Your Honor

19

ENIOLA'S POV

"Why did you hit me so hard? What if I wasn't wearing a thick scarf?" Kemi whined, as I passed a bottle of ice to her.

"How did you expect me to know it was you? I thought it was the thieves of the night." I countered, taking a glass of water.

"I am sure you did it deliberately." Kemi scoffed, whimpering in pain.

"What are you doing in my house at this odd hour of the night? And how did you get my address? I inquired, shifting my position on the couch.

"Well you haven't been to the office in two days, you left some of your files on your desk and I guess I opened it." Kemi replied, placing a leg on the centre table in the living room.

"You opened my files? That's infringement of human privacy." I yelled, folding my arms angrily.

"And get your leg off my table." I added.

"You see, that's your problem. You are quick to act and judge without thinking. I came here to check up on you and talk to you, as a woman. I know about your argument with our boss and I know you don't want to see him.That's why you gave yourself an illegal holiday." Kemi snorted, chuckling.

Her words were enough to set a volcano ablaze. I stood up promptly and opened the door to her amazement.

"If you are here to insult me.I won't take that at all. And you are the last person on this planet I would dare talk to." I said, shooting daggers with my eyes.

Kemi stood up slowly, picking up her scarf and erupted into a whirlwind of laughter. She walked up to me stylishly, eloquently and whispered into my left ear.

"I am the only person you can talk to about this and you know it, Eniola."

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"So, let's talk." I said, pouring out a glass of red wine.

"You drink wine? And you judge me in the office." Kemi said, holding her swollen forehead in pain.

"That's part of the great circle of life." I chuckled, coldly.

"So I guess you have some painful moments in your life, that's tearing you apart up till this very day." Kemi said, ignoring my former statement.

"It's more than pain. What do you know about pain anyways? You don't know anything." I stated, taking a drastic sip of the wine.

Kemi laughed out of the blues, banging the couch lightly and holding her stomach.

"You think this is funny? You laugh at any opportunity you get. I really hope you are not bipolar." I said, with a smug look on my face.

"I am definitely not bipolar and I have felt immense pain than you have ever felt Eniola. You may have lost a person or people that mean so much to you. I lost more than that. I lost myself." Kemi said, with a weak smile.

"I am guessing you are about to tell me a tale." I said, chuckling in laughter.

"Of course, Do you know any influential personality in this country named Ojo?" Kemi inquired, dropping the bottle filled with ice.

"Well there are many people bearing that name. So you really have to be specific. But I vividly remember that the former governor of Lagos state few years ago was Durojaiye Ojo." I replied, folding my knees.

"Would you believe if I told you, I am his daughter." Kemi said, raising her shoulders slightly.

"No way." I exclaimed, dropping the glass cup on the table.