I know you threw your card on me just to dismiss me. Well, most guys would find the way you dismissed me quite abrupt, but I find it very attractive actually
FUNMI: please take a seat.
ZAIN: (sits down) thank you.
FUNMI: would you like anything?
ZAIN: yes. You.
FUNMI: Oh please!
ZAIN: I meant everything I said to you at the mall. You see, Iβm not asking you to date me straight away, just give me a chance to know you.
Thatβs all Iβm asking for.
Thatβs all Iβm asking for.
FUNMI: Iβm marriedβ¦
ZAIN: well, you donβt look it (stares at her finger ring and gave a facial expression that suggests βso why are your fingers empty?)
FUNMI: why are you staring at my fingers like that?
ZAIN: well, I like how neat and short they are. I dislike articial nails on ladies..also, I thought married people wear wedding bands in this part of the world. I might be wrongβ¦
FUNMI: I.. I..
ZAIN: Itβs alright! You donβt have to lie to me. You are not married. Maybe you were married. Whatever the case, I just want to get to know you.
I know I donβt look it with the whole beards and all, but I am actually harmless.
I know I donβt look it with the whole beards and all, but I am actually harmless.
FUNMI: do you mind if I ask where you are from?
ZAIN: Iβm from Delta state.
FUNMI: hmmm! Interesting. Do you live there?
ZAIN: erm, actually, I and my siblings were all born and raised in the United States. This is my second time of coming to Nigeria since I was born. But Iβm trying to put up something here that will always draw me back home. You donβt wanna go too far away from your roots
FUNMI: so you canβt even speak your language
ZAIN: shush! Keep your voice down! You donβt need to let the world know!
FUNMI: hahahaha! I need a microphone in this office so I could loud it.
ZAIN: thank goodness you have none. Naughty girl!
FUNMI: Iβm not a girl! Respect my age!
ZAIN: sorry, grandma. Can we go out for lunch?
FUNMI: I donβt think that will be possible. Iβve got a few things to do here
ZAIN: Iβll hang around and come back whenever you want me to.
Why are you working on a Saturday, anyway!
Why are you working on a Saturday, anyway!
FUNMI: I donβt wanna be bored at home.
ZAIN: happily married people look forward to the weekendβ¦
FUNMI: ???
ZAIN: I donβt mean to open any healing wounds. Iβm sorry if I did. But when I saw you in that mall, I saw loneliness, I saw betrayals, I saw love and lost.
Your beautiful garments couldnβt hide them. They pierced through it. All I wanted to do is offer you some comforting hugs.
I saw a girl whoβs been betrayed by the ones she holds dearly to her heart
Your beautiful garments couldnβt hide them. They pierced through it. All I wanted to do is offer you some comforting hugs.
I saw a girl whoβs been betrayed by the ones she holds dearly to her heart
FUNMI: (wipes her tears with her hands)
ZAIN: (throws his handkerchief on her) use this. Donβt be ashamed to cry as much as you wish. But never go back to what made you cry. This is my grandmaβs everyday advice to us. Just thought you might find it helpful.
FUNMI: thank you. If you donβt mind I would love to carry on working now, please.
ZAIN: sure! And the lunch?
FUNMI: maybe some other time.
ZAIN: thatβs alright. If you need to talk, I am only a phone call away.
FUNMI: thanks.
ZAIN:?ββοΈ?ββοΈ
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EBUKA: darling.. hurry up, Iβve got to book our ticket before the ticketing office closes! Itβs Saturday today and they close quite early!
AMARACHI: wonβt be a minute! Just putting some lipstick on.
NKECHI: I wish I was going with you guys to meet your brother. So where are you guys meeting him?
EBUKA: we will pick him up from the airport and maybe go to a restaurant to eat.
( Amara and Ebuka left for the airport where they where they would pick up Amaraβs so called brother.
This got me thinking about the popular saying βevery man is a fool for the woman he lovesβ
How could a handsome and well read young man like Ebuka be so fooled!
How could a handsome and well read young man like Ebuka be so fooled!
Well, they got to the airport and after a short while, Chika met them)
EBUKA: ?I am Ebuka. Nice to meet you.
CHIKA: nice to meet you, bros. I am Chikamnele (turns to Amara and hugs her) look at this little girl of yesterday talking marriage!
AMARACHI: (pretending to be shy) Iβm a woman!
CHIKA: woman in deed!
EBUKA: they grow up so fast, isnβt it? When I look at Nkechi my sister, I just canβt believe how that much growth happened within such a short time.
CHIKA: the thing tire person, bros.
EBUKA: so why didnβt you want to come to our house?
