EPISODE NINE
Great­Kali was really a professional in the game just as he claimed, imagine the big save which looks like a cupboard in his house. The save is even more secured than bank vaults, with the kind of locks he constructed to it. He went to the save and opened it with one of the keys in his key holder, arranged each currency domination in where they belong and golds at the bottom of the save. Immediately he is done with the arrangement of all he achieved in that days job, he yawned and laid on the bed; ME: So you have a mini bank in your house yet you still go out there to rob people of their peanut? GREAT­KALI: I saw something special in you, that was why I decided to help you, but it seems you aren’t ready to unleash that special substance in you. For your information i’m not an illiterate like you think, everybody have his or her story to tell okay, so you better buckle up and be wise ME: You amaze me, you’re a graduate and decided to dumb your certificate or what? GREAT­KALI: Not only did I dump it but I set it ablaze, as long as I am in this country it is of no use ME: What do you mean by it is of no use?. There is great tendency that it will be of use someday GREAT­KALI: Guy, if you depend on your certificate you will end up in the psychiatric home after much frustration from companies and those on sits. ME: You might be right but that doesn’t mean you will have to engage in such crafty job all in the name of making it big GREAT­KALI: Pack your bone face Mr. Adviser, when you are ready let me know I want to sleep now.
I watch him as he dozed off, snoring like an elephant. I tried to make myself comfortable in the house, and later reach for a vacant space in the bed where I will rest. I imagined all what he said thoroughly seeing sense in every statement he made apart from the business he later settled for, I can do any kind of business in this life but not robbery because it isn’t part of me, and my mother won’t be of support, if she finds out. I concluded to stay with him for the main time until I get a job.
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THE NEXT DAY MORNING
I was still on bed sleeping, when Great­Kali woke me up; GREAT­KALI: My guy I dey go hustling oo, you dey online abi offline? ME: I appreciate your help and all you have done for me, but that job of yours is what I can never do GREAT­KALI: Na so you talk am? No problem na, make I waka (He was about opening the door when he turned back) GREAT­KALI: My spare key dey on top of the TV oo, in case you won go out make you lock my door well because thief full this area, I can’t afford to lose my hard earn money from the street. Manage this two thousand naira take eat today (throwing the money on the bed where I was) ME: Thanks bros GREAT­KALI: Nor thank me, thank your God for making me to pick you as my partner in crime. Bye (In my mind i was like: Partner in crime kê)
I stood up from the bed some minutes after he left, took my bath, freshen up, carried my file and was about leaving the house when my phone started ringing;
**picked** LUCKY: Brother Eli, Mama is down again oo ME: Mama….. down…. again….? Is she sick? (With fear flowing on my bloodstream) LUCKY: Yes, She hasn’t eaten anything since yesterday evening, and now she is laying on the bed since, without telling us what the problem is ME: You expect her to talk before you’ll do what is right eh? Please take her to the hospital and get back to me. LUCKY: Okay bros ME: Hope you have something with you, I mean any money? LUCKY: Yes, I have about six thousand naira ME: Then start going I’ll call you back. *Hang up* I could not go out again because of the present state of my mother, I called Lucky after an hour and he disclosed to me that mama is fine, but the doctor said if the operation is not done in two weeks time she won’t survive it. I kept on thinking of where and how to raised two hundred thousand naira, but couldn’t come out with a possible means. The only hope now is Great­Kali who has the money right in his house, but i don’t know if he’ll agree to borrow me the money. Just like a flash news, a strange suggestion came into my mind; I should just look for a way to break his big save and run away with the exact amount I needed. But running away with his money is the same thing as joining him in the job he does to raise the money, which I said I can’t partook. I kept on contemplating and concluded that taking the money is the best solution because he also took mine, and i’m doing it for a genuine reason not for a selfish purpose… My taught was still battling with my mind, when I saw a toolbox under the shelf in the house. I quickly reach for it and brought out the necessary tools to use. I successfully damaged the key in the next 5minutes. Wow! I exclaimed, I didn’t wasted a second as I started throwing clips of notes into my bag. Suddenly the door was wide opened with bright light rays moving directly into my eyes. What a mess! I didn’t lock the door.
I composed myself out of shock as I stared at the door to see the person who opened it.
TO BE CONTINUED…

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