INSEPARABLE - A Story About Friendship

CHAPTER FOUR
Amarachi woke up as early as five a.m to prepare for work, she had
been nervous all through the weekend since she had received a mail
confirming her appointment. Even when Ini took her out to Erinsic, she
could only keep her mind off temporarily due to distractions by their
newly found friends. Not that she was a timid or fearful girl but she was
anxious because it was her first employment and her first day at work.
Her Mum had advised her when she called during the weekend to be
hardworking , reminding her that she was the only hope of the family.
Her Mum always told how she met her Dad, how Amarachi's father had
married her even though she was from another tribe due to her
hardwork.
Six years ago, Amarachi's father had a major setback in his business
and since then struggled to make ends meet. He managed to cater for
the family and get Amarachi through school by petty trading. Her
mother engaged herself in tailoring and was able to also help the
husband meet some needs.
As Amarachi took her bath, she had Ini calling to her " Hey, Ama. Hope
you are awake, we need to leave by seven a.m on dot."
"I'm taking my bath already" Ama shouted back
"Ok, I just wanted to know if you were awake, let me go take my bath
too"
It was five minutes past six when Ama came out of the bathroom. As
she took a look at her phone, she saw an incoming call from an
unsaved number.
" Hello"
" Hi Ama, It's Frank"
"Frank?"
"Yes, one of the guys who helped you and your friend on saturday"
"Oh"
" Yeah, how was your night?"
"Fine, thanks. Please, you can call me later in the evening, I'm
preparing for work now"
"Alright then, have a nice day"
"You too"
Frank, she remembered him now, the funny guy who made them laugh
excitedly with his jokes on Saturday. They were three guys, one was
just talking casually and always taking long glances at Ini, Frank was
making them laugh all through while the third one was quiet and only
smiled occasionally. But how did Frank get her phone number? She
didn't remember giving it to him. He must have gotten it when he
askwd for her phone and pretended to be observing what kind of brand
it was.
By the time Ini came out of her room dressed, Ama was alreafy taking a
breakfast of sliced bread with tea.
"Good morning Ini" Ama said to her as she sat on the dinning table.
"Good morning Ama, I can see you are already prepared for work this
morning"
"Yes, I am" Ama replied and continued , "You know Ini, I don't know
how to thank you enough, you've been so good to me"
"Come on, you don't need to say that. What are we friends for? Lets
hurry up and get to work early enough."
By seven thirty they got to the company in Ini's car and Amarachi
resumed her job as the accounting research analyst. She was already
seated in her office shown to her by the secretary by 7.45 am. She
busied herself studying some files found on the table. At about 8.15
am, she received a call from the accounts manager summoning her to
his office.
"Good morning sir" Amarachi said as she walked into his office.
"Good morning, Miss Amarachi" Dennis Michaels replied looking up "
you may be seated"
He took his time to admire her looks as she sat, he didn't take notice of
her pretty face when she came for the interview. She must be a
goddess or a "mami water" if they really existed, he thought to himself.
" Welcome to the company Miss"
"Thank you sir"
" Some documents have been sent to remind you of your duties in here,
but I just thought I should talk to you to let you know the import of your
job, we need you to be alert always. If your job is done well, it would
cause an increase in the progress of the company"
" Yes, I know sir. I promise to do my best and you'll have no regrets
having me here"
"Good, you can go now , tell the secretary to come here at once"
"Thank you sir" She said and stood to take her leave.
Dennis watched her, he was enticed by her curvy little shape and the
way she walked. He thought of asking her out, but waved of the
thought with the excuse that it was too early, he wasn't known for
flirting with females in the office.
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Frank shook his head to the sound of Lecrae's Church clothes mixtape
as he shaved the hair of a customer in his Unisex salon, he had two
other branches in the city. Frank did no office job, he decided to invest
in the hair styling business after he graduated and couldn't get a job.
He had three hair stylists working in each branch of the other two
salons and he worked in the newest branch also managing the others
from there and visiting them occasionally.
"Done sir, do you like the cut"? Frank asked as he clean and applied
antiseptics to the man hair.
"Yes, thank you." The man replied "How much is it?"
"It's six hundred naira"
"No o, I will pay you five hundred please"
"It's okay, I'll collect it because you are a first timer here"
Frank sat in his office seat and recorded the transaction. As he dropped
the pen, his mind raced to Amarachi, he had been thinking of her since
he woke that morning. He thought of calling her, but it was eleven am
and he didn't want to disturb her work. Why did thoughts of her occupy
his mind like this? He had so many pretty girlfriends but none of them
took over his thinking capacity like this. Well, time will tell.

INSEPARABLE - A Story About Friendship

CHAPTER THREE

As Kelvin drove with his Friends through Etyle City to Erinsic, a popular

bar and restaurant which most Big Boys and Girls patronised in the city,

they made comments about almost everything they saw. After twenty

minutes of driving, Kelvin began to halt slowly close to a broken down

car.

"Kelvin, what's the matter, why are you stopping" Frank said.

