Chapter 34 I Returned To The City

In 2015 January while we came back to the city, we were 4 in number living in one room and I was the youngest among them, 2 among them were my seniors in school with about 3 classes.

The main owners of the house we were living in is Daniel and chukwuemeka then and they were working in the same place and the company had paid for the apartment for the both of them.

Collins and I had arrived the same day on Sunday, as at that 2015 I was just a 19 year old teenager who had many dreams and who was willing to work and achieve every bit of his dreams but he didn't know how to go about it, he didn't know where to start or where to stop because it seems impossible to him.

After I had escaped my first challenge which was fleeing from the poultry work I was doing in 2014, the little money I managed to save from the poultry work I spent it all in the village playing like a normal teenager who returned from the city as usual, so while we returned to the city in 2015 I had only 900 naira left after I paid my transport fair.

Daniel and chukwuemeka were the ones feeding I and Collins the first week we came till we got what we were doing and we started contributing to cook, the first one month was semi successful, the next month quarter successful, from the 3rd months till the last it was war.

Like I said I have passed through a lot of things in the hands of the people around me, I can vouch for myself that I'm respectful and so loyal, hardworking and wise, God has blessed me aboundantly with those qualities of a fulfilled life, the only problem I've had since I was a kid is that I don't allow people to step on my right.

I don't allow people to deny me my rightful right, I asked one of the big brothers in my village how my life was as a kid and guess what he said, he said the only thing is you don't agree until you win, you don't allow people to take your thing and go free or do you something and go free, then I laughed.

So while the battle began in the house, every one began to behave anyhow they feel like, but I was still consistent in being that little loyal and respectful boy to all of them, I watch their clothes though at times, not oftentimes, and I never neglected any of them if they send me anywhere I respond positively.

But their altitudes towards me mostly was unbearable, it was worst from chukwuemkeka he started it all, each time he comes back drunk he will always be shouting at me unnecessarily but I not reply him, I never answered him for once till now.

Sometimes when he plays bet and looses he will come back house to pour out the anger on us, shortly Daniel began his own, there never called us and say this is the problems we are having with you both, they never called us rather they treated us any how they felt like just please whatever that was making them sad.

It continued till I began making progress in my advancement due to where I was working,I had become part of them so things were moving fine for me, the funniest part of it all is that among the 4 of us in the room I was the only that goes church.

I was the best in academics in their midst and I was the best in natural Wisdom plus I have a dominating nature, but I never use none of those things to insult any of them or embarrass any of them, I was the one writing job application letters for them but still I never said it out to anyone until now.

But they treated me so unfair but I endured it, I am a wise guy, I am a man of justice so I balanced it, some one who was good to me suddenly changes to being bad to me, I think I can pass, and I did passed through it without insulting any of them till now.

The more things were getting worse inside the more things were getting better in my working place, I started seeing a little extra cash from the work apart from my salary.

They come to our supermarket to charge their phones anytime they like, I had introduced them to my madam as my elder brothers that I'm living with.

One day chukwuemkeka bought a second hand phone from one guy that sells phone in the streets of St Michaels then he gave it to my friend Micheal to bring it to me so I can cherge it for him.

Michael brought the phone to me and I collected it and plugged it immediately to charge, later in the evening he sent Michael to come take it back from me,he came and I gave him the phone it has already charged completely.

Remember this is a used phone, and they never told him the phone is having network issues, the phone's network is not stable, it comes and go but chukwuemkeka did know about it, while Michael returned home to give him the phone the network shifted again, and he began to do all he could to bring the network out again be he couldn't then he got angry and channels it to me.

He said that Michael and I have played with his phone and we spoiled it and brought it to him, he said that the phone was good when he gave it to us and now we brought it back and it's no longer good.

He accused me of spoiling his phone even when I have not returned from work, while I returned at night he didn't even wait to ask me , he just started beating me and my friend Micheal, he was just kicking us and slapping us as if we are not humans until we got a chance to run out of the house, few minutes later after we had escaped his beating the phone network appeared again.