EP 40

EP 40


Bola had hardly left the study when she remembers that Made's phone
 may still be with Lisa, she turns back...)

BOLA : Dad
BISADE : hmm...(Still laughing)
BOLA : with which phone did Made call you yesterday?
BISADE : oh that's true...he called the office land line not my cell.
 And he was calling with his company's line.
BOLA : oooh... That means I have to wait till Monday before calling him.
BISADE : why not go to his house and give him a surprise visit.
BOLA : hmm...that's if I know where the house is.
BISADE : I have the address...(Checking his desk for the
 address)...its somewhere here....yes, I've found it!...(Stretching it
to her)...
BOLA : thanks Dad!...I'll go dress up!

(Goes to her room and picks out one of the dresses Made likes on her.
She wears it and ensures she's looking really good. She sets out for
Made's house.)


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Made was at home, doing some work on his system when he hears a knock
on the door...)

MADE : (surprised, whispers to himself)...who could that be?....yes
I'm coming! (Stands up from his system and opens the
door)....Bolanle?(Surprised to see her)....am I dreaming?
BOLA : no, you're not.
MADE : come in, come in!....(Closes the door as she enters)...oh and
 my house is a mess... (Clears the couch for her)....em, sorry, I
 brought some work home yesterday...(Removing the books from the
 couch)....and I just finished a professional exam...(Putting them
 away)...so I'm on my project now that's why everywhere looks
 unkempt...
BOLA : (cuts in)...hey...you don't have to explain....(Looking
around)..nice place you have here...
MADE : (putting the books away)..oh thanks...how's Dad?
BOLA : very fine...
MADE : em.....what can I offer you?
BOLA : hmm...your time.
MADE : (smiles)...you got that already...but you can't come here and
take nothing...(Removing the laptop from the stool)
BOLA : let's talk first....(Pulling him to a seat)....sit down...
MADE : okay....let me drop this...(Dropping the laptop in his
hands)....did you try my phone?
BOLA : no. Dad said you called him with your company line yesterday,
that means your phone is still with that witch.
MADE : yeah. (Sitting down)...She's not being coming to the office for
the past few days.
BOLA : and you didn't bother collecting your phone from her?
MADE : by going to her house? Hell no, I can't risk that.
BOLA : hmm....(Smiling).....so you just left it with her...
MADE : yeah, its better. Since the only way of getting it was to go to
her house...what if I get there and she says "if I don't have sex with
her she'll call me a thief or tell people I raped her or something"...
Going to her house, I'm sure, will be a trap.
BOLA : ....good thinking...
MADE : so how have you been?
BOLA : (smiles)...missing you...
MADE : (surprised) you missed me?
BOLA : since you left the house.
MADE : really?
BOLA : that was why I came to your office.
MADE : oh....and that girl spoilt the day...
BOLA : hmm....so,....I went to Obudu cattle ranch afterwards...
MADE : really? Why that far?
BOLA : I needed such a place to think....about us....
MADE : us....(Pauses)...and...
BOLA : I've thought about it.
MADE : and....
BOLA : I want you to tell me how you feel again....remember you've not
seen me for some days now, and who knows may be you've started
considering some other girl...
MADE : (laughs)...you're so funny...
BOLA : well who knows, right?
MADE : but you know that's not possible...if it were, I would have
done it a long time ago.
BOLA : tell me anyway...
MADE : (smiles and looks at her in the eyes)...but the truth is, words
can't express exactly how I feel about you. I can't find the right
words, I can only get words close to it....(Pauses for a while)... Its
just like the skies, when they're most beautiful, you find it
difficult to describe. That's how I feel. I can remember when you came
back, from the US....
BOLA : hmm mm...
MADE : yes...that was the first time I'll have a sound sleep in
years... I was so happy, I called Tade and told him you're back...the
girl I ran to the UK for, was now back, sleeping under the same roof
with me... We had not seen for years, but yet, I kept you in
here...(Touching his chest)...its just that, the picture I had in my
head was different from the one I saw when you came back. You were no
more a girl, but a woman... And I fell in love all over again. Every
night I went to bed, you made me look forward to the next morning,
because then, I know I would see you again... I cherish every part of
you, everything about you...before you came back, my heart was like a
dark room with stuffs stashed in it...but your coming back was like
putting a candle in that room (Smiles)
BOLA : and now?
MADE : (smiles)....oh..now its like putting on a fluorescent in the room
BOLA : hmm....(Laughing mildly)
MADE : ..remember the day I harassed you for being in my house, that
day I harassed you while coming from the kitchen?
BOLA : yes I remember...
MADE : that single action hunted me for years...I wished I could beg
you to forgive me.
BOLA : I hated you on that day...
MADE : I knew you would. That was why I avoided you. I couldn't face you...
BOLA : (cuts in, smiling)...remember that day you defended me before
those girls in school?...
MADE : oh those chipmunks?....
BOLA : (laughing)...I was so stunned, I left like I was in fantasy
