THE INFLUENCE OF FRIENDS

CHAPTER FOUR

Mrs. Ngozi Agu heard the sound of her husband's car as he arrived home from work. She quickly took off her apron, turned down the heat from the cooker and rushed out of the kitchen to open the door for him. ''welcome darling" she greeted, "how was work today?" "oh it was fine". Mr Obinna gushed. He dropped his suitcase on the floor for the first time and smiled happily on like the other days that he always come back to work very tired.

"Ah you look so happy today" does being a chairman of a local government makes someone happier than any other profession or have you won the presidential election?. Mrs Ngozi joked. Mr. Obinna burst into laughter. "oh no, I have not won the presidential election so you don't have to be jealous of my job"." I am just happy today because I drove to the site of our new house under construction and guess what, we can now move in".

"The house is now ready for habitation, you're not the only one who has noticed my joy today, even my colleagues were all surprised by how happy I looked. In fact they all commented on it. It is great to know that anytime from now, we can leave this Village we have leaved in for so long and move to the city. That's why I am so happy and been unable to hide the joy from busting out of me, aren't you happy? I m over joyed Mrs Ngozi replied.

Mrs.Ngozi who had been beaming with smile as her husband speaks happily about their newly completed house. " in fact I can't wait for us to move In. it will be really nice to tell the villagers that we are moving into our own apartment. from the day we started the project I've been living in expectation of today. oh I can't wait to tell Tochi about it, Our son would be so happy to learn that we are moving to the city. our own house, let me quickly finish cooking so that we can break the news to Tochi together, he is going to be happy.

"Yes, he will. Imagine how great it would be for him. A new house in the city, a new school and new friends. He should celebrate with us, where is he" "he should be in room, doing his homework" "Oh good boy, leave got not regret that we have only him alone as our child. What more could parents wish for than a child like him, he is such a brilliant boy. He passes all his examination at the first attempt.

His wife sighed, "I wish I had another child but since we have tried without success, I am happy that Tochi had made us so proud and happy. He is a good boy. As a woman I Know his academic brilliant is due to hard work. I'm very proud of him"

That was when Tochi came out of his room, "mummy, daddy, what's going on?, your voice have been breaking my Concentration I'm in Ss3 now and I have to got to work harder at my studies. What's the good news?" " Oh Tochi your dad and I are so happy, we couldn't hide our joy. That is why our loud voices disturbed you, can you imagine that our house is now completed?, we can now move in anytime from now. we are so happy aren't you happy?, you dad and I had looked forward for today for so long. now our dreams has come true and we can now move into our own house". Tochi jump up for joy".

"now I can tell my friends that we have our own house somewhere in the city. I have a new life waiting for me now. I'm really lucky, the whole family were very happy that thier new house under construction is now completed and they can now move into a new house in the city".