****EPISODE 8****
Fiyin’s table was full of papers. It was a usual Monday with plenty of things to occupy him. An hour later, he looked up and realized it was 2:15pm.
Oh, my God! He jumped out of his seat and grabbed his jacket and wallet, he had to be home before 3pm, he wanted to be there when Femi came in and he still wanted to stop to get her flowers and chocolate. I will never make it in time now, he thought dully as he ran out of his office toward the elevators.
“Dr Arowolo, Fiyin!” Tiwa shouted, coming from one of the operating rooms, wearing her scrubs.
“Yes?” Fiyin called out, trying to be patient.
“Can we talk?” She asked when she got to where he was. “I know I messed up on Saturday and I want to….”
“No, Tiwa, don’t disturb yourself, it wasn’t a big deal.” He quickly assured her.
“Yes, it was, you know it was, this could affect our budding relationship.”
“Tiwa, nothing will spoil our friendship, I promise, okay?” He said as he pressed the button to open the elevator.
“Still, let’s talk, I know…….”
“Tiwa, I’m really in a hurry, can we do this later?” He said as he entered the elevator.
“Sure….” She nodded although the doors had closed and he was gone. She rested her back against the wall and slammed her head repeatedly. “Stupid! Stupid! Tiwa, you are so stupid!”
How could she have made such a mistake? How? When he had called her to come to the games arcade with him and Amanda, she had been so happy, realizing it could mean he was testing to see how she would get along with Amanda. Maybe she had been trying too hard because there was no other explanation for it. Amanda had met her before and although she had been really quiet, she had spoken to her.
On Saturday though, the girl had barely acknowledged her existence and because she didn’t want Fiyin to think she couldn’t connect to Amanda, she had tried too hard and ended up making the girl sad, dull and miserable and Fiyin had noticed. She had just wanted to be her friend, why was the little b—h being so tough anyway?
Whatever the case, with or without Amanda, she was going to get Fiyin and that girl had better sit up because a new government was coming. There was more than one way to catch a man!
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He made it, Fiyin wanted to scream as he entered the house and realized Femi was not there yet.
“Daddy, what’s this for?” Amanda asked, touching the flowers he brought with him.
“Erm, it’s for your teacher” he said awkwardly as he saw Ose smiling in the passage.
“Awwww, really?” Amanda’s eyes were shining, “did granma tell you to ‘pologise?”
“Yes, she did.” He said, not wanting to drag the drama longer, especially with Ose staring and giggling like a schoolgirl. Then suddenly remembering Amanda’s penchant for repeating everything. “Yes, she did but I came up with the style, you get?”
When Amanda only looked at him, confused, he relaxed. A confused Amanda was better than a knowing Amanda.
He looked at the time, 3:15pm, he hoped Femi was coming, otherwise, he would get to their school the next day. Just then, a knock sounded on the door.
“Miss Femi!” Amanda screamed, abandoning the flowers and chocolate to run to the door. She opened the door and Fiyin craned his neck for a vision he had since missed seeing.
“Amanda darling. How are you?” Femi said.
Wow!” He heard Amanda say as she opened the door wider for Femi to come in. Fiyin looked at her from the sofa where he sat and decided wow was right. Wow!
Was that Femi? She was wearing a long green skirt that outlined her curved hips and a tight black turtleneck shirt that showed off her tiny waist. Her hair was plaited in a lovely Ghana weaving style, he didn’t know which and she was wearing a new low heeled sandal he had never seen. Gone was the orange lipstick, in its place was a lovely lip gloss that made her lips look sinful, add that to the confident twinkle in her eye and she packed a punch.
“Good afternoon sir” she greeted without meeting his eyes.
“Yeah, Femi, how are you?” He asked, staring at her, quite confused.
“Sister Femi, haha! You’re looking yummy, chai! What’s happening?” Femi passed him to go the dining to hug Ose and he got a view of her back. So she had a back like that, he wondered, still staring. Why did she wear all those other clothes? And who knew her waist was so tiny? And her stomach flat? She wasn’t fat at all, just beautifully endowed.
“Miss Femi,…” he heard Amanda pipe up, “…see what daddy bought for you.” She came and grabbed the flowers and chocolate from the chair beside him and he was ashamed to admit that in the past 5 minutes, he hadn’t remembered his own daughter. He adjusted himself on the chair and decided he didn’t like this new Femi at all.
“Awwww, really?” He heard Femi coo as she opened the box of chocolates.
“You sound like me” Amanda giggled. And followed Femi back to the sitting room.
“Thank you sir” she said demurely.
“Yes” he cleared his throat and sat up. “It was an apology for my thoughtlessness last week, please forgive me” He begged quietly.
“Of course” Femi said, excited that he bought her chocolates and flower, but she would not smile at him. She would forgive him but they would not be friends. She would make sure he knew she was beautiful and nothing less than him crawling would satisfy her. “I forgive you, sir”
In the kitchen, Ose couldn’t stop giggling, poor boss, he was looking so lost. She thought as she laughed louder.
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Femi could barely explain the high she felt as she left the Arowolos that evening. As soon as she got home, she was going to call Ronke and shout a big, fat mission accomplished in her ears. Usually, she came to Amanda from school, today though, she had first gone home to change, for maximum effects before she came and it had been worth it. The good doctor had stared at her as if a cat got his tongue.
Of course she didn’t think that meant he was interested in her, it would take more than a makeover to achieve that but she was gratified to know that she could actually be an object of stupefaction to someone like Fiyin. She had been surprised to see him home today before her, even more surprised by the chocolate and flowers he bought for her. When she had shared the chocolate with Ose and Amanda in the kitchen before she left, Ose told her he had had flowers delivered last week Monday and had even called her Proprietress when she hadn’t shown up.
And when she was about leaving today, he had called her aside to tell her he was sorry for what he had said, he admitted he was wrong and that she was an incredibly beautiful woman and her boyfriend was lucky to have her. More than anything else, she felt touched that he had gone to so much effort to apologise. It made her think he cared about her feelings, that he might actually like her, that she might be falling deeper for him.
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