MR LECTURER - CHAPTER 7

“What?!!!” how on earth is that possible!!!” Mr Lecturer shouted jumping off his seat as his wife told him that their last born, Stephen has been hit by an unknown bike-man on his way back from school. 

“This is terrible!!! Please hold on for me, I will join you very soon at the hospital” he said as he picked up his car keys and ready to go and because he was in a hurry, he forgot to lock the door of his office. Upon getting to his car, he saw a young man in all black leaving his car, he could not question him because of the urgency of the call he just received.

 The young man with black cap passed by him smiling while he (Mr Lecturer) was rushing towards his car. 

“But wait, this idiot looks like one of my students, what could he be doing with my car?” he said as he hurriedly drove out of the car pack giving everybody around at the moment a concerned look as to why Mr Lecturer of all people could be in a hurry that much. 

Just as he drove out of the school compound to take the hospital’s route, he received another call and this time, it was more terrible. 

“What!!!???? Are you kidding me? How come?” just as he said that then he remembered he did not lock his office because he was just told that his office was on fire and that everything in his office has been burnt into ashes. The shock of the newly received information gripped him that he hit the break all of a sudden unconsciously almost leading to a fatal accident as the truck behind him was not expecting the sudden halt, before the truck could hit its own break, the back of Mr Lecturer’s cream colored Pencil Toyota Camry was already brutally destroyed almost costing him his life. 

“Ohhhhh my God, kini gbogbo eleyii bayii.” He said as he came out of his partially destroyed car to plead with the affected individuals, he apologized to the driver of the truck but the driver will not listen until the money for the damaged parts of his truck has been given to him. After the shocking and horrible road experience, Mr Lecturer drove his partially destroyed car away to the hospital, before he reached the hospital, Stephen was already gone to the land of the dead with free ticket because he already lost so much blood before he was taken to the hospital and the destructive injuries sustained as a result of the accident were very brutal. 

Mr Lecturer’s wife ran to hug him, shedding tears as the body of Stephen was being taken away. The sympathizers could only say “Sorry” and one by one they left them at the hospital. Just as Mr. Lecturer was about approaching the body of Stephen, holding the hand of his beloved wife, he received a message from Folashade. 

“I am there already sir.” 

“Who is that one again?” his wife angrily questioned as they stood by Stephen’s body. 

“Never mind, it is an issue I have to attend to quickly but this one is the most important” the wife could not talk because of her unclear voice due to the shouts made earlier at the hospital and with her blurred eyes she stared at her dead son lying down there helplessly. Mr Lecturer walked away to reply his text. 

“Not today, will let you know when to come for the fifth round” he texted and sent the message as he walked back to join his wife. 

To be continued….