episode 6:
david: i am really a bike man at least i was when you saw me. (he
said and i gave him the go ahead look) i ran away from home
several months ago and i swore that i will not return but i did
because of you (what the f--k! he returned because of me, this
guy is really crazy but sha let me listen and not go ahead of
myself) i left all my riches and moved with and old friend of mine
Matthew who lived in the ghetto, he introduced me to several jobs
which i did so i could sustain myself and i have been living with
him at the slumps before i met you tumininu. (i suddenly sprang
up when he said my name and i became shocked as i never
remembered telling him my name, i stared at him as he continued
talking and did not notice the change in me)
me : how do you know my name ( i said and he stooped talking
and faced me but he could not reply me, i saw that something
was definitely something he was hiding from me) tell me how do
you know my name, i never mentioned it to you ( i then stood up
not minding my injured foot)
David: you cant stand up, your foot will get swollen (he
stammered but i immediately got furious)
me: dam the f-----g foot, that is not the topic, i said how do you
know my name. (i said but he did not reply me but just stared at
the floor) answer me (i shouted at him)
David: i know your name because i searched through your things
but i am really sorry. i just wanted to know more about you. (he
said as i then heaved a sigh of relieve in my mind as he urged me
to sit down which he did)
me: so you are just returning to your home now (i asked)
david: yes! (he said)
me: what made you to run away from home?
david: my mums constant nagging about my behaviors made
me to leave the house.
me: what behaviors? (i asked him)
david: a lot of bad behaviors that i began to exhibit when i
returned from the states almost two years ago)
me: which state? ( i asked but he smiled)
david: united states of america (oh my god i cant still believe all
these that am hearing) i was born in united kingdom but i was
brought to Nigeria when i was of age three but i then left for the
usa at the age of eleven for my education and i returned two
years ago.
me: why did you decide to help me? i mean i am a total stranger
david: (he smiled) must i have a reason to help, i just felt like
always protecting you ever since i set my eyes on you but i do
not have any bad intentions and i only want to be your friend.
me: friends with someone you dont know?
david: i can get to know you cant i( he said as he smiled to me
and for the first time i reciprocated by smiling too, the way i was
feeling at that moment was incredible, i mean david is really so
kind and so caring and no doubt i can say that he is like an angle
sent from the creator to me, although i did not believe in the
existence of god because to me he never existed, as if he did he
will not have let all those things in my life to happen to me, i told
david about myself, i told him everything but i just could not tell
him all about mama d and the fact that i was a child s-x worker as
i feared that if i told him i might lose him, we already became
close at that moment, i urged him later to go and apologies to his
mother and he did also did he promise her that he will not go
back to his bad ways, he introduce his mother to me and also did
he introduce the young lady to me as his sister damilola and she
happened to be only a year older than i am he told them all about
me and how we met and he mentioned that we were friends later
that day when david left me in his room to rest, his mother came
in)
david’s mum: how are you doing tumininu? (she asked as he
smiled to me)
me: am doing well ma thank you
david’s mum: no i should thank you for bringing my son back to
me and for changing him (she said) i have never seen him these
happy ever since he returned from the states and i can see that
you are the reason for all this jy in him (what the heck is the
woman saying, but anyway i just have to listen) please do not
stop been his friend
me: i will not ma
david”s mum: you can find a mother and a friend in me too
tumininu, even thou you don’t have any parent i want you to see
me as your mother (she said and i felt very glad within me, how
long have i longed to see someone to call my mother.) always
confide in me child and see this family as your own family.
me: thank you ma (i said with a grateful heart and the woman
wrapped her arms around me in a hug and i felt loved for the
very first time, well, i don’t want this to end this is the live that i
always dreamed of, to have a family and now it slowly coming
into reality, i don’t want to ever remember my past i just want to
bury it away and start anew)
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