Written by Esther Estelle<\/b><\/i> <\/p>\n
He knew he was in big trouble and immediately introduced me to his \u201cdrinking partners\u201d,<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. M, you\u2019ve met Shontelle too many times so you don\u2019t need any introductions. Mr. Tino and Mr. Bill, meet our esteemed Celebrity PR, the backbone of this company\u201d<\/p>\n
Awwwww, I hoped my blushy red face wasn\u2019t obvious because I still needed my kick-ass face on. But really, my boss had to be the best in the planet. He didn\u2019t know what I\u2019d been through in the past 6 hours but he just had to look at my face and he knew what to say to make me happy.<\/p>\n
\u201cHello Mr. Bill, hello Mr. Tino, it\u2019s a pleasure meeting you both\u201d. I didn\u2019t bother exchanging pleasantries with Mr. M talk more of shaking him because I knew the pervert would only do something stupid that will probably ruin my mood good spoil.
\nAs the meeting proceeded, I\u2019m pretty sure I zoned out a couple of times although I didn\u2019t realise until I felt my boss tapping me. Then he said, \u201cPardon her, she\u2019s been up and about since 4:30am and I\u2019m sure she has more business to take care of which is probably what\u2019s getting her distracted\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr. M smiled, winked at me and said \u201cPerhaps a glass of wine would bring the attention back. Hahahahaha!!\u201d I almost hissed at him, but then I\u2019d ruin the fake smile I had plastered on my face, besides every other person in the room but me was laughing so why ruin it. As I got up to get a glass of juice from the fridge instead of his proposed wine, I could feel eyes following the sway of my bum, and I was sure it was Mr. M\u2019s, so I added a lil sashay to it winks<\/em><\/p>\n Gawd!! I really needed to lighten up. I knew I\u2019d have to get an excuse ready for my boss as explanation for my grumpiness after the meeting, that\u2019s if he didn\u2019t send me on another assignment as punishment. When I got back in, the meeting was over and had been postponed to next week, as Mr. Bill had another meeting he had to rush to.<\/p>\n whew<\/em><\/p>\n Thank God. I had to escape as fast as I could to catch the much needed sleep.<\/p>\n \u201cMiss! Not so fast!\u201d My boss had caught me\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cLet the lecture begin\u201d I muttered as I turned to meet him.<\/p>\n \u201cShontelle, I might not tell you enough, but you know you\u2019re one of the best things that has happened to this company in 3 yrs right?\u201d The big voice in my head screamed, \u201cPrepare for the tongue-lashing after the praise\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI know that sometimes the working conditions may not be conducive but I\u2019m sure you know what you signed up for from the beginning. But you can\u2019t keep slipping and making little mistakes or losing your attention span especially at meetings like this.\u201d he continued, \u201cSo my wife says you need to unwind, how about dinner with my family, then you can lay it on me?\u201d He said like a concerned uncle.<\/p>\n Wow!! I\u2019d kill for some home-cooked meal right now and Mrs. Smith was a wonderful cook, but today I really wanted to be alone, listen to all my Adele songs over a bowl of ice cream and drop that much needed rant. But nobody could find out about that so I had to think of the best lie to decline this offer.<\/p>\n \u201cSir, thank you and I\u2019m very sorry for my slips today. I didn\u2019t wake up in a new bugatti like I dreamt but I promise to make it all up. I would love to come by for dinner but I already promised my dad I\u2019d be with him today\u201d, I lied.<\/p>\n \u201cAlright dear, see you on Monday morning bright, early and ready\u201d, he patted my head and walked off.<\/p>\n If I knew Mr Smith well enough, I was sure he\u2019d call me later to make sure I was really with my dad. There was no escaping this one, I had to call Da-da.<\/p>\n \u201cHey Pops! Care if I crash your party tonight?\u201d I said immediately Da-da picked up his phone.<\/p>\n \u201cGood afternoon to you too, my daughter. My day went well, thanks for asking.\u201d he replied sarcastically. I groaned, why did he wake up mushy today and I didn\u2019t?<\/p>\n \u201cHey Pops! Good afternoon sir! How did your day go? Now do you mind answering my question Daddy? Please!\u201d He laughed and replied,<\/p>\n \u201cThe more, the merrier baby as long as you are on your best behaviour\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDaddy! But you didn\u2019t train me to be on my best behaviour especially when I\u2019m crashing people\u2019s parties.