Hotel Palaver - Season 1 - Episode 4

4 years ago

Hotel Palaver - Season 1 - Episode 4

Adesuwa’ POV

The whole staff of May hotel gathered at the multipurpose hall while they waited for the manager to turn up. I was getting tired of waiting already.

“I hear say the man na pure oyinbo man” Lillian repeated and Michelle laughed.
“Oyinbo kor, oyinbo ni, man wey black like charcoal” Michelle answered and I chuckled.
“How you take know?” Lillian argued.
“Man we I see with my korokoro eyes”
“Na so the man ugly reach?” Lilian asked,
“Don’t misquote me oh, if na fine, that man fine. The man resemble model. Him accent na to die for”

That took my attention; model and accent.
“My body don dey move me already, this manager go hear am for Bukola hand. I go finish this man life” Bukola answered shaking her bosy rhythmically.

Michelle, Lillian and I hissed as though on cue.
“Asewo! Na so so f--k you sabi, ” Michelle snapped.

“F--k go kill one-day” she added.
“You no dey f--k?” The girl snapped and a guy turned back at us. “Please reduce your voice. I prepared myself spiritually for this day.”

“Abeg shut up!” The girl snapped at the guy.

Attention turned towards our direction, but it felt like everyone were looking at me.

Mrs. Haruna walked in with the n*ked man from this morning and i bent my head in fear. At least he was dressed in a stripe shirt tucked in a black trousers.
“Wetin do Ade?” Michelle asked and I walked out using the back door and Lilian followed.

“Ade!” She called out.
“Would you guys go back to the hall before I open and close my eyes” Mummy B commanded and I turned to Lilian.
“My period don start, I wan borrow Lilian pad” i lied walking into a room.
“What’s going on?” Lilian walked in, “The man I walked into, the n*ked man, it’s the manager.” I revealed with my hands on my head.

“Ade e don be for you” she answered and I agreed.
. She can say that again.

I was literally toast!
“Why does life have to be unfair ehn? All of the men in this world, I had to walk into my manager naked. It’s so certain that I have to look for another job in case I get caught.”
“This is really bad. I’m sorry Ade.” Lilian apologized. It seemed more like an advanced apology.

Two weeks after the incidence, I had managed to escape trouble the whole period. I spent every single day in avoiding eye contact with the manager.

At least till I get a good job. I’m yet to find a job that pays twenty thousand naira like May hotel. I didn’t want to settle for less.

This day was an exception, while going around my normal round of cleaning, I received a call from Mrs. Haruna to meet her in her office; Lilian opted to escort me.

While we climbed up the stairs, my eyes met with the manager, Mr. Henry Babalola.
I couldn’t turn back again, it was just impossible and it would look suspicious. Fortunately i held a blue plastic laundry basket so i used it in hiding my face.

Unknown to me, he had seen me already.
“Babe why you dey hide?” Lilian asked, “Manager” I whispered, Lilian then turned to him, nodding her head in understanding.

“You!” He yelled, we both turned towards him with a blank expression written on our faces.

“Me?” Lilian asked, “No” Henry answered. “I meant her” he pointed at me.

My heart raced abnormally.
“I recognise you, its you right? You came into my room the other day and…” he trailed off, “Then you ran away”
“What’s your name?” he asked.
I panicked, I didn’t know what to do, all I could say was….
“Bei be be be”

Lilian eyes widened in wonder, I’m pretty sure the question running through her mind was , WHEN DID ADESUWA SUDDENLY BECOME DUMB?