Do What She Wants

Alhaja Fatima looked at Lanre as though she was a tiger looking at her prey. “What did you say?” She asked Lanre who only took the glass she has been holding ever since and sipped the wine in it. It barely reached her tongue before she poured it on the floor messing up the floor.

“I’m trying to say Senator Ojo won’t be proud of your decision. In fact, you won’t be proud either”. Lanre said and then turned around pretending to leave.

“What do you mean?” Alhaja Fatima asked. Lanre stopped in her track. She wore a smile that one would barely notice.

“My shop is in Surulere, LAN’s Beauty Parlour. You sure need a makeover”. Lanre said before walking away. She ordered for Uber. She was still at the party but did well to avoid meeting with Senator Ojo or even Alhaja Fatima. She sent a message to Senator Ojo.

“I left already! The woman refused to help me, this automatically mean you did not tell her to help me at all cost. I can no longer guarantee you won’t see your own nakedness by morning”. Lanre had sent this to the senator. With this and what she had said to the women leader, the woman would soon come running to her beauty parlour.

Lanre stayed hidden until her Uber arrived. She was cautious because she has no clue what these people could do to her, she trusted no one. Especially when they are Senator Ojo and Alhaja Fatima, she has heard they could be beastly creatures in human clothing.

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Senator Ojo kept looking at the message Lanre sent him which he already read. If Lanre is serious, then he would lose face in society. Although he does not care much about the society, he still needed to paint his black face white. He looked for Alhaja Fatima in the midst of the crowd of people.

“How can somebody invite these much people to a party? Is it a funeral? It’s not like she is getting married”. Senator Ojo muttered. The sound of his voice was laced with annoyance. He rushed towards the woman and grabbed her hand. She looks at him disgustingly and motioning for him to remove his hand from hers.

“We need to talk”. Senator Ojo said to her. Alhaja Fatima immediately followed him since she suspected it must be about Lanre. They got to a quiet corner where they could discuss since that was where the impatient senator Ojo could find for them when they could have just gone inside her house.

“That girl I brought, you did not give her what she wants”. Senator Ojo said to Alhaja Fatima. The woman clasps her hand together and looked at the senator calmly. She did not say a word to him. He clears his throat.

“Do what she wants. We can use her to help us. She’s quite cunning”. Senator Ojo said to her.

“I know! I’m just tasting. She lacks patience, and that’s good enough. But hope you know that the snake you are sending out can turn around to bite you?” Alhaja Fatima said to him.