Chapter 12 : THE STORY CONTINUES..

I know that I and my parents were not that close not even close to close especially my father, but even at that they still mean the whole world to me, I can give up anything for them because there are the only family and relatives at the same time to me.

While our work was going on, a time came we started baking cakes, my boss wife is also a baker amidst been a senior teacher, although I must testify that the knowledge and the experience with the taste of the cake was a whole lot of pleasant adventures to me.

She bakes wedding cakes a rare quality One at that, I must confess, I've not eaten any other cake outside as sweet and as quality as her cake since then till now, she uses both natural preservatives and knot med,I mean her cake is indeed delicious, just one bite will fill your mouth

My boss was supposed to pay us our first salary on the 22nd of the September, it got to about 15th of September he called the both of us and asked us if we would prefer him to be paying us our money completely or should he pay us half and reserve half for us, honestly I didn't want him to finish speaking I told him he should be paying me completely, I don't know about Austin my colleague, then Austin agreed to be payed half and reserve half.

My boss had insisted on my own decision that I must agree to his terms but I strongly said no to him, then I told him instead he should go and Open account for me so I can be saving my money there, then he couldn't say otherwise again, he agreed to open a bank account for me, he asked me to call my cousin brother to come and guild me through..

Immediately I rushed back inside our room and called my cousin brother on the phone, and told him about the discussion and agreement with my boss, he wanted to speak otherwise but I assured him I wouldn't get an ATM card so he then agreed to come the Next day so that we can go and Open the account.

The next day came, after we finished our morning duties my cousin brother arrived and then we left for the account opening, we got to first bank Nigeria at MCC junction abayi ABA Abia State remember it was 2014 and I was just 18 years I had just finished my secondary education and I traveled to the city and saw another world.

We went and snapped a two minutes passport and then my boss had given us his national Identity card for the account opening ID, it was one Mr chimezie then that created the account for me and the account is still in operation till date, he later became my current account officer from 2018-2019 before they transferred from that branch to another branch.

After opening the account we had agreed that I would not apply for an ATM card although I didn't even have the charge to pay them for the card so it was likely to say we couldn't apply for the card then, but trust me I was already working on how to get the card even before the month ends.

We dispatched to our different routes, I went back to my base with joy in my heart that I have gotten a bank account even though nothing was inside.

It was 22nd of September already and we had expected we will be payed maybe in the morning or latest in the afternoon so that we can buy some food stuffs and drop inside our room but unfortunately we were not payed until it was 10:00 PM when every one had gone to sleep, he came and called us from our room and asked us to come to his parlour

We went immediately to his parlour and his wife was sitting there already, when we came she started giving us some advice on how to utilize money and all that, after a short word of advice from his wife, he pulled out two envelopes and gave to us one after another, we greeted humble and left to our room, we went inside rejoicing that we have been payed the first salary peacefully.

The next day after we finished our morning duties, I went straight to one community market in abayi called ( ahia nkwo) and I bought 2 paints of garri one packet of st Louis suger and one carton on milk power biscuit then it was around 900 or 1000 naira, i still had enough change for myself then I bought some necessary things like bathing soap, I even bought some ok clothes.

As a teenage boy who just left the village months ago I really needed to adapt to new features in the city because I admire them, I like what I see, I seriously needed to change everything that is obsolete in my entire life.

I was trained in a way where I provide for myself whatever I need as a kid, my parents wasn't buying us gifts even though my father would promise to buy me a gift if I score first in my primary school and later I will score first but he will not buy me anything, I always like what fellow kids likes even though no one was providing it for I was naturally strong to provide for myself as a kid.

I could remember buying Nokia c1 then in 2011 I bought it new one with carton 7500 as at then with my personal money that I had worked for, I was born alone so it made me to be my own best friend, I learned loving myself as a kid, I learned..