MOALMA


8(b) YOU'RE MY SERVANT


CONT.


Folake sat with tears straming uncontrollably down her face, she was too shell-shocked to sob, she was brain-drained, a lot of thoughts were running through her mind. Meanwhile, Tomiwa was beside himself with frustration, what did Derin think of herself, he decided to send her a stinker, but his thumb failed to hit the send button, he slammed the phone on the bed while B just sat filing her nails.

"B, what do you think Derin wants?" her asked the first time
"... are you also ignoring me? (no reply) B! What is your problem? (no response) you know I feel like shooting you right now. (B scoffed her irritation) B? Okay, alright, I'm sorry I raised my voice but that girl is just getting on my nerves."
"Can I say a thing or two? Boss? Since I'm the servant?" Tomiwa smiled.
"Yes ma'am, you may speak, P.S, you're friend and not my servant, are we cool now?"
"Yeah, truth is Derin can't date you, look at you, you'll be twenty five next month and you don't have a J.O.B and she does, to Derin, you're just a 1. Lazy 2. Jobless 3. Silly 4. Proud 5. Spoiled brat who has no future ambitions, she's a career woman and she's independent too but you have failed to see yourself, truth is, your mum won't be here for you forever so you need to be responsible for yourself, starting now, just talk to your dad, he'll get you a job somewhere and no matter what type of job it is, please don't turn it down."
"You sound so sure about my dad, the man is not that nice, don't be deceived, I almost feel like he's hated me me since I was seventeen."
"I'm the angel so, I'd love it if you trusted me."

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"I said I'm fine, Folake is just exaggerating..." Tomiwa was interrupted by his mom's deep sigh, Folake had apparently called his mom and some family members who arrived at his house the next day and his mom and arived Lagos two days after.
"...as far as I'm concerned, this family meeting in my house is over, you can all leave now." Tomiwa said firmly and stood, intending to go to his room but he suddenly decided to take a stroll. The moment he opened the door, his mother screamed.

"E ma je ko lo o! (Don't let him leave!)" and without warning, Tomiwa two strong hands lift him, he exchanged glances with B who, obviously, was enjoying the show, the other angels in the room where also not left out.

"Let me go! Put me down!! Mummy tell them to put me down now!!!" Tomiwa shouted but it all fell on deaf ears till he was held hostage in his bedroom.
"B, what is going on? Why are they acting like this?"
"Well, I think this is necessary since thoughts of Derin has started making you abnormal." she replied and relayed the whole episode to him.
"So this was your plan all along!" Tomiwa exclaimed and laughed deciding to pretend for a while.

TBC

MOALMA


daymeelarday, GreatCracker, OlufemiWhit


8. YOU'RE MY SERVANT


"Hi Tomiwa" Derinsola said as she answered her phone, she'd been avoiding his calls for a week now, but the guy was just a persistent fool.
"Hi, um, how are you doing?"
"Very well Tomiwa." Derin replied, keeping the disgust out of her voice.
"Um, okay, great, um, I just wanted to know if um, you're free tonight, um, just for drinks, maybe dinner too." Derinsola smiled, she knew she had that effect on guys, but Tomiwa was different because she also liked him, she wanted him to be bold about it.
"Um, Tomiwa, much as I would love too, I'm working late tonight."
"Oh, um, okay, but we could do this some other time?"
"Um, yeah sure, when I'm less busy with work."
"Okay, so um, how is..."
"Em, Tomiwa, I have to go now, I've got a lot on my table, later." Derin cut in and ended the call, Tomiwa stared wide-eyed at his phone, no girl had ever hung up on him, he had had so many firsts with Derinsola.

"B, can you believe she hung up on me?" he asked shocked, angry and afraid aand B scoffed.
"Won't you say anything?" He asked again and B shrugged indifferently.
"B!!!" he shouted this time "... I am talking to you!"
"Elijah please don't raise your voice at me."
"What did you just say?!"
"You heard me Elijah." B said firmly.
"I am your boss, you are my servant and you will do what I say."
"Elijah, please don't take out your frustration on me, is it my fault that Derinsola avoiding you or is it my fault that you don't have a job?"
"You will not talk to me like that!" Tomiwa thundered then someone knocked. "And who is that!" Tomiwa said again and literally jumped to the door, standing in front of him was his maternal cousin Folake.

"Yes, what do you want?" He asked, trying to calm himself.
"I heard you shouting so I came by." She said innocently and B laughed.
"Will you just keep quiet!" Tomiwa shouted looking back at B. Folake was now off balance, she was sure her cousin was alone in the room and had thought he was on the phone but now she was confused, she'd come to spend a two-week holiday with him before she returned to school and ever since, he'd been acting weird, sometimes talking or laughin to himself, she'd even called her sister to suggest that Tomiwa was losing his mind and now, she just confirmed.

"Tomiwa, who are you talking to?" She asked with fear.
"Sorry about that, so you were saying?"
"Um, nothing, I guess you're fine now so I'll just go." Folake replied then an idea came to B, she was going to play a prank on Tomiwa, so she went over to Folake's angel and explained all that had been happening to him. Tomiwa was now beside himself with anger.

"Hey, you, you're supposed to be my guard." He said
"Yeah, I know, I'm just chatting with a friend." B replied without looking at him.
"Oh, so you're going to be sturbborn now abi, and is gisting part of your job description ehn, let me tell you incase you've forgotten, you're to guard me and not gist with an old time friend!" He shouted, B and the other angel looked from him to Folake and burst into laughter, Folake's fear was written all over her face, her eyes were even teary, B shook the other angel and thanked him for his help then turned to Tomiwa.

"Okay boss, I'm done." She said grinning widely and went back to his side while Tomiwa just hissed, he was too angry, maybe frustrated, to notice his cousin's expression, he just went into the room and slammed the door shut. Folake slid to the ground, tears flowing freely down her face, Tomiwa was mad, very mad, she felt bad that she hadn't noticed right from the start and to think his birthday was just a month away, she really had to tell someone before he ran into the street.


TBC