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Episode 9


A week later, my sister called again and told me my mummy’s friend threw them out of the house, they now sleep in a nearby church compound.

I knew we can’t continue like this, so I made up my mind that if selling my body will put smiles on my families face once again and end this suffering, then so be it.

I waited for Happy to come back from her boutique, I did not even allow her to rest before I bring up the issue.

“Happy I think I’m ready, my mum and siblings are really suffering”

“Are you sure” she asked a and I told her my mind is made up.
“I have one big offer for you” She said and I listened with rapt attention.
There is this man I met in Abuja, although I’ve known him for some time now. His name is Admiral Gabriel Alawode, A high rank Navy, he’s also a Prince, I heard he’s father is a first class king in south west. He’s divorced with two kids, the kids lived abroad with their mum. He is 52years but he doesn’t want to remarry but he wants a young girl to keep as a companion. Though he travels a lot but he wants someone around him whenever he’s in the country.
“Why a young girl?”

“He doesn’t want anyone who will start demanding marriage. He knows a young girl won’t want marriage from him”

“Anike, Prince Alawode is wealthy. I can’t date him, so I rejected the offer”

“Why?”

“I can’t stick to just one person, I don’t want to be anyones property. I’ll feel trapped especially with that his age. I can’t still manage if he’s 40”

“Why do you want to introduce me to this particular one and not the younger ones”

She smiled.”Smart question. Like I said earlier, you know you…(she gestured with her hands) you are a good girl and I know you won’t like to sleep around with random men.

But with the money this man has, you’ll be okay with him alone, he will take care of you and all your responsibilities. He doesn’t sleep around that’s why he wants just one person who will be committed to him alone”

“Hmm! I sighed heavily. I’m 22 Happy, that man is same with my late father!”

“I know this is not easy to take in at once, it’s not an easy decision to take but this is the best offer for your kind of person” she said

“I heard most of this men are ritualist, you won’t want me to fall into the hands of a ritualist, would you?”

“He’s not a ritualist Anike, he’s an Ad…mi….ral, Anike. Admiral of the fleet…the highest rank in Navy and he also works hand in hand with the government.
I heard highest ranked navy are highly paid, their basic salary is #16million or so,aside the salary they are still entitled to some money,and they earns close to #30million at the end of the month” she explained. He’s into oil and gas too. He has many filling stations across the states. Aside that he also has one or two political assignments with the federal government. So I leave you to guess the rest.

“Jesus! In this country? And they say there is recession”

“Recession only affect the masses my dear”

“Really, then recession can’t affect people like that”

“Should I call him now?”

“No, not now, let me sleep over it”

“I understand, take your time” She said patting my back.

That evening I replayed my discussion with Happy. I’m no longer that slim 100 level Anike, Yes I’ve added flesh in the right places. I’ve grown up to be a beautiful young woman with a shinning dark skin, average height and a very nice body structure that could get any man’s attention. But I never dreamt of using my precious body in exchange for money.

I remembered how beautiful my life was before I lost my father and I cried. I remembered my friend Tinuke, should I tell her about it, I’m sure she won’t like the idea.
I remembered my lost love too, Olamilekan. And I wept, Olamilekan can’t help me, Tinuke cant help me, they are still depending on their parents.

Happy is right nobody can help my family except I stand up to the task. It’s time to grow up, I can no longer be that Daddy’s little girl. It’s high time I embrace reality.


The next day, I told Happy, I was ready to take the offer.

“Good, you will thank me later Anike. That im sure off”

“If you say so”
She brought out her wallet and retrieved a business card from it.
“I only have his office line, I don’t have his personal line, but the call will be directed to him” she said.

She called the office line and it was picked by his secretary. She placed the call on speaker.

“Hello, Admiral Gabriel Alawode's office how may I help you” the voice said.

“I’d like to speak with Admiral Alawode” She said feigning accent.

“Name please?”
“Happy, from Senator Nwannze his friend”

“He’s not on sit, but I’ll forward the call to his PA, just hold on for a some minutes”

“Hello, this is the PA to Admiral Gabriel Alawode, how may I help you?”

Happy repeated herself. “He’s on a call, please hold on.

“Ok”
After some minutes we heard the PA’s voice.
“He said he’ll call back” he said, then the line went off.

“He’ll callback, maybe he’s still on call” Happy said.

“So much protocol!” I said

“People like him are not easy to reach except you have their personal line”

Some minutes later, he called back. Happy picked it and placed the call on speaker, so I could here their conversation.
“Happy how are you” he said with a rich baritone voice.

