A TRUE LIFE STORY: PECCANT - EPISODE 2 [By Husband Material]

Just in case you missed the EPISODE 1, read ----->>> HERE. Welcome to the Episode TWO of this lovely true life story. ENJOY!!!

How fast the hand of time flies, three years down the lane and am left with nothing, broke than I was when we were in school, still living in my parents house while my mates who envied and wished they were in my shoes are all better than me, though Tina and I were still in contact as she finished her masters and then decided to work for a while before coming back to me and then we get married, the truth was that I kept feeding Tina with lies over the phone about how successful I had become as she was eager to come home to me and start a family, over the phone I'll tell stuffs like
"Baby am caught in between buying a range rover or any of these formatic cars"

It was not planned at first but when she fed my ears with stories of how some of our classmates are doing fine, I decided to up my ante and just tell all sorts of lies. In the area where I live people have started gossiping about me, what made matters worst was when the company dad worked for did this mass retrenchment, it affected my dad as he was sacked, then did the real brutal blow of poverty showed its imprint on our faces, our only source of livelihood was the kiosk outside our house.

It could be the shock of retrenchment or the constant thinking that hit my dad so much as we woke up one morning and saw him on the ground lying unconscious, as I and other tenants helped in lifting his lifeless body, on getting to the hospital the doctor said he slipped into a coma and we were required to pay thirty thousand naira as deposit before he could be attended to, I had no dime on me as I looked confused, pleading with the young nurse to be benevolent as to convince the doctor to start treatment while I go on a wild goose chase, hoping to get the money from wherever I could and she agree.

Walking through the busy bus stop as cars honked at each other, a taxi driver who was trying to take the wrong lane pulled his head out of his car window, pointing at the driver who is on the right lane,
"Oloriburuku! Why you dey block the road? Abi your papa na federal government?, comot make I pass jor"

An obvious act of wrong driving yet the driver was raising the tone of his voice as if he was right, I just shook my head as I was contemplating on my next line of action, I knew no uncle or extended family, I trekked home as fast as I could, hoping to sell some of our electrical appliance to be able to foot the hospital bill.

Struggling with the television as I lifted it on my head, I staggered to an uncompleted building, the owner of the building had refused to come complete his house after been threatened by the hoodlums that his house was the palace to the kingpin of our area, the moment I stepped my feet into the house where I was hearing voices of people discussing, slowly I walked and saw a group of boys who were startled by my appearance because I seem to have caught them off guard, I couldn't recognize any of the guys present for I had disassociated myself with anything that had to do with miscreants, they all stared at me each dipping there hands inside their trouser of which it meant that virtually all of them had a rifle on them, when a dark thin guy amongst them decided to speak,
"No be Daniel first class be that?"

I smiled shining only my teeth, and they all burst into laughter as I tried to speak, I felt a hand on my shoulder, I turned to see Alhaji, a notorious thief now celebrated as a hero because most times he uses the loot in helping people who lived in the slum with us, though fidgety as I turned and then greeted him;
"Aah! Alhaji I greet you boss"

He just smiled and looked at me pointing his long finger that is almost the size of a dagger, as he sat on a bench and then slowly dipped his hand into his pocket, brought out a pack of cigarette, lit one as he puffed the smoke into the air and then coughed, he used his left hand to press against his chest as he asked me;
"Padi man, wetin carry you come dis our zanga? Hope you no wan come open our yansh give ekelebe oh!"

Snitching in the slum is the gravest crime to ever commit as most people who are even suspected to be snitches didn't live to tell the story, so instantly I had to prove my innocence;
"I can never snitch you guys, actually the reason am here is to see if you can lend me thirty thousand naira to foot my fathers hospital bill, I'll pay you back once I get a job"

That must be the joke of the century to them as those words left my mouth they all burst into laughter, especially Alhaji who laughed so hard until he fell of the bench he was sitting on, holding unto his stomach as he struggled to speak;
"Na today I know say you be fool, so na we wey no go school you want to borrow you money abi? When we dey street they ginger to collect money shebi you go bury head inside book"

I was puzzled at his assertion as I tried to hold the water that had began to gather at the corner of my eyes, I looked at Alhaji as I knelt down and began to beg, hoping to make him consider my plight when another member of the gang who was sitting at corner said;
"Athink when dem say you come out with first class, nobody allow us hear word, na why I hate school, see as dey don make a whole ghetto pikin like daniel lazy, now him dey wait for office job"

I noticed that this was a brick wall so without further delay, I stood up and then decided to go source for money another place, I walked back home and then decided in my heart that whatever be the outcome of my dad's ill health I'll take in good faith.

...to be continued!

Written by: Husband Material
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