HEARTLESS BOSS
Heartless Boss Part 2
Ekene was in his shop attending to some customers when his phone started to ring.
Ekene checked the caller ID but he found out that the caller’s ID is just ordinary number. Ekene picked the call thinking the caller was a customer.
Caller: Hello!
Ekene: Hello!
Caller: Please am I speaking with Ekene?
Ekene: Yes and who am I speaking with?
Caller: Am chioma, Ifeoma’s friend. She asked me to call you for her
Ekene: Okay. How is she doing?
Chioma: She is fine but she is in labour
Ekene: Okay but where is she now?
Chioma: i brought her to the hospital so she is in the maternity ward
Ekene: Please text me the hospital’s address and I will be on my way right but can I ask you a favour?
Chioma: Which is?
Ekene: Please stay with her in the hospital for me
Chioma: Okay
Ekene ended the call, quickly attended to the customers and luckily for him, his master traveled. Ekene lied to the sales girls that his master had just call to inform him that some of their goods has just arrived and he needs to follow the people that brought the goods to the werwhouse where they can off load the goods.
Fifteen minutes have passed but Ekene is yet to find any keke. Ekene was about to start trekking when he sighted a keke coming towards his direction and he quickly stop and entered it without bargaining with the kekeman.
The kekeman got to a particular junction and stop when he sees other vehicle owners stopping. He asked another kekeman why they were all stopping and the other keke man told him that two cars were involve in an accident.
On hearing that, Ekene decided to trek if he wants to get to the hospital on time. Ekene brought out money to pay the kekeman but the kekeman refused to accept the money.
It took Ekene thirty minutes to get to the hospital. He hurriedly entered the hospital and met a lady sitting at the reception. His instincts told him that that Lady was the same Lady he had spoken with on the phone few hours ago so he decided to start up a conversation with her first to know if she is Chioma or not.
Ekene greeted the lady and after they exchanged peasantries, he asked her if she is Chioma and she said “Yes”.
Ekene further asked her about Ifeoma but she replied him by saying ” The doctors haven’t told her anything for the past two hours she brought Ifeoma to the hospital”. And that left Ekene pacing back and forth in the hospital.
An hour has passed and Ekene is yet to see any doctor coming out of the maternity ward so he decided to go meet the doctor in the maternity ward but when he was about heading there, the doctor came out and told him that Ifeoma can’t give birth on her own so he will have to deposit N70,000 for them to do an operation.
Ekene told the doctors to carry out the operation while he goes to the bank to withdraw the money which was a lie.
Ekene came out of hospital lost in deep thought because he has no one or anywhere he will be able to get the money from. Ekene thought about asking Kate for the money but later decided against it because he was afraid that his master will get to find out and if he does finds out, that means end of him learning trade.
Ekene was still thinking of a way of raising the money when a thought came flashing through his mind
The thought that came flashing through his mind was for him to go and meet Franklin Chiwendu who learned his own master trade for the money. He was pretty sure Frank will give him the money because he has seen the man for like three times and he seems to him like a nice man.
Ekene has just gotten to the front of Franklin’s shop and suddenly he became nervous, Ekene even decided to go back but when he remembered that Franklin is his only hope, he gathered all the courage he has to enter the shop.
Ekene greeted Franklin and he replied him with a smile. Franklin told him to seat and Ekene explained why he came to his shop that day and he also explain what he wanted to use the money for without skipping a part.
Frank: So you got a Lady pregnant?
Ekene: Yes sir but it was s mistake
The word mistake got Franklin all fired up
Franklin: Young boy if I hear that word “mistake” from your mouth again, I will slap you. Now tell me, when you were sleeping with her, was it a mistake?
Ekene: No sir
Franklin: Then why should her being pregnant be a mistake or when you were sleeping with her you didn’t know she will get pregnant ba?
Ekene: Sir i have no reason to say her being pregnant was a mistake
Frank: Then I don’t want to hear that word mistake from you again
Ekene: Okay sir
Franklin: Can I ask you just two questions?
Ekene: Yes sir
Franklin asked Ekene the questions which was “why he didn’t deny being the father” and “why he didn’t steal his master’s money instead of him coming to him for the money” and he was really impressed with Ekene’s answers
Frank: Ekene I must confess that I am really impress with your answers that’s why am going to give you the money you need for the operation.
Ekene: Thank you sir.
Franklin opened his drawer and brought out one wrap of N1000 notes and gave it to Ekene but Ekene thought Franklin didn’t hear the amount he told him that he needed so he decided to tell him
Ekene: Sir this is N100,000
Frank: I know
Ekene: But sir I only requested for N70,000
Franklin: I gave you N100,000 because I want you to use the remaining N30,000 to buy baby things for your child. I would have given you more but this is the only money I have with me here in the shop currently but i want to tell you that I will be giving you monthly allowances you can use to take care of your child.
Ekene: Thank you very much Sir. Am really grateful. May God continue to bless you abundantly
Franklin: Amen Ekene
Ekene: Sir please promise me you won’t tell my master that I Impregnated a girl
Franklin: Of course I won’t tell him. Your secret is safe with me
Ekene thanked him and hurriedly left the shop to the hospital to pay for Ifeoma’s operation bills
The operation was done successful and Ifeoma gave birth to a baby boy. Ekene’s was so happy but Ifeoma is to be discharge in three days time.
Ekene suggested to Ifeoma that they should take the child to his mum Adaeze but Ifeoma had bluntly refused saying that she doesn’t want to be separated from her child.
TBC…..
