She trained him through the university then he dumped her for a graduate 

Step closer, beautiful people. Look at the texture. Look at the quality. Original grade double A hair straight from the source. 3,000 NRA each. Pick yours and pay. So, how much for this one? That one is 3,000 NRA only. Auntie, 3,000 NRA for this one. Look at the texturing to shed. I’ll pay 1,500 last 15. Mommy, go and buy it.

 I will close my store. Feel the weight yourself, ma. Touch it. 3,000 is my final price. Okay, hold on. Let me pay you. Thank you very much, ma. You have made my morning. Make sure you tell your sisters and friends to come back next time. Okay. Yes. The balance is finally complete. Toby’s law school fees are ready.

 Your dream is about to come true, counselor. Good afternoon, ma’am. Welcome to our branch. How may we assist you with your banking transaction today? Good afternoon. I want to make an immediate cash deposit into a student account. Please confirm it very carefully for me. Delivery for you. Yes, it is.

 Could you confirm your full name, please? Thank you, Lord. It is finally done. He is officially on his way. Section four, capital gains tax act. Section 4, subsection. God, my head is spinning under all this pressure. If the registration deadline passes tomorrow and the final portal closes, all these years of reading will mean absolutely nothing.

 Ify, please be careful with the wet slippers. Look at my textbook right there on the rug. It can’t get damaged. And why did you stay out so late in this massive storm anyway? I’ve been sitting here starving, waiting for you. Stop talking for a moment, Toby. Just look at the desk. Look at the paper in front of you. This This is the official bank stamp.

250,000 naira paid in full. Ify, how did you manage this? Even with your own market shop rent due next month, how are you going to cope now? The shop rent can wait, Toby. Your future cannot wait. We made an agreement from the beginning. Remember, one person at a time. That was our rule. You build the professional name and I will build the grease to keep the engine moving.

The very day I stand tall to wear that white gown, that is the absolute last day you will ever carry a heavy cotton in Balugu market. The journey is complete. I am finally standing among the elite. There is no looking back to the newly minted custodians of the law. As you are called to the body of ventures today, remember that character is the absolute bedrock of your gown.

 You carry the weight of justice. Now on the first class honors road. Congratulations Toby. That is my person. Toby, God has done it. Look at his wig, Chinelo. Look at how it is shining under the light. Oh, my heart is full to the brim today. Shout it louder.

 Ify, let the whole of Abuja hear your voice. This is the fruit of your labor. Shoobydoo, lawyer of life. Step forward proudly, my brother. Let them see your coat. Tell them ify. They don’t know the story behind the glory. Keep dancing my friend. Let them look chinelo. We are not hiding. When a person wins a clean victory, they must celebrate it with power.

Look at you. I am so proud. Thank you so much. If you please look at your galate hitting my wig gently, please. People are watching us. Let them watch now. Are we stealing? Is it not our victory? After all the sleepless nights in Bara, shouldn’t we hold each other? Yes, Ephie. It is a victory.

 But this is a professional gathering. We need to maintain a certain image out here on the lawn. An image Toby. It’s me, Ephy. The same person who was with you inside that hot room yesterday. I know who you are, Ephie. I am just saying let’s keep things calm. There are senior partners from top firms walking right past us.

Not right now, Ephy. Hold on. There is a very important car pulling up over there on the driveway. Toby, excellent job today. I saw you made the top first class tier on the honors role. Absolutely brilliant. Absolutely. I will be there. I wouldn’t miss it for anything. Thanks for the invite. Thanks.

 My dad is hosting a small private dinner at our house in Ecoi tonight for a few seconds. That means the world. Congratulations. I will be there. I wouldn’t miss it for anything. Thanks for the invite. All right, then. See you at night. Who is that girl in the orange? This is Ephy. She’s a family friend from the village.

 She helped me handle some logistics and domestic adjustments when I first moved to Lagos. Oh, how sweet. Nice to meet you, Ephie. Thanks for taking care of our star associates. Toby, see you at 8. Don’t be late. A family friend from the village. Toby, is that who I am to you now? Ify, please don’t start this. Not today of all days.

 You don’t understand how high corporate law works in this country. It is entirely built on class, perception, and branding. You have to fit into their social circles or they won’t trust you. 5 years. 5 years of my youth, Toby. I washed your clothes. I paid your rent. I slept on a hard mat so you could sleep on the mattress. I became a market woman, working under the hot sun every single day just so you could become a gentleman.

