Must Read: Razor Tongue - Season 1 - Episode 14

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Must Read: Razor Tongue - Season 1 - Episode 14

“How is the food?”


Eureka nodded with approval. Sheila made
‘thumbs up’ signal with her hand. John smiled
and worked on his meal. The food was good. He
would visit again with his wife.
“I am off to the restroom,” Sheila pushed her
chair backwards and got to her feet.
“Are you okay?”
She nodded and smiled at her mother, “I am
pressed.”
“Oh… ” Eureka returned her attention to her half-
eaten meal.



Sheila sighted a waiter and asked where the
restroom was. She followed his directions and
found her way. She used the toilet and while
washing her hands at the sink, some ladies
walked in chatting and laughing as if they owned
the place.



The three of them hung around the large mirror
and applied their make up.
“Have you placed your order for your wedding
gown?”
“Like yesterday.”
They all bursted out laughing.
“Like seriously, that was the first thing I ordered
for.”
“Way to go girl, in your shoes, I would have done
the same thing.”
Sheila watched them while drying her hands. It
was obvious one of them was getting married.



They all looked a little bit over twenty if she
wasn’t mistaken.


“My father promised to give me every single
penny I need. All I need to do is ask.”
“That’s so cool. When it comes to a wedding like
yours, the banks must stay open.”
“Of course girlfriend.”



They gave themselves high fives. Sheila shook her
head and hissed. She won’t be surprised if they
were all over-pampered brats raised by some
money bags in the society. She hissed again. The
ladies stopped talking and turned to face her.
“Did she just hissed at us?”
“Hell no! I hope she didn’t.”
One of them walked up to her, “You’ve got
something to say Dam?”
Sheila stared back at her, wondering whether she
should respond or walk away. Why waste her time
and saliva? She hissed and turned to leave. One
of the ladies dashed for the door and locked it.
“What is the meaning of this?”
“You are not going anywhere until you apologize
to us.”
“Apologize? For what?”
They all surrounded her, hands akimbo.
“Do you know who I am? Nobody hisses at me
and my friends and get away with it.”



She sized them up, from weavons to shoes. Their
hairstyles were bizzare, their outfits were too
clingy, making them look like sardines in a can
and their make up was heavy. They looked like
scary clowns. God! Some women will never learn.
Less was more.


“Do you know who we are?”
“You made a big mistake tonight. You picked on
the wrong girls.”
Sheila started to laugh, she clapped her hands
and laughed hard. They stared at her, wondering
what had come over her.
” I know your types,” she waved a hand at them.
“Over-pampered brats.”



Their puzzled gazes turned to angry ones.
“Do you think the world is at your feet? From
where I am standing, you are nothing but lazy,
dumb girls who cannot even brush your own
teeth.”



“How dare you?” One of them pushed her.
“Don’t you dare touch me!”
Another tapped her on the shoulder, “Look here, I
am Zidani Abubakar, the daughter of the CEO of
Allied Insurance, you are going to pay for
insulting us,” she dialed a number on her phone.
“You have a very big mouth, we will show you the
stuff we are made of,” one of Zidani’s friends drew
one of her ears.



Her temper rose, if she loses it, she would end up
injuring them physically. Her parents were
outside, for their sake, she would try to stay calm,
but these girls were making it so hard for her. “If
you touch me again, you will regret it for the rest
of your life.”
Zidani and friends laughed at her.
“Look at this nobody.”
“My body guards will deal with her,” Zidani eyed
her.


********


“Sheila’s food is getting cold. What is she doing in
there?”
“I hope the food did not give her a stomach
upset,” Eureka got up, “I will go and check up on
her.”



