Must Read: Inseparable - Season 1 - Episode 18

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Must Read: Inseparable - Season 1 - Episode 18

Amarachi’s alarm went off by 5am, she did set the alarm wheb she decided to go to work that day and forgot to turn it off after Kelvin told her her office wouldn’t be opened. She couldn’t sleep back so she got up at ten minutes to six after hesistating for a while to do some domestic jobs.



She recalled the last night incident where Ini had refused to eat the meal she took time to prepare. She got to the dinning table and met the plate of food still covered the way she left it. She picked up the plate but was surprised that the weight of had reduced.



On opening it, she found out that someone had changed her mind and decided to take her dinner in the midnight. A portion of the food was neatly taken and the rest in the small cooler was covered and kept neatly probably to discard any suspicions of someone eating from it.



Ama had finished with the washing and was already preparing breakfast when Ini walked into the kitchen to take a cup of water wearing a bony face. As she finished drinking and dropoed the cup, she noticed Ama was staring at her.


“Yes, what is it?”
Ama replied with a smile and placed her hand on the cooler which was on the slab.
Seeing the cooler made Ini remember how she had crawled out of her bedroom at midnight to eat part of the food. She felt like a seven year old kid who has just been caught by her mother stealing meat from the pot of soup. She wanted to come up with a lie that she didn’t touch the food but shr advised herself against it since she would only be deceiving herself.


“Ehn, ehn?” She asked trying to put up a serious face.
“Good morning Ini” Ama greeted and turned back to continue with her work.
“Good morning”, she replied with a forced smile and left the kitchen in a hurry like a kid who just bed wetted and was running from her friends to avoid disgrace.



The friends didn’t say anything else to each other that morning again, Ini drove to work silently, wondering if Ama was trying to intimidate her in her own house.




“Bola, what have you come to do again?” Frank asked Bola who just walked into his office.



“You didn’t even greet me. Ain’t you happy to see me here?” She asked after sitting on the visitor’s seat.

“Just state your mission here”
“Alright, since you want to be cold, let’s go straight to the point. I’ve come for us to discuss our wedding date.”


“What wedding date?”
“Stop asking me dumb questions. My Dad called yesterday and he only gave us a week to pick a date and then we’ll need to wed before the end of next month”
“A week to pick a date? And we’ll marry next month? That can’t be possible, even if I wanted to marry you.Today is 22nd of February already, how will I prepare for the wedding in the next one month?”
“Don’t worry, my Dad will get people to make all the preparation. All he wants is that the wedding IVs should be out before it becomes noticeable to everyone that I’m pregnant”
“Oh Sh*t! How can I quickly plan my escape within this short time” Frank thought to himself
“See, the fact is that I don’t want to marry you” he spoke out.


“Why ? You’re still insisting on this?”
“Yes, because I’m in love with someone else”
“With Amarachi, I guess”
“Who it is does not concern you”
“Hahaha, Mr loverboy” she laughed. “Do you think Amarachi would ever love you back? Never!”
“Never say so”
“She can’t love you back with everything she’s heard heard about you”
“Damn” Frank was infuriated, he b@nged it hands on the table. “What did you tell her about me?”
“Hahaha, don’t be angry at me. You should be angry with your Friend Kelvin. He’s the one who has been feeding her with stories, he was even caught kissing her when she was sick”
“Liar, you’re insane, that’s impossible”
“Ask him when you get home and see if he will be able to deny it. You can also ask from Ini”
“If I find out that you’re lying”
“I’m not lying, that’s what Ini came to sort out with him yesterday. You’ll notice she didn’t stay long, she left angrily”
“Oh Damn!” Frank stood up and paced the floor angrily.


“Take it easy, that’s life for you. Well, that’s not what I came here for. Just sit down and let’s talk about our wedding”
“I’m not in the mood to discuss anything now. Just get out and I’ll call you later”
“But we have to …”



“Shut up and get out” Frank shouted at her.
“Okay, Okay. I’ll see you tomorrow then”, Bola replied and hurriedly got out of the office.




Frank continued to pace the floor angrily, he began to understand why Kelvin couldn’t give him Amarachi’s address. He understood why Kelvin said it could cause a little problem if the address was given.




