His office was the worst I had ever seen, so empty. I thought he said he knew how to draw, so why was his office so empty and without any artwork I can even see as a sample.
He cleared his throat and I had to stop those thoughts in my head. I should really ask him if he really draws or I should ask him to paint me, so I would know if he can draw than I would work under him so he can tutor me. With my decision made, I turned my head but I was not prepared for the sight that caught me.
This was not the same guy that brought me into this office, fear gripped me as I began thinking about death, kidnap, rituals and other terrible things. Of course, why would I not think of it when the man that stood in front of me was twice my 5’2 height and he had the widest chest I had ever seen. He was topless with yellow paint on his forehead and different other colours from violet to grey, black to turquoise were on other parts of his artistic body. He looked like a house painter with all that paint on his shirtless body, but he looked like a weight-lifter with his body structure. I decided that it would be better to scream since I was close to the door and that would attract people before I am finally butchered or murdered.
So I screamed till my voice box was tearing apart
He was startled and he moved many steps back with his hands raised in surrender.
‘Are you alright?’
People started coming, no, running out from the office and they wanted to know what was wrong.
What can I say? ‘What time is it please? I need to go, I have something to do.’
‘Okkaayy’
I practically ran out of the office sweating and shaking, thanking God I was not killed.
I went to the wine room close to my room that evening, it was unfortunate that my friends were not around to accompany me or keep me company, so I had to do that alone. I wore a simple black knee length gown since I wasn’t looking for anyone to impress and I wore a silver slip on with a pink lipstick and my glasses. I entered the wine room and I was happy I came, the barman told me that they were giving free drink because someone had paid for the night. I was surprised and I ordered my usual, a bottle of red wine and Bacchus. I like it when I mix the two together. As I sat to drink, the barman close to me, so I used him to pass the night,
‘So, who paid for all the drinks?’
Oh! He is sited over there, he said something funny happened in his office and he can’t help but keep laughing and doing good, and that he saw the most beautiful girl he had ever seen today.’
‘Hmmmm. I am so curious. How does he look like….’
I can’t describe, you go tell him thank you and you will see who he is. I have to attend to guests.
I stood up in anticipation to seeing the amiable bundle of money that wasted a lot because of happiness. As I got to the place described, it was dark and there were four guys sited, laughing, so who is the person, I had to know, okay I will just go, ask for the person and say thank you.
I lifted my shoulders, decided to be as classic as my mum had always taught me, cat walked, heads high, smiling and pouting at the same time and moving my hands as if I’m dancing. I got to their midst, I could see three of them very well, but as I bent to see the fourth guy, he stood up abruptly and covered my mouth saying ’shhhhhhh’
I was scared and worried.
‘Don’t scream, please don’t scream at all please, please.’
I was ashamed of myself, this must have been one of the workers in that office where I embarrassed myself. So I raised my hands, shaking it to tell him I would not scream, he left me and I smiled turning to see who he was, as I turned, I saw it was the same man I had seen topless, but this time, he was not topless, in fact, he wore a tuxedo, he was the most handsome man I had ever seen, I opened my mouth to say thank you but I said I was sorry, for the embarrassment I gave him at his office and others.
He just kept laughing because I would not stop talking. His friends opened their mouth in surprise, I have never been as embarrassed as I was. I concluded by saying
‘Thanks for the drink, but I would have to return it because it’s not good at all. Thank you again.’
I decided to run out in shame, I turned and I found out that I could not move, I was scared until I found myself facing the same guy I was running away from in close proximity, I looked up to him and he said
‘My name is Kelvin and I own Royalty Touch World Arts. Why did you run away from me this morning?’
Opening my mouth, I couldn’t speak.
‘If you do not have an explanation as to why you ran away from me once, never try to run away from me again, starting from now. It hurts me so much.’
The accent he had, gave him away as a Briton but I could tell he is a Nigerian, I nodded my head and the next thing I heard was…
‘Why did you come to my place today?’
‘To learn arts’
‘Wow! That’s cool, resume tomorrow’
I was scared, I didn’t know why. But I knew I had entered a dip ditch and I could not come out. What will happen between me and kelvin, I could not say I found him the most attractive seductive man I had ever met and I did not know if he was serious about me being the most beautiful lady he had ever seen. There are many reasons why he would behave like that, one is love, one is pride, one is lust, and one is shear inquisitiveness. Whatever it may be, I do not think there is a going back. I screamed my way into his arms.
by Terpsichore
I SCREAMED MY WAY INTO HIS ARMS
