Hotel Palaver - Season 1 - Episode 19

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Hotel Palaver - Season 1 - Episode 19

Lilian walked into me that morning folding my uniform. I kept on scattering and refolding the cloth.

I didn’t feel like leaving the hotel, even though Iit felt like the right thing to do.
“How long are you gonna keep folding and unfolding?” She asked and I pouted my lips at her almost in tears.
“I don’t feel like going”
“I’ll miss you” Lilian hugged her. “The hotel would not be the same without you”

Henry’s POV
Haunted by guilt, I turned and squirmed in the bed. Then i tried to convince myself that I wasn’t at fault.

I got up quite early in the morning, walked towards the kitchen. I perceived the smell of burnt food from afar. I found Tosin fanning a burnt egg with a novel in her hand.
Beside her was Jumoke.

“I need to take a long bath” Jummy excused herself and I turned over to Tosin who was laughing.

“What happened?”Henry asked, “That’s what happens when you try to fry eggs without oil, on high heat” Tosin paused raising the novel up. “While reading a novel…Jumoke is hopeless” she added still chuckling.

“When did Jumoke start cooking?” I asked unable to wipe off the surprise look off my face.

“She’s been learning for you and I’ve been teaching her. She spent the night here so she decided to surprise you” Tosin added.
“She’s hopelessly in love with you. She’s absolutely clueless you don’t want her again.”

“Gosh!” I exclaimed.
“How will I make her know?” I added opening the fridge then suddenly I remembered Adesuwa’s incidence and I groaned.

I took out a bottle of mayonnaise. I wanted to make myself a little sandwich.
“A penny for your thought?” Tosin asked and i dropped the bottle of mayonnaise. I picked up a jug of water then pour it into a glass cup on the fine marble-designed counter. Then I drank a little. D--n I was thirsty!
“Why do girls lie?” I asked, this question provoked a giggle from Tosin.

“Welcome to the world of sin bro. Guys lie, girls lie, i lie! Sometimes we don’t choose to do it, we don’t even want to but circumstances makes us do it…for example, fear, threat…”

“Do i look scary?” I asked, “No” Tosin answered chuckling then she gave me that suspicious look.

“Why are you asking?” She paused in thought.

“Wait…is this about the girl who lied to you?” she asked. I knew she would figure it out. She’s that smart.
Tosin is a graduate retainee taking guidance and conselling in the university.
“Are you trying to play shrink on me?” I asked and she chuckled. “I’m so angry and at the same time scared of her. People like her are the worst. She’s an incredible liar”
“She’s not your girlfriend or sister, why are you angry then?”
“I dislike lies Tosin, you know that very well”
“Continue…” Tosin requested.

“She publicly rejected a guy’s proposal…i think she has issues” “So what if she said no? It’s her life. She might not be in love with him”
“The annoying thing was that when i confronted her yesterday to give me a reason for lying…i said some pretty nasty things, she cried. I felt sorry for her.”
Tosin quietly watched me, she didn’t say anything, she just quietly watched me. I wondered why.