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Bimpe Adedoyin, though the youngest staff in her department, she is very intelligent and proficient at work. No matter how complex the situation is, she always finds a way to give her opinion and solution to issues, so well that her colleagues referred to her as Mini Genius or MG.
Her direct boss, Patrick, is often occupied with a lot of responsibilities from his own superior. They often expect a lot from him because like MG, he also always knew how to efficiently execute projects.
He got to the office that day and called Bimpe to his office. “Good afternoon sir” she said as she got into his office and closed the door. “How are you Bimpe?” he began to which she responded “fine sir”.
“My wife’s birthday is coming and I want to do something special for her. I am travelling in two days’ time to return few days to her birthday. I have run out of ideas, think of something really nice and present to me when I return. Do you need assistance from any other person in terms of ideas or should I leave it to the office ‘Mini Genius’ alone?” She laughed and responded “Yes sir, I can handle it sir. I will surely have the ideas on paper when you return sir”.
Bimpe got on it immediately. She began to make calls, she had just two weeks to deliver from the day her boss informed her. She contacted everyone who would help and they all came in handy.
By the time her boss returned, everything was sorted. He looked through all Bimpe had done and was truly impressed “You did an amazing job Bimpe, my wife will certainly be surprised, she will never see this coming. I know she is going to know a professional hand put this together because she knows this is certainly not my field. God bless” He said to her and she said “You are welcome sir. I will be expecting your words to be written in her birthday card by the Calligrapher.” “That’s fine. Cheers!” he said and she left.
Few days later, Patrick was at home and he got a message from Bimpe, showing the style of writing the Calligrapher chose. Patrick Okayed it and responded “Thanks Bimpe”.
While having breakfast, Patrick’s wife, Nneka, stylishly asked, “So where are we going for my birthday? It’s just 3 days away and you haven’t said anything about it yet” and Patrick responded “Sweetheart, you know how tedious my work is, I am sure I can always make up for it some other time” he said and Nneka responded “Of course I know, I am only just pulling your legs, certainly, we will celebrate it much later.” He was done with breakfast, gave his wife a peck on the cheek and left for work”.
He got to work and as he was about to step out of his car, he remembered he forgot his phone at home so he sent his driver, Shina, back and told him to tell his wife where the phone was, by her dressing table. Off Shina went and when he got home, Nneka asked him what happened and he informed her that his boss forgot his phone by her dressing table.
Off she went to the room, picked up the phone, and as she made her way downstairs, the phone vibrated, she saw a message from someone called Bimpe MG that said “You are welcome sir”. She got curious and decided to read further. She found only one message sent by whatsapp, she saw a beautiful writing with words that were very emotional and romantic. There was no ‘From’ or ‘To’ and it ended with ‘I love you with all my life”. She was furious but managed to keep calm. She gave the phone to Shina and as he left, she burst out in tears “Patrick is cheating on me? Why?? Why did I have to find out today when my birthday is just few days away, what a birthday gift” she said as she cried so much that her head hurt. She called her office to say she would not be able to make it for that day.
When Patrick came back from work, she was cold towards him. He did all he could to understand why she was cold but she didn’t say anything. After much persuasion, she asked him “Patrick, who is Bimpe MG?” to which he responded, “She is my staff at work, what happened? I saw her at work today, so I know nothing can be wrong with her…what is it Nneka?”
She took his phone, went straight to the message and asked “Patrick, what is this? Why Patrick?? Why??…MG means My Girl right?? Deny it you liar…deny it…those were words you would naturally use for me and you said all that to her?? Patrick, what have I done to deserve this”. She asked and he held her two hands and looked straight into her eyes and said “Nneka, my phone has no password, if I had anything to hide would I leave it for you to see? There is a reason behind this, if I say it I will ruin everything” and Nneka interjected “No! Just say it now Patrick, say it…she is pregnant right? And you intended telling me after my birthday right? Go on say it, I am listening, what is more to ruin if not this?” she said in tears.
“Nneka, I promise you that in two days’ time, if I don’t proffer a solution for this, report me to my Pastor, my father and everyone you want. Just give me two days please, it will come together but please I beg you, do not get in touch with Bimpe at all, again, it will ruin things and you won’t be happy about your actions”. For some weird reasons, she found herself believing him and couldn’t wait for two days to be over so she could unleash her venom, even though the second day of the two days was her birthday.
Her birthday came and one after the other she received gifts from her husband and they were coming in in two hours interval. Everyone at her place of work couldn’t help but admire the way the gifts were coming in. She was happy and loved the gifts but she kept thinking it was her husband’s way of bribing her for being ‘caught’. He had never done all these before. As long as Nneka was concerned, Patrick was either going to sack Bimpe or she would leave him and take her children with her.
Her husband got back from work early and was waiting for her at home. As she opened the door, rose petals were on the walk-way, she followed it until she got to their bedroom. He embraced her and asked her to sit. He gave her the card and as she opened it, she realised the words in the card were same with the one Bimpe sent. “What is this Patrick? Are you trying to rob it in?” to which he responded “I wanted to give you a birthday that will cover up for not always being around for your birthday and I gave the assignment to Bimpe MG. MG means Mini Genius. That is what we call her at work. I gave her an idea of what I thought was ok and she added more. The words you saw were the words I wrote which she sent to me after the Calligrapher was done with the writing, so I could approve before it was finally written in your card, which you now have in your hands”. “Oh Patrick, I feel so ashamed of myself right now” she said. “That was why I insisted you waited till today. If I had told you, it would have ruined the surprise”. Patrick said. Nneka went on her knees and apologised “I am feeling like one ‘wicked’ school prefect right now, so since you are on your knees, just raise up your hands and close your eyes for distrusting me” he said and they both burst out laughing. “Thank God you ensured I didn’t reach Bimpe, goodness gracious, I would have been so embarrassed. Thank you darling” She said. “That’s not all, close your eyes” he said. By the time she opened her eyes, she saw a mini box, she opened it and found the key to a brand new 2017 Nissan Pathfinder. She could not contain her joy, “Thank you MG!!” she teased “OK ooo Madam, so what does your own MG mean o?” and she said “My Guy!!!” then she jumped on him and they had a nice laugh.
I guess the words “patience is a virtue” can never be over emphasised.
Kemi Ajumobi
