contract - Season 1 - Episode 48

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contract - Season 1 - Episode 48

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“That’s for later.” He said, referring to the
carrots. “And we have lunch at Joseph’s
place tomorrow, you’ve been specially
invited by Dera. He is leaving the hospital
tomorrow morning, and we are coming to
celebrate his ‘freedom’, from the apparently
evil doctor.” She burst into laughter.
“Joseph is a handful.” She smiled.
“And after that, I’m taking you out.”
“Where?” She asked curiously.
“The Quillox club.” He shrugged.
“The Quillox club? You need to be worth at
least millions of naira before you can even
enter the parking lot!” She pointed out.
He just smiled at her, then mixed the
chopped vegetables together. He poured it
into the frying oil and it made a sizzling
sound.

“Babe, I own the Quillox club.”
She just rolled her eyes, not looking
surprised at all.

“I’m not even surprised any more jare.
Before I know it now, you’ll tell me that you
own half of the Nigerian Government.” She
said sarcastically.

“I don’t own half of the Nigerian
Government Abena. Maybe just about one
eighth of it.” He shrugged.

“Well, you are the third richest man in
Nigeria.” She pointed out playfully.
“Almost the second. I would be in a month.”

He said, pouring the vegetables into the
rice, then stirring it.

“It smells so good.” She complimented.
He smirked at her. “Of course yes, it does.
It was made by me.”

…
They pulled up into the parking lot of
Joseph’s modest duplex, and noticed the
kids coming out of the house excitedly.
“Okay. They have three kids, the oldest is
James, he’s eight, then Jesse is five, and
the youngest is Juliana. She’s two. His kids
hate me by the way.” He said nonchalantly
and stepped out of the car.

“Why?” She asked, a smile tugging at her
lips. She brought out the cake she had
baked from the car, and balanced it expertly
on one hand.

“They’re annoying.” He grumbled and she
rolled her eyes.

The kids ran out at the sight of them,
screaming excitedly. The two boys got to
them first, while Juliana, the toddler,
squealed excitedly while running as fast as
her little legs could take her.

“Uncle Tobi!” They screamed, hugging him.
“I though you said they hate you?” Abena
lifted an eyebrow.

“They do. But I always give them money
when I come, so when I come, they take my
money and then go back to hating me.” He
replied.

She just laughed and looked down on the
children, who paid her no attention. Their
attention was on the wallet that Tobi had
fished out of his pocket.

“Okay. So James is the oldest. He gets two
thousand.” He said, bringing the notes out
of his wallet. James snatched it quickly, as
though he was afraid that Tobi would
change his mind.

“Jesse gets one-five.” He said giving the
notes to the second child. He took it from
him shyly and muttered a thank you before
following his brother inside the house.
“Oh! Juliana!” The toddler looked up at him
expectantly. “You get one thousand.”
She stared at the note inquisitively before
taking it from him and running back to her
house.

“I actually thought you would give them like
ten thousand each.” Abena joked.
“Joseph gave me a two thousand naira limit.
I don’t even know why they expect money
anyway. They give it to their mom
immediately, and Joseph is almost as rich
as I am.” He said as they walked up to the
house.