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Episode Thirty Nine
A car halted in the front of a very big building, Veronica c@mÂŁ down from her car, she was putting on a simple go-wn, her natural hair is wavy, she had on her feet a black scandal which matches her golden go-wn. She was holding her bag and a polythene bag, she walked to the building, she entered.
âHmmm⌠I pray a kind person answers me todayâ She prayed silently, this building is a prison used to house convicts. As she sat down looking around, a woman in a wander uniform c@mÂŁ over to her.
âGood day Ma, how may I help you??â The wander asked.
âGood day, I am here to see Mr Olujimi Oyinlolaâ Veronica said.
âOK, follow meâ She said and Veronica stood up and followed her, they got to a area which was well ventilated and had a good deal of sunlight âSit here, I will call him here and Ma, take your timeâ The wander said and smiled.
âOh, Thank you so much, I appreciateâ Veronica said, di-p here hand into her bag, brou-ght out some money and gave the wander after much insisting on Veronicaâs p@rt. The wander went away and after few minutes, a man walked to Veronica, he stood on the spŠt looking at Veronica who was also looking at him.
âGood day Jimmyâ Veronica said and hvgged him, he also wra-pped his hands around her.
âHi Nicaâ He said and the both of them sat down opposite each other. âI missed you so much loveâ The man said, Veronica blu-shed.
âSame here, I bought your favouriteâ She said and set the table in front of the man, she opened the food, it was fried garnished eggs with yams, when he saw it, his smile faded off, Veronica saw it and sighed âAm really sorryâ Veronica said and bowed her head.
âI should be the one to be sorry, am really sorry to have remember what has happened since some years ago, I know it must be ha-rd for you, am so sorry dearâ Jimi said as he stood up and sat beside Veronica, hvgged her.
âNo problem, I know it is not easy to forget the woman you loved and even your child, but all will be wellâ She said and they both disÂŁngage.
âSo, how have you been???â He asked smiling at her as he began to eat.
âWell, I have been good, guess what???â Veronica said happily,he looked at her happy face and smiled.
âNica, you know I donât like guessing and I am not good at itâ He said as he was still staring at her.
âCâmon Jimi, just guessâ She said pouting like a child, Jimi looked at her and laughed.
âOK, that you wanna pe-ck me hereâ He said as he tŠuçhed hisl-ips, Veronica looked at him laughing and hits him pla-yfully.
âYou are really bad at guessing sillyâ Veronica said laughing as she hits him pla-yfully on his arm.
âWell, tell me alre-ady loveâ He said as he was still eating.
âMy son is back!!!!â She yelled.
âOh my!!!, am happy for you dear, say me well to him and hopefully I hope to see him one dayâ Jimi said smiling.
âThanksâ She said and took the cutlery from him and began to feed him.
âYou know I love you right?â He said.
âOfcourse, I do and l love you tooâ She said.
âI want you to have thisâ Jimi said giving her a n£¢klace and br@celet âI would have given you much earlier while we were both in the prison but I have to be sure, actually these were meant for my late wife and unborn female child but too sad I lost them in the accident, so I want you to have it, so incase I have to die in prison or I donât ever get to be a free man, I want you to have them as yoursâ Jimi said, as he tries to put them on Veronica, she declined.
âJimi,
I canât have these, they were meant for your family and I donât want to take these away from themâ She said.
âAwwwnnâ He said placing his hand on his che-st, Veronica smiled, he often behaves like a child.
âSeriously, remind me, how old you are?â She said laughing.
âWell, just Forty Nineâ
âJust??!! Seriously old man, you keep acting like a childâ
âAm a baby to you right??â He said laughing and ma-king face funny faces which got Veronica laughing.
âSeriously!!! Living all your life in abroad has kill your Nigeria manners and awareness so badâ She said amidst laughter.
âBut seriously I want you to have them, am really serious about it, plea-seâ He pleaded, he put the n£¢klace and br@celet around her n£¢k and wrist respectively.
âThey are prettyâ Veronica said smiling.
âYup, brou-ght any book when coming???â Jimi asked.
