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Promised y'all two chapters today, so another comes up dis evening.
Mad writing tinz going on over here.

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13 part 2




Kite knew Izu was keeping something from her, she knew him like the back of her hand and wondered why he even bothered hiding things from her. From the corners of her eyes, she could feel him watching her when he thought she didn’t notice. He watched her like that when he wanted to tell her something but couldn’t muster up the courage.

Back then in the university, hundred level before they’d become friends, he’d always watched her. Kind of creepy but she’d liked it, it had been obvious he’d wanted to talk to her but hadn’t been able to muster the courage to approach her. Like her, he could be shy sometimes and she liked the quality about him. Big Izu that got shy when he wanted to talk to her. In the end, she’d approached him and she still recalled how he’d stammered as he’d tried answering her questions. They’d become friends and he’d overcome his shyness of her after a while and then they’d fallen for each other.

She loved him, sincerely but it seemed he doubted it or didn’t know just how much she did. He didn’t need to hide anything from her. Whatever the problem was she would be glad to hear it and even offer help if he needed it.

It was her turn to watch him as he drove her back to the office. They’d been spending quite a lot of time together, he’d picked her up last night after work and they’d had dinner. Afterwhich she’d gone with him to his new apartment in Wuye, she’d asked how he’d been able to afford such a place. Abuja houses were really expensive and this apartment looked like it would have cost a lot to rent.

He was presently dealing in supplying and installing security equipment like biometric doors, CCTV cameras and others in private residences and corporate organisations. Business was doing really well and she was happy for him, for them, they could finally leave their former way of living behind and focus on legitimate things. She was currently making a sizable income from this job and with his earnings she was sure they would be fine, maybe get married? She smiled, well he had to propose first but before all that she had to know what exactly he was keeping from her.

“Izu?” She called.

“Yes hon?” He replied not taking his eyes off the road.

“Are you okay?” She asked and he glanced at her.

“What do you mean?”

“You’ve been somehow pre occupied lately, you’re not exactly yourself. Are you in any trouble again?”

“No , I’m not in any trouble.” He snapped at her.

Jeez! She’d asked an innocent question, there was no reason for him to take that tone with her. “Hey, I just asked a simple question, why are you getting worked up?”

“I’m getting worked up because you seem think I love getting into trouble, why would you even think I was in trouble again? Do you think I can’t stay away from trouble? That I miss trouble?”

“Hey, I’m just asking a question because I care about you Izu, stop putting words in my mouth and reading things I did not even insinuate.”

“You need to have more faith in me Kite.” He told her taking another glance at her.

“I want to, Izu, you cant blame me, not after what happened last –“

“Are we back to that Kite, really? Haven’t we moved past that already? I did it for your protection remember?”

“I know but I don’t want a repeat and that’s why I’m asking now.”

“Really Kite, sometimes you annoy the crap out of me. I’m not in trouble, okay? Infact I’m doing really well so all I need is for you to be happy that we’ve found each other again and revel in that fact, okay?” He said condescendingly.

“Don’t talk to me like I’m a kid, Izuoma . I know you’ve been preoccupied lately and you know I know you like the back of my palm, you can keep it from me, fine! But don’t you dare put me in a position like you did the last time because I tell you, no amount of begging would make me forgive you.” She told him matter of factly.

He drove through the gates of the company and parked in the parking lot, both of them fuming.

‘what in the world had just happened? Kite had asked her boyfriend whom she loved with all her heart a simple question and it had blown up this way.

Still sulking she opened the door and made a move to get down when he held her hand back. She looked at his hand holding hers then up at his face. He looked repentant but she didn’t care, he’d over reacted and he needed to apologise.

“What?” she asked him

“I’m sorry.”

“Sorry about what?”

“the way I talked to you. I’m sorry. You know I’m not proud about the way I left you the last time? I promise you I’m doing all I can so that doesn’t repeat itself. I just need you to have some faith in me.”