land...and then the day you cleaned my chick while I was eating...
MADE : (curious)...you mean the day Dad said Femi was taking you out?
BOLA : yes...
MADE : what happened?
BOLA : that was the day you arouse an affection in me.
MADE :  are you serious?
BOLA : yes... You know, while I was still in the village, girls in
school would talk about how handsome you are out of all the corpers in
school. We all admired you then because you were different. Its just
that then, you were quite pompous.....but you've got this poise that
even the village girls fell for.
MADE : now you're teasing me...(Feeling flattered)
BOLA : that's the truth...
MADE : so then what about you?
BOLA : well I kinda hated you then because you were always picking on
me. Asking me to come serve my punishment in your house by washing
your clothes, fetching water and all that...
MADE : then I was still mad at you for what happened at the camp...
BOLA : and I wished I could hit you back then...(Pauses for a while)
You know, those girls wished you could punish them like you did to me.
MADE : (laughs) really?
BOLA : yeah. A lot of them really liked you. Then, if you had been
such a bad boy, you'd have slept with all of them easily...
MADE : what! Oh please...I'm not that gorgeous...
BOLA : yeah right!....making those girls turn their heads...
MADE : but hey...(Laughing)...they were not my type...
BOLA : and....I was your type?
MADE : really...you weren't. That's why I don't know how the affection
came up. It all started that day I harassed you. At first I thought it
was pity, but later it grew to something else... I felt it was
something forbidden, till I heard I was adopted. Even at that, I still
felt we're siblings by adoption and its not right...but...(Holds her
hand)...if loving you now is wrong, then I don't wanna be right. Your
eyes are those I want to see around me for the rest of my life. If
loving you means being enslaved by you, then I'm ready to be in chains
just to have you. If loving you means I'm foolish, then I want to keep
being a fool. If loving you means I'm weak, I don't ever want to be
strong. But if loving you means I have to be strong then I'm ready to
gym morning and night, be a weight lifter, climb mount Everest, do
anything just to love and be loved by you....(Chuckle)... Bola, I've
not been myself since I left the house. Its like a part of me is
missing. I miss the way we have lunch together, spill ice cream on
each other, go to the pool and play tennis together. I've not being
going for lunch since then, 'cause lunch without you will be
tasteless.
BOLA : ...now you're dazzling me with your words...
MADE : you started it...
BOLA : how?
MADE : you said I'm...(Shrugs)...handsome?
BOLA : no, you said you're gorgeous.
MADE : no, I asked if I'm gorgeous...
BOLA : well...
MADE : (cuts in)..and you confirmed it...(feeling really
flattered)....now you're making my head swell without telling me how
you feel.
BOLA : I feel good.
MADE : don't pull my legs...you know what I'm talking about, Bola.
BOLA : tell me, who won't feel good being in love with a guy like you...
MADE : ....wait,...(Thinks for a while)...wait... that
means....you....(Nods, raising his eye brow)
BOLA : (smiles)...yes.
MADE : yes what?
BOLA : yes....I want to spend every of my time, minute, hours, days,
everything with you...not as a sister but as the woman that makes you
strong when you need to be, the woman that makes you melt when you
have to, the woman that brings out the best in you, the woman that
makes you do the craziest of things, the only woman that will be with
you in good and bad times...
MADE :  that's a yes, yes?!
BOLA : its a yes, yes...(Smiling gracefully)
MADE : does that mean you're in love with me...
BOLA : hey, what have I being saying since morning?
MADE : no, wait...tell me I'm not dreaming....(He pinches himself)
BOLA : (laughing)...no you're not...(Pulling his ears)
MADE : (lifts her up and swings her)...thank God!!!
BOLA : (screaming in the air)....Made! Don't throw me away o...(Laughing)
MADE : (putting her down)...but wait. We have one more hurdle to scale..
BOLA : what is that?...(Taking her balance)..
MADE : Dad...I don't know how he's going to take this.
BOLA : hey...(Pulling his nose)...I've spoken to Dad before coming here.
MADE : (anxious)...what did he say.
BISADE : what do you think, he was the one that gave me your address
to come and tell you how I feel.
MADE : really!
BOLA : yeah.
MADE : God, I can't believe this! So we're good to go?
BOLA : (moves closer to him)...yeah, yeah....
MADE : (hugs her)...now I feel complete, being with the most wonderful
woman in the world...
BOLA : hmm...
MADE : (looks at her and kneels)...will you marry me?
BOLA : (shocked)..haha! Isn't that too sudden?
MADE : what else are we waiting for? I know you, you know me...and my
pastor said, once you know who you want to be with and there's
availability of funds to do your wedding, what else will you be
waiting for?
BOLA : I've not thought of that...
MADE : okay do you need time to be sure?
BOLA : (smiles)..I'm sure I don't want to be away from you ever again...
MADE : really?..(Stands up and holds her)
BOLA : yes...
MADE : and...Femi?
BOLA : Femi is out of the picture.
MADE : (surprised)...how? What did you do?
BOLA : well....(She explains everything to him)




