Why? 3 || Shackled to the Heart 20

EPISODE 20

Hello, Baby

INT. ONE HOTEL IN JOHANNASBURY- CONTINOUS

Imade enters her hotel room looking so bothered. She throws her purse to the bed and flings her shoe away from her leg. She sighs often as she removes her pearl necklace and earrings that adorns her neck and ears. She wipes her makeup off with baby wipes and removes her dress.

Stark naked, Imade enters the bathroom and covers herself with the white towel hang in the bedroom. After brushing her teeth, she goes under the shower and water hits the shower cap on her head before decending to her body

All Imade could think about is Micheal, his face, how handsome he still is despite getting older. His lips, how they always felt nice on hers, she couldn’t stop herself from thinking of how it will feel on hers again. His hand, how they brought goose bumps on her skin. She sighs heavily trying to get these dirty thought out of her head but to no avail. She then slaps her forehead

IMADE

Imade, snap out of this

Few minutes later, she makes her way out of the bathroom in robe, sitting in front of the vanity in the room, she applies her nightly cream trying so hard to get her ex-boyfriend out of her head. Few seconds later, the tablet on her bed rings out loud. She walks to her bed and picks it.

Imasw smiles when she sees Wemimo as the video caller ID. She swipes to receives it and Wemimo’s bright handsome face pops up on the screen

WEMIMO

Hey!

IMADE

Hey!

WEMIMO

You good?

IMADE

(Nods) Yes

WEMIMO

Aunty Bebii just told me about the meeting

IMADE

(Sighs in disappointment) I was going to tell you that myself, nice of her to drag the rug from under my feet

WEMIMO

It is not like that, she just trying to help

At that moment, Wemimo looks away from the camera with a frown

WEMIMO

Jowa, how about you leave your sister along and let the nurses attend to her

Imade’s face scrunched up in surprise

IMADE

Did you just say nurse?

WEMIMO

Ah! I didn’t tell you. I brought Tawa to the hospital

IMADE

(Exclaims) What happened to her? And how could you not tell me?

WEMIMO

I didn’t want to bother you

IMADE

Bother me? I am her mother, Wemimo

WEMIMO

It was just a fall, it is nothing serious, couple of stitches and she will be good as new

IMADE

A fall? Albeit it from the basement

WEMIMO

Actually no, it was in the compound

JOWALOJU

Is that Imade?

IMADE

Let me talk to her

Wemimo switches from the front camera to the back camera and her daughter’s face comes on

IMADE

Hello baby

JOWA

Hello Imade

IMADE

You okay, baby?

JOWA

Yes but Tawa is not, she fell down

IMADE

Wemimo, let me see Tawa

Imade sees the camera moving and seconds later, she sees Tawa on the bed and there is a middle aged nurse next to her dressing her wound. Tawa opens her mouth which is filled an incomplete and scattered teeth

IMADE

Hello baby

TAWA

Hello Imade

IMADE

I heard you fell

TAWA

Yes, it was Jowa’s fault. She took my sweet and ran away with it

IMADE

I am so sorry baby, when I come back, I will scold Jowaloju for you

The little girl nods

IMADE