Tarasha - Season 4 - Episode 26

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Tarasha - Season 4 - Episode 26

Jumoke sat in the dressing room gisting with the other nurses who were getting dressed and making preparations to resume duty. She was dressed up and ready to resume duty already, she had gotten to the hospital hours before the time of resumption.
‘That man messed up the ward big time, the cleaners had a difficult time making the place neat again.’ One of the six nurses in the room said and the others burst into laughter. Their subject of discussion was a dirty patient who through his admission in the hospital kept messing up the room, giving the cleaners extra work to do and making the environment uncomfortable for the nurses and doctors whenever they needed to attend to him there.
‘Thank God I was never assigned to handle his case, I could have given a piece of my mind.’ another nurse said, forming a ‘no-nonsense’ look on her face.

‘I think one of the nurses on morning duty tried to correct him and it almost turned into a fight,’ the first nurse said again.
‘Na wa o,’ Jumoke commented as she and the other nurses laughed again. She couldn’t pay attention to their gist anymore as her phone began to ring then, she took it out of her purse and saw the incoming caller’s name, Dave.

‘Hello Dave,’ she answered the call and proceeded towards the door to leave the noise area.

‘Good evening Jumoke,’ he replied in a pleasant tone.

‘Good evening Dave, it’s nice to hear from you again, I thought you were never going to call.’

‘I’m sorry I don’t call as often as you do but I’m trying to do better.’
‘You’re really doing better these days, the last time you left for work, you didn’t call or send a message for several months until you miraculously appeared again.’
‘Well, I refuse to take that as a compliment. I just called to find out how you’re doing.’
‘Thanks, I’m doing fine, how about you?’
I’m also doing great. How’s the hospital?’

‘Fine.’ she replied with a smile.
‘Well, do you guys still get visits from the police?’

‘No, it has stopped a long time ago.’
‘Hehe…’

‘Dave, when are we seeing again?’
‘Hmm…’ Dave accompanied his hum with a sigh, that was the question he was expecting. ‘I don’t really know, I just have this project on Samantha Osman that’s taking so much of my time. I’m planning to move completely to Lagos when I’m done with the job.’ He sighed again. ‘It’s getting tiring already, like she’s never going to be discovered. No one seems to have seen her or have information about her and that’s what’s making the job so difficult.’
‘What do you need from people who have seen her?’

‘I just need to ask them a few questions,’ Dave replied. There was silence from the other end, so Dave continued. ‘I think she threatened those who didn’t die after meeting her and that’s why they’re so scared of talking about her to anyone.’
‘Yes, they would be scared. What if she finds out? It could lead to their death.’
‘How in the world is she going to find out? She’s not every where for God’s sake, how would she get to know of their private conversation with me? A lot of people are just too scared to take a simple move that could cause a great change and victory for the country,’ Dave said in a loud aggressive tone.

‘Hey! Calm down Dave,’ Jumoke said in low tones. ‘Can you call me tonight between eleven thirty to twelve?’

‘Eleven thirty to twelve? Isn’t that too late? Are you at work?’

‘Yes, I’m at work and that’s when I’ll be able to talk to you.’

‘Hope there’s no problem?’
‘I have something to tell you Dave,’ she replied in low tones, taking a glance back at her colleagues who were now silent.
‘Okay, I’ll call you then.’ Dave replied and hung up from his end.

Jumoke closed her eyes and took in a deep breath holding the phone with her two hands close to her chest. She could see Samantha’s face clearly in her mind. She recalled how Samantha was carried into her room and treated that night and also remembered the warning given to her.
‘Who was that?’ one of the nurses asked in a tone of mischief as she turned back into the dressing room. The other nurses in the room also had their eyes fixed on her inquisitively.

‘Just a friend,’ Jumoke answered and returned to her seat without looking at their faces again, she knew where they were driving at.

‘You’ll be calling someone who’s just a friend by eleven thirty?’ she was questioned further.
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