The breeze from the fan gently blew his Agbada continuously, he removed his cap to allow for more effect of the air on his head which was neatly shaven without any traces of hair.
He was busy enjoying himself and didn't notice when ken gently came into his office and already stood by his side.
"Good morning sir"
"Ah ahn! Kenneth, Good morning, If I did not call for you, don't you know that you are supposed to come and see me?
"I'm sorry sir" ken replied sitting down at his front. " I was very busy with work"
"Okay, now that you are here, you have some explanation to do"
"Okay sir"
"Now, what is this thing Chief Olatunbosun is telling me? He says you treated his daughter badly and she has gotten pregnant for someone else"
"Sir, that girl is just impatient. We just had a little argument, that's all and she went with another guy"
"See your foolishness. Ehn, Kenneth, you see your foolishness? This is the only chance we can get to avenge your father who was my very good friend. It is also an opportunity for us to become political relevant in this city"
"I'm aware sir, I'm trying my best to get her back"
"You shouldn't have fought with her. You know when you get married to her, you'll be able to know some of his secrets and we will use that against him", he paused and cleared his throat. "I even think you are too dull, by now you should have been able to get enough information from your association with his daughter already"
"I'm trying my best sir, the thing is that Chief is very security conscious and does everything he does neatly, making sure no evidence points to him"
"Okay, I know the man well. Now, our goal is to influence him to support Femi in the Presidential election next year. Look here", he lowered his voice and looked around to see if anyone was watching before he continued.
" When Femi gets up there, he will turn against him, we will all turn against him and bring him down. Making him pay for his atrocities."
"Yes sir, I'm very well aware of the plan sir"
"Ehn Ehn, then get to work"
"Yes sir"
"And one more thing, don't ever allow him find out you are not my son, if he ever finds out that you are Chief Obi's son. He will ruin us instantly"
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Ini walked into her office not feeling too happy, the Chairman had just scolded her for being slow in executing assignments. The man called her into his office that morning after she had just come up with ideas on how to convince their foreign investors to keep patronising them despite the high jncrease in their prices.
She went into the Chairman's office hoping to share her thoughts with him after he said whatever he called her for but she met a Chairman who wasn't happy with her.
"You've been told this almost two weeks ago and you say you've just found a way to make them stay" the man yelled at her
"I'm sorry sir, but Its just one week" She corrected. " The real problem is that there are companies in other countries who can offer them the same deal with us at lower rates, so it won't be easy to just get them convinced about our better quality"
"Haha", the man mocked her. "So is that what took a week to get a solution? If you give you one week, ain't you supposed to act faster? Those prople gave us a particular time to get back to them and tomorrow is the deadline"
"I'm sorry sir. But I'll make sure we reach them today and come up with something so quickly so as to make up for the time wasted"
"No there's no need. I think we've got a better solution. Here's a research report from the accounting department", he said handing her a document.
"It does not only contain accounting and price details, it also contains suggestions on how to relate these changes to our clients effectively which is supposed to be your work which you couldn't do", the man smirked.
" Study that and get back to me before the end of the day"
"Okay sir"
She walked back to her office unhappily, although she was slow in responding to the job but she didn't expect the man to react like that since it was still within the time frame she was given. Also, the department she heads has been one which produces the fastest results and had been commended several times, she wondered why she was reprimanded heavily for just this fault
She dropped the document on her table and after some minutes of hesitation, she finally opened it. She skimmed through the pages, but something caught her attention on the first page; the name of the person who carried out the research.
"Kolawuyi Amarachi Toyin", she echoed softly with anger welling up in her heart.
Ama was deeply engrossed with the program the TV station was airing. It was a section of one of Bucketmouth's comedy show. She forgot everything that bothered her at that moment as the comedian did a good job in cracking the ribs of his audience.
The last night hadn't been a pleasant one for her, she couldn't sleep well because she was bothered about her waning relationship with Ini. She wanted to call her mother to ask for a piece of advice but she didn't because if she had to tell her mother about the rift then her mother would have to hear about the accident which would get the whole family worried.
Ini had left that morning the same way she left the previous day but not without reminding her not to set the house ablaze before she returns.
As the comedy show airing was ended, she picked her phone to check the time, it was five minutes past twelve. As that moment, she received a chat message from Dennis.
"Hi dear"
"Hi Dennis. How's the office?"
"Fine and how are doing at home? Hope you're feeling better now"
"Yeah, I'm feeling better now. It's just that everything is boring here"
"Eeyah, you have to endure for this week, or you want me to come keep you company at home?"
"Naaaah... You can't do that, it's still working hours"
"Who says I can't ? You just ask me to"
"No, don't bother. I'll come to the office tomorrow"
"To do what? Remember you're on a week break"
"I'm okay already, I can't be staying at home doing nothing"
"Don't worry, I'll come keep you company tomorrow. Maybe we'll drive round town"
"Hahaha! How? You'll leave the office ?"
"Yeah, I'll just take an excuse. We don't really have much to do this week. You finished the most tedious job of the week in three days already"
"Oh! But that doesn't stop me, I've made up my mind to come already"
"Don't come except you wanna sit with the gateman and security guards, Lol. Cos your office will be locked"
"Oooooh!"
"Better stay at home. I saw your Ini , I never knew she worked here too"
The last message changed her joyful mood changed as she was reminded of Ini again.
"Yeah, she does" she replied adding a smiley which depicts sadness.
"Sad? Why?"
"Yea, sad. Ini has not been at peace with me since I returned from the hospital and the house is like hell right now" Ama replied and also went ahead to narrate the details of everything that occurred.
"She's your friend" Dennis replied, " You know her better, so I think you should find time to talk with her, possibly when she's on a light mood. Discuss and apologise if you need to"
"Okay, I'll try that. Thanks"
"You're welcome. Make sure you tell me what happens after that"
"Okay"
"Yeah. I have to go back to work now,the break is over. Bye, we'll talk later"
"Alright, bye"
TBC..
