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^^^Hey now, don't go all betting with your hard earned money o
#justsaying

And you are right, but under Ade's circumstances, you wouldn't really blame him for being paranoid, he's under a lot of pressure(this sound a good reason abi )

Yemisi got back home feeling excited, she just can’t wait to inform Ade about the good news, maybe things was about to change for the better, maybe God has answered her prayers for she was already losing faith.

Ade was on the single chair facing the TV, there was light and he was glued to the TV, he almost didn’t notice his wife coming in, he was watching a movie, it was jet li’s fist of the legend.

“Good evening” yemisi greeted

“hun hmm, welcome” he replied still his eyes glued to the screen

“What are you watching? Is it interesting?” she inquired as she dropped her bag on the centre table and sat on the bed, pulling off her sandals with her feet one after the other.

“hun yeah” he replied indignantly

“I have a surprise o, guess who called me today?” she said enthusiastically

Ade felt more disturbed, this is Jet Li for God’s sake, “it seems she just want to get on my nerves” he thought.

“You know I’m not good at guessing, why don’t you tell me and let me concentrate on this film please” ade said almost with an outburst

“Was I not the one who bought the DVD collection?” “Why are you acting as if you must watch it today?” yemisi said, obviously annoyed with his attitude

“Do you want to tell me about the surprise or fill my ears with all the things you bought in this house?” “You know how much I love Jet Li and you are also very well acquainted with almighty NEPA with the way they toy with power ehn”
“And moreover, it is my ears that will do the listening so what is it?” Ade said all these still facing the TV screen.

Yemisi thought for a second, she didn’t want to let him spoil her mood, so she waved off his attitude and decided to tell him the surprise anyway;

“Daddy called me today” she said

Ade immediately paused the movie and turned towards his wife, “what?!”
“Who called you? Are you serious?!” he exclaimed
“If this is your idea of a joke please stop it” he said with a frown on his face

Yemisi quickly brought out her phone to show him the missed and received calls; she told him what had been the reason for the call and how soon they want her back home at Abuja.

Ade started to feel insecure, so many thoughts raced across his mind, why is it now he is having troubles financially is this happening, perhaps this is a ploy to take his wife away from him, this can’t be happening he thought, yemisi is his wife and nobody can take her away from him.

“In fact, mummy had wanted me to come tomorrow” yemisi had continued when she heard her husband shout

“No! I can’t let you go”

“Why?” she asked baffled

“Since all these years, have you forgotten how your dad treated me?
“He made me feel like a nobody, he humiliated me”

She cuts in and said “but that was then ade, mummy said he has changed, everyone knew he was very cruel with the way he trats people, he disowned me, her own daughter!” “But still, I have forgiven him, and if he has really changed, and asked me to come, then I think I should” she concluded.

“My answer still is No!” ade replied getting up from his sit, agitated.
“You are not going anywhere, and that’s final” he concluded.

“How can you say that ade, what is wrong with you?” “It’s my family we are talking about here, can’t you see we’ve suffered enough and…”

Ade didn’t let her finish her statement, before he said “ha han! That is it, very good, is it because I don’t have money abi?” he said and then continued
“How am I so sure you are not even lying about your father, so this is your plan abi?”

“What plan?” yemisi asked still confused,

“Shut up, you think I am stupid abi? Ehn?”
“You think I didn’t know that it would come to this abi? Since you started discussing what is going on here with your mum, and she started sending you money”
“Have they found another man for you? Tell me!” Ade asked raising his voice

Yemisi couldn’t believe her ears, she looked startled, is this paranoia or what. She had always informed him of every conversation she had with her mum, so this idea he was spewing was kind of frustrating and insulting.

“Me, another man? What are you saying Ade? And please you don’t need all this you are doing” “why are you acting this way?” she asked, trying to understand him,
“I have been true to you, through thick and thin, and this is what you have to say?” yemisi further asked

“Please spare me all that” ade said waving her off with his hand, “it is either you are the husband or i am, and if I am still the husband in this house, I said you are not going and that is final” he picked up his wallet and stormed out of the house without saying where he was going.

