The Activist - Season 1 - Episode 49

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The Activist - Season 1 - Episode 49

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As he was about to lunge at Dotun, a hand from nowhere dragged him back.

“Ibukun, are you alright at all?” A tall, dark dude said, forcing Ibukun to rearrange himself.

“See how you are disgracing us here, not to talk of the guy you are fighting with.” Ibukun still angry, decided to pick his cloth accessories(a wristwatch and a band) and the damaged pieces of his phone before leaving.
The tension eased off as quickly as it got started, though the party had ended for Monica as she angrily walked to the car.

At that moment, Dotun spotted Chinedu who signaled at him to come. The two men met and discussed something that did not take long. Once they were done, Dotun carried himself and walked straight to his car, humming to himself before driving both he and Monica home.

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Nifemi looked at her watch and sighed again. It was ten pm and Wale will probably be growling in his stomach. To be fair though, she had tried her best to make this work; in fact she has not recalled anytime she had put so much effort in the relationship. She may not have conceded as much as she did some others, but she had worked hard. She woke up around 4 am to prepare for the day and she makes sure breakfast is ready for Wale before she leaves for the hospital. And by breakfast, she means a proper breakfast, not that ‘bread and tea’ crap. She works hard in the hospital and if she is not on night duty, she will arrive home around 7pm, take or leave 30 minutes of traffic jam. Then she goes ahead and cooks the food for the night, barely resting before handling the food. She still tries to perform her other ‘wifely’ duties as at when due, which is no easy feat when your husband is a young adventurous dude.

Yet she knew it is not enough. Wale is an African man, and as such abhors the ‘twice a day’ feeding formula, not to talk of days like this when she is so busy that she arrives late. At least he is a bit understanding to her plight.

As she drove through the now empty streets, she wondered how long it will take before he snaps.

Meanwhile Wale was done making cassava pudding (garri or eba) and was eating the pudding with Egusi soup when Nifemi walked in.

“Wale, where did you see Egusi soup?” She looked stunned.

Wale looked up and faced her. “So you think I can’t cook abi? See as you are looking at me! I use to cook before I met my first wife.
So you can cook? I hope this food is not poisoned oh!” Nifemi said, chuckling.
“Eh? You are doubting my ability to cook?” Wale said, sounding serious. He then took a mold of the eba and dipped it in the soup, “Oya taste it.” He held it up to her mouth.

“You want to feed me?” Nifemi said, making funny faces at the mold. “I won’t take.” She shook her head like a small kid.
“Nifemi, take jare.”
“I am not taking it.”
“So I can’t feed my wife? Common, take it, the food is getting cold.”
“Wale, don’t bother.” Nifemi walked towards the room.
“Okay, be doing shakara for me. Sha don’t taste from my soup or eat from my eba.”
“I will make rice! She concluded.” As she got to the kitchen, she peeped into the soup and saw all the meat inside.
“Hmn.” She looked at the food. This food looks well garnished and furnished. She took one shaki and one bukutur.
“This actually tastes good.” She smiled, chewing the meat away. She looked towards the dining room and then picked another piece of meat, this time a piece of liver and walked towards the room.

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Two weeks later, Tade was in Okija, watching his friend been buried. He was at the sermon, watching Chuks father shake his head sorrowfully. His mother was not there; she had been on admission since she heard about his death. His father and his sister were the ones present at the burial. The sister was quite beautiful despite her sorrow and if it was another setting, Tade would have tried to make a convo with her.

As he stared at the coffin which Chuks la!d, he thought about a lot of things. How come people feed on others sorrow? How can someone be content, even have affinity for killing? The sorrow in the area was weighing him down.

As Chuks was committed to earth and people began to disperse, Tade caught a glimpse of Dotun!