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The MD of Graite Insurance was in his office when his daughter busted in...)

LISA : Dad, I didn't get what you were saying on the phone!
MD : I said you have a restraining order to stay away from Made.
LISA : what restraining order is that?
MD : its from the court... If not he will file sexual harassment
charges against the company and that's not good for us.
LISA : the court?
MD : yes. So stay away from him.
LISA : what the heck!
MD : well I think you over did it.
Give his phones to him.
LISA : fine, I'll do that...(Leaving)
MD : hey come back here!
LISA : what is it again Dad?(Turns back)
MD : I just told you its a restraining order, you're not to go near
him, so send the phones to him...
LISA : what?!
MD : yes. I don't have money to start a legal proceeding.
LISA : but...
MD : no buts! They have proof of your harassment.
LISA : (shocked)...proof? What proof?
MD : I don't know exactly what proof but when I gave the restraint to
the company lawyer, he told me that the proof they have is very
concrete and undeniable, that we should stick to the order.
LISA : but what could that be?
MD : I don't know. Just stay away from him. If not, you leave this
establishment before you cost me more harm than necessary.
LISA : fine! I've heard you....

(She leaves for her office, gives Made's phones to one of the
messengers to give it to him with a note...)


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(Made receives the letter and his phones...)

MADE : (reading the note)...you won, but only by a court restraining
order. Good job, but don't cross my path outside the company four
walls...kisses!...(Looks up)...what the hell is wrong with this
girl?...(He had just finished reading the note when his secretary
connects a phone call to him...) Hello Babe...
CALLER : how you doing?
MADE : not very good 'cause we've not spoken since morning...
CALLER : why didn't you call me?
MADE : of cause I did. Your secretary didn't tell you?
CALLER : no, she didn't.
MADE : she told me you're not on seat.
CALLER : that's true. I was at Dad's office...I was talking to him
about visiting the village.
MADE : that's true.... You've not been there since you left, abi?
CALLER : I've not. So I'll be going this weekend.
MADE : can I come with you?
CALLER : just what I wanted to ask. Why not...?
MADE : alright....and our lunch arrangement for today?
CALLER : yeah it stands.
MADE : I'll pick you up then.....and oh my phone's being returned.
CALLER : oh...that's good...
MADE : the battery is down though. Can't charge it till I get home.
CALLER : alright...
MADE : so I'll pick you up in an hour.
CALLER : okay. I love you.
MADE : I love you more...


To be continued...