John sighed and watched his wife leave in a
hurry.
Eureka met Dorcas on her way to the restroom.
“My one and only sister in-law.”
“Dorcas… ” They embraced, “What are you doing
here?”
“You are not the only one who likes Chinese food
you know.”
They both laughed.
“I am here with Imabong, his business partner, a
client and her friends.”
“Oh… okay.”
“Are you here with John?”
“Yes… ”
“You two… Lover-birds,” she winked.
They both laughed again.
“We brought Sheila along.”
“Oh… I see,” her brows knitted in a frown.
“She left for the restroom a while ago… ”
“Really…” her frown deepened, “So did my
client.” They locked eyes and hurried to the
restroom. The door was locked.
“What in the world… ”
Eureka started banging her fist on the door,
“Sheila! Are you in there?”
Zidani and her friends exchanged glances.
“Cecilia go and open the door.”



One of the girls unlocked the door. Eureka and
Dorcas walked in. They saw Sheila surrounded by
three ladies.
“What is going on here?”
“This thing here had the audacity to run her big
mouth and insult me and my friends.”
“And she is going to regret it,” Cecilia added.
Eureka and Dorcas exchanged glances. A group
of men in black suits came in.
“Good, your bodyguards are here,” Nkiruka
cheered.
“I want you to take this thing somewhere and
teach her a lesson. No one messes with Zidani
Abubakar.”



The men in black grabbed Sheila.
“What… What… Leave my daughter alone!”
Eureka stood in their way.
“Oh-oh-oh, so this thing here is your daughter?”
Cecilia rolled her eyes.
Eureka faced the young women, “My daughter is
not a thing!”
Zidani and her friends burst into laughter.
“Take her away!”
The men grabbed Sheila again.
“Leave my daughter alone!”
“Wait… Wait… Zidani, let us settle this matter
without… “Dorcas eyed the bodyguards, “…
without involving them.”
She shook her head, “No… No… She must pay for
insulting me.”
John walked in, “What is going on here?”
Zidani ignored him and shouted at her
bodyguards, “What is wrong with all of you? Take
her out of here or you will lose your job!”
“If you touch her, you will all sleep in the police
cell this evening.”


Zidani and her friends glared at him.


“Who do you think you are?” She eyed him.
“And who do you think you are?”
She squared her shoulders and smoothed her
navy blue satin dress, “I am Zidani Abubakar,
daughter of the CEO of Allied Insurance.”
“And I am John Adams.”
Zidani and her friends dropped their jaws. The
Adams family were well known, not just in Lagos,
but all over Africa. She signaled to her
bodyguards and they walked out of the restroom.
“I think we should take this outside, we cannot
settle this matter in here,” John led them all out
of the restaurant.
Dorcas began to sweat. Today of all days! She
dialed her husband’s number. They have been
planning Zidani’s wedding for several months and
they were supposed to finalize the contract that
night. If all goes well, Zidani’s friends would make
sure they planned their wedding too. So much
money was involved. She and her husband had
already set other things in motion. Oh God! Help
us God! They can’t afford to lose the contract.


********


“I was in the restroom with my friends, and this…
this… ” Zidani frowned at Sheila, “She hissed!”
“And when we confronted her, she rained insults
on us,” Cecilia added.
“She called us unprintable,” Nkiruka eyed her.
“You insulted me first, you called me a Dam,” she
pointed at Cecilia, “And you wanted me to
apologize for hissing,” she eyed Zidani, “That is so
lame,” Sheila hissed.
Douglas and Imabong exchanged glances. They
hope they would settle the dispute and finalize
the contract.
“All right, all right. Zidani, let us go back to the
restaurant and forget this ever happened,”
Dorcas smiled at her.
“I am not going anywhere. Not until she
apologises,” Zidani folded her arms across her
chest. She doesn’t care if the Adams were richer
than her family, she would get the apology she
deserved.


“After all, we were not talking to her, why did she
hiss?” Cecilia stared at Sheila and her parents.
Sheila laughed and clapped her hands. Dorcas
turned to her husband. They needed to do
something fast before the situation got out of
hand.
“Sheila why don’t you apologize to these ladies?”
Imabong winked at her.
She should have known that her aunt’s husband
would take sides with the brats.
“We are waiting,” Zidani began to play with a
strand of her hair.



