14 Episode 14
THE brideGLOOM. Episode 14
ELDER EMEKA: we have spoken to our daughter and she is still maintaining that she hasn't slept with any other man.
As much as I understand where you are coming from, because of the pictures, the money and the messages from whatever you young people call it, I am choosing to believe our daughter.
It's okay if you don't want her back, we will arrange to return the bride prize. But we would like you to allow her access to her children. She is very distressed that she hasn't seen them.
MR AMBROSE: Chioma can always come and see the kids. They are not only mine. She can take them out whenever she wants and I don't want the bride price back.
I wish a day like this never came. We miss her, I miss her. She is my only friend?….. af–ter each tiring day, I….I come home to her. ?
But I can't bear the sight of her carrying another man's child's in my own house. The thought of her in bed with another man is driving me insane????
MADAM NKECHI: it will never be well with whoever is behind this! May nemesis catch up with him or her in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening and at night!???
Two love birds torn apart just like that!
Ambrose, you are like a son to me, you have treated me like a mother and it is sad that I am being forced to choose between you and my daughter who to believe! This is a hard decision but I believe my daughter and I will look after her until she has her baby!
Greet my grand children when they come back! (Starts crying loudly???)
MR AMBROSE: (Amidst tears) mama, if you need anything, please let me know.
MADAM NKECHI: I don't need anything from You!
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MR ADRIAN: that was a long flight!
CHARLOTTE: it was, indeed! Why is there only a single bed here? Where am I going to sleep?
MR ADRIAN: Oh! I booked you a different room. Your room is the one next door. Room number 104.
CHARLOTTE: interesting! Have you got the keys?
MR ADRIAN: sure! (Hands her the keys)
CHARLOTTE: so when would you want me to perform for You??
MR ADRIAN: Charlotte, we've only just arrived! Why don't you have a shower, change and we can go have something to eat and maybe a couple of drinks.
As much as I like watching pole dancing, that's not the main reason why I brought you here.
I noticed you are going through a lot and I wanted you to have a breather. That's the main reason why I brought you here.
CHARLOTTE: why do you think I am going through a lot?
MR ADRIAN: it's written all over You, Charlotte! You are clearly stressed. Try to get as much rest as possible within this one week that we are here.
CHARLOTTE: you are right! I am sex starved! My husband hasn't touched me in the last 4 months! The last time we made love, I literally begged for it???
I don't wanna keep being like This! I am a woman and I have needs!
MR ADRIAN: (bringing out his clothes from the box and hanging them in the wardrobe) Charlotte, you see, there is more to life than regular sex.
I agree you have such needs, but it only becomes an issues when you focus so much on it. I mean, I have been divorced for 7 years, but I'm still here.
Take your mind off sex and focus on what actually matters.
CHARLOTTE: you mean you have been celibate for 7 years?
MR ADRIAN: ermm, more or less. I've had a fling a couple of times but it's one of those things you do after you've had so much to drink and I regretted it.
I don't need sex. I need love and money. I've got them and I am dying a damn happy man!
CHARLOTTE: you've got love? What is love without sex?
MR ADRIAN: love is when my 18 year old daughter calls me every morning and tells me she loves me. Love is when she tells me that she is going to become a doctor so that she'll ensure I get the best medical care when I need one.
Love is having my cigar inbetween my fingers and watching pole dancing.
Love is looking into my bank account and seeing enough dole in there
Love is a glass of red wine at the end of every day. Love is knowing I owe no man. Love is knowing that if i die today, my daughter will be wealthy even if she decides not to work in her entire!
CHARLOTTE: are you a man?
MR ADRIAN: I am a man.
CHARLOTTE: okay! Let me rephrase. Are you medically okay?
MR ADRIAN: my doctor says I am.
CHARLOTTE: okay! I don't mean medically!
MR ADRIAN: well, you asked if I was medically okay.
CHARLOTTE: do you find me sexually attractive?
MR ADRIAN: yes. But that doesn't mean I must have sex with you. Imagine if we had sex with every single person we find sexually attractive. It will be a crazy world. Wouldn't it?
CHARLOTTE: But it is a crazy world already.
MR ADRIAN: maybe. Maybe not.
CHARLOTTE: do you know why I agreed to travel with a man who isn't my husband?
MR ADRIAN: because you thought I would ask you for sex.
CHARLOTTE: yes? and I also thought I could get some money in exchange for that.
MR ADRIAN: What do you need the money for?
CHARLOTTE: ????
MR ADRIAN: it is fruitless to try to move me with tears. Tears don't move me. Tell me what you need the money for.
CHARLOTTE: my mother in law is dying of diabetes and we need at least five million naira to take her to the UK for treatment. MY husband is unemployed and I can't afford it.
MR ADRIAN: I'll give it to you.
CHARLOTTE: What did you just say??
MR ADRIAN: if that makes you sleep well at night
CHARLOTTE: (kneels down?)
MR ADRIAN: go have a shower let's go have something to eat. MY stomach is rumbling.
CHARLOTTE: God bless you.
MR ADRIAN: he can give that blessing to your husband. I am a blessed man. Thank you.
Tomorrow, I'll like to have you perform for me for about an hour.
And don't worry, you'll still get your three hundred pounds an hour. Not sure how much that is in Nigerian naira.
CHARLOTTE: What time would you like me to perform Tomorrow?
MR ADRIAN: eleven thirty pm, if that's okay by you.
CHARLOTTE: sure. Where would you like it. In their club hall?
MR ADRIAN: NO of course that would be me giving them a free service. I paid for it privately. I would like it here in my room
CHARLOTTE: no problems at all. I'll go to my room now.
MR ADRIAN: I'll be waiting. Remember, I am hungry.
CHARLOTTE: I know.