" Don't you see those chicks are struggling with their car? Let's lend

them a helping hand and you know, I think I like one of them" Kelvin

replied as he came down through the drivers seat.

" Oh!" Bode complained, obviously irritated, " which one be this now, are

we good samaritans, why you just wan spoil our groove this evening?"

"The guy wan toast babe now,abeg leave am o", Frank replied and

joined Kelvin walk towards the girls.

" Hi girls, what's wrong with your car?" , Kelvin said as he approached

the car.

" I don't know, the engine has refused to come on since I parked to

receive a phone call", one of the Ladies replied with a faint smile.

"Let me help you check it" Kelvin said as he checked through the car

Engine.

Frank fed his eyes on the girl's faces, he had not seen girls as pretty as

they were in a long time. He admired the one in the dark blue suit more,

he loved the dimples that revealed themselves as she smiled on

sighting him. He smiled back too. He decided to engage the girls in a

conversation while Kelvin worked on the car.

"Where were you girls off to? " He asked, directing the question to the

girl on the blue suit, but was quickly answered by the other one.

"We were on our way to Erinsic, I don't just know what's wrong with the

car, it has never broken down"

"Don't worry, it would be fixed, we were also on our way to Erinsic"

After about one minute of working on the car, Kelvin called out "You can

start up the engine now"

The car started at once to the surprise of the two girls.

"Wow, thank you so much" the lady who had been silent all throughf

inally spoke beaming with smiles.

"Its nothing" Frank quickly replied her

Ini came out of the car looking grateful. "Thank you so much, we would

have been stucked here for long without help"

"You're welcome Mam, It's my pleasure to help pretty ladies like you"

Kelvin finally spoke, cleaning his hands with an handkerchief " My

name is Kelvin and that's my friend Frank"

"I'm Ini, and she is Amarachi, I call her Ama" She replied cheerfully,

winking at Amarachi who was looking less interested

" I heard you were your way to Erinsic? "

" Yes, we wanted to spend sometime out this evening"

" Oh, I see, we were heading for the same place. I think we don't have

to waste time anymore, let's just meet there.

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" Dennis, time is not on your side anymore, you are ageing gradually

and I'm also getting closer to the grave, please let me carry my grand

children ", Mrs Michaels whined

" Mummy, I told you to be patient, you would get your grand children

when the time comes", Dennis replied as he took a sip of Five alive fruit

juice.

" That's what you always say, for years now, we've been patient and

there has been nothing to show for it, you better bring a wife home if

you want us to live in peace " Mrs Michaels replied and stormed out of

the living room .

Dennis hated this kind of discussion with his mother, they've been

through it several times and the woman would not let him be, she

brought up the discussion everytime she heard about a marriage

ceremony.

He thought about the two Ladies he had dated previously. His

relationship with Ada hadn't been too nice. Ada came from a rich family

and therefore lived a flamboyant lifestyle that didnt work with him, she

was also arrogant and lazy, he couldn't put up with the relationship

again and had to break up one afternoon after she beat up one of his

female staffs in the office for staring at her boyfriend too much.

Funmi, the second lady that he dated hadn't loved him but pretended

and play pranks on him alongside with her lover. Three years after that,

he hadn't open his heart to any other girl, he focused on making

money.

"Brother" , a tiny voice called, interrupting his thoughts " ain't you going

out this saturday?"

It was Janet, his younger sister, who was just twenty years of age. He

was used to chilling out with her on saturdays when she was on break

from school.

"Is anything the matter?" She asked after noticing he looked gloomy,

"you don't look cheerful today"

"Its nothing dear, I'm just trying to think through some matters in the

office" He lied.

"Hmm, sweet lie, you think I will take that? I know you don't disturb

yourself with office matters on Saturdays, so tell me the truth"

" You are too young to understand Janet"

"No, I'm not" , she replied, sitting close to her brother on the three sitter

sofa " you can talk to me"

"No, you won't understand Janet " He said and walked into his room

INSEPARABLE - A story about friendship

CHAPTER ONE
Shouts of joy erupted from the football viewing centre as the referee
blew the final whistle. Arsenal Fc had just won their first European
Champions League title, it had been a tough match. They played
against Barcelona, a spanish club who were known to have won the
title
several times. Barcelona played hard but were unable to get the ball
into the net, the match had proceeded to the extra thirty minutes. At the
dying minutes of the game, defender Puyol had mistakenly sent the ball
pass his team goalie through a disastrous header actually meant to
keep the ball out out of the box.
" Up Gunners!!!" Bode hailed as he walked out of the centre with his
Friend Frank.
" Na Luck una use win jor" Frank replied him in pidgin English.
"Luck or no luck, we are champions of the season"
"See you, come next season you guys would be trashed out like you
are always trashed"
"Hahahaha, haters keep hating, we are the champions"
Frank and Bode were flatmates, young men aging twenty four and
twenty six. Their other flat mate, Kelvin who wasn't a lover of football
was left at home by the duo. Kelvin was older than the both of them, he
was twenty eight. The three guys had met in the university and became
close friends, instead of renting several single rooms, they had decided
to stay together.
Bode and Frank walked into the house and met Kelvin fast asleep in the
living room, although both had their different rooms, they slept most
times together in one room chatting and sharing their day experiences.
" Kelvin, what did you prepare? We are so hungry" , Frank said waking
Kelvin from his sleep.
"You want to eat again? Aren't you filled with football already? " Kelvin
asked jokingly, "Go into the kitchen, you'll find beans. I'm going into my
room to sleep, I have to prepare for Church tomorrow " Kelvin said and
walked away from them.
Frank and Bode rushed into the kitchen like kids who were fighting to
get a toy. This was their usual manner, the first person to get to the Pot
usually got the larger larger of food.
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INSEPARABLE - A story about friendship

