CHAPTER 24

CHAPTER 24.

Somia’s uncle’s wife was under the hut doing video call with Zainab and teaching her how to take care of the baby, monitoring her on how to bath the baby and other treatment that she could do. Also teaching her too how to take of herself, how to sit bath and other thing to do as new born baby mother. It was on phone that she was demonstrating for Zainab how to position the baby.

“Not like that Zainab! Did you want to injure the baby, is it today that I have been correcting you!” Shouted as Zainab was bending the baby.

“How now! this is how I have been carrying her from the hospital. You this Nigerian Mothers, your problem is too much. I beg!!” Said with loud voice and correcting herself the way her mother said.

“Shut up!! My problem is too much; I will let you kill the innocent baby for me with your ignorance. This is how you should be carrying her Okay!”

“I have heard you Grandma, it will good you be here and take care of her by yourself!” Said with smile.

“I will soon come, if it’s that two weeks that your father said. I will use that to take care of my___ No now!!” cut the statement as she saw another wrongful thing that Zainab is doing to the baby.

“Hmm! That one is good and next time it’s cottonwood you will use. My granddaughter doesn’t worry am coming very soon, this your mother is something else!”

“It will good Mom! The way she is handle the baby, I that I am a man can’t handle a baby like that!” Daud said as he entered the room and standing behind her sister.

“If you don’t shut up! You are lucky that you are a man. Take the baby for me and take her out of this room!”

“Mom! Yusufar is coming home after the naming, has he called you?” Said as he was collecting the baby from his sister and put her on his shoulder.

“No! he hasn’t, I will be expecting him!” Saw her husband’s boys came out of their apartment and entering into a car with a lovely outfit, she had known that they had been going for another mission because that was when they used to go out and shook her head.

“Get out! And lock the door behind you. So mom, now to me!” She faced the phone and stopped looking at Strong and his co.

“Have you get hot water ready inside a big bowl and salt?”

“Yes I have got all of them!” packing them together and stood.

“Be going to the bathroom, I will be telling you how to mix them!” rest her back very well on the chair and looking at Zainab offing her cloth when their father got there.

“So this is where you are that all those idiot girls were telling me that they don’t know where you are!” said with loud voice and with anger showed all over him.

“I am on call with Zainab teaching her something, so I don’t what none of them to distract me that is why I came here and I have told them what to cook for you for breakfast!”

“How could you told the maids to cook my own food, when is that started!” said with loud voice and didn’t care that Zainab was on call.

“I am sorry, I will come and perfect it now. Just let me finish the monitoring!”

“Not just perfect it, cook another food for me. I can’t eat the food prepared by the maids and be fast!” said with anger and turned back, going back inside.

“What is wrong with daddy self! He cannot eat the food prepared by the maids. Every time! He can’t do this and that. He can’t release his wife for months, he can’t take any advice from his wife! Just carrying all those local mentalities that he inherited from his late father around!” Said with loud voice.

“Shut up Zainab! He is your father, know how to talk to him in his present and absent!” said with loud voice.

“Okay oh! I have heard you. What should I do, pour the salt inside the water!” franking her face.

“Yes! And two spoons are okay every day!” They continued with the lecture and monitoring.

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A young guy and Funbi entered the director’s office with some files on their hands and dropped them on his table, none of them had stepped them foots to their office just going up and down. There were many people in their company that came to defend their proposals on the contract, so this what make everywhere to be clumsy and made the staffs to be busy as well.

“You need to approve all these files right now Sir and let me return back to the conference hall!” Funbi said.

“Give me few seconds to done with this, I will sign them!” The director said and pressing the laptop.

“Sir! This file is urgent and it must be turn back to the federal government’s table today. So you and the CEO have to sign so that that I can take my leave!” The young man said.

“Give it to me now, let me sign mine and Funbi, tell the secretary to take him to Ashar’s office for him too to sign his own!” He collected the file from the young man.

“He is not around, he didn’t come today and his personal assistance also!”

“Ashar didn’t come today when he known that a project is going on. Fine! But that is why he has P.A. so why is she too absent doing this time!” Said with loud voice.

“I called him one hour ago and he said his P.A is at home with him, that he doesn’t want all these stress for her!” Talking one after the other and with low voice.

“He doesn’t want any stress for her, but that is her work as the CEO personal assistance and pay for! So why all these cares. Who will sign now and it’s very urgent!”

“You think Somia is just a P.A! sir don’t call Ashar, call his father instead because Ashar is not real feeling fine and he cannot allow his secret girlfriend to come and face any stress!” turning her lips and franking her face.

“It’s his father that I will call right now, what is this?. Am very sorry young man, we will sign it today!”

