Previously…Ama.I didn’t know what to expect because I never told him that I needed anything. Femi was also known for blowing a lot of money on expensive things. I still had some of the bags he bought from Polo Avenue, never used. Just there in my closet.I started opening but stopped and smiled “Femi what’s in here?” I asked and he laughed “Babe just open it.”“Okay..” I said and took the box out of the bag. All the while I was silently hoping that this man hadn’t gone to blow excess money on something I didn’t need. He was fond of that but I didn’t tell him because I didn’t want to sound annoying or mean or ungrateful because I wasn’t. I really loved all his gifts.There were two boxes in the bag. A big rectangular one and a small rectangular one as well. I brought the small one out and my jaw dropped. My heart raced even faster as I saw what was on the box.The Apple iPhone 13 pro. What?!!!“Oh baby…” I covered my mouth when I saw it.“You like??” He asked.I blushed and my eyes s
Previously…AmaHe kissed my forehead, my nose and then my lips. The kiss felt like it should never end. The last kiss we would share before we wouldn’t see each other for a while.We pulled away and put our foreheads together. His palm cupped my neck and I held onto that arm for dear life.“This is devastating” I said.“It’s only for a while baby. I’ll be back. You know i will. And we will see each other again.” He said.Suddenly there was a knock on the door making us break contact. “Mr Femi, they are asking for you.” He looked at me with a sadness in his brown eyes. “This is not goodbye.” He said. His voice broke. He sounded like he was about to cry.“I know” my voice broke as a tear fell from my eye.He kissed me again and we broke contacts. Our hands separated from each other. It felt like a movie.He left the room with one last look at me. Immediately he left the room. I put the nice gifts away and brought a pillow to my face. I screamed all the devastation and anger I was feel
Previously…Kola.Tunde was here. Apparently we both came late for the surgery because none of us had the bright idea to ask Femi what time it was scheduled for."When do you think he will wake up?" Tunde asked me.I shook my head looking at Femi. "Doctor said any moment now. The sedative they gave him was very strong as they said so let's see""Ama is also still knocked out bad. They said she would probably take longer to wake up since she's the one they had to change out kidneys for." Tunde said.Honestly I could care less about Ama in this case. "You know yeah, I have never asked you what you think about the situation with Femi and Ama. You know, Femi giving her his kidney. Wasn't it weird to you?" I asked him.I still wasn't a fan of this whole thing. The only thing I wanted now was for my brother to wake up and start his recovery process. No woman would ever make me do this, except it was my mom."Well, it wasn't." Tunde said."What?" I exclaimed in shock. I thought he felt the s
Previously…Femi.They didn't seem to notice that I was awake because they were busy yapping on about Kola's obsession with Ama and I. It was funny and I had to hold myself from laughing.I slowly began to gain consciousness of my body and every sensation. I was a wreck. The pain I felt in my side was so great and searing. I had never felt such pain in my life before. They must have not given me pain relievers yet.I huffed in pain before finally trying to open my eyes.Tunde probably noticed and alerted Kola and he rushed to get the doctor.I opened my eyes finally and my eyes adjusted to the light "Tunes..." my voice came out very stressed. I cleared my throat.He rushed to my side and told me to relax "Chill bro the doctor is coming okay? How do you feel?" He asked with so much concern."I'm in severe pain.." I croaked out. There was no way I could have been ready for this kind of pain."The doctors are coming bro don't worry.." he said trying to comfort me. It was nice to see that
Previously....Femi.The doctor sighed "I wish I could help you sir but you have to be on bed rest for some days, you also have to stray physiotherapy before you can be able to move around even in a wheelchair. So sir please, stay out until we give you a go to move around." The doctor said and I nodded.I didn't like it but it was not like I could get up and move by myself and Tunde was not going to budge so I had to do this on my own. That meant listening to the bloody Doctor."How do you feel now?" Kola asked."Better. I can literally feel the stitches though. Very uncomfortable.""I'm just glad this whole thing is almost over." Tunde said."Yeah.. it's not over till Ama wakes up. Meanwhile I need some water if you.. don't mind." I asked. My throat was dry and parched. I was being fed and hydrated by the tubes but the fact that I was not drinking anything made my throat suffer."Mom and dad were here earlier. They had to go home because it was getting late. Mom is being dramatic as
Previously…Femi."Yeah she's gold." Tunde said. It was nice to talked about our mother like this so that we would remind ourselves how much she loved us even though she was very embarrassing."Anyways we're glad you're finally awake." Kola said."Yeah thanks. Can't wait to be back on my feet. I might as well lose my ripped body in here." I said and we laughed."Nah you won't. It's too ripped. Don't worry Ama won't complain about a little diminishing." Tunde said.I cheesed "I can't wait to see her. I mean... that's the whole point of all this." "Yeah you'll see her soon. Once she wakes up though the Doctor will tell us so don't you worry. The surgery didn't last too long and they didn't complain of any complication so she should wake soon." Kola said."I can't wait man.. I can't wait."——-Femi.It had been a few days since I had woken up. Three to be exact. It wasn't easy living and breathing without seeing Ama.I was putting my back into my physiotherapy just so that I could see m
