Opana – Episode 25

Opana – Episode 25

© Akoto Alexander

Brigadier Adu-Tettey and his beautiful wife walk majestically into the hospital followed by Captain Awude and the moment the matron saw them coming she quickly turned her back to climb the staircase just to avoid the couple but she wasn’t fast enough to escape them and she was called back.

Mrs Adu-Tettey: Hello matron good morning, I trust you are doing well?

Matron: (faking a smile) My dear am not that fine ooo, please see the doctor for me to attend to some pressing matters at the surgical ward. (walks away without wasting any time)

Mrs Adu-Tettey: This woman keeps acting weird always, if she was an animal like I will call her a chameleon because she keeps changing every now and then. She couldn’t even wait for us to ask her how the youngman is doing this morning.

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: Hahahaha my love please it’s too early for your funny jokes. Let’s try and see if we can see the doctor for him to tell us something before we move to the youngman’s private ward. Ah here comes the doctor even, doc please come over.

Doctor: Hello Mr and Mrs Adu-Tettey, how are you doing this morning? You are in very early as expected of you guys.

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: We are very fine by the special grace of God but please next time address me properly with my rank, am not a civilian and getting promotion to the rank Brigadier at a very young age was not based on merits, it was through hardwork, commitment and dedication to the mother land.

Doctor: Am very sorry Brigadier Adu-Tettey for my unintentional utterances, I meant no harm and disrespect. It was just an oversight.

Mrs Adu-Tettey: My husband you love post paa ooo.

Captain Awude: Madam what my boss said is very true and if not that he was a doctor, like I will let him do some frog jumps for disrespecting and disregarding the rank of my boss.

Doctor: Please son of man, I beg of you not to be angry with me. Please have you gone to see the youngman?

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: We just walked in and we wanted to see you first before going to visit him at his ward.

Doctor: Nurse Boaduwaa kindly call the matron for me and why is the emergency alarm on this early morning, I hope it is not an electrical problem because the electrical department told us at the last meeting just some days ago that, everything electronic in this hospital is in good shape.

Nurse Boaduwaa: Doc there is a serious problem in this hospital ooo and am not the right person to release such information to you so as you said, let me get the matron for you so she tells you the matter on board.

Doctor: Wait a second young lady, I want you to tell me the problem right away and stop beating about the bush.

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: Doc as you can see, she is not ready to voice out anything to you now so let her call the matron for you so she tells you what you want to know. Remember you can force the horse to the riverside but you can’t force it to drink the water from the river, whatever the problem is, we will get to the root of it when the matron comes before you.

Nurse Boaduwaa: Thank you very much sir for your understanding, I …….

Doctor: (interrupts the nurse without allowing her to finish her statement) Will you shut your mouth and get me the matron, all you people know here is to poke your nose into unnecessary matters. If I found out that what you are harbouring inside you is nothing too serious and not concerning the progress of this hospital, I will personally suspend you indefinitely. Now get out of my sight.

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: Take it easy on the young lady and Captain Awude please notify the men to be on standby and be very vigilant, they should remember also that no fraternity over here, they can open fire if the need be.

Captain Awude: (salutes his boss) Yes sir, your orders will be carried out now. (walks away)

Matron: (joins the doctor and couple with an angry face) Doc there is a serious problem here in the hospital.

Doctor: So if there is a serious problem why haven’t I receive any news as at now? Start talking because the more you delay the greater the problem becomes.

Matron: Doc it is about the youngman the couple brought here early this morning…..

Mrs Adu-Tettey: Please don’t tell me he is dead?

Matron: I wish he was dead like things will even be simple for us to handle here, but I don’t know what to say or how to say this.

Doctor: Matron you are not helping matters here, please go straight to the point and stop beating about the bush.

Matron: Hmmmmm doctor today my eyes have seen my back, what my two eyes have witness this morning, I don’t know how my mouth can narrate it to you or anyone.

Doctor: (raising his voice) M.A.T.R.O.N!!!! Will you please hit on the nail directly and stop going round round like a boy who wants to propose to a girl for the first time.

