Previously on Why?
TOLANI
Your family?
WEMIMO
Yes, my family. Our school will be resuming another session in about a month, I need to pay my school fees and Imade’s too. We will need money for books and other essential things. I need to put food on the table and we are expecting a baby. So sister please, help me. You are the only person I know will help me
EPISODE 7
Shehu, the tailor
EXT. IMADE’S HOUSE-NIGHT
Wemimo and
Ann sits on the same bench facing each other. Ann looks at Wemimo in confusion
WEMIMO
What is it?
ANN
How do you
intend to pull this? You can’t sew a duster, not to talk of a dress
WEMIMO
I don’t
have to, we have Shehu
ANN
Shehu the
tailor?
WEMIMO
Yes, you
said it yourself, he is a very good tailor
ANN
So you want
to pay him to sew the clothes?
WEMIMO
Yes
ANN
That is a
good plan, why didn’t I think of that?
Wemimo sighs deeply as he
put his head in his hands
ANN
So what are
you going to do now?
WEMIMO
I don’t
know, the new session is starting soon
ANN
What about
the money you got from IT? I am sure you saved some
WEMIMO
That money
is for the baby and upkeep
ANN
You don’t
have do this, Wemimo, I am sure Iya Alakara won’t mind taking care of her
daughter and her baby, you are still a student for god damn sake
WEMIMO
I won’t be
that man
ANN
What man?
WEMIMO
A man who
makes excuses for his situation
ANN
I will
offer to help but y…
WEMIMO
I don’t
want your charity
ANN
Exactly
what I am about to say, why am I your best friend if you won’t let me help you
or are we only friends in good times?
WEMIMO
I
appreciate the gesture but no
ANN
It does not
have to be a charity if I loan you some money
WEMIMO
Then what
happens to our friendship if I can’t pay back
ANN
Nothing…
frankly I will love to just give you the money
WEMIMO
Your loan
is a charity
ANN
It won’t be
if you pay up
WEMIMO
Drop it
Ann, I am not taking your money
Wemimo sighs deeply again
ANN
Okay, how
about I ask my dad to help you look for a part job in those fancy companies
WEMIMO
No
Ann becomes frustrated
ANN
You won’t
even let me help you get a job
WEMIMO
Not that, I
don’t want that kind of job
ANN
What is
wrong with that kind of a job, they will pay you well
WEMIMO
I know but
it will only take my time
ANN
I don’t
understand
WEMIMO
I really
want to build something with Imade’s designs. If I take those fancy jobs and
with school, I won’t have time to do what I really want
ANN
Okay, what
about some teaching gigs?
WEMIMO
Teaching
gigs?
ANN
Private
lesson for some rich kids, they will pay you well and it may take your time too
but that will keep you afloat until we figure something out
WEMIMO
What are we
figuring out?
ANN
Since you
won’t take my money, I will ask my mom to look into people getting married. We
will start making plans for your dream from there
Wemimo smiles
WEMIMO
Thank you
The smile
leaves his face again as he sighs deeply to Ann’s annoyance
ANN
Wemimo, why
are you sighing? We have a plan already
WEMIMO
I don’t
have a place to sleep tonight
ANN
What about
your uncle’s place?
WEMIMO
I don’t
feel good staying there, he thinks I am stupid
ANN
He is
actually sayi…
WEMIMO
(Glares at her) It seems
you want to go back to the dog house
ANN
Sorry, come
and stay with me, mom will love to have you
Madam Babade cuts in as she
walks towards them
MAAMI
Why should
a married man stay with you?
Wemimo stands up in surprise
not expecting Maami
WEMIMO
Maami!
Madam Babade smiles at him
MAAMI
I prepared
a room for you
WEMIMO
E ma seyo
nu ma (don’t bother ma)
MAAMI
Onibi tofe
su sii, o de ni kima seyonu (You don’t
have a place to sleep and you are telling me not to be bothered)
Wemimo just looks at Madam
Babade
MAAMI
Lati eni lo
(From today, henceforth) this is your
house and don’t tell me no
WEMIMO
I wasn’t
going to but Imade…
MAAMI
Why should
you care about her? Sebi ohun loko e si wahala yi (She is the one who put you into this mess) to ba setan, Bankole ma
mu e losi yara e (When you are done,
Bankole will take you to your room)
WEMIMO
Thank you
ma
Maami leaves, Ann looks round the house with a scrunched up face which Wemimo notices
ANN
Can you
live here?
WEMIMO
Why not?
ANN
I mean it is a little....
He glares at her
ANN
It is
settled then
Wemimo sits down back and
sigh deeply
ANN
You are
sighing again, please don’t make this a thing
WEMIMO
I don’t
just want to make things awkward for Imade
ANN
Speaking of
Imade, how are things between you two
WEMIMO
Great
ANN
And yet you
don’t want to make things awkward for her?
WEMIMO
You can’t just expect us to start acting like a married couple
ANN
Why not?
Why can’t you start acting like a married couple? Here you are acting like her
husband, busting your ass to make her happy? So why not be a married couple?
WEMIMO
(Scoffs)
Anyone who sees you will think you actually support our union
ANN
(Sigh
deeply) Are you ever going to let that go… Yes, I don’t like the fact that you
are married to Imade but there is nothing I can do about it now, you two are
married. All I can do is help you get the happiness you deserve from the union,
so how are you going to make Imade fall in love with you?
WEMIMO
I am not
doing this with you
ANN
Doing what
with me?
WEMIMO
Talk about
my marriage with you
ANN
We talk
about our relationships, it is no big deal
WEMIMO
Yes, our
relationship and not my marriage. It is not something we are going to gist and
laugh about
ANN
We are not
laughing, are we?
Wemimo stands up
WEMIMO
It is
getting late, let me escort you back to the car
Ann didn’t stand up
WEMIMO
Come on,
let go, Ann
ANN
I am
worried about you, Wemimo, actually about the two of you. Yearning for a man
she can never have will make her life very hard and looking at a woman that
will never look at you the way you want will only make you lonely
WEMIMO
I am not in
love with her anymore
Ann stands up and walk to
him
ANN
Keep
telling yourself that, you never fell out of love for her and that was the only
reason why you married her
WEMIMO
But I love
Bintu
ANN
Yes, you do
but the love you have for her is more than the one you have for Bintu and that
was why it was so easy for you to dump Bintu without a second thought
Ann sighs
ANN
You and
Imade are two people that should never be together but here you are… together.
Still you have to make it work, don’t just be a husband who only provides, make
her see you as a man too
Ann starts to walk away
WEMIMO
Ann!
She turns to him
WEMIMO
You don’t
have to worry about us, we are friends… We are going to be okay
ANN
No, you
won’t be. Trust me, you will want more from her and it saddens me that you
might not get more
Ann turns and walks away, Wemimo follows her too
WEMIMO
I heard you
are using King as your last name
IMADE
Ann told
you?
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