Musings of an average girl

    Blessing sat staring at her phone, still reeling from the call she just received. She looked up when her sister Mercy walked in.     "When Melvin comes, please tell him something came up, and i had to rush out".    Her sister looked at her like she had grown an extra head. "Why? You are already dressed, and was just talking about your date, what changed? And i.......... "     As is prevalent in all African homes, a simple look from Blessing killed whatever Mercy had to say.     "Okay o. Hmmph!" She walked out.    Soon, Melvin came in. He was promptly told that Blessing had left urgently because something came up.      "But, her car is outside".      Mercy, who hadn't prepared for this couldn't come up with a response. "Erm, she left with someone, that is someone came to pick her. Yes."      "Well, i guess i will wait for her then". He ma...

   Its been 8 months since they had that talk. Meldive media had won the bid and had been awarded the contract. The Sparkles advert campaign was the whole package since they were launching the product into the market for the first time. And so Meldive had had to come up with an all-inclusive plan that included Outdoor advertising, print media adverts, TV and radio adverts, creation and management of pages on various social media platforms, shows/fiestas in parks and other busy places as well as give aways/prizes.     Its been a very busy 5 months since the campaign began and their efforts had started paying off. They had stopped the shows/fiestas a week ago and sales were still as high and if all went well, they would pull the plug on the give aways in a month's time. Sparkles had established itself in the market and endeared itself to customers.     Surprisingly, in these past months, Melvin and Blessing had developed a kind of rapport, a relat...