Previously on Why?
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
EPISODE 36
Freedom
INT. IMADE’S HOUSE- MORNING
Wemimo walks into his shop where the noise from the sewing machines is very loud because they are all working at the same time. He walks out and enters the other shop which is opposite the first one he entered.
Tailors are also sewing cloth while Aunty Bebii who is at the extreme end of the room is cutting clothes on the table. One of the sewing machines is empty with no one working on it
Wemimo looks upset at this development
WEMIMO
Aunty Bebii, is Shehu not around yet?
Without turning to Wemimo
AUNTY BEBII
Yes, he told me to tell you that he is going to be late. His grandma was rushed to the hospital overnight
WEMIMO
Again?
AUNTY BEBII
Yes
WEMIMO
Alright
He looks at Aunty Bebii who is still cutting clothes
WEMIMO
Aunty Bebii, look at me
Aunty Bebii turns to him with a sunglasses on her eyes. Wemimo sigh deeply when he sees this
WEMIMO
Which door did you hit this time around Aunty Bebii? Kitchen or the bathroom door
AUNTY BEBII
Actually, it is the gate
WEMIMO
Of course it is
AUNTY BEBII
What can I say? I am accident prone
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 going wr…
Aunty Bebii raises her voice
AUNTY BEBII
I am okay, Wemimo, drop it
EXT. IMADE’S HOUSE- CONTINOUS
Wemimo
watch the sun goes down as he sits on a bench outside the house while Madam
Babade prepares for the evening business with Bankole. Ann walks into his view
and he smiles when he sees her
WEMIMO
Hey, what
are you doing here?
ANN
I told you
I am tutoring Bankole for his Post UTME exam
He adjust for her to sit next to
him
WEMIMO
And how is that going?
ANN
Fine I
guess, I just wish there are past questions, I mean why do they have to start
this exam during his set?
WEMIMO
I am sure
it is going to be like JAMB
ANN
I hope so
too
Ann stands up and she sits down
back
ANN
I heard
your father came here and you and Imade had a big fight about it
WEMIMO
Of course
you heard, Imade right?
ANN
Actually it
was Bankole
WEMIMO
Brother and
sister, where did they inherit the habit of eavesdropping?
ANN
I won’t
call it eavesdropping if the fight is in an open place, I heard you two had a
go at each other in the corridor
WEMIMO
I think I
am going to have a talk with him, what happens in the family should stay in the
family
ANN
He is just worried about you guys
WEMIMO
I have been
hearing a lot of that recently
ANN
He said you
two have been fighting each other lately
WEMIMO
That is
what happens when two people have different opinions about something… you know
Imade said I have changed
ANN
And she is
not wrong
WEMIMO
Oh! Really?
Ann nods
WEMIMO
Well, a man
can’t remain the same if he has to take on the burden of his whole family
ANN
All I hear
are excuses
WEMIMO
Really,
Ann?
ANN
It is not
even about you becoming responsible for your family, it is about your emotions,
they are all over the place. You used to know how to control your emotion but
recently they are controlling you
WEMIMO
I will keep
that in mind
ANN
And why are
you even against the wedding, this was what you wanted from the start remember?
WEMIMO
What I
wanted was for them to accept Imade and not to throw us a party
ANN
Why are you
against a party?
WEMIMO
The point
of a wedding party is for you profess your love for each other before hundreds
of people right?
ANN
And you are
against that why?
WEMIMO
Because I
am not going to stand before crowd and profess something I don’t feel
ANN
You don’t
feel… you love her
WEMIMO
But she
does not love me… up unto this morning she still called me her friend which I
am okay with but I won’t have her profess something that is fake, it will just
makes me feel pathetic
Wemimo rubs his eyes and sighs in
frustration
WEMIMO
I don’t
want you meddling in my marriage, Ann, stop giving room to Imade to tell you
about our marriage
ANN
That is
what friends are for, someone to talk to when things are not great
WEMIMO
I am fine
ANN
You are not
fine, you are far from fine and that is why you are putting all your energy
into the shop and studying… When you can’t do that, you spend time drinking
palm wine with Aperry
Wemimo chuckles
WEMIMO
I knew that
was going to pop out
ANN
I am
serious, Wemimo… you are keeping everything inside when you are suppose to let
it out and that is why your emotions are all over the place when you are poked
WEMIMO
When did
you become a shrink, isn’t that Imade’s specialty
ANN
Imade is a
guidance counsellor
WEMIMO
What is the
difference?
