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BINTU
I promise to bring a lot to the table, come on… help a colleague out.
WEMIMO
I didn’t caught your name, colleague
BINTU
Bintu Salawa
EPISODE 41
Who is flattering who?
FLASHBACK
INT. THE COMPANY- AFTERNOON
At the
company’s library, Wemimo and Bintu have their heads bend over the books in front of
them and working intensely. Once in five minutes, they both pick a piece from
the cookies pack in front of them.
BINTU
I still think
we should still go with option one
WEMIMO
I don’t
like option one, there are too many flaws
BINTU
I am sure
that if we think hard enough, we can find a way to minimize the effect of the
flaws
WEMIMO
Even with
that, with the resources we have on ground, option 1 is not feasible. Even
without that, the flaws are too great to ignore, I can’t place our whole
project on a faulty foundation, let find something else
Bintu sighs in frustration
WEMIMO
Come on,
don’t give up yet
BINTU
I am not
giving up, it is just that each task is more challenging than the previous
one…. Wednesday was a whole different experience, the way your brother, what is
his name again?
WEMIMO
Banjo
BINTU
Yes, Banjo
king, the way he was shooting questions at me was really terrifying
WEMIMO
He was not
that bad
BINTU
Easy for
you to say, he is your brother
WEMIMO
You are
talking like I was not on the hot seat with you
BINTU
But it is
different for you, you have spent all your life with him. You were more relaxed
because before you, sits your brother while before me, the fucking director of
marketing sits in front of me. If it wasn’t for you, I would have shit the bed
on Wednesday
WEMIMO
I don’t
think that is true, you are smart, you would have figured a way out
BINTU
Now who is
flattering who?
WEMIMO
I am not, I
am telling the truth. You like to win, that is why without me by your side on
Wednesday, you would have come out the other way fine
Bintu blushes before looking back
at her work, while Wemimo stares at her intensely. Bintu looks at up find him
staring
BINTU
You are
staring, is there something on my face?
Wemimo sits
up right and pick the pack of cookies on the table
WEMIMO
You are
smart and beautiful, I am trying to find a reason as to why you don’t have a
boyfriend
BINTU
What makes
you think I don’t have one?
WEMIMO
Because you
always spend your weekends with me in this library, we have lunch together,
sometimes even dinner and when you are with me, only your mom calls you. Not
even your sibling not to talk of a boyfriend, all you ever want to do is work,
work and work
BINTU
You are
right
WEMIMO
Of course I
am
BINTU
Been cocky
is not a good look on you
He chuckles
WEMIMO
So why
don’t you have one?
BINTU
I had one
WEMIMO
What
happened?
BINTU
He wanted
more
WEMIMO
More sex?
BINTU
No
WEMIMO
Then more
what?
BINTU
More of my
time
WEMIMO
You are
still a student, what could be taking your time?
BINTU
Studying
for one
WEMIMO
Studying?
BINTU
Yeah,
having a CGPA of 4.82 does not come from playing around with a boy, it comes
from hard work and sacrifice
WEMIMO
So you
sacrificed your love life?
BINTU
It is not
lik…. You don’t understand me
WEMIMO
Make me
understand you
BINTU
I was nine
when I entered my father’s factory for the first time, I followed him on a
general tour of the factory and there and then, I knew I wanted to own that
factory but unfortunately for me, I am a girl and I come from a family of too
many wives and too many smart children. So to outshine my siblings, I started
working at my father’s factory when I was 12, learning how fabrics are made,
learning the different types of fabrics we have, learning about the employees,
the strength and the weakness of my father’s company, our competitors, the
demand an….
Wemimo cuts in
WEMIMO
In short,
you spent your teen days learning about the world of fabrics
BINTU
Yes and to
tell you how determined I am, I spent three year learning how to sew clothes
all just to learn about the want of our consumers and there I am learning how
to manage a business. I did all of this just to show my father that am a
suitable heir to his throne, so tell me, should I let a boy distract me from my
goals?
Wemimo smiles
WEMIMO
You remind
me of my best friend, Ann
BINTU
The lady
that is always calling you
WEMIMO
Yes and I
have girlfriends
BINTU
Girlfriends?
WEMIMO
Yes,
girlfriends that I study with, crash parties with, have fun with, gossip with,
girlfriends that I long to see at the end of my day so that I can share my day
with them and the only thing I don’t do with them is have sex. My point is I have a
life close enough to a love life and yet I have a CGPA of 4.91
BINTU
So you kiss
them?
WEMIMO
What?
BINTU
You said
you don’t have sex with them but you kiss them right
WEMIMO
After
everything I just said, that was all you could hold unto
BINTU
It is fun
teasing you, but you can’t compare your situation to mine. Your friends have
the same goal as you, all my ex wanted to do is just hang around with me
WEMIMO
Remember my
friend Ann that I said you remind me of
BINTU
Yes
WEMIMO
Just like
you, she want to inherit her father’s law firm and just like you, she has been
doing her possible best to show her father that she is a worthy heir to his
throne. Despite all of that, she has a boyfriend that she makes time for and
fucks on a regular basis. After all of that, she crash parties with Imade and
I, play with us, also study with us and she is still the best in her
department…. I am not saying class, I mean department
BINTU
Wow
WEMIMO
Everything
in life needs balance, you need to balance your career life with your love life
BINTU
I don’t
know how to do that, I am a kind of person that can only focus on one thing at
a time
WEMIMO
Then you
learn, because when you start building your career, you might not have a life
and what is the point of building a career if you have no one to share the
success of the career with
Bintu sighs
heavily as she opens the small bottle on the table and puts one tablet of a small
drug into her mouth and downs it with water
WEMIMO
Are you
okay?
