Diary Of The Grand Commander

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 9

The few months before the end of my NYSC were not as terrible as I thought it would be. Cynthia really was not the devil she threatened she would be. If anything, she was even more loving and caring. I guess she knew that she had scared me out of my wits and made her point. I also suspect that she had fallen in love with me and could not bring herself to see me suffer or hurt. On my part, I played the good guy. I made sure that I did not give her any cause to worry, or feel sad. Our s.ex was better, our rapport was sweeter. We even started kissing and holding hands in the office when no one was looking.

Eddy was still there of course. We shared stories and gist of his conquests and he continued to give advice on how to handle babes. I also updated him regularly about my progress with Cynthia albeit in very hushed tones.

“Oh boy, you sure say your babe don forget about that parol?” Eddy queried

“I am very sure. Besides, I think she is in love with me.” I whispered to him.

“She has always loved you Khels. What do you feel for her? Do you love her?” Eddy asked me.

“Hmm… I would not say I love her. But I feel strongly for her. And more importantly, I would do or say anything for me to complete my service here on a clean slate. I no want another gbege abeg.” I said.

Three weeks to my POP, I breezed into the office, happy and excited. I just had a banging weekend with Cynthia, my freedom was three weeks away and everything was moving at fantastic pace. I earlier got a cheque on Friday, accompanying an award for Best Employee of the Month. Cynthia also surprised me with a 3some on Saturday evening, while we spent the whole Sunday furking and cuddling. I was in a fantastic mood.

After signing in, I went straight to Eddy’s office. He was not in yet. I went upstairs to my office and settled down. I checked the servers, made sure all services were running, checked for inter-site connectivity and also confirmed the internet strength. When I was done, I called Cynthia to check up on her. She was still at home, enjoying the second week of her annual leave. It was still a bit early in the day, so I played Zuma and watched a few YouTube videos.

At about 9:20am my intercom rang. Eddy wanted me to come downstairs. His computer had issues. After the normal pleasantries, I worked on his computer while we talked about how his weekend went. He was at his mum’s so he did not get any action. I, on the other hand had a lot of fun. I gave him a brief summary as he listened. I could see a hint of jealousy in his face. I could not care less. I was happy.

When I was done, he opened his drawer and brought out a wrapped package – a small palm-size box.

“Congrats man. You deserve it” he said handing me the package, beaming a smile.

“Thanks Boss. U too much” I said and hugged him.

“I hope say no be bomb dey inside?” I joked as I began to tear the wrapping paper off the package.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

“Good Morning guys” Beatrice the HR officer said. She stepped in with another babe I had not seen before.

“Good Morning Beatrice” I said

“Morning Bee” Eddy replied.

“Please meet Laura. She is the new Web Content Manager. Laura, please meet Eddy, our Store Officer and Kevin, our IT Support Person.” Beatrice said pointing to Eddy and me respectively.

We took turns in saying welcome. Her voice was a little hoarse but d–n she looked sexy. In less than 3 minutes they were out of Eddy’s office, to introduce her to others.

Eddy and I looked at each other, and smiled.

“What are you thinking Khels?” Eddy asked.

“Na the same thing wey dey your mind, dey my mind Ed.” I said.

We laughed about it and I thanked him for the gift.

As I left his office, I knew both of us had only 1 thing in mind and I was gonna beat him to it.

Laura was a beauty. She was chubby, with a very innocent face. She had this aura about her that made you definitely notice her. And then, there’s her smile. Oh her smile makes you want to pluck out the stars from the heavens and hand them over to her. I was working on a very tight schedule. Cynthia was due back in office in two weeks and that was the length of time I had to lay Laura. Eddy had more money and had more experience, may be because of his age. But I had more swag,was more handsome and would be available to her more than Eddy would be.

The first week went by excruciatingly fast. There were no real incidences. I occasionally popped into her office to help her sort out issues with her computer. We engaged in small talk, but really nothing serious. I was beginning to lose hope. On Friday that same week, I was in the Kitchen with Eddy as usual having lunch. After talking for a while we came across the subject of Laura.

“So how is the hunt going for you, games master?” I teased Eddy while munching a large chunk of “kpomo”.

“The hunt is proving to be time consuming and not encouraging. I am thinking I should find another prey.” Eddy said.

“Why back off now? It’s too early na. Besides, you know she has to settle down first. Don’t be in a hurry Boss. You would chop her till you want no more.” I replied.

“See who is talking,” Eddy said and continued “You have used your cute face to capture her abi?”

“Ed, you should know me better than anyone. I have not gotten any headway yet.” I said.

“A phone call for you sir.” Anna the Kitchen Attendant interrupted our discussion.

“For me? Who is it?” I asked

“She said she was calling from Corporate Affairs. I didn’t ask a name.” Anna replied.

“Alright. Thanks.” I said.

“Wetin happen? Who dey find you” Eddy asked

“CA. I never know who. Maybe person don type A,B,C and she no fit see the C again so she want make I con help her find am.” I joked.

Eddy laughed and almost spilled his drink. I got up and went to the phone.

“Hello. This is Kevin. Good Afternoon” I said into the receiver.

