The Game I Played

Episode 3

Stanley Pov
We got to Lagos around 5:30pm in the evening, the house was cool and well tidy, do you stay alone here i asked him, yeah but sometimes i only comes home once in a week he answered. Anyway since I’m here i believe it’s going to be fine, at least if Emeka could build a house like this been an undergraduate person here in Lagos, I believe i can surpass him with what i got, this thought got me relieves . I have called mama that night to tell her that we have gotten to Lagos, though i remembered that Emeka gave Anita a sum of ten thousand naira been the elder sister to Amaka who was just sitting watching all that was happening that morning we left Akwa Ibom, The money was to help the family to feed on until i will be able to get get a work and then things will be fine again. Though he later gave Anita some money which he didn’t want anyone to know, but as a sharp guy i knew Emeka is up to something but I need to get a job first.

The following day, it was on Wednesday. Emeka told me he will help me talk to his friends maybe then i will get a work to do but before he left that morning he gave me five thousand naira which he told me that i should have it with me in case i need anything, so i can go down the street and get it for myself, I was so happy to have the money, seriously i felt everything is fine now because i couldn’t remembered the last time i got money like this as a pocket money, I was happy to have it, he left earlier that morning. After an hour i felt like i should get myself something to eat or better still since i don’t know Lagos very well like that, i really would like to stroll around the streets and see what Lagos is build on and the atmosphere, the only thing we have always been hearing about Lagos was always good since we stay in the village, we believe Lagos is like a place of relief for those that dwell in the city, sometimes people we say that foreigners stays in Lagos and they comes out during the evening time to catch some fun, this was all that i have always been hearing about Lagos, and since it’s my first time of coming i felt i should stroll out there and see for myself. I took a shirt with a jean as i dress up , I remembered that I put my purse at the back of the jeans i wore. I started walking down the road, since i don’t have issues with anyone i kept on moving, people were also going to there various ways, I got to a junction where it seems they were selling foods ,I went inside the shop, the place was cool and lots of people were seen inside, some are eating while others are waiting for their food to be served, out of those guys waiting, I saw a guy sitting close to where i planned to sit but since i don’t know anybody I just passed besides him to where i later sat. One minute later a girl came to ask me what i will like to eat, I told him to serve me two eba with ugu soap with two meat.

Alright sir, I heard her said before she left my place to go bring what i ordered for. The food was served after waiting for a while. I washed my hands as i beginning to eat, seriously food here in Lagos can be as delicious as the name it was called. After finishing eaten i called the same lady that brought the food to give her the money. How much is my money ,I asked her after she came to collect the money #500 sir she answered.

I took my hand inside my back pocket to bring out my purse, then i realized that my purse wasn’t there again, I checked the second pocket but the purse was no where to be found. God what sort of wahala is this I groaned, how come i misplaced my purse here, then i remembered that the purse was with me when i entered here , I looked around the places, now starring at the floor to see maybe it fell down.

This time the lady was already shouting at me, “Oga pay me my money, abi watin be this drama wey you they do” I looked at her in a way that means I’m coming, seriously the purse isn’t here, what’s is all this. After waiting for a while a woman of her 45th maybe came to meet me, guess the lady must have gone to report me to her, it seems she’s the owner of the shop. Hello Oga she called, where my money.

I was about explaining to her when she locked my clothes, oh you think you can come here and eat my food without not paying ,today i will show you some lesson. Before i could decide on what to do, their they came in two guys, one could see how big one of their chest was, seriously i was afraid, I don’t know anyone here, they came to meet me, one of them ask me where is the money, before i could say anything, he gave me a hot slap, seriously it was as if darkness as covered the earth.

They were about beating me further when the guy that was sitting alone stop them not to beat me again, how much is the money, I managed to speak #500 sir, he brought out #1000 and pay the money. Thank you sir, I said as i left the restaurant. God what sort of life is this, this was all that i was thinking when I heard a voice calling me from behind.

Afeez POV.
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I have went as usual for my usual operation, but things don’t seems to be going fine that morning, everyone was busy with one thing or the other perhaps people don’t usually put money at the back of their pockets again, so it was a bit difficult to see anyone. I went to a restaurant where they sell Food, I noticed people were busy eating while others where waiting for their food, I sat on chair where nobody seems to be, one of the maid came to ask me what i want, but as a sharp guy i told him I’m waiting for a friend and when he’s here I will call her. She left immediately.

After waiting for about 20 minutes , I saw a guy from the distance i noticed the purse, this one must be a JJC. I smiled. Thank goodness he was coming to eat as well, as a sharp guy, I brought out my phone as i begins to press, I was happy when he was coming towards my direction, before he could pass me by i have taken away the purse, but since i don’t want to give any form of traces i stay to witness what’s going to happen, I saw him ordered for eba and ugu soap which they later served him, while he was still eating, I have checked the purse to see #5000 inside, I also ordered for food which i later lied to the girl that my friend just called to tell me he can’t show up again, I paid for my money while i continue eating, i was still eating when i heard a voice, f–k this JJC don’t have money to pay, I have known iya wale olobe just like her nickname and her restaurant to be a rascal person, I knew how deep she can go to get her money, but as a sharp guy that I be, I pretend not to see then, some minutes later, some guys came in, they gave him a slap of his life, this time i felt pity for him, I paid for his money while he left. Then i went to cross him at the front.

hello oga. I called severally before he stopped, thank you for the other time sir he said, don’t worry i said, he explained everything to him how he left home with #5000 and how his purse got missed, don’t worry i understand i said.

Guess you just come to Lagos, I asked him, just like i have guess right, well can i have your number i said which he gave me that morning before i went to other operation for that day.
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