WEMIMO
Vacated? What are you talking about?
ANN
Are you telling me you don’t know that more than half of the tenant have left?
WEMIMO
No, I don’t
ANN
Are you that busy that you don’t know what is going on in your own house?
EPISODE 32
On one condition
INT. IMADE’S HOUSE- NIGHT
Still the
same night, Wemimo walks to the front of Madam Babade’s room and he knocks
MAAMI
Wemimo!
He looks
behind him and sees Madam Babade outside on the balcony
WEMIMO
Maami
He goes to the balcony
WEMIMO
What are
you doing here?
MAAMI
Inu ile
gonu(It is hot inside) Nepa has
refused to give us light. Kilo sele? (What
is it?)
WEMIMO
Mo gbo nipa
awon tenatii yii (I heard about your
tenants)
MADAM
BABADE
Nipa iye (About that) I asked some bricklayers to
come and adjust the rooms, so that you can have more space for your shop
Wemimo smiles
WEMIMO
Ese ma, (Thank
you ma) how much am I paying?
MADAM
BABADE
Paying?
Sebi moti sope koma sowon, mi ole gbowo lowo awon omomi (But I told you not to pay, I cannot take money from my children)
WEMIMO
Momo sugbon ibi te tirowo ni yi (I know but this is where you are getting
money) I cannot spoil your business for you just because am your child
MADAM
BABADE
I said I
want to help you and Imade, this is my way of doing it
WEMIMO
Then let me
take care of you
MADAM
BABADE
Eh!
WEMIMO
Ejeki kii
toju yii bi omo se toju iya e (Let me
take care of you the way a child takes care of his mother)
Madam Babade laughs
MADAM
BABADE
O si kere
lati mase ye (You are too small to be
doing that)
WEMIMO
I know we don't have a lot but we can still afford to take care of you, Let us
MADAM
BABADE
No
WEMIMO
This is the
prayer of every parent, kiwo jere omo wo (For
them to reap the fruit of their labour on their children) please let us
take care of you
MADAM
BABADE
Instead of
spending on me, you two should save up, you still have your lives ahead of
you
WEMIMO
Then let me
pay the rent
MADAM
BABADE
No
WEMIMO
Teba jeki
sowo rent, ma kokuro (If you don’t let me
pay the rent, I will move my business from here)
The smile on her face disappears
MADAM
BABADE
Wemimo!
WEMIMO
O mape mi
lara, sugbon ma kuro (It will affect me
but I will leave)
Madam Babade sighs
MADAM
BABADE
Take care
of Bankole
WEMIMO
Bankole?
MADAM
BABADE
Take over
my responsibilities on him and that will be taking care of me
Wemimo smiles
WEMIMO
Okay and I
want to be buying the food we eat in this house
MADAM
BABADE
O da (Okay)
Wemimo smiles
WEMIMO
Thank you
INT. IMADE’S HOUSE- NIGHT
Still the
same night, Wemimo enters his room with a dress in his hands and finds Imade
reading on her bed.
IMADE
(Scoff) Did you
miss road or has the cutting table suddenly become uncomfortable?
WEMIMO
I don’t
want to fight anymore
IMADE
I am not
changing my name
WEMIMO
Okay
She looks surprise
IMADE
Okay?
WEMIMO
On one
condition
IMADE
Which is?
WEMIMO
Don’t
meddle in my family’s business
IMADE
But you
need to…
Wemimo talks sternly
WEMIMO
Don’t
meddle in my family business, do we have a deal?
Imade sees Wemimo’s serious
expression
IMADE
Okay
He hands over the dress in his
hands to her
IMADE
What is
this for?
WEMIMO
We have a
funeral to attend tomorrow
IMADE
Do I have
to go? I have so many tests next week that I have to prepare for
WEMIMO
Yes, you
have to, I know I said you just need to design, I am sorry but it is bigger
than that now. I am selling your work, you need to keep up appearance
Wemimo sees
her sighs deeply, then he sits on the bed, puts her leg on his thighs and
starts to massage her toes
WEMIMO
You will
get to eat chicken
IMADE
I hate
funerals
WEMIMO
So do I but
we need to go
IMADE
Alright… it
is not like I have a choice
WEMIMO
Tell me
about your week…tell me about the last two weeks
Imade smiles and starts talking
Next on Why?
WEMIMO
Maybe you are right but it was either that or Guilder
IMADE
What about coke? There is coke, there is Pepsi, Fanta, there are other drinks you can take that does not have alcohol. I am worried about you, Wemimo
WEMIMO
I am just making new friends
IMADE
With thugs?
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