Everywhere Choke 3

 One thing you should know Shedrack for is speed. He runs like Cheetah. In fact, if not that there is another person that bears that name, I would have called him Hussein Bolt but on the day he saw Chidimma, he slowed down. 

I told him to hurry up so that we could board the next bus that was already loading but he said that I should be calming down. "This life no be so. " He added, noting that not everybody who runs the fastest lasts there for as much time as required. I was shocked. When Ifeanyi turned into a motivational speaker.

When his mom brought him to stay with me for his JAMB lessons, she never told that he was like this. In fact, I took him as my younger brother but he's now proving otherwise. He so much spoke to this girl that she started calling him Prof. Hian! Since it had gotten to this extent, I will teach him how to make money. In case anything falls out from the situationship, he would be able to fend for himself.

The night I took Ifeanyi round on the rudiments of Investments and making money through real estate, he ended shouting, "Up Nepa !!!" Once the power holding company restored the current and dashed out in a chase for our neighbour's house! The next day, Chidimma came and after seeing the condition of our environment, she made the wise decision of running away! 

Till today, we have not heard from her.

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Everywhere Choke 2

 "Shedrack!" I shouted through the window as this guy was nowhere to be found. Looking at the way things are going, I might chase him back to the village.

"Now, take this bucket and go and fetch water." I commanded him once he came out. Chukwudi had gone to check his traps. You can imagine a kind of person that sets traps for animals in the city. I am also weird in a way but that is nothing compared with Shedrack's madness! Dem swear for am but I don't want to begin now to explain the implications to him. I just hope he gets admission and get out of this house! The last time Chidimma came, he was just running up and down as if he has something to present. After everything, my pocket that had the sum of N250 in it before I slept off the previous night lost its contents and the pair of trousers was nowhere to be found. 

Our environment is not even helping matter. I don't know where what is doing us is coming from but I know it's not ordinary. Maybe, the president should order a probe into our situation. Be it as it may, I am not worried. 

"But Bro., There is sachet water in the house!" It was Shedrack's voice interrupting me as I imagine how awesome the nation would be if we had the right leaders. "If I slap you... You will forget your JAMB reg number. Don't you know that I am the senior in this house?" We argued until he accepted to go fetch water with me promising him a tip of the iceberg when it comes to investments.

I wondered what a boy of his age would do with information on how to invest and make money but I still gave him my word, though. So, he ran off.

When Chukwudi comes back, we would now discuss what to cook for the night. That also is another tog of war as we would argue till midnight until we end up running out to buy cheese balls, snacks and Pepsi before the last provision store keeper closes! 

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Everywhere choke

 We told him not to go after her and he refused. Later, we got the details of the package. He ran profusely hoping to catch up with her but he wasn't able to do so because she had gone far. Unfortunately for him, he did not even meet any vehicle at the junction to board.

That day, Shedrack broke down in tears but there was no one to cheer him up! I would have put my hand across his shoulders and given him little motivational speech but I was not there! I could only imagine what he was going through but I knew it wasn't easy because he left us behind thinking that we didn't know how to run that kind of package but we were in the field before him. So, we allowed him to cry out his eyes balls as he came back to meet us. 

"Agaraja must come back." We tried telling him that day but it was already too late as he wasn't able to hear us. So, he went inside and slept. 

I guess he cried amidst sleeps of different intervals. We cared less! 

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