CHIKA: Iβm sorry bros, but my girlfriend is on my neck, very soon she will start calling. E be like say she go die if she no see me in the next 30 minutes.
EBUKA: awww! Na their way.
CHIKA: this one own no get comparison. Well, I donβt blame her. We havenβt seen each other for two years now.
EBUKA: I no understand how una dey fit do this kind relationship o! I no fit. Bros enter car
AMARACHI: I will follow you to your girlfriendβs house o! If I donβt like her, you are dumping her straight away!
CHIKA: and if I no like your man?
EBUKA: hahaha! You and your sister! You guys are so cute!
CHIKA: she is a pain in my buttocks but I love her to bits! My God! I love this child!
AMARACHI: I love you too, bro!
(Ebuka, drove them to a restaurant, they ordered food and drinks, and as they ate, more conversations took place)
EBUKA: Iβm sure your sister must have told you about me and our intentions to starts a life together
CHIKA: Yea Yea! She has and I told her not to get so excited yet until I meet the guy.
EBUKA: so here is the guy! Hahaha Iβm sure she must have told you a few things about me.
I made a wrong choice of marriage initially, but as God would have it, I did break out early enough. So no baby mama anywhere
CHIKA: great! Because that worried me a little my sisterβs safety and happiness is paramount. She is our only girl and we would give our right kidneys to ensure she is happy. Whatever happiness means to her.
EBUKA: I have an only sister too, and she technically, hold my mumu button. Thank God she happens to be Amaraβs friend.
CHIKA: these only demons abi sisters can be so annoying man!
AMARACHI: brother Chika! Trouble maker!
ROSSY: brother Chika fire!??ββοΈ
EBUKA: so do I have your support?
CHIKA: I mean these few minutes are probably not enough to determine whether you are a nice person or not. But I trust her judgement. This girl is very smart by the way; She can reformat a dead brain. Beware!
EBUKA: oh! I know that!
CHIKA: yes, you have my support. You also have my support to get her pregnant after marriage. You however, do not have my support to do so before marriage
AMARACHI: ?????
CHIKA: you can close your eyes all you want. Na final warning be that!
EBUKA: hahaha! Bros your blood dey hot o! Anyway, no problem my guy! Youβll be a proud big brother in the end
CHIKA: perfect! You were going somewhere right?
EBUKA: yes, Iβm going to get our tickets to France . But Iβll quickly drop you at your girlfriendβs place before going
CHIKA: no need for that at all. She just texted me now that she will come pick us up.
EBUKA: wicked! Alright then. Nice to meet you bro. We will talk more on phone
CHIKA: sure! Nice to meet you man! Cheers
(Ebuka left and Amara threw himself into Chika βs arms and they laughed and kissed until their lips hurt)
CHIKA: on a serious note, babe, you must be very careful with this dude. He is a player, he has the looks and definitely the right words to get any woman tripping and falling over.
You must stay on top of the game and make it as snappy as possible. Iβve seen shiiii like this ruin relationships and I donβt want that to happen to us.
I donβt want to lose you for anything in the world.
I donβt want to lose you for anything in the world.
AMARACHI: you wonβt, babe. I just have to do this for her. She is another woman I wouldnβt like society to trample on.
CHIKA: make it snappy. Your travelling to France with him scares the hell out of me.
AMARACHI: I am the coach in this game. I have the whistle, I decide when it ends and believe me when I say the final whistle is about to go off!
CHIKA: chop knuckles ?
AMARACHI: ?
(You may refer to episode 20 again now)
To be continued
MR OSAI: morning, Funmi. How are you?
FUNMI: Iβm alright. Good morning
MR OSAI: how have you been managing?
FUNMI: God has been gracious. I have been receiving help from lots of people.
MR OSAI: great to hear. Do you need anything?
FUNMI: not at the moment. No.
MR OSAI: Itβs Saturday today, So Iβm only here until 10am. Our daughter has got really nasty cataarh; I told my wife to get her ready so I could quickly come to the office and do a few things before I take them to the hospital, so they must be waiting.
Erm, I just wanted to find out if you are willing to take on the role of my personal deputy?
FUNMI: wow! Why not!
MR OSAI: well, I did put up vacancy for two more roles on our website. If you become my deputy, it means your position will be empty and we need one one more person in our IT department. So you are happy to do it?
FUNMI: yes!
MR OSAI: great! So it comes with a pay rise, and a few other benefits like entitlement to an all expense paid holiday, health insurance which covers you and one other family member and a car.
FUNMI: wow! Are there things Iβd need to do?
MR OSAI: erm, we will train you for a week and thatβs all fully paid. Nothing difficult at all. Just to familiarise you with your new role.
FUNMI: okay. Thank you. Did you get the email I sent you?
