"Hello! Hello!! Hello!!!" The caller was silent just breathing into the mouth piece. Taiwo was a little perturbed, was wondering who was calling him and not saying anything, this is going to be the sixth time. "I am not going to pick the stupid call again."
He said to himself Uzo was angry and was wondering how he is going to survive without a job, he couldn't wrap his head around what went wrong and how the MD assumed he knew something he never did. He decides to go to the office and hear about his crime from the MD himself, he does not trust his other colleagues. When Uzo reached the gate of his former place of work, he pacify the security guys to help me send message to his own boss that he is at the gate. "Uzo! What are you doing here?" Mr Akin challenge him immediately he saw Uzo at the gate to meet him. "Sir, I did not do anything. I swear by every thing you believed in" Uzo pleads going down on his kneels. Mr Akin was surprised that Uzo could swear, because he knew him so well that he doesnt swear. "But the MD thinks otherwise, so what do you want me to do?" Mr Akin stated. "Sir, I came here for two main reason. Please just hear me out." Uzo requested. "Okay, what are the reasons?" Mr Akin asked him. " I wanted to know what I did that makes the MD terminate my appointment?" Uzo asked his boss. "You mean, you don't know?" Mr Akin was surprised. "I swear I don't know" Uzo answered him. "Well, the MD found out that the three of you were involved in the stealing of goods from the store." Mr Akin answered him shaking his head. " Oh my God!" Uzo exclaimed. scratching his head on hearing the information pu. "But..." Uzo was trying to say, but could not think of anything. "I never stole anything from the store?" Uzo explained to Mr Akin. "Well, the CCTV shows when you drove the car that carried the goods out of the premises." Mr Akin explained further. "Haa!!" Uzo could not believe what he was hearing, He placed his two hands on his head as he screams. Mr Akin looked at him with discontent and took his leave without any remorse for Uzo. Uzo was just crying and thought back at what Mr Akin said. He remembered vividly when Taiwo told him to help him take somethings he bought for his family to his house since he did not have a car. He was crying and move away from the company's premises, thinking how he used his goodness to bring misfortune to himself. "Why God!!!" Uzo laments and couldn't control himself from crying.
Ola was at home playing back what happened in the office, when the MD told the three of them to go home. He decided to call his referee who facilitated his employment into the company. "Sir, please I need to see you. sir." Ola goes straight to the point when the line was connected at the other end. "Okay, you can come over tomorrow, because I need to see you as well." Chief Binuyo replied him.
Uzo was devastated, he could not eat for the past three days since he had talked to Mr Akin. He did not trust Ola whether he did not know anything about the stealing or do not anyone that he would go to for help either. The only positive thing about the incident is that the company had decided not to press charges against them. He just thought what would he have done if they had gone ahead and got the three of them arrested.
Uzo was still on his thought when there was a knock on his door. He sluggishly stands up and went to open the door. Ola walks in when the door was opened for him by Uzo. He sat down angrily. He looked at Uzo with anger. "So you and Taiwo want to send me to jail?" He asked Uzo.
"Me?" Uzo asked him using his palm to express himself better.
"No, na me na, but God pass you." Ola replied him sarcastically.
"Oga, abeg i no get your time." Uzo replied him tersely and relaxed on his seat.
"Is that your reply?" Ola asked Uzo.
Uzo just waved his hand without giving him any answer. They both sat down, each occupied in their respective thoughts. Uzo was visibly sad and depressed.
"Well, I think we now a way out of these mess we put ourselves in." Ola stated after a long silence. Uzo could not belief his ears and asked him "How?" He was feeling a kind of relief but did not want to raise his hopes up yet.
"I have managed to get the attention of the MD, to give us an audience." Olamide added not betraying any emotions.
"Wow, really? I...I am speechless." Uzo was now excited, sitting upright in his seat.
"Well, we have to be at the office tomorrow by 9am prompt." Ola further added, looking a bit relaxed now.
"That's a good news, what exactly do we have to do when we get there?" Uzo asked trying to calm his nerves.
"We explained our own side of the story, that's all." Ola replied.
After Ola left, Uzo thought about what he told him and decided to contact a lawyer friend of his for advice before he made any move. He picked up his phone and called him.
Taiwo looked worried after dropping the call from Ola, He smiled.
"No, problem I would be there." He thought to himself laughing hysterically. Ola was all confident as he take each step towards the MD's office. "I am going to be vindicated" He speaks to himself as he approaches the MD Secretary desk. He was not surprised not to find Tinu sitting by her desk leading to the MD office, he saw another lady typing earnestly without having any knowledge of his approach.
"Good morning madam." He greets with a smile on his face.
"Good morning Sir." The MD secretary return his greetings lifting her head to acknowledge the visitor's presence.
"I would like to see the MD ma'am?" Ola request barring any formalities.
"May I know who want to see him?" The secretary countered him.