“Alright”, she nodded accepting his apology.

He squeezed her hand he was still holding in his and then let it go. “Till this evening then?”

“Sure “ she replied with a slight smile as she suddenly sat forward, put her hand around his neck and pull him forward to meet her. She kissed him, softly and lightly on the lips. Nothing too much, just a small kiss reassuring him that she was here for him whenever he needed her.

Pulling away, she saw the smile on his face. She was also smiling when she looked and saw Ise standing in front of their car, eyes behind dark police shades. He paused for all of two seconds which seemed like a lifetime to her, his mouth set in stone before moving on.

‘Damnit!’ She thought, Now he would dress her down for kissing her boyfriend in his parking lot or whatever.

“Wasn’t that your boss?” Izu asked.

“Yes it was, I have to go.” She began getting out when he held her back again.

“I’ve missed you Kite.” He told her “as in missed you.”

“Izu…” she knew the kind of miss he was talking about, it had to do with sex “One step at a time remember?”

He sighed and nodded. “But please don’t make me wait for too long.”

“It all depends on your own good behaviour, I really have to run now Izu, we’ll see tonight?”

“yeah.” He released her hand.

She got down and hurriedly made her way into the building not sure what awaited her in there.

13


“Goodnight Sir.” Sal greeted as Ise got off the SUV at his front door.

“Yeah goodnight Sal, I’m not to be disturbed until noon tomorrow by anything short of the world coming to an end, okay?.” Ise instructed his driver and personal security.

“Yes Sir.” Sal clipped.

Idris , who was in charge of his housekeeping came out from the house “Good evening, Sir.” He greeted

“Evening.” Ise replied him as he went into his house. Idris always brought in his things from the car every evening when he returned. His laptop bag and whatever else he might have in the car.

Ise was tired. What he needed was rest, he’d not really had any reasonable sleep since he’d returned from his last trip. He was so tired he’d not bothered with wearing his suit jacket, the darn things felt just too heavy even when they really were not, maybe it was of a mind thing or something. Most of the time he liked to take it off, roll up his shirt sleeves and get down to work. He was more of a casual person but the importance of his work had him dressing sharply all the time.

He’d had a hectic day, the toughest of which had been the first one in the morning with the VILDE Group. He couldn’t help the smile as he recalled the events, they’d spent so much time going back and forth until Kite had come to the rescue. She had shocked the hell out of him when she’d come up with that magnificent idea, but being the boss he’d had to get over that shock as quickly as possible. With just a few words she’d solved an issue that had seriously been disturbing them for a while now not only with VILDE but with a few other customers who had offices in remote locations.
Who was the girl? There was definitely more to her than met the eye, she just kept surprising him and he was sure she would continue to, what he didn’t get was what had really gone down between her and Princess later when everyone had left the conference room. Princess had accused her of downing the contents of her teacup on her while Kite had denied the allegation saying she hadn’t seen princess coming and had poured it on her by mistake.

He hadn’t known who to believe, he knew Kite to be a liar but he was sure she’d only do something like that when seriously pushed and knowing Princess, he wouldn’t be surprised if she’d said something annoying to her. She’d been known to insult staff before but it was no excuse though, Kite needed to curb that temper of hers or it was bound to put her in serious trouble one of these days.

He’d still been reeling with gratitude at her input that morning and had kind of taken her side against Princess saying no one had been in the room to corroborate either one’s story so he didn’t know who to believe but he’d turned on Kite and warned her that if she did indeed do it, she was lucky this was going away really easily for her.

Princess had been so visibly angry that he’d not dared to show even the tiniest amusement at her appearance. She hadn’t found it funny and knowing Princess prided herself on her looks, he’d had to seriously hold back the laugh that wanted to break out from the look of her wet weave which sort or resembled a mop after being drenched in tea. Now that he thought about it really well, he was sure Kite had done it. The girl just acted without thinking when she was angry.