 And today I am a domesto from the village. I did it to protect my career. Ephy, if you can’t understand that basic reality, then that’s your issue. Your career. Okay. Go to your dinner, Toby. Protect your brand. Try to understand ify. I’m doing this for us. Don’t give me that, Toby. I’m not a kid. You make me feel unimportant.

I won’t stay here and let you waste my time. Suit yourself. I don’t recognize my Toby anymore. Something is wrong somewhere. Morning Toby. Glad to see you. Welcome to our organization. I hope it was easy to locate. It wasn’t an hassle to locate here. You have a very nice place and view here. I must say. Glad you wore a decent suit.

 My dad likes his assets looking like assets, not liabilities. He will be pleased to see you. Thank you, Zanab. I am pleased to see him, too. And I am ready to meet him now. Come. He’s in the senior boardroom. Be a good boy. I wish you good luck. Adio first class honors impressive on paper but paper doesn’t win cases.

 Our clients they buy your lifestyle. Do you understand? Perfectly sir. I am fully adaptable. I understand the importance of pedigree and presentation. Good. Zanab, put him on the preliminary paperwork for the global interlink merger. Let’s see how he handles heavy lifting. Uh, thank you, sir.

 I am grateful for this opportunity. You won’t regret it, sir. You won’t regret it, sir. I will show you to your office and run you through the preliminary. Welcome aboard. Very well then. You’re welcome to the company, gentlemen. See you around. I cannot continue with this. This work is too hard. Ify, drop that cat on before your waist breaks.

 Why are you doing this to yourself? You need to sit down and rest before you break your back. Where is that your lawyer, man? Why is he not hiring a laborer for you? He just started at the firm Chinello. He needs to focus. Once he settles in and gets his first paycheck, things will change.

 Change? If you listen to me, men are like monkeys. They don’t let go of one branch until they have a firm grip on the next one. I saw how he looked at her. Secure your investment before Lagos girls turn you into a charity organization. I know how much work you have put in. My sister, I understand you. I will put it at the back of my mind. Regardless, take it easy, my dear.

 Body no be firewood. It was an incredible achievement for the organization. So, I told my dad I’m not spending my summer in London again. Monaco is much better for networking with the oil crowd. That the last vacation I did in Santorini exposes me to the other side of the West.

 And it was an experience worth it. Guys, my summer plan is activated. Oh, but it’s a secret for now. So Toby, where do you usually spend your holidays? Oh, mostly local retreats. I find the quiet beaches in Inagay very grounding for deep study. But I’m planning a trip to Paris next quarter to Paris is beautiful in the fall.

 You made a nice choice, Toby. I’ll introduce you to my cousins there. I’ll take the suit and the silk tie. Do you have other stuff for me? The new stuffs will be ready next week. Same time with the new models. All right, that will be nice. I’ll pay for this and that and that. Just make sure it’s up to taste. Here is your card, sir.

 Thank you for your patronage. We hope to see you again soon. Thank you very much. Thank you so much for your help today. You are very welcome. Please come again. You’re late. I called you three times and the landlord came today. Toby, the shop rent is due. I asked you last week if we could split it from your first allowance, but you haven’t dropped a single coobo because I had to buy suits.

If he I have to look the part. Do you want me to turn up to a multi-billion naira measure looking like a clerk or like my condition? Look, I will handle the rent when I can. Just give me space. Let’s go out tomorrow night. Let’s have a proper dinner at Sky restaurant in VI. We need to talk rationally. It just seems like a lot on me.

 The shop rent, the house rent. You’re my only hope, counselor. And that hope seems to be fading. Calm down, my love. We will be all right. Just give me some time. We will scale through all of this. Come on. You’ll like the restaurant. Plus, the view is topnotch. Let’s while away stress and talk rationally. Lagos is beautiful from up here, Toby.

It looks so peaceful. It makes me feel like all the suffering was worth it. We can finally start looking at apartments on the island just like we planned. My days are spent advising multinational corporate truly I will pay you back with interest but we have to face reality. We live in two entirely different worlds now.

 My days are spent advising multinational corporate. Your days are spent haggling over hair attachments in Balogon Market. I have grown. I have evolved. I am in the same place because I gave you my tuition money. I wanted to go to school too, Toby. But you held my hands and promised me and I said I will pay you back.