MR OSAI: Oh yea! The CV, right? Is that someone you know?
FUNMI: yes. Itβs actually the lady I told you about who got me a house and all.
MR OSAI: oh! The Amarachi of a girl! Alright, ask her when she is available to startβ¦
FUNMI: oh! My God! Thank you!!
MR OSAI: youβre welcome, Funmi. Anyway, look after the office. Iβm leaving now
FUNMI: please send my love to your daughter and wife. I hope she feels better soon.
MR OSAI: I will. Thanks. Bye
(Mr Osai left and after sometime, a call came through to Funmiβs desk from the receptionist)
FUNMI: βοΈhello, Funmi here. How can I help?
RECEPTIONIST: someone is here to see you
FUNMI: whatβs the name?
RECEPTIONIST: Zain.
FUNMI: hmmm! Let him in, please. Thanks
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(WHO IS Zain?, HE FIRST APPEARED IN THE LAST EPISODE. A LITTLE INFO ABOUT ZAIN)
Just before Ebuka and Amara travelled in Episode-20, the following events happened
(Zain knocked on the door and Funmi opened the door for him)
ZAIN: surprise! Surprise!!
FUNMI: you didnβt tell me you were coming!
ZAIN: I know you threw your card on me just to dismiss me. Well, most guys would find the way you dismissed me quite abrupt, but I find it very attractive actually
FUNMI: please take a seat.
ZAIN: (sits down) thank you.
FUNMI: would you like anything?
ZAIN: yes. You.
FUNMI: Oh please!
ZAIN: I meant everything I said to you at the mall. You see, Iβm not asking you to date me straight away, just give me a chance to know you.
Thatβs all Iβm asking for.
Thatβs all Iβm asking for.
FUNMI: Iβm marriedβ¦
ZAIN: well, you donβt look it (stares at her finger ring and gave a facial expression that suggests βso why are your fingers empty?)
FUNMI: why are you staring at my fingers like that?
ZAIN: well, I like how neat and short they are. I dislike articial nails on ladies..also, I thought married people wear wedding bands in this part of the world. I might be wrongβ¦
FUNMI: I.. I..
ZAIN: Itβs alright! You donβt have to lie to me. You are not married. Maybe you were married. Whatever the case, I just want to get to know you.
I know I donβt look it with the whole beards and all, but I am actually harmless.
I know I donβt look it with the whole beards and all, but I am actually harmless.
FUNMI: do you mind if I ask where you are from?
ZAIN: Iβm from Delta state.
FUNMI: hmmm! Interesting. Do you live there?
ZAIN: erm, actually, I and my siblings were all born and raised in the United States. This is my second time of coming to Nigeria since I was born. But Iβm trying to put up something here that will always draw me back home. You donβt wanna go too far away from your roots
FUNMI: so you canβt even speak your language
ZAIN: shush! Keep your voice down! You donβt need to let the world know!
FUNMI: hahahaha! I need a microphone in this office so I could loud it.
ZAIN: thank goodness you have none. Naughty girl!
FUNMI: Iβm not a girl! Respect my age!
ZAIN: sorry, grandma. Can we go out for lunch?
FUNMI: I donβt think that will be possible. Iβve got a few things to do here
ZAIN: Iβll hang around and come back whenever you want me to.
Why are you working on a Saturday, anyway!
Why are you working on a Saturday, anyway!
FUNMI: I donβt wanna be bored at home.
ZAIN: happily married people look forward to the weekendβ¦
FUNMI: ???
ZAIN: I donβt mean to open any healing wounds. Iβm sorry if I did. But when I saw you in that mall, I saw loneliness, I saw betrayals, I saw love and lost.
Your beautiful garments couldnβt hide them. They pierced through it. All I wanted to do is offer you some comforting hugs.
I saw a girl whoβs been betrayed by the ones she holds dearly to her heart
Your beautiful garments couldnβt hide them. They pierced through it. All I wanted to do is offer you some comforting hugs.
I saw a girl whoβs been betrayed by the ones she holds dearly to her heart
FUNMI: (wipes her tears with her hands)
ZAIN: (throws his handkerchief on her) use this. Donβt be ashamed to cry as much as you wish. But never go back to what made you cry. This is my grandmaβs everyday advice to us. Just thought you might find it helpful.
FUNMI: thank you. If you donβt mind I would love to carry on working now, please.
ZAIN: sure! And the lunch?
FUNMI: maybe some other time.
ZAIN: thatβs alright. If you need to talk, I am only a phone call away.
FUNMI: thanks.
ZAIN:?ββοΈ?ββοΈ
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EBUKA: darling.. hurry up, Iβve got to book our ticket before the ticketing office closes! Itβs Saturday today and they close quite early!
