Previously on Why?
WEMIMO
Yes and I am going to need more of your services
BINTU
What is the contract?
WEMIMO
I was commissioned to sew about two thousand school uniforms
BINTU
Wow, that is big for a newcomer like you
WEMIMO
See, I need your help, how does working with me sounds?
EPISODE 24
For the love of God
CONTINUATION FROM LAST EPISODE
INT. AUNTY BEBII’S SHOP- CONTINOUS
Bintu arrived at Aunty Bebii’s shop
along with Ann
IMADE
Hello, I am
Imade King
Bintu widens her eyes in shock
BINTU
King?
(Scoffs) I thought your husband was disowned by his family
IMADE
They are
just mad, they will come around
Wemimo looks surprise
WEMIMO
Is that
what you think?
IMADE
Yes, that
is what I think. It may take 10, 20, 30 years but they will still come around
because no parent can stay mad at their children forever and that is why my
child will bear the name of his father until he or she is acknowledged
BINTU
And there I
thought that the father of your baby is Micheal Omoloja
Tension
envelopes the room as they look at Bintu in shock. Imade looks upset
IMADE
What is
this?
AUNTY BEBII
Okay,
Imade, give those to Shehu
Aunty shove
some pieces of clothes into Imade’s hands. Imade turns to Wemimo
IMADE
I told you
it was a bad idea to work with your ex
BINTU
Excuse me?
AUNTY BEBII
Imade, go
Imade goes
to Shehu with the pieces of material in her hand, Aunty Bebii talks in a loud
voice
AUNTY BEBII
And stay
with him here
Wemimo equally upset
WEMIMO
What was
that?
Bintu
ignores him and moves closer to the table to see what Aunty Bebii is cutting.
Her eyes cuts the paper with the measurement written on it and then she picks
it to have a closer look. She then looks at the design and the measurement
interchangeably
Aunty Bebii
picks the scissor to cut the clothes
BINTU
Wait!
AUNTY BEBII
Excuse me?
BINTU
Please
don’t cut yet
WEMIMO
What is
wrong?
BINTU
Is your
client a fat woman?
WEMIMO
Yes, a very
fat one, how did you know?
BINTU
Her
measurement, you can’t sew this design for her
Imade comes into view
IMADE
Why not?
BINTU
Because she
will be uncomfortable in it
Imade looks more upset
IMADE
Excuse me,
you come in here, you insult me and now, you are insulting my design
BINTU
I am not
insulting your design, it is a beautiful design but it is just not right for
the client
WEMIMO
Why not?
Bintu picks up the lace
BINTU
This lace
is heavy and this design can only be made beautiful and perfect as it is in
this paper if more clothing materials is added to it. And do not forgot that this woman
is fat, if you sew this design for her, she won’t be able to carry herself well
and looking at the measurement, there is a fat chance that she is diabetic, sew
this design for her and she will suffocate in it
There was
silence, like each person in his or her own thought
AUNTY BEBII
She is
right
IMADE
(Scoffs) Of
course she is
WEMIMO
So what do
you suggest we do?
BINTU
Change the
style and sew her something simple. The lace is beautiful on its own without
additional baggage
WEMIMO
That will
be a little difficult, we already cut the daughter’s clothes
BINTU
That is a
problem, why? Is she fat too?
WEMIMO
Because she
wants the same style as her daughter’s
BINTU
Then tell
her it can’t happen
WEMIMO
You don’t
understand, this is a test, i can't afford to fuck up
BINTU
A test?
WEMIMO
If I mess
up this clothes or don’t do what she wants, I might lose the contract
BINTU
I
understand where you are coming from but as the daughter of the King of
textile, I learnt that when you are making clothes, you consider two people.
The tailor sewing the fabrics, how hard it might be for the person sewing it
and the person wearing the fabrics, if the person will be comfortable in the
fabrics you make. As tailors, we are suppose to follow the latter
WEMIMO
I really
need that contract, Bintu
BINTU
If you tell
her what I just said about her health and if she really cares about her health,
she will give you the contract
Wemimo turns to Imade
WEMIMO
What do we
do?
IMADE
What?
ANN
You are the
boss, you are to make the decision
IMADE
You want to
put this on me
ANN
You are not
only the boss to make decision in good times
IMADE
This boss
thing is not working out for me
AUNTY BEBII
My legs are
killing me, should I go and sit?
ANN
We are waiting for you
IMADE
(Startled) I don’t know what to do
BINTU
Then leave
and let someone else make the decision
WEMIMO
Bintu, for
the love of God, stop talking
Imade looks at Wemimo
IMADE
What will
you do?
WEMIMO
I think we should
change the style
IMADE
Even if we
might lose the contract?
WEMIMO
Yes
IMADE
Look
through the sketch pad with you, you will see something simple
WEMIMO
Okay
Imade turns and leaves
WEMIMO
Imade, wait
BINTU
Are we
making clothes or not?
Wemimo becomes furious
WEMIMO
Get out!
Everyone
look shocked except for Shehu whose head is bent overwork
BINTU
Excuse me
WEMIMO
I said get
out
BINTU
No, I am not
She breathes in and out sharply
BINTU
You asked
me to work with you
WEMIMO
Yes, work
with me but you work for her, we both do. How dare you disrespect her like
that?
BINTU
She broke
us up
WEMIMO
I did, not
her and I thought you wanted to meet her
BINTU
Hearing her
say her name made me angry
WEMIMO
If you
can’t keep your private and professional life separate, get out
ANN
I am sure
she recognises her wrong already
WEMIMO
Stay out of this, Ann… and personally I don’t
like been reminded that the child I am working so hard to provide for is not
mine
BINTU
I am sorry
about that, when I see her, I will apologize but I want to work with you.
Please give me a chance
WEMIMO
That door
is closed already
ANN
Come on,
aren’t you a sucker for second chances?
WEMIMO
Ann, I said
d…
ANN
You gave
Imade a second chance, you gave me one too, so why not her…. she is a tailor
too, let her sew the mother’s
AUNTY BEBII
I thought
you want perfect sewing like that of Shehu
WEMIMO
We are past
that point already
Ann leads Bintu to the other sewing
machine next to Shehu
WEMIMO
Ann, please
look through the sketch pad and find a simple style
ANN
Where are you
going?
WEMIMO
I need to
go find my wife
Wemimo leaves. Ann puts up the
sketch pad and looks through it
AUNTY BEBII
Imade is
pregnant and the baby is not Wemimo’s. Wow! I always wondered why they got
married so young
ANN
Bintu,
thanks to you, a total stranger knows our dirty secrets
Bintu sighs
BINTU
I am sorry
Next on Why?
IMADE
That will not be necessary, I know you will do the right thing
WEMIMO
Imade!
IMADE
You asked me to just design, let me just do that. I am a guidance counsellor, I am not cut out to be the boss of a clothing shop
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