Arrested

“What will you do with your shop once you go for service? Will you close it for the main time or you will double cross?” K asked Lanre after they’ve finished eating. Lanre told him that it was none of the above. He asked her what she was then going to do when she goes for her national youth service. Lanre told him she had no intention of going to serve at the moment. She would shit it till the following year.

“Why is that?” K asked her. She told him she wanted to make money first. Money was her priority at the moment. He looked at her. Her eyes seem to be everywhere, it was betraying the calm demeanor she seemed to have created.

“Shit! I forgot! Dinma must be worried about me”. Lanre said picking up her phone with lightning speed. She immediately called Chidinma on phone to tell her she was not going to be home that night and that she should not worry about her. But when Lanre called, there was no response.

“She’s not picking! Hope she is alright?” Lanre muttered with worry evident on her face. She kept on trying the number until a response came in.

“Chidinma, why did it take you so long to answer the phone?” Lanre almost yelled. She was already worried that something had happened.

“Madam, Chidinma is sleeping!” It was Sharon’s voice. Lanre wondered why Chidinma would be sleeping at such hour of the day. It was already seven in the night of she’s not mistaken.

“Why hasn’t she gone home yet?” Lanre asked. Sharon let’s out a heavy breath.

“In the afternoon about two hours after you left, a lady came with police to arrest you. But because they did not see you, she said they should arrest your younger sister accusing her of being your accomplice. We at the shop had to bail Chidinma out. And luckily, the police let her go despite the woman being thickheaded thanks to actress Timitola. She was at the shop to look for you. She said your number was not going through”. Sharon said.

Lanre felt appalled by the woman’s act. She dared arrest a little girl as Chidinma who happens to be her victim and tag her as an accomplice. Lanre asked Sharon if the actress let her know the reason why she had come.

“There is a new film that will be shooting soon. She said she had helped you secure a spot as the make up artist. According to her, you got so many approval. Madam, it’s a good news o”. Sharon said to Lanre. Lanre sighed. She asked Sharon if Chidinma had cried a lot when detained by the police. Sharon told her that Chidinma did cry.

“But ma, did you really beat that fat woman?” Sharon asked but got no response. Lanre had hung up on her. She sighed and dropped Chidinma’s phone on the stool beside the bed.

“Madam is a beauty with a good heart. You are not related, but she treats you like her daughter”. Sharon muttered talking to Chidinma as though Chidinma could here her.