Yemisi was taken aback with this new development of her husband, she couldn’t hold back the tears that were trickling down from her eyes, and she cried and cried and wished this was just a bad dream, that she’ll wake up and everything would okay, non of this had happened.

^^^ lol, you sef harsh o, 1 milla no be small money na...

@sidiq202 thank you bro, appreciate wella...

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She became frightened, scared, she was petrified her thoughts went wild; “could it be something bad has happened? Why would her dad be calling her?” She kept on staring at the phone until it went dead. She clicked on the missed calls and saw the missed calls were all from him, “this is no mistake, he definitely wants to speak to her” she reasoned.

The phone rang again, she picked up after the second ring and said “hello” faintly almost like a whisper.

“Hello Yemisi, where did you put your phone? I have been calling your line now”
The voice she heard wasn’t her father’s, she was relieved, it’s definitely her mom’s, but is she going nuts? Why would she even try to use her father’s phone to call her, or is father…” she stopped her thought right there and quickly said “hello mummy what is the matter, where is daddy?” “Hope everyone is fine?”

“Come down Yemisi, everyone is fine” her mom replied, “Hope you are doing fine as well?” “What about your husband?

“Mummy, I’m fine, Ade is fine too, thank you” where is daddy? How come you are phoning with his number?” she inquired.

“Your daddy asked me to call you; he said he wants to see you”

“What?! Are you serious?! Why did he want to see me?!” Yemisi asked surprised

“well, he has changed, he has been talking about you in the past few days” her mum replied

Yemisi was dumbfounded, what could have changed his father, this is not the general she knew
“eh, erm, I don’t even know what to say” she said stuttering.

“Just come home and pay him a visit, he really misses you, we all miss you” her mum continued.

“why didn’t he call me himself?” she asked, “why didn’t he want to talk to me himself?” where is he?’ “Is he there with you right now?”

“Actually, he his sleeping now, he said he felt bad what he had done to you, he just want you back home” “please say you’ll come ehn Yemisi?” her mother pleaded.

“Even your sister is here, speak with her”

Yemisi heard her sisters voice, this must be true or else something terrible has happened and they didn’t want to tell her.

“Tell me Yinka, what is wrong with daddy?” “Please don’t lie to me” she said knowing Yinka would definitely give her the answers if something was really going wrong.

“It’s true sis, daddy wants to see you, that is why I came back sis, we ain’t on holidays yet, you should come, daddy has really changed” her sister assured her.

“This sound too good to be true, okay then, I’ll come as soon as I can” yemisi said feeling a little bit excited.

“When will you come?” her sister asked, and immediately her mother collected the phone and said “you’ll be coming when? Tomorrow? She asked with eagerness

Yemisi laughed a little, “mummy, it’s not that easy, I have work and I need to inform Ade too…”

Her mum cuts in and said; “what work? Is it that yeye babysitting you call work?”

“Mummy it’s not babysitting, I am a teacher and moreover i can’t just leave without properly informing the school authority” “and I’ll have to ask Ade too” she replied.

“Okay I understand, her mum said, “just come within this week”

“haba mummy, is there something you are hiding from me? Or why are you so keen on me coming this week”

“Okay take your time, is just that I miss you so much and want you back home soon” her mum said not wanting to provoke her daughter

“Alright ma, I am also eager to come home, I’ll come as soon as possible”

They said bye and she terminated the call, it must be true then, she thought, daddy must have changed if not they wouldn’t have used his phone to make the call. She felt excited and it was as if life was just blown into her, she looked around her and called out to her pupils; “come and let’s sing a song”.

Aunty! Aunty! Aunty! “I want to poo poo, the continuous tugging and little voice of one of her pupil jolted her back to reality.
“Oh, sorry dear” she said, she looked around for the school cleaner, “mama, please come,” she beckoned “kindly take this girl to the toilet, she wants to poo poo” she told the school cleaner who was dosing at one corner, “she must be tired from all her cleaning exercise in the morning” Yemisi thought. She looked on as the old woman took hold of the little girl’s hand and led her into the toilet, she looked at the little girl again and thought perhaps her own daughter too would have been her age mate or close, she felt her stomach tightened, she felt a little bit dizzy and quickly went back into the classroom.

