Previously...
Femi
Did Kola think he could act anyhow he liked or wanted in this company because he was a measly year older than us? Tunde and I were the same age and he was only older than Tunde by a few months, we owed him nothing of the sort especially with this kind of attitude and behaviour.
"We really need to check that guy o. His behavior can be bad for business. I hope Ama can fill his shoes very well because this is quite unfortunate. Anyways what did he do again?" Tunde asked me.
"You know we asked him to stop fucking Radike and break things off with her." I said and Tunde nodded "you also know that I spoke to Radike about it as well and warned her to stop frolicking with him."
"Yeah I do so what happened?" He asked listening very attentively.
"She brok
PreviouslyI was sitting in Kola's chair and checking his office computer for some files on the weekly balancing of sheets when the door opened and slammed shut."What the flipping fuck are you doing here?" I heard a hard male voice say. I knew exactly who it was.I kept calm. I wanted to be classy at all cost. I tilted my head so that I could see past the system in front of me. I saw Kola looking very pissed. He looked better than he did the last time I saw him that was for sure. But he was livid. It showed. I wasn't going to feed his anger though. I would keep it cool and classy."Oh, you're back. Welcome." I said and continued clicking away at the computer, sending the files I needed to myself.I didn't realize that Kola had walked over to me until he slammed the table with force making me jerk."What the fu
Previously...Femi.“Look, this isn’t supposed to be happening. You’re someone I respect a lot and I have a lot of love for but you can’t expect me to be your little bitch. I know you’ve tried and gotten me out of sticky situations in the past and I respect you for that but you can’t be doing this Kola. Just let things play out the way they will. I love this girl and you know it. Why are you trying to snatch my happiness away like this? If you scare her off, what do you think will happen? Did you see the emotional wreck that I was the last time? If it happens again or she decides to leave me because of you and I lose her forever, you can kiss me goodbye as well quite frankly. Nobody is forcing you to like her, just leave her the fuck alone.” I said and walked out of the room. Kola fortunately didn’t try to call me back anymore. He kept silent which was ideal because I was an emotional wreck. It
Previously…Femi."Ife!" I exclaimed. I had an anger boiling in my chest and if she wasn't careful I would definitely make her an example."Femi I know I hurt you but I'm sorry. We can move past this and be together again." She said.I couldn't help but chuckle "you must be on cheap crack if you think we will ever be together in this life or the next. It's quite late for that Ife. First off, I have a girlfriend who is a hundred times the person that you can only dream of being. And mind you, instead of looking for who's life you will ruin next, why not treat yourself of those remaining STDs in your system. I know you still have plenty of them darling so yeah fuck the fuck off. Any day you see me again, walk by without saying hello." I said and pushed my trolley with force that got her hand off it. She squealed in pain. Ah probably got hurt but I did not care in the slightest.I got into my Tesla and made my way back to my penthouse. I looked around and just now realized that I probabl
Previously…Femi.“Femi…” she dragged and trailed off. Her voice shook while she said my name. She sounded scared.“Radike talk to me. I saw your calls and texts. Y’all are not at home, what the fuck happened?” I almost yelled. I was under a lot of tension that I didn’t know what I was doing anymore.“Femi we are in the hospital. Ama collapsed while preparing to come see you. She said she’s been feeling weird all day but I didn’t know that it was that serious until this afternoon.” She said in panic.I gasped “what the hell? Wait what hospital are you at?” I ran around to get my keys and power bank to head out. What the fuck was going on? I was confused as hell.“Saint Mark’s” she said.“Fuck Radike why did you take her to that wack hospital. What if this is a serious issue. Those people could kill her.” I ranted. Saint Mark’s Hospital almost killed Kola when he had an accident in which he incited minor injuries. A simple surgery and they turned the whole thing into something more ser
Previously...Femi."Um she has a kidney failure apparently." I breathed out. It tasted very bitter coming from my mouth."What?!!! Tell me you're lying" she yelled."I wish I was. I wish all this was a lie. I am so damn dumbfounded right now" I said taking off my face cap and rubbing my head. "Oh my God" Radike exclaimed with both hands covering her mouth."I'm definitely not letting these people touch her. Not after what they did to my brother. I'm going to fly her out. She will get the best of the best healthcare and she will be fine. I know nothing will happen to her." I reassured Radike who was already sobbing. I consoled her for a while by putting a hand on her shoulder for support."This is really dark sided..." Matthew said from where he was on the other side of the room. "My sister is the healthiest person I know. How did this even happen?""I don't know man. I don't know. I will fix it." I told him and he went silent again.I looked at Ama and said in my mind. "I will never
Previously...Femi."Wait... what happened to her?" Tunde said. The worry in his face became even more evident."She's in the hospital Tunes. She had a kidney failure or disease or whatever. Both her kidneys are bad. And because I didn't answer the fucking phone they took her to Saint Mark's." I revealed."What the fucking hell? Kidney fucking failure??? And St Mark's??? No not there, they'll kill her." Tunde said in panic. He knew how Kola nearly died when he had that accident. "Yeah same thing I said. I'm just in a ditch yo. I need to get her to Mayo Clinic and fast. They are the only ones that I can trust with her. Nigerian hospitals are wack." I said. I felt less uneasy now that we were brainstorming on what to do."Look, we need to get Ama out of there as soon as possible. Is she awake at least?" Tunde asked. I shook my head. "She's in limbo. Sleeping. Coma. Whatever. She isn't conscious. The doctor said she can't fly while unconscious and if she doesn't wake up soon they would
Previously…Femi.“Yeah. It’s a whole mess.” I said. Kola was usually the person I confided in but I came to Tunde now because I felt like Kola hated Ama. It was beginning to look like that was not the case.“So where is she?” He asked. “Saint fucking Mark’s” I spat. It irked me so much that she was in that dreadful hospital.“What in the actual hell? What in the world made you take her there? Do you remember how they almost killed me in there?” Kola said. Once again blaming me.“Her brother took her, not me. I would never risk her life like that. And before you say anything her brother isn’t a Lagosian. He doesn’t know what hospitals are good and what ones aren’t. So I don’t blame him. That was the one closer to their house. We have to get her out of there and to a better hospital to do the surgery. If she doesn’t wake up they have to do it anyway. So we have to take her to a good specialist here in Nigeria.” I narrated.Tunde added “I’ll get one of those coma ambulances. She will
Previously...Femi."Kola, Tunde said they're coming in. We need to go to the reception." I said.Kola silently followed me out along with Matthew. We met Tunde in the reception area."Well?" Kola asked."We need a go ahead from the hospital to touch Ama." He said."That's not a problem. I would assume the doctor must have told the lobby to let us take her." I said."I'll go ask them." Matthew said and almost ran to the receptionists' desk. I watched him. He looked like he signed off something before he returned back to us."They can go in now." He said. Tunde got to work, taking his medication up to AMA's room with Matthew showing them the way to her ward."Thank goodness this is going well." I muttered."We just have to hope the medics don't fuck this shit up. She's stable. We expect her to remain that way." Kola said. I sighed. That was another issue.In all I felt like they were professional enough not to screw this up. Tunde would never use people he wasn't sure of.After a few
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