“Hi. Kevin. Please can you come to Corporate Affairs? I need you like yesterday.” A soft female voice said.

I tried to place the voice in my head. I was trying but I could not get a match.

“Are you there?” the voice said jerking me away from my thoughts.

“Yes I am. I am having lunch now. When I am done I will rush up.” I said.

“Thanks a lot. Please hurry.” She said.

“No problems. Who am I speaking with please?” I asked.

A soft giggle came from the other end of the line.

“It is Laura. Web Content Manager.” She said.

“Oh, ok. I will be there very soon.” I said

“Thank you.” Laura answered. And I heard her drop the receiver.

I walked to Eddy with a frown on my face but deep inside I knew that I was very excited.

“Who be that?” He asked

“Corporate Affairs Manager. She just like to dey gimme wahala” I lied.

Eddy didn’t seem to believe me. Maybe my face told a lie and my mouth told another.

“Why you dey look me like that na?” I asked smiling and hitting his arm.

“You know say I no trust you. But anyway sha, nothing spoil.” He said.

I hurried my remaining “kpomo” and got out of the Kitchen in five minutes.

I got to the front of Laura’s door, adjusted my blazers, admired myself a little on her glass panel and opened the door . . .

I pushed in the glass door after two knocks.

“Hello Laura. I’m here now. How can I be of service?” I said walking to her table.

She looked up from a magazine she was reading.

“Yes please. This thing just refuses to budge. The system just hangs, I can not check my mails, the internet connectivity is zero and I can not seem to do anything on it.” She said, with sadness on her face.

“You don’t have to look so sad ma. I am here and like any one would tell you, I don’t leave problems unsolved.” I said to her with my sexiest smile.

She got up from her swivel chair, and sat on the sofa in the office by the wall close to the door, carrying her TIMES magazine along with her. I noticed that her network cable was unplugged and the connection to the wireless router in her office was lost. I checked the wireless switch: It was off. I smiled and turned it on. Wireless Connection was restored.

I plugged in the network cable. Local Area Network connected. I upgraded her Office Suite to MS Office 2007 and updated her antivirus. After 15 minutes, I was done. I was about to get up and allow her access back to her computer when my phone rang. I checked the caller ID, Tunde. Tunde was a crazy dude who knew all the hang out spots on the island. I picked his call:

“Fresh boy money maker. How you dey na?” I said

“Fine o. Where you dey go this night?” Tunde asked.

“I no get any where o. In fact na house I go dey because tomorrow I get match against First Eleven FC” I replied.

“Guy, you go bone that match paroll o. I go con block you for house around 10 this night” Tunde said

“Block me? Where? Why? How?” I asked

“Sharrap Mr. English. You know Insomnia?” Tunde asked

“I know am na. No be inability to sleep?” I replied

“You be big olodo. Na club for Awolowo Road Ikoyi jor. Anyways, the party go hot and sure babes yapa, including Mercy and Shontel wey dey like form for CDS like say them no dey sh.it.” Tunde said.

“The same Mercy and Shontel?” I asked raising my voice.

“Yes na. And I don already tidy the paroll so don’t slack o” Tunde warned

“Baba ooo. Tuale sir. I go come o. No shaking.” I said.

I had already factorized all the common terms. Cynthia was seeing her period and was even going for vigil. She tried to persuade me but I refused. So I was free to go out with impunity. I was initially thinking I would sleep all through but now parol don set. I was going out. I was excited.

I got off the chair.

“I am done Laura. Your computer is now in perfect condition.” I announced.

“Hmmm. Let me confirm. please.” She said.

I stood besides her as she did a Powerpoint slide, typed a paragraph on MS Word, and opened the company’s online portal. After five minutes she was satisfied.

“Thanks a lot, Kevin” She said

“You are welcome.” I replied, moving away from her and heading towards the door.

“So you won’t tell me what you did? In case it happens next time? Or you like seeing my face?” She said smiling.

I walked back to her, the table creating a division between us and put my hand in my pockets.

“It’s trade secret. But I don’t mind giving you some tips.” I said.

“Ok nah. Let’s start.” She said.

Just then I noticed a small sparkle in her mood, excitement in her voice. But I was afraid to me5s up everything, because what came to my mind was as perverse as a perverted mind could get. I brushed down my lewd thoughts.

“It would not be today na. And there are a lot of things to catch up on. Maybe some other time?” I said

“Ok sir. Anything you say.” She replied saluting me with her left hand.

We both laughed as she thanked me again for helping. I told her it was my job and I was glad I could help. I left her office and went back to my cold room. I tried to call Eddy through the Intercom but his line was engaged. I dropped the receiver after two tries and leaned back on my chair.

“What if she really wanted us to talk? What if she wanted more than just IT lessons? What if…”

All these crossed my mind as I kept thinking.

I decided to make a move. I opened my email and looked for her name in the directory. I found it, clicked on it and sent her an email:

“What are you doing tonight?”

I clicked on send and hoped for the worst tongue lashing in history.

After 8 minutes, I was playing Zuma when I got an email alert.

Laura had sent a reply.