âOfcourse, I did, after knowing you are a book freakâ She said as he de-ep her hands into her bag and brou-ght out a book which she handed over to him, he took it gladly after hvgging her.
âThanks, you gotta feed me you know thatâ He said as he opened his mouth waiting to be feed my the woman he found love with while they were both imprisoned, he smiled as he remembered the times they spent in the prison together, she bec@mÂŁ so close to him that it made him comforted after been drowned in the sorrow of losing his wife and his unborn child. He ate the food she placed in his mouth.
âCanât believe a man who is almost fifty behaving like a teenagerâ Veronica said rolling her eyes.
âSeriously!! To much of American movies right, but make sure they donât fall offâ He said and Veronica smiled. She continued to feed him, talk, laugh and also ate with him.
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Alexa
stepped into the clas-s after going to see both Adrian and Ashley who were doing good, it was break. She stepped into the clas-s and found a girl who was sitting next to her, the girl looks unhappy.
âHiâ Alexa said smiling the girl looked at her blankly and after some minutes, she smiled as well. âWhy are you sitting here alone??? Isnât it lonely here???â She asked but, she didnât receive any reply only a smile from the girl. The girl wrote something down and pas-sed it to her.
âI donât really have friends, but I am fine here alone but wonât mind becoming our friendâ Alexa re-ads and smiled.
âOK, no problem, but are you mute??â Alexa asked as she brou-ght out her lunch bag, opened it and was preparing to eat.
âNo, am not, am a stammer and I find it difficult to communicate to people verballyâ She writes, Alexa re-ads.
âOooh, donât worry you can talk to meâ Alexa said smiling, âWhatâs your name??â
IâŚ. IâŚâŚ IâŚ.. IâŚ.. A.. MmmmmâŚâŚ Aaaaaaliiiiyaaaaaaaahhhhhhh Baaaaaaaaaaddddddddmmmmmmuuuussssssssssâ She stammered sadly and bent her head, for someminutes, Alexa could not talk, but soon she started to laugh.
âOooh, my goodness!!! You got a nice voice Aliyah Badmusâ Alexa said as she stŠpped laughing, Aliyah shoot up her head and smiled.
âThanksâ Aliyah said smoothly.
âI know why the stammering seems bad, itâs because you are afraid when talking, donât be scared and you will improveâ Alexa said.
âRrrrrealllyâ Aliyah said.
âOfcourseâ Alexa said as she covered her food and they both got up and went to the cafeteria, alot if students were there, eating, talking and so on. They both sat down.
âThanks Xendriaâ Aliyah said without stammering, she was surprised they she g@sped.
âSee, told yaâ Alexa said and she stood up went to buy a drink each for them.
âLexa!!â Two voices called, both Aliyah and Alexa tilted their head to where they heard the voice and behold walking up to them were both Roland and Nicholas.
âHi sÂŁniorsâ Alexa said as they both sat down, Roland sat beside Alexa whlie Nicholas sat beside Aliyah who had her head bent.
âHope we arenât disturbing anythingâ Nicholas said as Roland called a junior to bring their orders, who obeyed promptly.
âOfcourse notâ Alexa answered with a smile, the Junior dropped the orders on the table, they thank him before he left. Both boys looked at Aliyah who had her head bent.
âHelloâ
Nicholas said as both Alexa and Roland looked at him.
âGuess, she is shy!!â Roland said and they all laughed.
âOr our faces are to handsome to stare at, awwwnnnnâ Nicholas said as he placed his hands dramatically on his che-st feigning been hurt, they all laughed, including Aliyah whose face was up.
âI⌠IâŚâŚ. IâŚ.. I⌠Ammmmmmmm nnnnnoooot shhhhhhhyyyâ Aliyah stammered sadly.
âJeez, girl calm down arenât b!tt!g you, relax and talk OKâ Roland said smiling at Aliyah.
âI.. I am not shyâ Aliyah said without stammering.
âSee, thatâs itâ Nicholas said and pat Aliyah who was very happy.