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: Madam matron can you please in simple language explain to us what the problem is? Who knows that we might even be having solution to the problem!!!

Matron: Well since you are all eager and desperate to hear what I have to say, I will tell you people. The youngman you brought here early this morning is nowhere to be found in this hospital.

Mrs Adu-Tettey: Whaaaat? Can you please repeat what you just said to us one more time.

Matron: Madam you heard me crystal clear, the youngman is missing from this hospital, we have searched every corner of this hospital but there is no trace of him. Doctor but I believe there is one person here who can help us with answers.

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: Madam I swear by the pistol in my side arm punch that if I don’t see this youngman before daybreak, some people won’t live to see sunset. Is that how careless you and your staff are? Pray very hard and well for us to see that youngman and in good health or else, you will clap your hands for me.

Back at Opana’s House:

Opana: My dear am going out to see the estate developer at his site, I want him to know that am now ready to sell my parcel of lands and palm plantation to him and I hope he will still be having interest in my lands.

Akua Yankey: He will certainly have eyes in that lands my dear, you know that place is at a very vantage point that every rich man will like to build his dream house there. He will have no reason to turn your proposal down, even if he doesn’t have enough money to purchase the land I believe he will go and borrow from sonewhere and come and buy your lands so don’t discourage yourself for even a second.

Opana: Thanks very much for motivating me my dear, honestly my spirit was a bit down but with the words that you said to me, am having a renewed spirit. Please hurry up and also go to the hospital and see if our daughter has gained her consciousness from the coma she is now, and please don’t go and cry on her for it is a very bad omen to do that kind of thing when someone is in the hospital or police custody. I will pass by after talking with the estate developer, has our son called you or have you also called him?

Akua Yankey: No my dear, I haven’t heard from him. I tried his line yesternite but it was off, I will call him later when I buy airtime on my way to the hospital, let me rush and prepare myself for the hospital, I wish you all the best of luck.

Opana: Thank you very much my dear, I will call you if there is any new development and please my dear, take good care of yourself for me because I can’t afford to lose you should anything happen to you.

Akua Yankey: You too my dear, please becareful when you step outside and please open your eyes very well when you are dealing with the man financially.

Opana steps out of his house and he sees Collins Twumasi walking into the compound with a very nice lady and he stops them immediately.

Opana: Youngman stop right there, don’t move an inch koraa.

Collins Twumasi: Hello landlord good morning ooo.

Opana: What is good about this morning youngman, your rent has expired and instead of coming to settle your debt, you go about changing women like your dress. Hey young lady are you the one he brought home last night?

Young Lady: No sir.

Opana: What about yesterday morning?

Young Lady: Please no.

Opana: Mmmmm what about two nights ago?

Young Lady: No please.

Opana: Okay then it must be three or four nights ago?

Young Lady: (getting furious) No sir this is my first time of coming to this house so I don’t know what you are talking about.

Opana: Hahahaha small girls are young, did he tell you that he loves you and that he will marry you?

Young Lady: Yes please, that is why am coming over to see where he leaves so that I start performing my woman duties in his room.

Opana: Awwww poor child, do you know woman duties very well? Well I wish you all the best of luck but look around this compound, I am Opana “the rough boy” and I own the entire house, as you are shaking, twisting and whinging your waist like a locomotive gravel mixer should you ever come to meet a lady in his room, walk quitely out of my house without making any noise because the man you are seeing next to you is the definition of a womanizer. I didn’t say anything but learn to count your teeth with your tongue, have a great time in his room.

Young Lady: (almost in tears) So Collins all the sweet words you were showering me with were just lies, you have a lot of women around you and you deceived me for me to break up with my guy. God will punish you Collins, I don’t want to ever see your ugly face again in my house you pig. I curse the day I set eyes on you and don’t ever call my phone again, you foolish idiot. (walks away)

Collins Twumasi: (runs after the lady) Baby wait for me so that I explain myself to you please, I am a changed man now please wait.

Opana: Hahahaha until you pay me the rent you are owing me, any lady you bring into this house will hear negative things about you, you owe me and you want to go and throw your waist about in my room. I will deal with you people squarely in this house……

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Opana stepped out of his house and remembered to call his son and check up on him as he didn’t get the opportunity to talk to him the previous night.