She entered back into her class, there was little to do other than keep them children busy with one activity or the other, it’s either she plays cartoon for them or she brings out the toys for them to play with. Her major work is when it’s time for them to eat; she would move from one table to the other and help almost each of them to eat. That is her daily routine at kg 2 classroom, more like babysitting, she even closes school around 5 or 6pm, because some parents had made arrangement with her, the working parents who had no one to stay with their kids.

The sound from the TV was very loud, “I love you, you love me…” the children were all trying to sing along, it was barney and friends that was being played on the DVD, she sat down and rested her head on the table, she looked very tired as if she had been working for several hours without stop, it was just 10:15am, how come she was this tired she couldn’t understand.

Her mind was basically revolving around her husband, she tried to remember the good old days, how very brilliant and confident he was, a tall and handsome charmer any day, but things have changed, how things turned out to be this way. She remembered how he was always optimistic, managing school work and organizing tutorials for his colleagues and new students. He was dubbed proff by his mates, the way he teaches was second to none.

Yemisi had admired Ade the first day they met, even though, she was first angered by his action, but getting to know him more made her fall in love with him. She had wondered if ever he found her attractive or even interested in her at all. Her hopes of ever impressing him was dashed when their results started coming in; she had like 4 carry over in her first semester only. She later got over her inferiority complex when he himself showed support and willingness to help her with her studies...

Yemisi hated mathematics, anything calculations made her confused; accounting wasn’t her choice, rather her fathers. Left for her, she would have loved to go for literature or linguistics; she was fascinated by art, poetry and language. But she was scared of her father, not only her, everyone was scared of him.

Chief Olowolayemo was a shrewd and ruthless business man, he was called an “Overtaker”, cos of the way he took over competitors businesses with ease. On the home front, they called him general, he gives command as if he is on a war front, his voice thick and loud, the house vibrates when he speaks. She often she cried when her father shouts at her when she was younger.

They were only two girls, her younger sister, Yinka who was 7years younger was never like her, she was bold, never afraid of their father, perhaps because they almost have the same character, both of them do not see eye to eye.

Things later changed, Yemisi became bolder and decided she won’t let her father’s actions affect her life; she would seek happiness no matter what, even if she was to go against her father’s wish.
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Yemisi still engulfed in her thought, remembered how Ade proposed to her while they were about to go for their youth service, she was surprised and excited when he did; though she had thought about it repeatedly and was almost giving up the thought and like a miracle, viola he made the move. She didn’t hesitate to say yes, she was so elated. They didn’t waste time, Ade wanted to be married to her as soon as possible, and they’ve been good friends since their 100level.

She was a little bit skeptical when Ade said he wanted to come and visit her parents, he wanted to make it formal, he had said, his plan was to get married to her immediately after their youth service, so he thought it wise to come meet with his future in-laws.

“No!” her father shouted, “I won’t let you marry that riff raff, he is a gold digger, he is nothing, how dare he come and ask for the hand of my daughter” the words of her father shattered her completely, Ade who had come to formally meet with the Olowolayemos was standing dumbfounded in the living room as he heard the man roared, he was devastated. He wanted to stay and persuade the man, but it was the mother that told him to quickly take his leave if he didn’t want more trouble for himself.

Ade was barred from visiting her and vice versa, but they still kept in touch. All efforts to persuade her father to agree to their union didn’t work out. She later decided she will marry Ade with or without her father’s approval.

They had a small wedding at the registry, only witnessed by friends; her father disowned her afterwards, and instructed the family never to contact her at all. Things moved on fine and she never really missed her family until when their problems started.
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“perhaps I should call home” she thought, “I should call and seek daddy’s forgiveness” “I don’t think I can continue like this” her eyes were already teary, she missed her family dearly, though she communicates with her younger sister and her mum, they even send money to her too, but not being able to visit them was very devastating.

