EPISODE 7
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After a week i called the new guy whose name was Chuks, i told him i was ready for the job he told me about,he told me to come to his house to we can talk about it properly, he sent me the address i was at his gate in less than 30 minutes since it wasn't far from my school,
He told me he will pay me 70 thousand naira per successful delivery, the next day he told me i will have to take a parcel to Ihiala a town in Anambra state Nigeria, i boarded the next bus to Ihiala and delivered the parcel came back and got my money as agreed, i felt relieved, i had so much money on me, so i felt like the only happening guy on campus, my friends now come to my house to eat whenever they are hungry, i now make it a duty to send 50 thousand naira to my adoptive parents every month, my adoptive parents never stopped to praise me, without truly investigating the kind of work i do, all they know is that i work at a delivery firm.
I came back home checked where i usually keep money and counted the money i have there i was over 350 thousand naira, i was amazed, i picked up 300 thousand naira from it and went to the bank to make a deposit to my account, after filling in the details i submitted the money to the cashier and headed straight home, by the time i got to my gate my phone beeped and i checked it to see the alert from the bank, i checked my balance it was around 1.7 million naira, i was a big boy one of the biggest in the school, i thought of my late mum and i wished she was alive i would have spoiled her with enough money. I came back home thinking of a way to reduce the cash inflow to my hand instead let the money be going into my account. i came to a conclusion that any time i went on a delivery for James i will collect just 20 thousand naira and ask him to transfer the rest to my account, and with the other guy i will collect the same 20 thousand naira and ask him to pay in the remaining 50 thousand into my account with this i will be having just 40 thousand with me every week, i said to myself that am beginning to live my dream live.
My girl friend never ceased to brag about me, she never ceased to remind me how much she loved me and would never want to loose me no matter what, my mind was on making more money for myself not about women at that particular time, little did i know i was digging my grave more than the normal six feet.
By December i traveled home as early as 22nd i kept cool, i already bought everything we needed at home my, family was leaving larger than they ever lived even much more than we were living before my adoptive father's shop got burnt, i called my adoptive father aside and asked him if he would like to go back in to the pharmacy business he was into before, he said yes i asked him to budget how much it will cost to put everything in place back and for him to start up his shop, he was so happy, he gave me a hug and prayed for me, that evening three girls who were friends with my sisters came around all in a bid to woo me, they asked me to come with them to the hot spot in the village, i went there, the girls bought chicken and fresh palm wine for me i felt like a king among them, my sisters left to ease themselves, the girls opened up to me that they like me very well and would like to be friends with me that they brought me here to tell me how they felt about me.
I gave them my contact they were so happy just then my sisters came in after about 1 more hour we left to go back home the girls never seem to compliment my handsomeness and how jealous they were about me, i later found out the three of them were twins, they later invited me to our local church harvest and bazaar which was on 27th December, i decided i will go there and embarrass those pot bellied chiefs who thought they can buy everything at the harvest, i bought new clothes for my adoptive parent and bought some too for myself, gave my adoptive mum 20 thousand and my adoptive father 15 thousand naira to hold himself, they showered me with blessings at last i felt some peace inside of me that my family was happy at last, on 24th December James called me that he has a parcel to be delivered to Abuja the capital of Nigeria i thought about it for some minutes, thought about the money involved and told my parents that i have a delivery to make, and that i have to leave now that i will be back on 25th or 26th morning, they wished me well, my sisters began to cry that they will miss me but, i reminded them that i will be back soon to go to the harvest with them,.
I boarded the next bus to Port Harcourt, got to James house and told him am ready,i brought my bike out started it and left for Abuja i left as early as 5am in the morning so i could get to Abuja before nightfall, i got to my destination by 6;43pm that evening delivered the parcel and he made a transfer to my boss James, i called him to confirm he has gotten the money he said yes, i left to an hotel to get some sleep, i got a room, took my bath, set my alarm for 4;50 am and slept off.
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