He also remembered he overhead Ini and Kelvin talking silently about a forced kiss when Ini came to their home.


His anger welled up, if he had a gun at that moment, he would have gone straight to Kelvin’s office and shoot him dead instantly. He could now clearly see reasons why Kelvin had always been advising him to forget about Amarachi, he used to think Kelvin cared, not knowing Kelvin was backstabbing him.




“Pedro, longtime o. Ahn ahn, you and your son possess the same character, you didn’t know you were supposed to come see me before?” Chief Olatunbosun questioned Pedro Fayemi
“No, it’s not like that Chief. It’s just that I have been busy running around”
“Okay o”
“Chief” Pedro continued, “don’t mind this your son o. Children of nowadays, they can’t do without fighting. He says he already sorting out things with Bola”
“Oh! That matter? I’ve forgotten about that already, the girl says she’s already pregnant for somebody she loves and I’ve given them the go ahead to marry”
“Ah! so Ken won’t marry Bola anymore?”
“What can I do na? The girl says she’s not happy with Ken like she is with the other guy and there’s nothing I can do about it, what I want is my daughter’s happiness”
“Hmmm, there should be something we can still do o. Why don’t you try to convince Bola to stay with Ken?”
“Didn’t you hear what I said? I said she’s pregnant for someone else”
“Ehn, but we can still…”
“Just forget the matter please” Chief cut in. “I gave your son the chance already and he missed it”
“Okay sir”
“Ehn ehn, so what about the boy you wanted to bring to me? You know I must see him and ask him some questions to know if he is worthy of my support”
“Yes, he will be coming to see you next week Monday”
“Okay, but how well do you know this boy? Do you think he can do the job if we put him there?”
“Yes, you know him too. He’s the serving Governor of Logi State”
“Oh! That boy? Femi Fadeyi?”
“Yes sir”
“I hear he’s a good boy. He has been doing well in Logi”
“Yes. Infact sir, his administration has caused a lot of development in the state”
“Ehen” Chief Olatunbosun lowered his voice, “but are you sure he will be able to supply us our own share when he gets there?”
“Yes sir, he’s a good boy. He always listens to elders”
“Okay, but why are you not interested in the position?”
“Hehehe sir, its not that I’m not interested, but you know a lot of people are still talking about the millions of naira that were missing during my tenure as a governor”
“But no one can boldly accuse you of that with me by your side not even the EFCC”
“I know sir, but I want the matter to fizzle out a little before I contest for any office”
“Ehn ehn? Okay, that’s good then”
“Yes sir”
“Did you remember that funny lawyer that tried to sue me sometime ago?”
“Oh! That Igbo man who was later killed by his wife?”
“By his wife ke? It was my boys who finished him off, we just did it in a way that implicated”
“Wow! Hahaha”, Pedro laughed. “You’re a genius Chief”
“Hehehe”


Amarachi peeped through the door hole to check who was knocking at the door. They barely had people visit them and those who visited them visited at evening time and not an odd time like 1pm.
“Who is it?” She asked being unable to see the visitors face as the person didn’t face the door.
“Its Dennis”
“Oooh! Dennis” Amarachi flew the door opened amazed to have Dennis visit at that time. “What are you doing here?”
“I’ve come to see you” he smiled as he walked into the house. “I’ve missed you a lot in the office”
“Yeah, I’ve missed you too.” She took his hand in hers and led him to a seat. “What can I get for you? I’ve got some snacks I prepared, would you like to have some?”
“Yeah sure, thanks”
After some seconds, Amarachi replied with a plate of meat pie and a fruit juice pack.
“Here, you have it” She served him and sat beside him
“Thanks”, he took a bite of the meat pie and looked at Amarachi who was smiling at him, he took another bite and looked at her .
“Did you say you made this yourself?”
“Yes” She let out a chuckle,
“why?”
“Because it’s the best I’ve ever tasted.