Princess had declined attending the two other meetings and had a secretary take her pace instead. Kite had been there but whenever his eyes had wandered to her corner, she was always seriously engrossed in her typing. So beauty and brains she was. He should have known, she couldn’t be a good trickster without being smart to pull her tricks off.

He missed her already, seeing her always got his heart fluttering. He really did like her but he wasn’t one to dwell on someone who didn’t return his feelings and had preferred her undependable boyfriend to him. He really did hope she knew what she was doing and she didn’t get hurt in the end.

Bringing his thoughts back to the present, he decided he needed a shower for his tired body before he had a light dinner. Thoughts of Kite, her issues and work would just have to wait till later.

Twenty minutes later he was done and feeling better actually. He made his way down the stairs to the dining to see his sister Jeje already helping herself to the dinner which had been laid out for him.

“Hey brother mine, welcome back.” She said as she forked off a portion of the baked tilapia that had been set for him.

“Hi Jeje.” He replied “Whats up?”

“Not much, was here to see you and then I stumbled upon this wonderful meal, how was your day?”

He shook his head as he picked up a dish “Don’t ask.” He replied.

“That bad?” She asked as she helped herself to some vegetable stir fry, picking one thinly sliced carrot and popping in her mouth.

“Yeah meetings and all that. Besides how are preparations for your party coming along?”

She nodded “Great. Have you gotten my gift yet?” She asked and he smiled.

“Maybe.” He replied.

She narrowed her eyes “Forming elusive now, are we?” She asked and he shrugged. She shook her head “What did you get me?” She asked.

“You already know I’m not telling.”

“You’re such a spoil sport.” She told him

“And you’re so impatient. Will Ice be here?” he asked after her boyfriend that is if they were still together at that moment. He saw her face fall and got his answer. “You guys going through a rough patch?”

She shrugged “If you could call it that.” Her words brought back his memory on when he’d asked Kite same and she’d replied with that same answer. He smiled a bit,maybe these women were kind of alike after all?

“Care to spill?” He asked.

“Ice can really be pushy.” She replied.

“How do you mean?”

“He’s practically outlined how he wants my life to progress, as in what I should be looking to do next and then the next thing and then the next and then we’ll get married and have so-so number of kids, and this and that.”

“Hmmmm” Ise hummed, he’d been guilty of that with Izy. He’d planned their entire future together without caring to hear her view.

“I’m still young Ise, I just want to take it a step at a time and when I tell him that, he’s like I’m not focused and begins advising on the need for focus.”

“Hmmmm. So I take it you two are off for now?” he said

“Yeah, but he’s been calling, I know if I give him a sign we’ll get back together but I’m….” She stopped.

He turned “You’re what?”

“I’m….kinda… seeing someone else.” She told him not looking at him.

“There’s nothing wrong in seeing someone else.” He said trying to allay her obvious discomfort at telling him.

“Yeah… I know. But he’s kinda like …..” her voice trailed

“Like what?” He urged

“Seven years older.”

Ise raised a brow “Do I know him?”

“Ummm…no, I don’t think so.” She shook her head vehemently.

Good! As long as it was none of his friends he was okay.

“Jeje, just follow your heart and then use your head a bit too, you’re an intelligent young lady, I’m sure you can make good decisions.” He told her.

She smiled “Thanks Ise,” then she raised a brow “So what are you forming like now?” She asked deepening her voice next

“You’re an intelligent young lady,” she imitated him “In your mind; you’re like an adult advising a kid or what?”
Ise smiled as he looked at her “Yes nao, you don’t know before?”

“Yeah right, keep deceiving yourself.”

“I’m twelve years older than you, Jeje, Twelve years is not beans, don’t forget that. I can still spank you if I wanted.” He warned moving into the living room, she following behind.

She laughed. “I’ll just report to my new boyfriend.”