âTold ya!â Alexa said happily and hit Aliyah pla-yfully, just then Aliyah began to jÂŁrk, she fell down, shaking and began to convulse. The three stood up, everyone one bec@mÂŁ alerted.
âGet me a spoon and an handkerchief now!!!â Nicholas screamed as he bent besides Aliyah patting her slowly, Alexa was crying, while Roland rushed to get the things Nicholas asked for and gave it to him. âGet the phone and call the health center now!!!â He screamed, this time Alexa ran to where the telephone was looked beside her and saw some numbers, she saw that of the health center and called quic-kly, with shaking hands and bŠdy.
âYesâŚâŚ. Someone nee-ds you hereâŚ.. Itâs an emergency!!!â She said with a raised voice and placed the telephone back went to where Nicholas was, Aliyahâs jÂŁrking has reduced, crowd could not form because the two boys shouted angrily to anyone who tries to form a crowd. Soon the ambulance c@mÂŁ, they took Aliyah away with Nicholas following her. Alexa was so shaken that she was crying, Roland hvgged her and was patting her.
âItâs alright, it not your fault, I know you are thinking because you hit her, Aliyah has been like that, thatâs was why she never had a friend, since four weeks she resumed to the school, so stŠp cryingâ Roland said patting Alexa, everyone has gone back to his or her business.
âI wanna call someone right nowâ She said and disÂŁngage from Roland and went to the telephone, Roland was behind her. She called and said with her shaking voice
âHelloââŚ..
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Both Michael and Georgeâs office were on the tŠp floor of the building, the office was side by side. When it was lunch break for the company, Michael went to get snacks for the both of them, he entered Georgeâs office to still see him operating the l@ptŠp.
âHeyâ Michael greeted.
âOh, hey! Lunch break alre-adyâ George said and Michael nodded, he sat down in front of George who has pushed his l@ptŠp beside him and had collected the snacks Michael brou-ght âAm still surprised that the Company could not fully recognize us but am happy they didnâtâ he said eating.
âSame here, am happy too, we wonât be have enemies anytime soon hereâ Michael replied.
âMichael, I am really sorry about what I did in the past, am sorryâ George apologized sadly.
âItâs fine, everybŠdy makes mistakes but I want you to know that, I canât and I wonât do anything to harm youâ Michael said smiling.
âI hope staying in this country, didnât triggered any past memories???â George said slowly, Michaelâs smile faded, his mind flashed back to the past but George tapped him.
âDonât think about the past anymore, itâs fine nowâ Goerge said flashing Michael a very beautiful smile, Michael looks at him suspiciously and looked back to make sure no one was there smiling at George who looks ridiculous smiling like a kid.
âStŠp smiling, you look ridiculous right nowâ Michael said smiling âFor a moment, I thought you were smiling at a girlâ He said laughing because George had an horror expression on his face.
âJeez!! So she would marry me and later we will give brith to three and then one morning, she will be jailed for trying to destroy me and the companiesâ George said, Michael laughed.
âCâmon stŠp it, all woman are not like thatâ Michael said smiling sheepishly, George looked at him this time with his head bent to a side.
âHmm.. Is that aâin love lookâ you gotta be kidding me, Micky you areâŚ..â George was saying when Michael cut in.
âShut up, jeez! StŠp over thinking things, and stŠp saying ru-bbish seriously, What the jeez!!â Michael said laughing, George too was laughing.
âAm so happy with your Mom, who twisted your ton-gue from âwhat the fu-ckâ to â What the jeez!!!â It sounds funnyâ George said laughing, Michael too was smiling âAm sorry to have mentioned your Mom tooâ He said.
âWhy??â Michael asked but he immediately covered it up with laughter because he had forgotten, he hadnât told George and the kids about his mother âitâs fine, no biggieâ he said smiling, just then Goergeâs phone rang, he furrowed his brows. âWhatâs upâ Michael asked but George raised up the phone and showed Michael who saw it was an unknown caller âpick it and place it on speakerâ Michael said, George nodded and did it.
âHelloâ the voice said shaking.
âAlexa??!!!â The two men said surprised.
