The sun shine brightly to the earth surface bestowing it's intense heat on it, the time could be at exact 3:00pm, the market was as busy as usual, some traders could be seen attending to their customers , buyer roaming around in search of their reason of coming to the market,
Richard drove in, with his white lexus jeep with the mind set of finding Sandra, this would be the third time he has came to the market looking for her that day,
His heart has been restless since that first day he took her home in his car, her figure keep reappearing in his mind, she was the only one that can really repair his broken heart,
Due to the fact that his mind was in deep thought, he could not concentrate in his driving any longer,
A guy in his early twenties was crossing the main road with a wheel barrow containing some goods with the owner following him at his back, just as he was about crossing the road was knocked down by Richard who was less minded in his driving, all the goods in the wheel scattered all over the road the guy fell on the ground in a pool of his own blood, his head and leg was battered,Richard quickly hopped down from his car and rushed to the guy lying on the ground,'
Please help me carry him to the car"he said to some group of boys, they quickly took him into the car. as Richard was about driving off, the owner of the goods which was shattered on the ground who was a middle aged woman immediately grabbed his shirt,
"You must pay for my goods you spoilt, you reckless driver" she screamed not minding the fact that someone who laying unconscious in need of medication,
"Calm down, i will pay you your money, how much is it" he asked bringing out his wallet
"thirty thousand naira" she answered
Richard knew well that she was lying but due to the injured boy in his car he gave her the money and drove off
***
immediately he reached the hospital three nurse took him in a stretcher and led him into the theatre for treatment
"Hei what have i got myself into, please lord don't allow anything happen to the man" he
the guy fell on the ground in a pool of his own blood, his head and leg was battered,Richard quickly hopped down from his car and rushed to the guy lying on the ground,'Please help me carry him to the car"he said to some group of boys, they quickly took him into the car. as Richard was about driving off, the owner of the goods which was shattered on the ground who was a middle aged woman immediately grabbed his shirt,
"You must pay for my good you spoilt, you reckless driver" she screamed not minding the fact that someone who laying unconscious in need of medication,
"Calm down, i will pay you your money, how much is it" he asked bringing out his wallet
"thirty thousand naira" she answered
Richard knew well that she was lying but due to the injured boy in his car he gave her the money and drove off
***
immediately he reached the hospital three nurse took him in a stretcher and led him into the theatre ,
Hei what have I put myself into" he muttered as drip of sweat form on his face
Not long after the doctor came out with a stethoscope round his neck
"Please doctor, how is he doing?please tell me all is well" Richard asked anxiously
"He is coping well, he loss a lot of blood, and that made him very weak, you would have to pay the due bill before any other treatment is administered to him, lest i forget, i will like to see you tomorrow in my office by 9:am in the morning, i hope you can make it" the doctor said,
"There is no problem, i will come, thank you very much doctor" he said happily,
"We are doing our job, just try and come tommorow OK?" the doctor said with a calm smile,
"There is no problem doc, i will come, thank you once more" he said as they both shook hand Richard left the hospital with joy and sadness, the fact that the boy was alive made him happy but not getting to see Sandra again left sadness in him,
He reached his house, turned on the air condition and lay down on his bed, he checked his time and it was 6:50pm, he turned on the music player and inserted his best westlife music 'soledad' the music seem to calm his mind,
ater on he dozed off with the music still going on,
****
The alarm on his phone screamed loudily jerking him off his sleep, he scrubed his eyes yawned widely and head straight to the rest room to clean up, by the time he was done, the time was 7:58am, he went to the fridge and brought out the soup he bought yesterday, he light up the gas cooker and placed the soup on it,
He sat on the stool in the kitchen waiting for the soup to get warmed,
As he stared at the gas cooker his mind flashed back to his parent, he remembered when his mother would sit him down in the kitchen teaching him how to cook,but after all the teaching he couldn't learn to cook, he had enjoyed the company of his parent all his life till the night they were kidnapped, that was when he was 23 years old five years ago,
It was just like a dream to him, he could not help but wondered what would be their fate now, maybe they were already dead, the incident was still fresh in his mind, it happened so quick without any trace left by the kidnappers
FLASH BACK
:
Richard was in his bedroom playing his favourite game at around 10:pm,
Suddenly the power supply in the whole room turned off, leaving everyone in commotion, he quickly turned on the light of he phone and head out to check what could be the problem,
Just as he reached the door post the light came back, he stood there confused, he rushed out to check his parent who was in the sitting room then, but to his utmost surprise they were no more there, he ran upstair to check their room but he couldn't find them,
He search through the nook and crane of the building but couldn't find them, their phone was also missing that was when it dawn on him that his parent had been kidnapped and it was exactly that same time the power source got off,
He had cried out his eyes then praying for his parent to come back but they had not been seen, he travelled to the town of lagos with his uncle for apprentiship, he uncle called Clement was the only good and generous man from his father's relatives, the immediate brother of his father called maazi Ozor had quickly took over all the properties of his father leaving Richard with nothing, if not for the help of Clement he could have end up beging in the street, After three years of apprentiship, he was settled, and that was where he had acquired the money that had sustained him althrough then till now.
PRESENT
:
Tears formed in Richard eyes as all those event played in his mind, he brought down the pot of soup on the fire, he made a little semovita and head to the sitting room to devour his meal,
In no distant time he was done, he took his bath and wore a red polo and a black trouser with a black suppra shoe to match, the time was 8:35am, he entered his lexus jeep, which has a scratch in it's boonet, even it's headlamp was broken all as a result of the previous accident he had,
He parked his car at the appropriate place and walked into the hospital curiously.
