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ANN
Bankole, this divorce is happening and there is nothing you can do about it
BANKOLE
Oh, watch me
ANN
What can you do?
BANKOLE
What I should have done from the start
EPISODE 120
Don’t fall for it
INT. TEACHING HOSPITAL,
IBADAN- AFTERNOON
Ann enters
Wemi’s room as tension envelope the room. She sees Maami flip through the
divorce paper in her hand and look up at the couple. Imade looks like the
ground should open up and swallow her whole while Wemimo, rubbing his forehead
with his eyes closed sighed deeply in frustration
Ann closes her eyes in
frustration and groans
ANN
Bankole,
what have you done?
MAAMI
E ja iwe fun ara yin?
(You two are getting divorced?) Why?
There was silence
MAAMI
(Agitated) Imade, o le soro ni? (Imade,
can’t you talk?)
Imade gently shifts from her
position away from Maami
WEMIMO
We
are not compatible, Maami
ANN
That
is a lie, Maami
Wemimo snaps at Ann
WEMIMO
Ann,
how about you shut up?
ANN
Iro na pa, Maami, Imade yale ni (They
are lying, Maami, Imade cheated)
MAAMI
(Screams
at loud) Eh!
Maami faces Imade gobsmacked
MAAMI
Imade,
kini mo gbo yi? (Imade, what am I hearing?)
Imade hastily distant herself from her mother this time around as tears starts to well up in her
eyes.
MAAMI
Se
lotan ni? (Is it true?) (she turns to Wemimo when Imade gives her no
answer) Se lotan ni? (is it true)
WEMIMO
Maami,
nnkan to sele ni wip… (Mother, what happened is that)
Maami
closes the gap between her and Imade within a twinkle of an eye and gives her a
hot, hard slap across the face. Wemimo rushes between them trying to save Imade
from her mother’s wrath. Maami keeps trying to get to Imade even though Wemimo
is holding her back
MAAMI
(Shouting
at the top of her voice) Imade, o yale (Imade, you cheated)
At this
point, Wemi starts to cry and Bankole quickly pick him up and tries to calm him
down. Maami looks at the little boy and relaxes
MAAMI
Wemimo,
fimi sile, mi o ni fowo kan mo (Wemimo leave me alone, I will touch her again)
Wemimo looks reluctant
ANN
Wemimo,
the woman asked you to leave her alone, what are you doing?
WEMIMO
Maami…
(Mother…)
MAAMI
Mi
o ni fowo kan (I won’t touch her)
Wemimo
sighed deeply and he releases her. Maami gently sits on Wemi’s bed looking at
Imade intensely. Wemimo looks at alert as if waiting for when Maami will pounce
on Imade again but instead Maami bursted into tear. She cried in abject
sadness, tears pouring out of her eyes in full force making Wemimo to relax and
Ann, looking at her in concern too. Imade whimpers as she gently slides down
the wall until she reaches the floor, quietly crying too
MAAMI
What
have I done to you, Imade? So funmi kini mose fun eh? Gbogbo nnkan tobi se fun
omo nimo se fun, ebi o pa ri, ohun woso, mo ran eh losi ile iwe. Gbogbo hun to
fun komo ni mofi ko eh Imade, mo so so so, mo ke ke ke, mo yan yan yan, osi
papa doju timi ogboyun wale sugbon olorun (raising her hands up) to ri lala mi
lori iwo ati aburo eh koje ko doju timi (points to Wemimo) omokinrin yi fe eh,
obomi lasiri, obo eh lasiri. Ona kan pere to wale fi dupe lowo eh, ni aleyiyan,
eh Imade? Eleyi to tuwaye ko ma yira nile koma bee, Ohun jawe fun, se o fe pami
ni, Imade. (What did I do to you? I gave
you everything a parent can give to a child. You were never hungry, you had
clothes to wear, I sent you to a good school. I trained you the way a parent
will train a child and yet you still decide to bring shame to me by getting
pregnant unmarried but God Almighty who saw my suffering on you and your
younger brother didn’t let you put me to shame. This younger man married you,
he covered my shame, he covered yours and the only way you can think to
appreciate him is to cheat on him right, Imade? And instead of you be begging
for his forgiveness, you want to divorce him, do you want to kill me, Imade?)
Wemimo
calls out to Maami in a sorrowful voice as she talks through her tears
WEMIMO
Maami…
Maami turns
to Wemimo with her tears stained face
MAAMI
Wemimo….Omo
ajero okinosa,
Omo
osu keregbe lojurun
Omo
ojo denu obara run
Omo
ahere kete ekiti kete
Onisasi
kojopa
Omo
oyinbo osoku
Omo
amororo ninu agbo
Omo
onisu logba sinu pelebe
Omo
ayio mekasun
WEMIMO
(In
a sad, soft voice)Maami…
MAAMI
Iwo
ni mabe (It is you I will beg)
Maami goes on her knees
MAAMI
Bami dariji (Please forgive her)
Wemimo runs to pick her up
WEMIMO
Maami,
e dide (Mother, please stand up)
Rubbing her two hands in
front of him
MAAMI
Jo
bami dariji, fiya mi, jo… Imade, ode ni kogbo rara (Please help me forgive her…
Imade is a fool)
She looks back at Imade
MAAMI
Ewo
eni ni moba bebe, abi o fe kiwa fun e ni foti mi ni (Look at who I am begging
for or you do you want me to give another slap again)
Imade stands up and kneels
next to her mother
MAAMI
Wemimo,
jo dariji (Wemimo, please forgive her)
Wemimo sighed deeply in
frustration
WEMIMO
Maami,
e dide se (Mother, please stand up)
MAAMI
So
funmi pe o ti dariji, ma dide (Tell me you have forgiven her and I will stand
up)
Ann scoff in annoyance
ANN
This
is not right
WEMIMO
Stay
out of this
Ann ignored him and faces
Maami looking angry
ANN
You
are using the fact that he cannot say no to you to emotionally blackmail him
back into this hell of a marriage
MAAMI
Anike,
iwo lo soro bi eleyi, o ye koma bami bee ni (Anike, why are you talking like
this, you should be helping me beg him)
ANN
Your
daughter cheated on him, leyin gbogbo nnkan ti Wemimo se fun Imade, omo yi yale
mo, (After everything Wemimo did for imade, your daughter cheated on him) Why
should I beg for her?