BINTU
It is just
to calm my nerves
WEMIMO
You take
that almost every hour, are you sick?
BINTU
Enough
about me and let talk about you, what is your dream? Or dreams if they are more
than one
WEMIMO
Dreams?
BINTU
Yeah, a
smart guy like you must have something he wants to achieve
WEMIMO
Something I
want to achieve, hmmmm…… I just want to make my own way
BINTU
Make your
own way?
WEMIMO
Yes, I want
to build something from the ground up
BINTU
And what
will that be?
WEMIMO
Honestly, I
don’t know
BINTU
You don’t
know?
Wemimo chuckles
WEMIMO
It hasn’t
come to me yet
A confused Bintu down at the books
in her front
BINTU
I am
officially confused
Wemimo’s phone rings and he sees
Ann as the caller ID
WEMIMO
Excuse me,
I need to pick this
BINTU
Okay
He stands up and walks few steps
away from Bintu
WEMIMO
Hey
(whispers)
ANN
Hey, why
are you whispering? Where are you?
WEMIMO
In the
library
ANN
On a
Saturday?
WEMIMO
I have some
work to do
ANN
This one
that you are always working every time I call, you must enjoy working for your
father
WEMIMO
Have you
seen Imade?
ANN
Imade?
WEMIMO
Yes, I
asked you to check up on her
ANN
Oh that, I
forgot
WEMIMO
You forgot?
ANN
Well, forgive me if I don’t have time to babysit Madam Omoloja anymore. My dad is
handling a class action suit right, so I volunteered my service to him as his
intern. It is a rare learning opportunity, I couldn’t pass it up. So forgive if
I haven’t checked up on your baby girl, have been busy
WEMIMO
Ann, that
is not an excuse
ANN
And even
when I get to her house, I don’t trust myself not to tell her mother what her
darling daughter has been what to
WEMIMO
Then go to
Bankole’s school and ask how she is doing. Ask him if she is focused on what
really matters
ANN
Even if she
is not studying anymore, what can you do from Lagos?
WEMIMO
Will you
just go please
Bintu calls for Wemimo in a loud
tone
BINTU
Wemimo, come
here, I found something
ANN
Who is
that?
Wemimo turns to Bintu
WEMIMO
Am kind of
on the phone
BINTU
Oh! I am
sorry
ANN
Who is
that?
Wemimo leaves the library and walks
into the corridor
WEMIMO
No one
important
ANN
If she is
in the library with you on a Saturday morning, then she is important, so spill
WEMIMO
Actually it
is already afternoon
ANN
Whatever…
who is she?
WEMIMO
You are not
going to let this go, are you?
ANN
You know
that already, so talk
WEMIMO
She is my
work partner
ANN
Really?
That is all you are going to say
WEMIMO
Yes because
that is who she is
ANN
Is she
pretty?
WEMIMO
Yes
ANN
Ambitious?
WEMIMO
Yes
ANN
Smart?
WEMIMO
Yes and she
is also intelligent. I don’t know why you are asking me that
ANN
You are
into her
WEMIMO
What?
ANN
When you
have feelings for a lady, you start to study with her to get closer to her
WEMIMO
That is not
true, I study with you and I am not in love with you
ANN
That is
because I am your best friend. The only reason why we got close to Imade was
because you fell for her
WEMIMO
I can see
your matchmaking instinct has been activated
ANN
What is her
social status?
WEMIMO
I am not
doing this with you
ANN
I am your
best friend, who else will you do this with if not me
WEMIMO
It is just
not happening
ANN
That means
she is poor
Wemimo sighs deeply in
frustration
WEMIMO
She is a
Salawa
ANN
Which
Salawa?
WEMIMO
The king of
textile
Wemimo removes the phone from his
ear when Ann screams
ANN
OMG, you
hit big, Wemimo
WEMIMO
This was
why I didn’t want to tell you
ANN
Come off it
joor, who else will you tell? Imade?
WEMIMO
Ha ha ha…Not
funny
ANN
But on a
serious note, you bring that lady home and Queen will accept you two
immediately
WEMIMO
I am ending
this conversation right here
ANN
Come on,
gist me now
WEMIMO
The next
time I call, please have something to tell me about Imade
ANN
Why are we
talking about her, tell me more ab….
Wemimo hits
the end button on his phone and walks into the Library. Bintu looks up for her
work
BINTU
You
certainly took your time
Wemimo sits in front of her
WEMIMO
What was it
you asked me to see?
BINTU
Look at
this
She points to the file in between
them on the table
IMADE
How can you
claim to be in love with Ann and not know where she lives?
BANKOLE
That is
suppose to be my line, I can you be friends with brother Wemimo and Ann and not
know where they live
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