The Yoruba Demons [SAMPLE]

2. Stares

AMA's POV

I hurried into the elevator with a scorching hot cup of coffee in my trembling hand. It was 7:45am and was rushing to the door of my boss' office to wait fo him to come in and hand him his coffee.

He always wants his coffee hot so I make sure to make it very hot so that by the time he got here it would still be hot to his taste.

Sigh. The struggle.

How did I end up here?

The unemployment in Nigeria was maddening and my mother wasn't exactly lenient with me being idle so I had to find something, anything that would help me get out of that house. I couldn't take the insults anymore so that's how for two years now I've been working as an assistant to Mr Shawn Ikechi. The CEO of Kechi Industries. The pay was very attractive so I took the job even though I have a degree in Business Administration and the job was way under my qualification.

Anything to pay the bills.

I stood by my boss' office till he came strutting out of the elevator as always in a slick black Armani suit and his expensive red bottoms. His hair was neatly cut and carved and his dark skin glowed as usual. He was a handsome man and I once had a crush on him but when I found out he was married, I quickly threw that thought out of my mind.

"Good morning Mr Shawn" I said to him as I gave him his cup of coffee. He hummed in reply and sipped from the cup before looking at me and smiling.

"This is just right.." he commended in that deep voice of his "You're becoming more efficient." He said smiling and walking into the office. My boss was nice to me but he never let me get in over my head that I was too good an assistant. I think he didn't want me to start slacking so he tried to make me think I was getting there or something.

I followed him into the office and quickly dropped my bag on my table before following him into his office to read him his schedule for the day.

His office was very fancy but very black which was his favorite color. The walls were white but every other thing in the office was black except his big glass desk.

He sat down in his chair and relaxed, looking at me "My schedule?"

"Sir you have a meeting with Tuwomi Construction in twenty minutes. And I believe that one of them is already in the board room. And then the governor called and he wants a meeting at 3pm. You also have some documents to sign from Production Management." I finished.

"Okay, go to the board room and tell Tunde that he should call his partners before I get there." I got shocked. I didn't understand how he knew who was already in the board room. I frowned.

"Sir, how do you already know who is in the board room?"

"Let's just say I know those three idiots pretty well." He said with a smile. I took that as my cue to leave but before I was out the door, my boss called out to me "Amarachi, please stay in the board room and keep poor Tunde company till I get there." He ordered

"Yes sir." I answered and shut the door.

I smiled to myself as I walked to the board room. My boss always tried to set me up with his clients. He was nice like that. But it never really worked out till now. I knew it wasn't really their fault but mine. My roommate told me that I was too uptight for my own good and she wondered if I would ever get married.

Well in the twenty four years I'd spent on earth, I'd realized that men are scum. So I was very weary of them especially the Yoruba demons. I could smell them from a mile away and when I encounter them, I vanish.