TIDE'S OF LÛST EPISODE 81 The week started like every other week. That Monday morning, Vida and I prepared and left for school. There is one unique thing about Vida and I, which is, we hardly talk about anything that happened after it happened. After we became intimate the last time, we never talked about it for one bit. That morning we walked to school gisting and laughing like nothing happened the night before. I met Cynthia already typing something when I got into the office. We had exchanged pleasantries after which I walked to my desk, said my prayers and fired on my laptop to continue with my story. We both buried ourselves in the things we were doing, she with the work she was typing and I with my story. After typing for a while without hearing a word from her, I cleared my throat to draw her attention. “Cynthia are you ok?”.........I asked, feeling concerned. “Yes I’m fine”........She replied. “Unlike you not to have said anything since”..........I probed further. “So I am now a talkative right? By the way what happened during the weekend? Thought you said you were going to call me?”...........She retorted. “Did I say that? Well I had a visitor so that’s why I didn’t call sha”..........I replied. “Hmmm! It’s alright”........She shrugged. “What are you working on?”........I inquired. “Something madam said I should type.........She said that it should be ready by tomorrow and I have not even typed half of it”..........she complained and sighed. “Why not give me half of it let me help you”.........I requested. She smiled, while I went around to her table and collected it. She was grateful to me, beaming like a two year old, seeing that I had ease her off her stress and burden. Cynthia and I both concentrated on the project, and within two hours we had it done. I copied my part and gave to her while she did the editing. Around twelve pm, I got a call from Sandra. She said she will come over and spend some days with me. I couldn’t understand the rationale behind coming to spend some days with me on a Monday. I asked her if she wouldn’t go to her PPA, but she said that someone will cover for her. In other not to argue further, I obliged while she hung up, afterwards I went off to grab something to eat. I went over to Vida's department, and we left for lunch together. While we ate, I told her that Sandra was coming to spend some days with me. She raised her eyebrows at first, before relaxing her nerves. “So I guess it’s going to be some days of hell for me right?”...........she questioned with a tinge of sorrow. “Come on, I will tell her not to scream to disturb you”.........I assured her. “Dont you think it’s a conscious action? Don't you think she intentionally does it? Guy, it’s not something you have control over. Even if you try to hold it back it might actually escape”...........She muttered, her voice filled with sadness. “Seriously? Then how come you never screamed that night when I banged you? Should I take it to mean that I wasn’t good enough?”.........I questioned assertively. “Guy park well abeg, that thing wey you dey find no go comot from my mouth”........She retorted, and I smiled. “Hmmm! Okay. But for your information, if my babe screams too much, you can simply cover your ears with your pillow or better still come and join the party”........I said with a hint of ridicule. “You are such an idiot Pascal, hope you know that?”..........She snapped. “You are just telling me my darling”..........I said nonchalantly. To be continued..........