Chapter 90 left me
All of them follow, the boss said.
in fact, come let me take you
back to your husband’s house."
"Am not going anywhere, the
bank will soon come for the
house. Am preparing where my
children and I will stay".
"How is my grandchildren doing"?
"Is now that you remember
to ask after them?, they are
doing fine."
"Thank God, but please do not
bring those beautiful children
here, this places is not a place
for good children like that".
"Hmm, your right, that is why I
didn’t come with them".
"That is a good one, though I
didn’t like the fact that you are
fighting your husband and breaking
his head, he’s a man you know".
"I don’t understand you, I thought
you didn’t approve of him before,
why the sudden change?"
"Change is constant you know,
so don’t blame me for changing,
he is a good man."
"Hmmm, am suspecting the
boss, he wants something from
me, why will he not want me to
come back here? Hmmm, tell
me what do you want?"
"What? Me? No, nothing I don’t
what anything hahaha". He puff is
cigarette again.
"I know you, you need something
what is it?"
"50million is not a child’s play
Miriam, the boss say and got up
to go, think about it Miriam,
50million, don’t walk away from
it. he said as he walk away.
"What is wrong with him? 50
million that someone cannot get,
what is the use of it?
Ben was discharge from the
hospital three days after but his
wife did not show up at the
hospital.
"Where is my wife and why is
her belongings not here?" He
questions everyone.
"She left, sir",
"Left"?
"Leave the maids alone, you
should go and ask her yourself".
"Am going nowhere, if she
left this house without me
knowing then she better remain
there for life".
Ken arrive early at the office
only to be greeted by five men
from the bank.
"We are here to serve you this
letter from the bank, you have
three weeks to pay up or the
bank will take over the company".
"But we have written to the bank
asking for more time".
"Sir, there is nothing I can do,
my hands are tight". The manager
said.
"I need to call my lawyer, this
can’t be. Ken took out his phone
to call his lawyer but the phone
is switched off, "shit.., he cannot
switch his phone off at this time,
damnit.." he curse.
He drove to the lawyer’s office
but he was told he just left.
"Maybe today has no luck on
my side, let me go home and relax
I will see him tomorrow".
Ken drove home only to meet
a scene that he has be praying
so hard to avoid.
Ken.. please come and tell
this men to leave this compound
right now". Tina, Ken’s mother said.
"Which men"? Ken ask, Hoping is
not what his's thinking.
"They said they are from the bank
and that we should leave the
house in two weeks carrying
only our clothes, what kind of
insult is that"?
"Mom, calm down I will talk to
them".
"There is nothing we can do sir,
our hands are tight, you just need
to comply or we will use force
the next time we come here.
Two weeks is enough for you
to look for where to stay".
Everyone in the Jackson house
was running up and down trying
to figure out what to do.
"What do we do now"?
"I told you people we should sell
part of the mansion and pay
off this debt, but No, you
would not".
"So who is going to buy the
house now ben ask, let look for
something who will buy it so we
can at least have somewhere to
stay, we all can manage my
quarters". Ken said.
They start looking for who to
buy but no one was willing
to buy.
"Let me look for who to buy it
Mr. Abiodu said". Appearing from
no where.
"How did you get here"? Mr.
Abiodu. Ken ask
"I was in the office and I heard
the new, everyone is talking so I
came to see you, little did I know
you are about to lose your home
too, looking round the mansion
he make a face. Ken was not
quite comfortable with Mr.
Abiodu coming to their house but
there was nothing he could do,
he really needed some help right
now.
"Fine, do you know who will buy
it right now and give us the money?
We need to clear this debt.
"Let me make a call".
"Ok. So they are willing to sell"?
"Yes, they have no option but
to sell, hahahaha".
"Thank you very much", the voice
at the other end said.
"No probs, just make sure you
give me my own part".
"That is for sure", he hang-up
and turn to ken.
"Done, you can send your account
number and the money will be
transfer to you".
"Fine, but he needs to transfer
it to the banks account, let me
make a call", Ken took his phone
and call the bank.
"Really, you pull off the deal so
fast, you are like your father, well
done ken".
"Just send me the account and
close up the loan".
"Sure".
Before the day was over the
whole transaction was done
and the house sold out to
someone they have not seen,
because it was urgent.
Ben and his mother and the rest
of the family took the next
one week moving things to
Ken’s quarters.
"We need to lay off some of
this domestic workers Ben’s mom
said we don’t need them
anymore".
“You are right” Tina agreed.
"This house is still big for every
one of us, Grace said, I thought
it will be small, but am beginning
to like it, am no longer lonely this
days".
"You see, I told you we can
live together" Tina said.
"But who in God’s name is the
new owner of my quarters?
Grace could not help but ask, and
everyone was wondering the
same thing. Because Mr. Abiodu
did not tell them who bought the
house and also pay in such
a hurry.
"Ken want to the lawyers house
to tell him want has happen, but
he did not say much, he said it
was ok.
"But what about our inheritance?
Can we have access to it now"?
"No Ken, remember that only
half of the debt was paid not the
full amount. Mr. Jackson
instruction was to pay off all the
debt before you can have access
to your inheritance".
"Ken could not move, it was like
a lightning bolt has hit him, where
will he go from here? In three
weeks from now the company
will be taking over by the bank,
what will become of the
Jacksons?
"But I can help you though, the
lawyer said and Ken turn in a
flash, what did you say? You
can help me how"?
"If you want to sell your own
estate for 1 billion I will help you
look for someone to buy it".
"Ken, pause for some few minute.
Sell my own estate"?
"Yes."
"Why will I do that"?
"Because if you don’t sell it,
you will still lose it, the bank will
take everything including the estate,
so you better save your head
by selling the estate".
"But the estate is not included
in the loan collaterals".
"If you want I can show you, is
included Mr. Ken".
"But what will 1 billion do?, it can’t
still pay off all the debt"
"Yes, but it will go a long way to
pay part of what is remaining".
"No, you tell the person that is
buying that I will sell it for 3 billion
is an estate for crying out loud".
"Hahaha the lawyer laugh, Ken,.
Ken.. he pat him on the back, you
don’t still get it do you? Money is
hard to come by this days and I
don’t think he is willing to buy for
that amount, beside am just
doing you a favor going about
asking people if they want
to buy".
"Ok, ok, is fine tell him to pay
the money".
"Alright, I will call you when
I get him",
"Ok, thank you".
"Yea, thanks too see you later".
Ken want home feeling very
down, what is all this? Why is
everything going down so rapidly,
how I wish dad was alive? I don’t
think I can handle this, dad has
always been right, am still a boy,
who knows nothing, I’ve always
been a boy, he wanted to cry but
no, a man must be a man and
take everything that comes.
Mr. George could no longer
take it, he thought he was saving
his own company by
collaborating with Mr. Jackson
but now he is about to lose
everything and this time, I mean
everything. What a mistake? I lost
everything trying to save it? I even
give my daughter to that God
for saking Family because I
thought I was saving my
company and daughter O God,
what have I done"?
"Please take it easy, is not the
end of the world".
"No.. is the end for me, I can’t
take this anymore", he cried and
fell to the ground.
"What are you doing get up”
Gina’s stepmother pull him up.