Chapter88 Banks Money
Everyone is gather at the
Jackson family sitting room
waiting to hear the big
announcement.
The lawyer open an envelope
and look at the faces of everyone,
they are so anxious to hear
what’s in for each one.
The lawyer open the first
envelop to read.
"This is what Mr. Jackson said
on this latter, “I will like to thank
everyone of you who have
contributed one way or the
others to make me a happy man
while on earth, because if you
are hearing this words from my
lawyer, it than mean’s that I am
no more among the living, and
this is what I want from every
one of you my immediate family,
I want all of you to be at peace
with each other, don’t let my pass
mistakes to divide you further
than it already did, to my two
sons ken and ben, I love you
equally and I will like to see you
go along with each other, if I
cannot do it when am alive, I
hope that my death makes both
of you to come together and plan
how to bury me. And that is
why am giving my lawyer the
following order.
1, that I will be buried before
the will is read.
2. both of you must go along
with each other before the will
can be read.
Both of you must agree to take
my wives and the rest of the
family along.
As for my wives, I know that
they have tolerated each other
for a very long time, and I want
both of you to keep on doing that
even though I am no more, help
our children to live peacefully.
Failure to do so, my will, will
not be read.
The lawyer stop to look at the
entire family, they were all quiet
like the dead, no one spoke.
"Is there anything any of you
have to say? The lawyer ask.
But no, everyone is silence no
one is ready to talk, they were
thinking of how to start
spending money almost
immediately and here Mr.
Jackson wants them to do all
this things before his will can
be read.
"It’s ok with me, Ken spoke first
but I don’t know about the others".
"Am ok with it too, Ben said and
every one of them say the same
thing.
"Good, that is a welcome
development so you guys need
to fix a date to bury Mr. Jackson
then the will can be read, the
lawyer said and close his
briefcase.
After the lawyer left very one
want to their own quarters.
"Are you sure is my husband
that wrote such letter."
" I think so, mom", Ben assured
his mom.
"Then where are we going to get
the money for a huge burial like
this one? Since Ken and his
mother are saying there is no
more money in the company
which I doubt is true."
"We will find a way, let me go
and see ken, so we can arrange
for the burial."
After much argument, they came
into a conclusion then they got
back to the lawyer who told
them where Mr. Jackson has
kept money for his funeral."
The day came and the whole
family work together to make the
occasion a huge success.
"Dad, why is my mother not here?"
Timothy ask Ken.
Ken was really finding it hard
to accept Timothy as his son,
but there is nothing he can do
about it, he has to keep his
father’s secret, he made a promise
and he will take it to his grave.
Gina look at Ken who did not
answer Timothy’s question.
"Tell him the truth, Gina said,
he is going to know one way
or the other."
"Yea, but I don’t think is the
right time."
"Come here dear, Gina hug
Timothy, “don’t worry your mom
will be find ok, we are still looking
for her."
"Did she got missing?"
"Yes,"
"No, those men took her, she
is not missing."
"Ok, we will make sure to
find her."
"Go and play with little Tina ok,"
"Yes."
"Don’t worry, you can call me mom."
"Ok, mom, timothy smile for the
first time since his mother got
missing.
"What are we going to do about
timothy’s questions, he won’t
stop asking about his mother,
Gina complain to Ken."
"What did you think we should do?"
"Tell him the truth."
"Ok, you go ahead and tell him
the truth, am fine with it."
"We need to brace ourselves
for what is coming ken said."
"What is coming?"
"The way I see it, is like we are
going to lose the company and
this house."
"What do you mean?".
"Earlier I receive this letter from
the bank."
"Let me see, Gina takes it from
ken and read it."
"This is not happening, what are
you going to do?"
"Let's show it to mom and ben
and his family so they know what
is going on.
This is so serious, how did it
got to this point?"
"I remember my dad trying to
tell me something, but I didn’t get
it that time, now I think am
beginning to get it. He was telling
about the bank and how he run
the company and that the money
belongs to the bank, now we
have spent more than we needed
to spend and this is the result."
"This was ben’s fault, he is the
one spending without minding
that the company is running on
borrowed money."
"Hmmm, I will have to take it to
them so they know what we are
up against."
"What? This can’t be true, this
is my husband’s house, the bank
cannot take my husband’s house
is not possible. Ben’s mother
keeps shouted and crying."
" Let’s call the lawyer to read
the will, after all the funeral is
over, Tina suggested "
The lawyer was called up to
read the will.
Ben was given two estates
and 100 million as the first son
of the family.
Ken was given the company
and one estate with 100 million
The mansion was given to his
two wives and 100 million each
His grandchildren are given
40million each.
Daughter in-laws 60 million each.
Relations and relatives got
their own share too.
But this money will not be remitted
to them until the debt own the
bank are cleared.
"What??? Are you saying that
we cannot get anything until the
bank’s money are paid in full?"
Everyone ask the lawyer.
"Yes, that is the instructions of
Mr. Jackson.
"That cannot be his order ben’s
mother augured, my husband
cannot do that to me, I know him,
is not hard heart to this point."
"Mom, it has nothing to do
with hard hearted, is the banks
money he was using to run the
company, now the company has
acquired a lot of debit and there
is nothing any of us can do about
it, we cannot even sell anything to
cover the loan", Ben said.
"So what do we do now?, she
ask everyone.
"We are going to gather everying
we have to pay off the loan Tina
said, making Ben and Ken to
laugh at the same time.
"What is making you boys laugh?
She ask them.
"Mom, how much do you have
at hand to pay of loans that
runs in billions of naira?"
"Is that how much it is?"
"Yes mom, is up to a 100 billion
naira loan we are talking about,
and the bank are threatening to
take over this house and other
properties".
"We need to think of something
fast because as for me I don’t
have anywhere to go". Miriam said.
"But you have a house, where
your shop is Ben ask his wife.
"Look at you, that is all you can
think about, they start quarreling,
making Ken and the rest look
at each other.
"But there is no need to fight
and quarrel, ken said, we can just
think of something else.
"Something like what? Ben turn
to ken.
"Something like start adjusting
your mind to live below your
current standard."
"That is not going to happen."
"Ok, so what do you suggest
we do.?"
"Look for a way to start paying
off the money".
"Hmm, that is a good idea, but
where do we get the money?"
"Grace was so glad to see Ken
and Ben discussing like real
human beings this time, how I
hope things didn’t turn out to
be so, now they are going to lose
their home to the bank, but how
on earth did Mr. Jackson manage
to live with all these debt? I believe
he must be very happy to me
relieve of all this burden, he was
a strong man indeed, how would
I have known that he has been
carrying all this load along without
telling any of us, may his sweet
soul rest in peace."
They all chorus amennnn.
"I have a suggestion to make,"
Gina raise her hand.
"What is it?" They all ask her.
"Let’s sell one part of the quarters
and pay off the debt then we all
can live in one of the quarters.
Which in this case, she pause to
look at byen and his wife. Let’s
sell ben’s questers"
"What??? Ben side of the family
all chorus.