Must Read: The Rich Kids Of LAGOS (16+)… Part 15

‘Addy!’ how much did you get? asked Tessy
‘Uh? what are you talking about? Aduke was confused
’The thank you envelopes from Alhaji! I got $1500!’ Tessy sounded very happy
‘Oh that. I haven’t even checked my own. Let me check.’ Aduke looked for the purse under the clothes she has gotten out of. She stood in her underwear, excited because Tessy’s reaction was contagious.
As she struggled to bring the envelope out of the tiny purse, she wondered if this really wasn’t an easier way out of her financial mess and into financial freedom. She quickly counted the $100 bills.
‘What???? $3k!’ Aduke was amazed.
Three thousand dollars for doing what? Seating with some men for about thirty five minutes?
‘See what I was saying?’ asked Tessy in a singy song voice. She was so excited.
Suddenly, Tessy recollected herself and suddenly put on her Rich Kid Air ‘Its not like I haven’t seen money before but this amount, for such a short companionship is very rare. Let’s try to reconnect and see if we just network with them okay? Tessy needed to be certain that Aduke won’t cut her out of the largesse.
‘But Tessy, do people really dash money out like this? in this same LasGidi?’ asked a confounded Addy. So many people were hungry in this same town.
Yup!, When you are in the right circles’ confirmed Tessy, Madam-know-it-all. So, just imagine how much Peter must be trying to steal from us’ she reminded Addy of the unrecovered money with Peter
‘Oh, that’s true! we have some more with Peter!’ said Aduke. Now, she was really excited
‘Yes, we sure do!’ agreed Tessy
‘Tess, we must get that money out of Peter promptly. Send him a text now! Let’s shake him up a little bit’ said Aduke. She was ready now.
‘Oh oh!’ said Tessy, glad that Aduke had finally crawled into the realisation that there was money to be made.
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On Monday morning, as soon as Aduke got into her office and sat down, she heard a knock. It was Toba, the handy man.
‘Come in Toba, how may I help you’ asked Aduke hoping he didn’t want a salary advance
‘It is Roseline that send me. She say you have plenty delivery downstairs. Mek she bring am? said Toba in the best English he could manage
‘Why would Rose send you here? Tell her to bring it up herself’ said Aduke irritated that Rose should think she’s superior to this much older man.
Before she could complete the order, Rose and three other spa attendants had come into the office carrying three huge bouquets of flowers. The arrangement was so huge, it covered their faces. One giant vase of red roses, another white and one more of pink roses. The flowers took up the whole room. Her office looked like a magazine cover.
She tried not act surprised in front of the staff but as they exited the office, she tried to get up to check the tag. She was cut short by another knock on the door.
‘Sorry Madam, we forgot to bring this one up’ said Rose. Her eyes were alit. She loved to see displays of love like this.
It was a black box with a cross tied ribbon and a cream rose on it.
She immediately knew it was a Chanel product and judging from the size, it could be a bag. She knew this because she had seen Simi excitedly unwrap one given to her at Christmas by her aunty.
Aduke wondered why Chijioke had gone to all these lengths. After all she had told him she wasn’t angry.
When she took off the wrapping and opened the box, it was a beautiful navy blue quilted leather bag. It looked like the real thing, even she could tell this by her novice standards. She loved it.
After carefully replacing the bag in its box, went over to smell the roses, and see the note Chijioke had written on the flowers. By the time she read tag on the roses, she knew she had been wrong. It was not Chijoke. The note said:
‘CALL ME. D.G.’
Addy knew it was Alhaji Gabbo. But there was no number to reach him on. She was confused, thrilled and surprised all at once.
She picked up her phone and called Tessy. ‘Tessy, you need to see this, can you stop at the Spa please?’ she didn’t wait for a response before she cut the phone.
Aduke began to think of her next move. Should she play hard to get and send the gifts back or should she call him? But where will she send the gifts back to and how would she get his number? She sat and pondered on her options. She wondered what he wanted from her…