CHAPTER 21

Somia's uncle's wife was on a call with Zainab talking seriously about their father that didn't want her to come. She didn't even know that Daud had called their father on the same issues and she didn't want them to because it would just wrost the situation.

Somia's uncle was very stubborn. It was his words that he uses to stand on and everybody too should obey but his children didn't know because they didn't leave with him for long before they travelled to London.

“Just calm down Zanib!, I will still talk to him and explained everything to him. I will make sure I confuse him but if he is still standing on his feet, that mean you will have to employ a babysitter and hire a nurse to be talking care of you’’

‘’What are saying Mom!, hire a nurse and employ a babysitter if he doesn't agreed like how. You should know how to talk to him now, you are my mother and this is your first grandchild you should be here and performe your duty, mom!"

"I know all these but I can't go against your father's order. Everything is in his hand, if he agreed fine and if he doesn't that mean you will do as I said. I will still talk to him, don't get it wrong!"

"What is really going on!. You are his wife, talk to him and let him know that you must come and this is your duty. Why is dad behaving like all those local men that be doing their wives like slaves, is he the only person that his wife will leave him for few months. And it's not now, I can count the times you came to London to see us in fifteen years now, saying Dad doesn't want you to come!"

"Zainab! Zainab!! Zainab!!! Calm down, I will know how to talk to him--" Her husband got there as she was talking, did sign to her that she should let him talk to Zainab.

"Wait! Zainab, your father want to talk to you!!" She gave the phone to her husband, crossed her legs and looking at him..

"Hello! My beautiful daughter!! How is my grandchild doing?"

"Good morning Sir!! She is fine!" Said with lower voice and very angry with everything.

"It doesn't need to be bolder your mom on this issue. Daud just finished talking to me few minutes ago and I too have been at door since, listening to your conversations. So I have changed my mind, me and your mom are coming next week and we spend two weeks with you not one week again as I said befor!"

"Two weeks!!! That is not enough Dad and saying us, is it most that you should come back together. You can spend two weeks and her will be with me for three months or four months!"

"She can't leave me here and be with you for three or four months. She is my wife or have you forgotten and I will need her!"

"For what again Dad!. Is she the only person that will leave her husband for just three months, this is her responsibility so let her come and performe it------" Her father stopped her.

"Accept that two weeks or not coming at all. Even I have many things working on at the company. Two weeks or we will be seeing our grandchild on video call!" Said with loud voice and hug up.

"Let your children understand that and none of them should call me on this again. Leave me for three months, so that I should be doing adultery up and down because I don't have a wife!"

"I will talk to them and none of them will call you again!"

"That Zainab too can she leave her husband for three months or above or him too can allow her!" Said and going out. Her wife looked at him still the door closed and breathe in.

She poured the soft drink and continued watching the movies when her phone started ringing again, it was Yusufar calling.

"Hello Yusufar!!! What is it again?" Asked with low voice.

'Me and my siblings don't understand what is going on again. I am coming home and I will arrive before you and husband will say that you are coming to spend the two weeks!"

"Calm down my son!, I don't want you to come home now. When I get there next month, we will discuss on it!"

"There is nothing to talk on Mom, I am coming home. Coming back to my father's land, if I come mom! Send me back. That is when i will know that you don't want me to stay!" He said and hug up.

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Somia's uncle got down to the living room and sat down on a medium sized chair, took the remote control on the table and watching movies. His phone started ringing again on the table at his working station at a corner in their small living room understairs. He didn't want to pick it, thought that it was his children again.

One of their maids got down to the living room from the kitchen and saw his phone ringing continuously. She looked at the phone and looked at him, firstly! She didn't want to talk.

"Sir! Your phone is ringing and you don't use to hear your phone ringing like this before and ignore it!" She later forced out.

"Check who is calling, if it's all these children just let it be!"

"It's MY DIRECTOR Sir!" Said without picking it up.

"MY DIRECTOR!! Bring it, that is official thing!" Said with loud voice. The maid picked it on the table and going to the big living room to give him. She handover the phone to him as she got there and she left.

"Hello my DIRECTOR!! How is work going?" It was the director of his own company.

"Hello Sir!! And work is going very well sir. I have been calling since but you didn't pick it Sir, hope no problem!"

"Nothing at all! What is it?"

'I want to tell you that the contract that we are competing with this politician Isreal Odelana has been approved to us today, so they said that we should send all the necessary documents to clear everything including the money and start working on the contract!"

"Wow!! This is a good news, I am coming to the office right now!" He stood up.

"Okay Sir, I will be expecting you and congratulations sir!"

"Thank you!!. Are you monitoring that five hundred trillion contract, if it has been send to MMO company let me know!"

"We are following it sir! Once it has get to president's table and it has been approved, we will let you know even before it get to MMO company at all Sir!!"

