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TANGLE III

<p>Episode 3&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;Waking up on Tuesday morning&comma; I felt a sharp pain in my heart when the thought of going to work crossed my mind&period; This is supposed to be fun I thought to myself&comma; the fact I have a job at this amazing company with an awesome salary is something that should keep me smiling&period; Then I remembered the previous day at work&comma; my annoying colleagues&period; I rushed into the bathroom&comma; showered and got ready&period; When I got to the door&comma; I remembered every beautiful thing that had happened in my life and put on a large grin then I walked in like a lady in a beauty pageant&comma; twisting all my curves&comma; turning my head and smiling at everybody my eyes could meet&period; I could see the shock in their faces&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m sure they were expecting me to come in crying&period; I went to my cubicle&comma; my right and left colleagues weren&&num;8217&semi;t around yet&period; So I was trying to set everything up when a call came in&period; Hello I said with a very friendly tone&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Good morning Dodeye&comma; this is Alian”&period; Oh&excl; hi Alian&comma; how are you doing&quest; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I&&num;8217&semi;m very well&comma; you sound so excited&comma; what&&num;8217&semi;s happening&quest;” He wondered&period; Well&comma; nothing in particular&comma; I just feel like being happy I told him&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That&&num;8217&semi;s great&comma; where are you&quest;” He asked&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m at work I told him&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Oh&comma; let me allow you work then&comma; call me when you&&num;8217&semi;re free&quest;” Call me by 2&period;20 I told him&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s my lunch time I added&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Okay&comma; I will&period; Have a great day” he replied&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m having one already I answered and dropped the call&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi; Hey neighbor I said to my left hand colleague when he came in&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Hi Dodeye” he replied without looking at me&period; Oh&excl; You know my name I said smiling&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Everybody knows your name” he said&comma; with a harsh tone&period; So your name issss&quest; I said stretching my hand&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Finn” he answered ignoring my hand&period; Being rude is the &&num;8220&semi;it&&num;8221&semi; around here I see&comma; I said dropping my hand&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I just came in and I&&num;8217&semi;m really busy” was his response&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Can&&num;8217&semi;t be shaking hands when I haven&&num;8217&semi;t set up for the day” he added&period; We are sitting beside each other&comma; the least we can do is be nice to each other I said with a little bit of anger and concentrated on my pc&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1496 " id&equals;"quads-ad1496" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- New ad banner --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-5706332590260650" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1294784859" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine;&lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi; &nbsp&semi;It was really awkward for Finn and Mira to converse as I was sitting in between them&period; Mira is the girl by my right&comma; I heard Finn say her name a few times&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dodeye please can you pass this document over to Mira for me”&quest; Finn asked&period; No I can&&num;8217&semi;t I replied concentrating on my pc&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Coming from someone who said we should be nice to each other” he said as he stretched his hand behind me over to Mira and she stretched her hand&comma; collected it then hissed&&num;8230&semi; It&&num;8217&semi;s annoying to say no&quest; I asked Finn&&num;8230&semi;&period; But when I asked for a pen yesterday it was cool to be rude after Mira said no I added&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was your first day at work Dodeye&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s just normal to be rude to the new person”&period; He replied&period; This is not a high school if you haven&&num;8217&semi;t noticed&comma; this is not even a college&comma; this is an office I told him&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Well&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s just how it works here” he replied&period; It doesn&&num;8217&semi;t make sense to me I said&period;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Will you people please lower your voices” Mira said&period; Shhhh I told her&comma; my phone is ringing I added and picked up the call&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Your phone is ringing soooo&&num;8230&semi;” Mira was saying when I cut her short&period; Shhhhhh I said placing my index finger in between my lips&period; Don&&num;8217&semi;t tell me it&&num;8217&semi;s 2&period;20 already&comma; Alian I said as I got up walking to the canteen&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You&&num;8217&semi;re having a good day to have lost track of your lunch time” he replied&period;&period; Well&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m actually having a good day I answered&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;So can I pick you up after work&quest; I&&num;8217&semi;ll be traveling back to Abuja tomorrow and I won&&num;8217&semi;t be back till after two weeks&period;” That&&num;8217&semi;s fine I replied&period; 5pm I added&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Okay&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s fine by me too” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;See you later” he added&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I thought you&&num;8217&semi;ll join the crowd and come by 2&period;50&comma; the lady in the canteen told me&period;” Do I look like the kind that&&num;8217&semi;ll join the crowd&quest; I asked her&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Not really” she replied&period; Same thing as yesterday I requested and walked to my favorite seat&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Fine girl so you like trouble like this&quest;” the lady said as she brought my food&period; Nope&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m a lover of peace I replied and we both laughed&period; My colleagues started walking in like a flock of sheep and I still couldn&&num;8217&semi;t understand how they think it&&num;8217&semi;s cool to come for lunch late&comma; eat in a hurry and go back to work&period; I saw sunflower walking towards me and I couldn&&num;8217&semi;t help but smile&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;So you have decided to be the stubborn bird&quest;” She asked as she stood in front of me&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m sorry did you just call me a bird&quest; The last time I checked you&&num;8217&semi;re the one with the beak I replied her&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Omg Duck or whatever it is you&&num;8217&semi;re called&comma; you think you&&num;8217&semi;re funny or what&quest;” She asked shaking like she was about to have a seizure&&num;8230&semi; My name is Dodeye and no I&&num;8217&semi;m not a comedian I answered&comma; If you want to sit here try coming earlier&comma; I don&&num;8217&semi;t have strength to engage in a verbal battle with you I added and walked out&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Oh you think you can speak English&quest; Verbal battle&quest; Really&quest;” She kept shouting as I was gracefully walking out&period;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;jQuery&lpar;document&rpar;&period;ready&lpar;function&lpar;&dollar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&dollar;&period;post&lpar;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;dodeyescorner&period;com&sol;wp-admin&sol;admin-ajax&period;php'&comma; &lbrace;action&colon; 'wpt&lowbar;view&lowbar;count'&comma; id&colon; '119'&rcub;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&rcub;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1497 " id&equals;"quads-ad1497" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- New ad banner --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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