Ayomiposi Faleye's middle name could be dubbed Insecurity and it would suit her perfectly. Battered by her mother's verbal abuses and her father's abandonment, she longs for something or someone that can fill that void and replace the uncertainty sh...
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. --Isaiah 43:19 (KJV)
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It was finally the day of Tayo's shoot and he was excited. And his excitement didn't have anything to do with taking pictures all day. He wasn't that vain.
Okay, maybe I am. Just a teeny bit. He laughed at himself. But I will be seeing a certain beautiful someone.
Posi made him very curious. He wanted to know everything about her.
In a friendly way.
Yeah, right. Friendly way.
"Yes, friendly na."
"You said, sir?" He had forgotten that Kazeem was in his living room. Tayo mentally facepalmed as he tried to downplay his moment of talking to himself.
Smiling brightly at Kazeem, he said, "Nothing. I was thinking aloud."
By the look on his face, it seemed his P.A didn't believe him and his next comment indicated that.
"Sir, is everything okay? Do I need to book you for a checkup with Doctor Tosan?"
If Tayo didn't know that his P.A was just concerned for him, he would have gotten angry because his statement was ambiguous, especially for a Yoruba boy like himself. Translating it into his Yoruba dialect even made the questions sound worse than they seemed in English.
He sighed. "I know I have been acting strange lately but all is well, my dear Kazeem."
Standing up, he did a last check to see if anything was out of place. "I believe my clothes, shoes and accessories are all in the car. Plus everything we need."
"Yes, sir."
"All right. Let's move then."
He definitely sounded too excited, if he wanted to be honest.
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"Okay, can you stand and turn your face towards your left? Yes, that's it. Okay. Now, fold your arms. No smile. Smile now," Posi instructed from behind the camera.
She'd have given her contract staff photographer to do this but she wanted to do this herself. Why? She didn't know.
With a small smile in Tayo's direction, she said, "You can go change your outfit now to the traditional wear."
She watched as he responded with a head nod and a very blinding smile that made her shut her eyes for a bit. She opened her eyes when she was sure she heard the door to the dressing room shut.
