After the long sermon………….
DOC: ***hand over an envelope to me*** here is your
result
ME: **** sweat was flowing down from my head to
my neck.*** what does the result says?
DOC: you are HIV negative.
ME: ****screamed**** praise God, I opened the
result to see for myself and I found it to be truly
negative.
DOC: like I said, you just have to be careful. You are
negative today, what about tomorrow?. So please.
Use condom if must have s£x, never share needle or
sharp objects bla…bla…bla…
ME: I jumped up and ran out of the office with a
heart filled with joy. I was so happy as I approached
segun and showed him the result. We were chating
as we walked down to road back to his house.
ME: sege, you need to know how joyous I am.
SEGE: thank God say you dey negative sha.
ME: oluwaseun
SEGE: even if you have STD, that one is still better
and its curable.
ME: STD?, why didn’t you tell me earlier so that I can
do the test altogether, or should we go back to the
clinic?
SEGE: No, e no need. That one na small thing. I will
recommend a herbal mixture for you. The thing dey
flush any infection wey dey body. And e dey also give
horse power and boost stamina when you wan Bleep.
ME: hmmmmm. Segun sege!!!!
SEGE: na me be that jaree.
ME: but segun, I’m still worried.
SEGE: what is it again?
ME: remember I told you that adebimpe threatened
to pay me back in hard way?
SEGE: “abegi forget.”, there is nothing she can do.
ME: you think so?
SEGE: yes. Since you don escape from HIV, and you
no die since you return from her hospital, and your
joystick never disappear, “fokanbale”, nothing go
happen.
ME: if you say so sha. But me sha dey fear sha.
SEGE: relax abeg, nothing go happen.
Segun and I continued discussing until we reach his
house. There was light and we decided to play
winning eleven on his laptop before I returned back
to my house.
On getting home and opening the door of my room. I
dropped my phone on my bed and began to thank
God for scaling me through the Hiv test. I began to
confess my sins and I vowed never to have
unprotected s£x again. While I was still in the mood
of joy, a text entered my phone. I picked it and open,
behold, I was surprised at the content of the
message.
I picked the phone and checked the message. It was
a text from my uncle in Ado-ekiti, telling me that the
job we earlier discussed about had clicked, and he
told me to call him.
I was so happy and joyous as I kept screaming
“halleluyah” in my room. I was the happiest man on
earth that night. I checked my account balance but
didn’t have sufficient airtime,
Thank God my neighbour “mama iyabo” the gossiper
sells airtime. I went to knock on the door of her room
that night at around 9pm to purchase airtime. I
recharged my phone and dialled my uncle’s number.
ME: hello sir,
UNCLE: “bawo ni” onihaxy
ME: I’m fine sir. I got your message
UNCLE: yes, did you remember that mega
supermarket I told you about?
ME: yes sir
UNCLE: the one at Ado ekiti where I submitted your
CV 3 months ago and I said it was owned by my
boss?
ME: yes sir.
UNCLE: well, the manager there just resigned
because he got a job with an oil company.
ME: ok sir
UNCLE: so I have begged and discuss with my boss
that I want my son to work with him. He said you
should come this friday for an interview.
ME: uncle, what about test? Will there be no test
before the interview?
UNCLE: I’m telling you that I have perfected
everything, you are talking about test. Abeg, just
come with your original credentials and also make
photocopies. I can assure you that you will get the
job. I can guarantee that one.
ME: uncle, thank you so much. I’m forever grateful to
you.
UNCLE: ignore that. What are we families for?. Ever
since the death of your father who is my elder
brother, I have vowed to be with you and stand by
you like a father for you, so its my responsibility.
ME: ***sobbing on remembrance of my late dad***
thank you sir.
UNCLE: my boss said he needed someone who is
good on computer so I told him you have certificate
in Oracle and Java aside your B.sc and NYSC
discharge certificate.
ME: yes I have them, thank you so much sir.
UNCLE: so, just prepare well for the interview, and
according to my investigation, the previous manager
earns 85,000 per month. And I’m sure there would be
some other stipends and underground looting aside
his basic salary. So if you are smart of which I
believe you are, you would make close to 150k per
month.
ME: thank you sir.
UnCLE: but please, don’t disappoint me and don’t put
me to trouble when you get the job please. Anyways,
I trust you .
ME: thank you sir, I would be at Ado on thursday
evening sir.
UNCLE: alright, no problem. Bye
ME: bye ***hanged up****
I began to sing songs of praises to almighty God. I
was so happy even without going for the interview
yet.
“Well, today is sunday, I will make the photocopies on
tuesday” I thought to myself.
The following day which was monday, I went to work
with joy and happiness all written on my face. I went
straight to my boss to take permission to be absent
on friday. He wasn’t ok with the permission but I
kept begging him that I wanted to go for a
professional exam. He told me he would deduct one
thousand naira from my salary which I replied him to
go ahead, “how much is 1k compared to 100k+ that I
would make from the first pay of my new job?”.
On closing for the day, I stopped over at segun’s
place to discuss the latest development with him as
it is our custom that we don’t hide anything from
each other. He was happy with it and wished me
well. From segun’s house, I returned home, ate my
dinner after bathroom shower and I slept off.
I woke up on tuesday morning and prepared for work.
I have gotten inside the cab before I remember that I
wanted to make photocopies of my credentials, but
time wasn’t on my side as I couldn’t return home to
pick my credentials file because I was almost late. I
exercised patience till I returned home after the
closure of the day.
I got home at 6:39pm on tuesday. I had stopped by
at the computer center located at the entrance of
our road and I told him to wait for me to reach home
and return back to make photocopies before he
closed for the day.
After pulling off my shoes and removing my tie. I
changed my cloths to a casual wear and picked my
palm slippers. I raised my hands up to the top of my
wardrobe to pick my credentials file before
proceeding to make photocopies.
I just thought of it that I should check inside of it to
see if I still have a copy of my C.V inside it or print
out another one from my email. Who knows?, I might
need the C.V during the interview.
I was shocked and weak as I unhook the button on
the case file to open it.
My B.sc certificate, NYSC certificate, Oracle
certificate and Java certificate were all missing. I
poured out everything on the floor to search all
through again and I still couldn’t find all the four
certificates.
“But all these credentials were inside this bag before
I left the GNLD office in niger state na?”
” I was so sure because I brought them out even at
the venue and then returned them inside the same
bag”.
***can somebody please wake me up, this must be a
dream**************