Season 1
Episode 5
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AT THE CYBER CAFE
Only Udoka was found there with
two other male workers who got to
know her but went out immediately
to have a breakfast leaving her all
alone. As she dusted out dirt from
computers, David entered. He wore
the same red jacket, so Udoka was
able to recognise him. When he saw
her, he smiled in a away that shows:
MY PRAYER HAS BEEN ANSWERED
YES!
"Good morning" Udoka greeted him.
"Morning" David kept smiling.
Though Udoka noticed it but didn't
bother to ask why he was smiling.
"How can i help you?" She asked as
she kept a piece of rag without
looking at him.
"I want to make several print-out
from my system using your
machine"
"Each page is thirty naira"
"Sure.." David handed his laptop to
her. Yet, Udoka didn't look at him
but her face was bright enough to
keep a customer. She sat down,
connected the laptop to a printer and
said. "Have a seat"
David sat close to her admiring her
beauty from the side of her face
down to her thighs which exposed
slightly. Nothing could be heard
except the sound of the printer that
was printing out hard copies.
"You know your job" David broke
the silence.
"Thanks" Udoka replied.
"Where did you learn how to
operate computer?"
"From high school"
"Interesting" both remained quiet.
David could see her staring at the
laptop screen with all enthusiasm, so
he said, "Put a smile on your face"
"Excuse me?" Udoka looked at him.
"I said.. you.. i mean.. you should
smile sometimes"
"Why?"
"Coz it gives guys like me courage to
express our feelings to girls"
Hearing that, Udoka smiled not
because David said so but because
she found his statement funny. She
became a bit shy and averted her
eyes from him.
"I'm sorry for what happened on
Saturday" David said.
"What happened?" Udoka looked at
him again.
"Don't you remember me?"
"I do but you did nothing wrong"
"Maybe i tried to interfere into your
personal issues which made you
forget yourself"
Hearing that, Udoka remembered
her father's land which was the
reason why she was lost in thought
that day, so she frowned her face
and focused on the laptop. "Yes, u
inferred" she said.
"Do u want to talk about it?"
"No, and i want this conversation to
stop" Udoka concluded. None of
them said anything again until the
work was done. She gathered the
printed papers and handed them to
David. As she was receiving her
money, David said, "I'm David
Robinson"
"Udoka Williams" she replied.
"Have a nice day" David began to
walk out while Udoka stared at him
until she couldn't see him again.
**
6:00pm
There was nobody at home when
Udoka returned. She walked straight
to their cooking pot but found no
food there. So she sat on the edge of
the bed feeling hungry. "What type
of life is this?" she thought and laid
on the bed face-up in a way one
could see the shape of her full
breasts. Suddenly, Monica entered
with a small bag.
"Where have u been? And where is
mother?" Udoka sat up.
"I went to hawk plantain, and i don't
know where mother is" Monica
replied and handed the bag to her
sister. "It's a snack. U can eat it while
i prepare something" she said.
"Thanks" Udoka collected it and
began to eat while Monica turned to
their stove.
However, Udoka had stopped eating
staring at a spot. She remembered
David's words and began to smile
without knowing that her sister had
been looking at her.
"What?" Monica asked her.
"What what?" Udoka returned the
question after realising herself.
"I saw you smiling"
"Was i smiling?"
"No, u were crying" Monica placed
her hands on her waist with a
smiling face but Udoka remained
quiet smiling too. As girls, they had
the same thing in mind but Monica
didn't want to dig into it, so she said,
"How was your first day at work?"
"Fine, there were many customers"
Udoka replied.
"Are they the reason why u were
smiling?"
"Why are you so interested to know
why i was smiling? Fine, it's because
someone told me that when girls
smile it gives men courage to
express their feelings to them. I find
it funny that's why i smiled"
"Oh my God!" Monica exclaimed
turning around immediately.
"What?"
"I don't like where this is going" she
replied then Udoka laughed
seriously.
Just at the door, Monica felt her eyes
closed and legs weak. Therefore, she
fell down on the floor.
"Monica!" Udoka rushed her. "What's
happening to u? Monica!" she
shouted but Monica's eyes were still
close in vision-she saw herself in the
Dark Forest again and the bright light
becoming brighter.. As Udoka
wanted to cry, her eyes opened.
"What happened?"
"I should be asking you coz u fell
down"
"My head aches" Monica struggled
up to the bed with the help of her
sister...
**
David gazed at the ceiling from his
bed thinking about Udoka. "I guess
she's troubled" he though. Just then,
his phone ran and he picked it
instantly.
"Hi, Dave" a female voice sounded
on the phone.
"Hi, Sandra" David replied.
"U've not called me for two day.
Why? I guess a girl is catching ur
attention"
"No, dear" David smiled...
:
TBC
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