Chapter 4 INTENTION CHAPTER 4

Friday evening

Mr Femi had a visitor, it was Mr Tunde he always comes visiting like three times a year he is a principal of a government secondary school (high school) the first time Adeolu saw him in the house was 9 years ago, Adeolu at first hated when Mr Tunde came visiting because he always take him along to his home to use him for some menial jobs, he felt like a slave who was being rented, but soon his hatred for him changed into gratitude one day when he took him to his house as usual to do some manual jobs and fortunately for him Mr Tunde child a boy who was in jss 1 class was battling with his maths assignment and Adeolu out of his good heart decided to helped him with it the best he could

Mr Tunde was surprised how a boy who have never had any form of education, no form of education background what so ever could be able to solve a complex mathematical equation, so he became very curious of Adeolu and wanted to know more about him

He seated Adeolu down one day and asked questions concerning his life Adeolu at first wasn't sure if it would be good to tell Mr Tunde all what he was facing since Mr Tunde was actually friends with his guardian Mr Femi but because the real concern Mr Tunde showed to him made Adeolu tell him everything

Mr Tunde sympathy with the boy but he was amazed that Adeolu self thought himself. So he agreed to help Adeolu secretly, he had him registered in his school without informing Mr Femi, but Adeolu would not able to attend classes he was to read at home and when it's time for exams Mr Tunde would come to Mr Femi home and tell him he needed Adeolu for some menial jobs which was the normal routine, Adeolu would stay in Mr Tunde home for the duration of the whole examination which normally last up to a month and of course he pays Mr Femi for Adeolu services

So unknowingly to Mr Femi and his family Adeolu was actually in SS2 class, only that he has never attended a class in his life.....

Adeolu was very excited at seeing Mr Tunde at the house that day but he pretended not to be, he puts on a sad look so as not to raise any suspicion.

Mr Femi and Mr Tunde talked outside the shop but there voice was loud enough for Adeolu to pick somethings they were saying from inside the shop

" ..... Yes oh, they are all good and my wife sends her regards to your family " Mr Tunde said

" such a wonderful woman, I wish my wife was like yours oh, all what my wife does is sit down and "chop" my hard earned money

Mr Tunde laughed " that's because she knows you are more than capable of taking care of her " Mr Tunde said almost mockingly

Both men laughed as they continued speaking and Adeolu was busy ease dropping on there conversation waiting for when Mr Tunde will mention his name and he didn't have to wait that long before that happened

Clearing his throat " let's don't talk too much that I should forget the reason I'm here.... I need the assistance of your boy " he said pointing to Adeolu

" no problem.... But you know how will do it na" Mr Femi said smiling

" of course, but I want him to stay a little longer than usual this time around " Mr Tunde said bringing out money from his right jeans pocket

" ah no ooo, who will stay in my shop, I can only allow for a month, those my wife and children are very lazy non of them will stay in the shop and that means extra work for me " Mr Femi lamented

" don't worry my friend I'm not asking you as a favor it's just for an extra month and of course I will double the money in fact am tripling the money "

" why didn't you say that before, triple of the money "Abi." don't worry he can go with you as long as you like, in fact when do you want to take him? " Mr Femi said smiling because of the huge money that would be involved

" I will like to take him now if you don't mind " Mr Tunde said as he handed 30,000 naira in cash to Mr Femi

Adeolu was very happy, he knew he was going to be working at Mr Tunde's place, this is no vacation, not at all, but he was happy because he knew it meant he was going to be writing his third team exam and will be promoted to SS3 and he also gets to eat well when he is in Mr Tunde house, he didn't even know when he began smiling....

" what's making this one smile? Will you go and park your things and follow this gentleman " Mr Femi ordered

Adeolu happily parked his load and was ready to leave with Mr Tunde before he remembered the punch newspaper he had hidden and he ran back up to get it

When he came back with the newspaper in his hand, Mr Tunde was curious to know why he went back to bring an old looking newspaper, but he didn't ask him anything until they left Mr Femi's house....

