THE BrideGROOM Episode 13 and 14

THE BrideGROOM Episode 13

Mr Adrian: good morning, Charlotte. You didn’t tell me you do pole dancing.

Charlotte:? how did you know!

Mr Adrian: my friends came into Nigeria last night and asked me to come hang out with them, but because I had a lot doing, I couldn’t make it. But they did send me some clips of your performance. I must say you are very Good!

Charlotte: those are your friends? Oh my God!
I’m so embarrassed.

Mr Adrian: come on! That’s like a second job. So long as it doesn’t affect your role here, it is perfectly okay.
I’ll give you ten out of ten. Amazing flexibility, I must say!

Charlotte: Thank you.

Mr Adrian: you know watching pole dancing is my favourite thing in the world, right?

Charlotte: really? Was that why you paid for one the day we went out?

Mr Adrian: I do that all the time. Whenever I travel to any city I spend a lot of money on that. That is the only way I unwind.
I’ll be going to Barbados next week, would you like to come with me then? I’ll pay for everything. The flight ticket, hotel, food and also pay you three hundred pound per hour of performance.

Charlotte: but I have used up all my holiday.

Mr Adrian: don’t worry, I’ll give you some hours off and you still get paid for it.

Charlotte: awwww! Thank you!

Mr Adrian: sorry, Charlotte, but I don’t like when women tell me awwww. I feel patronised. If you can, try not to use it on me. Thanks.

Charlotte: oh okay! I’m sorry

Mr Adrian: thanks. Get started with the documents, please. Thank you.

Charlotte: right away.?

(Deric is still in his village tending to his poor mother whose health has continued to deteriorate and Charlotte rarely calls to check up on him.
She had wanted to travel without telling Deric but she changed her mind and decided to tell him, so she got home, sorted out her passport and started ringing him…)

Charlotte

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Deric: hello, Charlotte

Charlotte: hello, how is mama today?

Deric: so this is the first time you are calling me in two weeks, right?

Charlotte: I keep trying to call but obviously the network in your village is unstable!

Deric: well, mama is not getting any better.

Charlotte: she will be fine. I’m calling to tell you you that I will be going to China next week.

Deric: you are going to China to do What?

Charlotte: my company is sending me there.

Deric: you are going to China Charlotte? Your mother in law has been critically ill for two months now, you have never bothered to come down and see her for once. You barely ask after her but you are going to China. You are not even sure that you would meet her when you come back.
This is a woman who stood by your side when you were in debt in London. She cleared your debt, came to London to see you and brought you food items that lasted you a whole year. A woman who treats you like her own…

Charlotte: oh please save me the blackmail! Do you know why I’m going to China?? I have been asked to do a training that would raise my monthly salary by eighty percent!
I only agreed to do that because of mama’s health. What she needs right now is not that pity party you and your elder brother are organising everywhere on social media!
She need good medical care abroad!
As soon as I come back from China, I’ll take mama to London to get her treated! So save me the whole bull crap! I’ve heard enough of it from you!

Deric: hmmm. But you never told me you had such plans. Anyways, thank you. I will do anything to save my mother and if I had money, we wouldn’t be having this discussion right now because she would have been in a London hospital recovering. Thanks again, Charlotte.

Charlotte: I’ve paid in some money into your account, buy her whatever she needs until I come back. Tell her I said she will be fine.
Bye(???)
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Madam Nkechi: are you telling me the whole truth, Chioma??

Chioma: mummy, I swear by daddy’s grave. Since I married Ambrose, I’ve never had anything to do with any other man?
Why would I? I love my husband to bits, I love my children and I value my home???
I have never given it a thought.
Ambrose gives i and the kids everything we need. Everything, mama!

Madam Nkechi: so where did he get the pictures you spoke about, then?

Chioma: mama, I wish I know. I am just so confused and heartbroken. I’ve only just started to wean Shasha and she cries a lot at night. God, please vindicate me!???????

Madam Nkechi: it’s alright. Stop crying. Their nanny will take care of them. Do you have any friends in Abuja?

Chioma: no, mummy. Ambrose is the only friend I have. Whenever I tell you that I am out, it’s with him. I don’t even know anyone in our estate. The only person I speak to sometimes is Kate, my children’s nanny and she is such a wonderful young woman.

Madam Nkechi: something is not right somewhere. I and your uncle Emeka will go see Ambrose tomorrow. Stop crying let’s go into the kitchen and make something.
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Tatiana: daddy, we had too much ice cream and there is a girl that was crying and crying and crying o! I didn’t cry because I am a big girl! Shasha cry small

Mr Ambrose: Shasha cried because she is still a baby. You are a big girl and daddy is proud of you.

Tatiana: Shasha also wee wee on her pant!?

Mr Ambrose: it’s okay, when you were her age, you did same.

Tatiana: yes because I was short then

Mr Ambrose: because you were a baby

Tatiana: where is mummy. Mummy! Mummy!

Mr Ambrose: Tatiana, mummy has gone to see grandma Nkechi.

Tatiana: okay!! When is mummy going to bring a baby from the hospital? She said she will bring another baby very soon

Mr Ambrose: phewww! Mummy, you go and have your shower first, and we can talk about that later, okay?

Tatiana: But when she brings another baby, will she give Shasha back to the hospital? Otherwise there’s gonna be toooooo much babies in this house.

Mr Ambrose: Kate!

Kate: yes, sir. I’ve got Shasha in the shower! I can’t come down!

Mr Ambrose: Jesus Christ save me!

Tatiana: Jesus Christ save me!

Mr Ambrose: Mummy, go and get your story book let me read you a story

Tatiana: okay daddy!!!!!?

Mr Ambrose: no running!


