The voice of blood; Episode 14

The voice of blood

Episode 14

Work day syndrome came knocking. It was a Sunday evening and Ademi was already prepared for work. His clothes were ironed so well that you can see the sharp edges looking like a new blade. The black chinos trouser was paired with a white shirt  with different coloured stripes. He had also ironed his shoes-yes iron is the best way to describe a well polished shoe that's shinning so well especially because it is a new one. To crown this up was the simple brown belt which stole the colour of the shoe like a chameleon will do. It was still Sunday evening but it was as if Ademi was late for work. He was packing everything he thinks he would need for work. He  set his alarm to six hours before the resumption time-six hours for preparation?

When he was done preparing, he ate his dinner and went straight to bed 'I need to sleep early so that i can wake up as early as possible for the new job in a new world' but just like a lot more people do, he couldn't sleep so soon. He was rolling on his bed and one could feel the increase of his heartbeat 'How will i get to start in the new office? How will i introduce myself to everyone around? How...' He did this for about two hours before he finally dozed off.

He finally got up from his bed after so many 'wake up at intervals' disease he faced all through the night. He brushed his teeth differently this time and his bathe was as if he was going to change his skin colour. Not too long, he was already dressed up for work but it was too early to set out for work. So he had to wait at home for about one hour before he set out. But in the space of one hour, he was either adjusting his belt, trousers, combing his hair or looking at a mirror checking one thing or the other. He did this until he got to the gate of his new office.

The fear in him increased at the door and for about a minute, he stood close to the gate and sighed; then he slightly touched his forehead, the joint that connect his hand with his body on the left and right side respectively for about three times before he knocked the gate.

He walked majestically into the building although, he was battling with fear and you can detect that as soon as he greets a person. As soon as he entered the reception, his perfume was like an air freshener to the room. He was looking so radiant and nice for the job.

The receptionist directed him to Mr Emeka's secretary and he began work immediately. The secretary gave him the messages from her boss who was out on an appointment. She gave him some files and took him to his office.

The office was indeed a conducive environment. A table big enough to accommodate a lot of documents and the chair was an adjustable one. The air condition was on high speed. The glass partition gave him a clear view of some other offices around.

The secretary left him when she said that's  'all for now, you can always call me when you need anything.'

He was so happy to be there and everything looked like a dream come true. He rested his neck on the top of his chair and was about placing his right leg on the table before he thought of who might be seeing him. He dropped the leg immediately and got to work.

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Work was going fine and he was beginning to get used to the office and the people around. He was consistent about his dressing and was always early to work and stayed back for a long time after closing hour . The ladies at the office are beginning to gossip about him but deep down in their heart, he was most of them crush.

He was so passionate about his job that he couldn't even give time to think of any of them though he admires so many of them one way or the other. And some times, he wasn't even given the opportunity because of his regular communication with Carolina who always reminds him of the stuff they had together.

You can see that Ademi loved his job so much not because of his position there or his huge salary. He was always putting on a positive attitude towards everything. He, together with his crew in his department helped double the company's sales in about six months of their existence.

One of Ademi's intern one day asked what his motivation was because he was impressed by the so much energy he put to his work. Ademi in turn told his secret 'My motivation is simply because i love this job. It has always been my biggest dream to be in this position of the job i love doing. I believe it's my talent to market anything and i am always eager to explore it. My biggest dream is to one day sell ice to the Eskimos.

Asides that, a fat paying job is a joy to the earner especially when it is meeting most of your pressing needs. How much more a fat paying job on the job you can spend all your money trying to accomplish. The latter is what i am enjoying presently.

Lastly, aside these two important reasons, what if you will die if you don't do the job? Will you do it?
That's another motivation that keeps me going. I have a commitment to meet up to and if i don't meet up, i would be like a person dying of HIV.' As soon as he finished saying this, Caro's call came in and he had to excuse himself to talk with her.

It's been six months since Ademi started working, so also Carolina. They have both saved sixty percent of their salary every month into an account and that was enough for Ademi to get out of the country as budgeted. So Carolina called him to talk about this and to start making plans.

In Ademi's mind, he was enjoying the job and will want to sacrifice his traveling for the job but he was always considerate about how Carolina will feel. So he thought of telling her to allow him use a year before making plans to come. He wanted to use that time to build a solid foundation for the department but his fear was how Carolina will react to that. So the day came and he had also planned to tell her.

How will he get to tell her? Hope it will not be the beginning of a new quarrel?

Please watch out for the next episode