Lekki Sisi - S01 E37

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Lekki Sisi - S01 E37

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 37

Yetunde sighed. ‘But can’t you see God’s faithfulness in our lives? You have a very good job. Mum’s factory is doing pretty well. We can boast of our own family house. I was the best graduating student in my faculty. You came out with an outstanding result.’

I shook my head. ‘How could you quickly forget the days we hawked plantain in the hot sun on the streets of Akure. Remember those days when we had nothing to eat. We went into farms to steal vegetables. Have you forgotten how Baba Aduke threw us out of that one room apartment when mum couldn’t pay up the rent? Mum cried. We had to sleep in church for several months. Yetunde, I don’t forget things easily and it is one reason I don’t want to ever go back to that life. I really pray you find Dad so I can prove to him that what he left us for, I now have in abundance.’

‘The life of a man does not consist of the abundance of the things he possesses.’

‘Mo fi olorun be e, don’t quote scriptures to me. Where was God when Dad left and we had to suffer? Aburo, I’ll talk to you later. I have to go to work soon.’

I got to the boutique that afternoon to find three of my colleagues standing outside, their faces drawn. One of them was crying.

I stopped in front of them. ‘What’s going on?’

‘Madam fired us.’

I stood back. ‘Why?’

‘She said there is no money to pay us. Imagine that, and she didn’t even pay us the money she owed us. What kind of wickedness is that.’

The lady who had been crying wiped the tears from her eyes. ‘I don’t know where to start from. I am running a course in Unilag. How do I pay my school fees?’

I didn’t know the right words to say to comfort them. ‘You’ll find another job. Be hopeful.’

For the umpteenth time, I was glad I had a back-up. Ranti. With him, I didn’t have to worry about money.