THE brideGLOOM. Episode 14


ELDER EMEKA: we have spoken to our daughter and she is still maintaining that she hasn’t slept with any other man.
As much as I understand where you are coming from, because of the pictures, the money and the messages from whatever you young people call it, I am choosing to believe our daughter.
It’s okay if you don’t want her back, we will arrange to return the bride prize. But we would like you to allow her access to her children. She is very distressed that she hasn’t seen them.

MR AMBROSE: Chioma can always come and see the kids. They are not only mine. She can take them out whenever she wants and I don’t want the bride price back.
I wish a day like this never came. We miss her, I miss her. She is my only friend?….. af–ter each tiring day, I….I come home to her. ?
But I can’t bear the sight of her carrying another man’s child’s in my own house. The thought of her in bed with another man is driving me insane????

MADAM NKECHI: it will never be well with whoever is behind this! May nemesis catch up with him or her in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening and at night!???
Two love birds torn apart just like that!
Ambrose, you are like a son to me, you have treated me like a mother and it is sad that I am being forced to choose between you and my daughter who to believe! This is a hard decision but I believe my daughter and I will look after her until she has her baby!
Greet my grand children when they come back! (Starts crying loudly???)

MR AMBROSE: (Amidst tears) mama, if you need anything, please let me know.

MADAM NKECHI: I don’t need anything from You!
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MR ADRIAN: that was a long flight!

CHARLOTTE: it was, indeed! Why is there only a single bed here? Where am I going to sleep?

MR ADRIAN: Oh! I booked you a different room. Your room is the one next door. Room number 104.

CHARLOTTE: interesting! Have you got the keys?

MR ADRIAN: sure! (Hands her the keys)

CHARLOTTE: so when would you want me to perform for You??

MR ADRIAN: Charlotte, we’ve only just arrived! Why don’t you have a shower, change and we can go have something to eat and maybe a couple of drinks.
As much as I like watching pole dancing, that’s not the main reason why I brought you here.
I noticed you are going through a lot and I wanted you to have a breather. That’s the main reason why I brought you here.

CHARLOTTE: why do you think I am going through a lot?

MR ADRIAN: it’s written all over You, Charlotte! You are clearly stressed. Try to get as much rest as possible within this one week that we are here.

CHARLOTTE: you are right! I am sex starved! My husband hasn’t touched me in the last 4 months! The last time we made love, I literally begged for it???
I don’t wanna keep being like This! I am a woman and I have needs!

MR ADRIAN: (bringing out his clothes from the box and hanging them in the wardrobe) Charlotte, you see, there is more to life than regular sex.
I agree you have such needs, but it only becomes an issues when you focus so much on it. I mean, I have been divorced for 7 years, but I’m still here.
Take your mind off sex and focus on what actually matters.

CHARLOTTE: you mean you have been celibate for 7 years?

MR ADRIAN: ermm, more or less. I’ve had a fling a couple of times but it’s one of those things you do after you’ve had so much to drink and I regretted it.
I don’t need sex. I need love and money. I’ve got them and I am dying a damn happy man!

CHARLOTTE: you’ve got love? What is love without sex?

MR ADRIAN: love is when my 18 year old daughter calls me every morning and tells me she loves me. Love is when she tells me that she is going to become a doctor so that she’ll ensure I get the best medical care when I need one.
Love is having my cigar inbetween my fingers and watching pole dancing.
Love is looking into my bank account and seeing enough dole in there
Love is a glass of red wine at the end of every day. Love is knowing I owe no man. Love is knowing that if i die today, my daughter will be wealthy even if she decides not to work in her entire!

CHARLOTTE: are you a man?

MR ADRIAN: I am a man.

CHARLOTTE: okay! Let me rephrase. Are you medically okay?

MR ADRIAN: my doctor says I am.

CHARLOTTE: okay! I don’t mean medically!

MR ADRIAN: well, you asked if I was medically okay.

CHARLOTTE: do you find me sexually attractive?

MR ADRIAN: yes. But that doesn’t mean I must have sex with you. Imagine if we had sex with every single person we find sexually attractive. It will be a crazy world. Wouldn’t it?

CHARLOTTE: But it is a crazy world already.

MR ADRIAN: maybe. Maybe not.

CHARLOTTE: do you know why I agreed to travel with a man who isn’t my husband?

MR ADRIAN: because you thought I would ask you for sex.

CHARLOTTE: yes? and I also thought I could get some money in exchange for that.

MR ADRIAN: What do you need the money for?

CHARLOTTE: ????

MR ADRIAN: it is fruitless to try to move me with tears. Tears don’t move me. Tell me what you need the money for.

CHARLOTTE: my mother in law is dying of diabetes and we need at least five million naira to take her to the UK for treatment. MY husband is unemployed and I can’t afford it.

MR ADRIAN: I’ll give it to you.

CHARLOTTE: What did you just say??

MR ADRIAN: if that makes you sleep well at night

CHARLOTTE: (kneels down?)

MR ADRIAN: go have a shower let’s go have something to eat. MY stomach is rumbling.

CHARLOTTE: God bless you.

MR ADRIAN: he can give that blessing to your husband. I am a blessed man. Thank you.
Tomorrow, I’ll like to have you perform for me for about an hour.
And don’t worry, you’ll still get your three hundred pounds an hour. Not sure how much that is in Nigerian naira.

CHARLOTTE: What time would you like me to perform Tomorrow?

MR ADRIAN: eleven thirty pm, if that’s okay by you.

CHARLOTTE: sure. Where would you like it. In their club hall?

MR ADRIAN: NO of course that would be me giving them a free service. I paid for it privately. I would like it here in my room

CHARLOTTE: no problems at all. I’ll go to my room now.

MR ADRIAN: I’ll be waiting. Remember, I am hungry.

CHARLOTTE: I know.

To be continued…

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