“ Oh yeah? Then we’ll settle it out man to man in a duel.” He joked “when will we meet this mystery guy?”

“Ummmm…when the time is right, besides we just started I don’t want to spook you or him or mom, you know?”
Ise narrowed his eyes getting suspicious, this one she was keeping him away from them, he could bet there was a problem somewhere. “He’s not like an outlaw or anything, is he?”

She laughed again “No! I just want to see where this is heading first before introducing him, you know?”
“Okay o,” he conceded “does mom know?”

“Hell no and please don’t tell her, you know how she can be, abeg Ise I really don’t need her pressuring me into bringing him over. Besides, she really did like Ice and she’d also planned our future together so I don’t want to burst her bubble just yet.”

He knew first hand how his mom could be. She’d all but panned he and Izy’s wedding too. “I get it, my lips are sealed.” He said taking a forkful of vegetables.

“But Ise, what exactly happened between you and Izy?” Jeje asked.

Ise who’d been about swallowing his food hesitated and got pepper in the wrong part of his throat. He began coughing.

“Sorry.” Jeje was by his side patting his back while he took a gulp of water which help clear his throat.

“Wrong timing, Jeje. Can you ask questions like that when I don’t have a mouthful of food I’m trying to gulp down?”

“Sorry, but it’s a simple question, I’m not sure why you’ve never answered it.”

“I’ve never answered it because Izy is your good friend and it might damage your friendship.”
Jeje’s eyes widened “That bad?”

“Yes, that bad.”

“Tell me.” She said.

Ise wasn’t sure. “You have to promise me it won’t affect your relationship with her, Izy is a lovely lady and I don’t want this coming between you two. Besides it happened a long time ago and we’ve both moved past it.”

“Yeah, yeah, I promise.” She waved her hand “Just get on with it.”

Ise took a deep breath “She cheated.”

“What?!” Jeje screeched and then clamped a hand over her mouth.

“Shhh!” Ise shushed.

“I’m sorry” she said “But why? Why would she have done that?”

Ise shrugged “she said I’d neglected her, someone else paid her some attention and she’d fallen for him until she’d realised he hadn’t even been serious with her. He’d just wanted a fling.”

“Did she tell you who he was, is it someone you know?”

“She never said.” He replied but he had a strong suspicion it was someone whom he knew.

“but do you think its someone you know?”

Ise shrugged “I really don’t know, Jeje but I do hope not because that would piss the hell out of me.”

“Wow,” she said “Wow, Izy cheated?” she said more to herself.

“Hey”, Ise cautioned .“ You do remember your promise, don’t you?”

“Yeah, but it might be hard seeing her like I used to. How bout that chick you came to Ola’s party with that other time?”

Ise stiffened “What about her?”

“Well, I’ve been meaning to ask you who she was. You just turned up at the party with her just like that, no explanations so I have a right to be curious don’t I? Mom was even like she spent the night.”

He shrugged “So?”.”

“So…you spent the night together and you guys were having breakfast the next day, sounds quite cozy to me.”

“Nothing happened, she’s ….” A friend? Not exactly, an employee? Why would an employee spend the night at his house.

“She wasn’t doing too well that night so I brought her over.”

“That still doesn’t explain what she is to you, friend…girlfriend…lover…one night stand?”

“Who she is to me is not exactly your business, infact you ask too many questions Jeje, Can I just eat my supper in peace, please?”

She rolled her eyes “Okay, okay. Eat your supper, but this one you’re being so evasive sef, do you have something going on ‘codedly’ with her?”

“Jeje!” He warned.

“what?” She asked him “Its true. Any way lets leave that one for a while. Has mom told you about Vicki?”

He frowned, pausing as he was about taking another bite of food “Victoria?”

“Yeah, Vicki Sholanke, the Sholanke’s daughter. She was here last weekend while you were away, she just resigned from
her job at John Hopkins University, she’s starting her practice here in Abuja, her own hospital.”

