School life can be a little tiring especially when you are broke. Broke? Can I still call having just 1000 naira to survive for the next two days broke? It is at this period of financial instability that one longs to go home. I couldn't wait for Sunday to come to receive my allowance from my mom.
My 10 a.m. Lecture on Friday was usually fun, I love Mr Bade’s class, a tall man with a nice beard, and he is a very good teacher, I enjoy his teachings a lot, or maybe I enjoy it better because of his charming smile that keeps me glue throughout the class.
Mr bade came in, he smiled at the class and all I could do was smile back broadly. As time went on, my eyes could not keep up, everything was becoming blurry, all I knew was I found myself just watching Mr bade’s mouth move, I couldn’t hear a thing.
After Mr bade’s class, I didn’t wait for anything else or any friend, I gathered my things and zoom, off I went. I couldn’t bring myself to enter a cab to my house, a cab worth 200naira — am I crazy?
Without a doubt, I was too weak to trek, the hunger that was hungering me, if there is anything like that was insane but I would be more insane to enter a cab of 200 naira when I didn’t have money to eat breakfast.
I was planning on spending 500 naira on food today by at least 4:00 pm, so I would skip dinner and repeat the next day, very creative of me, or don’t you think? The plan was set I just needed to get home, sleep, and wake up by 4:00 pm.
I was halfway home and I could feel my bones giving up already, the trekking was not the real problem but the scorching sun was making my head pound. But I encouraged myself to forge ahead, all I hoped for was a miracle.
I finally got home, sweaty and tired. I was tempted to fall on my bed at that moment but I couldn’t resist not showering, I wrapped myself in my towel to go toilet just then a call came in. Of course, I picked maybe someone could send me but surprisingly it was a foreign number.
“Hello,” I answered.
Surprisingly, the voice over the phone introduced himself as Elon Musk, yes, you heard right. He introduced himself as my daddy, I didn’t believe it, how could I? But I let him continue, he explained how he had been trying to meet me ever since, my mom angrily left the state for Nigeria after a huge fight they had and told him never to call me his child or come look for me
Immediately I went online because I didn’t know Elon Musk’s voice, I played a video of Elon Musk speaking, just to confirm the video and they are identical.
At a moment, I was funnily beginning to think of the possibility of Elon Musk being my father but immediately I remembered Tolu,a tech-savvy friend, and I burst into laughter.
“Haha. Tolu, because you have learned tech now, you want to be doing those technology pranks on me. Shut up... Elon musks my ass” I laughed hard.
“It seems as though you don’t believe me, maybe a video call will convince you,” he cut the call.
Immediately, I had a call but this time it was a video call, I picked up, and behold the famous Elon Musk was right in front of me. After doing and saying some things to clarify himself He asked if I had believed me but I couldn’t help but laugh.
“Tolu I don’t have time for this, video or audio I won’t still believe you. Have you seen your result?” I questioned.
I saw Elon Musk's face change having a little bit of frustration due to the unbelievable situation. He requested my account number, and I gave him. I could see him going through his phone and typing on his phone. Immediately I received an alert of 20000 dollars, I was shocked at what I saw but he smiled and said he was ready to take on his long-lost daughter, - yep. That is me.
At this point, I started to believe that Tolu could never send that kind of money, not even 10 dollars. The first thought that came to my mind was why would my mom not tell me but again I thought she thought I would be angry at her for making me leave this broke life.
I was happy that I met Elon Musk, even though I couldn’t bring myself to remove out of the money to get food. I know at least I can be free from this broke-ness. I didn’t care about the truth anymore, I just wanted this man to be my father.
I opened up to him, we talked at length before he excused himself telling me he would call later in the night. I laughed and jumped before my phone beeped and it was an alert of $1m, I couldn’t believe my eyes, and I started screaming. A miracle indeed, a miracle I needed.
Just then, I felt a hard slap on my lap, I looked around and saw my roommate.
“Why do you have to spoil the happy moment? Elon Musk just sent me..” I wanted to scream before my roommate said
“You were scaring me, you kept laughing and screaming in your sleep, I had to wake you up because I was getting really scared”
“Sleep?” I turned around sharply as my roommate gave me a perplexing look.
“No!! this must be the dream, someone should wake me up” I screamed.
“What are you saying?” My roommate asked, she didn't wait for me to reply before saying “Anyway, I brought jollof rice and chicken for you.”
Jollof rice and chicken? Well, maybe this is the miracle I needed.
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𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 ...
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