CHAPTER TWO

"How do I look? " Amarachi asked Ini, posing in front of a mirror.

"You look sweet hun, you don't even need to talk too much, seeing you

alone would make the manager give you the job."

"Hahahaha, come on stop flattering me"

"I'm saying the truth babe, you can't be denied the job"

"I hope so"

"Please let's go now, so we can beat the traffic, you know"

Both girls laughed as they left the house and got into Ini's Honda car.

Amarachi looked indescribably beautiful in her dark blue trouser suits,

she had a pretty round face and a fair complexion, one that would

make guys always take a second and long look at her. When she

smiled, she revealed a nice set of tooth and dimples on her cheeks. She

had a blonde like hair which made people conclude that she escaped

being an Albino. Her beauty could be likened to that of the Nollywood

actress, Omotola Jolade.

Ini was also very pretty, fairly dark in complexion with long and very

dark hair. She had an elegant body shape and figure six that made

people refer to as a model. Her smile and composure reminds one of a

Nollywood Actress, Genevieve Nnaji.

They got to Videx International Limited just some minutes before eight

o'clock. They parted at the car park just after Ini wished her friend

success in the Job interview.

Amarachi found her way to the reception in the account department,

she met two other people who had come for the interview and sat close

to them, waiting for her name to be called.

The two other applicants were called in before her, after about forty five

minutes, she was called on. By that time, there was already four other

applicants who waited also at the reception.

"Good morning sir" she greeted as she entered the office.

"Good morning, Miss Kolawuyi Amarachi Toyin, you can have your

seat" The manager replied looking up, " You are here for the interview,

are you sure you know what this job is about ?"

Contrary to her expectation, the manager was a young man in his late

twenties. He looked serious and business minded, his looks didn't

bother her, she was well prepared.

After some minutes of questions and answers, the manager, Dennis

Michaels paused for some minutes and spoke with a smile " Alright,

Miss Kolawole, we would review your credentials and get back to you,

you can leave now"

He watched as she left his office, she was definitely the most intelligent

applicant he had interviewed in his few years as a Manager, she would

get the job, he was sure of this.

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Kelvin drove home excited in his New Toyota Camry Official Car, He had

just been promoted to the post of the Public relations manager in the

company where he worked and had been given a car alongside with

other benefits. He worked for a multinational company, Devi.

Devi was known for its several top quality products, her employees

were always proud to display their badges and speak about the

company to others. Kelvin joined the company for not more than three

years and had been promoted four times already due to his hard work

and intelligence and some other factors which he wasn't aware of. He

had become an object of envy for employees who he met in the

company.

He drove into the compound and used the car horn to attract his

flatmates who he knew would have returned from their places of work.

Bode was the first to come out, his face clearly showed surprise at the

sight of the car. As Bode examined the car, Frank walked outside too to

check what the disturbance was.

Kelvin broke the news to them, "Hey guys, I've just been promoted, my

salary has been tripled and this is my new ride".

His friends were so happy for him that they were speechless, they

hugged him tightly and shook him.

Finally, Frank broke the silence , " Kelvin you don hammer o, your

money has come, you must celebrate this for us"

"Yes o, you must o" Bode supported

" You guys should go and change your

clothes, lets drive around town for now, on Friday evening or Saturday we would

celebrate properly"

Bode and Frank rushed in to change their tops only, they drove out of

the compound two minutes later.

Igbo men and money

Three business associates, an Igbo man, a
Yoruba man and a Chinese man, went to eat
lunch together at a restaurant in Surulere.
While in the middle of their meal, a fly came in
through the window. It flew across the table
to where the Igbo man was but he just
waved his hands to chase it away.
The fly then went to where the Yoruba man
was, he also chased it away.
Finally, the fly then went to where the Chinese
man was and was flying close to his ears. The
Chinese man looked at the fly for sometime
and then grabbed it, put it in his mouth and
swallowed it.
The other men saw this but just kept on
eating.
About Five minutes later, another fly came in
and flew to the Yoruba man who just chased
it away again.
It then flew on to the Igbo man but this time
he did not chase the fly, he looked at it for
sometime and then grabbed it. He then
turned to the Chinese man and asked "how
much you go buy am?"