Must Read: Adventures of Yejide - Season 1 - Episode 4

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Must Read: Adventures of Yejide - Season 1 - Episode 4

As Yejide got home, she went into her flat
and sat on her bed thinking of what to do
next. She remembered that Dupe had
mentioned that she kept some money inside a
small purse that she keeps in her wardrobe.

So Yejide stood up and went to check for the
purse in Dupe’s wardrobe. She opened the
bag that Dupe had told her to check in and
looked for the small black purse. It wasn’t
long when she found it so she brought it out,
opened the zip and removed all the money
that had been kept there before putting the
purse back where she had found it. As she
kept everything back in order, she opened her
purse to bring out all the money she
possessed as well. Seating up on the bed, she
counted the money she had gotten from
Dupe’s purse and saw that it was up to nine
thousand naira as Dupe had said while she
recounted her ten thousand naira before
adding both together. All she needed was
eleven thousand naira and she had told
herself that she would try to get it that night.
Later in the evening, she left her house
around the same time she usually departed
for her late night business, dressed in a short
dress and small inch heels. She took a bus to
a totally different area where many other
prostitutes lurked around but this place was
much more isolated. There were not much
buildings or houses around except a brothel
that she had one time promised she would
never step her foot on. She believed that the
area wasn’t as safe as where she usually
went to because the brothel was exclusively
for prostitutes and their clients. There were
usually drunks, scary looking people who
manage to come around every night and she
didn’t want to face any consequence. She had
been there before and the last time, some
men fought over one of the prostitutes. She
just didn’t want to get involved but she
believed that if it was the only chance of
helping her friend out of jail, then she would
try her luck.

She got into the brothel and headed to the
bar where many men gathered to choose their
ladies for the night. It wasn’t even long when
Yejide found a customer. He took her to a
room where she gave herself completely to
the man. He looked much older but that
never even crossed her mind, as according to
her, she was there for business. When the
man was done with her, she got paid and left
the room going back to the bar in order to
find another customer. They were fewer at the
bar now because it was about 2:30am but
she still found a customer. He took her to a
room and completely gave herself to the man
as well. She spent longer hours with him than
the first man but that only increased her
money as she changed her strategy that
night. She got paid and left the brothel
immediately, believing that she had come up
with the sum needed to bond her friend out of
jail. She actually told herself that she had
thought it would be hard for her to come up
with the money but it was certainly easier
than she had thought. She made about
twenty-five thousand naira that night.

However, the thoughts of what she did to
obtain the money crossed her mind she could
only sigh. She managed to get to the house
by about 6:00am where she went to take a
bath before going to sleep. She had wanted to
go to the police station but she believed it to
be too early so she rested for about two
hours before setting out for the police station.
She got to the police station and went up to
the front desk, asking to see the inspector
general but she was told that he hadn’t been
to work yet so she was asked to wait for him
to resume. After about thirty minutes of
waiting, the inspector general, the man who
she had spoken to the day before, came into
the building and all around him were
policemen saluting him. When he saw her,
she stood up, escorting him to his office. She
sat down when she got into his office,
apprising him of the money that she had
brought to bond her friend out. He looked
surprised because he didn’t expect the girl
who was pleading and saying how penniless
she was to appear the next day with the
complete sum of money required for her
friend’s release. She was asked to meet the
cashier at the reception area to cash the
money but meanwhile she was given a few
forms to sign. After all the necessary
procedure and signature needed, she left the
inspector general’s office for the cashier’s
desk. She got there and paid the money so
after all was done, a phone call was made to
let Dupe a free lady. Yejide couldn’t help but
express her joy. As she saw her friend who
still wore the same clothes as the previous
day with hair and face looking very untidy,
she hugged her happily regardless. “I don dey
tink say I no go fit help the matter but I thank
God sha.” She said to her friend Dupe. Dupe
was given the rest of her property and told to
leave, never to break the laws again. She
could only thank her friend Yejide who had
helped her.