Previously...Femi.Kola had said he would stay at they door and wait for me. I rolled my wheelchair closer to the bed. It was hard. As I started seeing glimpses of her. Her leg, hand. I felt defeated and helpless. "Hey Femi." Matthew said as I came closer.I looked at Matthew and nodded at his greeting. I didn't want to talk about anything with him for now. I just wanted to take in Ama. My love.She looked pale, like the blood had washed away from her face. It was like a stab in my heart. "What is this?" I whispered without knowing. I was deeply frustrated. I was so angry. I felt like everything we had done was going down the drain."Femi, you need to have faith. She'll wake up. I know she will." Matthew said looking longingly at her. He missed her. It was obvious. I did too. "I'm just..." I wiped my mouth. "I'm just thinking. Is this what we would get after everything?""She's a fighter. She will come back. She'll wake up. There's no way she will give up now." He said. He seemed v
Previously…Femi.“Sir, you are the first person I’m telling this. I haven’t even told her brother.” He said.“What do you mean by that? Who gave you the right to hide this stuff. I’m not paying you to pamper my mental health Doctor.” I snapped at him. I didn’t know what it was but I braced myself because I knew it was bad.“Apologies sir.” The doctor said.“Well, start talking??” I said.“During the surgery, there was a small issue. Well not that small but an issue non the less. She was having blood clots at first but we took care of that very quickly and then once we planted the kidney, her body started rejecting it. The surgery went on for hours on end as we tried to administer every treatment in the book to make sure her body begins to accept the kidney but it didn’t work sir.” He said.My heart began to race. What was the meaning of this? We hit another brick wall again. I sighed and pinched my nose. “So what? You couldn’t do it and then you sewed her up and put her on life suppo
Ama.The day had ended. I felt giddy to go home and tell Femi all that happened today. My dream was being fulfilled before my very eyes. I was living in it. I really appreciated Femi's dad for giving me this opportunity. I was very grateful.Femi texted me, telling me he was downstairs and I ran into the elevator without knowing, meeting Tola there. "Ha, hey bestie... why are you running like that?" He said with an amused look on his face."Running ke, me? Never" I said, feigning ignorance of what I just unknowingly did."It's only man that will make you that excited. Femi is here isn't he?" He said.I folded "Yes he is." I rolled my eyes "I'm just happy to finally see him that's all. He's been MIA throughout today." I said."Ahn ahn why?" Tola asked."Well he's been in a meeting and I get it you know. Today is his first day at work since the transplant so I understand. They were probably doing an organizational meeting of some sorts." I said."Okay I get it. Anyways how are you enjo
Femi.I felt so bad for not answering my fiancée. I looked and saw a text from her. “Hey, I know you’re probably busy. You wouldn’t believe what just happened. I’m so happy. Gahhhh call me when you can. Ly x” the text said.I didn’t want to dampen her own mood in any way. She seemed very happy about what was going on around her. I was still sad and emotionally downcast and I knew if I spoke to her in this mood she was going to leave everything she was doing and appear in my office. I would really appreciate her presence now but I also didn’t want to spoil her happiness. I decided to text her saying that I was going to be in a long meeting and I would come pick her up when she’s ready to go. She texted back for acknowledgement. I dropped my phone and sighed, placing my head in my hand. I seemed to be doing that a lot.In my mind, I was trying to picture how this woman could even be remotely related to me. I had to keep telling myself “my parents are dead”. Whoever this woman was, she
Femi.Today was a good day. I was very giddy while entering the office and it wasn't even about anything that I did or was going to do. I was just very glad that Ama was finally getting her flowers. It was vivid in my mind how she would always talk my ears full on how many ideas she has for the Lays project even when it was not set in stone that she was going to handle it with Kechi industries. She had so much passion for this that i knew she was going to do very well with it.As i walked into the office i was greeted by the front desk representative and before i could leave the lobby she said "There's someone here to see you sir. She said she is your mother." She said.I frowned. My mother never came here before. It was strange that she was here. "Okay where is she?" I asked. I hoped for her sake that she didn't send my 'mother' to my office."The conference room" she said. I sighed and walked in to my office first to drop my laptop and gadgets before going downstairs back to the con
