Previously on Why?
QUEEN
I was starting to see potentials in you, the potential I love to see in my children, the potentials that are needed to lead The Company into the next level of greatness and I was ready to groom those potentials but this.... is this what you amount to? Leaving your family because of a girl
ANN
Wemimo, she is not worth it
CHAIRMAN
If you walk out that door with that girl and you marry her, consider yourself disowned, I will remove your name from the family registry
EPISODE 27
The youngest daughter-in-law
INT. AN EVENT CENTER IN IBADAM-
LATE AFTERNOON
Imade sits
on the chair with Ann sitting next to her busy pressing her phone. Imade gently
sip her juice as her eyes is fixated on the Chairman and Queen who are talking
to some people
Seconds
later, Wemimo walks to them and sits on the chair tiredly
IMADE
So?
WEMIMO
I won’t be
attending any class this week
IMADE
Why?
He puts different business cards on
the table
WEMIMO
I have
about eight people wanting to talk about business on different days, different
times and different venues
IMADE
It was what
you wanted right?
WEMIMO
Yes but I
am just worried about school
ANN
Don’t
worry, I am sure you will still graduate with a first class maybe not as the
best graduating student
WEMIMO
Not
comforting
ANN
Look at it
this way, if things goes well, you will have many best graduating student working
under you
An older
woman in her sixties walks to the trio’s table with a young woman in her
twenties walks to them. Wemimo greets them with a smile when he sees them and
he stands up
THE OLDER
WOMAN
I am so
sorry for disturbing you but I needed my daughter to meet with the designer so
that they can discuss, you said she is here
WEMIMO
Yes, she is
He points
to Imade who raises up a bright smile on her face with her hand stretch out
IMADE
Nice to
meet you ma’am, I am Imade King
The older woman shakes hands with
Imade
THE OLDER
WOMAN
Imade Kings
(looks at Wemimo) I thought you two are married
Wemimo lets out a sigh
IMADE
Yes, we
are, we just go by different surnames
THE OLDER
WOMAN
Yoruba
women do that now?
Imade’s
eyes still on the Chairman and his wife, sees the people talking with them leaving
IMADE
You can say
that is the new trend, I am sorry but I have to go, Wemimo, here will attend to
all your needs
She turns to leave when Wemimo
holds her back
WEMIMO
Where are
you going?
IMADE
Attend to
our client and I will be back
Imade
removes his hands from her arm and makes her way through the crowd of rich
people to the chairman and his wife
The
chairman and Queen who are busy dancing stops when they see Imade walking
towards them with her hand on her small bump
Queen looks
pissed when she sees Imade
QUEEN
What is she
doing here?
She moves
towards Imade but the Chairman stops her and she looks at the Chairman looking
confused
QUEEN
What are
you doing?
CHAIRMAN
Calm down
QUEEN
The hell I
am, what are you doing here?
IMADE
Sister
Tolani invited us
QUEEN
And you had
the audacity to come here
IMADE
I wanted to
say congratulations on getting your daughter married and also to say I am sorry
QUEEN
Sorry?
Imade looks remorseful
IMADE
For making
your son turn his back against you, I am sorry, for getting married to your son
without your approval and blessing, I am sorry. I could have stopped him but I
didn’t because I needed him, for that I am sorry
QUEEN
You are
sorry? What rubbish are you saying? Does sorry changes things for us? Will your
sorry make my husband sleep well at night without him wondering where he went
wrong with his son?
IMADE
I know it
can’t change anything but sadly, it is all I can do, I am sorry, I wish I can
do more
A young lady walks to them, talking
to Queen the instant she gets to them
THE YOUNG
LADY
Aunt,
Tolani said to….
She stops talking when she see
Imade
THE YOUNG
LADY
Hey, we
meet again, you are the designer right?
The older couple looks at her in
confusion
QUEEN
What
designer?
THE YOUNG
LADY
The
designer who made the children’s clothes, Imade King right?
IMADE
Yes, nice
to meet you again
When they
hear Imade’s name, the older couples looks surprise
QUEEN
Imade King?
You are using our last name, how dare you?
The young lady chuckles
THE YOUNG
LADY
Why can’t
she use your last name? Isn’t she your daughter in law?
QUEEN
She is not
our daughter i….
The Chairman cuts in sharply
CHAIRMAN
Of course,
she is
Queen looks very angry
QUEEN
Excuse me
The chairman looks at Imade with a
smile on his face
CHAIRMAN
She is our
youngest daughter in law and she is free to use our last name
QUEEN
No, she is
not
WEMIMO
That I
support
Wemimo holds Imade’s hand and turns
her to face him
WEMIMO
Are you
okay?
IMADE
Of course I
am, why won’t I be?
WEMIMO
Then we are
leaving
He pulls her hands but she brings
him back
IMADE
Wait,
Wemimo
WEMIMO
For what?
The chairman talks with pain in his
voice and eyes
CHAIRMAN
Am I are
really that small, Wemimo? Am I really that small that you can’t even greet me?
I am your father for goodness sake
WEMIMO
And yet you
disowned me
Wemimo drags Imade away from their
presence
INT. IMADE’S HOUSE- CONTINOUS
Still in
her party dress, Imade enters the room calmly while Wemimo comes in after
looking very angry as he bangs the door. Imade jumps up with fright
IMADE
Jesus,
Wemimo, you scared me
WEMIMO
What was
that about?
IMADE
You
certainly took your time
WEMIMO
Imade King?
How can you say that in front of a client?
IMADE
Wait, is
that why you are angry?
Next on Why?
IMADE
I know how
they must be feeling, have been with my baby for only a short time and it will
kill me if anyone takes him or her away from me but I did that to the father
who raised you for 15 years, I can’t imagine how sad he must be, his heart must
be breaking
WEMIMO
(Scoffs)
you are what? Five months pregnant and you think an encyclopedia of parenthood
IMADE
Why can’t
you understand what I am trying to do here?
WEMIMO
Why should
I? You are just crossing your boundaries
IMADE
Excuse me?
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