Her parents were living in Abuja while her sister was schooling abroad, extended family was a no no, they were never that close to them, they had lived in isolation.

She heard the bell rang, it was already break time, she slowly got up and moved towards the children, “time is really running fast today o” “now my work just began” she thought with a weak smile on her face.

Yemisi was feeding her last student when she heard her phone rang, “who could that be?” she felt reluctant to go pick the call, some of her pupils were shouting and playing around her, it was like chaos in the class, she hated it when they start this behavior of theirs, she had noticed they become overtly playful after break, maybe due to surplus energy from their food.

“Aunty! Aunty! Your phone is ringing”, one of her pupils came by her pointing to her bag on the table, she looked at the little boy and thought “he must be smart enough to bring her phone” “ok, go and bring the phone” she said looking at him. The little boy ran excitedly towards her bag, fumbled a little bit with the latch, he grasped the phone as if he was holding a trophy and ran back to her.

She collected the phone and noticed 3 missed calls already; this person must really want to speak with her she thought. She was about checking who the person is when she saw “my daddy” on the screen. “Daddy!” she screamed, and the class went silent.

@beycitee
I must say, i wish i can just write everything out within a day, infact, its a done deal in my head, but, i'm still a learner lol, just bear with me.
Update should be coming tomorrow, God willing...

tbaba1234: From fry pan to fire... Ade is the "selfish and heartless fellow”... He is about to cause more wahala for his wife....

JazakAllahu Khair...

Good work.

Wa iyakum,
Thank you very much bro, i really appreciate your comment.

You are right about Ade, he wouldn't have been like that, his experience in life so far as turned him into what he is, the reason i tried to write some background stories...

Mutaino7: Never have i see reality in plain writing as this. You are something else seriously.

Wow, you making my head swell o...
Thank you very much.

It was during his third year in the banking sector that he was sacked, before then, he was happy and pleased, he had always envied bankers, the way they suite up and handled numbers, they had this charisma, they always looked intelligent and successful. One of the reasons he decided to study accounting.

He was retained after his youth service with the bank, he served in Cross River state; he applied for a transfer and he was granted. He was so elated that he felt on top of the world. He would have stayed back in cross river if he had known, for barely 2years in Lagos head office, his troubles started.

“Mr Remi Ogunwande”,he remembered the name of his boss, the source of his present predicament, still thinking, he said; “selfish and heartless fellow”. “How can someone be so wicked just because of money?” the whole event started to play back in his memory like a home video, he wanted to stop, he wished it was a home video he could stop or eject and throw away the disk, but this is no home video, it was his reality and there is nothing he could do about it.

He remembered how warm he was received by his boss the first day he resumed for work at the head office, Mr. Ogunwande had asked him of his hometown, which he replied that he was from Ogun state, Ijebu water-side to be precise. His boss had said immediately that he was his in-law since his wife was also from Ijebu water-side. He felt at home and in safe hands.

Little did he know he was getting himself into big trouble, because his boss was a con man. Unknown to him, his boss was already into fraud, he was trading with customer’s funds without their consent, he would have been caught if not that he had accomplices among staff members, in fact, they were a team and they were very smart at covering their tracks.

Part of Ade’s responsibilities in his section, included confirming cheques, and paying into respective accounts, he did his work diligently, and never had any reason to be wary about his colleagues or even his boss.
He had just got back from his annual leave, he noticed that there was audit being carried out, but what really got to him was the attitude of his boss and some of his colleagues, they were apparently apprehensive, he couldn’t understand why, he thought maybe the stress of the job was getting the best of them he had thought.

Ade went straight to work, not minding what was going on around him. Although he always verifies an account before paying into it, he made a mistake of paying 300millon naira into a wrong account. The money belonged to a telecommunication company that operated two accounts with the bank; one of the accounts was made dormant while the other was active. Ade didn’t know that, he had paid into the account which was no longer active.

His boss noticed this, but didn’t inform him, because he was having his own troubles, the market had crashed, and he made serious loss in trading with customers funds, sooner or later, he was going to be caught. He saw an opportunity and he took advantage of it, using his position and access to important information, he transferred the money into an offshore account, he disappeared that very next day.

