(30th of August)
Yes you know who came in my ugly, rude and lady boss, Mrs. Okafir, what the heck was she doing here.
"What are you doing here?" I asked who the fuck does she think she is, what is she looking for in my house, why did she not call or wait for tom.
"Honey what's it, can't I come to pay you a visit, you seem stressed out can I help you with anything I mean anything, why can't you understand that you work for me and I have something for you to do " she answered with a very heavy smile
*bitch* get out of my house or I would have to get you out by myself, who does she think she is.
"Come in_in" I instructed, she entered the room and sat down on my chair that was a one man's chair which two people could hardly squeeze in, if she was a man I would try to squeeze in with her, but she was a "she" and the way she was seated I don't think she is ready to share, which was okay as I would not have even if my job depended on it.
" The news about that pitiful lowlife, where did you get it from?" She asked.
Excuse me ma, but isn't that work, so why can't it wait till tomorrow is not like I have anything doing Miss.
" From the news instructor's they are very good with things like that I replied
" nice, but any news about kidnapped victims of any such, just let me know before publishing it to the public you know I don't want the people to be misleaded with fake news okay, I want to be informed before anything leaves my station I don't want to be spreading rumors of any kind that isn't true" she said calmly
"o...k…a…y. But why me, I mean why don't you tell them your self?" I answered in total confusion s to why she is asking me to do this for her.
Well, am I understood? " She asked this time increasing her voice pitch, she did not even care to pretend as if she did not hear my question she just ignored it, but I wasn't sure, so I asked again.
"But ma why didn't you tell them your self why me?"
"Am I well understood?"
"I don't understand ma" I said again
"just bring the news to me every day before publishing okay" she tried to explain
"Yes ma" I answered as I still did not know why I had to, or better still why the fuck was she in my house?, what is she doing here?, but nevertheless I wanted her gone and the only way to make her go is to just say yes and do what she asks which I really did not have a problem with.
"Sorry ma, I am just so curious as to what brought you to my house?" I asked.
" I want this to be between the two of us, no one I repeat no one should know about this I want you to be my right-hand man in the company as my late husband trusted you I also want to trust you with his company's welfare"
What? I hardly meet the dead man why would he trust me there were.....
"Are you okay?" She removed me from my mind as I was sinking deep and deep inside my head.
"Yes ma, I just don't know why your late husband trusts me? " I replied.
"Maybe, who knows it's not like we can go six feet under to find out.... and even if we wanted to will he tell us?" She gave a smile that was awkward as it was not yet up to a week that he died but looks lie she was done grieving, as she made a senseless statement and still kept a serious face as if she was not being dumb right now, please leave my damn house I need to sleep.
"I should go, I guess my stay here is making you uncomfortable?" She'd noticed the look I had on my face like I just lost someone or maybe I want to lose her so.
"Yes" bye already, get out
"Ok, night" she replied briefly as she exited my house.
Woo what a terrible human being! I mean Who does she think she is to come to my house and boss me around in my own house? She thanks her stars that I am not the talkative type, if not only the whole company will hear about this but the whole country, as I will disclose this on the news, but maybe she knows the type of person I am and that is why she chose me.
Why would she want something like that?, why does she want to be the news overseer?, I don't understand, maybe she just wants power. But really what type of power will make you alter news, she has no experience, and she does not want any from me cos I am ready to tell her to leave it to the professionals! Oh! so sad.
My thought was discontinued by the vibration of my phone, I picked it from the chair as I was now seated on it, I then accepted the phone call
"hello" mom started
She continues"hama how have you been?, I have been trying to talk to you about something that.... that.... hap...pen....ed.... ye....Ste....rd...at
" Just like that the phone call was cut off, typical Nigeria, I wonder what I still do hear some times, you know I would just have stayed abroad after my school but *no* I wanted to come home and help my country, and what have that done to me, what has the country done for me.
Well I spent the rest of the night calling mom and her line was not reachable I was scared and worried at the same time, I mean what if something bad happened to my one and only mother, my road to paradise.
