In the aftermath of trial and errors,twist and turns that followed the struggle of a lifetime in the becoming of a personage from the erstwhile Jimi and his impoverished family in their relentless efforts,preparing silently as the family now enriched after following their best laid out plans and the itinerary and consignments settled for reception the golden family was ready to enter into the golden boom of their lifetime.Loitered and trudged away in the waiting reception from the tempest of wilderness oven ,relieved and erstz granted a reprieve by date,the whole family proudly gestured their jubilation to the verdict of their ascendancy while the whole enchilada of never do wells pouted them in the nearby vicinity and prison custody of grief and despair,wretched and miserable in their hobson choice.There were unending ovation and public acclaim and in no small measure across the sentinel of peripatetic periphery engrossed with the reportage of the beautiful annecdotes and uncommon narratives that could now drive deeply to gain restitution of historical divide and march not unsung into the annals of checkered antecedence unmourned .With self encouragement and positive habbit formation were rewarded through their determination of dogged pursuit to claim accomplishment beyond its maturity.Their stigma was over and golden promise of golden destiny fulfilled from beneath to the above untrammelled.There were ready for stardom.The first defender of the family against jesters of fatalist group and a backroom boy knocked on the doleful door of wobbly abode they had lived for twenty years prior to current departure,packed off belongings now relaxed shortly in the leather of discarded and ramshackled sofa,as scrap,left behind ready to hand over exit keys to landlord,rustled jimi from his slumbers and tremulous hid beneath backdoor but later woken up to belated but erratic greeting.Jimi the itinerant,company marketer and globetrotter junketing round the world prior to this last return to take family with him had catapulted the ignition of the stardom and had also earlier prearranged the succesful real estate summit and instant cash sometimes with him to close urgent deals.On the espy of the backroom boy's visit,debris of packages dropped from the last son's hands egregious toilet trolls came closer to eavesdrop uncleared rumour of his little friend's departure as they bantered.Although the friendship days were over he still maintained his listening charm as the fortunate family's plan for relocation to Northern California the region of some of the richest places in america where they bought homes in places like montecito etcetera near the country's mega rich.As others pouted and picked useful remains of their belongings,the little boy literally approached his little friend who was expected to join jimi his father who stood in front of Porsche car ,waiting for final hours as they exit this old house for the states in minutes and hours.
The little boy ran up to him in the midst of crowd goggling as the owl and bemused as the bewildered travellers as if helpless as travellers travelling through the ice in iceland and canadain cities."It's unfair you re leaving me behind your best pal in the wretched village."perplexed beyond words as tears streamed down his cheeks but he smiled and replied"Dont worry i ll tell my dad,he ll take you to the states too and take câré of your scholarship and you will stay with me."as they hugged,he pacified him after he washed his dirty hands from the rickety tap in front of house and cleaned his face with his hands."How and i have none of your contact?"the boy too was perplexed but jimi moved closer "Çome over here boy i overheard you and i ll take you a schooling with your friend and all you just needed is take this card and call me ."He handed out ten thousand dollars of fifty dollars notes plus his complementary cards from his wallet to the little lad of twelve years who burst into tears as the mother ran towards them in bended knee."This was too good to be true despite all the shame and unnecessary persecution detrators handed out to your family in this village."She was crying too as she held his child and the posh car zoomed and dust lavished his vanishing point.
The mother opened her eyes still holding his boy in great alarm as the derisive crowd ran away some one by one as the only rock of gibraltar which stood behind jimi's family during their period of lamentation and extreme penury also exit poverty."O boy at the age of twelve years old and thirty days you became a millionaire.Jesus i cant believe it!"Still held him tight"Mum get me a phone call my friend for me i want to travel too and for all u care that is your money .I wanted to leave because people here are evil nothing but compete evil."she Yemi's mother stood up as they walked away to their rickety home about a kilometre away but not wuthout inheriting all his friend's books that bonded them together."Yes my dear i will do justice to your request but i will call them with my mobile at night to wish them goodluck."As they walked away the bewildered crowd though dissipated in their sloth,a handful remains still watched them in amazement as if getting rich and travelling overseas as a mega rich had become a prestige in the community especially in the village of gossippers,blackmailers,vision destroyers ,witchhunters,sabrerattlers,mudslingers, never do wells pouted adinfinitum at impressive narratives of optimists in the land.One of the backbitters had catapulted new waves of derision with bitchy smiles and as soon as he peddled tales the unbelievable lot now coming into their senses who witnessed the embarrasing scenario and was booed instead and immediately stoned to death and rest they fled.The chap had peddled lies about the death of the exit family that led to series of unfortunate incidents they faced in the village and had recovered finally and with appropriate exit sealed their security.The musdlinging team to which he belonged were a triad of strangebedfellows were targeted and murdered.Five days after their exit Yemi's mother departed into the cities for greener pasture .Although her husband had stayed behind and visited her randomly and did not disclose how much she was given from Jimi's opulence and underestimated the stipends extended to the new wonder kid.Infact she moved out the next day undisclosed to strange part of Lagos to find a beffiting apartment for a years rent while the gift to the son was invested in the bluechip share of unilever and rest ten percent for family upbringing .Twenty years of two family's friendship finally paid off and loyalty as well as intergrity the mother could recall how Jimi's favourite words was a virtue and a service to humanity.That every service in the service of humanity in this context would not fail to be rewarded in due time.She stuck to her feet in the face of daunting challenges that Mr Jimi was not armed robber and a kidnapper and she was imprisoned several times by the dane kidnappers who had accused law abiding citizen a kidnapper.
She made the call a week later as well wishers to feel the beautiful pulse of the winderful annecdotes and excitement of the new life.
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