Previously on Why?
IMADE
Okay?
WEMIMO
On one condition
IMADE
Which is?
WEMIMO
Don’t meddle in my family’s business
EPISODE 36
Calm down
CONTINUATION FROM LAST EPISODE
INT. IMADE’S HOUSE- EARLY MORNING
Still the
same morning, Wemimo drops the keg of water in the kitchen and on his way out,
Imade shows up in his face
IMADE
You have a
guest
WEMIMO
Who? My
sister?
She shook her head
WEMIMO
Then who?
Then he
hears loud voices from the living room, his eyesbrow widens and his eyes
farrows
WEMIMO
No
IMADE
I am sorry,
they just came
Wemimo
walks out of the kitchen at the speed of light to the living room where he sees his father and Queen
talking with Maami.
WEMIMO
(Furious) What are you doing here?
MAAMI
Wemimo,
calm down
He turns to Imade
WEMIMO
I thought I
told you to stay away from my family’s business
IMADE
And I did,
I swear I didn’t do this
WEMIMO
I am not
staying here
He turns to leave
MAAMI
Wemimo, you
will stand here and you will listen to what they have to say, they are your
parent for God sake
Wemimo
looks really angry but he does as he was told. Queen looks amazed
QUEEN
Wow, I
can’t believe she asked you to stay and you did
Queen turns to Maami
QUEEN
What did
you do to him?
The Chairman taps his wife
CHAIRMAN
How about
you let me do all the talking?
The chairman faces Maami
CHAIRMAN
As I was
saying, at that time, I was angry. I felt that for your daughter to have a baby
out of wedlock, she must be wayward and she was not the best person for my son
WEMIMO
And what
changed now, she is still pregnant
CHAIRMAN
I got to
know her
Wemimo scoffs
WEMIMO
Within how
many minutes?
MAAMI
Wemimo!
WEMIMO
Maami,
please I need to talk, within how many minutes, Mr Chairman? One, two or five
minutes
CHAIRMAN
Yes, within
five minutes
WEMIMO
Unbelievable!
CHAIRMAN
She took my
name, Wemimo, the name I have been begging you to take since I started raising
you. She bears that name confidently and she also apologized. She apologized
for your wrongdoing while my own son continues to disregard me like he has been
doing for a long time when all I have ever done is love him and given him
everything
WEMIMO
I never
asked you to give me anything, all I wanted was to live in peace like every other
child but no, all my life I was called a bastard. Never a day left that your
wife didn’t remind me that I was a result of your sin, so forgive me if I am
not a filial son to you
The
chairman faces Maami who looks in surprise at the Wemimo’s behaviour
CHAIRMAN
You look
surprise
MAAMI
That is
because I am, I have never seen him like this
QUEEN
Count
yourself lucky to be on his good side
CHAIRMAN
With your
permission, I will like add your daughter’s name to my family register
WEMIMO
What? Did
you forget that you disowned me?
CHAIRMAN
Why will I
disown you? You are my son
WEMIMO
But you
said that…
CHAIRMAN
I know what
I said but that was all a ruse to get you back. Since you have no means to
provide for yourself, I thought that with time you will come back to me but you
disappointed me so there I am begging you to come back to me
MAAMI
You are
free to add her name
WEMIMO
But Maami…
Maami becomes angry
MAAMI
Don’t Maami
me Wemimo, otito ge (enough is enough). Kini gan, kilo se e, bibeli nipe bowo
fun baba ati iya re kolo pe lorile aye. Mi o mope, oniwe palapala lowo. Kini
baba abi iya e o ba se sie, towa fun wuwa bi omo ti wo ko (What is it? What is wrong with you? The bible says respect your father
and mother so that your day on the earth may be long. I didn’t know that you
have this bad character. What could your father or mother done to you to make
you act like a man with no home training?)
Wemimo looks away unhappy
MAAMI
(Turns to
the Chairman) Please do whatever you need to do
CHAIRMAN
Thank you,
Maami. We will also like to discuss their future
WEMIMO
What future
is that?
CHAIRMAN
A future
which will start with you two getting married properly before the whole world,
we just want to do things the right way
WEMIMO
You mean
your way
CHAIRMAN
Which is
the right way and not the five minutes wedding you did at the court. The proper
way we Yorubas marry each other and we are ready to sponsor it
WEMIMO
Of course
you are but we don’t need it because before the law, we are legally married and
that is the only important one
CHAIRMAN
From the
look of things, you are not in charge here, Wemimo
The Chairman looks at Madam Babade
MAAMI
At this
junction, I will let them choose, it is their life after all
WEMIMO
And we say
no
CHAIRMAN
Imade, my
child, are you going to let him speak for you
Imade looks at Wemimo who is at
looking at her intensely, then she faces the Chairman
IMADE
I am heavy
right now, a wedding gown won’t look nice on me
CHAIRMAN
So you are
saying after you deliver, we can do the wedding
IMADE
I guess so
Wemimo looks betrayed
WEMIMO
I am out of
here
QUEEN
This is a
chance to get your life back or do you want to spend your whole life living in
this deadbeat house
Wemimo turns Maami
WEMIMO
This is
what you get for inviting her into your home and Mr Chairman…
He looks at his father
WEMIMO
You want to
make things right with me, this is not how you do it, you can’t shove your
choices down my throat and expect me to be a filial son. I won’t stand for it
because I am not like your other sons who you dictate their lives to
He storms
out of the living room and Imade follows him to the corridor
IMADE
Wemimo,
wait
Wemimo turns to her
WEMIMO
Thanks for
having my back in here, Imade
IMADE
You might
change your mind
WEMIMO
I am not
changing my mind, Imade, I am not going to have some elaborate wedding
sponsored by them
IMADE
They are
your family, you can’t just turn your back on them
WEMIMO
(In a loud
voice) I thought I told you to stay away from my family’s business
IMADE
Don’t yell
at me, Wemimo
Wemimo relaxes and takes a deep
breath
WEMIMO
I am sorry,
it is just that nowadays, you are not always in my corner when I need you, we
are suppose to be a team
IMADE
It is you
that is not always in my corner when I need you, you don’t even study with me
anymore
WEMIMO
That is
because I am working
IMADE
And your
free time? You chose to spend your free time with Aperry drinking palm wine. I
don’t understand you anymore, look at you, you are different, Wemimo and I am
losing my friend
She walks
back into the living room while Wemimo yells in frustration
Next on Why?
WEMIMO
And yet for
someone that is accident prone, I have never seen you slip in this shop
AUNTY BEBII
I guess I
am lucky
WEMIMO
Aunty Bebii, I am no longer buying this your story, if something is wr…
AUNTY BEBII
I am okay,
Wemimo, drop it
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