After the early morning dews, the sky still has the trace of blue perches, which made me shiver in my pullover as I pull over in front of a young lad.
"Good morning Brother Bayo" the young lad,Tunde greeted me as he entered the taxi
"Morning, Tunde how are you?"
"Fine, thank you".
Tunde was my first and regular customer. I had been driving him to school for two years now in my small taxi before heading to the road, his father decided to employ me as his driver after 6 months, and pay me monthly since then
"Brother Bayo, I have obtained Jamb form," he said
"Oh!That's great what are you planning to Study," I asked
"Pure and applied Biology", he replied.
"That's good, I can coach you if you want and give you some of my textbook",
"Oh, thank you very much. But brother Bayo, did you go to school? I mean higher institution", he asked
"Yeah, I went to higher institution and studied agricultural science".
"Wow you will know a lot about biology, can we start the lesson this evening?"
"Sure, I will come to your place by 5pm"
"Thank you very much, I will be expecting you", he said happily.
The car zoomed in front of Tunde's school after a few minutes' drive from his residence, he highlighted, waved to me and I sped off after doing the same. Tunde is a serious and dedicated boy, and it will be good to help him pass his examination.
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"Good evening sir," I greeted Tunde's father as I entered the house
"Evening Bayo, Tunde told me you will be coaching him, Thank you very much, may God bless you." he said.
"It's nothing sir, I have taken Tunde as my brother; I should be able to assist him, besides he is always willing to learn,"
"Thank you" He said. Tunde came around and I went to join him on the dining table where a white board and some markers were already waiting,
"Good afternoon brother Bayo",
"How are you, are you ready for me"
"Yes sir"
The tutorial started and went on. I am a very good teacher although I am not in education line I had no problem explaining work to people. Tunde happens to be a brilliant student too and that made our work easier. We worked for a while and stopped when the ticktock reached 8pm.
"It's getting dark let's stop here for today so that you can face your school assignment."
"Wow! Brother Bayo I Really enjoyed your teaching; I never knew you are this educated," I opined
"Of course I am educated and more so thanks for making it easier for me."
"Brother Bayo since you said you went to higher institution can you please tell me about your experience?Although I have heard of various cases of lecturers dating student and failing them if they did not give in to their wishes,also about the cultist which really scare me", he concluded.
"There are many things about higher institution, some are good, some are bad, and lecturer does not only fail female students but males as well. No one forces you attend classes in higher institution because it is regarded as a place of freedom, people go there with different missions, some wants to get the certificate for real, some are there to get money, some to live the free live they always wanted to live, some are even there to get power and make other people suffer that's the case of the cultist. Higher institution is a world on its own a world of experience, you find a lot of things, Good and bad, pleasing or unpleasing."
"Hmm, so how was your experience?Good or bad?" he asked me
"I will say both".
"But Brother Bayo, Why then are you working as a taxi driver despite how brilliant you are and more so the fact that you went to higher institution, you could get a good job."
"It's a long story Tunde"
"Can you please share it with me?" He pleaded.
Tunde is more or less my younger brother and there is no harm telling him my story.
"Okay then, but that will be some other times, it's late already", I agreed.
"Thank you very much",
"You are welcome, bye". I stood up to leave,
"Uncle Bayo, the food is already done please wait and eat", Tunde's mother said approaching the dining room from the kitchen.
"Thank you ma, its late already, some other times", I refused politely.
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DESTINY OR DENIAL
Mystery / ThrillerDestiny or denial written with simple English depicts the life of an ambitious boy, who upon all odds finds his way to the higher institution. He lost his father at a tender age and his best friend. He found himself in prison overnight and lost his...
