LAST HEARTBREAK

TWO

CHAPTER TWO 

Getting to work should be the easiest of things but not when one lives in Lagos, Nigeria, especially in an Uber that was faulty even in looks. Jemima was already twenty minutes late to work and the traffic was doing a terrific job of making things more difficult and getting her late for work. Lagos is the kind of zoo where almost all the animals on earth live, Jemima being one of the animals, her classification is still a wonder, there were days she was a dove, some days a lion or monkey.

As her office came to view from where the Uber driver's car stopped to allow an angry bus driver into the space in front of him after raining insults on the poor driver, Jemima got out of the vehicle after paying for the trip. She walked the rest to the Media and Magazine company she's been working for, two years after she got out of the NYSC program and roamed the streets of Lagos looking for a job. She has come to love working in the same environment with creatives. Her department which she had become manager a year ago had been some type of blessing. She worked for both the magazine department and Media department as the human resource manager. On getting into the company two story building she noticed a car drive in, one as luxurious as the cars Ayo enjoyed talking about and dreaming of buying and one that didn't belong to an employee of the company. Jemima watched it park in a designated spot before walking into the building, she greeted everyone she met on her way to her office on the second floor. She stood listening to the finance manager talk about her crazy night, she noticed the red roses sitting on her desk with a black box of chocolate next to the keyboard of her desktop.

She sighs, walking towards it, there's a letter in the flower that she pulled out to and read the message she could already say from heart but it was a different short sentence 'Dress up nice tonight' A smile spread on her face immediately as the words sank in, he was sorry enough to take her on another date. He also knew the facetime chats they had almost everyday was not good enough neither were the continuous imessages and WhatsApp messages, so date nights were important. Jemima missed her boy friend and she wants to see him badly.

The day goes on happily as Jemima didn't want anything to spoil the mood but it was too soon to say. By lunch time, her mood was settling on getting bad as instead of eating, the CEO thought having a meeting was better. Everyone from the two parts that made Elinx are seated on chairs surrounding the large oak table in the middle of the room and those who couldn't fit around the table stood behind resting on the wall. They waited for the CEO to come which took him minutes before he graced them his presence but he wasn't alone. There was a nice looking, tall figure next to him in the most tailored blue suit Jemima has ever seen, even Ayo couldn't pull of the look the way the young man did. Luxury spoke from his appearance and Jemima immediately guessed he was the one with the car she saw earlier in the morning.

"Sorry to take your time. I want to introduce you to your new CEO for Elinx, Mr Damola Adekunle." Everyone begins to clap "Yes if you are guessing, I'm retiring and he's taking over."

"Aww.. we would miss you sir." some people chorused.

"Will there be a party?" Kolade, the office life of the party asked

"I knew you would ask." MD smiles "Yes there would be."

"Woohoo!" Kolade exclaimed happily

"But not tonight. Next weekend there will be a party. I would send the invites toe everyone's email and I'm hoping to see you all." Everyone began to clap for the most wonderful employer of the year. Excited and worried about a new era, Jemima put her mind to tonight when she was some hours away and close. Her mind as been on it since she read the note, it had picked a dress and shoe she was going to wear but she was still contemplating on the bag and wig to wear. She had thought the fringe bob wig on her head would do but when she envisioned it with her dress, she became torn on a jet black bone straight or water curls wig she had bough weeks ago.