“I’m fine sir, I always trip at the sound of your voice” she said teasingly. I like that voice too,I must confess.

“Don’t flatter me, hope you’ve agreed to my offer, I believe that’s the reason you call”

“Sir, I have two news”

“Let’s hear it” he said

“Like I said earlier I’m not interested and I’m very sorry for turning you down. I’m elated that you could think of me for such offer, but I can’t”

“No problem, I respect your opinion. So what’s the other news?”

“I got you someone”

“Happy don’t worry, you don’t have to do that. It’s you I want, since you are not in, then its fine”

“You’ll like her, I promise”

“I don’t want just anybody”

“She’s not just anybody, just meet her first, then you can decide if you want her or not”

“Happy you know girls and their sausy behavior, I don’t want a girl that will give me high blood pressure or those who will expose my private life to the world. You know I’m not a fan of Paparazzi”

“Admiral Alawode….I’m not just giving you any girl, she keeps her private life private. She’s not a runs girl, she’s doing this because of financial problems”

“Really, I hope she won’t misbehave later, when she had everything she wanted”

“I promise you she won’t fall my hand”

“Fine, bring her to Abuja on Friday. I’ll send a driver to pick you up at the airport”

“No I can’t come with her, I have plans for Friday sir”

“You! Those are the people who made you reject my offer abi, don’t worry go and meet them”

She laughed because the man was right. “Just send your address, she’ll find her way”

“That not necessary, I’ll book her flight, the driver will be waiting for her at the airport when she arrived”

“Nice, it’s ok then”

“Send me your account details, I’ll send some money for both of you”

“Thank you sir, see you when I see you bye”

“Good bye, thanks so much”

‘You are welcome bye” she said and hung up.

“You heard everything right, once he send the money, you’ll go for shopping, visit the spa, fix your hair, do your pedicure and manicure. You just have to look great, you must impress him” She said with a wide smile plastered on her face.

“I’m scared”

“Don’t be, trust me you are in good hands”

Chumzypinky:
'watch this video' Chinny handed the phone to Shivani who was happily chatting with Dora. Since Dora came into the picture pretending to be Shiv's friend, it had caused a strain in their relationship.

Chinny didnt know what Dora had told Shiv but what she knew was that Shiv avoided her like a plague refusing to even associate with her.

At first she had felt bad but consoled herself with the fact that human beings were generally the same everywhere. You help them today, you become their all and all. Someone else comes into the picture, they forget you even exist.

She had decided to stop advising Shiv. And even when she saw the look of hatred and eyeing Dora shot at Shiv when she turned around to get something, she pretended not to see it.
Her eyes had met with Adanna and she knew she had also seen the look.

And when both Shiv and Dora had left the kitchen to God knows where, Adanna had tugged at her arm.

'i thought Shivani's your friend? Tell her to be careful of that snake called Dora. She's going to ruin her'

'eh, did you see that look? Nawa oo, human being sef. I thought Shivani was Dora's favourite now' Edna joined in the conversation.

'what look is that?' Benita asked a bit confused. She hadnt been in the kitchen when it happened.

'Dora and Shivani were jisting and blending tomatoes, but immediately Shivani turned to get more tomatoes from the refridgerator, Dora gave her a kind of look that shows "you're not my friend at all"' Edna said immediately.

'that Dora eh, she no be better person. Make Shiv dey follow am upandan. Na she sabi. I was even expecting Chinny to talk to her as they were once close' Benita chipped in clearly not surprised by Dora's attitude.

'my dear,' Chinny sighed and shrugged 'they say, fly wey no dey hear word na im dey follow dead body enter grave. I've talked to her, heaven knows i have. But now she sees me as a bad person. She thinks i'm just trying to castigate Dora for nothing. Cant you guys see she's avoiding me now? I, Chinny, wont talk to her concerning that matter again. My people say seeing is believeing. When her eyes become open, nobody will tell her again. A word they say, is enough for the wise'

'what video is that?' Shivani asked hesitantly. What did Chinny have to show her.

'maybe you should just check before staring at me as if i'm dirty and what i'm holding in my hand is not a phone but a piece of trash'

Shiv sighed and cleaned her hands with the napkin, took the phone from her and played the video.

'what!!!!' She screamed loudly 'how did this video enter U website?'

*
Freda's hands shook as she placed the phone on her ears. She was ruined. She felt it.

'hello sweet mum' Her daughter's cheerful voice sounded and Freda didnt know whether to feel hatred towards her or not 'how are you doing?'

'Mia what was that for? Why did you post that video on U website, even going as far as pasting it on Youtube' She swallowed.

