My First Job After National Service

Episode 14

this gurl. After mabel departure. Janet became the cook. Her food wasn’t

as delicious as that of Mabel, but it was manageable. Janet was

something else, she would act strict and bossy whenever madam

was around, she would insult me and shout at me to the extent

that her mummy would beg me to ignore and disregard her. But

after her mummy’s departure to work and gideon’s departure to

school, the compound would become a s*x zone. We would

dance, bleep, gist, eat and end it with tutorial sessions. On many

occasions, we would be running around the house while Unclad.

Throughout the first week, I missed Mabel so much that I do call

her frequently. But in the second week, the passion for Mabel

reduced drastically as janet was killing me with love and

romance. I had to switch off my phone or placed it on silence

whenever janet is around me.

Three weeks gone, Mabel hadn’t returned and next weekend is

jamb examination. Throughout the week, I was busy preparing

janet for exam, its was then that I learnt her centre was in Ibadan

and she would have to travel on friday morning and lodge at her

uncle’s residence in Ibadan. I talked to my friends who are into

examinations “runs” to send answers to me during the exam

which I planed to send to janet without madam’s knowledge

because I was very sure we didn’t prepare very well for the

exams.

On friday morning, madam told me to follow her in her car, she

would drop me at her friend’s store to get some items for janet

before she leaves for ibadan. As we were driving in her car, she

kept patting my laps at interval whenever we discussed

something funny. We had series of discussion about Mabel

mother who died, about janet and jamb, about how I see her

house,she told me I will be helping with cooking pending janet’s

arrival, she asked about my girlfriend of which I kept smiling at

intervals and she kept patting my laps. She finally dropped me at

a supermarket and had a private discussion with the shop owner

and she left.

The super mart owner gave me tin of milk and milo, soaps, and

some other gift items. I returned home on a bike, Janet picked

out of the items I brought and she left for the garage which I

followed her. After her took off, I returned home. I don’t know

where to put the remaining items I brought from the supermart so

I took everything into my room waiting for madam to arrive and

sort them out.

At about 6pm, janet called to inform me about her successful

journey. She told me to go to the kitchen and see the food

timetable for that night. “Chaiii, I don turn house boy for here, see

wetin Mabel absence don cause”. I placed a call to Mabel for

guild lines on how to prepare porridge which was on the time

table, mabel laughed at me to the extreme on the phone. She

even flattered me saying “I pray make aunty janet spend one

week so dat u go be the cook for a whole week”. I followed her

instructions and prepared the porridge. Gideon was so spoilt that

he couldn’t boil an ordinary water. His laziness made the whole

cooking stressful.

I served myself and gideon because madam hadn’t arrived from

the bank. After eating dinner, I went to bed immediately at

around 7:30pm because I was so tired. At few minutes past 8pm,

I heard madam’s voice in the living room. I overheard her

chatting with gideon about dinner and the person who cooked it.

I overheard her commenting on the food as she was eating. She

asked of me from gideon and she was told I had gone to bed. She

bid gideon “goodnight” and went into her room.

20minutes after madam entered her room. My phone ranged. I

looked at the screen and it was madam calling. I picked it.

ME: hello ma.

MADAM: the international cook

ME: laughed I only tried my little best ma

MADAM: you tried sha. But janet and Mabel will beat you in

cooking any day anytime.*laughed

ME: laughed back ok ma, I will improve tomorrow morning

MADAM: ok dear. meanwhile, where are the bathing soaps you

brought from the supermart, I couldn’t find it in the bathroom.

ME: its with me ma, I don’t know where I will drop them so I took

them to my room.

MADAM: ohhh God!!!. I need it urgently to take my bath with it.

Please bring one into my room right away

ME: amazed, ok ma, I’m coming right away.

She hanged up. I was wearing only boxers and singlet, I took the

whole polythene bag containing the items and went straight to madam’s room.