Amanda stared at her image in the mirror and nodded in satisfaction,the black suit dress complimented her figure and was quite a contrast to her unnaturally light skin tone...and yes it is very unnaturally for a Nigerian who is not an albino to be this light skinned.
Amanda left her apartment muttering a prayer of favour,she kept saying God please help me,I need thus contract, have mercy on me,I need a car,I need gearing aid please help me. She continued chanting this prayer till she got to the bus top
Thirty minutes later she finally boarded a bus and was trying super hard to control the tears gathering in her eyes,its really is not easy going out in Lagos with public transport especially when one is partially deaf,in the last thirty minutes she has been shoved,pushed, screamed at,a lady even asked her are you deaf? And she thought guess what? I am. She finally got to Phoenix bank and told the security she wants to see the manager he asked her if she has an appointment and she said yes follow me he said. She followed him up the stairs and he took her to a dark skinned lady dressed in gray suit.
The lady asked Amanda to sit down and she asked what's your name and how may I help you? Amanda couldn't hear her and she said please can you speak louder the lady rolled her eye in irritation and asked again what's your name and how may I help you? Punctuating each word... Amanda felt humiliated that her ear decided to fail her at this crucial moment,how do I tell her I can't hear her she thought she's obviously ready to get rid of me. Amanda decided to play though and said I have problems hearing I would appreciate it if you can write out your questions for me, the lady's eyes grew wide with shock and was immediately replaced with pity she instantly looked remorseful and said I'm sorry then she started scribbling on a note pad she gave the note pad to Amanda who scanned through it and said my name is chimamanda Macaulay from charming catering services and I have an appointment with the manager. The lady scanned through her computer and scribbled in the note pad again,Amanda read it and the name she saw had her sweating instantly 'mr folawiyo will see you in 10 minutes' she composed herself and kept saying there are lots of folawiyo's in Nigeria besides he's not in Nigeria. A few minutes later the lady stood up and gestured for Amanda to follow she took amanda down a hall way and asked her to sit on a small stool besides the door she turned abruptly and left..
Amanda's pov
Jeez...I'm sweating so much despite the air conditioning she shook her head and thought to herself what nerves can do to you...suddenly she heard a voice and looked up but she didn't see anyone before she realised the voice was coming from within the door and its quite strange that her ear decided to open just now and she could make out almost everything the person was saying but something bout the voice was sending shivers down her spine and she suddenly started feeling very uncomfortable.
The lady came back and knocked on the door she said Mr folawiyo will see you now,I didn't hear her but I could read her lips this is so strange I thought we heard a loud come in and she opened the door,its so strange that I can't hear someone standing close to me but I could hear someone talking behind a closed door.we entered and the man was backing us while he spoke on the phone the lady left me alone with him and closed the door,there's something familiar about him I thought and I could still hear him.
He swirled chair and froze,my head was bent and I looked up when I realised I couldn't hear him anymore,he's eye was wide with shock and I was so confused,a hundred emotions ran through me all at once and I could hardly feel myself Falling,the last thing I heard before welcoming the darkness was ocha .
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RomanceAmanda is a partially deaf lady who walked into an office with the hope of getting a contract with Phoenix bank but she got the shock of her life when she saw Scott her ex boyfriend. Amanda broke up with Scott after she was told marrying him would d...
