Bra Boy

Episode 2

I was still there as at then, and it was just

after he bought his fifth landed property

that he asked me come over to Lagos to

join him. Not as a trader though, but to

come school. I was always the brilliant one

among us – we were three boys. And did

continue with academics. It wasn’t really

easy getting through Jamb initially, but I

was quite surprised even though fortunate

to eventually secure an admission finally at

Lagos State University. So this was how I

moved to Lagos for study, even though I

had to occasionally assist him at his shop,

where he now had over 8 sales girls and

boys.

This very day was one such days and I had

moved straight from lectures to come assist

in the trading for the day. It was a very

busy day, basically because of the Xmas

season, and despite his presence and mine

alongside the 8 additional sales persons,

we were continually overwhelmed by visiting

costumers! It was just overtly hectic and we

had to repeatedly ask some people to

momentarily wait outside.

That was how difficult it was for everyone.

Yet it continued that way until sometime

around 7pm, before we began having some

respite.

Chime dismissed the sales girls and boys

earlier than normal just to allow them

return home to rest. He also left me with

some instructions and drove off with his

car.

He was obviously not done with the

day as he needed to go pick up some of his

wears that were moved to a nearby cloth

factory for a bit of stitching here and there

– they were shipped in with a few tears and

needed amending. As for me, I was to close

the shop by 9pm after attending to any

other costumers that may still call in. It was

just a few minutes to the said 9pm, when

this very lady costumer walked in.