27/10/2024
ONE/UBA
The alarm on the bedside bureau rang shrilly, persistently and woke Wilfred Uba up at exactly 6.30am. It was a Monday morning, and getting to the office punctually on the first day of the working week was the name of the game.
Apart from that even, the internal memo the boss issued last week reiterated clearly that more cargo ships were coming in this week and it should mean a lot of work for them as he expected them to get a lot of the ensuing work and thereby proceeds from clearing the cargoes.
Uba shut off the yapping machine. He had a hangover and knew he would only feel better after having a cold bath. If it was a morning he wasn’t going to the office early, he could have remedied the hangover by having a green bottle, but he was going to the office so that would be tactless.
Getting up reluctantly, with his mind constantly reminding him that the clock was ticking away fast if he wanted to get to the office on time, he saw his eyes were bloodshot and swollen in the large square mirror on the wall and memories of the previous day played back in his head and brought forth a slight smile to his face.
Yesterday was fun-filled for him as he and his latest girlfriend, Dupe Martins, had rollicked and frolicked about town all day. Dupe was a big girl that a man could count himself lucky to be dating, so whatever she wanted, Uba had to do it just to make her happy and prove he was worthy of being her man.
And yesterday she had wanted what she termed a proper day out on the town.
The cost didn’t concern her, of course.
Note: This is an excerpt of the Oseyiza Oogbodo bestseller, The Good Life, which is available on Amazon as an eBook.
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Life-Oseyiza-Oogbodo-ebook/dp/B07DM3KC4S
