Episode 14
After driving for over two hours across the third mainland bridge leading to Lagos Island, Zainab finally got to her destination.
It was a brown two story building, nothing spectacular when compared to other five-ten story buildings that were around it. There wasnât a sign board around because that cost a lot of money, but the name of the building was boldly written on front wall, right above the highest window, it read:
âIMMACULATE STUDIOâ .
Zainab as usual, sat still in her car for a while, doing nothing much but clearing her mind. The meeting with Boniface had gone quite well and they had mapped out a strategy which was going to kick off soon.
She then stepped out of the car and gracefully walked into th building, clad with a super hot âkneel lengthâ red gown. A carpenter who was cutting a piece of wood nearly cut his hand while staring at her, but thatâs another story.
Judging from the way she walked past the receptionist and took the left staircase, with people greeting her from left and right, she was obviously a regular face.
She climbed up to the top floor where the main studio was and immediately spotted him, E.A.
He looked quite simple wearing a pair of black jeans, red top and a jacket. He was busy, talking with one of the cameramen, probably passing some instructions to him. Zainab walked up to him, and tapped him on the shoulder since he was backing her. He turned and a smiled formed on his face.
âHey! You here?â He asked rhetorically. Zainab smiled back and nodded in response.
âErr.. Thatâs good to know, I didnât expect you this early though, shooting starts by 6PM, and the time is justâŠâ He looked at his wristwatch and wanted to complete his statement but Zainab beat him to it, ââŠ5PM, yea, I know. I just wanted to somehow make up for no being around yesterday,â she replied.
âMake up? Inviting 3face and P-cube to the show is more than enough. Hope they are still coming by the way?â
âYea, sure, they would be here before 6PM, I told them shooting starts 5:30PMâ
âAhh.. You sneaky liar.. Its all good sha,â E.A replied, his smile was now more visible, he was excited and he wasnât shy to show it.
âOkay, that aside, I canât stare at you for one hour, what can I help with, I can see the stage hasnât be set.
I know one or two things about stage designing, mind if I go ahead?â Zainab asked with a grin.
E.A bursted out in a long annoying laughter, âWait oh! You want to get sweaty before the show? I donât think so⊠You need to be working on looking more beautiful and not moving chairs around, I pay people to do thatâ
âSo I get to sit down on a chair and be made up while you do all the work, in case you have forgotten, we both host the show. Wonât you look all sweaty too?â
âOh, no no.. Today edition is a special one, we already have two male celebrities coming over, me being there wouldnât be a nice scene, I think it should just be you and them. I trust you can handle it, ask Tola for you scriptâŠâ E.A replied with a tone of finality and turned back to the camera man.
âHey! That is not a problem, I donât even need a script to ask questions. I want to do something more manly,â she replied, but E.A ignored her.
Zainab just sighed and walked away, she wanted to design the stage and âthe stage she was going to design.â
After a fairly hectic day at work, John finally slammed the door of his office and locked it. He looked at his secretary sitting at a table just outside the office and told her he was going home, she just smiled at him.
They had been working together for two years and she had grown to like her boss for reasons she couldnât explain, let just say John is a lovable guy. Although she was very professional with her work and never for once expressed her personal feelings directly to John, she hoped and prayed he would one day notice her âthat wayâ.
John walked out and drove straight home.
He got home and met Samuel in the sitting room watching a p0rn movie with a bowl of cereals in his hand.
Since Samuel left the army, he hadnât really tried to work, he lived in Johnâs house, ate from Johnâs pot and literally lived off John. John on the other hand was grateful he had someone to live with, he was getting bored of living all alone in the big house, and had no time for girls, so they both somehow complemented each other.
âPlease tell me that not what you have been doing all day?â John asked Samuel as he walked into the house.
âWhat exactly do you mean?â Samuel asked, he could sense John was about to start with teasing him so he pulled up his defences.
âWanking yourself,â John replied and walked past the sitting room to the kitchen, he took extra care to make sure he didnât look at the TV again.