Better than the over rated ones they sell at Erinsic”
“Oh! Do you mean it?”
“Yeah, where did you learn to bake so well?”
“My aunt bakes so I learnt if from her”
“Hmmm, that’s cool. So you were just baking for fun today?”
“Yep, was also baking for Ini. I know she loves meat pie”
“Oh! How’s your relationship with her now?”
“I don’t know, still the same”
“Hmmm”
“Lets talk about something else. How did you leave work? You’re supposed to still be on duty”
“Hehehe, I told them I needed to visit the hospital”
“Huh? Are you feeling sick?”
“Yep. That’s why I’ve come to meet my doctor here”
“You’re not serious, who’s the doctor? So you lied to come here abi?”
“No, I didn’t lie. I’ve been sick since you’ve been absent from the office”
“Hmmm”
“Amarachi”he called calmly, holding her two hands and looking straight into her eyes. “I want us to go beyond friendship. Since the day you walked into my office for the interview, you’ve always occupied my mind. I love you Amarachi”


There was silence for some seconds, Amarachi stared into his eyes and tightened her grip on his palms.


“Where do you want us to go this evening?” Kelvin asked ini as they stood together outside the Videx company gate.


“I’m sorry, I don’t think I’ll be going anywhere. I brought my car today and Amarachi is not here to drive it home”
“Oh! I see. That means you didn’t plan for our outing today?”
“I did, it’s just that I was running late for work this morning and I had to use my car.”


“Okay, just go in and get your car. I’ll drive after you and maybe we could talk a little a your place before I leave”
“Will that be necessary?”
“You don’t want me to come with you?”



“No, its okay. Didn’t just want to stress you, I’ll go get my car immediately”

In thirty minutes time, they were already at Ini’s house, Kelvin parked his car at the space outside the gate for easy departure since he wasn’t planning to stay long.

They got in and settled into the sofa, Ini sitting on his laps. “What drink can I offer you before I prepare a meal?”
“Anything will be okay”
“Alright” She stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
Amarachi came out from the kitchen that moment.


“Welcome” Ama greeted Ini with smiles.

“Thank you” Ini replied with a stern look
“Good evening” Amarachi greeted Kelvin without looking much at him.



As Ini walked into the kitchen she perceived an aroma of something nice but she couldn’t tell what it was, she ignored the aroma and opened the fridge and noticed it had been stocked with several drinks of different kinds, she choose the five alive juice and placed it on the slab, she rinsed two glass cups and placed it on a tray with the juice.


” If Ama thought she was going to forgive her because she filled the fridge with drinks, then she was joking” she said to herself as she carried the tray and started to move out of the kitchen.
Her eyes met something as she looked back, she rushed and dropped the tray on the slab again. Yes, her eyes wasn’t deceiving her, there was meat pie in the oven. She opened the oven and selected two pies, she placed it on a plate and added it to the tray.
Her eyes shone brightly as she carried the tray to the sitting room. “Wow! Amarachi is a darling indeed” she thought to herself.
She recalled their secondary school days when Amarachi woud bring her meat pie prepared by her aunt, the meat pie was always different from others as it was richly prepared.
“You’re looking happier”Kelvin commented as she dropped the tray on a stool beside him.


“Yeah, I’ve got meat pie here. Was baked by Amarachi” She said as she sat in between his laps placing a kiss on his lips.


“Hmmm, are you guys doing well now”
“Not yet”
“Well, I don’t think there’s…”
“Shhhh…” She interrupted him, “I believe you now, Amarachi does not give someone a meat pie if she really did offend that person. If she had tried anything, it would have been openly”
“Hmmm… So why did it take you sometime to figure that out?”
“I was just being careful and also, the position I met you guys that day was suspicious”
“Next time, always learn to trust..”
“I trust her, but I was scared. Take a bite first” , she sat on a different place and watched Kelvin as he took a bite of the meat pie and a sip of the juice.
“Hmm, its delicious”
“Yeah, it is. You know what? I was scared” Ini continued, “On several occasions, Ama had robbed me of things that were supposed to be mine”
She went ahead to narrate some of the past events where she thought Ama had robbed her and also the recent one in the office where her boss reprimanded her.
“You know, I think the problem is with you”
“Me?”
“Yep, your mindset”
“How?” Ini sat up to listen properly.
“With what you told me, it shows something. Both of you are intelligent, but there’s something extra that Ama puts in that makes her more outstanding”
“Hmmm”
“Yeah, you need to put in more effort. Probably she worked all day to get that job done quickly and you said you didn’t quickly attend to it”
“Hmm. That’s true”
“So change your mindset, always put more work, but don’t do it because you are competing with someone. Do it because you just want to give your best to what you do.”



