Meanwhile, Femi comes to the office to pick Bola up and he takes her
to his house....
FEMI : (opening the door for her to enter)welcome to my humble home.
BOLA : (enters and sits on the sofa, without looking at the house)...hmm
FEMI : what should I offer you?
BOLA : nothing, thanks.
FEMI : nothing? Oh no, this is the first time you'll be coming to my
house, you have to take something...
BOLA : I'm not here for that.
FEMI : (sits beside her)...okay tell me, what is the problem?
BOLA : I went to Made's office....
FEMI : (cuts in) why? What for? After everything I told you?
BOLA : just wait and let me talk...
FEMI : okay...
BOLA : you can't imagine what I saw...
FEMI : tell me...(Sitting up)
BOLA : I saw him with his Boss' daughter right in his office in a
compromising position.
FEMI : really?
BOLA : I tell you...the girl was half naked, (she stands up and walks
around)....I couldn't believe it...
FEMI : so Made is having an affair with her...
BOLA : I was so mad!....to think that I wanted to talk to him, may be
give him a chance....
FEMI : (cuts in, standing up)...what? you wanted to do what? apart for years... Things
may have changed...
FEMI : oh...and has it?...did you not go to him? And what did you
find? What? You found him with another girl! So irresponsible of him,
sleeping with a girl right there in his office....
BOLA : well, I don't know if he was sleeping with her....
FEMI : (angry)...what is wrong with you for God's sake! You saw
something and you're still doubting it!
BOLA : Femi try and understand me...I.....I....I.... think... I'm in
love with him...
FEMI : (cuts in)...what! How can you be in love with your brother?
BOLA : what do you mean by that? Were you not the one that told me
he's not my brother, now you're saying I'm in love with my brother....
FEMI : well, in the eyes of the world he's your brother.
BOLA : well, thank God he's not!
FEMI : Bola....(Moves closer to her)....I can't believe you're saying
this after how many years I've spent waiting for you....
BOLA : (surprised, she stands up)..waiting for me?
FEMI : yes....(Stands up and moves closer to her)...I've been in love
with you since that day you cooked for me...since then I vowed to make
you my wife.
BOLA : that was a long time ago...
FEMI : yes... The fact your English teacher left, was an opportunity
for me to get close to you....and since then I've craved for
you...(Holds her hand)....Bolanle, I'm in love with you...
BOLA : (dumbfounded)....em...Femi, I don't know what to say....I
really don't know what to say....
FEMI : say something please...
BOLA : Femi, I'm sorry...its just that I've always seen you like a brother...
FEMI : (cuts in angrily)...you see me like a brother! You see me like
a brother and see Made like someone you can love or what?...(Releases
her hand and walks away) God, I can't believe this!
BOLA : I'm so sorry Femi....
FEMI : this is so unacceptable! How can you tell me that!
BOLA : yes, because you were close to me...you were closer to me than
Made was....you were even my teacher....
FEMI : please! Spare me all that! This is so ridiculous!
BOLA : I'm sorry but that's the truth. That's how I feel...
FEMI : (hits the table with his leg)...then change it, damn it! Change
it. Start seeing me like an admirer, a suitor!
BOLA : you know what, I think you need to calm down...please take me
back to the office....(Carrying her bag)
FEMI : (pulls her back)....wait, please I'm sorry....I'm sorry I
BOLA : yeah....I've missed him so much since he left the house, I mean, I...
FEMI : (cuts in)...I can't believe you're saying this to me....after
everything I told you.... shouted at you. Please forgive me....
BOLA : really, I thought I've found someone I could talk to...
FEMI : its just that I've been waiting a long time to tell you how I feel...
BOLA : ...(Sighs)...Femi...I'm really sorry... but I don't feel the
same way. It was as if you took the role of a brother then, when I
needed one...
FEMI : but all that can change now, right? I mean, start seeing me
like a suitor now and Made as a brother. Then you can fall in love
with me.
BOLA : I don't know, I really don't know...(Her phone rings and she
looks at the caller and sees its Made, she didn't pick the call)
FEMI : who is it?
BOLA : its Made.
FEMI : bring it, let me talk to him...
BOLA : (knowing Femi would haul insults at him) don't worry, I
will..(She picks it)...I said I don't want to hear anything from you!
CALLER : hey....what's wrong with you? Why are you so jumpy?
BOLA : (hearing its a female voice) who is this?
CALLER : the same person you saw with Made this afternoon. I just want
to tell you that we didn't like the fact that you interrupted us
earlier on. But anyway, we've come to a better and more conducive
place. Look, forget about Made, he's with me now, okay....sshh he's
about coming out of the bathroom, he shouldn't know I called you,
bye.....(Pretends to have dropped the phone)...Made love...
BOLA : (cuts off the phone angrily)...damn it! Damn you!....(Tears
welled up in her eyes)
FEMI : what happened? (Collects the phone from her, looks at it and
sees that the line has been disconnected)...what happened Bola, you're
crying?
BOLA : they're making a fool of me!...he's making a fool of me.
FEMI : I've told you Made will only hurt you....(He goes to hug her
while she cries)
BOLA : he's with her, Femi, he's with that girl....(Hugging him)
FEMI : its okay Bola, (hugs her for a while then, he disengages from
her, looks at her and places her head on his chest, holding
her)...forget about Made, he's no good...(He raises up her face by her
chin, her face is wet, he wipes her tears away with his
thumb)....you're a beautiful girl, with the most beautiful eyes I've
ever seen....you don't deserve this. You deserve more than this, you
deserve the best a guy can give to a woman...(he looks at her in the
eyes as he moves closer to kiss her...)
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