âYea, whatever. When last I checked, I wasnât the one who bought to p0rnoâŠâ Samuel replied.
John was about to say,âSo whatâs you poiâŠ.â When he got to the kitchen and suddenly paused to screamed, âSamuel!!!!â
Samuel was startled, he paused the movie and ran to the John. âWhat is it?â He asked.
âSamuel, what did you do to my kitchen?
The kitchen was turned upside down, the sink was filled with dirty plates, the floor had both garri and uncooked beans littered all over the floor, the table was stained with stew and ground egusi, with grains of cooked rice, it was a total mess.
âWhat wrong with it? The cook didnât come today so I was trying to cook something, and I did. Check the pots and you would see,â Samuel was feeling really proud with himself.
âSamuel, you and I know youâve never touched a stove before,â John replied sympathetically, he was trying not to show his anger.
Samuel was offended, âhey! What do you mean by that, you know, they donât only teach us how to kill people in the army? Just try out the rice and stew I cookedâ.
âIf you cooked rice and stew why were you eating cereals then?â John asked.
Samuel became speechless, he had actually cooked trash. He forgot to put salt in the rice which made it tasteless and had put too much salt in the stew which made it inedible, he knew this and so settled for the cereals.
âBut wait a minute, if you cooked just rice and stew, why the hell is there garri and egusi all over the place?â John asked, then he had a rethink, âon second thoughts, donât answer that, I donât think I want to hear your replyâ
âOkay, if you say say.â Samuel replied and went back to his p0rn grinning sheepishly.
John went to the shelf and brought out the cornflakes pack, he fixed something to eat and then went to join
Samuel in the sitting room.
He snatched the remote and changed the station to MTV base, âam not watching such rubbish with you,â he said.
âLike I said before, am not the one that bought itâ
âWhateverâ
They had watched a couple of musical videos in silence when Samuel suddenly broke the silence.
âWhat about those chicks we helped out yesterday? Have you called any of them to check how they doing? You know your life is so boring and you need a female in it?â Samuel asked in a mocking tone.
âHmmm, thatâs trueâŠâJohn said and Samuel gave him a mischievous smile, he got the meaning and then explained,
âOh.. Not that my life is boring but I need to call them, hope you didnât zap all the airtime I recharged in the land line?â
âI donât know, go and checkâ Samuel replied, John could sense something fishy about his reply, he dropped his cereal and picked up the land line that was on a stool beside the couch. He checked the balance and say â#0.40â.
âOh my gosh! Samuel!!!â John exclaimed.
âWhat?â Samuel replied, trying to avoid eye contact.
âI recharged this phone with over #5000 worth of airtime, what happened to it?â
âI dunno, I guess GNP has stolen the money! They always do thatâ Samuel replied, John knew he was just lying, and started one of his boring lectures.
âSamuel! You know youâve got to get your sh1t together right? A lot of things arenât normal with you anymore, imagine, the other day I went to your room, I saw three socks in your shoes, if it was two or four or even six, I would have understood, but three? How did that even happen? You donât seem to give a fcck aboutâŠâ
âWould you just make the call and shut the f up!â Samuel intercepted and for no particular reason, the both started laughing. The way they understood their selves was amazing.
âOkay.. If you say so, which one exactly should I call?â John asked after they were done laughing.
âErrr⊠You have only one of them number na, the slim oneâŠâ
âZainab?â
âYea.. Thatâs the name! I donât even like the fat one and its a good thing we donât have her numberâ
âActually, I have the both of them number, Jummy gave me her numberâ
âI thought you didnât memorise it?â Samuel had been eavesdropping.
âWell, I did⊠I just had to play dumb a little na, didnât you see how important she felt?â
âEvil boy! Sha hope you arenât going to call her oh, she is too fatâŠâ Samuel replied and made an annoying sound with his mouth.
John picked up his personal phone and dialled Jummyâs number then waited for it to connect.
âWho are you calling?â Samuel asked.
âDonât worry, Iâll put the call on loud speaker.â John replied.
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