This was the only thing I could think of, I found it hard to sleep as I could not just make sense of today our boss is dead, our new boss wants the news before it gets to the public, and she entrusted me, something happened yesterday to mom and I don't know what.
Luckily for me sleep later found me or I later found sleep as I slept not comfortably but I did sleep, and it was not the best of sleeps but I did have a horrible yet wonderful night.
"Allahuakbaru llahuakbar (Muslims call of prayer)"
I stood up to the call of prayer, my eyes were bulgy as they felt like there were going to pop out due to lack of sleep, I jumped down from my bed as I hurriedly ran to the mosque with only singlet and a short exactly the way I woke up, I performed ablution outside as I tried to meet the second rakarh which I did by the grace of God meet, after the "salam" of the imam I stood up to add my one rakah.
I got home by 6:30am, and I was hungry for more sleep, I managed to get on my bed as I had lost all my sense to sleep since after my prayer, as I crashed in my bed I slept with my both legs wide open and my mouth.
"Vrumm vrummm" the alarm woke me up by 7:30pm which was a very rear thing as mostly by this time I should have left the house a long time ago as recently I hardly woke up by this time, I quickly took my bath and got a pair of good-looking jeans and a white Parker shirt which I love so much.
The news will be by 8:00am I won't make it I don't want to be scolded by that chameleon because we can't tell her color now * I just remembered that they will be a training before the post will be officially handed over to me* thank God, I border my taxi and instructed him to speed up, I once feared to be caught by the police but hey this in my country everybody's a criminal except me thou I am not a criminal.
I got to the office by 8:45am and yes 15minutes till the new ends, how will I explain this to my new idiotic boss?, how? I went to the office and the walls and equipments plus its staff were all staring at me as if I did it intentionally, sorry, sorry, sorry my inner voice kept screaming out laud as I hurriedly moved my ass to my station it was not funny, as I started hearing side talks behind me, and I was just desperate to turn but I kept my self-esteem.
Throughout the first part of today I was busy with my phone "hammy, the boss wants to see you" a voice called me from afar, who was it I started thinking until I saw..... yes its musa my savior from this death sentence, as if I was sentenced to death by looking, I stood up and walked gently to the door, I went straight to her office as she was talking to the head director of publishing, I stood there for about an hour before I was being attended to by this time I was tired of standing and my legs itches terribly.
"I see you really don't like your new job, if your not interested I will look for someone better, leave my office and start getting prepared you are doing the 4:00pm news don't forget you are to report back to me by 3:00pm, understood?"
Bitch it doesn't work like that they have to do an orientation for me so, you lose.
"Ma you know he can't do the news until after he will be taught by the head now"
"Okay" she said looking angry and disappointed "well get him ready for that"
"Yes ma"
The head publisher said as I gave a nod as I left her office, I have started not to like this woman, who does she think she is, hmm I am tired of this shit, this... "Fool" what?, she just called me a fool what a bore, as ugly as she is with her awfully done make up that makes her look like a baboon, not to talk about her eyelash that looks longer than a birds wing, I am sure with if she increases the speed at which she blinks it will be able to lift her entire body and fly with those things in her eyes, don't get me started with her nails that curved out and makes her hand look like a hawk's claw, how shameful of her.
It has been confirmed I official hate this bitch, yeah, I do with every bit in me, I was luck enough to have been saved by God she could have no....
My phone started vibrating on my hands as I checked the caller it's my mom, and so I quickly answered the call "hello ma, yes mum the network was bad and I couldn't reach you, so" I said as my phone interrupted my thought as I immediately picked it, there was a sign of relief in my mind as I new she was good.
"oh, no greeting no salaam is that how you were trained?" she asked as if she was not the one who trained me, I just thank God that she is A_okay
"sorry ma, just having a tough day" ain't it obvious cos I am tired already
"Honey guess what happened near nassawara state close to its border with Abuja"
she said excited "hmm" obviously I was not ready for any gossip of any kind but I do want to hear this, besides how did she find out because mom lived in Lagos "two girls were ...