"You better do and tell our men there to be calling us regularly. This is the biggest contract that will be carry out in this country and it's not a small amount at all!"

"Don't worry Sir, we too know that and know that it's many companies nationwide that want to win it even those that have went down, want to use it to come up again!"

"Let me go and dress, we talk better when I get to the office!"

"Okay Sir, I will be expecting you and Bye!" He hug up and Somia's uncle went upstairs, very happy for the contract he just won.

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Somia and Ashar arrived to the company that they were coming to, the driver packed and two of them got down going inside. The door opened automatically and they entered, the man that had been waiting for them there walked closed to them.

"Welcome Sir!, thank God you have been here. Their director too is not here yet, it's good you are here before me!" A young lady which was a secretary of the company got their.

"Welcome Sir Mr Ashar. Please go and sit down over there, the director will be here soon!" Said with respect.

"Thank you!" Ashar said and the lady left. Ashar, Somia and the man went to where they were told to sit and wanted to sit down when the director that they were waiting for entered.

The director was just walking straight to his office with his bodyguard and didn't notice them. The secretary greeted him and following him to his office.

The bodyguard opened the door for him, stepped back and he entered with the secretary. The bodyguard closed the door as him too entered and standing at the door.

The secretary quickly prepared tea for him, put it on the table and standing straight at the front of him.

"Mr Ashar from MMO company has been here and waiting for you!"

"Go and take them to the conference room, I will join them there shortly and also get all the necessary documents ready on the table before i get there"

"Okay Sir!, I will do as you said!" She left the office.

She called Ashar and Co as she got to where they were and following her to the conference room. All of them entered and sat down on the chairs, the secretary served them tea round and her too sat down.

Few minutes later. The director and his bodyguard entered, greeted everybody and sat down on a chair at the front of them when the bodyguard was standing beside him.

"I am sorry for be late and also keeps you waiting!"

"No problem at all Sir, this are all the documents!!" Ashar said and passed it to the man.

"They had been sent to us before, there is no need for it!" Passed the documents to Ashar back and Somia took it.

"Before I can approve the document. Is there anything that you can say that can impress this company and also motivate me quickly to sign the document!" Ashar looked at his man and looked at each other.

"Our company is not among all those unknown companies, it's among the top five companies in Africa. So any work that we will do for you, know that it will be one hundred percent good as our slogan. We don't do any kind of work, all our workers are professionals!" Ashar said.

"I know, her too know the level that your company is. That before you will count like two companies you must mention MMO company, but is there another thing you can say to impress me and to approv the contract for you!"

"Sir! Let me tell you this, as our company is we always create employment opportunities-----" Somia stopped talking as Ahar looked at her, thought that he didn't want her to talk and that was exactly what Ashar was talking about.

"Continue!! Continue Lady!!!" Ashar and the director said.

"Okay! Thank you Director and Sir. Let me explain how our company creat employment opportunities, any contract received by us don't use to be done alone. We share it to like five well developed companies and all these people will employ some workers to do the job with them also from our own side too. It's not like a one man company that it's just only his workers that will do it!"

"Also this one too also help us to be coming out with a good result. Whiteman said 'Two heads is better than one". In other company, it's what the CEO or Director said that it's final, it's the amount that he ordered them to spend on the contract that they will spend. But not like that in our own case, if the CEO from company A said this, B may not agree if he or she knows that it won't be good for contract because if anything later happen to the project it's all the companies that will be affected by name or other hands. Not like a single company that the CEO may not care again, once him has received the payment on the contract.

Sir! Rest your mind, this project will be the best ever even they will hail you from China and you too will hail us later, trust me!"

"Wow! Wow!!! This is so motivative, I love your speech!!!" The man said and clapping for Somia. Ashar was just smiling.

"Thank you very much Sir!" Somia said as the man was opening the documents and signing them one after the other.

After finished signing it, Ashar too signed and two of them took a copy each. The director and Ashar shacked hands and left the hall, going out of the company.

As they got down to the compound, the Man entered into his own car and driving out. Ashar and Somia too entered Ashar's car.

"We are not going to the company. Take us to my favourite restaurant at Lekki!" Ashar said as the driver starting the car.

"Okay Sir!!" He replied and driving out.

"You just did a great Job my girl!, I love your speech. Its lovely!!"

"Thank you very much Sir!" Said with lower voice

"We must celebrate this new contract, so let go to that restaurant and have fun. I am assuring you that you will love their food!!!"

"Okay Sir! Thank you Sir!!"

"It's you that just let us won this contract, let take a picture. Let me let people know my new Personal assistant!"

"Ah!! Sir!!!" Somia said with low voice and looking at Ashar.

"Yes!! Let take pictures!!!" Ashar moved closed to Somia and started taking different pictures.