“Hmmm, thanks. I love you.”




“Good evening bro, how was work today?” Bode greeted Frank who just walked into the house.
“Where’s Kelvin? ” Frank asked ignoring Bode’s greetings
“He’s not back yet, what’s the matter? Why are you looking furious?”
“It doesn’t concern you, it’s between I and Kelvin “, Frank said and walked into his room immediately.
Bode was puzzled by the response, he wondered what had happened again. Until recently, the trio lived in peace and barely had any quarrel. But within the last one month, it had been from one quarrel to another.
Twenty minutes later, Kelvin walked into the house.
“Yea bro, what’s up?”
“I’m good man, how was work?”
“Fine jare” Kelvin proceeded to his room.
“Kelvin” Bode called
“Yep” Kelvin waited and turned back.
“What’s happening with you and Frank? It looks the dude is angry with you”
“Angry with me? Hehehe, nothing happened. Except for yesterday’s simple argument”
“He should have forgotten that by now. I don’t know why he’s still angry”
“I don’t know too, but I …”Kelvin was unable to complete his statement as an heavy blow landed on his left cheek that moment, he fell to the fall holding his head. Frank rushed towards him to continue his attack but he was quick to dodge that and send a kick to Frank’s belly.
Before the fighters recovered enough to continue with their attacks on each other, Bode was already there to stop the fight. Kelvin retreated easily, touching his mouth and face to check the injuries but Frank was still struggling with Bode to allow them continue.


“Can’t you behave matured? Must you start attacking each other physically?” Bode said as he pushed Frank on the chest preventing him from going closer to Kelvin.
“Stay away Bode, this doesn’t concern you”
“If you want to continue, then you’ll have to fight both of us”
Frank on seeing that Bode wouldn’t give way backed out and proceeded to his room. “Tell Kelvin not to come close to me again. We are enemies, I can’t be friends with a bloody betrayal”
Bode turned to Kelvin as soon as Frank was in his room. He looked at Kelvin with a questioning look.
Kelvin said nothing but picked up his bag and walked into his own room.




“Nawa o, Sandra. You just abandoned me for a long time, no calls, no flash”
“Don’t be annoyed my Friend, it’s just that work is taking most of my time and you know people like us who haven’t got rich parents like yours needs to work hard” she laughed and she replied to Bola who was occupied with her tablet.
“Ehn ehn! Love in Tokyo” Bola said smiling at something she saw on the tab.

“What’s that?” Sandra asked and stood up to where Bola was to see what Bola commented on
“It’s my friend and her boyfriend jare” Bola scrolled up to show Sandra a picture of Ini and Kelvin wrapped in each other’s arm. “Have I told you about Ini before”
Sandra didn’t respond but continued to stare at the picture.


Bola looked her, “have you met her before?”
“No, but I know the guy. He’s my boss I told you about”
“Oh!” Bola dropped the tab and faced her friend, ” the one you told me has not been paying attention to you?”
“Yea” Sandra continued, ” I never knew he had a girlfriend because I’ve never seen him with one , I almost concluded he is gay since he doesn’t get moved no matter what I show him”


“Hahaha, someone’s got his heart already”
“Na wa o, so this guy’s gonna slip from my hand like that?”
“Huh ho, maybe you need to show him more of what you’ve got, he might give in” Bola winked at her. “Well, let’s forget about that for now. I’ve got some new clothes I wanna show you”. She held Sandra by the hand and led her into the room





“Hello” Ini received a call
“Hi Ini, how are you?”
“I’m fine. Please who am I speaking with?”
“It’s Sandra, the Lady from Devi international that took your phone number today?”
“Oh! Sandra, how are you doing?”
“Fine, I just wanted to say hi and wish you a goodnight rest”
“Okay, thanks. I wish you the same”
“Alright, goodnight” the call ended.