“Okay…..so how does that concern me, or has mom initiated you into setting me up with daughters of her friends’?”

“Oh please, like I don’t have work to do? I mentioned her because the chick seems to be quite intelligent and pretty too. Mom invited her over to dinner with us again this Sunday.”

“So I heard.” He replied. He didn’t plan on being there, he had other things to do.

“You should meet her.” She told him

He smiled and shook his head “You’re sure mom didn’t put you up to this?”

“At all, I just thought the two of you might hit it off, she’s hot, as in hot!”

“ Whatever Jeje, I’ve heard you. You should come by the office sometime, Since you still have like six months before you resume business school, you probably spend time there, let Kenny start showing you the ropes.”

“Yeah, I’ve been thinking about it but not Kenny please, that your friend hits on anything female.”

Jeje and Kenny had never gotten along. “Kenny would never hit on you, you’re my sister.”

Jeje raised a brow “You obviously don’t know your friend well enough, I just want to be out of his range before he starts getting ideas.”

“Okay, if you say so, I’ll have someone else show you around.”

“Fine, but Ise you really need to start dating soon,” She went back to the dating thing again. “you’re not getting any younger, you know?”

“ah ahn, what’s with the sudden interest in my love life, jeje?”

“I’m just saying.” She shrugged.

“Don’t worry yourself, when I find the perfect girl, I’ll announce her to you and mom. Are you happy now?”

She smiled “Okay o, I hope you find her in this lifetime.” She said cheekily and he raised a brow at her.
She turned and picked up the TV remote which was next to her “Wonder whats on TV sef.”
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Damex333: Aunty repo, update before 10a.m o, u know voting starts 10a.m so pls ehn,update o.


And ehm, u know d nigeria police unpopular slogan is "as d goods increase, so is d bribe" so if we vote again, how many update are we getting?

Lol, u see this is why nigeria will never progress. You can see how we are glorifying bribery and corruption? .
Okay, if you guys get him through this round, then something magnificent will happen between kite and Ise. Hehehe. As in magnificent!
And maybe a double update....maybe.

Vickii Ro: "Gadgets"
#winks#

Hehehe, right!
He's the next best thing since Bill Gates people, who knows might even be the next one or d FB guy or the gooogle guys.

Vote people.


In the meanwhile, update is around the next corner.

Vickii Ro: If I put this on d campaigning thread,there will b trouble
*Vote for a brother who knows his gadgets...nd when I say gadgets I dnt jst mean Computer gadgets.. Very cute,and smart...Nd he's got a sense of humor too.. Vote Pc Guru ladies,guys too*

Trouble, why?

@ Vicki, on already? Okay people, let's do dis.

PC guru for Mr. NL.
Vote for a creamy complexioned, hot, funny, boy next door, smart and genius young bloke. He deserves it!
Thank u, u know your vote counts.

I have ta disappear for a while first. Update tinz.

Vickii Ro: Pc Guru took 9th position...nt good enof...Tomorrow we need to campaign more........Thanx Aunty P for d updates..... in advance

Yes O, guys, u did it, tomorrow we should campaign more abi? Rite after reading the updates you guys shld find your way down to the elimination thread.

All roads lead to elimination thread Tomao, lol.
Vote PC GURU!!
So expect 2 updates tomao and ignore what I wrote earlier, I think I was high on sumthing am not sure about, at the time.

pwettyolly: i dot rely drop replies but i knw i must drop 1 after resin dis u r such a talented written intact our Nigeria Nora Roberts u r so good but plsssssssss try finish d update am so glued 2 dis page even had 2 check out ur blog page But all in all more ink 2 ur biro winks

, thanks olly, for your wonderful comment, Nigeria's nora Roberts, wow am humbled. Will put up an update tomao.

Alrite guys, my friend didn't win (boo hoo) but will drop an update for you guys sha. You guys who voted, thanks much. Expect sumthing in the morning.

