Oh my God Rere, you are so unbelievable
(Roti is working on his computer when Rere badge into his office, drops her bag on his table and starts pacing angrily)
Roti: Rere what is it?
Rere: I need you to throw Pam a bone
Roti: what kind of bone?
Rere: I want you to tell her everything that happened in Congo, I want you to tell her about the deal the President made, I want you to tell her the whole truth
Roti: (stands up) you don’t mean that Rere
Rere: oh, I do
Roti: calm down and tell me what happened, how did the meeting go? Did he agree to fund us?
Rere: yes
Roti: but?
Rere: he will only fund us if he gets to choose the VP
Roti: and the president is not willing to make that deal
Rere: he is worried that letting him chose the VP is handling Nigeria to the devil
Roti: I think he right about that, he simply doesn’t want to be Esau who sold his birthright for porridge
Rere: he wants Gexon to sponsor his election
Roti: Gexon? Are you kidding me?
Rere: he and one Olumide Ariyo thinks it is the best
Roti: (smiling) oh my God! You met Olumide Ariyo
Rere: you look pleased
Roti: he is the best campaign manager I know
Rere: good to know how you view me
Roti: it is not like that
Rere: well, where was your best campaign manager when the President needed help with passing his bill
Roti: truth be told Rere, between making a deal with Mark Malcolm and Gexon Pharmaceuticals. I think I will go for Gexon
Rere: well I don’t think so, no matter how dirty and terrible the deal is, we will always find a way out of it. We always do
Roti: what if we were not so lucky this time
Rere: we have to make sure that we are
Roti: let me try to get you straight, now that the President is not willing to go for Mark Malcolm, so you think making Pam go after him is the best course of action
Rere: I sure do, he needs to know what he is up against
Roti: (looking surprise) oh my God Rere, you are so unbelievable. You keep showing me a new and a different side of you every day (Rere’s phone rings and she keeps pacing) I can’t say this is who you are exactly (sighs) your phone is ringing you should pick (she stops and picks her phone)
Rere: it is the president
Roti: well, answer it
Rere: (she presses a button and puts the phone close to her ears) hello Mr President (pause) okay (pause for like a minute) alright (she drops the call)
Roti: so?
Rere: (smiling) he is going for Mark Malcolm
Roti: did you charm this man with juju?
Rere: I told him I quit if he wants Gexon
Roti: (chuckles softly) of course you would
Rere: (smiling) well I have ways of making people dance to my tune
Roti: well that is solved. What are you going to do about the situation? We can’t let Mark Malcolm choose our Vice-President
Rere: relaxes Roti, I have worked with the likes of Mark Malcolm. I know how they think, I know what makes they tick. So calm down, I am on top of this. We got this
Roti: well I hope for the sake of Nigeria, you are right
Rere: I am always right Roti
Roti: so why did you meet Olumide Ariyo today?
Rere: that will be because the President wants us to work together
Roti: (calmly) it is an addition
Rere: (surprise) are you kidding me?
Roti: what?
Rere: to actually think that I was so mad with the president for bringing in another person, how can you act so calm when someone else is coming to take your place? I was expecting you to throw ….
Roti: (cut in sharply) a tantrum like you would
Rere: yeah
Roti: well I am not like that. Take a look around Rere, we have a heavy workload. It will be nice to have someone to share the workload with us
Rere: just the way you don’t know me, I don’t know you too
Roti: that is all your fault
Rere: (she picks her bag) there is something else too
Roti: what is it?
Rere: Senator Audu is going to be the next Secretary of State. The President told me over the phone just now, the screening will start tomorrow
Roti: alright
Rere: I want to know everything about him
Roti: I have investigated him already, he is clean
Rere: at this point in this job, you should know that nobody is clean. Keep digging, the last thing I need is a piece of damning information popping out and destroying our plans
Roti: alright
Rere: and I need a corporate lawyer, I want the best
Roti: for what
Rere: to get us out of the deal. I need to find every loophole there is to find
Roti: a contract is involved isn’t? (Rere nods) so typical of the corporate world. I am on that too
Rere: thank you (she opens the door and leave. Roti picks the telephone)
Roti: Esosa, tell Richard to see me
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