Story Of The Day-: Dilemma

SCENE 1. HOTEL ROOM – DAY

Soft blues plays in background as Lucy 35, is having sweaty sex with Donald, 37. In a series of close-ups and cuts, they are kissing passionately with hands all over themselves on the bed. Lucy climbs on top Donald and in the middle of a vigorous session of fore play.

On top him…she strokes his bare chest…her breasts tucked in her firm bra is on his face. He cups her breasts… She leans down and kisses him… She leans close, moves her hand up, holds both of his arms above his head.

She moves higher on top him…her hips above his face now. Moving…slightly but steady… his face towards her stomach as he kisses her stomach… she chuckles She starts to kiss him from his head…she begins to slide lower… over his chest … his navel… he closes his eyes as he takes the feeling in.

The Song continues to play.

She is now in the middle of him… He is inside her… his head arches back… he is moaning softly. She arches back… her hips grind. Her breasts are high… He convulses… In a flash, he turns her over and begins to ride her faster and faster as his hips goes up, down….up, down and in a circular movement…

They both begin to moan sharply. Lucy tightens her legs around Donald pulling him tight…moaning too loud… Donald covers her mouth lightly… Donald lets out a short moan… he has come… Lucy seems happy as both of them now catching their breathe disengages from each other.

SCENE 2. DONALD’S HOUSE/ BEDROOM – NIGHT

Donald and his wife, SUZAN, 35, are in bed. Donald is trying to have sex with her but she refuses and covers herself with the blanket. He is wearing a boxer short… He places his right hand tightly between his legs.

DONALD

(Begging)Honey please, please, please. Just one, even if it’s the tip. I will not put it inside.

SUZAN

(Harshly) Is it food? Every night, you must stress my life. What is this, allow me to sleep now. Haba!

Donald forms an imaginary hole with his left index and thumb while he puts the index finger of his right hand into the imaginary hole…putting it in and out.

DONALD
For the past two weeks, we have not done anything. Please Honey, Please, just one. Okay, you would stay on top. You would control it. Donald stops the demonstration with his finger.

SUZAN
(Acting considerate) Okay

Donald leaves his position swiftly and starts removing the blanket over suzan but she pushes him away and he stands up abruptly from the bed looking surprised and starts scratching his balls through the boxer short.

SUZAN (CONT’D)

(Harshly) What is it? What is it? This is why I always quarrel with you. Always acting like you are on drugs. Are you mad?

DONALD
What did I do again? I thought you said okay.

SUZAN

Just like that? Eh, eh, not so fast. Before you can enter into my paradise, (pointing)
You have to pay me some money as usual.

DONALD
(Sounding frustrated) Honey, not today. Please, I am your husband.

SUZAN
Then you are not ready. Twenty Thousand Naira or nothing (Stretching her right hand)

DONALD

Haa!

SUZAN
Are you giving me or not?

DONALD
Okay, take the money in my wallet beside you

Suzan turns, sees the wallet and takes the money from the wallet…counts it and smile.

SUZAN

(Smiling) Now, Come to Mama

Donald excitedly and shamelessly JUMPED into the bed and starts removing Suzan’s clothes and kissing her like one who is hungry.

SCENE 3. LUCY’S HOUSE/SITTING ROOM – DAY

DICKSON, 40 and his wife Lucy are in the middle of an argument. Lucy standing before him waves a piece of paper while he sits and continuously changes the channel of the television with the television remote…not paying any mind to her. LUCY (Calmly)

Please, just sign the divorce paper and let me go.

DICKSON

(Looking at her disdainfully)
So that you would be free to start prostituting yourself to men.

LUCY

Stop it.

DICKSON

(Forcefully) Stop what. Am I lying? You aren’t getting any divorce from me. You aren’t getting shit from me. Just get that into your thick dumb scull.

Dickson gets up and leaves the sitting room… Lucy cries silently and sits on the floor still holding the paper.

SCENE 4. LUCY’S/HOUSE/ SITTING ROOM – NIGHT

Lucy is in her night wear. She is kneeing before Dickson. He is pressing his phone and sitting on a chair. She is also holding a white paper as she begs him.

LUCY
You and I know that we don’t feel anything for each other. You know that you don’t love me. Why don’t you let me go? What do you gain from seeing me miserable?

DICKSON
(Calmly but wickedly) Yes, I derive pleasure in seeing you miserable. As far as I live, except I am not Dickson, you will not get married to another man.

LUCY
What is this wickedness, what have I done to you?

DICKSON

If you don’t leave my sight this minute, I am going to show you what wickedness is. Shift! You irritate me. What am I even saying; you can stay here and continue in your misery. I can’t be here listening to this rubbish.

Dickson stands up abruptly, pushing Lucy aside as he walks out of the room. Lucy still down on the floor moves slowly and places her back to one of the sofas and her right hand on her chin.

FLASH BACK

SCENE 5. ROAD – DAY

Lucy is talking to her Mentor, MADAM CORDELIA, about Dickson, the guy she is in love with as they both walk along the road.

MADAM CORDELIA

Really, you don’t mean it.

LUCY
Yesoo my Madam Code, it’s been two weekssince Dickson and I started talking.

MADAM CORDELIA
Just two weeks and he is already professing love to you.

LUCY

(Blushing) He has been professing love to me since we started talking but today, I told him, I love him too.

MADAM CORDELIA
Haa! Lucy, someone you have not seen, just speaking to him on the phone. Ah, ah.

LUCY
But we do video calls?

MADAM CORDELIA
And what does that prove, just because he promised to take you to America, you now love him?

LUCY

Who doesn’t want a better life? Madam Corde, I don’t want to suffer oo. You know where I am coming from; I cannot afford to go back there at all.

MADAM CORDELIA
I am just watching out for you as a friend. You cannot afford to make any mistake. LUCY Madam Corde, you see this one,

don’t worry about me. I would look out for myself.

MADAM CORDELIA

Okayoo. Since you say I Should mind my business, no problems. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

LUCY

No na, Madam Corde. I don’t mean it that way.

MADAM CORDELIA

(Adjusting her slippers and standing up) No wahala. It’s your life. I am just here to try my best to make sure you don’t make mistake.

LUCY
I am good Madam Corde. You worry too much. Let me run off for my lectures.

SCENE 6 LUCY’S SINGLE ROOM – NIGHT

Lucy talks to Dickson on phone.

DICKSON (V.O.)
So have you told your parents about us yet?

LUCY
My parents, how? We only just met.

DICKSON (V.O.)
Sweet, you think I am joking with you.

LUCY
Babe, I know you are not joking but I just think it’s too soon to start talking about letting my parents know.

DICKSON (V.O.)
It doesn’t matter sweet. I can decide to marry you today. It’s all about seriousness and I am not joking with you. I want to marry you.

LUCY

(Blushing) So you will marry me and leave me here.

DICKSON

Who says I am leaving you in Nigeria. I cannot stay separate from my wife. I would start preparing your papers before our wedding.

LUCY
Sweet, are you really serious with this marriage thing?

DICKSON (V.O.)
I feel like marrying you right now LUCY (Dismissively) Ah, Ah, babe. Okay, I have an early morning lecture. I need to sleep so I can wake up early.

DICKSON (V.O.)
I miss you already. Do dream of me.

LUCY

Sure, babe. I will

DICKSON (V.O)

I love you so much.

LUCY

I love you too.

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