Thanks girls, switgoody and vicky, writing has commenced, no excuses tomao morning- as long as he goes thru the elimination round by 7 pm.

Yes o, that's the spirit!!

Writing don begin sef, a promise is a debt! Jus make my bro pass this round and wonderful things will happen between kite and Ise tomorrow .

Thanks y'all.
Team PC guru for Mr NL!
Unofficial campaign manager
Repo.

Alright, now on to serious news

My wonderful friend form back home PC GURU is contesting for MR NAIRALAND.
Ladies, this guy is the personification of TEkena (if u read my first story). Cream, hot, a real sweetheart and a genius for real. He's achieved quite a lot for a guy his age.
Please go on to the thread and vote PC GURU, he should get past this round.

If by seven p.M, he gets past it, I promise you 2 lenghty wonderful chapters first thing tomao morning. NEPA or no NEPA .
Call it bribe abi incentive, all join jare!
Vote PC guru, he deserves it!!
https://www.nairaland.com/1328171/mr-nairaland-june-2013-elimination

Emeraldz: I have been chopping and cleaning mouth,but I must repent.This is a lovely story! Chai.

Thanks EmeraldZ, . Go and sin no more.

@ dandollaz, thanks for the superglue, glad u liked it.

@nexl, thankyou for the feedback. Worked shortly in a Vsats company but my co-consultants right now are hubby and google.

C'est moi, thankyou, you are so right that there's more to come, war of the P.A's! This is just round one.

@ out sheba, first of all, thanks much, good to know if I set an exam based on this story you'll pass with flying colours. , as for doing sumthing, u will have to learn how to exercise patience with me o, my updates are so irregular me sef no understand. Abeg.

@Angel alias Kite's no 1 fan, u're very welcome, am glad you enjoyed it.

@glowing scenes , wow, all this 'glowing' comments for me? Coming from you it makes me feel really good cos I respect your work too (took a sneak peak). Thank you so much.

As for accelerating the work, Alomo has been known to do wonders, but as am breastfeeding...(Maybe that was too much info)

@Eneze, thanks girl. Yeah Kite is down to earth and so real, what you see is what you get.

Awww Kemzy and Brenda, thanks, your comments make all those hours of brain racking worth it. Thankyou.

Missonas: Repo always delivers!even if i didnt undrstand angthg abt bandwidth,networking,connectivity etc you sure did great up there with d description,explanations ,arguements and counter arguements.intelligently written!welldone!!

Thanks a lot for the feedback dear, just trying to make it as real as possible .

Okay, this is the end of chapter 12, wanted to do better but couldnt concentrate enough, so una just manage abeg, working on the next chapter now.

@Damex, you nor dey stay Nigeria? Or you dey form Yankee levels or wetin? You nor know how unpredictable our electricity be? You be my towns man o, nor lemme handle you in the very Ilesha way.

Also, the blog has been updated to where we've stopped here, I nor even know sey some people don vex for me reach that kain level. I'll try to keep it updated from now on. http://pejuamadi..com

thanks.

12 part 2



Kite had been watching back and forth as the meeting had dragged for close to two hours already. She was seated in a corner of the room typing the minutes on her laptop. From time to time, her eyes had wandered to Williams and she could see he was tired, it showed visibly on his face, he really did need some rest.
Present at the meeting were two representatives from the VILDE group who were recent customers of WOLTEL, the telecommunications branch of WOLCORP. VILDE group was an oil and gas company and were having issues with connectivity on their off shore rigs.

Oil rigs are notoriously known for their isolation. Since they are in the middle of nowhere, telecomm operators didn’t find it profitable to operate in such locations as there is no population, so instead the rigs depended on satellite communication.

