BEHIND THE SCENES PT 1

Mrs Buntu walked into the office of the secretary with a frown. It was evident all was not well. She demanded an explanation from her about these three girls that worked in the same office with her husband. Tracy, Nancy and Daisy are three major phenomenon the whole media clout is about at the moment. They have grown in two years to become the hottest presenters with the largest audience in the media world. They MC the biggest event, one on one they’ve been with the toughest men in the country, have chatted the president, and senators were a regular. They were role models for upcoming media presenters until recently. They were best friends but now they are about testifying against one another in a law suit that has left Mr Buntu dead. Who killed the business mogul……. TRACY, NANCY OR DAISY?

Newspaper headlines picked up the story in different dimensions ……. The Sunshine Newspaper captioned: BUNTU demise; a conspiracy of three witches. The Reader’s Elite put it as: BUNTU CHOKED TO DEATH…. Tracy, Nancy or Daisy?

The Panti police station housed the three suspects. They are kept away from the public apart from a family member and their lawyer. They are also not allowed to see one another. They will be going to court in a couple of days and the tension has risen beyond them just being a plot to the death of their employer but also that one of them, if not all conniving, did it for the sake of money. 

The divisional police officer arrived the station at 8 am to be met with a large crowd of journalist waiting to fill up newspaper pages with the news of their colleagues. Some presenters were sympathetic but others wanted them nailed so that the air will be cleared for others to breath. He walked inside with no response but came out after a while and told them; they will be arraigned before the Lagos state high court tomorrow. No more comments 

He walked back inside as the police tried to push the out of the station? From the background one could here so many shouts of questions ……. Will Nancy be asked how she bought a house in lekki? Will Daisy deny having sex on a regular basis with Chief Buntu? Will Segun Charles the account officer to Chief Buntu be a witness in this case also because it is believed he is having an affair with Tracy? 

The last question caught the DPO’s attention as he paused but showed no sign of bother. He picked his phone and called a superintendent. Get an invitation for Segun Charles the account officer for Chief Buntu. I need to see him now. 

The drive to his office was in less than an hour and the two men walked straight to his manager’s office with the letter of invitation from the police station. The manager was with another staff as they were going through a letter together. The two police officers sat down as they explained that they were here to invite a staff of this bank in cross questioning pertaining the death of Chief Buntu. The manager settled back a while and showed them the letter he was writing to the police. In the letter it was stated that Segun Charles has not reported to work since the day Chief was reported dead. They think the same people that killed chief might have done something to him. He is a diligent staff the manager explained. 

The DPO called Tracy into his office immediately he got the information and another session of questioning began.

Do you know Segun Charles? She answered yes

What’s your relationship with him?

We are sex partners and a little bit of friends that are fond of themselves

How often do you people see?

I think I need to talk with my lawyer. Is this another set of questioning? I don’t feel comfortable talking with you. Charge me to court and stop acting god she shouted as she was taken back into the cell. The DPO called for a search on Segun and all information on him should be culled. The other girls might just be a distraction I think this Tracy is the culprit. She has used Segun to get things done, thus he eliminated him from the scene of the crime. How many more do we know she has done that to? I will escort her to the gallows.

DAISY

Daisy got her job with Buntu communications two days after her 25^th birthday. It was a boring birthday with boredom and idleness overcoming her person. She had regretted not studying a course like accounting as all the job offers seem to be for accounting. The call for presenters was announced on her birthday. She didn’t hear about it but her ex-boyfriend told her about the job.

She dressed presentable in her light blue chiffon top with a black pant. Her high heels showed she was ready. When she got to the interview center she nearly lost her mind. The interview was supposed to start by ten o clock and by eight over three hundred people were there in waiting. She smuggled a chair out to stay off the whooping body odour as she put her earphone on to avoid the unending murmuring of the crowd. Some even came with textbook like it was a test.  She had recorded so many presenters opening and learnt the pitch on camera.  Speed of tones were the only problem she had but she rehearsed it all through the night. It was ten o clock and the grading started. People that graduated with a first class and second class upper were called in first thus all those collection of numbers were just in vain. She fell into this category as she was the best graduating student in her set. In a while it was her turn. She was stunning in her interview as she noticed the lady interviewing her loved her person. While she was done the lady called her outside and told her congratulations…. You just earned yourself a job. Don’t tell anyone nor act it; just go home we’ll get back to you.

 On her way out, she noticed a girl shouting at the entrance. Her dress showed that she was just here to fill up the space. She didn’t only look horrible she also acted horrible. Daisy looked and nodded her head like… what’s she coming here to do; they need presenters not cheap prostitutes she thought in her mind. That girl was Tracy.