28 Salvation Road Episode 11
MEKUS
Noel came in with some foodstuffs and we all rejoiced , even Chuks was dancing , he is already getting into the system , I asked Noel how he got the money for the foodstuffs and he said landlord101 , Femi and I laughed out hard while Chuks looked at us with a curious look, I didn ’ t bother explaining what landlord101 meant . One thing about my friends is that even though they are all crazy in their Own way , we got each Others back, we are more than friends , we like family , Noel the cook cooked Jollof rice that night and we all happily ate . The next day was sunday and Chuks pressured me into going to church , can ’ t remember the last time I was in church , surprisingly noel of all people went with us. I tried calling funmi ’ s number when we came back but it was switched off , she have been acting strangely these days , anytime I call her , she either does not pick or she picks and look for an excuse to end the call abruptly , I need to talk to her and find out what ’ s up with her ….
CHUKS
When noel came in with those foodstuff, the parlor came alive , it was like everybody were thinking of how to spend their last cash and then starve till only God knows when , Mekus later asked him how he got the money for the foodstuffs and he said something about landlord101 , I was confused but nobody tried to explain anything , I was not bothered though , I was just happy for the foodstuff , the little money I saved up during my youth service was diminishing at an alarming rate and still no word from all the companies I applied to for work, I made up my mind to attend church the next day and commit everything in God ’ s able hand , I practically dragged my cousin with me , Noel also went with us but Femi refused to get up from the bed, after the mass , we all went to the blessed sacrament , I committed everything into the hands of the almighty, Noel spent more time in the blessed sacrament than us….
NOEL
After cooking dinner for the house , I started checking the scores of the matches I placed my bets on , three of the games had already gone as I hoped, two more to go and those two happen to be sunday games. In a very long time, I knelt down and prayed to God to please let my dreams come through , while praying it occurred to me that I had not been going to church, I made up my mind there and then to go to church the next day but I didn ’ t know which church to attend , am a born catholic but I can ’ t remember the last time I entered a church, so when I heard Chuks waking Mekus to get ready for mass , I quickly got up , took my bath and got dressed for church , I could read the surprise on Mekus ’ s face when he saw me all dressed up , they tried to wake Femi to join us but the dude refused to get up from the bed, we left him and headed for church . After the mass , Chuks suggested we go to the blessed sacrament to say some personal prayers, when we got in, I brought out my ticket and begged God to please make me one hundred thousand naira richer that day, when I came out, I noticed the rest were already out waiting for me …. .
FEMI
I heard when the guys were waking me up for church and shit ! It sounded strange to me , when last did anybody tell me to go to church ? In fact , when have we ever gone to church ? I was too tired to get up so I pretended like I didn ’ t hear them . After they had left, I got up and did some clean up before checking my mails , nothing still, I decided to go prepare breakfast , I boiled yam and fried eggs , I was dishing some for myself when I heard the gate open and some female voices, damn ! This whores are back, even though I loved fucking, I am never a fan of paid sex , if anybody must pay , then the girls should be the ones doing the payment because I give it to them real good , I went to the sitting room and gently began to devour my meal ….
NOEL
We came back from Church and thank God, Femi decided to make himself useful by cooking breakfast , I quickly ate my meal and began following the live update of the last game I placed my bet on, at half time the team I placed my bet on was loosing two nill , I nearly fainted , Femi was teasing me telling me to quit sports bet and concentrate on yahoo , I gave up checking the scores but something told me to wait till the end of the game before tearing the ticket , I kept the ticket in my wallet before falling asleep on one of the couch in the parlor. I woke up around past six and immediately decided to check the scores of the match , lo and behold, the game ended three – two in favor of the team I placed my bet on , I didn ’ t know when I shouted , GUYS , WETIN UNA WAN DRINK , I DON HAMMER…