EPISODE 18
“Maami said you and your wife disrespected her”
“She should leave Kike out of this” I shouted
“You shouldn’t have replied her; you just made a grave
mistake”
“What type of mistake? I can’t allow her to keep on bullying Kike
after all she did for me. Mama stopped visiting our house 3 years after I
married Kike because I didn’t allow her to send my wife away. Now that I have a
good job I have suddenly become her precious son” I said angrily.
I suddenly have a sick feeling, I knew Sandra was saying the
truth; my mother can do terrible things if she so wishes.
“What do I do?” I said tiredly, my anger is all gone by now
to be replaced by a feeling of dread.
“You have to find a time to see her and pacify her or else
there will be trouble,” she said quietly before dropping the call.
I knew she was saying the truth but it did not make what I
was about to do anyway easier. I picked up my phone and called my mother back.
“Hello, Mama,” I said hesitating.
“Yes? Why are you calling me?”
“I am sorry”
“Sorry for what? Shebi Kike is your wife and mother? You
sucked her breast for two years and she carried you in her womb for ten months”
she said angrily.
“I said I am sorry, I am coming to see you tomorrow evening,
I will leave work early” I said soberly.
“Don’t come again, I don’t want to see you” she said and
disconnected the call angrily.
I sat motionlessly for several minutes with my head bent and
my two hands supporting my head; things keep getting worse and I am losing my
mind.
Kike met me in that position when she entered the sitting room;
I didn’t even notice until she sat beside me and placed her hand on my head.
“What is it Femi?”
I lifted my head and stared at her for some minutes, I knew
what is happening is not her fault and it made Mama’s outburst looked cruel.
“It is Mama, she is angry with me,” I said slowly.
“Is it because of me?” she asked sadly. I couldn’t respond to her, my silence is an affirmation of what is going on in her mind.
“What do I do to appease her? I don’t mind going to beg her
at home” she said almost in tears.
“No, you didn’t do anything wrong,” I said shaking my head.
The whole thing is so unfair to her that I wished I could talk sense into my
mother.
She suddenly stood up straight and her eyes lighted up “I
have an idea Femi, I know how we can pacify Mama”
“Why should we pacify Mama? You didn’t do anything wrong” I
repeated stubbornly.
“I received an alert a few minutes ago, the microfinance bank
credited my account with the loan I applied for. You can take twenty thousand
from it and use it to buy things for Mama” she said happily.
I know my mother loves money, her idea was great and perfect
but the money was for the debt we owe and we already gave Mama fifty thousand a few
weeks back.
“Kike, I don’t think it is a good idea,” I said
“You are going to collect another salary soon, I will use the
remaining money to settle our debt since we are expecting money soon” she said
pleadingly.
“OK,” I said grudgingly and Kike hugged me with so much
excitement that I forgot the disagreement I had with Mama.
I have forgotten about the call I received from my boss until
around 10:00AM the following day. Another call came in from him and I picked up
the phone hesitantly dreading what he will say when he finally hear that I am
yet to sack Mr. Chris.
“Hello Sir,” I said slowly
“Hello Mr. Femi, how are you doing?” he said and I was
surprised that he sounded pleased. “Has
he decided we can keep Mr. Chris?”
“I am doing fine Sir,” I said trying to inject as much
cheerfulness as I can fake into my voice.
“OK, I have arranged the Supervisor’s salary and entitlement,
he will receive it soon. I don’t want him to start badmouthing our company”
I began to sweat profusely, I am sure he assumed I have
sacked Mr. Chris as instructed. “Sir…”
“There is a good girl in our company, I have been receiving
recommendations from all quarters concerning her, you can arrange for her to
replace the sacked supervisor”
“Who sir?” I asked with a feeling of dread.
“One Miss Cynthia, I heard she is a graduate”
To be continued…
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