Me: Haa thank you bro, am very grateful. I
took quick glance at the result, I almost
fainted when my eye fell on my overall
scores, no wonder Dupe said I didn’t
perform well in the exam that’s why I
scored 152, That means am still going to
waste another year at home, tear dropped
off my eye, I couldn’t blame anybody rather
than myself because I was reliance on
Dupe’s answer which she couldn’t make it
again. Everyone at some point in their life
undergoes failure. It is a part of our life, But
what one need to do is keep their head high
and move forward. I left cafe and headed to
Mada Hadiza’s house. Thanks for saving my
life Madam Hadiza said to me as soon as I
settled in her sitting room, she had call me
to come over to her house immediately after
I left cyber cafe, she said to me on phone
that her lawyer is coming today, probably
we are checking out her new site.
.
Me: Thank God Peslady
.
Madam Hadiza: Ouch what a romantic
name? It quite an age you called me such
.
Me: ***I just smiled***
.
Madam Hadiza: ***She sat beside me*** Let
be serious dear, how did you know the
hotel building is gonna collapsed?
.
Me: My mummy called me to leave where I’m,
she said the place I was wasn’t safe
.
Madam Hadiza: A very big thanks to her
.
Me: ***Smiled***
.
Madam Hadiza: Have called my lawyer he
should be here any moment from now so,
we’ll check out the site together
.
Me: No problem about that, where is
Jameelah?
.
Madam Hadiza: She went out with her
friends, they went to cyber cafe to check
jamb result
.
Me: Did she registered jamb?
.
Madam Hadiza: Not her, but one of her
friends
.
Me: Ok
.
Madam Hadiza: What of you, have you check
urs?
.
Me: ***Sad mood, should I tell her the truth
or not?*** Actually have checked it
.
Madam Hadiza: Bravo, but I thought I said
you should come and show it to me
immediately you print it out so we’d start
your admission
.
Me: Its true you said so
.
Madam Hadiza: How is it, hope you did well,
I don’t even need of asking, I trust you
***She poked my nose***
.
Me: I performed woefully
.
Madam Hadiza: What happened to you dear,
what was your scores?
.
Me: The supervisors assigned to us are so
wicked, we weren’t allowed to use
appropriate time ***I lied***
.
Madam Hadiza: Oh my God! What is your
scores then?
.
Me: I scored 152
.
Madam Hadiza: Shuu! You try sha, had it
been you scored 180 it would have been
more interesting, don’t worry dear, I’ll call
one of my friend in ABU (Ahmadu Bello
University Zaria) he will help out, you know
its my state, and I’ll also call someone in
“UNIABUJA” one out of the two will work
out ok?
.
Me: Thanks for everything dear, I believe we
met for a purpose, but I think you don’t
need to call anybody again
.
Madam Hadiza: Why did you say so?
.
Me: I heard ABU cutoff mark is 200 while
UNIABUJA is collecting 180, I’ll wait till
another year
.
Madam Hadiza: Do you like polytechnic?
.
Me: ***Shaking head*** I Don’t like it, I’ll re-
write the jamb
.
Madam Hadiza: Think about it Pesman,
you’re growing old everyday and time is
going, I can assure you of “KADPOLY” or you
don’t like my home town?
.
Me: Kaduna is one of the city I love most, I’ll
let ***We are in the midst of our
conversation when her lawyer walked in
with
cute smile on his face, he sat beside me
facing madam Hadiza***
.
Madam Hadiza: You’re welcome sir
.
Barr.Adebayo: Thank you madam how is
work?
.
Madam Hadiza: Fine sir
.
Barr.Adebayo: ***Faced me*** humm
hmmmm (Recollection my name)
.
Me: Pesman sir
.
Barr.Adebayo: Yeah Pesman the P.A to the
madam
.
Me: ***laughed***
.
Barr.Adebayo: Are you ready madam?
.
Madam Hadiza: Yes we are ready, what is
the latest about CofO
.
Barr.Adebayo: Let check the land first, from
there we will be heading to local
government for
proper papers
.
Madam Hadiza: ***Faced me*** Pesman
take the car key let’s go
.
Me: ***I took the key and went out***
.
Barr.Adebayo: Let me see you madam
.
Madam Hadiza: ***She followed
Barr.Adebayo to one corner***
.
Me: ***I walked out and met Gateman at
outside*** Baba Agbalagba (Elderly Man)
.
Gateman: My friend my friend, how are you?
.
Me: Am fine o Baba, thanks for the other day
.
Gateman: Thank God, have you test the ring?
.
Me: Baba you won’t believe if I tell you
something
.
Gateman: Tell me
.
Me: The ring you gave me is supernatural, it
worked well
.
Gateman: Don’t I tell you? How did you
found out its working?
.
Me: Its working not small
.
Gateman: Tell me how did you know and
what happened?
.
Me: Madam and I went somewhere, even we
haven’t spent an hour there when I noticed
the ring on my finger is getting hot, I told
Madam to let us leave there because
something bad is about happening,
20minutes after we left, you
won’t believe the building collapsed
.
Gateman: ***He let out a quick smile***
Thank God you have confirmed how
powerful it is, I inherited it from my fore
fathers
.
Me: Thank you sir
.
Gateman: Don’t just forget about the
warning
.
Me: What’s the warning sir?
.
Gateman: I told you blood should not touch
it
.
Me: ***Remembering*** Oh its true I just
remember, I’ll make sure I keep to the
warning sir
.
Gateman: Good of you so, where are you
going?
.
Me: Me and madam is going somewhere
with her lawyer
.
Gateman: When are you coming back?
.