But I cannot marry you, Ephie. I need a partner who elevates my social standing. Someone I can present to. I cannot spend my life explaining away a market woman to my colleagues. This should cover the dinner and a solid down payment on what I owe you. Goodbye if back to square one. And I thought I’m closer to my dreams. Oh god.

So it’s true that men are like monkey. Chibilo was right all along. This is what I got after everything. Debs unpaid, future uncertain. Is this my new reality? Today we hurt, tomorrow we wax stronger. Let the rain pour comforts to my soul. God punish him. Toby. Toby. That same broke boy that used to eat free vulcanizer bread in Bara.

And you collected this money. I am going to William’s co tomorrow morning. I WILL TEAR his designer shirt. I WILL SHOW him that he MESSED WITH THE WRONG GIRL. Sit down. Keep your voice down and take the money. P. Sit down. Disgracing him won’t bring back 5 years of spent money. If he please speak to us, say something.

 You are scaring me with this silence. Guys, he said I am a market woman. That we don’t speak the same language anymore because he has grown. He forgot that I managed a business that kept a roof over his head for 5 years without a single loan, clothed him, fed him, and make him happy. He thinks his law books taught him strategy.

 I learned strategy from surviving Lagos, from starting from an umbrella stand to shop in Balugo market. But no problem guys, I know what to do. 5 years of making myself small so he could feel like a man. 5 years of playing the supportive fool in the background. He wanted a corporate woman. He wanted someone with a different pedigree and will build an empire that his law firm can never buy.

No more hiding behind the shadows. No more playing by their rules. No more crying. It’s time to go to school. It’s time to become better. It’s time to level up. Mr. Abe, your turnover in Balogon market is impressive. I won’t lie. But to give you a 20 million naira corporate expansion loan, you don’t have collateral, no registered corporate structure, and frankly no university degree.

The risk compliance team will reject this immediately. The corporate world is different. I have a 98% customer retention rate, sir. My market data proves that the demand is there. The numbers do not lie. In the market, yes, but here, structure and pedigree matter. I’m sorry, we can’t help you.

 Unfortunately, we cannot approve this loan at this time. I understand. Thank you so much for your time and consideration. But the market is where I learned how to balance a ledger in my head. Now I am going to learn how to weaponize their own laws against them. They want a degree. I will get the highest one they respect. Toby thought he left me.

 He left me in the dirt of Balogun Market. Every single dollar in this envelope is going to buy my seat at the table. Watch me build a castle from the bricks they threw at me. But the market is where I learned how to balance a ledger in my head. Now I am going to learn how to weaponize their own laws against them. They want structure.

I will buy the structure. Which brings us to the marginal cost of distribution when scaling locally manufactured goods. The primary risk is the exposure to exchange rate fluctuations which directly impacts the bottom line. If you import raw materials through a third-party agent, the port gridlock forces a 45day holding fee in quote of the new import policy.

That delay destroys your inventory turnover before the goods even hit the warehouse, which may be hard to recover. So, in order to maximize profit, we need to look at another option. The real solution is direct manufacturing partnerships with a localized supply network. Excellent analysis, Mr. Chev. Raw, practical, and absolutely accurate.

 Take a note, class. We can shield the tech conglomerate. We will eliminate 15% of the local capital gains liability. Coming from the class valid validictorian, Toby, is that means the world. Congratulations. Is this what you came here to tell us? Wasting my time and resources for this, FOR THIS? FOR THIS? This is elementary ado.

A secondyear intern could have pulled this. I didn’t hire a first class mind to give me this standard boilerplate templates. I need aggressive bespoke legal engineering. something extraordinary, some different. Redo every single page and report to me latest by midnight. My dad is right, Toby.

 Don’t embarrass us on the Introlink file. You know how high he rates you. You need to do better than this. Fix it. We have a reputation to protect in this city. Our company is one of the best in the country. We have to set great standards and more is expected from us. We need corporate strategy for this market.

 For how long will we keep sending our hardearned naira to manufacturers in China? Make we make our own things for here. Every time the exchange rate goes up, our profit margins go down INTO THE DIRT. WHY ARE we importing what we can mix right here in Lagos? It makes no sense. Ify, we hear you, but manufacturing requires millions.

