AUTHOR/WRITER : ODIKAYOR U. EZEKIEL
SEASON : NIL
EPISODE : 1
DEEP
Bros , emm bros on black Howfar? Is the ATM Machine not paying? You just stand there dey look, if you no sabi use the machine shebi you say you need help ni, mtcheeew.
{An anonymous man said with a sense of ardent quarrel in view}
Finally papa Joshua broke the silence, "abeg I need help abeg". Na my first time to use the machine abeg make una no vex.
{Mark- known as papa Joshua said Pleading for help from the long queue...}
It wasn't long the anonymous guy that shouted at him from adams went to his rescue.
Sir Wetin you wan do...
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Papa Joshua didn't get himself not until the keke man's cab he entered asked for his 100Naire payment for his service. Ah! How did I get here.
Why still lamenting, he received a debit alert of #600 thousand naire {600k}
{That was all papa Joshua had ...}
Then he checked his pocket, the one thousand naire note he had on him while coming to the ATM machine was gone. He was practically left with #100 naire note.
After he explained what happened at the ATM machine to the Cab man, he (the cab man) immediately told him; "Oga you have been scammed ooo". The guy used jaz on you o Oga... Your money don go ooo. So this kind thing still dey happen for this country?
{The cab Man Lamented...}
Papa Joshua went mad for 5minutes after which he realized it was all a reality. Oga cab man," the money I just borrow am from bank na. I no get work for now, my house rent don expire and I dey owe debts. My children need to go school". He said all these with an excruciating outpour of tears...
But Oga you go pay me come down here o, na you know how you Want take do am ooo...Pay me my #100 naire make I go work abeg...
{ cab man collected the last #100 naire from papa josh. And zoomed off...}
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Filled with both sweat and tears gushing profusely all at once from his face and body he finally arrived home after 3hours of trekking.
Honey you wasted time o, what kept you so long and why are you sweating like this?
{Mrs beatrice, his wife asked while welcoming him...}
I am dead ooo my wife!
Why would you say that honey...{ the wife asked in awe of the moment}
papa Joshua explained What happened..........
Ah! We are both dead ooo
Honey why will you do this to us, money that the bank loan us yesterday, ah....we are really dead.
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It wasn't long Princewill arrived home from his JAMB lesson he went...
Ah, what's happening daddy and mummy, he asked in confusion.
When he heard what happened from his mom's mouth, he knew life was remaining just 1% for him, cux his dreams of becoming an engineer was about going down the drain in his very eyes.
It wasn't long a tall dark skinned man pushed their door opened panting {breathing heavily...}
Sir sir, your daughter was knocked down just now by a truck. She was rushed to Save-A- Life Hospital. I just said I should let you be aware.
{After speaking he ran out...}
With shouts and exclamatory expression, both father, mother and son ran out heading to the hospital.
Why running, they saw there landlord coming- of course he wasn't smiling.
{They kept running without stopping to even greet the landlord. He was popularly called papa biggy, being that he has a fat fleshy son- Ikenna}
Ehen abi? Una dey run abi? Una go run come back later na....I have tolerated you people for 9months after your rent expired, I won't do that again. Either you pay or you leave; I won't hear further excuse at all.
To Be Continued
Episode 2 next...
