Previously…
Ama.
"Yes! My younger brother actually you big baby" I said and he laughed and leaned on his car.
"Don't call me that. And wow, he looks older than you." He exclaimed.
"Yeah I get that a lot" I said and looked at his face. He looked a lot better and calmer now than before. He really was pressed.
"My God the way you were pressed." I said and laughed. It was quite amusing.
He chuckled "Yeah, drag me"
I waved my palm "no I'm sorry."
He looked at me from the side of his face smiling. His gaze lingered and sent tingled down my spine.
"What?" I asked also smiling.
"We really don't need to be fighting all the time you know..." he said.
His words struck a chord within me. He was right. All the fights and yelling and snapping was getting exhausti
Previously…Ama."So I sat him down and talked about it and the only thing he could do was to use it to blackmail me. Saying I must fuck a girl tonight before he stops sleeping with Radike. Crazy motherf*cker." My mouth was on the beach sand at his words. Kola had to be a sick twisted fellow."What the hell?" I almost whispered. Kola was really deranged at this point."I was livid. And you know the funny part, he actually brought the damn chick" Femi continued."Oh my God!! No way" I exclaimed."Apparently Kola made a way. And thats not the worst part." He said. What could be worse that that."Wait.. the only thing you would say that could be worse that that would be that you actually slept with her." I said. There was a pang in my chest while saying those words, secretly wishing that that was not the case."Go
Previously...Ama."What?" I asked turning to Femi who was on the stirring wheel.He smiled "I didn't know you could sing.""I can't. Is that what you call a voice my guy?" I said."Yeah. It's so astonishing the things you can do. You can cook, you're very brilliant and creative, you can sing and act as well." He said keeping a straight face."That's absurd because I've never acted before." I said. I didn't know what he was playing at."Oh you have. All the while you were busy acting like you didn't have a thing for me." He said smirking."Oh my God.. oh God Femi you're so exhausting" I said rolling my eyes.He chuckled "But it's true babe. You're good at sports too. She's a runner she a track star""What do you mean by that now?" I said silently dreading what would eventually
Previously…Ama.I opened my eyes to a bright light. I didn’t know how I got home or to my bed. The memories from last night started rushing back to me. Femi and I kissed. I finally accepted his advances but only to some extent. I must have slept off in his car.“Good morning sis” I heard and sharply turned to see my stupid brother sitting in a chair near the door to my room.“Marty what the hell.” I said sitting up holding my chest because of the shock I felt from his actions.“Are you okay?” He asked looking concerned.“I’m fine Marty. Don’t you every creep up on me like that again so you understand?” I warned him with a stern voice.“Yeah.” He said still looking at me like he was swallowing words.“Did you sleep here?”
Previously…Ama.“Sir, would you care to explain things further in a way I can understand?” I said. My heart was literally pounding against my rib cage and my chest was becoming tighter and tighter. This was my only source of income. I was supposed to get promoted soon. How did this all happen?“You can read your letter. Everything is in there. That is after you leave my office. And don’t worry, your brother is safe. He’s his own person so he will continue working here.” He said and finally smiled. The smile I had hoped he had given me before he gave me this news.I stood up and walked slowly out of the office clutching the letter in my hands. Once the door was shut behind me, I ripped the letter open and started reading.Dear Ms UkohaHere at Kechi Industries, we are known for our clean non controversial existence in the producti
Previously...Ama."It's okay. I'll be leaving now." I said and stood up. He stood up along with me.He spread his arms wide and said "Come here" and I went in for the hug. I had said I was not going to cry in front of him but I could not hold the water works in anymore. I felt defeated. My only source of income was gone."It's okay" he said and kissed my hair affectionately as I cried. I had never received this form of affection from him before but it felt nice and wholesome.We pulled away and he sighed "I actually wish I could do something but this company structure does not allow me to meddle. But I will do this for you. I'll pay you an advance of two years. You could manage that until you can find another job. I'm so sorry about this, truly."I sighed. This was a ray of sunshine. I didn't feel that bad any
Previously…Ama."Ama, I'm sorry okay. I wasn't thinking. It was in the spur of the moment. Please be mine again. I still want you. I'll take care of you.. You don't need that job and you sure as hell don't need Femi." He said. I was in no way considering what he was saying. I couldn't go through dating him again. He's made me lose my job so that he could Lord over me again and make me feel inferior. He was a narcissist and I couldn't have that in my life anymore."No Chike. It was over between us, it is over, it will always be over." I said.Before I knew what was happening, Chike grabbed me by my forearms and slammed my back on the nearest wall. The pain was excruciating and my head started to bang. I was so scared."You fucking listen to me alright?" He grumbled "You are going to be mine by any means possible. Fuck Femi,
PreviouslyFemi.I always just took them to fancy dinners and bought them flowers. I took some of them shopping but just to smaller stores with more generic items like mnm luxury and beunique. I only came to Polo Avenue to buy my own stuff, that was why Gerald was so shocked."Wow, you've never done this before man." He said."I know. I feel really strongly for her and I know this would put a smile on her face." I said smiling. The thought of Ama's reaction to these gifts put a big smile on my face."Wow. I never thought I'd see you like this. It's good that she's changing you for the better. Now it remains those delinquent brothers of yours." He said.I nodded "their time will come Gerald.""Anyways I do not have Fendi in the store now. You do know that this is impromptu. If you had called a week ago ah would have had it sourced for you.
Previously...Femi."Hmm.. HR probably knows why they didn't do that instead." Shawn said and it looked pitiable to me how his company was ran by everyone but him."You really need to restructure this company. I can't believe this." I said."What is she going to do now Shawn? She lives in Lekki phase one. The rent is ridiculous. She has bills and a family to take care of. The job market is hideous right now. What is she going to do?" I said. I knew I could take care of her but she had this dream of maintaining her independence. Relying on me would eat her alive."It's fine. I've settled that. I gave her 10k to manage till she gets a new job. That should sustain her for a while." He said.I was amused "10k what Shawn?" I asked. If it was Naira then I was definitely going to punch his punk ass face.
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