“Who’s that?” Amarachi who just walked in and dropped her bag on the table asked as she settled into a chair.


“A new friend of mine, her name is Sandra”
“Oh! Okay. So how was your day?”
“It was good o, not too stressful” Ini replied, ” so where did Boss take you to this night?”
“We went to Erinsic”
“Okay, I don’t need to ask you anything. I can already see that you had a great time”
“Yeah, sure” Ama smiled, “its just that Dennis said he’ll be travelling for two weeks”
“To where? Is he taking a leave from work?”
“No, it’s an official trip, a training program actually”
“Okay, I thought as much. Videx is used to sending people for training all the time, they’re good at that” Ini chuckled.




“Hmmn, I’ll be missing him o”
“Eeyah, he’s going just for two weeks na”, Ini paused and stared at her friend’s face. “I wonder why you’ve not said yes to him already”
“I need to be sure Ini, I don’t want to jump into anything”
“But you love him already”
“I’m not sure of that?”
“Huh ho” Ini smiled and moved close to her. “I can see it in your eyes already, don’t be scared, just give it a trial”





I tried everything to convince Frank that you could not back stab him, he wouldn’t just agree. He says he has been suspecting you before” Bode chattes with Kelvin as they sat down together on the rug.



“That dude needs serious help, I don’t know if he doesn’t have his brain with him anymore. He knows how desperate Bola is, how could he believe such a lie from her?”
“It’s Okay, don’t make it worse than it is already” Frank cut in, “but how are you sure it us Bola that told him?”
“No one else could have done that. That’s the same lie she told Ini”
“She told Ini the same thing?”, Bode paused and thought deeply for a while, biting his lips.



“Yes, she did”
Bode looked at Kelvin with suspicion in his eyes, “but you never told us anything about it, when did we start hiding things from each other?”
“You see, I thought it wasn’t necessary especially because I didn’t want something like this. Frank might have taken it in a bad way”
“You would have still told us, that would have been better than the information coming from an external source. He would find it difficult to believe you now since you hid it from us at first”
“Didn’t know it would turn out this way ” Kelvin sighed.

“Let’s go meet him in his room and sort this out” Bode stood up,
“he’s been indoor since, I know the reason he doesn’t want to come into the living room is because of you”
“I know that too, I’m sure he wont even be patient enough when he sees me in his room?”
“Let’s try first”, Bode said and proceeded to Frank’s room with Kelvin following him closely.



“You know what?” He turned back and signalled for Kelvin to halt. “You wait outside his room while I go in first”
Bode walked into the room without knocking and met Frank who raised his head as he saw him walk into the room.



“How far Bode?” He greeted in Pidgin
“I’m fine o, what’s that you are doing?” Bode asked observing the different papers on Frank’s desk and a biro in his hand.
“I thought you don’t calculate office income at home”
“I’m not calculating office income” Frank smiled at him, “I’ve gotten a buyer for my three salons and I’m just trying to draft out some documents”
“Nooooo” A voice was heard from outside the door.
“Who is that?” Frank asked with disgust all over his face seeing Kelvin’s shadow at the entrance. He made his way to the entrance.
It’s me Frank” Kelvin replied and opened the curtain to walk in,
“There should be other ways to solve this, not selling your salons, we know how hard you worked to make those salons stand” Kelvin continued with concern in his voice
“Tell Kelvin to leave here, I don’t want to see him” Frank said to Bode who was obstructing him from moving close to Kelvin.
“Calm down Frank” Bode replied
“No, tell Kelvin to get away from here first. He should stay away from anything that concerns me”
“Don’t sell of your business, don’t run away. You’re a man, you should be able to think of something else” Kelvin said and walked away from the room.
“Get lost Bastard” Frank yelled

“Is that her?” Sandra looked at Bola as she dropped her phone.



