[Episode 19] My Days in Trixwin -By Kelvin Ossai
First of all, I wish to celebrate with MC Tuoryor Ernest as he clock plus 1 today.
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| Happy Birthday to MC Tuoryor |
Let's continue.
The CSO looked at me in disbelief. I knew in his mind, He was thinking I did it intentionally and he asked.
CSO: Why did you break the plate?
Me: Sir, it's not me oh!
CSO: Then who?
Girl: Sir the plate fell on its own.
CSO: Victoria how can a plate fall on it's own? Who dropped it there?
Girl: Sir Gina did.
CSO: (to me,) you look at the brush.
I collected the brush from him without saying thank you. He left. Now I've known the girls' name. This one is Victoria and the other one that cooked the fried rice is Gina.
But this Victoria can lie oh! She was actually the one who broke the plate. I saw her and she con get mind dey talk say na Gina keep the plate. Hmmm nawa oh!
I looked at the girl like Anthony Martial and she queried.
Victoria: Why you dey look me like that?
Me: Why I nor go look you? Which time Gina come here come keep plate wey break?
Victoria: Dey there na. If you nor use your brain, you go suffer for here.
Me: What of them ask her?
Victoria: Them nor go ask.
Me: Na you know oh! Abeg where I go see close up take brush mouth?
Victoria: So you never brush mouth na im you follow us dey swallow rice.
Me: If I nor tell you, you go know? Abeg give me something.
She gave me the close up and I left to wash my mouth. I kept the brush in my pocket and was wondering how I was going to survive 7 days with one cloth.
I sat in the kitchen jobless. No plate self to wash. At a time, Gina came into the kitchen murmuring. She sat down and got busy with her phone. Moments later, a woman walked into the kitchen (I later learnt she was the chief cook).
Woman: What are you doing here Gina? Are you not supposed to be attending to those people?
Gina: Ma, I have headache and I came here to call who will bring drug for me.
Woman: Better get well and get serious. (she turned and look at my direction. I behaved like I didn't see her. She wanted to say something but didn't say anything and then walked away.)
Gina: Una wahala too much abeg make una allow me chat jhor.
Me: (In my mind) nawa oh! So this girl nor dey feel headache for real. Why these people dey lie anyhow for here na? Hmmm, Lions.
The girl later mumbled and left. I was just in the kitchen taking different sitting position. I didn't know if I was permitted to go outside so I stayed in the kitchen. Because of how jobless I was, I started to crosscheck the kitchen's wiring. It was then I noticed the kitchen have a camera. So camera dey this kitchen na im these people dey lie anyhow? Abi the cameras nor dey work self, nawa oh!
I was in my own world when that woman (the chief cook) walked into the kitchen again with Victoria.
Woman: Where are all the plates?
Victoria: They are in the bar.
Woman: What are they doing there? So which plate will I use now? Who is supposed to wash plates today.
Victoria: (Pointing at me) look at him.
Woman: What's wrong with you? Do you think we harbour lazy people here? Who even employed you?
Me: (I just looked at her and kept shut. So for this woman mind, them employ me for here.)
Woman: You are still seating? My friend go and pack the plates and wash. Useless boy.
I got to the bar and surprisingly, there are dozens of dirty plate waiting for me, why this people nor tell me since na. I packed the plates 6 times before I could finish it.
I started washing and the woman collected the ones she needed to use.
I was in the middle of my washing work when I heard a footstep coming towards the kitchen's door. I turned and looked back only to face the plates again and see two flying in the air like Zlatan Ibrahimovic. It finally landed on the ground and what I heard was the sound of Jet Li jumping through a window glass. I have finally broken plates and not plate. See gobe oh! I was wondering who was at the door when a leg appeared at the door. I turned my face up to look at the face and who I saw was a problem I don't know how to solve.
I looked at the divided pieces of plate on the ground and before I could take any action, the question came from a mouth by the door. Who fall the plates?
I can easily lie and reduce the intensity of this mess after all, na lie everybody dey lie for here but if I even say I did it, will they kill me? And beside if I nor gree say na me do am, then na who do am? Abi na which lie I go lie again.
Me: Sir, it was a mistake, I......
CSO: Look at this boy! You're very stupid. In fact follow me.
I rinsed my hands and followed him. I was prepared for the worst.
We were heading towards the main gate. In my mind, do these people want to finally send me away? I was keenly waiting to see what unfolds. I was walking behind him with the gate as the destination in my mind when the CSO branched the building at the back of B & G bar. Problem. Where this man wan take me go again? Abi make I just do fast and furious from here. If I run, what of my phone? Na I-Phone7 I dey use oh! (lol, na joke oh).
I decided against running and followed him. Something in my mind told me I will be released officially so I don't have to run.
We got to the building and the CSO opened the door.
Gbagam. Admin's office.
The Admin was sitting while the CSO started blabbing speaking (Aniocha) Ogwahi-Uku language aka Delta-Igbo.
CSO: Ifua nwa. Ngwai ife ome tata. (Lol, I don't know if what I wrote is correct but he said you see this boy, if I tell you wetin he do today).
Admin: Gwam. Anamanu (tell me, I dey hear.)
CSO: Obu na ozuai.(he is just a fool) he don break our plate finish.
Admin: (To me) so you wan wicked us abi? You wan dey spoil things now eh?
Me: Sir it was....
Admin: Shut up. Nonsense. You think you can force ur way out eh? Now go to that room (pointing at his store room). Collect a bucket and a mob. Your work has been changed to cleaning.
Me: Sir but...
Admin: Go and collect what I told you. Useless boy.
I walked to the store room in self pity. I collected a black bucket and a red mob (the handle's colour).
Admin: Now go back to the bar and continue your work. This time around, any misbehavior, I hand you to the police.
Me: (I go must talk this one, wetin self) Sir will I wear one cloth all day?
Admin: Did you bring another when you were coming here?
I just turned and started walking away. I got to the bar to resume my new office.
Now no resting. You are just around to make sure there is no stain in the bar. You clean regularly. I was tired of it.
Now the only gadget I have on me is wristwatch. I don't have Favour's number by heart neither do I have my friends' own so that I can beg for phone. I only have that of my parents but I won't want them to know about this, so I lay low.
It was already night. It's now crystal clear that I will be missing lectures. How was school today? Who will answer me. What will James and Henry be thinking? That maybe I went to my village without telling them or I've been kidnapped? Are they even sure I made my trip to this hotel with Favour? If they even see Favour, will they know her? Ok, James will know her because he ate her rice. Of all my questions, I only got an answer to one.
I looked around and noticed the workers have been rotated. The ones that will do the night work are the ones present now. Ok, who will replace me or am I not a human being? I just hissed and started sleeping while sitting. Na who sleep nor dey catch go say he nor see where to sleep.
I was enjoying my sleep and in the middle of a dream I can't remember now, a hand tapped my shoulder. I opened my eye and it was one security idiot. I hissed and he said Oga (CSO) said he should tell me to go and sleep in the security post.
Wait do I belong to security group or the kitchen department. Wetin I nor go see for here. I wasn't in the mood to argue anything so I followed him and I saw the prison-like room. I looked at my wrist and saw 12:12am. I cared less to check it's content so I pulled off my trouser and shirt and off to sleep.
I dreamt again, but I also forgot what I saw in the dream but I know I saw Favour.
HAPPY WEEKEND.
Shout out to David and MC Tuoryor
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