"I am sorry, my name is Olamide Alabi, I had an appointment with him today." Ola replied with a smile.
"Okay, wait a minute." The Secretary said as she pick up the intercom to speak with her boss.
"You can go in now." She said after she finished talking to the MD on the phone.
"Thank you." Ola offered and walked briskly to the MD's office.
"Good morning sir." He greets as soon as he enters the office, placing his two palms on each other looking really sober.
"Good morning." The MD replied him without taking his eyes off his computer system. There was an eerie silence in the room as Ola do not know what to say and he just stood there contemplating whether to find something to say or to just keep quiet and wait to be spoken to first. He knew the MD would not have seen him if not for his referee who had intervene on the situation and he was even lucky not to have been arrested or else he won't be able to speak with Chief who had got him the job in first instance. He just hoped his two friends would show up and he would be able to clear his name. He stood there looking at his shoes and wondering how he did not know that Taiwo was planning to steal from the company and he was very close to him. No wonder the MD thought he knew all along about the theft. The MD looked up and shake his head, as he size him up. He looked like a man who had a lot on his mind.
"Who is the chief to you?" The MD asked him.
"Sir, wh...what do you say sir?" Ola asked looking up at the MD as he had no clue on what the question was.
"I asked you, how did you know Chief Binuyo?" The MD asked angrily.
"Sorry sir, I...He is my maternal uncle sir." Ola answered sheepishly.
"No wonder, you had the audacity to steal from this company." The MD accused him.
"Sir, I swear I do not know about the theft. They never let me in on it sir." Ola answered with a sober reflection.
"So where are they now? I thought I told you to make sure they are all present today?" The MD asked him still angry at him.
"I...I...I went to Uzo's house and he said he would come but I do not met Taiwo at home, but I left a message for him. Hopefully he should come." Ola replied him with a shaky voice.
" Well, let wait for them, shall we? " The MD asked him with a scorn.
"Okay sir." That's all he could say and wonder if he is going to be offered a seat as he starts feeling pain from standing for too long. The MD looked at him as he shift his weight from one leg to the other, but he does not have any pity for him, so he decides not to offer him a seat.
When Uzo comes in he met an old man with the MD sitting on the couch inside the MD's office while Ola was standing with his hands at his back looking down at his feet. He greets the two men and proceed to explain his own innocence and the two nods as he speaks and told him that his job termination would be reconsidered amd that the police had arrested Taiwo and his girlfriend Tinu and both of them have confessed that the he and Ola do not know anything about the crime. Uzo smiled and thank the two men.
He said to himself Uzo was angry and was wondering how he is going to survive without a job, he couldn't wrap his head around what went wrong and how the MD assumed he knew something he never did. He decides to go to the office and hear about his crime from the MD himself, he does not trust his other colleagues. When Uzo reached the gate of his former place of work, he pacify the security guys to help me send message to his own boss that he is at the gate. "Uzo! What are you doing here?" Mr Akin challenge him immediately he saw Uzo at the gate to meet him. "Sir, I did not do anything. I swear by every thing you believed in" Uzo pleads going down on his kneels. Mr Akin was surprised that Uzo could swear, because he knew him so well that he doesnt swear. "But the MD thinks otherwise, so what do you want me to do?" Mr Akin stated. "Sir, I came here for two main reason. Please just hear me out." Uzo requested. "Okay, what are the reasons?" Mr Akin asked him. " I wanted to know what I did that makes the MD terminate my appointment?" Uzo asked his boss. "You mean, you don't know?" Mr Akin was surprised. "I swear I don't know" Uzo answered him. "Well, the MD found out that the three of you were involved in the stealing of goods from the store." Mr Akin answered him shaking his head. " Oh my God!" Uzo exclaimed. scratching his head on hearing the information pu. "But..." Uzo was trying to say, but could not think of anything. "I never stole anything from the store?" Uzo explained to Mr Akin. "Well, the CCTV shows when you drove the car that carried the goods out of the premises." Mr Akin explained further. "Haa!!" Uzo could not believe what he was hearing, He placed his two hands on his head as he screams. Mr Akin looked at him with discontent and took his leave without any remorse for Uzo. Uzo was just crying and thought back at what Mr Akin said. He remembered vividly when Taiwo told him to help him take somethings he bought for his family to his house since he did not have a car. He was crying and move away from the company's premises, thinking how he used his goodness to bring misfortune to himself. "Why God!!!" Uzo laments and couldn't control himself from crying.
Ola was at home playing back what happened in the office, when the MD told the three of them to go home. He decided to call his referee who facilitated his employment into the company. "Sir, please I need to see you. sir." Ola goes straight to the point when the line was connected at the other end. "Okay, you can come over tomorrow, because I need to see you as well." Chief Binuyo replied him.
