The Blame Game

The sun was setting on the well-paved street of Lagos Island, a bright and sunny day that was expected to brighten the mood, but Bisi's mood was far from that, and her thoughts were even farther.

"Bisi, you had just one job to do: make sure Mr Adedapo sustained his investment, but you blew it up!" Her boss, Mrs Amaka, snapped at her with anger

Bringing Bisi back to earth, she had long been gone in her thoughts, replaying the events of the day that led to Mr Adedapo's withdrawal of his investment.

She was a young and ambitious marketing manager who was pretty good at her job, leading her team right through the years, and had received several accolades for jobs well done until now, the biggest client she had envisioned to add to her portfolio.

Bisi took a deep breath, not knowing a better way to explain the situation. A few weeks back, she was sure she and her team were on the right track. After several meetings with his organization, she was excited to meet the biggest business mogul to seal the deal, only if she knew that the meeting would take a bad turn.

"Ma. she began, my team and I tried our best. She tried to explain the circumstances leading to the loss of the client, but didn't want to use word-for-word, as the client was bringing up unrealistic expectations.

"I'm not paying you to make excuses' Mrs Amaka snapped. "I'm paying you to get results. And right now, you're not delivering."

Bisi felt a surge to defend herself and her reputation, but she held back her emotions, knowing that her boss was also under pressure from the company's CEO and that she was taking out her frustrations on her. So instead, she took a deep breath and apologized for her team's failure.

Tunde and the rest of her team, Joy and Ini, had been silent the whole while, watching Bisi take the blame for them. But Tunde couldn't bear it anymore, so he stood up abruptly

"Mrs. Amaka, it's not just Bisi's fault," he said. "As a team, we all tried to make it work, and Bisi did her best too, but Mr Adedapo tried to take advantage of her, so instead of blaming her, blame us all, because we won't stand and watch a hardworking woman being involved. taken advantage of, no matter the amount.

Bisi couldn't believe Tunde was standing up for her right now, and even Joy and Ini were already on their feet too, to show support.

Mrs Amaka's eyes widened in shock from Tunde, to Bisi, and back to Tunde again as he continued.

Together as a team, we would work together to find a better investor and make sure we win his heart with mutual benefits, the company is not going down, and nobody needs to be taken advantage of. We just need a little more time.

Mrs Amaka was short of words now; all previous anger had fizzled out and been replaced with worry and concern. "Okay, she said, "you've got an extra month I would meet with the CEO, She also apologized for her earlier outburst.

The team all breathed a sigh of relief. Bisi turned to Tunde and smiled. "Thanks for standing up for me," she said. "I don't know what I would have done without you." He smiled back. "That's what teammates are for," he said. "We sink or swim together

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