Chapter 91 He lost it all
George don’t do this, please
get up, ohh.. No, what is he
doing now God help me, she
left him on the floor rush to
pick up her phone to call Gina.
"What? Is he ok?"
"I don’t know he is laying on
the floor, but am taking him to
the hospital now so meet
us there".
"Ok. Am on my way."
"Ken , am going to the hospital."
"What happen?"
"My father, I don’t know what
is going on with him but he is
in the hospital".
"Am coming with you".
"Ok, take the car keys".
They both rush down to the
hospital but Mr. George has
been place on the oxygen.
"What happen to him?" Gina
ask almost crying.
"The doctor says he has a
partial stroke, and I know is
because of too much thinking.
I told him to stop thinking too
much about this company of a
thing but he won’t listen to me,
now this is the result".
Ken could only hold Gina, he
didn’t know what to do or say,
they were the course of what
has happen to Mr. George .
"Please take care of him, we
need to go somewhere",
Ken told Gina’s stepmom.
"Where are we going?".
"Enter the car let’s go", ken rush
into the car and drove off.
"Where are we going in such
a hurry". Gina ask again.
"Am going to meet that lawyer,
he has to release everything to us,
or let him show me the whole
documents my Father signed and
the will too".
"Is that going to solve anything"?
"Yes, I think that lawyer is not
telling me the truth".
"I don’t get you, but he is your
family lawyer".
"Yes, my father trusted that man
too much but I don’t".
"So what are you going to do"?
"Force him to release what
belongs to me".
"No ken.. just stop this car, I
mean now.."
Ken pull the car to a
streching-hut.
"Calm down Ken, that man is
a lawyer, anything you do to him
now will be use against you in
the court of law, please I don’t
want to add to the problems we
have already, let’s think before
we act".
Ken hold onto the car steering,
place his head on it an start crying.
"What? Are you crying? This
was the first time Gina saw Ken
crying like a baby. She never knew
he could cry like this, and it made
her feel so sad.
"Please don’t cry, everything
will be fine".
"When, Gina when? My father is
dead, your own father is liying
down in the hospital bed with a
stroke, the company they suffer
so much to build is about to be
taken by the bank, everything is
about to crumble, when is it going
to be fine?.
Gina hug him and they both
cry in the car in the middle of
nowhere.
"Stop crying my love Ken said,
let’s go back to the hospital".
"Ok."
Three weeks is up and the bank
are here to take over the company
because they could not pay off
what they own.
The staffs are all locked out of
the building and Ken's phone was
ringing like no man’s business.
He refuses to pick up his calls
while Gina was walking to and fro
in front of Ken who sat on the
bed thinking so hard but not
coming up with any solution.
"What are we going to do?
Gina ask Ken but he did not
give her any answer.
"What we have left is this house,
your own estate have been
sold, the company have been taken
over, only ben’s own estate is
remaining what do we do"?
"I don’t know, Ben is not the
type to help anyone, I would have
ask him to sell one of the estate
so we can use it to start another
company".
"But you have not try, and my
father’s hospital bills has taken
all the money I have in my savings,
we are fast going out of money,
the children school fees are around
the corner". Gina said.
"Let me go and meet Ben."
"Heyy Ben, how are you doing"?
"Am cool."
"And what about your wife? Are
you not going to take her back".
"Take who back? She has
made her choice let her remain
where ever she is, I have always
known that she is after money,
once there is no money she is
gone, I know her type".
"Hmmm, talking about money, I
want to ask you if you can sell
one of your estate so we can use
it to state another company"?
"One of my estate"?
"Yes,"
"Why? And beside I don’t have
access to it, the lawyer has refuse
me access to it, I even needed
the money more than you".
"Let’s both go and meet the
lawyer", Ken said.
"Ok, let me put on my cloth".
Ken could not believe that
Ben would agree so easily to his
demand.
"They want to the lawyer’s office
only to meet Mr. Abiodu and the
lawyer charting and laughing.
"What is he doing here"? Ken
ask Ben.
"How am I supposed to know?
Ben answered, and how come
the lawyer knows Mr. Abiodu"?
"Maybe through Dad".
"Anyways, we are not here for
Mr. Abiodu come let’s go inside".
"Hey… look who we got here"
Mr. Abiodu was the first to speak
and they both laugh.
"What brings both of you to my
office, walking hand in hand like
best of friends hahahha" the both
laugh again.
"We are here to ask you to
release everything to use, the
money, the properties, I mean
everything my father has, they
all belongs to us". Ken said with
so much boldness.
Mr. Abiodu and the lawyer turn
and look at each other and they
gave them a very big laugh,
hahahaha.
"You are right my boy, the lawyer
said, your father ask me to do a
job for him, and that is what I have
done, nothing more nothing less.
The bank has to take their money,
the money has been used to pay
off your father’s debt and the
estates too, both Ben’s own and
everything, you are so lucky that
I fight for them to leave the house
you and your family are occupying,
that is all is left of you, I fought
hard for them not to take that
house you are occupying right now,
you have me to thank”.
Ken got hold of the lawyer and
gave him a hard nod on the
forehead sending him straight to
the floor.
Mr. Abiodu and Ben dragged
Ken out of his office.
"Ken please that is a lawyer,
remember we don’t have money
to make case with him right now.
Let’s just go home".
They both want home, and for
the first time in their life they
now understand the privileged
life their father has given to them.
"Stop crying", Ben held Ken as he
stop half way of their journey and
started to cry again.
"What has happen has happen,
but get ready for the lawyer because
he is going to sue you".
"Am not afraid of him".
"Fine, let’s go home, and beside
will you come with me to see Miriam?
Ben ask Ken.
"But I thought you don’t want
her again".
"I didn’t say I don’t want her, I said
am not going to beg her".
"Then what do you want to go
there for"?
"Just to see her".
"Whatever",
They drove to Miriam shop
and there were lots of customers.
"Let’s just go home, ken said,
can’t you see there are many
customers already".
"Are you sure that they are her customers"?
"What do you mean"?
"Can’t you see those men"?
"They might be the husbands
of her customers Ken said, trying
to defend Miriam but just then a
man walked into the shop.
"Wait, I think I know that man",
Ken said.
"That is the man Miriam presented
to me as her father or uncle whatever,
I don’t know, and I don’t like him
either". Ben said making a face.
"See your life, you don’t even
know your wife’s uncle or father.
But I want to see that man I
know him".
They both get down from the
car and walk into the shop.
"Heyy.. Ken, long time no see,
what are you doing here?..
"I saw you walk in here so I
thought to greet you".
"You’ve done well, and as for you,
talking to ben now, what are you
doing here? You left your wife for
how many months, is it now you
think of looking for her"?
Ben didn’t say anything.
"Is ok boss, Miriam said patting
her father's back.
"Let me get you guys something
to drink" she said and left.
"No, don’t worry" Ken said.
"Let her bring something joor, I
will drink it Ben said, go and bring
us something to drink".
Ken just looked at Ben and
shook his head.
The boss turn to Ken, and I will
like to talk to you when you are
done drinking something he said
looking at Ben who didn’t say
anything to him.
Ken could not help but turn to
look at Ben who is now on the
second bottle.