“Yes, that’s her voice. I guess the number she gave you isn’t the one I have”
“Okay” Sandra replied and rested her head on the wall.
“So what do you want to do with the number now that you have it”
“Oh! Nothing”, she faked a smile. “I’m just eager to know the girl who’s got the heart of the man I love”
“So you won’t do anything?”
“What should I do” she continued spreading her arms in a questioning manner. “Should I go and start fighting her?”
“Hmmm, No . But I know you Sandra, you wouldn’t just leave your man like that without a fight” Bola smiled slightly, “or you don’t want to tell me your plans because you think I’m her friend?”
“No o, I don’t have any of plans”
“Hahaha, you?” Bola laughed.
“Don’t worry, that girl’s been messing up of late. I’m looking for a way to deal with her before. ”


“Ehen” Sandra looked more interested now, “so what were you thinking of before?”
“You know, I already la!d a foundation of Kelvin cheating on her with a friend of hers”
“Who is this her friend?”
“Ama, she stays with Ini and also works in Videx but in the accounts department”
“Oh! I also have a friend in their accounts department”
“Good. You know this her friend is the one who’s contending with me, she’s trying to snatch my boyfriend. So I think we can do something with that, we can separate them. Then I’ll have Frank to myself and you Kelvin”
“Hmmm, sounds nice. So what’s the plan now?”
“Ermm, I don’t know yet. But I will come up with something very soon”





The days rolled out quickly and it was Saturday already, Ini and Ama journeyed to Ama’s hometown to visit her family and to check her just recovering father. They left the city as early as possible to avoid the Saturday’s traffic congestion.
“Heyyy! Aunty Toyin” Sophia who was watching their car as it parked outside the house shouted for joy as Amarachi came out of the car.
“Mummy, Daddy, aunty Toyin has come o” Sophia ran to the window and beckoned on the rest of the family members.
“Welcome Aunty” She hugged her sister.
“How are you Sophie”
“Fine” she replied,
“Ooh! You came with Aunty Ini” Sophia asked surprised as Ini walked out from the driver’s seat. She ran to the other side to greet Ini too.
“How are you?”
“Fine ma”
“What of Mummy and Daddy?”
“They are inside, let’s go in”
“Lets take what we have in the boot first”
They took the gifts they brought and walked into the living room of the Old building. They were welcomed warmly by Ama’s mum and her Dad who were very glad to see them.
“Mummy Toyin, please get some food for them na” Mr Kolawole said to his wife and turned to Ini who sat on a stood beside him and held his hands.
“Thank you Ini for taking care of my daughter, she’s looking fresher now. Thank you”
“Haba! Daddy, Toyin is my sister, whatever I do for her, I do for myself” Ini replied and looked at Ama who was sitting at the front and smiling at her.



“Thank you my daughter” the man continued as he sat up. “Toyin also said you gave her the money for the hospital bill, may God bless you richly and give you long life”
“Amen Daddy” Ini replied full of smiles, she looked around the house for some seconds and turned back to Mr. Kolawole.
“What happened to your business sir? How come you people now live here?”
“It’s a long story my dear” the man started, “Amarachi, come closer. Let me tell you what really happened, I’ve not been opportuned to tell you this before”
He paused and coughed, he sat up and began. “Listen my children, my business did not go down naturally. It was brought down by someone who I met through a very close friend, Olatunbosun. Chief Olatunbosun ,he is now known as a powerful politician, I’m sure you know him too” The man paused and looked at them for confirmation.



“We met each other after I finished my service as a youth corper and started my business. We were not really friends because our lifestyles were totally different. He was a son of a rich man so he spent extravagantly and I couldn’t act like him. So we knew each other but stayed apart since we had no business together.
After sometime when I met your mother, he began to show hatred towards me. I found out that he wanted to marry your mother who wasn’t interested in him but seemed to get along with me even though I wasn’t dating her then, I wasn’t even in love with her yet.
After we started dating, he got mad at us. He fought our relationship but couldn’t stop it as we got married even with all his threats. He had to leave us in peace when he saw there was nothing he could do anymore.



But we met again seventeen years later, he had become a prominent politician then and was even like Godfather to the President of our nation then. When he found out about my company, he decided to punish me. Through the influence of the President, my licence to run the company was withdrawn and the goods I distributed were labelled as illegal products. I was also made to pay heavy fines to escape jail. Thank God he didn’t kill me because he ended up killing my friend who opposed his actions”

The man wiped his face as tears was already dropping off .


“That’s how I became who I am today, he sent me packing from the city”