Indigo (Shade of a golden heart) - Season 1 - Episode 19

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Indigo (Shade of a golden heart) - Season 1 - Episode 19

Her phone was ringing, and she couldn’t ignore it, she knew who was calling and how angry he could get whenever his call was not taken. She clasped to her briefcase tighter and placed her mobile phone against her ears.
‘Hello sir…’ she murmured.
‘Pretty woman, where are you?’ He asked.
‘At PIE’s establishment, why do you ask?’
‘I am there myself, I came to see him.’ The man answered.

‘Okay, good. We must not be seen with each other, I don’t want to get us into trouble.’ She advised.

The man laughed, ‘Trouble? I am trouble.’
‘I was able to convince him to evict Mallam Hassan, the old man I told you about earlier. If he does that, he would be falling straight into your trap. You can deal with him then but leave me out of it as we agreed.’
‘Fair. Thanks for your help Barrister Shola, I know it is not easy. But you know what this property means to me. I cannot let go of this opportunity to enrich myself.’
‘Just remember to give me the other cut, once the deal is sealed.’

‘No problem, come outside, let me see your beautiful face before I meet Phillip.’
‘We’ll need to be brief.’ She warned.
‘All good.’ The man accepted.

He had just gotten off the phone with Mr. Barf who told him something very sad. The German had been attacked by gunmen, on his way to the coffee shop which was assigned for their meeting.

The men had beaten him to pulp, which had led to internal bleeding. They had carted away with his valuables and the list he had made for the project. Now he was in a hospital, left with nothing, but his international passport.
‘This is s--t!’ Phillip slammed the table with his hands.

If the supplier were ill, who would ship in all the materials they needed and at a very cheap rate? Why were things working against him now?
‘Are you okay?’ Chalya burst in without knocking.
‘This is not the time Chalya.’ He grunted.
‘I know, but there’s something I must tell you. I know I may sound delusional, but I have a strong feeling that you are being surrounded by dishonest people.’
‘What now Chalya?’ He was tired of bad news.
‘I just returned from my lunch break. I found Moremi in the arms of our uncle.’
‘Our uncle?’ Phillip raised a brow, he couldn’t think straight now.
‘Uncle Usman, and that hug was nothing innocent. Father was never comfortable with his brother, I don’t think it is right to be working with this man.’ Chalya advised.

Phillip was tired of ignoring Chalya’s naivety, ‘Hey Chalya, you need to grow up. Maybe they know each other from somewhere. Your aversion for Moremi has blinded you to many things. I would no longer tolerate your assumptions, now leave…’ he pointed at the door.

She had never seen her brother this upset with her, ‘Phillip, you need to listen to me, please.’
‘I am done listening, I want to be alone now.’
‘What’s that sore look on your face? Did something go wrong?’ Ana watched her friend.

Indigo couldn’t disobey her grandfather, she had to end her friendship with Ana soon. Her Papa’s advice was invaluable and she couldn’t throw it to the dust.

‘I lost my job.’ She couldn’t like to Ana. She had fed her granddad with enough lies, there was no need of telling more.
‘What? You were doing just fine and that Uniform looked really good on you.’ She felt bad for her friend.
‘Yes.’ Indigo agreed with a nod.

She wanted to tell Ana that she had lost the money too, but a kind stranger whose phone number she had had come to her rescue, but she decided to keep Phillip to herself.
‘Is this why you are sad?’ Ana laughed.
‘Yes…’ Indigo was surprised her friend found humor in this.
‘I still need to pay my fees, the rent and pay for the next inhaler. There’s a lot of things I have to handle, so it’s not funny.’

Ana could tell that her best friend was hurt by her laughter, ‘I am sorry I laughed, I wasn’t mocking you or anything. I can help…’

Indigo’s countenance brightened once this was said, ‘Really?’
‘Yes, you know what? Dress up, let me take you to my uncle’s house. Do not be afraid, he has a wife and kids and he just returned from America.’
‘The Uncle that gave you a hundred thousand?’ Indigo asked.

Ana nodded, ‘Yes. I told him that I have a friend who is in need of cash, and he wants to meet with you.’

Indigo was not comfortable with this meeting, she knew that her grandfather would not be happy with her if she agreed. But she needed the money, she had bills to pay and her grandfather’s inhaler to purchase.

She was quite sure that Papa was sleeping, all she needed to do was sneak out of the house with Ana.
‘What’s wrong? Look, if you don’t want to go with me, you may as well stay back. It is not by force.’ Ana hissed loudly.

Indigo quickly apologized and made her understand that she couldn’t leave the house because of her grandfather’s health condition.
‘But you said he was strong. Besides, if anything should happen to him, he has the inhaler, he could use it.’ Ana replied, but Indigo was still not comfortable with this idea.

Ana had to convince her somehow.
‘Come on Indi, look at your life and how horrible things are turning out. You got a job and lost it the same day. What makes you think you could get another one anytime soon? This is your chance, you need to take it. My uncle is a good man and wouldn’t do you any harm, just come with me.’

Ana was right. She needed to help herself out of this situation. Yes, Mr. Phillip had saved her today. He had cleared her debts and had not asked for anything in return, but for how long would he keep doing that?
‘I will go with you…’ she murmured silently and cursed herself for disobeying her Papa. But she knew he would understand as always. Their need for survival was paramount and he wouldn’t hate her for doing something that would be for the greater good.
‘Good girl, now you’re talking.’ Ana moved closer to her side of the bed and caressed her cheeks, ‘You should be taking decisions on your own Indigo, you’re a big girl now, and forget your Papa. He has lived his life, you should live yours.’

‘On one condition,’ she chipped in, she couldn’t just sneak out of the house like that.
‘What is that?’ Ana released her cheeks.
‘I will only spend thirty minutes. I cannot leave my Papa for too long.’

Ana shrugged her approval, ‘If that’s what you want, I’ll tell my uncle to be very snappy with the meeting.’
‘Thank you.’ Indigo sighed, she straightened her skirt and looked down on her toes, feeling ashamed of the way she had treated her grandfather recently.

He had raised her to be an honest person, but here she was, doing things without his knowledge and against his will.

She hoped Ana’s uncle could help her with a job as she desperately needed one.