February by Nick Nwaogu - HTML preview

Femi appears COMPLETELY soaked in the phone conversation.

TEGA (O.S.) (telephone voice)

If na so, make them pack them things commot. Shu!

FEMI (over-confidently)

No wahala. When I reach station, I go carry you and Kunle go pack them things throway. Their village never full.

INT. INCIDENT ROOM, NIGERIA POLICE STATION - CONTINUOUS

Tega lifts his left hand up, close to his face, and glances quickly at the face of his brown leather wristwatch TIGHTLY fastened around his wrist. Close on the face of his wristwatch. The time is 12:03pm.

TEGA

Where you dey so? Twelve don knack already.

FEMI (O.S.) (telephone voice)

I dey for that hospital.

TEGA

Yes! yes!! yes!!! I don remember. You don see the woman wey get accident?

BACK TO:

INT. RECEPTION HALL, ST. NICHOLAS HOSPITAL - CONTINUOUS

Femi’s attention is brought back to the Receptionist before him. His eyes are LOCKED on her every move, as she stared hard into the blinding monitor before her.

FEMI (hisses)

Them say she dey fine, but she never wake. I just dey wait make she wake, make she tell me how everything take happen.

Femi pauses for a while, listening to Tega via the phone, before bidding farewell:

FEMI (CONT’D)

Later.