Hey Alex, did you find a way?
INT. ALEX’S HOUSE, LAGOS- MORNING
(Alex goes to open his door and Rere comes in looking tired)
Rere: (walks to the sitting room and waits till Alex walk into the living room) my contract? Did you find a way?
Alex: hey Rere, hey Alex, I think that is the best way to start a conversation
Rere: hey Alex, did you find a way? (Alex sighs and leaves the living room and comes back few minutes later with the contract which he stretches to Rere) so?
Alex: there is no way out
Rere: (shocked) what? You told me that you will find a way
Alex: I didn’t say that, I said I will try to find a way and I even send it to Arin to check it out for me. She told me the same result, this contract is legally binding with no loopholes
Rere: (smiling nervously) you kidding right
Alex: I wish I was, unless the candidate for the Vice President becomes unsuitable for the position, I will say, you and my dad have literally sold Nigeria to the devil
Rere: alright (she puts the contracts in her hand bag and starts to walk away)
Alex: (stops her with his hand) hey (touches her face) are you okay? You look tired
Rere: it is the job, (removes his hands from her face) been tired comes with the territory
Alex: about us?
Rere: (looking upset) Alex?
Alex: I know it is stupid and selfish of me to ask that in this situation but I need to ask
Rere: about us? There is no us
Alex: of course there is us, there can be us. I love and want you in my life and I know you want me too
Rere: of course I want you but my kind of job is not going to permit it
Alex: and why is that?
Rere: have not slept in my own bed in two weeks. I have been going from one state to another trying to get your father the votes he needs for the primary. I am only in Lagos because of this contract and am leaving in 30 minutes’ time for Sokoto. So tell me Alex, where is the time and place to be with you?
Alex: you are unstable as water, you said so yourself. You can just change to another job like you before
Rere: not this time and certainly not this job Alex, I have to finish the job I started
Alex: how long will it take you to finish my Dad’s job?
Rere: five years, five years, that is how long it is going to take me. So if you want to be with me, you are going to have to move to Abuja which I don’t want you to do. Been a lawyer might not be your dream but you love helping people, I am not going to ask you to leave that for me. I still have your account number so I am going to wire you your fee for this contract and that contract
Alex: you don’t have to do that
Rere: goodbye Alex (she leaves)
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