 Where will the machinery come from? And tell us, who will trust a beauty brand made right here in Nigeria? We all know people already know and are familiar with the foreign products. We will trust it because we are the ones selling it directly to the people. We know our people and we introduce new products to them. Same thing goes if the Balogan Cosmetics Union pulls our monthly a contributions together.

 We don’t need their banks. We just need trust and accountability and we will do just fine. So Toby, Zanab mentioned you grew up in Barria. Fascinating place, I’m sure. I drove through there once on my way to the mainland. The traffic was absolutely barbaric. How did you people even survive the noise and the chaos out there? It builds character, Seon.

 You learn to navigate chaos very quickly. Character is great, mate, but equity is better. In our circle, we skip the chaos. Zanab, I hope he isn’t bringing any mainland drama into the firm’s elite portfolio. Don’t worry, Fei. Toby is highly trainable. He knows exactly where his future lies. Ify, look at this.

 Just look at what we did. A real factory. No more carrying heavy cartons in the pouring rain. We actually did it. The market women are arriving with the trucks right now. This is just the warehouse, girls. This is only the first brick of the foundation. We are building an empire. Thanks for believing in me, girls. Ah, Ephana, I caught up with you just in time. Fantastic work out there today.

Your breakdown of local market dynamics was absolutely seamless. You commanded that room. Keep this exact momentum. This project has the legs to go far beyond an academic exercise. Mark my words, Mrs. Chbbe. You are going to in much greater places. This is only the beginning. Thank you, sir. I heard management is letting him go.

Are you serious? Yeah. Apparently, his numbers were fake. Unbelievable. I’m telling you, Justice Williams is just using the boy to handle the grunt work. He’s running the numbers on the Intralink file, doing things an intern could do. Once the contract is completely ready for signing, Toby will be pushed aside.

Of course, he will. He’s just Zanab’s current pet project at the firm. The moment she gets bored of his mainland and charm, he’s going straight back to Barria. You can’t build a real partnership on a first class degree alone, my friend. In a place like this, structure is everything. You need lineage.

 He needs to be smart or he will be used and dumped like others. Ify, the first batch for the mainland distributors is completely sold out. They are already placing aggressive pre-orders for next month’s inventory. I am telling you the market women are not playing with this product at all. Tell them we are expanding our factory production to 24 hours starting Monday.

We cannot afford to let a single retail store in Lagos run out of stock. The demand is ours now. We have to outpace every imported brand on the shelves. Keep the machines moving, Chinello. We are just getting started. For too long you have looked across the ocean for luxury and beauty. But real radiance isn’t imported.

 It is born right here in our soil. Introducing Epha Cosmetics. Available now at all premium retailers across Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harkort. Have you tried this one? Everyone on the island is talking about it. Oh, whatever you are using on me today feels absolutely divine, darling. The hydration is instant.

  Is this part of the new luxury shipment from France? No, ma. It’s actually a premium Nigerian brand called Epha Cosmetics. All the high-end spas on Victoria Island are switching over to it completely. The clinical data is flawless. Locally made. How interesting. I didn’t know our people had the sophistication to pull off this level of branding.

Zab, I was looking at some new luxury developments in Ecoi today. I really think it’s time for move out of my current mainland apartment. It would be great if we could look at a place together. Build something formal. Together? Are you serious? On your current junior associate salary, Toby, let’s be completely realistic here. My dad handles my housing.

 If you make partner then we can discuss real estate. For now just focus on writing your briefs. Associate one student in per student in student in particular disrupted local markets before even defending her thesis. One student in per student in student in particular disrupted local markets before even defending her thesis.

Thank you faculty and colleagues. They told us that without pedigree we could not command a seat at the table. But we didn’t come to ask for a seat. We came to build our own boardroom. I say to you never take no for an answer. Sky is the limit. Global Intralink tech merger has hit a massive brick wall.

 The international tech conglomerate refuses to sign our current valuation terms. They are demanding a heavy reliable venture capital anchor to back us. A local investor with massive liquidity to absorb 60%. Do we have any local VC firm with that kind of cash ready? Dad, there’s only one group making that kind of noise right now. Epha Holdings.

Toby, you are lead associate on the paperwork. Do not sleep until this profile is pristine. Give me your very best. 600 pages of corporate compliance and it still isn’t enough. They keep pushing the goalpost further and further away from me. I thought I left the struggle behind on the mainland.

