Chapter 15 : THE STORY CONTINUES..

... before I registered my waec exams that my mother borrowed money from their village meeting and they are expected to pay back the money before 24th - 25th of December If not they will come with enforcement team and embarrass mother and our plan was if I receive salary this month I would send them part of it to add with the one they have already and pay to avoid the embarrassment.

I couldn't even finish speaking the wife told me that I will be paid tomorrow, I jumped up and shouted thank you ma thank you sir, then I left.

The next day being 24th before it could get to 10:00 AM my boss brought the envelope for me and it was my full salary 12000 naira, I told him I was going out to send the money to them and he said ok, I finished what I was doing so fast and went out, guess what I went out to do..

I had told that my friend to inform those my brothers that got me drunk about the plans and that I will buy somethings and keep it with them, then I will come and carry it when I'm going, I went out to buy a traveling bag and some new clothes for myself, after buying all of them I went and dropped it with those my brothers.

Then I returned to my working place pretending I had finished sending the money to my family and everyone believed, we moved on as if nothing happened, remember the next day is just Christmas and these people has no plans for us going to see our families.

On 24th evening the wife came to our room and gave work in advance for 25th, she told us to grind somethings for and pound pepper and onion for, she gave us money to buy those things and gave us extra 200 naira each for compensation.

She was thinking maybe those gestures would not allow me to take my leave, and that was were she underestimated me, we collected the money and greeted her thank you for it, and she wished us happy Christmas in advance and I wished her back.

From her actions it was as if she was having this insight that I might leave without telling them, so was just acting differently but I maintained my plans, I never gave her any impression that I was going to leave at all, after that day I siphoned their plans from her, I never mentioned anything about traveling ever again but it was my major plans in my mind.

After giving us that work in advance she left for her room, I had some clothes I spread outside the corridor, I went there and I packed it together and still left it there, I had another ones downstairs, I went downstairs and packed it together and left it there,I had another ones in the backyard, I went to the backyard and I packed it together and still left it there. I went inside and I carefully scattered my clothes around the room because she was just coming inside our room often and on.

Finally we slept but I couldn't sleep, I was lying down pretending I was sleeping, I was just monitoring every thing with Brains, before I could check time again it was already 25th of December around 5:00 AM, I was already up from bed I was just thinking and praying in my mind for my plans to work as I planned it.

Few minutes later she came to call us as usual I opened the door for her before she could even get closer to our door, they had finished preparing for their morning mass and my colleague is not going with them because of the work she had given us before hand, we went downstairs and opened the gate for them and they drove out.

I couldn't wait again, immediately, I rushed to where I packed my clothes downstairs and I took them upstairs, I rushed to the backyard and packed the ones there inside and I went to the corridor and I packed the ones there inside and I quickly arranged them inside the bag I was using there, while I was arranging my clothes my colleague stood and I was staring at me, he didn't know what to do or what to say, he asked me wisdom what are you doing??

I told him to keep looking at me that he will see what I'm doing soon, while I finished arranging my clothes and finished packing them in my bag, I brought out that money she gave us to use and buy Christmas food stuffs for her I gave it to my colleague and I told him to give it back to his boss wife and tell them that I'm going to see my family and there is nothing anyone can do to stop me, when I say I'm going to do something I usually do it.

Immediately I took off and left the house that early morning and I went straight to the house of those my brothers that I kept my new properties with, to my colleague he never expected it, he never believed it, he was quite older than me with about 4 years but I was quite very clever and smarter than him with an immeasurable length.

Finally I left that prison, it was a prison to me because i was not allowed to at least go out around the street and make new Friends and see new things as someone who came to the city, but we were not allowed to cross the gate.

I repacked my loads and left to go and book a ticket for my journey, I got a text message from my boss wife, "you're stupid" she said..