On phone:

Michael Ansah: Hello papa good morning.

Opana: Good morning my son, how are you doing this morning? How is the capital city of the country too?

Michael Ansah: Am very fine papa and for Accra everything is very okay as most people have left their houses to their workplaces.

Opana: Honestly because I didn’t hear from you as you got to Accra yesterday I didn’t sleep the whole of last night ooo.

Michael Ansah: Ah papa am not that small boy you knew some years ago, am now a big boy and a rich man in the making.

Opana: Hahahaha I love what am hearing, I believe you are comfortable at your friend’s end?

Michael Ansah: (lying to make his father okay) Papa to use the word comfortable is understatement, I regret to coming over all this while. Anyway how is my little sister doing?

Opana: Well I can’t say anything for now but am rushing to see an estate developer to buy my parcel of lands and palm plantation so I can raise enough money for her to be flown abroad for her surgery.

Michael Ansah: Flown abroad? Is her injury that bad?

Opana: Hmmmmm my son, am afraid your sister might lose her brain if she is not operated upon and that surgery can’t be done over here in Ghana except South Africa or America. That is the reason why am going to sell my parcel of lands and palm plantation.

Michael Ansah: It is well papa, let me leave you so that you may proceed with what you are doing. I will be calling you from time to time to check up on you and the rest of the family members. I wish you the best of luck in your exploits papa and please if anything pops up for me to return home don’t hesitate to notify me.

Opana: Don’t worry my son, please concentrate on the purpose for travelling to the city. We will talk later so take care of yourself and stay out of trouble. (call ends)

Michael Ansah: (speaks to himself) It is very good I didn’t inform papa about my injury and the crisis I got myself in, he would have been very worried and will even tell me to come back home.

Opana: (talking to himself) It is good I didn’t state the exact problem to Kwaku Mike about his sister’s health if not he would have been disturbed and could even offer to come back home. I will try my best to hide everything serious away from him now, I don’t want him to have a divided attention on the purpose of him going to the city.

Opana on his way to see the estate developer hears someone calling him from behind so he stops to see whoever was calling him because the voice of the person didn’t sound that familiar to him so he stopped and turned himself.

Opana: Yes how may I help you?

Unknown Person: (panting for breath) Ah good morning sir, I have been chasing and calling your name from afar but it seems you didn’t hear me.

Opana: Yessss please be fast on your reason for stopping me.

Unknown Person: Mmmm sir as you are already aware, you haven’t performed your needed ritual.

Opana: Did you say ritual? I don’t remember going to any shrine, fetish priest or engaging myself in anything that required sacrifice or ritual.

Unknown Person: (scratching his head) Sir as you know, when you win lotto you have to give something to the agent who you stake the lotto from, as you are already aware you haven’t done such a thing so I am here to bring it to you notice that am still waiting for you.

Opana: Oh Jesus Christ the son of virgin Mary and the foster father Joseph the carpenter like me, please grant me the spirit of patience and tolerance. Mr man look at me very well, do I look like a fool or an imbecile? When you drove away the fool, was it behind my house that you caught him erh? Am trying very hard to control my temper so be a life saver to yourself and walk away from my sight before I do something nasty over here.

Unknown Person: But sir what wrong did I do or what wrong thing did I say? Please I only came in peace to get my little share of the money you won from the lotto you stake from me some days back.

Opana: Were you expecting to get something from me after what you did to me? My friend you see how hard and ugly my palms are? If you don’t leave my sight this very moment I will slap you with my sandpaper palms for you to get bruises on your stupid face, don’t try to be my enemy of progress this morning because I am in a very good mood this morning, we are done talking.

Unknown Person: But sir you know what you are doing is not good and how you are treating me isn’t fair?

Opana: If you think and know am not treating you fairly, kindly go to the police station and file a complaint against me, it is because of this reason why that place was built. Have a nice day.

Opana leaves the lotto agent and stops a taxi which will convey him to the estate developers place.

