Episode 19
After sikirat’s departure. Janet became
the cook. Her food wasn’t as delicious as
that of sikirat, but it was manageable.
Janet was something else, she would act
strict and bossy whenever madam was
around, she would insult me and shout at me to the extent that her mummy would
beg me to ignore and disregard her. But
after her mummy’s departure to work
and gideon’s departure to school, the
compound would become a s-x zone. We
would dance, bleep, gist, eat and end it with tutorial sessions. On many occasions,
we would be running around the house
while Unclad. Throughout the first week, I missed sikirat
so much that I do call her frequently. But in
the second week, the passion for sikirat
reduced drastically as janet was killing me
with love and romance. I had to switch off
my phone or placed it on silence whenever janet is around me. Three weeks gone, sikirat hadn’t
returned and next weekend is jamb
examination. Throughout the week, I was
busy preparing janet for exam, its was
then that I learnt her centre was in Ibadan
and she would have to travel on friday morning and lodge at her uncle’s
residence in Ibadan. I talked to my friends
who are into examinations “runs” to
send answers to me during the exam
which I planed to send to janet without
madam’s knowledge because I was very sure we didn’t prepare very well for the
exams. On friday morning, madam told me to
follow her in her car, she would drop me
at her friend’s store to get some items
for janet before she leaves for ibadan. As
we were driving in her car, she kept
patting my laps at interval whenever we discussed something funny. We had series of discussion about
sikirat’s mother who died, about janet
and jamb, about how I see her house, she
told me I will be helping with cooking
pending janet’s arrival, she asked about
my girlfriend of which I kept smiling at intervals and she kept patting my laps. She
finally dropped me at a supermarket and
had a private discussion with the shop
owner and she left. The super mart owner gave me tin of milk
and milo, soaps, and some other gift items.
I returned home on a bike, Janet picked out
the items I brought and she left for the
garage which I followed her. After she took off, I returned home. I
don’t know where to put the remaining
items I brought from the supermart so I
took everything into my room waiting for
madam to arrive and sort them out. At about 6pm, janet called to inform me
about her successful journey. She told me
to go to the kitchen and see the food
timetable for that night. “Chaiii, I don turn
house boy for here, see wetin sikirat’s
absence don cause”. I placed a call to sikirat for guide lines on
how to prepare porridge which was on the
time table, sikirat laughed at me to the
extreme on the phone. She even flattered
me saying “I pray make aunty janet
spend one week so dat u go be the cook for a whole week”. I followed her
instructions and prepared the porridge. Gideon was so spoilt that he couldn’t boil
an ordinary water. His laziness made the
whole cooking stressful. I served myself and gideon because
madam hadn’t arrived from the bank.
After eating dinner, I went to bed
immediately at around 7:30pm because I
was very tired. At few minutes past 8pm I
heard madam’s voice in the living room. I overheard her chatting with gideon about
dinner and the person who cooked it. I overheard her commenting on the food
as she was eating. She asked of me from
gideon and she was told I had gone to bed.
She bid gideon “goodnight” and went
into her room. 20minutes after madam entered her room.
My phone ranged. I looked at the screen
and it was madam calling. I picked it. ME: hello ma. MADAM: onihaxy the international cook ME: **laughed** I only tried my little best
ma MADAM: you tried sha. But janet and
sikirat will beat you in cooking any day
anytime. ***laughed** ME: ***laughed back*** ok ma, I will
improve tomorrow morning MADAM: ok dear. meanwhile, where are
the bathing soaps you brought from the
supermart, I couldn’t find it in the
bathroom. ME: its with me ma, I don’t know where I
will drop them so I took them to my room. MADAM: ohhh God!!!. I need it urgently to
take my bath with it. Please bring one into
my room right away ME: ***amazed***, ok ma, I’m coming
right away…… To be continued.