unfathomable

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82. INT. BAR. NIGHT

After the DAY’S WORK in the OFFICE the TRIO OF KEN, RAY and DAN sitting at the HIGH BROW BAR, drinking happily and cheerfully sharing JOKES.

 KEN

Filling his glass almost to the brim with HENNESSY

I went to see my woman, earlier today.

 RAY

Sips his glass of B & G wine as he speaks.

Which of them? We know you have over a dozen of them.

 KEN

See who’s talking. Don’t you have more than I do?

 DAN

Ken, I don’t seem to agree with you, you’re …

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80. INT.NGOZI’S OFFICE.DAY.

KEN comes to see NGOZI in her OFFICE and the LATTER apparently, very BUSY going through some FILES on the DESK as she simultaneously minutes on them.

 KEN

My pretty woman! Always busy at work, how’re you doing?

 NGOZI

I’m all right and you, prince charming?

 KEN

Oh! Flatter me some more, baby! It’s been a long time I heard that from a beautiful woman like you.

 NGOZI

You’re never serious ken! By the way, what brings you here so early?

 KEN

Did I do anything wrong by coming to …

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78. EXT. MR. KADIRI’S RES. DAY

MR and MRS. KADIRI return from CHURCH and alighting from their VEHICLE as they see COLLINS passionately holding PRISCA by the WAIST; both of them about entering the FORMER’S CAR. He exchanges greetings with the LAND-LORD and his WIFE.

 COLLINS

I’m going to give you a treat today, you know why?

 PRISCA

No! You tell me.

 COLLINS

Because you actually ravished my soul last night with pleasure.

 PRISCA

Really!

 COLLINS

Sure baby… Good day, Mr. and Mrs. Kadiri.

 MR AND MRS. KADIRI

Good day.

He finally enters …

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76. INT. JEFF’S RES. DAY

COLLINS sits in the LIVINGROOM viewing a TELEVISION PROGRAMME and seems to be really interested in it while JEFF comes in from the BEDROOM to SPEAK with him.

 JEFF

Good morning, Collins.

 COLLINS

Tax collector, you’re still at home; I thought you’ve gone to work?

 JEFF

Could you please turn down the volume of the television, I want us talk now?

 COLLINS

Oh! God, why is the devil always using you to disturb my pleasure? Now, I’m seeing an interesting programme, you’ve come to distract me with …

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73. INT. CHURCH NIGHT.

The teeming CONGREGATION of the CHURCH show up for the VIGIL as PASTOR DAVID preaches to them standing at the PULPIT.

PASTOR DAVID

I’m so glad tonight that you people made it to church and as you have despite fatigue after work and you busy schedules decided to be in the presence of God the most high to worship him, he will honour you in Jesus Mighty name!

 CONGREGATION

Amen!

 PASTOR DAVID

Please without wasting anytime, I would like you to quickly open your Bible to Psalm 100 …

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70. INT. KEN’S OFFICE. DAY

DAN pays a VISIT to KEN and after exchanging PLEASANTRIES both settle to have a BOTTLE of HENNESSY BRANDY as they discuss.

 DAN

Ken my man, what’s up?

 KEN

Well, we’re getting by; just look at you man, you look so good now. I can see you’re doing pretty well, is that why you disappeared all this while.

DAN

Honestly, ken, it wasn’t deliberate, private legal practice isn’t easy at all, I have been really busy.

 KEN

I understand, anyway, good to see you again.

 DAN

Me …

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67. INT. SWIFT COMMUNICATIONS. DAY

The BOARD OF DIRECTORS holding a MEETING in their usual PLACE as regards their PREVIOUS DELIBERATION.

 BEN

Having carefully perused all the proposals you submitted this morning, I have decided that we engage the services of the firm Mrs. Williams recommended.

 MISS OSONDU

Sir, which company is that exactly?

 BEN

It’s the Corporate World Advertising Incorporated; do you have any problem with that?

 MISS OSONDU

Not really sir but from what I know about that firm, it has not handled any multinational or blue chip account like …

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64. INT. MR. KADIRI’S RES. NIGHT

JEFF sits in the LIVINGROOM waiting to see his LANDLORD and within a short while, he walks in from the BEDROOM.

 JEFF

Good evening sir.

 KADIRI

Good evening Jeff, please sit down.

 JEFF

Thank you sir!

 KADIRI

I asked you to see me because of the unbearable attitude of your friend; Collins in this house, I want you to warn him seriously because my wife and I can no longer tolerate his irresponsible behavior here. That was why I came to see him earlier in the …

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60. EXT. COLLINS RES. NIGHT.

COLLINS screeches his CAR into their COMPOUND, making a HELL of NOISE that wakes up his LANDLORD and the WIFE as they feel terribly BAD about his BEHAVIOUR.

 KADIRI

Wakes up and looks through the window.

MRS. KADIRI

Daddy, who’s that driving in at this ungodly hour?

 KADIRI

Who else if not that foolish boy called Collins.

 MRS. KADIRI

Why is that boy such a nuisance?

 KADIRI

He’s actually giving us headache in this house; I really have to ask them to vacate my apartment.

 MRS. …

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57. INT. COLLINS RES. NIGHT

LUCY comes to see COLLINS, he’s is the LIVING ROOM cheerfully seeing a MOVIE but on seeing the FORMER he feigns DEPRESSION as ONE who has been in SOBER FEFLECTION for a while.

 LUCY

Hi honey!

Tries to hug him.

COLLINS

Welcome.

 LUCY

Why are you refusing my hug?

 COLLINS

Please, I’m not in the mood for that right now, I have a lot of things bothering me.

 LUCY

And you think that is enough reason to receive me the way you just did?

 COLLINS…

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54. INT. COLLINS.RES.NIGHT.

LUCY and COLLINS in the LATTER’S LIVING ROOM; he seems very worried and the FORMER tries to FIND out what’s the MATTER is.

LUCY

Baby, for over an hour, I have been here, you’ve been like this; what’s the matter? Please talk to me I care.

COLLINS

It’s my problem; I shouldn’t bother you with it.

 LUCY

Baby, why are you talking like this? You should know that your problem is mine as well, please tell me what it is.

COLLINS

You see, the rent of this apartment has …

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50. INT. RAY’S RES. DAY.

RAY still in BED as his GUEST sits in front of the MIRROR dressing up to LEAVE.

PRISCA

Sleepy! Sleepy! Wakie! wakie!

 RAY

Oh! It’s morning already.

 PRISCA

Yea! Good morning.

 RAY

Good morning dear, how your night?

 PRISCA

Fine and yours?

 RAY

Splendid! You really took me to cloud nine.

 PRISCA

You can say that again, I’m ready to leave right now; can I have my money?

 RAY

Here! Fifty thousand naira!

 PRISCA

Wow! You’re such a darling; you gave me real value for my body.…