AMARACHI: wonβt be a minute! Just putting some lipstick on.
NKECHI: I wish I was going with you guys to meet your brother. So where are you guys meeting him?
EBUKA: we will pick him up from the airport and maybe go to a restaurant to eat.
( Amara and Ebuka left for the airport where they where they would pick up Amaraβs so called brother.
This got me thinking about the popular saying βevery man is a fool for the woman he lovesβ
How could a handsome and well read young man like Ebuka be so fooled!
How could a handsome and well read young man like Ebuka be so fooled!
Well, they got to the airport and after a short while, Chika met them)
EBUKA: ?I am Ebuka. Nice to meet you.
CHIKA: nice to meet you, bros. I am Chikamnele (turns to Amara and hugs her) look at this little girl of yesterday talking marriage!
AMARACHI: (pretending to be shy) Iβm a woman!
CHIKA: woman in deed!
EBUKA: they grow up so fast, isnβt it? When I look at Nkechi my sister, I just canβt believe how that much growth happened within such a short time.
CHIKA: the thing tire person, bros.
EBUKA: so why didnβt you want to come to our house?
CHIKA: Iβm sorry bros, but my girlfriend is on my neck, very soon she will start calling. E be like say she go die if she no see me in the next 30 minutes.
EBUKA: awww! Na their way.
CHIKA: this one own no get comparison. Well, I donβt blame her. We havenβt seen each other for two years now.
EBUKA: I no understand how una dey fit do this kind relationship o! I no fit. Bros enter car
AMARACHI: I will follow you to your girlfriendβs house o! If I donβt like her, you are dumping her straight away!
CHIKA: and if I no like your man?
EBUKA: hahaha! You and your sister! You guys are so cute!
CHIKA: she is a pain in my buttocks but I love her to bits! My God! I love this child!
AMARACHI: I love you too, bro!
(Ebuka, drove them to a restaurant, they ordered food and drinks, and as they ate, more conversations took place)
EBUKA: Iβm sure your sister must have told you about me and our intentions to starts a life together
CHIKA: Yea Yea! She has and I told her not to get so excited yet until I meet the guy.
EBUKA: so here is the guy! Hahaha Iβm sure she must have told you a few things about me.
I made a wrong choice of marriage initially, but as God would have it, I did break out early enough. So no baby mama anywhere
CHIKA: great! Because that worried me a little my sisterβs safety and happiness is paramount. She is our only girl and we would give our right kidneys to ensure she is happy. Whatever happiness means to her.
EBUKA: I have an only sister too, and she technically, hold my mumu button. Thank God she happens to be Amaraβs friend.
CHIKA: these only demons abi sisters can be so annoying man!
AMARACHI: brother Chika! Trouble maker!
ROSSY: brother Chika fire!??ββοΈ
EBUKA: so do I have your support?
CHIKA: I mean these few minutes are probably not enough to determine whether you are a nice person or not. But I trust her judgement. This girl is very smart by the way; She can reformat a dead brain. Beware!
EBUKA: oh! I know that!
CHIKA: yes, you have my support. You also have my support to get her pregnant after marriage. You however, do not have my support to do so before marriage
AMARACHI: ?????
CHIKA: you can close your eyes all you want. Na final warning be that!
EBUKA: hahaha! Bros your blood dey hot o! Anyway, no problem my guy! Youβll be a proud big brother in the end
CHIKA: perfect! You were going somewhere right?
EBUKA: yes, Iβm going to get our tickets to France . But Iβll quickly drop you at your girlfriendβs place before going
CHIKA: no need for that at all. She just texted me now that she will come pick us up.
EBUKA: wicked! Alright then. Nice to meet you bro. We will talk more on phone
CHIKA: sure! Nice to meet you man! Cheers
(Ebuka left and Amara threw himself into Chika βs arms and they laughed and kissed until their lips hurt)
CHIKA: on a serious note, babe, you must be very careful with this dude. He is a player, he has the looks and definitely the right words to get any woman tripping and falling over.
You must stay on top of the game and make it as snappy as possible. Iβve seen shiiii like this ruin relationships and I donβt want that to happen to us.
I donβt want to lose you for anything in the world.
I donβt want to lose you for anything in the world.
AMARACHI: you wonβt, babe. I just have to do this for her. She is another woman I wouldnβt like society to trample on.
CHIKA: make it snappy. Your travelling to France with him scares the hell out of me.
AMARACHI: I am the coach in this game. I have the whistle, I decide when it ends and believe me when I say the final whistle is about to go off!
CHIKA: chop knuckles ?
AMARACHI: ?
(You may refer to episode 20 again now)
To be continued
