The bridegroom - Season 1 - Episode 36

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The bridegroom - Season 1 - Episode 36

XANDRA: good morning, sir

MANAGER: Morning, doctor Xandra. How are you?

XANDRA: I’m fine, thanks. Just wanted to ask if you could please approve my annual leave.

MANAGER: from when are you looking at?

XANDRA: fromthe20th, sir

MANAGER: Really tight this time. We are so short staffed this time. Could I ask you to move it tothefirst week of March, if you don’t mind?

XANDRA: sir, I’ve already booked my flight ticket to London forthe22nd. Here it is (shows him her ticket)

MANAGER: ermmm, doctor Xandra. May I ask why you want to spend your leave in London?

XANDRA: that’s where I normally spend my annual leave, sir. Besides, I havetheright to choose where I spend my holiday!


MANAGER: of course you do and I’ll approve your leave. You are entitled to it. Ermmm, be aware that I am aware oftheconflict of interest between you and Madam Nnenna’s son.

I am also aware that she has been flown abroad. London to be precise and you gavethem every supporting document fortheir visa application

That is all okay, but what is not okay, is for you to disclose any of your patient’s health history to a third party withoutthedue consent of that very patient

Without decoratingthesentence,thepunishment for that is that you will lose your licence to practice. I’m sure you know this but I felt I should remind you just in casethey are starting to escape from your memory.

XANDRA:There is nothing more than doctor patient relationship between us. I don’t know why people are assumingthere is! My sister lives in London and it’s notthefirst time I travelling to London. I would appreciate it if I am not reminded of my professional ethics daily.


I committed it to memory five odd years ago!
This is driving sanity out of me!!

MANAGER: alright, Xandra I’ll approve your leave.

XANDRA: Thanks!


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NINA: wow! I haven’t been here for a long time. Did you do some renovations?

CHARLOTTE: No, we only changedthecurtains. What would you like to drink?

NINA: wine, please

CHARLOTTE: red or white?

NINA: red, please. So what’s up? Has Deric called to saythey landed safely? I don’t even understand why he is spending that much money on a woman who is well into her seventies!

CHARLOTTE: my dear, Deric is tied to his mum’s apron strings. I thinkthemidwives forgot to cuttheumbilical cord betweenthem at birth. You need to see how panicky he gets whenever he gets a call from that hospital.
He saidthey landed safe anyway.

NINA: So, how was he able to raisethebill?

CHARLOTTE: Hmmm! He went to a colleague of his who is now a politician and cried to him. He gave him up to six million naira for bill.

NINA: and you didn’t bother to getthepolitician’s number from him so that I’ll give him some living water ????

CHARLOTTE: hahahaha! You are wicked! How many people have you passed your living water to?

NINA: I’ve lost count, my dear. And I don’t feel bad about it.Theone that made me a bit sad was this man I slept with two nights ago. He has such a lovely family but his wife just put to bed and I think she became more focused onthebaby. He told me he feels pushed out. I told him I will make him feel pushed in??????