Previously...
Ama.
"Oh she's at the backyard pounding fufu." He said.
"Sis I'm so happy to see you. Hope you brought something for me sha." he said trying to peek into my handbag as he always did.
"Haha, yes I did. You know I don't miss." I bragged and he grinned from ear to ear, collecting my luggage from me.
"Let's go and greet mommy before she says I'm disrespectful." I said and we made our way through the tiny corridors to the backyard while bantering and laughing.
"Ikemefuna onyeee (Ikemefuna who was that)" I heard my mother's voice ring out from the back yard where she was busy making dinner.
We got there just in time to answer her.
I gave a small smile "hi mom". She raised her head up at the sound of my voice.
"Amarachi nwam ooo(Amarachi my child)." She cried out and stood up with joy and came towards me
Previously...Ama."I know. I always have all these in my mind but we just have to forgive her. What's done is done and I'm sure she regrets what she did." My brother said. I scoffed making my brother stare at me in confusion. He was 21 hence too young to understand what was happening."She probably regrets but she's still very shallow meaning that at any given opportunity she will certainly repeat her actions again. She hasn't changed. Imagine her trying to advice me to go after men for money. Meaning I should reduce my self worth? Hell no." I said."Yeah that's jacked up. Speaking of which, I'm suspecting you." He said playfully."Ahn ahn for what?" I said in surprise. What was he getting at."Well, I couldn't help but notice that very shiny bracelet on your wrist. I may be broke but I know luxury. Those are diamonds Sis.
Previously...Ama.A knock on my door had me wiping my face profusely "Sis?" My brother said and opened the door.I sniffled "thank God you're here. Please pack your things. We are leaving this evening. I have already booked our flight." I said while dumping my things into my box."Sis you need to slow down. What exactly is the problem. Chike is nice. At least he's been nice to us. I didn't realize you knew him." My brother said and came closer."Pack your things Ikem." I said without looking at him."Are you crying?" He said and I heard his footsteps coming closer."Sis" he said and put his hand across my shoulder."Who is that guy really?" My brother asked."He's nobody.. just pack your things" I said and sniffled."Sis, don't hide it from me." He said and I broke down. He pulled me to hi
Previously...Femi"See you tonight brother" he said after me and I grunted. He was a fool if he thought I would fall for that rubbish.I went to my office and almost punched the wall in anger. Kola was becoming overbearing and I was getting tired of it."He's going to get it from me soon" I muttered.Darkness rolled around very quickly as I dreadfully anticipated the arrival of Kola and the girl he wanted me to fuck. I sat in my living room watching The Last Kingdom on Netflix when my elevator made a sound signaling an arrival.Of course it was Kola and a light skin girl that looked almost identical to Ama. What sorcery was this.I stood up and turned to face them. The girl was wearing a trench coat and I knew exactly what was underneath."Hello Femi, meet Jane or should I say, Ama 2.0" he said and I felt like punchi
Previously...Ama."You that would easily look like my husband or elder brother." I said and picked my phone. No missed calls or messages from Femi today. It had been dead silent on his end since the day he saved me from my crazy ex. It was what I wanted but now I felt some type of way by the silence."It's suffer-head that cause it" my brother responded to me but I was too engrossed in checking all my messages. The door bell rang immediately he spoke and given that Radike was off at God knew where, I had to answer the door."I'll get it." I said and went to answer the door.I heard my brother following behind me and I groaned. What a pest.My mistake when I got to the door was not checking who it was before answering. I opened the door to see Femi leaning against the wall. He looked tired and beaten up. My heart started racing at the sight of him. He still l
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?”
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