I HAVE DRUNK STRANGE WATERS - Episode 19

 

EPISODE 19

“Who sir?” I asked with a feeling of dread.

“One Miss Cynthia, I heard she is a graduate,” he said and disconnected the call immediately.

“What has Cynthia done to get this position? Our boss is in the US so there is no way she is sleeping with him too”

I called the secretary and asked her to bring the sack letter to my office and summon Mr. Chris at the same time.

Mr. Chris entered my office a few minutes later smiling, I tried to return his smile but I failed woefully, “Have your sit” I said looking tired.

“Oga, why are you looking like this? Hope you are not sick?” Mr. Chris said with a look of concern written all over his face.

“No, I am fine. How is everything going downstairs” I said calmly.

He sat before me and stared at me intently “You summoned me, hope there is no problem Sir?”

“Mr. Chris, you have been a good person to me and to this company; you do your job efficiently without any complaints even when you have to sleep in the office most times” I started looking forlorn.

I saw fear flicker in his eyes and it was as if someone cut my heart into two with a sharp knife “Can Cynthia replace this man? Can she match his dedication and loyalty?”

“Some people have been badmouthing you to Oga, he said he has been receiving various complaints concerning you. I really tried to change his mind but it seems as if he has really made up his mind about this” I said as I handed over the sack letter to him.

“What is this?” He asked and he quickly opened the letter and scanned through it.

“Salary for this month and your entitlement has been paid to your account…”

“What? You are sacking me? How can you do this with all the hard work and overtime I put into making everything work in this company?” He said angrily.

His angry outburst took me by surprise; it was totally unexpected that I was speechless for few seconds. “How can you say this Mr. Chris? You know how much I like you and want you to…”
“Come off it Femi! You think I don’t know what is going on? You have been bewitched too, that prostitute has been sleeping with you because she wants my position” He said angrily.

A guilty look passed through my face and I am sure he noticed it, I don’t know how to explain to him that it didn’t happen the way he was imagining. “Mr. Chris…”

He stood up angrily “You will regret this Femi, don’t think you can just mess with someone’s source of livelihood and go scot-free. I have been hearing news everywhere that Cynthia’s Oga Babe and will soon get promotion so I know what happened” he said and stormed out of the office angrily.

Things are getting messier and I seem to be in the center of it. I was so lost in thought that I didn’t know when Cynthia entered and sat on the seat facing mine.

“Hi, Femi,” She said cheerfully.

“What are you doing here?” I said angrily.

“Easy, stop getting unnecessarily worked up”

“Whether I want to get worked up or not is not your business. Why are you spreading a rumor that you are my babe?” I asked looking about to pounce on it.

“Well, someone enjoyed something and said it is better than that of his wife” she said looking at me lustfully.

“Get out!” I shouted and stood up from my chair to drag her out of my office.

“Don’t touch me or I will sue you for harassment so fast that you won’t know what happened to you”   she said as she stood up to face me.

“Why did you choose to pick on a guy like me? I just want to be left alone to take care of my poor wife” I said sadly as all anger drained out of my system suddenly.

“I hate touching stories. Can you just tell me what to do concerning this stupid thing in my womb? It’s not like I want to get pregnant for a guy like you, it is obvious you prefer that your old-looking wife that wears rags to me” she spat out angrily.

“How much do you need to abort the baby?” I asked with a straight face.

“One hundred and fifty thousand naira”

“What? Are you carrying sextuplets or what? It’s not like I asked you to remove your womb” I shouted when I recovered from the shock

“Well, I added other expenses to it. You have to pay me for all the pains I will go through” she said sassily

“OK. Write down your account details and I will get it across to you next week” I said looking tired.

“You better make good your promise or else there will be trouble,” she said as she cat walked out of my office.

 I felt like strangling her but the thought of going to jail held me back.

To be continued…

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