You Are Not A Celebrity

The woman gave Lanre a card and told Lanre to contact her if she ever gets to need anything that she now considers Lanre as her friend and daughter. Lanre thanked the woman and told her she will definitely call for help if she needs any. Lanre saw the woman out of the shop to the place where the woman’s car was parked.

“Ma, I may not actually need help in the future. But one cannot even tell what will happen in the next one minute. If you do not mind, I will like to ask you for something”. Lanre said to the woman who asked her to go on and ask her question. Lanre asked her if she could accommodate someone in her house. The woman told her she was ready to do anything for Lanre.

“I have a teenager who has been with me for a little while now. She is an orphan who lost her parents some weeks ago. I may need your help to look after her for me someday”. Lanre said to the woman. The woman told Lanre that she would be happy to help if that time comes. Lanre thanked her and went back to her shop.

“I doubt you are not a celebrity. Even without much effort, people seem to want to get attached to you. More like the Lanre I knew in school. But your attitude chased them away”. Ify said when Lanre returned inside the beauty parlour. Lanre ignored her and went to her office. Ify followed behind. She sat on the chair across from Lanre’s. She watched as Lanre kept her focus on her new phone operating on it.

When she was tired of just watching in the silence, Ify decided to break the silence by asking Lanre what she was doing. Lanre did not reply. Ify got pissed. She asked Lanre if she never changes. Lanre asked her if she has changed? Ify frowned.

“We are different people with different minds. You don’t expect everyone to be like you Ify”. Lanre said. After about an hour, Lanre released a breath of relief. All these while she has been using Google cloud backup to retrieve all her files including her contact. She hoped K would not be able to have access to her calls and messages again. She decided to call Christian.

The first thing Lanre did when Christian picked up was to ask about Eno.

“Chris, how is Eno?” One could say after days of staying within the confines of that hotel room where K took her, she has forgotten her manners.

“Lanre? Is that really you? Where are you right now? Did Kehinde finally let go of you? Who has this number? He allowed you to contact me?” Christian asked. His voice tremored.

“Sorry Chris! Please pardon my manners. I forgot to greet you before asking of Enowa. It’s me Lanre. And I am not sure if Kehinde is aware of this call. I already escaped. Please where is Eno”. Lanre asked yet again.