âWhatâs happened???â They both asked when they heard her sniffing and sobbing, Alexa narrated the incident that happened in the cafeteria.
âOh câmon sweetheart, it wasnât your fault, be calm OK, you said she is your friend right, then love her and take care of her, so she wonât be sad or left aloneâ George said.
âOkay Dadâ Alexa said.
âJust be calm baby, stŠp crying, it wasnât your fault OKâ Michael said.
âOK godfather and we all like it hereâ She said and the men were relived because they could feel she was smiling.
âThatâs my babyâ George said laughing.
âOK bye, I love you bothâ She said.
âWe love you tooâ They both said and hung up. They both talked for some minutes and when the lunch break was over, Michael went back to his office.
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Becca sat down, eating after doing some menial works, she had taken her bath and had retired for the day, she was on the be-d, she had been waiting for Michaelâs call since when they p@rted but he hasnât called her, she had set up her social media accounts, presÂŁntly she was on WhatsApp chatting with some people she had met when working.
âMaybe, he forgot about me???, maybe he was busy, Maybe he doesnât have airtime, MaybeâŚ.. Ugh!!!!!â She sat frustrated as she dropped her spoon. She searched for his name on her contact list and saw only one of his number, she saw that he has an account with the number.
âOhh my goodness!!!!, he is online!!!â She screamed happily âShould I chat him up or not, should I???? Should I not?????â She said asking herself, as she was contemplating, her phone buzzed, she opened it and saw a message from Michael, she checked and screamed.
********* CHATS ***********
Michael: **âá´Ę!!! ,á´á´ sá´ sá´ĘĘĘ Ęá´á´Ę ĘɪɢĘÉ´á´ss, ÉŞ á´ ÉŞá´ É´âá´ Ňá´Ęɢá´á´ á´Ęá´á´á´ Ęá´á´, ÉŞ á´Ąá´s á´ á´ĘĘ Ęá´sĘ, ÉŞ á´Ąá´s á´Ęá´á´á´ á´á´ĘĘɪɴɢ á´ĄĘá´É´ ÉŞ á´Ęá´á´á´á´á´ á´É´á´ sá´á´Ą you are on WhatsApp, seriously, I am so sorryâ**
Becca: ***âNo problem,itâs fine, but I kinda waited for your callâ **
Michael: ** ââAm sorry you had to wait for that long, really sorryâŚ. We are friends now right??â**
Becca: âof course we are!!!â
Michael: **ââAre you excited?
Becca:**âOfcourse, I donât really have friends, maybe thatâs whyâ**
Michael: **âOh OK, am glad I am your friendâ**
Becca: **âYeah, thanks, letâs know each otherâ**
Michael:**âYeahâŚ.. Whatâs your name???â
Becca:**âRebecca, you can call me Beccaâ**
Michael:**âYou mean, Queen Becca that rules the damn street!!!â**
Becca:***âLolz, seriously what about yoursâ**
Michael:**âjust call me Michaelâ**
Becca: **âBest colour???â***
Michael:**âSeriously, blackâ**
Becca:**âMine pinkâ***
Michael :**âI thought as muchâ**
Becca: **âWhy arenât you married, am sorry for asking, just curiousâ**
Michael:**â No problem, she left me, or should I say dumpedâ**
Becca:**âAm sorryâ*
Michael:**âNo problem what about you??â**
Becca:**âSeriously, am still young misterâ**
Michael:**âSeriously!!!! How old are you???â**
Becca :**âJust Twenty Threeâ**
Michael:**âDo you just say just?? Câmon queenâ**
Becca:**â(Laughing) so what about you??â**
Michael:**âReverse of your ageâ**
Becca:**âWhat???? Thirty Two, you look youngâ**
Michael:**âThanksâŚ.. Are you single???â**
Becca:**âYep!! Single, happy and not searchingâ**
Michael:**âHahaha, very funnyâ**
They chatted for some minutes more,each smiling over either when typing or waiting for the other personâs reply. They bidded themselves goodbye and promised to talk to each other later and regularly.
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