Make It Rain

TWENTY

"What?! You must be out of your mind Seun!" He sure was.

"I want you to send her the notice tomorrow. Understood?" Seun had little regard for what the lawyer felt about his actions.

"No I don't understood... err... em... I don't understand, rather!" Mr. Isaac's stammer and grammatical blunders always underscored his anger, and this time wasn't any different. "I am reporting this to the police and taking my hands out of this crime!"

"Who would you call?! Inspector Jeje? Inspector Ismail? Or is it Dorotimi the head of police in this state? I have them all at my fingertips, don't you know?!" Seun was a very powerful man.

"No.3 Anthony street, Iju-Ishaga. Let me not remind you again that my men are closely watching you Isaac!!"

No one in their right senses would ever challenge Seun. He wasn't the man to dare or mess with. Easily switching moods from cool to angry, he was always prepared to change forms and with every inch look like the demon he could turn to when provoked.

"Ahh!!! P-P-Please! Leave my family. I wu-w-will do it, I don't know what came over me sir." He gave up as soon as he challenged Seun.

"This is your final warning... I won't be so gentle next time." His voice sounded even scarier than before, though lower.

"I am sorry sir. Th-Thank you sir."

"Good... I will call you in the morning." Seun cut the call about to ignite his car engine.

Running through the parking lot was Shola and Junmi as they made their way into the hospital. Seun watched Shola as she worried into the hospital. Even though it was for her, it hurt him more than anything to watch her in so much pain. 

On second thoughts he would just wait to see her reaction to the whole thing. He had known Shola to never handle very well things like this. She always panicked

"Quickly! Quickly!" Shola and Junmi were eager to see the condition Mr. Joel was in.

They banged heavily on the door as Shola rammed into the hospital. What she saw...

She was confused.

Why were the doctors all panicking? 

Who was the old woman crying on the floor? "Na so dem kill am oo!"

'Kill?! Maybe it's another patient.' Shola looked for an excuse, hoping she would be right.

She didn't know where to start from. Who should she speak to? What was the sudden emptiness she felt? They say people are usually spiritually connected to their loved ones. Did this emptiness mean she had lost someone?

No!

Why was everything in slow-mo and whose voice was that echoing in her head? "Shola! Shola! Shola!"

It sounded like... like... Junmi!

"Shola!" The voice finally rang into her ear drums hard and she came back with a gasp.

"Yes?" She tore her already red glistened eyes open and stared at Junmi who came running to her.

Unable to say any more words Junmi held her lips tight with tears gushing out of her eyes as she shook her head continuously. Her expression, her demeanour, her tears, her silence, they said it all and Shola understood very well.

She finally understood the emptiness she felt.

In an instant, Shola's world turned upside down. Nothing was making sense anymore, the air around her got heavier by every wave her brain created to understand the situation. She pulled her breath hard as she held her chest, panting heavily but was still lacking oxygen. Her head was hot and heavy, she had never realized how heavy her body was until now.