Me: Can’t say, but we’d not stay too long sha
***I dipped my hand into my pocket
brought out 1000naira and gave it to
him***
.
Gateman: Thank you son, you will enjoy me
further, I will still be giving you something
.
Me: I trust you sir ***Madam Hadiza and her
lawyer came out of sitting room that
moment***
.
Gateman: Good morning madam
.
Madam Hadiza: Ekaro sir (Good morning sir)
.
Gateman: You’re now a yoruba woman, you
even speaking it often more than us
.
Madam Hadiza: You have started again Baba
.
Gateman: You’re the one who teach me how
to be nice
.
Madam Hadiza: It cool Baba, please open the
gate we are going somewhere, Pesman can
you drive us?
.
Me: That means my salary will be increase
for driving you
.
Madam Hadiza: Abegi let’s go jor
.
Me: Baba see you soon ***I waved him as I
speed out, heading to her new site***
————————————————————–
.
****** CNN,******
I dialed a number on my phone and put it to
my ear, “Hello” I said to the other person at
the end of the line (The address to her
house has been sent to me the previous
day, to locate the house is the next thing for
me, although I’m a stranger in the city, I
boarded a keke napep to Jabi and came
down at Jabi upstairs)
.
Tola: Hi dear where are you?
.
Cnn: At Jabi upstair
.
Tola: Ok wait for me am coming
.
Cnn: Please don’t stay too long, I don’t feel
comfortable standing alone along the road
.
Tola: On my way already
.
Cnn: Ok dear ***Hung up***
Few minutes later Tola walked up to me, she
dressed in skimpy gown that barely left her
tight, she was looking so charming and
more beautiful than ever
.
Cnn: ***I ran to her and embraced her into
ma waiting arms, I lifted her up and shouted
her name without caring we were in public
place*** My love, if someone said I will set
my eye on you in the coming five years I
wouldn’t believe
.
Tola: That’s how fate works, how are you
doing?
.
Cnn: Even if I’m sick before, now that I set
my eye on you, my sickness has been healed
.
Tola: Really?
.
Cnn: Before nko, I miss you badly
.
Tola: Same here, I miss you more
.
Cnn: Are we going to remain standing here
talking, let us find one cool place to talk
.
Tola: Where do you want us to go?
.
Cnn: Where do I know in this city
.
Tola: Same as mine, I don’t know anywhere
.
Cnn: What do we do now?
.
Tola: Let go to my house then, big mum isn’t
around, she went to Wuse
.
Cnn: Do you think your house is safe?
.
Tola: 101% assurance, she would not be
back home any moment from now
.
Cnn: If you say so, let go ***Two of us
walked into Tola’s house***
.
****** FEW MINUTES LATER, BIG MUMMY’S
SITTING ROOM, JABI ABUJA******
.
******TOLA******
.
Cnn and I were seated beside each other, as
we engaged in chatting happily, like one
who just won huge amount from #Bet9ja
.
Cnn: Am so happy to have you back my bae
.
Tola: Same here with me, I miss you like
Buhari miss his presidential seat
.
Cnn: It has been destined that you and I will
end up together, don’t you see how fate
join us together, your daddy willingly sent
you packing just because of me without
knowing he wanted to join us together
.
Tola: I couldn’t believe all this, the most
funniest part of it all was the day Dad told
me I’m relocation to Abuja, I thought he
want to keep me far away from you, but
what I
failed to realized was he wanted to favour
me by bring us back
.
Cnn: ***In ortsa femi’s voice*** What God
has Join together let no man put asunder
.
Tola: When did you become a musician?
.
Cnn: ***He poked her*** Its been a while
dear, although you don’t know
.
Tola: Local champion
.
Cnn: Wife of local champion, local first lady
better still
.
Tola: Why don’t you sing for my daddy’s
men when they were pursuing you?
.
Cnn: You wanna kill me, singing for angry
policemen is like wetting fire with fuel
.
Tola: ***Laugh*** But am not happy with
you I must say
.
Cnn: Say to me my crime
.
Tola: Do you want to kill my Dad, or you
think you can have me without his blessing
and full support? If you had killed him who
will give you a wife to marry? It really got me
angry when dad and Nike explained to me
every bit of your action in hospital, you left a
big scar on his face
.
Cnn: I know I’m bad person, but I did it
because I don’t want you to marry a
prisoner, you know if I didn’t escaped
maybe I would have been in jail by now, or
do you want to marry a prisoner?
.
Tola: Never in my life should I marry a
prisoner, but still yet my Daddy doesn’t
deserve to be killed by his son inlaw, look at
me you have a lot of works to do if you’re
really serious about marrying me, you have
to do something confusing to have my
daddy’s
forgiveness
.
Cnn: May God help me, I will try all my best to
gain daddy’s trust back
.
Tola: Silly boy do you have his trust before
.
Cnn: ***Laugh***
.
Tola: Don’t laugh yet, I know my Daddy very
well
.
Cnn: Nothing can separate both of us, leave
me and your daddy alone, its man to man
issue
.
Tola: You this boy is damn funny, Man to
Man issue?
.
Cnn: Yes because you’re mine forever
.
Tola: You always ***Before I could finish my
words, Cnn had moved closed to me,
grabbed me by collar, he looked straight
into my eye, his eye was filled with
love and emotional, before we knew it,.
We’ve started kissing, we are amidst of our
kissing when the door to the sitting room
suddenly threw open, and someone walked
in
.
don’t let sinners take courage to think they
will be favoured like the thief on the cross;
for we see on the other side, they may be
like the hardened one, and reproach death
itself. We are gonna in big mess already
.
WHO WALKED IN???
.
To be continued
