The Mechanics of Yenagoa by Afenfia Michael

Author:Afenfia, Michael [Afenfia, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Masobe Books
Published: 2020-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

I t had been three weeks since Blessing showed me the picture of Benson and his new wife, and I still didn’t know what to do with the information. Many times I’d thought to confront him and Ebiakpo about it, but something told me to mind my business because I could already tell how my sister was going to react. Most importantly, I too had major personal issues of my own I’d been struggling with in the last couple of days.

It had also been three weeks since Oputi walked into the workshop and into our lives. Three weeks was only twenty-one days, but it felt like twenty-one months. Her beauty captivated me, but it was even worse for Saka, Biodun and Broderick. Even Reverend Ebizimor who hardly ever crossed over to our side of the compound had in the last two weeks found reasons to pop in every now and then to ask irrelevant questions and make dubious enquiries. The last time he dropped by, he wanted to know if any of us had seen his Bible. The question I wanted to ask him was whether his Bible had legs, but I just smiled and said no .

Everyone was happy about the new addition to the workshop – everyone except Blessing. She didn’t like Oputi, and when I asked her why, she said it was because of me. She said she didn’t trust me around beautiful women.

Another person that didn’t like Oputi was Sister Agnes. And it wasn’t only because she didn’t trust Saka. Her reasons were also pecuniary. The other day, she and Saka matched into my room during my lunch break and she said the most outrageous thing I had heard the months.

“Oga Ebinimi, I want to manage your block.”

“My block? Which block are you referring to? Do you like mean engine block or block of flats?”

“The block when I dey talk about na the one when that new girl dey manage for una, wetin be her name sef?”

“Oputi,” Saka interjected.

“Whether na Opu-T oh, abi na Opu-H, or Opu-M, dat one no concern me. Wetin I know be say she no go fit come from nowhere come take over our block.” I still didn’t know what she was talking about, so I turned to Saka for help.

“Oga Ebinimi, no be you talk this morning sey you want make she manage our social media block?”

I finally got it. “First of all, no be block; it’s called blog . Secondly, we don’t even have a blog yet. It was just an idea I was discussing with her because I know she’s good with all these social media stuff and also because of how well she has managed our Instagram page.”

“That one come be wetin, no be just to dey post picture every day? Abi you never see my own Facebook page?”

“Look, Agnes, I don’t know what your boyfriend has told you, but it’s more complicated than that. In the two weeks since Oputari started managing our page, she has grown it to almost seven thousand followers.

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