 But at least back then I had someone who actually believed in my future. Now I have nothing but these folders. How did I even get here? What is this going on with me? Did you ever feel this small when you were fighting for us? Look at me now sitting alone in the dark chasing people who don’t even Mrs. Chbe the international tech conglomerate is completely desperate for our liquidity anchor but you should know the legal representation is Williams and Co.

Here is the profile of the legal team assigned to the account. Williams and Co has a decent track record in Lagos. Tell them we accept the formal invitation to their merger gala tomorrow night. Let’s go down to the Oriental Hotel and see what they have to offer us. Nice work everyone. Listen up everyone.

 Gather around the reception desk right now. Tonight is the official global intrlink merger gala. It is at the Oriental Hotel. The visionary CEO of Epha Holdings has just confirmed her attendance personally. This is without a doubt the single night in the history of this firm. Every single associate must be on their absolute best behavior tonight.

 Presentation is everything. Let’s go out there and secure this massive retainer. This is it. Tonight is my ticket to the partnership. Iffy. Wow, you look like an absolute monarch in this dress. The entire board of Williams and Co. is already waiting downstairs. Toby is listed directly on the brief as their junior portfolio handler.

 He actually did all the heavy lifting on the tech valuation. He still has absolutely no idea that you are the anchor investor. Good. Let him continue to swim in his own ignorance tonight. He wanted a corporate woman who understands the language of pedigree. I can’t wait to see the shock in his face. Let’s go down and show him exactly what that looks like. Go get dressed, girly.

I will be waiting for you downstairs. Please show them the swag of Balogon. And um blessing, please keep a touch on Chinello and ask about the deliveries we are expecting. No time for slip ups. All right, dear. See you in a minute. We’ll celebrate afterwards. Let’s go see what they have in store for us.

Good evening, your excellency. It is an honor to present our um um um brief tonight. We at Williams and Co. have carefully and structurally engineered a unique and exceptional legal framework for your company. A proprietary framework that completely guarantees absolute ironclad liquidity protection.

No, that sounds too desperate. Keep it smooth to me. Tonight is my night. Senior partner track is within my grasp. God help me. Oh, no more mainland apartment. No more looking back at the past. Everything will fall in place. Let me be optimistic. This is the pitch that secures my future at the firm.

I need to to tighten up and ace this pitch. I am finally exactly where I belong. I need this oppos opportunity badly and I will get it. The CEO of Epha Holdings should have been here 10 minutes ago. I am nervous myself. We need this so much. My dad is getting extremely anxious over this lie, over this delay.

 Toby, I haven’t seen him like this in a while. If she pulls out of this gala, the deal is dead. So, you understand how important this is? Oh, God. The International Tech Partners will literally pack their bags by tomorrow morning. It will be a disgrace and we’ll lose our reputation. Relax, Zanab, and trust the data we sent.

 No reasonable company will see that and not bite. Not even a venture capitalist can walk away from a valuation matrix this clean, it carefully crafted and designed. The numbers speak for themselves. The money will show up. Everybody will be happy in the end when she finally arrives. When she finally arrives, I’ll handle the preliminary introduction myself and you have absolutely nothing to worry about.

Make way. Please keep the perimeter clear. She’s here. The convoy from Epha Holdings has just arrived. Look at the red carpet. She is completely dominating from the market to stardom. Just one shot. MR. ABE, GIVE US A SMILE over here. Mr. Abe, look over here for the camera, please. The whole country is watching you walk through these doors tonight.

Are we really ready for this? The entire press corps is losing their minds, iffy, Zena. Unbelievable. Wow. Thank you. Coming from the class valid validictorian, that means the world. Congratulations to you, too. Let’s enjoy it. OH MY GOD. BEAUTIFUL. YES. IFFY.

This is impossible. Am I dreaming? Toby. What on earth is wrong with you at this kind of time? Come on. Watch your step. You just made a total mess on the floor. That’s not very good of you. That is the managing director herself, Miss Epha Achebe of Epha Holdings. Come on, my dad is signaling us from the center circle. Move your feet, Toby.

Arrange yourself. Let me introduce you to her properly. Miss Achbe, an absolute honor to have you anchor this deal. I’m very pleased to have you here, ma’am. Your capital is going to change the entire landscape of this nation and benefit millions of our people. Allow me to formally introduce the legal architects of your new portfolio.

