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36. IBILOLA and IBRAHIM
Ben was summoned by Roshan, she got to his office hoping to be formal with him today and nothing more would surface.
He gestured to a seat, she sat down and tried to stay focused.
"What are your plans after service?" He simply asked, diverting all attention to her.
"Nothing yet." She replied him.
"You should have plans." He was surprised she said nothing.
"Maybe go back to Lagos for job hunting, other than that. I don't have any other plan." She told him.
"You're going back to Lagos?" He asked almost dejectedly.
"Yeah?" She nodded her head and looked at him, he had a gloomy countenance on.
"Are you interested in working for this company?"
"I work here, I wouldn't have worked here if I wasn't interested." She said.
"After NYSC, do you still want to work here?" He asked again.
"It's actually very nice
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