I Love Ladies Like You

“Oh wow!” The woman exclaimed. “I love ladies like you who are hard working”. The woman said. Lanre smiled and thanked her. After which the woman released her and told her to go check on her daughter. “If possible start the make up now. I will pay you for it”. The woman said. Then she started with her series of calls.

Lanre smiled as she saw her enthusiastic the woman was about her daughter’s wedding. A day like this will come for her, but it was still going to take some more years like three to four more years. Depending on when she is fully established in what she is doing. She wouldn’t want to be a liability to her husband. It is either they are both putting in fifty percent each into the marriage, or they make it sixty to forty. She just want to be sure that if her man ever raises his voice, she had something to put in. But if the guy ain’t marrying her, then forget it, he is free to spend on her. And if he says what she classify as rubbish into her ears, then she will just walk out of the relationship.

And if she should go for a guy right now, he must be financially buoyant. But she also needs to have something so he does not toss her about at will. She has her own pride to her love for high and classy things.

Lanre knocks on Anita’s door. She opened it when she heard “come in” from inside. She got in to see Anita wearing a robe with a towel wrapped on her head.

“I thought you had gone to sleep?” Anita asked. Lanre looks at her. She wanted to keep it to herself. But would she be someone’s maid of honour and be holding a grudge against the person? Well, she felt she could tell her since she was longer feeling bad as she was when Anita called her a lout.

“Was that why you decided to call me a lout? You shouldn’t do that to people, especially not people around you. Words are louder than the volume with which you use to pronounce them. Words can be a shield or a weapon”. Lanre said. “Hope you understand?” Lanre said again.

“Ify told you abi? Why can’t she close that leaking tap she calls mouth?” Anita said fusing that Ify had gone to snitch behind her back.

“There you go again. She didn’t tell me anything. I was at the door waiting to know if you will go and take your bath. Which you did! But you felt it nice to Insult me. Well, I have forgiven you and that is why I am telling you this”. Lanre said. Then she asked Anita when the make up artist is going to arrive.

Anita told Lanre that the make up artist was going to be around by six o’clock that morning. Lanre nods. Then she asked when the train of girls she was using for be bridal train would arrive.