He’s the mind behind the briefs. This is our lead senior associate on your tax file, Toby. Good good evening, ma. It it is it is a real privilege to finally meet you. The pleasure is entirely mine, Mr. Adibio. See you along. Toby has structurally engineered the entire tax indemnity framework for you. We are fully prepared to present the final compliance terms tomorrow.

Is that so? You have done quite well for yourself and that was great. Zanabby, you look really well. The suit fits your frame beautifully. Well done. Do you two already know each other? Oh, yes. We used to be business partners a lifetime ago. But unfortunately, he always lacked the vision to see long-term investments.

But here we are. So your 60% stake is entirely insulated from regulatory friction. We have specifically assigned Toby to oversee the day-to-day execution. He has carefully crafted and designed the whole brief by adhering to all rule and regulations possible. You have nothing to worry about. I like your firm, Justice Williams.

 Your reputation is truly stellar, but I have one non-negotiable condition before I sign this merger agreement. I require a senior partner to manage my assets moving forward, not an unproven associate from Barga who doesn’t understand true investment. I want just anyone else but him. He doesn’t seem like he could handle that much of an asset.

Someone that I can trust with my asset. Consider it done. He is off the file effective immediately. Thanks for your consideration. No. No. No. What? Please God. Please God. Oh God. This cannot be happening to me. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Remove from account file. Report to HR tomorrow morning.

 How come? I put in a lot of work. My sleepless nights, my sweat and work. She took everything away from me with a single signature. If he did this to me, it shouldn’t be Oh god. Oh god. Oh god. 5 years of work destroyed in less than 5 minutes flat. She’s standing right out there. She isn’t even looking back at the wreckage she just caused.

I have to face her. I have to make her look at me. I have to fix this right now. Ify, please, you have to listen to me. What’s going on? What? What did you just pull? Do you understand the gravity of what you’ve done? Perfectly. Why did you do this to me? Ephy, you’re a Christian. You can’t be doing all this.

It is Miss Achebe in public, Toby. But out here in the dark, you can call me Fana. I give you that privilege at least. You ruined my life tonight. You took away my entire career. Was this whole thing just a game to you? A sick game of revenge? I didn’t do anything to your career, Toby.

 I simply introduced you to the corporate language you wanted to speak. How How did you manage to do all of this, Ephy? In just three short years, everything about you has completely changed. Time is a luxury, Toby. The giant billboards, the massive factory floor, it doesn’t make any sense. You were just a market girl. You were supposed to stay in Balogun.

Market girls have dreams too. Toby Ephuna, please let me explain. When you walked out of that restaurant, you thought you took my future. You left me with a heavy bill and a broken heart. Toby, please. I can explain. It was an accident. But you completely forgot that you only managed to take your own.

 the hard-earned money, the precious time, the endless emotional energy I wasted, desperately wanted to be treated like a king. The very moment you stepped out of my life, I redirected my capital of that market profit directly into myself. And it turns out, Toby, I am an exceptionally profitable business. Ifa, please, you must listen to me.

 Ify, please listen to me. I made a massive mistake back then. Zanab’s elitist family. They treat me like an absolute servant in that house. I have to beg her father for every single crumb of professional respect. I’m sorry. Let me make it up to you. Just look at what the two of us can accomplish together. Now, you have the venture capital and I have the first class legal mind.

 Just give me one more chance to make this right, please. I will hand in my resignation to Williams and Co. tomorrow morning. I will pack my things and leave Zab’s life this very night. We can start over from the beginning, fresh and completely clean. I didn’t build this international empire just to get you back, Toby.

 I built this empire because I completely forgot who I really was. I shrank my own identity. so your fragile ego could feel safe. But the market taught me how to calculate a bad return on investment. Consider the 5 years of school fees paid back to you in full. Take your final liquidation asset. Good night, Mr. Oluatiloba.

See you on the other side. Miss Achebe, the senior partners have completely signed off on revisions. We have met every single liquidity demand your board put forward. The legal framework is fully secure and ready for your execution. We are officially ready for your signature on the master contract. Excellent.

 I appreciate the swift adaptation from your legal team, Justice. It is always refreshing to work with individuals who understand true value. When the capital is local, the execution must be completely flawless. Let us secure the future of this merger. This marks the single largest consumer market expansion in Lagos history. An absolute masterclass in supply chain dominance.