'i didnt post any video on Youtube. I havent even gone there today. But talking about U website, yes i've been online all day and i even posted a video there' She laughed.

'Mia...' Freda's voice shook 'you knew about....about...it?'

'by "it" you mean? Oh! Your frivolous affair with the Igwe? Yes i did. Is there anything i do not know about you? I keep tabs on you mum. Because i'm supposed to'

'Mia how could you do this!!' She screamed not caring if the world thought her crazy or not but she was fast losing it 'i am your mother! What did you stand to gain in releasing that sex video'

'i just wanted to show the whole world how good you are with cow girl reverse mum. Its actually something to be proud of. Did you see the way your ass kept slapping the Igwe's thighs? Mehn! You had it real deep mum. That must be one of the factors why dad died on time' Mia chuckled wickedly.

'will you stop saying those dirty words to me?!' Freda snapped.

'it wasnt dirty when you kept screaming "Igwe! I wanna feel your shaft deep inside of me. Fvck me hard!!!" I'd always known you're a loud moaner though. When you wanted to tear my ears with your loud scream whenever dad was banging you'

'Mia!'

'you're a sex monger mum. Even at this age, you still know how to do all kinds of positions without even batting a lid. I want to be like you when i grow up'

'Mia my God will punish you. You'll never have peace in life. Be lest assured that whatever you do to me is waiting for you. Your children will do same to you. Listen to me and listen very good Mia, you have five minutes, five good minutes to delete that video from U website and Youtube. Because if you dont...if you dont...'

'if i dont whats gonna happen?'

Freda swallowed 'i'll kill your child'

candy:
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SIX

Ella ran a hand through her hair as she sat at the kitchen table looking out the window. She was visiting her mum in the three bedroom bungalow she just bought for her in Ibadan. The afternoon sun shone through the window and she stood up to draw the blinds. She watched her mother shout instructions at the maid.

Just then, her mum turned to her. “Have you heard from him?” She wiped her hands on one of the handtowels near the plate rack. No point mentioning names, she knew who she meant. They never stopped talking about him in the past two weeks.

“No, mum,” she said with a frown. “I don’t know what to do again!” It has been two weeks and no word from him, he never picked her calls unless she used a strange number and he always disconnected the calls on hearing her voice. As usual, she turned to other men to fill the void. Yet she missed him so much.

“And Helena?”

“She got the scholarship but didn’t attend the dinner in honour of the recipients.”
Mrs Philips frowned. She sat down opposite her daughter and opened a packet of Chivita ice tea juice. “Didn’t you tell her HOD everything is because of Helena?”

“Of course I didn’t tell him she was my daughter, Jay will go berserk if he gets to know I’ve already met Helena.”

Mrs Philip rubbed her nose. It was what she always did when she was in deep thought. “You need to step up and get my granddaughter from that silly woman.”

Ella got on her feet in anger. “Mum, you stop the charade right now. If you had shown this much concern for your ‘granddaughter’ twenty two years ago, we won’t be having this discussion now.”

“And you would have been selling rice and beans in a small shop somewhere in Ibadan.” Mrs Philip said, anger evident in her voice.

“And you think I won’t be happier that way?” She asked, her voice raised a pitch higher now.
Realising that they might have forgotten she was still in the kitchen, Maggi, the maid, cleared her throat loudly. “The soup don done, ma” She said, almost on her knees.

“Get out!” She threw the remaining ice tea on Maggi who was visibly shaking on her feet. “Olofofo.”
Maggi scampered out of the kitchen, leaving the ‘done’ soup on the burner.

“Maggi!” Ella shouted, “Who will bring the soup from the fire?”

She rushed back in and turned off the burner. She rushed back outside immediately.

Ella’s phone rang on the table. She checked the caller id and saw ‘Baby’. Jay had finally called. She opened the kitchen door and stepped into the small garden behind the kitchen.

“Hello, Darling.” She said.

"Who is that?" Mrs Philips asked in a whisper.

"Jay" Ella mouthed, hand over the mouth piece.

“Hello, Mrs Williams,” Jay said on the other end.

“Why have you been avoiding me, Jay?” Ella asked.

“Please leave my family alone, I beg you.” Otunba pleaded. “My wife and daughter are curious about the scholarship awarded by Pacific Investments. She’s number seven in her department, not one of the best three---”

“But she’s still one of the best.” She cut him short.

“I know you won’t like any scandal, so let’s avoid it.”


“Let’s talk about this tomorrow, I’m in a meeting right now and I can’t talk much. Any place of your choice in Ibadan. Let’s get this over with.”


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