see myself in a law court, dressed in my lawyer’s apparel and wig. Defending an
innocent man, bringing up valid points and evidence to back up my claim. But, alas, how table turns.
brought down frm heaven wit chains. We were a lovely family of seven, my mum, my dad & five of us, two boys, three girls. Well, I wouldn’t say we were rich but we are feeding fine & living very comfortably
parents and siblings.
Two hours after the program started, they were yet to arrive, I got bored;
switched on my data and my daily apps brought a notification, ‘fatal accident claims the loves of a couple immediately’.
had. Everyone deserted and avoided us like plague. One of my aunts agreed to raise the youngest among us, my sister. Our third born (also a girl) was taken by Uncle Josh , our closest and friendly uncle.
Ibadan, ‘the city of brown roofs’, I never imagined I would get to live there. Ibadan
was a place I have dissed a lot & I have made jest of people living there most especially Bode.
Me: Wetin be this?
Me: Oh cool, alright, I will go first thing tmrw mrning
Bode: See the Arsenal jersey I just bought
Me: Mtcheew, carry that crap away frm here
Bode: Hater oshi, see better jersey for here, not like ur own
Me: Na u sabi
there, I met the boss, Mr. Obadare. He looked strict, fat, big pot belly and had a
pair of glass on.
'Wow cool, I love that, my daughter is also a lawyer’.
‘Ohh that’s great sir’.
'Hope you are very hard working?'
'Yes sir'
gorgeous, she wasn’t too tall, long hair with an angelic smile. I couldn’t help but
stare. Facial look aside, this girl is hot, her shape are so evident. The boobs..oh,
don’t let me go into that (wink)
“Hi”
“Please, where is Mr. Obadare’s office”
“By the left”
“Ok, thanks”.
Ladies and gentlemen, her voice scents shivers down my spine. I said to
myself loudly, you just met an angel Charlie boy.
“Hi, how are you doing?”
“Cool what about you”
“I’m doing great too and how is work so far”
“Well am enjoying it”
“Nice one, your name”
“Ohh, Vic, taken, I’m Charles but you can call me Cha, I said jokingly. She bursted into laughter and said “well, I know you quite well, I have heard about you, the hardworking Charlie, Mr. Obadare’s lawyer boy”. Yeah, you heard
that right
he calls me various names, sometimes, my baby lawyer, at times my last born, most of the times he calls me ‘the law’. Well, it’s safe to say I and Vic started on a strong and nice note. We got really
close.
always chatting via whatsapp, laughing occasionally. On one particular occasion, Bode asked me ‘this one that you are chatting gist me na'.
“Oshey, what’s up with her na”
“I have developed feelings for her”
“Guy, ask am out fast fast, make you start from there"
“I will, very soon sef”
“Oya, Charlie the boss man”
“You dey craze”
“Baba today is Saturday, I want to rest, I don work tire this week”
“You like sleep too much, I’m not disturbing you, I just dey play my music jeje”
“Thunder fire you and your music man!”
“Ohhh… I’m going out, I wan go watch match, we have match today”
“Don’t waste your time, they will beat you guys”
“Come, let’s bet, shebi you no wan get sense ni”
I went back inside and jumped on the bed.
After we finished chatting, I stood up from the bed, brushed my teeth and made a
cup of tea.
and went to the viewing center. The match was really interesting and we won three
goals to nil.
Since the day was going smoothly I decided that it would be a perfect
opportunity to ask Victoria out
Charlie’?
We ordered for drinks and started talking and laughing out loud at intervals, after about forty five minutes, I decided to shoot my shot.
“Vic baby!”
“Yeah, Charlie baby!”
“Go on…. I hope it’s nothing serious”
“Not at all, just that……..”
“Talk na, I hate suspense”
I got into my toasting skills, I told her how I felt about her, how I love her, how I do miss her whenever she’s not around me.
dating and I would take care of her as my girlfriend. I was already hitting the spot
or so I thought because I could see her smiling and blushing all through.
“Hmmm… Charles, are you serious?”
“Of course, I am, I mean it”
“How? Why?”
“How are you going to take care of me? We are almost earning the same amount
of money”
She went on to tell me that it can’t be possible, that I don’t have enough money to take care of her, blah blah blah....
wasn’t really painful but the reason shook me.
I went home with a darkened mood, look at how the girl just rejected me, because no money. When I got home, Bode noticed my mood and asked what was wrong.
me. ‘You dey craze’, I said as I entered the kitchen to grab my food, bread and
beans, no better consolation. The next Monday, at work, we both acted cool, like nothing happened.
“Hello Charlie”
“Ogbeni how far”
“Guy I dey travel go port Harcourt”
“What are you going there for?”
“You remember that my cousin that is in Canada right”
“Yhhh… He died?”
“Ohh… Alright, no problem then. Safe journey”
‘Oh my God, tomorrow is gonna be hell mehn’, I shouted to make sure Vic
heard me. “What’s up Charlie”, she asked me. I explained to her that Bode would
be travelling and I will...
you?” she asked and I answered with enthusiasm “Oh yes, of course you are
welcome”.
fifteen minutes past ten. Had it been Bodman was at home, he would have woken me up earlier with his boring foreign music. I picked up my phone and texted Vic to come around five p.m.
Thirty minutes later, Vic arrived. I served her chilled Fanta and we started talking. We spoke at length conversing with issues from education, religion, movies and our work.
were on the floor.
We didn’t really sleep though because we were busy all through the night.
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