 Miss Achbe, a distant family friend from the village. Right, Toby? That was the exact lie you fed me when I asked. You used that brilliant woman to fund your entire law school degree. You dumped her like trash the moment you got your certificate. And then you stood in my house and lied about your pedigree.

 You manufactured an entire fake identity just to climb our ladder. Zena, please let me explain. The situation was highly complex. Shut your mouth, Toby. Do not say another word to me. My father has already been briefed on your little mainland drama. You are a liar and to the reputation of this firm, it’s not good.

 You aren’t a corporate asset to anyone, Oluat Biloba. You are nothing but a common, calculating mainland guy. We are completely finished. Zub, wait. Wait. You can’t just throw away everything we built. Do not bother coming into the office to pack your desk. Mr. Adio, I have the official paperwork from the management committee.

 Your employment with Williams and Co. is terminated effective immediately. Please hand over your corporate security access badge right now. I understand the badge is sitting right there on the glass desk. Security will escort you to the main lobby entrance below. We wish you the best in your future endeavors, sir. Future endeavors. How completely ironic.

She left me exactly where she found me 3 years ago, back in the dust with nothing but an empty ledger. I traded the only real wealth I ever had for a shadow. I wanted the structure. I wanted the pedigree so badly. But the structure belongs to the woman I cast aside. I am going back to the mainland. Back to the beginning.

When I hear what happen if a holdings don’t buy them. This is for the multi-billion naira global intral tech measure based here was signed late last night. Look at the television screen. Look at that. Is our girl Ify O. Every market woman in mainland could never buy out the island’s corporate assets.

 Miss Ephua officially the most powerful new E in the country. We are no longer just sellers. Let them hear the roar of the market all the way to Leki. This unprecedented buyout marks a complete shift in local wealth distribution. And now the ENTIRE CORPORATE WORLD is bowing down to her vision. They thought we were only good for trading.

 Market women don’t take over the entire island completely today. The daughter of Balogu has become the master of THE BOARDROOM. BRING OUT the music. Bring out the drinks. Today is a national celebration coming from the class. She told them she learned strategy from surviving these very market streets. The market unions are currently shutting down whole streets in celebration.

 Ephy, they are dance with your corporate flyers. They deserve it. Blessing. They provided the foundational capital for this dream. The media houses are calling non-stop for an exclusive press statement, but the international trade partners are on line one. They are incredibly eager to discuss the new West African expansion strategy.

Thank you, Blessing. Let them hold all local press interviews until the morning bells ring. I am about to finalize some deals right now. Good evening everyone. Congratulations on the acquisition, Miss Achebe. Exceptional execution on the structure. We are ready to deploy the remaining investment capital to your network.

Thank you. Your timing is perfectly aligned with our logistical timeline. The domestic infrastructure is completely primed for a massive manufacturing push. Where should we begin the primary portfolio alignment, ma’am? No more long-term investments. No more shortcuts. We are going to rewire the entire distribution pipeline across the sub region.

That’s acceptable. Nice doing business with you. Ah lawyer, you don’t finally return to the compound tonight. Long time. We know they see your face around here again. Will they see your pictures for inside those glossy society papers? We didn’t say you don’t move. Go stay permanently for Ireland. Good evening baba. Yes, I am back.

 I came back to the house. But why you they carry box by this time of the night and your fine designer suit jacket? Why death they cover everywhere like this? It’s nothing baba just the dust from the long commercial bus ride. The traffic on the third mainland bridge was completely terrible today.

 Ah Lagos traffic will always remain barbaric. My son, don’t worry. Go inside. Go rest. Your old room is still there waiting for you. Thank you Baba. I appreciate the welcome back to the streets. No problem, lawyer. Tomorrow you go tell us how island lifestyle look like. Yes, tomorrow I will tell you everything about the island. Thank you, Baba.

 I appreciate the welcome back to the streets. No problem, lawyer. Tomorrow you go tell us how island lifestyle look like. Yes, tomorrow I will tell you everything about the island. What have I done to myself? I threw away the only real person who ever loved the raw version of me. You became a queen and I became an absolute ghost in my own suit.

 I can’t even look at my own reflection in this mirror anymore. And she left me with exactly this, a single cold asset to pay off the debt of my betrayal. The law books are empty. The corporate dream is dead. Ify, please, please.