Chapter Twelve
Contagious Love 2
Jeff picked his phone to return the call, but his phone rang again, and he picked.
"Hello Madam Ray."
"Jeff, good to hear from you. I hope you are in school already."
"Yes Madam."
"It is all right, Jeff. Just checking on you, Jeff. Bye Jeff."
"All right, Madam Ray. Thank you for your concern."
Jeff looked at his phone and thought for a while before he proceeded to the library.
'Jeff, Jeff, Jeff. I hope she would not use up the name for me?'
Shortly, it was time for his lecture, and he strolled from the library to the lecture hall. The students were looking cheerful. The lady Jeff spoke with the previous day had given them the tips Prof. Wood gave to her. As soon as Jeff worked in, she called him aside.
"Jeff, good day."
"Good day Sophia. What's up?
"I wish to let you know that the email address of Cherry Fields Oil and Gas Group is on the department platform. You can write to them if you wish."
"That is kind of you. Why can't we write as a group?"
Sophia opened her eyes wide as she just realized that. But she was able to defend it.
"I did not think of that, besides, it is not a group project. An individual may decide not chose them as their case study."
"You are right."
The lecturer walked in and they settled down.
"Good day class."
"Good day, Prof. Adeben."
He looked at the class searchingly and smiled.
"You are looking cheerful today, what is the secret?"
They smiled on instead of responding. But the Prof. wanted to know why they were cheerful. He believed in teaching students that were relaxed. This is part of his techniques, so he asked.
"Why are you not answering my question?"
They kept looking at him as though he was a television screen. However, he knew how to deal with such students.
"In that case."
He grabbed a seat from the podium and sat down, crossed his legs and began to smile too.
"Let us smile together."
The students were mesmerized, and they cackled with laughter. They all turned to look at Sophia. The direction of their looks had given him a clue to whom he should ask questions. But he kept smiling. The look on his face was so funny because of the caricature smile.
"Prof. Adeben. I will tell you why we are cheerful."
Sophia volunteered, raising her hand."
"Oh! Never mind. I prefer we just smile."
The students laughed the more before he got up and gave Sophia the opportunity to give her answer.
"Oh! That's a brilliant one. But don't be too sure. Getting the Cherry Fields Oil and Gas Group as your case study is not a guarantee that you must score forty percent, but your ability to use the information they would make available for you to answer the question."
Their joy had been punctured. Although he made a point. They only needed to sit up.
"Thank you, Prof. Adeben. We are grateful."
"Wish you forty over forty."
They cheered up and shouted in unison.
"Thank you Professor."
"It is achievable."
"Yes, it is achievable. Our topic today is …."
The lecture came to an end for the day by six o'clock, and they left for home.
At the Morris Ancestral Manor
Mr. Morris was at home already and looking forward to their return from school. After communicating with his family in Nigeria by two pm, which was eight pm over there that day, he was elated. That day, he talked at length with them, especially with Ken, because of the commissioning of the project in a few months' time.
"Hello Dad."
Jeff greeted. Leon greeted too.
"Hi, Mr. Morris."
"Welcome back. How did your lectures go today?"
"Splendid."
The excited Jeff responded.
"What about you, Leon."
"My lectures went well. But I feel for Jeff. Studying two courses at the same time is not a walk in the park."
Mr. Morris asked Jeff worriedly
"Son, if it is stressful for you, you can always differ one."
"All right dad. I will let you know when that time comes. Leon, don't think too much about me. I will be fine. Meanwhile, I have good news for you."
Mr. Morris sat up from his couch where he was resting and watching the television while waiting for them and cast an anxious look at him. Leon, who had been standing, sat down and looked at Jeff. He continued.
"I have gotten the approval of the Endless Love Arcadia to use them as my Case Study."
Mr. Morris chuckled at the excitement on his face and asked.
"Why don't you want to use us?"
"I want to explore another organization to acquire more ideas from the experiences of other people."
"It is all right. Congratulations."
"Congratulations Jeff."
"Thank you. Meanwhile, they also gave me a gift."
"Where is the gift?"
Leon asked while Mr. Morris who was not too anxious about the gift looked on.
"It is in my car trunk. Let me get it. Leon, please come with me."
They went out and came back with two cartons of Organic Tea.
"These are the gifts."
"That is very thoughtful of them. You should take a leave from them and do the same to those who would choose us as their Case Study."
"It is noted, dad."
The janitor took the cartons to the store. Jeff and Leon got to their suite on the third floor and got down to business.
"Leon, how many people have filled the form?"
Let me check. He went through the record and announced.
"Two hundred and seventeen."
"It is okay. We will stop when they clock two hundred and fifty."
"That is all right. What gift do you suggest we give to them?"
"Handset."
"Can't you think of other things? They all have phones?"
"What do you mean by they have phones? Don't I have tea? But I was given tea. Now, tell me, what do we give to them?"
Leon giggled. He could not think of anything, and Jeff teased him.
"Are you suggesting we fetch oil and gas for them?"
They guffawed before continuing with the planning.