Must Read: Razor Tongue - Season 1 - Episode 10

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Must Read: Razor Tongue - Season 1 - Episode 10

He shrugged. His wife got up again.

“I have to get ready. What am I going to wear.

Oh my God!” She walked out of the sitting room
in a hurry. Imabong chuckled and met his
children’s puzzled gazes.

“Your mum is okay. She is perfectly fine.”
XXXXXX
Sheila sat on a cane chair in the balcony
chatting with one of her course mates on her
blackberry phone. School would soon resume
and she had not paid her hostle fees for the
new session. She was still contemplating if she
wants to go back to Amina hall or move to one
of the hostles outside the school’s permises.

She has to look for a considerate one in terms of
fee. Her parents were not ready to lavish money
on hostles. She remembered when she got an
admission into Unilag, they had almost
convinced her to go to school from home.

Thank God the school gave out
accommodations to first year students. Staying
in Amina hall had been eventful. She had met
different kind of girls from diverse backgrounds.

“What are you doing?”
She looked up and saw her mother staring at
her. She didn’t notice when she came in. She
must have been engrossed in her own
thoughts. She looked away.
“Nothing.”

Eureka sat beside her daughter. Sheila shifted
away a bit. What does she want now? She and
her mother had not been on speaking terms
since the incident at Martha’s party.
“When are you going back to school?”

A frown creased her brows, why was she
asking? “May be next week, may be next two
weeks.”
“I was disappointed when you and Martha’s
fiance turned her birthday party into a kissing
challenge.”
Sheila bursted out laughing. Her mother can be
comical with words at times.

“It is not funny.”
“I know mum. But you sound funny.”
Eureka smiled, but it thinned away, leaving a
stern expression, “I don’t know what you were
thinking. But, what you did was wrong.

Regardless of your grievance towards your
aunt, using Daniel as a weapon of pain was
wicked.”
She folded her arms across her chest. Her
methods might have been harsh, but it drove
home her point. Her aunt will think twice before
crossing her path next time.

“Your father and I did not train you this way.

You need to ponder on the way you relate with
people, both family and strangers. Think deep…
What you sow, you reap.”
Sheila groaned. Here we go again. Her mother
and scriptures. At least her aunt has reaped
what she sowed.

“I am serious,” she got up and walked out.

She was glad that her mother had made an
effort to bridge the gap between them.

Whenever she and her mother quarrelled, it
always feel as if she was fighting and hurting
herself.
XXXXXXX
“Tejumade Lewis!”
Her boss shriek echoed through the walls of
their office. Lord, Lord, this woman can be a
pain in the butt sometimes.
“Where is the file for Peter’s sake?!”
Teju shuffled through dozens of files in the
cabinet and pulled out one. She raced into her
boss’ office and placed it on her table.

“Set up a meeting for two, I want to see the
representatives of Cashpoint firm today.”
“Yes ma.”
Martha returned her attention to her ipad and
her personal assistant showed herself out of the
office.
“Morning Teju.”
She turned and came face to face with her
boss’ fiance.
“Oh! Morning Mr. Daniel.”

“Looks like your morning has been busy.”
She smiled and returned to her desk. ‘Busy’ was
an understatement. Her morning have been
catastrophic.
“I will let her know you are here,” she picked up
the intercom phone and called her boss. “Mr.
Daniel is here to see you,” she faced him, “You
can go in.”

“Thank you Teju,” he knocked and went in.
“What can I do for you Daniel? Please make it
quick, I am very busy,” she placed her ipad on
the table.

“You have definitely lost your manners, a ‘good
morning’ would have been nice,” he sat on one
of the chairs at the table. She eyed him and
remained mum.
“It’s being three months Martha. We are
suppossed to be planning our wedding not
fighting.”
She leaned back on her chair and held his
pleading gaze. “What wedding?”
“Martha… We love each other, do not let Sheila
come in between us. The naughty girl has even
forgotten the prank she played on us. Why are
we still circling this issue?”
Why has Daniel come to her work place? She
has so much to do today. She can’t deal with
this right now.

“Can we talk about this some other time?”
“When? You have been avoiding me.”
“Daniel, I am busy at the moment. I can’t do
this right now.”
“Do you realize that your resentment towards
your neice is pulling us apart?”
“My resentment?” Her voice rose. “You were the
one that kissed her.”
He leaned forward, “She kissed me, she
distracted me long enough to plant her p@anties
in my pocket, knowing fully well that it will hurt
you. This is all a game to Sheila… But, this is
our lives at stake.”

Martha tore her eyes away. He was right. What
Sheila did had hurt her, more than she would
admit to anyone or herself. She knows that
Daniel loves her and he would never do
anything to hurt her. Why was she punishing
him for Sheila’s actions? She was transferring
aggression and this is ruining her relationship.
Why has she allowed her neice to get under her
skin? What is she doing? She has been praying
to God for a life partner, here he is, and she
wants to drive him away. What is she doing?
“Whatever your issues are when it comes to
Sheila, we will deal with it together. But, I am
not ready to throw away what we have both
worked for.”

She met his undaunted gaze.

“I love you and I want to spend the rest of my
life with you.”
“I love you too Daniel,” tears gathered in her
eyes. He crossed the table and pulled her up.
“You cannot run away from me girl, you are
stuck with me for life.”

She smiled and leaned into his warm embrace.
She must have been crazy for calling off the
wedding. She will never allow Sheila to get
under her skin again.