Aftermath of Emmanuel failure

 " Auhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh " Emmanuel yawned heavily, as he struggled to open his eyes. He had been awakened by the morning sun which currently shined mercilessly on his face. After a bit of struggle, he was finally able to keep his eyes opened. As soon as he regained full consciousness of himself, he stood up. " Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm " He let out another yawn, only that this time it had a different sound. After the yawn, he was about to walk towards the table where a bag of pure water was lying on. But then he was startled by the sound of the door opening. As soon as he heard it, he immediately rushed out to the parlour as he already knew what was going on. His dad was about to go to work again. 

 As he got to the parlour, he met two people there. One was the pretty middle aged damsel from the night of the previous day. the other one was an average height slightly fat man, who seemed to have still retained the handsomeness of his youth.

 The middle aged woman was of course his mother, while the middle aged man was his father who he asked for on the night of the previous day. As soon as the middle aged man set is eyes on Emmanuel, a lovely smile immediately shone from his face. The smile seemed to carry an extremely reliable presence that just made Emmanuel forget all his problems and focused on the man at his front. This was the second of the two people that brought extreme joy to his heart.

 " Dad, seems like you are already on your way to work " Emmanuel spoke out, his hands were currently behind his back with his fingers clenched into a fist. " Yes dear, there is someone I made a deal with yesterday. I need to rush and go see him before he changes his mind. " Joshua, Emmanuel's Dad spoke. Emmanuel on the other hand just feigned a smile, trying his best to hold back the tears threatening to roll down his face. Of course, such an obvious thing didn't go unnoticed by Joshua. 

 " Hey you brat, have you lost your manners or what, have you seen us before today, why haven't you greeted " Favour, Emmanuel's mother spoke. She currently had a fake angry expression on her face as she spoke. She was actually just trying to ease the tension in the atmosphere. 

 " Ohhhhh, I am very sorry, I didn't mean to. Good morning sir, Good morning ma " He greeted. " Morning dear. Favour, leave him alone, he just woke up " Joshua warmly answered his greetings and then lightly scolded his wife who in turn gave him a light punch on his shoulder while letting out a " humph " sound.

 " Okay dear, I would be on my way. Honey goodbye " Joshua placed his hands on Emmanuel's shoulder and then told him goodbye, before then turning to his wife and giving her a light kiss on her fore-head before turning around to take his leave. And in no time his back could no loner be seen in the zig zag staircases.

 Emmanuel watched his father walk down the stairs, trying his best to hold down his tears from spilling out. There was an actual reason for his continuous pathetic behaviour. 

 Emmanuel is actually the only child of Mr and Mrs Obienu, Joshua and favour. Being their only child, he had been showered with a lot of love, though he wasn't necessarily pampered. But then to whom much is giving, much is naturally expected. Just as he had being shown a lot of love, he had also been giving a lot of expectation. Being an only child, a lot of people might think there was only good things and had no bad sides. That was a big fat lie. Being the only child meant one thing, the entirety of the family legacies would be placed on you. You are caged. 

 Usually Emmanuel dad leaves for work at nine or ten in the morning. And then return around seven to eight am in the evening. But that was until the bad news hit them. Emmanuel's JAMB results. The reason for Joshua's early leaves and late return was the JAMB result. He didn't want Emmanuel to stay at home for an entire year and take the exam again as the chances for him to make the papers after he stops going to school were extremely minuscule. And so he wanted to work out a huge sum of money, one that the university lecturer wouldn't be able to refuse, just so that he could make sure Emmanuel enters the university this year.