“Please sit Sir, bears this with us!” Funbi said when the director was calling Ashar’s father. The young man sat down on the chair and looking at them.

*****

Nibia was coming from her bedroom with a small bag on her right hand when she heard a knocks at the door, she dropped the bag beside the load that they packed together at corner in the living room and went to open the door. Their mother was in her room with Ibrahim packing some stuffs for them.

“Anty Samira! Good afternoon Ma!” shouted as she opened the door, stepped back and Semirat entered.

“How are you? Nibia, how is mummy and Ibrahim?” holding a big blue leather.

“Am fine Ma, Mom! Ibrahim!! Anty Semirat is here!” Shouted and very happy. “How is Tomiwa?”

“He is fine! Am in hurry, it’s one hour I took from work because there is a project going on!” She was talking when Ibrahim ran to her and their mother too coming down.

“Am good Ibrahim! And good afternoon Ma. Somia told me that you are resuming to school today, so I quickly brought this for two of you!” Put it on the table.

“Yes Ma! Even its Anty Somia that we are waiting for. Thank you very much Ma!” Nibia said and Ibrahim too showed his appreciation and checking the provisions

“You don’t need to do this; you have done a lot now Semirat!” Their mother said.

“I can buy anything for my siblings Mom, let me start going!” Said with smile and turned back.

“Okay! Thank you very much, I appreciate everything that you are doing for us!” said and escorting her out.

“You are welcome Ma!” Said and door opened and closed.

Door opened and closed, some minutes that Semirat left. Somia entered and fell on the chair after greeting her mother, all of them were still in the living room packing loads.

“See all what Anty Semirat bought for us!” Ibrahim said and showing Somia one by one.

“Semirat! Where did you meet her and bought you all these?” asked with lower voice.

“She came here even she just left some minutes now!” Nibia said.

“Semirat came here and she doesn’t call me, let me even call her now!” Brought her phone out and making a call.

“Hello Somia! How are you? I see that you didn’t come to the company and thank God because there is a lot of work in the company today!” She was inside the car and on her way to the company.

“Am good! I work from home and from the CEO’s house. As I arrived home right now, Nibia said you came here and you don’t call me at all!”

“I don’t need to call you now before I see my siblings even I just left some minutes ago!”

“OH! Bravo! Bravo!! You don’t have to call me before you see your siblings!”

“Yes now! Why should I call you!” Said with smile.

“No problem at all! me too won’t call you before I will go to my son’s school to see him!”

“I don’t care! Go to his school even come home and greet him alone, I don’t care!”

“Oh! Good and that is what I will do, it’s home that I will come. Any ways, thank you very much!”

“You don’t have too Somia, what are we friends for!”

“Hmm! I love you, thank you. We talk later!” greeted each other and hanged up.

“Let me change and follow you to the car pack!” Stood up with her hand bag and going to her room, she came out after few minutes and all of them left the house except their mother.

*****

Ashar was in the visitor living room watching movie and drinking a very chilled soft drink when Shukuran was in her bedroom upstairs studying on her laptop. Door opened and closed, their father entered with one of his bodyguards and he went to Ashar’s father’s bedroom straight.

“Welcome Dad! It took you so long. Hope no problem?” Asked as he saw the looks on his face.

“Why won’t it! Why don’t you go to work and your P. A too!” Asked with loud voice.

“I am a little bit sick so I have to work from home!”

“So what about your P.A, she is sick too? That none of you go to work!” Standing and looking at each other.

“I don’t want the stress for her because I know it will be much for only her, so I called her to resume here and work home from here!” Said with low voice and looking down.

“That is not what she is paying for! To always be replacing you where you don’t have time to go to or in a case like this, so why all this cares? Is she your first P. A or third!” Shouted and continued talking.

“It was the Director that called me that two of you are absent and now they need the CEO to sign an urgent document which must be return back to the federal government’s table today. I have to go there and signed it, even the man has wanted to leave saying that he will miss his fight to Abuja. And you know that if he left without the document signed, they will collect the project from us and share it by themselves!” said with anger.

“I am very Sorry Dad! But I am the CEO am the one that he supposed call, why did he call you? That mean there is something fishing, what is that!” Said with anger and with loud voice.

“Why will he called you when he known that you are ‘Mr. I too care’ just don’t let that happened again, both the CEO and the P.A absent from work when a project is going in the company!” Going upstairs

“Am so sorry Dad, sorry for stressing you!” Said louder and sat down.

“Sorry for yourself! If it’s not because I like Somia, I suppose to issue her a quarry!”

“You can’t do that Dad! Am sorry, I am coming to massage you!” Said with sweet smile.