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYea baby, I think you should have followed your mother and allowed your kid bro stay behind. At least I\u2019d have trained him to be one of the biggest play boys in Lagos. Now these skills of mine are going to the grave with me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAwwwww Daddy, I\u2019m sorry I disappoint you. But for tonight, you\u2019d have to put up with my bad behaviour which I obviously inherited from you. \u201d I was teasing him and I was sure enjoying it as it lightened my mood faster than I expected.<\/p>\n \u201cOh Kamso! You break an old man\u2019s heart so mercilessly\u201d he faked a sniffle and then burst out laughing.<\/p>\n \u201cSo Play Boy! Which of the girlfriends are we taking out today, or do I get to meet a new one today? I think I should start calling them Mum, don\u2019t you think so?\u201d I teased.<\/p>\n \u201cYou haven\u2019t met this one, and I know you will love her. She\u2019s tall, slender, lightskinned and mixed heritage, Cuban American I think. I met her in Brazil last month.\u201d he gushed on and on.<\/p>\n \u201cAlright, where are you taking her to so I can dress inappropriately to annoy her. Are you going to pick me up or do I meet you guys up? Do you want me to be the loyal, puppy-eyed, obedient daughter? Or are we going for rebellious and disobedient? \u201d I was getting the kick of this I must confess.<\/p>\n \u201cKamso! Where did I ever go wrong with you this child?\u201d he screamed in mock surprise.<\/p>\n \u201cHey Pops! What happened to TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS; breaking hearts together?\u201d I replied.<\/p>\n \u201cJust be good and dress up whichever way you want as long as you look good and remind of your mother\u2019s gorgeousness which you inherited. Catch you later baby.\u201d he said and hung up.<\/p>\n I felt lighter and my mood was nowhere near sour anymore. The things Barr. (Sir) Jonathan Chiwendu Eze did to me. My 52 year old dad had met my mom, Engr. Mrs. Elizabeth Okonkwo, 27 years ago when he was 25 and she was 23.<\/p>\n They said it had been love at first sight and they became inseparable immediately afterwards. They were both what my mom calls \u201cspoilt brats\u201d but my dad would rather describe as \u201cprivileged\u201d and they had it all at their disposals. Not too long after my mom rounded off her masters programme, she was pregnant and they did the \u201cright thing\u201d and got married.<\/p>\n They soon found out that they were both too immature to be married and the fighting became constant. They both endured enough for 5years to have my kid bro, Jayden Kosisochukwu Eze, and I before the separation, which was thankfully not messy. Right from when I was born, I was my dad\u2019s pal, maybe cos I looked like a copy of my mom, but we were inseparable so it was only natural that I chose to stay with him after the separation when we were asked, and mom had taken Jay with her.<\/p>\n We had joint dinners every weekend after the divorce was final for 5 years until mom announced she was getting remarried, so we reduced it to 2 weekends a month. Dad refused to remarry, and he confessed to Jay that he still carries a torch for mom. He went round women like I did clothes. I can\u2019t remember how many girlfriends I\u2019ve met or heard about, I stopped counting at 10 and I was just 12 then.<\/p>\n I could go on and on about my family, but then I wouldn\u2019t catch my much needed sleep or drop the promised rant. I didn\u2019t feel so bad anymore, so Adele would be out of the picture, I could do pop or soft rock while I write the rant, but that would be after I woke up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Written by Esther Estelle He knew he was in big trouble and immediately introduced me to his \u201cdrinking partners\u201d, \u201cMr. M, you\u2019ve met Shontelle too many times so you don\u2019t need any introductions. Mr. Tino and Mr. Bill, meet our esteemed Celebrity PR, the backbone of this company\u201d Awwwww, I hoped my blushy red face […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2699,2735],"tags":[1855,218,2381,2491,2006,2701,2720,2341],"class_list":["post-4331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shon-eze","category-shon-eze-fiction","tag-deolu-oniranu","tag-deolububble","tag-episode-2","tag-greatest-thing-since-sliced-bread","tag-lagos-short-stories","tag-shon-eze-2","tag-shontelle-eze","tag-short-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n