By Nze Ujunwa MarkAnthony
(All Rights Reserved)
6. EXT. NBA’S PREMISES. DAY
NGOZI and RITA discussing as they lean on the former’s RANGE ROVER SPORT on the premises of NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION while waiting to attend the scheduled BARRISTER’S MEETING and DAN drives in, in his rickety. VOLVO 244
DAN
Hi ladies!
NGOZI AND RITA
Hi Dan!
DAN
You ladies are already here?
NGOZI
You know its Friday, traffic usually builds up after noon so it’s always better to leave for one’s destination early enough.
DAN
That’s correct, all right ladies, let me park and get ready for the meeting.
NGOZI
See you in the conference hall.
DAN
Sure! See you ladies later.
RITA
Ha! Ha! Ha!
NGOZI
What’s amusing you?
RITA
Please, don’t pretend you didn’t notice his funny looking car.
NGOZI
Well, that’s what he can afford for now. Must everyone drive a Porsche like you?
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RITA
Ngozi, here’s your machine and I ride in an American customized Porsche yet Dan and we attended the same university and law school. It’s ridiculous.
NGOZI
Honestly, Rita is very pathetic that a brilliant lawyer like Dan, who came out with first class honours both in the university and at the law school and almost a decade at the bar is still struggling with a law firm that hardly pays him a reasonable salary monthly.
RITA
It really beats my imagination, you know.
NGOZI
Anyway, my dear, a case like his, I believe can only be divinely solved not really by physical strength or intellect… it’s almost time, let’s go into the hall.
7. INT. CRAZY CREATIVE.DAY.
Lucy sits at the RECEPTION waiting to see KEN as she chews GUM carelessly
CAROL
Please, Madam, once again you say your name is?
LUCY
Are you deaf? Didn’t I tell you earlier that I’m LUCY and I’m here to see your boss?
CAROL
Hello! One Miss LUCY is here to see the MD.
KEN
Let her in immediately.
CAROL
All right. You can go in now, the first door by your right.
8. INT. KEN’S OFFICE DAY.
KEN busy working with his LAPTOP as LUCY comes in. He rises to welcome her with a cheerful SMILE.
KEN
Hi pretty! What a pleasant surprise! Pretty, what’s actually the matter? Why is your beautiful face not cheerful? Come! Come!
LUCY
Take your hands off me!
KEN
Come on, sweetie! What’s eating you up?
LUCY
You claim, you love me, made me so many promises to me the very first day, you set your eyes on me but since then you couldn’t even call to find out how I’m faring, is that how you express you own affection?
KEN
Come on, pretty! It’s not deliberate; I have been quite busy lately.
LUCY
Too busy to call and enquire how my interview went?
KEN
I’m sorry dear, please forgive me. So tell me, how did the interview go?
LUCY
Well, if you care to know, I didn’t make it, no thanks to you! Ken, your dad as I got to find out later is the chairman of that bank yet you couldn’t even tell him to put in a word for me, is it fair?
KEN
Truly, baby, I’m sorry, it actually escaped my memory to inform the old man about you but not to worry, sweetie, I will certainly make it up to you, okay.
LUCY
How do you intend to do that?
KEN
Don’t forget that the old man is equally the chairman of the nation’s largest oil corporation so I can easily talk to him to fix you there, all right.
LUCY
Do you really mean it, Ken?
KEN
Absolutely! Anything that will make you happy, that’s what I’ll do.
LUCY
Oh! Thanks a lot darling, you’re so wonderful!
KEN
Sure baby! I’m a wonderful dude!
LUCY
Why don’t you further show me how wonderful, you can be by taking me to a cozy Chinese restaurant for lunch?
KEN
Right now?
LUCY
Now, of course!
KEN
All right damsel, your wish is my command, shall we?
LUCY
Sure!
9. INT. KEN’S RESIDENCE.DAY.
In the LIVING ROOM, LUCY clad in a SEXY FLOWERED NIGHT GOWN folding her two smooth legs in the COUCH as she sips a GLASSFUL OF IRISH CREAM and smoking almost simultaneously. Regularly flipping through the CHANNELS as the DOOR BELL rings.
LUCY
Obot! Obot! Obot!
OBOT
Ma!
LUCY
Do you have problems with your ears?
OBOT
I don’t understand ma.
LUCY
Are you deaf?
OBOT
No ma.
LUCY
My friend, will you go and see who’s at the door since you’re deaf to a point that you couldn’t hear the door bell ringing.
OBOT
Ah! Mummy! Good afternoon ma.
MRS. FIBERISIMA
Good afternoon my daughter; how’re you?
LUCY
Obot, who’s there with you?
OBOT
Madam is oga’s mother.
MRS. FIBERISIMA
Obot, who’s that?
OBOT
Mummy is oga’s guest.
MRS. FIBERISIMA
One of his numerous girl friends I presume? Who’re you young lady?
LUCY
I should be the one directing that question to you; you walk into my fiancé’s house without any courtesy of greeting and suddenly, you begin to ask me silly question, who the hell do you think you’re?
MRS. FIBERISIMA
Young lady, it might interest you to know that I’m Ken’s mother, are you satisfied now?
LUCY
So freaking what!
OBOT
Ah-ah! Auntie, she’s…
LUCY
Will you shut your mouth right now and run to the kitchen where you belong before I descend on you.
MRS. FIBERISIMA
Obot, don’t move an inch, remain where you are, okay.
LUCY
Now listen…
…She barely finishes her statement and Mrs. Fiberisima slaps her on the right ear which brings different shades and sizes of stars on her face as she slumps into the couch behind her.
MRS. FIBERISIMA
For heaven’s sake! Obot! Leave me alone let me show her what an elderly woman can do to a manner less punk of a young lady as she is.
OBOT
Mummy, please, it’s all right, I beg of you in God’s name to calm down.
LUCY
So, you have the temerity to lay your filthy hand on me, right?
MRS. FIBERISIMA
And I intend to do it over and over again, you silly brat!
LUCY
You wouldn’t dare again!
MRS. FIBERISIMA
Just watch me.
OBOT
Mummy, please, it’s okay, auntie, please go into the room.
MRS. FIBERISIMA
Oh! You’re running away, why don’t you come and fight me? Hopeless thing! Gold digger! My son will never marry you, he’s only using you and when he’s done with you, he will dump you like a piece of shit you are! Nonsense!
…to be continued.