Survival Of The Game

Knife To The Heart

It was Dawn, Jack was already awake. Although he couldn't tear his gaze off the ceiling or was it sleep playing pranks on him.

He leaned on his soft cosy pillow thinking of securing another employment, he had heard from other people searching for the same thing, they couldn't get one.

Mali was such a messy country, the government couldn't get to make life easy for its citizens.

What do they do with the money in the country? What about the money from the natural resources what the heck do they do it with? Not like they even construct at least three factories, to soothe the pressure of the country.

People are suffering, they get deep in debts every f*****g day.

Mali is a country where only the rich gets richer, while the poor ones get poorer.

The wealthy and the elites, make use of them, getting them rooted into their trap by lending money to them constantly. But the borrowers are unaware they would get trapped in their plan soon.

Lost totally in confusion he had forgotten he was going to apply at a company two cities away from his.

Jack was Sikassio in Mali, one of the cities in the rural areas. In the city, he lives in a minor town where everyone recognises one another.

He was going to apply for a job at Trepy, a city in the urban area, about 2km away from home.

" oh no no" he jumped out of his bed immediately he realises he ought to have prepared by now. Punctuality certainly matters, especially when you applying for a job. You need to go early, to give them the first impression of you.

" Ella, did you iron the clothes I asked you to for me?" He asked hurriedly as he got into the living room. Ella was sitting on the blue couch watching a sequel.

" oh I did, it is right there" pointing at the table used for pressing clothes.

"Oh thanks" he perked her on her cheek.

"Wait a second?" he hesitated as he was about to head towards his room.

" What are you doing? What are you doing in the sitting room watching a movie?

"Or am I mistaking? What's today? Isn't it Friday?

" Yeah it is Friday" she blinked.

" Then why ain't you in school before now??

" I was asked not to come to school! I still owe school fees you know?" She yelled.

" And you told me to quit my part-time job, now what do want me to do??" She yelled more, aroused in anger.

" This is all I can do now bro, I have nowhere to go or have anything to do, I'm just as jobless as you!

"Huh? she quickly placed her palm on her lips as she recalled what she just spits out. Her gaze sharpens.

" Jack I'm so sorry, I didn't mean what I said" oh s**t she just put salt into an exposed injury.

"What was I thinking" she thumped her head a couple of times.

"That's alright, he gulped.

" I will see what to do about the school fees" he responded as he made his way out of the living room.

Jack was bewildered, all he did as a response was to nod.

He promptly got into the bathroom to take his bath and prepare for the job he was going to seek at Trepy.

It took him at least not less than 10mins to bathe, he sure has no time to waste anymore.

After bathing, he put on his black leather tuxedo, with match trousers and a black shoe. Then a manly wristwatch to complete the outfit.

Afterwards, he carried his bag and exit the room. Ella was still in the living room, her eyes were keeping a watch on the aisle where jack would be coming out from.

"Bro I'm sorry about my outburst, once more" she pleaded with her hazel eyes, so tempting that you would easily forget just by staring at them.

"That's fine," he touched her shoulder.

"I'm going out in search of a job, take care of yourself I will be back soon" he expressed.

"Alright and you too"

" And wait, " he turned backwards, around at her, could you do me a favour by checking up on Anna please? she has not been picking up my calls.

"Sure bro I will do that," she said.

He made his way out of the apartment. Heading to Trepy in a hustle.

Not more than 3hours he arrived at the company, I know right it was quite far from the rural area.

Guess what was the outcome?

Jack was denied the job, he was told there isn't any vacancy and they are unsure of when they would be needing one.

Jack sluggishly walked out of the company, feeling the heat of the torture, thinking of Ella school fees he decided to break up the investment plan by requesting his money.

Now he needed it urgently to take care of Ella school, then he placed a call across Benjamin. He dialled the exact number given to him by Benjamin.

"Hey what's up, I need my money urgently, could they be any way to break the investment plan and collect my money? I mean I'm no more interested anymore because I'm impatient to wait till month end before I get my money and interest" he explained a detailed description.

The man on the phone call was a damper from his horizon, waiting for him to conclude.

" I'm sorry to say I'm not Benjamin, but I'm an agent to this company, didn't you read the content of the document? About the rules of the investment."

"OK let me repeat the exact thing written in the document, if you request your money before the end of the month, you lose all totally.

Stupid him he was blinded to that aspect in the document, instead of reading thoroughly he just scanned through, skipping the essential statements.

" I'm sorry, you have no money with us now, since you violated the rule."

"What?? " hold on wait for a minute? He screamed on the phone, but the agent hung up.

"Oh f**k! What nonsense is he saying to me? He must be f*****g kidding with me.

Jack placed a call across again, but he says none reachable he probably has blocked his line.

" f**k! He smashed the bag in his left hand on the floor, this can't be happening!!"

" I have to meet that bastard who played a prank on me" Jack gnash his teeth as he made his way to his mother's cottage, not deeming the fact if he would be there or not.

Immediately after he got there, he saw Benjamin standing outside discussing with his mom.

" You f*****g crook!" he threw a punch across his face causing blood to ooze out of his tiny nose.

" Hey man, what is going on?" He looked perplexed at the commotion.

" Ask me one more time and I will break your nose for you, motherfucker, how dare you! Where the f**k is my money I want it back!"

"I'm sorry bro" he sob a bit making effort to explain the situation.

"Sorry for what? " he sounded so impatient.

"Jack I understand please just hear me out," he said wiping his bleeding nose.

"Jack" hesitated for a while, his mind was crunched, he doesn't want to hear any s**t but his money.

"I'm sorry I was also scammed, I didn't know it was a fraudulent scheme, I invested 100k hoping my money would be doubled too" he sobbed as he explained.

"What? 100k? Jack staggered backwards when he had the amount he invested, it was way huge than his. His kneel suddenly felt weak, to knee on the floor, without wasting time he fell to the ground.

The torture and stress were just hell too much for him.

After 30 minutes of resting and thinking, he stood up and made his way home, it was just a 10-minute walk to his house.

He hung his coat in his hand walking woozily as he got home.

hmm, a bomb! what is he gonna do now?