Ade didn’t notice his mistake, not until the company made a formal complaint to the bank, and then the audit firm had noticed discrepancies in their section. Ade and his colleagues were arrested and tortured by the police, he was later found innocent, but his appointment with the bank was terminated. Ade had spent all he had saved, bribing the police and pressing necessary buttons; no one came to his aid except his wife and uncle banjo that stood by him all through.
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Ade rolled over to his right, he was tired and restless, he wished Friday had come, so he could ease his mind and think of what else to do. He thought some more about his life, the way things had turned out and wondered if he wasn’t cursed or something. A stray thought came to his mind,
“Look at you, your problem started when you visited your village, didn’t you go and visit baba ibaji and gave him some money?”
“Yes o, I did visit baba ibeji 2years ago, and it was after I returned that all this started happening” he replied himself
“Ha!” he shouted, “it must be baba ibeji that placed a curse mark on me o”
He started to blame himself, “why did I even go to visit someone who had been cruel to me? Still talking to himself, “yeah, he must be the one behind his misfortune” he concluded.

“I must find solution to my problem” he thought, “there must be someone who can help” he thought of telling his wife about it, but he knew his wife would be no party to such things, he then decided to look for solution on his own.

Yemisi couldn’t say anything; she was weakened by her husband’s narration. She was standing with arms akimbo when she noticed reflections from the window, rays of light from the sun was flickering into the room, she quickly glanced at the wall clock, it was already 7:15 am, she had better leave her husband and prepare for work or else, she would be very late, she reasoned.

She worked at a privately owned primary school in their neighborhood, about two streets away from their home, she was a teacher there, she never had a reason to get a job before, but she had to, when her husband lost his own job. She couldn’t get a job of her choice due to her poor grade she made from the university, she graduated with a pass. When things became difficult, she had no choice but to get any job that would pay the bills; teaching job seems to be the only one available and possible for her to do.

She dressed up and got ready for work, remembering that her husband didn’t eat the night before, she dashed outside to meet up with buying “ewa agaonyi” and yam from their regular customer, a Togolese woman, who was already outside, screaming at the top of her voice with a funny Yoruba accent; “e lewa yin ti de o!” She bought for herself and her husband; she couldn’t wait to eat, so she decided to take it along with her to work in a food flask instead.
“I am going to work” she said, picking up her bag and was about to leave, then she turned towards her husband who was lying on the bed,
“Your food is on the table; you better eat it now before it gets cold”.
“Thank you” He replied,
“I’ll be eating later; I think I have lost my appetite”
“Appetite wouldn’t be the only thing you’ll lose if rent is not paid” she thought within herself.
“Okay, see you later”, she shrugged and left without even looking at him. On a normal day, she would have added” love you” and a kiss, but she couldn’t bring the words forth, nor show any form of affection, she was really disappointed in him.



Immediately she left, Ade sat up and pounced on the food like a hungry lion, he was definitely hungry, he pretended not to be just to get sympathy from his wife, such tricks had worked wonders in the past…but things have changed he noticed, he could sense his wife’s attitude had changed, “but what would he have done?” He asked himself feeling sorry.

He looked around the small room and gave a big sigh, he had nowhere to go, there was no electricity, and the whole house will be boring within a moment he thought. He had submitted is CV at countless number of companies, he had written test upon test and nothing seems to be working out, “this country is messed up, people are just too selfish and heartless” he fumed. He lay on his back, staring endlessly at the ceiling fan, he noticed some dirt and he thought “ha, Yemisi hasn’t been doing anything in this house o” “look at how dirty the fan is?” “She is a very lazy woman” he concluded in his mind. But that was not the case, he knew better, he knew his wife wasn’t lazy, but he was just trying to find fault in her, something that would make him feel good about himself.

Ade grabbed his phone and scrolled to the calendar menu, he wanted to check again if Friday would be the last working day of the month, the date was Monday 25th of April, almost 2years he had lost his job with Best Bank plc, he thought, but he didn’t want to think about it, his mind wouldn’t let go.
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