( Inside Mr Tunde Toyota pathfinder SUV )

the car radio was on and they where playing beautiful American and local music, Adeolu was enjoying the songs as he also joined in singing the ones he knew how to sing. Adeolu have a very nice voice almost angelic, he was not blessed with strength nor was he blessed in anything sports maybe because he had never played any game in his life, not football or even table tennis. But when it comes to singing and dancing he was very good at it

Mr Tunde smiled as he watched Adeolu singing with his eyes closed he knew he was having lot of fun

" you have such a nice voice " Mr Tunde said

Adeolu quickly stopped singing

" Please don't stop singing am enjoying it, such a lovely voice "

" Thank you... Sir "

" you are welcome..... That reminds me, what is special about that old newspaper you went back to get like it was something of great value go to you " Mr Tunde said with kin interest

" it's nothing really .... It's about a family who was killed in an accident 15 years ago " Adeolu brought out the newspaper from his bag and showed it to Mr Tunde

" oh the Adebowale family, yes it was a horrible accident, the car just caught Fire by itself, I guess Mr David was driving so fast.. "Mr Tunde said still looking at the paper

" that's what the paper said, it's really sad, but what are the chances of that happening " Adeolu said

" I don't know really, it was a real tragedy.... But come to think of it, you kind of look like Mr Adebowale David " Mr Tunde said pointing at the picture of the late Mr David on the paper

" really? I don't see the resemblance, he is not as cute as I am " Adeolu said jokingly

Both of them laughed it's been long since Adeolu laughed about something, he really is going to enjoy this two months he thought to himself

" so who are they? I will like to no more about them "

" well the Adebowale's are one of the wealthiest families in Nigeria even in Africa, they have lot of properties all over the world, they are mainly into the production of milk and fruit juice and other things like they also own petrol stations across the country likewise he has a university and secondary /primary school, they are even given out scholarships to students maybe you should write the scholarship exams" Mr Tunde said looking at Adeolu

" I don't think so, am not that good. I don't think I can get a scholarship. There are lot of smart people outside there " Adeolu said

" don't you ever doubt yourself, in fact it's a most you write the scholarship exams. Do you like being a slave in that my stupid friend house?.... I don't think so, there is a limit in which I can help you, sometimes the only to succeed is if you help yourself, so I want you to believe in yourself, if you don't know this better know it now. You are a very special boy " Mr Tunde said smiling at Adeolu who had his face, facing down

" it's the truth, you are a genius, I mean I'm a principal of a school but non of my children are attending the school I'm administrating because I wanted them to have the best education possible that's why I put both of them in well advice private schools, but you stayed at home and still you are smarter than both of them, so my boy I'm not lying or joking when I say you are a genius "

Adeolu looked at Mr Tunde and smiled, Mr Femi have never called him a genius before, all he calls him are mean and cruel names like "MUMU" "ODE" "FOOL" the list go on

Then he thought what does he have to lose if he writes the scholarship exams

" am going to do it" Adeolu said smiling.

Saturday morning, Henry with his family had arrived at the Adebowale's mansion, his children who were a set of twin, a boy and a girl, with the names Francis and Francesca respectively

Henry have always been embarrassed to tell his children that his mother was a Nanny, so they never never knew that Miss Nancy is there grandma, they thought Mr Adebowale Bakara the billionaire was there grandpa, since Mr Adebowale Bakara allowed Henry to bare his surname

They are very proud and naughty children they walked into the mansion with so much confidence in there step.

Francis was putting on a black leather jacket with a black jeans he had a headset connected to both sides of his ears and a pretty cool shade, his footwear are expansive designers wears

His sister Francesca wasn't dressing cheap either she was rocking an expansive fashion nova crop top and a high waist mini skirt with long heels shoe and a glittering small purse, all her clothing was worth a fortune

Miss Nancy was really excited when she saw her grandchildren that she lost herself at the moment and ran happily to embrace them, it has been very long she had seen them last. The last time she saw them they where just little babies still sucking there mother breast

now they are all grown up, looking really handsome and beautiful

As she ran and embraced Francesca tightly Francesca screamed so loud in shock and disgust, as she looked at Miss Nancy with such disgust look

" who the hell are you!!!? " Francesca asked in a scream then moved away from Miss Nancy as if she had some kind of contagious disease

" I guess she is the maid " Francis answered staring at Miss Nancy as if she was shit

" so gross, a dirty house help hugged me, God I need to shower before I get infected with a terrible disease " Francesca said

Miss Nancy was so embarrassed she couldn't say anything or do anything and she ran back with tears in her eyes.

Francis and her sister looked confused

Mr Henry who saw everything that happened from the back, wanted to speak but couldn't utter a single word, he was so ashamed of himself but more so, he was so ashamed of the job his mother does, so he said nothing to his children ......

Meanwhile back at Mr Tunde humble home Adeolu had finished with the early morning work and he was sitting in the sitting room singing maroon "girl like you song"

" Spent 24 hours I need more hours with you

You spent the weekend Getting even, ooh ooh

We spent the late nights Making things right, between us

But now it's all good baby Roll that Backwood baby And play me close

'Cause girls like you Run around with guys like me 'Til sundown, when I come through I need a girl like you, yeah yeah..... "__ Adeolu had to stop at one point when he saw someone was standing behind him, he turned and saw it was Mr Tunde daughter standing

staring at him

What will happen next?