The issue here was that their internet connectivity was quite slow and almost always failed due to constant heavy rainfall in the region which they needed a quick solution to. The engineer who, to Kite seemed quite full of himself, possibly because he was seated in the boss’s presence had said it was due to too much sharing on their bandwidth which had to be increased to deal with its slowness but there was nothing that could be done about fades when there was a heavy rainfall. Kite knew otherwise, the small company she’d worked with last were usually contracted to go into remote locations to install small satellites and she had an idea of their operations.

She knew of a solution that could very well work but the problem was she wasn’t sure if it was in her place to speak up.
Seated in the back in a corner, she was quietly doing her typing while Ise Williams flanked by Princess and the Communications director on either side were seated at the oval shaped conference table along with the engineer and two representatives from VILDE.

Kite watched them as her hands flew over the keyboard; she was a very proficient typist and didn’t need to look at it while typing thanks to a year learning typing when she’d awaited admission into the university.

That Princess Lady was really feeling good with herself; seated at the right hand side of her boss she’d been feeling really important, it was in the way she took down her notes on her PC.

When Kite had gotten into the office that morning, she’d acknowledged Kite’s greeting with a slight movement of her hand without looking at her, as if she waving off the greeting with an irritated look on her face.
‘Nor be her fault, na because I open mouth greet am,’ Kite had thought to herself. They’d not exchanged any words except for when she’d haughtily told her she was expected to take down the minutes of the meeting.

“Are you sure that nothing can be done about the fades?” Ise was speaking, looking at the engineer.

“Yes Sir, it’s a normal thing, there’s ……..” the engineer started.

Kite didn’t know when she began talking, cutting off the engineer “How about a wireless last mile?”

Everyone turned to her and she thought she would shrink into the wall.

“What?” the engineer asked.

“Ummm…a wireless last mile link to the closest fibre optic P.O.P as in point of presence-“

The engineer was looking at her now like what did a secretary know about Satellite Communications? “I know what a P.O.P is but what is its relevance here?”

Kite swallowed. She should have just shut up in the first place, now six pairs of eyes were on her. “They are complaining of a weak connection and since they are too far from the closest fibre footprint, I was thinking of a wireless last mile link which will provide a perfect, cost effective, high-speed wireless connection either through radio or microwave, that carries data or voice to the nearest Wireless High Site from where it is delivered via a fiber ring backhaul.”

When she was done, every one paused for about two seconds, that self conscious feeling came upon her again and she looked down at her hands.

“Okay, that sounds like an idea, makes a lot of sense” Ise said, he was the one who recovered first “But it doesn’t stop the fades during heavy rainfall.”

“ Not if you try the STM solution.” She replied

“The what?” That was the Engineer again.

“The STM solution, where you deploy a versatile, small footprint Ku band VSAT with a 1.2m VSAT antenna, deployable in four hours, then communication to these isolated rigs can be set up. Once the link is up, it is used to carry, data, voice, and video traffic. It’s worked before, its even deployed on floating rig platforms, I’m quite sure that if we can integrate components like Stabilized antennas, connectivity should improve greatly.”

The Engineer guy still had a frown but he seemed to consider her idea for a while.

Ise turned to him “So? What do you think about her idea?”

“It does make some sense….” He seemed to be going over it in his head before he came to a quick conclusion “Yeah, it can work.”

Of course it will work, duh? She thought to herself.

“Thank you, Kitty.” Ise said and Kite’s head snapped up to look at him, he had a smile on his face as he winked at her ever so lightly. Kite felt the blush creeping up her neck.

‘Damn this light complexion!’ She thought to herself as she nodded, her eyes moving from him to Princess’s fuming face. Jeez! Her look spoke pure hatred for her. Did she kick her dog in a past life or something? Kite wondered a bit scared at that that look.

They began rounding up the meeting as Ise directed that the engineer work with Miss Omoh on the project and when they were done they got up to leave. Ise leaving with the men from VILDE first, the ICT director and the engineer following.
Kite was going through the minutes for errors when she looked up to see Princess in front of her. Kite rolled her eyes, what was it now?

