contract - Season 1 - Episode 56

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contract - Season 1 - Episode 56

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“I said, I want to keep-”
“I heard what you said, dammit!” Tobi
roared, slamming his fists on the table
making her to jump in surprise. The plates
jumped too, food spilling on the table, but
that was the least of their problems.
“No. You can’t. That’s breach of contract.”

He said, leaning on his chair, trying to be
calm.

“The contract says that I’m giving Tobi
Ademi a baby, not babies. So you’re only
entitled to one baby.” She pointed out and
he glared at her, glared at her for being so
right.

“It’s about the money shay. Fine. I’ll give
you another twenty million naira for the
other baby.”

“It’s not about the money.” She snapped.
“Then what is it then? Why do you suddenly
want to take the child? You and I know that
you can’t take care of a child, you can
barely take care of yourself. Taking care of
a child requires a lot of money Abena. You
have medial bills, school fees, house rent,
and all of that stuff. You think I don’t know,
all the money I pay to you, you don’t have a
dime left.”
Her breath hitched.

“I don’t care where your money is going, but
my child isn’t going with it. You can’t
separate my children, especially when you
don’t have any money to take care of them.”

He finished, looking her straight in the eyes,
her teary eyes.

“But I’m their mother too.” She said quietly.

“No!” He stood up angrily, and pointed a
finger at her accusingly. “You are not their
mother. You’re the carrier, an incubator . This
is what you were paid to do.”
She flinched at his words.

“Don’t get your role twisted. And mark my
words, I would take both my children.” He
said, storming out of the room.

He then walked back in, took his plate of
food, added another piece of chicken to his
plate, and stormed out, muttering some
things incoherently. Although he was
extremely angry, a part of him was filled
with regret.

He wished he could take back the words he
said. But he couldn’t.

…
The next morning, Abena stood by the
blender, making herself a smoothie. She had
turned it off, then Tobi walked in, and
opened the fridge. He took out a bottle of
water and began to gulp it down when his
phone started to ring.

He answered the call. “Hello?”
Abena then turned on the blender, really
loud, then he started to shout over the
phone. After his call, she turned it off and
gave him an innocent smile.

“What the hell was that?” He asked.
“What?”
“If you think immaturity is going to get you
to win, you must be mistaken. You have
forgotten that I’m Tobi Ademi. I get what I
want, no matter the cost.” He warned and
stepped out of the house.

…
“What do you mean by she’s right?”
“I’ve checked the whole contract Tobi.
Twice! There’s not one part that says
‘babies’, everything says ‘baby’.” Joseph
explained.

Tobi had gone to his house since he
couldn’t go to his office, and explained the
problem to him.

“For the love of God, you’re my lawyer. You
didn’t even think of that?” Tobi snapped.
“Well how was I supposed to know that the
girl was that fertile?” Joseph shot back.
“I don’t know! At least it was a possibility.
You should’ve thought about it.” Tobi
shouted.