Ama."So, the Lays project was actually suggested by me for business continuity. We were brainstorming for strategies to have more leverage in the manufacturing market and I came up with this. We already have a deal with Pepsi who are the primary owners of the Lays brand. It is such a big brand in the US. Now we have to latch on to the brand more to be able to keep our relationship. We already have the Quaker Oats deal because we asked them for it and that is why Quaker Oats is no longer an imported brand. Now is the time to take Lays. This will mean that Lays would be cheaper here in Nigeria and would make more sales, generating revenue for the company. We need to design the product and pitch it to Pepsi for approval and rights." I said. Once I was done with my speech, there was a roaring thunderous ovation for me. Even the HR manager who looked scornfully at me before was ecstatic. I felt good indeed."Any questions?" I said once I was done with my presentation. I had shown them a c
Ama.“So, the Lays project was actually suggested by me for business continuity. We were brainstorming for strategies to have more leverage in the manufacturing market and I came up with this. We already have a deal with Pepsi who are the primary owners of the Lays brand. It is such a big brand in the US. Now we have to latch on to the brand more to be able to keep our relationship. We already have the Quaker Oats deal because we asked them for it and that is why Quaker Oats is no longer an imported brand. Now is the time to take Lays. This will mean that Lays would be cheaper here in Nigeria and would make more sales, generating revenue for the company. We need to design the product and pitch it to Pepsi for approval and rights.” I said. Once I was done with my speech, there was a roaring thunderous ovation for me. Even the HR manager who looked scornfully at me before was ecstatic. I felt good indeed.
Ama.The meeting went from project to project until it finally got to my turn. The Lays Project. Shawn smiled when he saw it. He had texted me before today that I had to come and defend the project in front of the board. They had approved it but wanted to know if I knew what I was doing. They are very unserious because I was the one who came up with this idea so what more did they want? I however, tried to study what had already been rendered and made slides to display what I was about to say.I stood up and walked over to the front of the conference room and started my presentation. I was looking around at the faces before I started and my eyes landed on Shawn. He gave me a small smile and a nod. I felt more confident as I was feeling nervous before.
Previously...Femi."Wait I actually told the doctor to still do the test with the fetus they removed. I know it's dark sided but I don't want to be beriddled with grief that's not mine to bear. Because I think it's my fault. If I wasn't shagging some girl and actually answered the phone on time maybe they could have saved the baby you know." Tunde said."There was no way that you could have known," I said."How long till the test comes out?" Kola asked."By tomorrow." Tunde said."So calm the fuck down. If the baby is really yours then you can now cry as much as you want but I am sure that the baby isn't yours. That girl is a slimy snake." Kola said.. "As for you, I will call Dad's therapist. You need to get yourself straight after the damn drug use." Kola said."Okay. I don't want dad to know though" Tunde said."He won't know don't worry. Therapists don't snitch on their clients. Even if Dad will definitely know you're seeing the therapist, he won't know why and think it's for your
Femi.Tunde just stood there staring at us but we didn’t waver. We had to intervene. Tunde did not look good in any capacity at all.“Tunde you need to speak.” I said after a while of silence.“Why? Why do you guys think that something is wrong with me?” Tunde said while twitching, even though I doubted it before now I was sure that he was using.“God! Tunde where did you get the drugs from!” Kola yelled, he was not having it. Tunde was getting irritated now.I held Kola’s shoulder. “If you come at him like that he won’t say anything,” I said to him.I looked at Tunde, “The reason why we think you have a problem is this,” I pointed at his appearance,“You’re really insecure about your hairline but your hair is growing out, you never let that happen for anything. You didn’t even wear a cap to cover it. You’re dressed like a homeless person. Shirt not tucked in, tie loose, clothes rumpled. No suit on a Monday morning that’s very unlike you.” I said.“And let’s not forget the uncontrolla
Previously…Femi."Well after all this it seems like I have to get an executive assistant because the work is plenty. I need someone to keep track. This just means that our company is growing day by day and I am proud of everyone and the work they have put into this while I was away. Thank you so much. Speaking of our company growing, it may seem as though we have made enough money for us to raise salaries. You all have done a wonderful job. I will liaise with HR. Expect those emails." I said. Everyone cheered and I liked to see smiles on their faces. They would only be happy to work for us when they are happy with the benefits they get.Once the meeting ended we cornered Tunde in the conference room, just the three of us and I used my phone to shut off the surveillance cameras so that we could effectively speak to our nit wit brother.———-Femi.“Oya what is going on with you, quickly.” Kola said.“I don’t understand why you guys are attacking me like this” Tunde replied. I noticed h