ANN
The
difference is th… oh boy, I refuse to be distracted… Wemimo, if you won’t talk
to me, talk to someone else
WEMIMO
Who… Imade?
ANN
Your sister
for one, she is matured and also married. I am sure she will listen to you
Wemimo sighs deeply
ANN
I told you
not to make sighing a habit
WEMIMO
It is hard,
Ann, it is really hard. I am trying everything I can to get her to see me… but
she won’t. All she sees is Wemimo, her beloved friend, a man who saved her from
shame and not the man who needs her love. Working, studying and spending time
with Aperry is the only way I make myself not to dwell in my misery
ANN
Then hang
out with me
WEMIMO
One, you
are always busy and two, Imade will always come up in our discussion
ANN
So you will
keep hanging out with Aperry?
WEMIMO
This
hanging out with Aperry thing is like once in a month, it is not a daily thing,
I am busy man too you know
ANN
Even the
once in a month is disturbing
WEMIMO
Can we stop
talking about that, it is the least of my problems now?
ANN
What
happened again?
WEMIMO
Shehu’s
grandma is in the hospital
ANN
And that is
your problem how?
WEMIMO
It is my
problem because of Shehu, he came late to work today and when he finally came,
he was making a lot of mistakes. I had to tell him to go be with his grandma
ANN
Don’t
worry, his grandma will be fine
WEMIMO
I don’t
think so, the doctor said her condition is really bad
ANN
And you
know that how?
WEMIMO
I visited
the hospital
ANN
Why?
WEMIMO
Because it
is decent thing to do, you are closer to Shehu than I am with him, how are you
not feeling anything for him?
ANN
This is not
her first time going to the hospital, she always get better
WEMIMO
Not this
time
ANN
Shehu will
be okay
WEMIMO
People
don’t just get okay after losing a loved one, you have been lucky in that department
and you don’t know how it feels. When my mother died, I thought I was going to
die. We met each other around that time, you knew how hard it was for me. Been
the emotional guy he is, it is going to be hard for him
ANN
But what
can you do, people die and their loved ones have to mourn them
WEMIMO
I can do
something
ANN
And what
will that be? Stop her from dying?
WEMIMO
Earlier, I
heard him sobbing his heart out to Aunty Bebii, he said his grandma had always
wanted him to be a free tailor and he was sad that she might not see him as one
ANN
So what?
You want to throw him a freedom party
WEMIMO
Yes
ANN
I was
joking about that
WEMIMO
I am
serious
ANN
Dude,
aren’t you going too far?
WEMIMO
Shehu is
our main tailor, our work can only move forward if he is happy
ANN
His grandma
is about to die, he is not going to be happy
WEMIMO
I can make
them both feel relieved
ANN
Do you even
have the money for something that big? With the stunt we pulled with Oga
Tailor, he is not going to go small, he will extort you
WEMIMO
No, I don’t
have the money but I will get it
ANN
I can’t
believe this
WEMIMO
I have to
do this, Ann
ANN
Well, good
luck
Ann stand up
ANN
About the
investors…
WEMIMO
Not now, I
am busy
He stands up too
ANN
But you are
doing nothing
WEMIMO
I have tons
of work inside, I just came out for some fresh air
ANN
So when are
we going to talk about the investors?
WEMIMO
I don’t
know
He goes inside while Ann shouts
ANN
Should I
have this discussion with Imade then, since she is the boss?
Wemimo comes back out seconds later
WEMIMO
Don’t you
dare
Wemimo goes back in
ANN
I can’t
believe this
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ANN
Are you
sure about this? Wemimo will kill me if he finds out
IMADE
He needs
the money
ANN
He can find
it somewhere else
IMADE
Should I
leave him to keep running up and down looking for money when I can provide it?
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