“I do not need to apologize to anyone. Seriously,
they should be the ones apologising to me.”
“You must be out of your mind!” Cecilia moved
closer to her.
“It is a free world and I have the right to react to
situations around me.”
Imabong approached John, “Zidani is my client
and we are in the middle of finalising a mega
contract tonight.”
John slipped his hands into his jeans pockets.
“Can you get your daughter to apologize to Zidani
and her friends?” He glanced at his gold plated
wristwatch, “It is 10 p.m.”
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His brother-in-law narrowed his eyes, “You want
my daughter to apologize to your client in order
to suit your business plans.”



“John… Look… They are all at fault. But you know
how sturbborn Sheila is. There is no way on
planet earth that she will apologize.”
“Why should she? These girls almost got her
beaten up tonight. Like you said, they are all at
fault.”
Dorcas watched her husband. She hoped he
could convince John to make Sheila apologize to
their client. Their multi-millionaire contract
depended on how smoothly the dispute is settled.
“Isn’t she your sister-in-law? Go and talk to her.”
Douglas turned to her.
“Imabong will settle this situation with John,” she
assured him.



Sheila and her mother watched Zidani and her
friends while they made endless phone calls. She
hoped they leave soon, the ladies were irritating
her.
“Come on John… ”
“Come on what?” His raised voice attracted
attention.
“Sheila hissing at them did not give them the
right to ambush her.”
“Fine… Fine… ”
“Why didn’t they ignore her? If they had, this
squabble would not have transpired.”
“Yes, I know that, but… ”



“It is quite late, I need to take my daughter back
to school before they lock the campus gate.”
Imabong beckoned to his wife.
“Darling, Sheila, let us go,” John led his family
towards the parking lot.



“John, wait… ” She closed the gap between
them. “This is important to us.”
“I am disappointed,” he frowned at his sister, “Is
your client more important than your family?”
“John, it is not like that… ”
“It is like what?!”
Cecilia nudged Zidani, “Your wedding planner is
related to the Adams.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. Take a closer look and her and Mr. John.”
Zidani looked at Dorcas, then John and back at
Dorcas again, “My God!” The resemblance was
striking. “You are both related… ” She pointed at
them.




They stopped talking and looked at her. Douglas
pulled Imabong aside.
“You need to do something fast, I cannot afford to
lose this contract over a mere girlish quarrel.”
Imabong began to tap his feet on the ground, he
was at a lost for words.



Zidani beckoned to her friends, “Let us go home,”
she glanced at Douglas and Imabong, “The
contract is dissolved.”
Dorcas opened her mouth, but no words came
out, she looked at her husband.
“Get my bodyguards Cecilia, we are going home.”
Cecilia hurried away.
Douglas approached Zidani, “Please, let us settle
this… ”
“There is nothing to settle. I cannot do business
with you… ”
“But why?”
She hissed and turned to her friend, “Go after
Cecilia and hasten them.”
Nkiruka headed off.
Imabong walked up to her, “Please, you are
taking a drastic action. This is a trivial issue.”
“Really… Then tell her to apologize.”
John and his family walked away.
“John… John… John!” Dorcas called her brother,
but he ignored her. What kind of mess was this?
Zidani’s bodyguards arrived with her car and
theirs. She got in and they drove away.
“This is ridiculous… ” Douglas ran a hand through
his bald head.



Dorcas and her husband looked at themselves. It
was hard to believe that all their plans were
running down the drain.
“I will call her tomorrow. I believe we can still
retify the situation,” Douglas hoped Zidani will
change her mind.
“I hope so.”
Douglas eyed his friend, “Where is your faith?”
“Let us go home, It’s being a long day,” Dorcas
patted her husband on the back. He sighed
heavily and they both walked to the parking lot.
He hoped Douglas will be able to convince Zidani
tomorrow.