Uzo was devastated, he could not eat for the past three days since he had talked to Mr Akin. He did not trust Ola whether he did not know anything about the stealing or do not anyone that he would go to for help either. The only positive thing about the incident is that the company had decided not to press charges against them. He just thought what would he have done if they had gone ahead and got the three of them arrested.
Uzo was still on his thought when there was a knock on his door. He sluggishly stands up and went to open the door. Ola walks in when the door was opened for him by Uzo. He sat down angrily. He looked at Uzo with anger. "So you and Taiwo want to send me to jail?" He asked Uzo.
"Me?" Uzo asked him using his palm to express himself better.
"No, na me na, but God pass you." Ola replied him sarcastically.
"Oga, abeg i no get your time." Uzo replied him tersely and relaxed on his seat.
"Is that your reply?" Ola asked Uzo.
Uzo just waved his hand without giving him any answer. They both sat down, each occupied in their respective thoughts. Uzo was visibly sad and depressed.
"Well, I think we now a way out of these mess we put ourselves in." Ola stated after a long silence. Uzo could not belief his ears and asked him "How?" He was feeling a kind of relief but did not want to raise his hopes up yet.
"I have managed to get the attention of the MD, to give us an audience." Olamide added not betraying any emotions.
"Wow, really? I...I am speechless." Uzo was now excited, sitting upright in his seat.
"Well, we have to be at the office tomorrow by 9am prompt." Ola further added, looking a bit relaxed now.
"That's a good news, what exactly do we have to do when we get there?" Uzo asked trying to calm his nerves.
"We explained our own side of the story, that's all." Ola replied.
After Ola left, Uzo thought about what he told him and decided to contact a lawyer friend of his for advice before he made any move. He picked up his phone and called him.
Taiwo looked worried after dropping the call from Ola, He smiled.
"No, problem I would be there." He thought to himself laughing hysterically. Ola was all confident as he take each step towards the MD's office. "I am going to be vindicated" He speaks to himself as he approaches the MD Secretary desk. He was not surprised not to find Tinu sitting by her desk leading to the MD office, he saw another lady typing earnestly without having any knowledge of his approach.
"Good morning madam." He greets with a smile on his face.
"Good morning Sir." The MD secretary return his greetings lifting her head to acknowledge the visitor's presence.
"I would like to see the MD ma'am?" Ola request barring any formalities.
"May I know who want to see him?" The secretary countered him.
"I am sorry, my name is Olamide Alabi, I had an appointment with him today." Ola replied with a smile.
"Okay, wait a minute." The Secretary said as she pick up the intercom to speak with her boss.
"You can go in now." She said after she finished talking to the MD on the phone.
"Thank you." Ola offered and walked briskly to the MD's office.
"Good morning sir." He greets as soon as he enters the office, placing his two palms on each other looking really sober.
"Good morning." The MD replied him without taking his eyes off his computer system. There was an eerie silence in the room as Ola do not know what to say and he just stood there contemplating whether to find something to say or to just keep quiet and wait to be spoken to first. He knew the MD would not have seen him if not for his referee who had intervene on the situation and he was even lucky not to have been arrested or else he won't be able to speak with Chief who had got him the job in first instance. He just hoped his two friends would show up and he would be able to clear his name. He stood there looking at his shoes and wondering how he did not know that Taiwo was planning to steal from the company and he was very close to him. No wonder the MD thought he knew all along about the theft. The MD looked up and shake his head, as he size him up. He looked like a man who had a lot on his mind.
"Who is the chief to you?" The MD asked him.
"Sir, wh...what do you say sir?" Ola asked looking up at the MD as he had no clue on what the question was.
"I asked you, how did you know Chief Binuyo?" The MD asked angrily.
"Sorry sir, I...He is my maternal uncle sir." Ola answered sheepishly.
"No wonder, you had the audacity to steal from this company." The MD accused him.
"Sir, I swear I do not know about the theft. They never let me in on it sir." Ola answered with a sober reflection.
"So where are they now? I thought I told you to make sure they are all present today?" The MD asked him still angry at him.
"I...I...I went to Uzo's house and he said he would come but I do not met Taiwo at home, but I left a message for him. Hopefully he should come." Ola replied him with a shaky voice.
" Well, let wait for them, shall we? " The MD asked him with a scorn.
"Okay sir." That's all he could say and wonder if he is going to be offered a seat as he starts feeling pain from standing for too long. The MD looked at him as he shift his weight from one leg to the other, but he does not have any pity for him, so he decides not to offer him a seat.
When Uzo comes in he met an old man with the MD sitting on the couch inside the MD's office while Ola was standing with his hands at his back looking down at his feet. He greets the two men and proceed to explain his own innocence and the two nods as he speaks and told him that his job termination would be reconsidered amd that the police had arrested Taiwo and his girlfriend Tinu and both of them have confessed that the he and Ola do not know anything about the crime. Uzo smiled and thank the two men.
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