Chapter 4 : THE STORY CONTINUES..

...We stood outside the office and waited for the woman to come out and see me, there was a long bench outside for customers we sat on the bench and waited for the woman.

Few minutes later she had finished what she was doing and she came outside to see me, on her coming out I sighted her and I rushed and stood up from the bench I didn't really know what prompted that act but I did it anyways, first thing she commended on that act, she said it was a sign of good behavior

That was her first speech the next thing she said was I will call that man and I will tell him I have found him a boy, a good one, I was already blushing on hearing that comment

All I could say was thank you ma thank you ma, I couldn't stop showing how grateful I was even now,then she further said that the man she is sending me to that he is a strict man, that he is so principled and disciplined, she said if I go there and work for a while and I don't like it that I should not hesitate to let her know that she will give me another job.

I was already in heaven on hearing that, me, a village boy like me getting such favor from an unknown woman, I've never seen her in any way or form before,it was my first time of seeing her and she is so kind and caring to me, I was overwhelmed with gush.

She asked me to wait that she has called the man already and he is on his way, we waited a while and he arrived few minutes later and he saw me and he didn't say a word to me he only talked with the woman and finally asked me my name and where I came from and I answered him appropriately.

He said ok that he will give me work and he will be paying me 12 thousand naira monthly, As a small boy that has spent three weeks repeating same meal and earning nothing at the end of the month even walking into another kind of pain was also a better option at least a change of venue would be a pleasure.

I didn't even have anything else to say but thank you! I went home rejoicing because I was told to go and bring my belongings over then bring my uncle along.

I rushed with my friend and we got home and I packed my things and my uncle agreed to come without hesitation, before then, we had drove to the man's compound, he drove I and my friend to his compound then asked us to go and come back with my uncle.

I arrived ASAP with my uncle, when we got there I realized they had already employed another boy from Calabar the same work, he was the one that directed me to where I will be sleeping as our room.

A three storey building with four bedroom flat each and the man is the owner of the compound, while I went inside to drop my bags even without waiting for my uncle to conclude, they discussed about the things that are inclusive in my duty both the routine and the salary.

After a long discussion with my uncle, they concluded and my uncle left

From there the new me evolved, our duty was supposed to be only feeding and taking care of the birds and the farm but sooner house help and cooks even apprentice became part of the work with time, instead of calling a plumber to repair the pipes that is supplying water to the entire building,they rather we go downstairs and fetch water to the third one which was where we were a staying with his wife.

My boss was a wealthy business man, he was a member of KSM in catholic church and he was quite aged his wife was a senior teacher who marks waec results too, they had three children one boy and two girls, the boy was the first issue followed by the two girls, As at that August 2014 that I went to work for them, all their children had finished everything about school from beginning to PhD level, because it was just few months after we started working there that their last daughter just returned from London where she did her Masters degree.

Their first son is already a British citizen and their first daughter had married a rich man in Owerri in imo State.

We resumed our duty that same day and I was commended that same day for my cleverness and my tactics even neighbors confirmed it.

I had finished feeding the parts I was given so fast and rushed to go and join the other guy in his part, I wasn't doing it for my boss to see because he wasn't there looking at us, I was always a fast hard worker with knowledge.

After we finished our duties for that evening our boss called the both of us and told us that he was upstairs watching the both of us while we were working and he saw how smart I was and all that,

you wouldn't tell me not to rejoice for starting a job today and was praised that same day, it was a thing of joy so I was so happy and as a kid with big dreams I had always wanted to do more thinking maybe I could get my breakthrough there.

As a kid I had always wanted to please everyone, I had always wanted to make my friends and my parents happy and proud, I would always do anything to make it up if I'm having any issues with any of my friends I will be the one to make it up wether it's my fault or not,I mean that's probably the only problem I have even now that I'm the lion, I still find it difficult to displease some people even if there Keep on displeasing me.

The only thing I wanted was just to make my boss happy and proud but I didn't know as a kid that human beings are insatiable until I did everything and still couldn't please him.

Perhaps the works there was even nothing compared to the kind of odd jobs that I've done where I'm coming from so it was not a big deal for me to tidy.

I was always working so hard to impress my boss and make him feel happy and proud for employing a clever boy but I guess human wants are insatiable for real, there is nothing you can do to please human beings even if you kill yourself for them..