TIDE'S OF LÛST EPISODE 75 I woke up the following morning, and I found Pascaline sleeping peacefully beside me on the bed. I quietly left the bed, so I won't wake her up. I began my morning workout, and in the process of my workout session Pascaline woke up. After we Both exchanged pleasantries, She strided to the bathroom, I guess to have her shower and get ready to leave. Pascaline finished taking her bath, got dressed left my room without saying a word to me. I noticed Pascaline's awkward behaviour, more like she was trying to keep to herself, but I cared less as the mood of the previous day was still hanging over my head. After my workout, I got prepared after which and we all left the house. When we got outside of our apartment, Pascaline took a bike and left for her place while I walked down to school with Vida. “What happened to you last night?”........Vida asked, as we walked down. “Nothing, just had a little issue with my babe”.........I replied coldly. “Hope you guys are cool now?”..........she asked. “I think so”.......I replied. “You think so? Let me give you a piece of advice, don’t let argument between you and your partner, stay too long......Sometimes it complicates things that at the end, you will even forget what caused the argument in the first place. And then it becomes more difficult to settle”.........She said solemnly. “Really? Okay then, I've heard you”........I replied. We discussed about other things, until we got to school and parted to our different sections. I met the reception empty when I got to my office. I had settled on my seat and while I was saying my prayers, Cynthia walked in. After I rounded my prayers and exchanged pleasantries with Cynthia, she catwalked to my table with some papers which the director said that I should type since she already had a lot of work to do. I was so relieved to have finally had something to keep me busy. I had fired up the laptop and gone to work immediately. While I typed, I conversed with Cynthia. “So how was your CDS yesterday?”.........she asked. “Fine, nothing out of the ordinary. They just got us assigned to different groups”.........I replied. “Which group are you in?”.........she asked. “Road Safety”.........I replied. “That’s good, at least you people will be going out for sensitization, sometimes you will go for traffic controls and afterwards, the FRSC will give you people certificate”...........She outlined. “Abeg I no need that kind stress for my life now.....Make we just dey go the CDS for council alone oh, “It will be fun oh, my brother.......I was in press club during my own time. We had to go and cover many functions and if luckily one of the politicians was in the occasion, we usually go home with some good amount of money”.........she explained. “Ennhhenn! na that kain one I wan join. No be to dey go stand for sun they direct traffic....E be like say I go try change to press club next CDS”...........I said playfully. “See your life now, you too like money”........she teased, as she laughed heartily. “Who doesn't like money Abeg? Free me jaare”.........I replied with a smile on my face. “That reminds me, you don’t want to invite me to come and do house warming abi?”.........She muttered. “Ah! I've already done the house warming oh”.......I replied and chuckled. “And you didn’t invite me? Nawa for you oh”.........she said sarcastically. “It wasn’t something big, just between few friends”........I replied. “So I am not your friend abi? It’s alright”........She retorted, making a face. “Come on, it’s not like that na. Oya no vex, just tell me when you will be free and I will invite you over”........I said pleadingly. She feigned annoyance for a while as I kept pleading with her. After a while, she smiled like she had gotten me where she wanted. “I am always free on weekends when I didn’t travel. So anytime you are ready to host me, let me know”..........She replied with a smile. “Hope your husband won’t break my head oh?”.........I asked playfully while laughing. “Did you see any ring on my fingers? I'm not married oh”.........she replied. “Most people don’t wear rings after marriage anymore, so that doesn’t prove anything”..........I said politely. “Well that's their business, as for me, I'm not yet married, and I won't hesitate to flaunt my wedding ring when I eventually get married........So in other words, there is no man to break your head. At least for now”..........she clarified. A part of me didn't want to believe that Cynthia wasn't married, oh at least have someone she is engaged to. I concluded in my heart, that a well endowed lady like her, can't be single. “Come on Cynthia, are you trying to tell me now that there is no ……..?”........I didn’t complete the phrase, but she already caught what I was trying to say. “Pascal please mind your business, that isn't a subject for discussion. And before you continue drilling where there is no oil, get on with that work, Director will soon be around”..........She retorted and looked away, avoiding further discussions with me “I’m already done with the work since na”.........I replied confidently. If there is something I was so good at, it’s with key board. I started learning to type at a very young age. I could be typing for five minutes without looking at the key board and not missing a word. “Pardon?”.........she asked, turning to me with a look of surprise on her face. “I said that I am done with it”.........I repeated, laughing hysterically. Cynthia came around to my table to see it for herself. She was perplexed when she saw that I had finished it truly, As I said. She gave me a flash with which I copied the work and handed it back to her. Cynthia and I were still conversing when the Director came in. We stood up and greeted her while she replied with a smile walking into her office. Not quite long the director entered her office, the intercom at Cynthia's table rang. After she talked briefly to the person at the other end, she dropped the intercom and told me that the director asked to see me. To be continued..........