WEMIMO
Damn
it, Ann, I told you to stay out of this
ANN
You
are my friend, if you won’t fight for yourself, I will fight for you, Maami, se
mope awon mejeji o to bara su? (Do you know these two haven’t had sex?)
Maami opens her surprise
MAAMI
Koje
je be (It can’t be true)
ANN
E
bere lowo awon mejeji boya mo paro, Wemimo o si omo yi laso wo ri (Ask them if
I am lying, Wemimo has not seen your daughter’s nakedness)
Maami looks between the
couple
MAAMI
Se
lotan ni? (Is this true?)
Imade looks away
MAAMI
Ah!
WEMIMO
Ann,
please that is enough
ANN
I
understand why you feel should fight for your daughter’s marriage, Maami but
these two are not meant to be. You should let them go their separate ways
MAAMI
Is
divorce that easy to you people, they have a son together? Do you think about
what will happen to him?
ANN
He
will be fine, moreover, Wemi is not even his son
WEMIMO
(Angry)
Ann!
ANN
What?
WEMIMO
Please
leave, you have caused enough commotion today
ANN
All
I have done today is try to free you from this family
WEMIMO
I
never asked for your help, did I?
Wemimo turns back to Maami
WEMIMO
Maami,
e dide
He pulls her up
MAAMI
Wemimo,
Wemimo is your son, I hope you know that
WEMIMO
Maami,
I know, forgive Ann for running her mouth unchecked
MAAMI
She
is angry as she should be as your friend but blood is not the only thing that
make a man a father to a son. You may not be his father by blood but you have
been a father to that boy in ways that his real father can never compare
WEMIMO
Maami,
I know that
MAAMI
Good
because I want you to look at that boy, wo omo ye, kode ronu ojo waju eh, kode
joo bami dariji oponu ayarada towa legbe mi yi (Look at that child and think of
his future and please forgive the fool kneeling next to me)
Wemimo looks at Wemi in the
arms of Bankole
ANN
Wemimo,
don’t fall for it
MAAMI
Bami
dariji, mode fi da e loju pe, iru eh koni sele mo (Please forgive her and I
promise you that this won’t happen again)
She shouts into Imade’s ears
MAAMI
Abo
tu ma sele? (Or will it happen again?)
IMADE
Koni
sele mo (It won’t happen again)
MAAMI
Jo
bami dariji (Please forgive her)
WEMIMO
Maami,
I understand that you are worried about Wemi’s upbringing but don’t worry, I
will always be in his life but Imade does not love me, she is not happy with me
Maani scoffs
MAAMI
Ife?
Kini ife? (Love? What is love?) When she decided to spread her legs for a man
and get pregnant as an unmarried woman, she does not deserve to be happy
WEMIMO
Maami,
please she made a mistake, she does not deserve to be unhappy for the rest of
her life
Maami looks at Imade
scornfully
MAAMI
I
think he needs to hear you say you have fallen in love with him, ki lori so
siye (What will you say about that?)
IMADE
I
will make it work, Wemimo
WEMIMO
Imade,
you are not happy with me, you are miserable. There is no making it work
MAAMI
Imade,
to omokinrin yi o ba dariji eh ma koo eh lomo (If this young man does not
forgive you, I will disown you)
Imade looks up in fright
WEMIMO
Maami,
please
MAAMI
Oro
eh ye mi, Wemimo (I understand you, Wemimo). I understand where you are coming
from but no daughter of mine will cheat on her husband and remain my daughter
She picks up the divorce
document from the bed and slams it in front of Imade on the floor
MAAMI
You
can sign the divorce papers, Imade but you sign that, you cease to be my
daughter.
Maami pick
her bag from the chair and take few steps towards the door
WEMIMO
I
forgive her
Maami stops
and faces him. Wemimo picks up the divorce document from the floor and tears it
into two
WEMIMO
I
forgive her
Ann scoffs as Maami smiles
brightly
MAAMI
Ose
gan ni (Thank you very much)
Ann faces Bankole who is
happy at the situation pissed off
BANKOLE
I
know you are angry but lo..
ANN
Angry?
No but I am sickened. I feel so disgusted at how your mother practically
blackmailed Wemimo into staying married to your sister
WEMIMO
Ann,
that was rude
ANN
Wemimo,
please don’t say anything if you don’t want me leashing out here
BANKOLE
Ann,
pleas…
ANN
I
know you think you saved your little family but you didn’t. You just postponed
the inevitable. I want you to remember today because everything I told you
outside, it is going to happen and when it does, I want you to know it is your
fault
With that, Ann walked out
Just because he is not talking to anyone does not mean I shouldn’t try and reach to him
JO
Say he picks your call, there is nothing he can do at this point except bribe the judges. Is that what you want?
BANKOLE
Actually
yes, because unlike you, I believe my sister is innocent and if getting Brother
Wemimo to bribe a judge or threaten the jury is the only way to set her free,
you can be rest assured that I am going to do it
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