“You think you’re smart now, do you?” She asked

Kite frowned “Excuse you?”

“Opening your mouth and butting into conversation which doesn’t concern you? Next time you shut up and focus on the work you were given to do. Can you get that simple instruction into your head?”

Kite couldn’t help the smile that spread slowly across her face. See this short thing talking to her like this? Chai! She don die!

Princess continued “ You just resumed here how many days ago and you’re already plotting your way up? It doesn’t work that way my dear. I’m your boss around here and you play to my rules.”

Oh really? Kite wanted to ask her but couldn’t speak. She wasn’t the type to talk so she just watched her wanting to slap that haughty attitude out of her life for good.

“You do as you are told and you shut up until you are asked to speak, get that?”

Kite just continued smiling as she got up to her full six feet with the help of four inch heels of course dwindling Princess’s Five eight. Quietly, she picked up her laptop and folder containing some papers, she wouldn’t bother answering the little id’iot and she didn’t want to slap her so she decided it was time to leave the vicinity before she lost the control she was seriously hanging on to but she should have known that she wouldn’t be allowed to go just like that.

As she was about leaving, princess dragged her back by the sleeve of her shirt saying. “Bi’tch did you hear what I just said or have you suddenly gone dumb?”

Kite’s reflexes took over immediately, she stopped thinking on hearing the B-word. Her hand went for her tea cup which contained the remainder of tea which she’d not finished. Instantly picking the mug, she flung the contents in Princess.
Princess screeched as the contents landed on her face and shirt, she looked shocked, like she couldn’t believe what had just happened.

Kite laughed, loving the look on her face. “oops….I’m sorry my hand just slipped.” She said as she turned and walked out damning the consequences of her actions.
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Princess was in the toilet cleaning up her tea splattered face and shirt and angry as hell. She was so angry she wanted to break something on that b’itch’s head. She’d definitely gone far this time and she was going to show her. Oh no! but she had it coming, she really had it coming. She had better watch her back because by the time she was through with her, she was going to wish she’d never met the Princess.

Her closest friend Dara ran into the bathroom.

“Princess, Oh my goodness! What happened?”

“That tramp, that low life, gutter rat tramp poured tea in my face, can you imgine?”

“Oh my goodness! Look at your hair? Did you report to Mr. Williams?”
He’s not in the building and I cant go around looking like this. Can you imagine? She made me a laughing stock! She’s going to pay, I swear she is!”

“What happened between you two?”

“I was reminding her her place in the company and next thing I knew she flung the drink in my face.”
Dara’s eyes were wide “In the presence of everyone?”

“No, we were alone in the conference room.”

“Wow.” Dara said incredulously “What audacity?”

“As in, eh? The girl has just started, I will show her! I will show her who she dared to miss with! I mean, just look at what she’s done to my Chanel silk blouse that I bought from Paris just last month. It’s totally ruined.”

“Awwww” Dara sympathised “But how is it that she was moved up to the twentieth floor just like that?”

“Girl, didn’t I tell you? She and Ise have something going on.”

“What?!” Dara’s eyes were wide as saucers

“yes o, it’s looking like some bottom power things are happening, I’m not sure but its what I suspect.”

“They might be sleeping together?”

“Think about it, he sends her in from nowhere, no job application, no interviews, gives her a job appointment just like that? I even went through her C.V and there was really nothing of importance there except for one P.A job in a non existent company like that, so you see, put two and two together and what do you get?”

Dara was considering it “Girl, you better be careful, she might be aiming for your seat next o!”

Princess resisted the urge to hiss, was that what she was thinking? She was more concerned with separating Ise and the girl but she nodded “I know, anyway, I’ve got it all covered, she will wish she never crossed me.”

“Just let me know if I can help, will you?” Dara offered.

“Sure, will do.” Princess replied “Abeg, come check if tea pour for my weave for here abeg.”
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