Back at the city too Kwaku Mike had gotten to the place where his friend is to pick him up and he is overwhelmed to see his friend already waiting for him at the place, he pays the driver off and gives his friend a warm embrace. He tells his friend to stop a car so they move to his end right away because the dress he was wearing was not making their lives safe and that getting to his house he will tell him everything he needed to know.

At the Hospital:

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: Doc am trying very hard not to get angry because if I do this place can’t contain both of us here. Someone should tell me something that will calm me down or else…..

Mrs Adu-Tettey: Honey please take it easy and be calm, patience conquers mountain so just be calm and let us listen to what the hospital management have to say to us.

Doctor: Brigadier please I will entreat you to be patience for us to try and get answers to the puzzle before us. Matron you made mention of someone been of help to us so let us know what you have under your sleeves.

Matron: Doctor please before I say anything I will like everyone to follow me to the private ward that youngman was occupying. I will…….

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: What is the need going to that place since that youngman is no longer there, if it was a note he left behind kindly go and get it for us and stop giving that unncessary excuse that will make me much more angry than I am already.

Mrs Adu-Tettey: Baby please call down, give the woman the opportunity to express herself better, who knows what is over there.

Matron: Thank you very much madam, please as I was saying earlier on, kindly follow me to the youngman’s private ward first.

They all move into the elevator and walk to the private ward when they got out of the elevator. Before they enter the private ward they see someone lying on the hospital bed.

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: Were you trying to play pranks on us madam, isn’t he the one lying down there on the bed?

Matron: Sir he is not the one but rather the nurse who was appointed to monitor his condition.

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: So what is he doing on his bed?

Matron: That is the reason why I brought you here, I equally don’t know why he is on that bed. I have been calling him to wake up from the bed but he bluntly refuse to hid to my calls.

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: Oh really? We shall see very soon (brings his phone out and calls Captain Awude in together with five of his men)

Captain Awude: (walks in with his men) Sir you summoned me here with the boys, anything the problem?

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: Get that fool from the bed and give him some VIP treatment.

Captain Awude: With pleasure sir, Corporal Akakpo you and your men pull that idiot from the bed and hold him in angles, I will give him some stroke for him to know who he is joking with.

Doctor: No you can’t do that sir, please wait a minute.

Captain Awude: Hey hold him well and don’t let the doctor come any closer to us. We don’t want any interference from him.

Captain Awude gave the male nurse some stroke of lashes with a rope he had in his hand but the male nurse wasn’t responding to the beatings that was been unleashed on him, the doctor screamed for them to stop immediately if they didn’t want to lose the male nurse, Captain Awude saw the sense in what the doctor said so he stopped beating him.

Doctor: Brigadier if you watched the nurse closely you will realise that he is very drowsy. I suspect a foul play in his condition. Matron when did you see the nurse in this state?

Matron: I saw nurse Ani-Agyei like this when I brought that police detective who came here to write down the patient’s statement.

Mrs Adu-Tettey: A police detective? Honey please did you inform the police about the youngman?

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: No my dear, I never spoke to any police officer so am surprise with what I just heard from the matron. Sometime is not just right here and I have a feeling that, the person who came here claiming to be a police officer is part of the bad people. Doctor I saw some CCTV cameras inside the hospital can you please take us to your computer monitoring room? One of my men is a computer genius and he can retrieve any information we want from you system.

Doctor: Am sorry to say that our CCTV cameras are no longer functioning, they broke down some months ago. We called some technicians in to work on it but it only worked for days and went off again.

Brigadier Adu-Tettey: So what is wrong with the institutions or companies in this country? Almost all of you have the same problem, what is the purpose for mounting a CCTV camera if it doesn’t work? Am very disappointed with your poor services.

Doctor: Am very sorry for this problem but as it stands our only source for any information will come from this youngman who is in a drowse state. Matron please get me this medicines from the pharmacy (hands over a prescription form to the matron with some medicines written on it)

To be continued

 

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2 Comments

  1. This is a very complicated case here cos i know that even when the nurse is woken up, he'll not know what happened to him or how to explain the situation. Next pls!

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