CHAPTER 26

Tomiwa’s father was laying on the bed at the small room in his friend’s house which they were managing together and still sleeping in the morning when his friend had gone to work. He turned to the right, stretched his legs and using the blanket to cover his legs very well when his phone started ringing.

He covered his face with the blanket and ignore the call. Few minutes later, the phone started ringing again, he took the phone with anger and picked the call.

“Do you want your blood to swim like water at the front of your family and relative!” He jumped up from the sleep as he heard the bold and threating voice.

“Good morning Sir! No vex Sir!” Said with scarring and low voice.

“Where is my money? When are you bring it?” A young guy said, sitting on a chair with marijuana in his hand and his boys standing round him. He was a drug dealer.

“I promise you Sir, I will pay your money and also with interest” Shaking seriously on the phone.

“Shut up!! When are you paying it? That is my question and who ask you for an INTEREST!” collected wine from one of his boy. Tomiwa’s father breathe in.

“Am sorry Sir for delaying your money, am promising you that I will pay it very soon!”

“Listen and listen good! I give you two months to return my money. My two million naira must be returned!” Said with loud voice and hanged up. Tomiwa’s father beat the phone on the bed with anger, took it back and calling his friend that he was living with.

“Hello! Call these guys now, what is dealing them? Just to fish someone, where she relocated to and know the whereabouts of my son!”

“Calm down now! Not yesterday I called them and said that it’s not easy for them because they couldn’t see anybody from her formal house to tell them her whereabouts and they are trying!”

“Why is it difficult! They are not the one that said that they can do it, I need money and I must see Semirat to collect money from her. What is all these now!”

“Calm down now! Why this suddenly call and shouting, hope no problem?”

“I just received a call from that guy that I borrowed money from, asking for his money and give me two months including this month to return his money!” Explained.

“I said so that there is something! Just calm down, they are searching for her and they will find her. You too know how big Nigeria is!” Tried to calm him down.

“They should just limit their movement only in this Lagos! She can’t relocated more than within the Lagos, I know that very well!”

“I will tell them that. Am busy right now, talk to you later!” Said and hanged up. Tomiwa’s father beat the phone on the bed with anger and sat down on the chair thinking on how to gather the money.

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It was both Somia and Ashar that were in the office and busy working that they didn’t have time to outer a word to each other, just communicating officially which was through mails. Few minutes later, Somia’s phone started ringing. She checked the name on it, it was Nana and she picked it.

“Good day Somia! Nawa oh! You don’t even ask of me since all this while and if I called you, you won’t pick. What is really happening or I have been disturbing you now!” Said with anger, sitting on a chair and at their living room.

“Don’t think like that Nana! I have been always busy at work and once I got home, I slept straight away. So I am very sorry not that I am ignoring your calls!” Ashar looked at her and continued with the work.

“It fine! I want to come and greet you at work and I want to ask, is Ashar around?”

“You are coming to greet me now, why are you asking about my boss again____” She cut Somia off.

“Why are you talking like this! I am coming to greet you and if Ashar too is around will I ignore him. I am just asking please, nothing is there!” Said with loud voice.

“Okay oh! We are both around, come on time if you want to come!” Somia said smile.

“Okay! I am on my way!” She stood up, took the handbag that she put on the table and hanged up. She had dressed already before she called. Collected the car key from a young man standing beside her and left the living room and man too followed her.

Few hours later. Her car drove inside the MMO company, packed at where the security guard instructed her and got down. Greeted the guard and going inside. As she entered, the secretary called her with smile and asking her some questions and her identity.

“Yes that is my name! And I am here to see Ashar, the CEO!” The secretary looked at her and said.

“Sorry madam! It’s personal Assistance of the CEO that is expecting a visitor not the CEO!”

“Okay! Where is the way to the office!” Said with franking face. The secretary described it for her and she left.

Knocks at the door and it opened few seconds later, Somia greeted her with lovely smile and welcome her. Nana greeted Somia and went to Ashar’s deck to greet him.

“Good afternoon! I am happy to be in your company for the first time!” biting her lips and pointing her right hand to him, asking for handshake. Ashar looked at Somia and shook her.

“Thank you and nice to meet you!” Ashar said as he draws his hand from her hand, as she had been trying to rub his back hand. Nana shifted a chair out at the front of Somia and sat down between two of them. Talking to Somia but looking at Ashar.

Ashar didn’t looked up, just busy pressing the laptop. Ashar had really changed in terms of womanizer since he had met Somia and fell in love with her. Ashar’s phone started ringing and it was his mother calling.

“Hello Moms! You have arrived to Nigeria!” said with smile.

“Please! I have been calling your father since to send one of the drivers down to pick us but he is not picking. I and Iqamat’s mother have been here since!”

“Oh sorry mom! I am coming now to pick you. I am at work so I will get there shortly now!”

“Okay! Thank you very much my Son!” He hanged up, stood up with the car key and left his place. Standing at the front of Somia and looking at her with smile for few seconds.

“Mom! Is back from Californian, I want to go and pick her at the airport Okay!”

“Okay Sir! And my regard to her!” Nana looked at the smile on Ashar’s face as he was looking at Somia talking, she hissed inside her and looking at Somia with bad eye.

“Take care of yourself and the office, don’t overwork yourself Okay!” Said with a romantic smile and leaving. Sound of the door opened and closed.

“Ashar loves you! I can see the smiles on his face as he was talking to you!” Said with lower voice.

“He has a wife to be and she is the one that he loves okay! He just nice to me and that is all!” Continued with the work and Nana looked at her with bad and jealous looks.