EPISODE ONE

THE ORPHAN VICTIM

Episode One; By Adedeji Abayomi

There I was on the hospital bed, I couldn't move my leg or my body then I was thinking about my life. My name is Benedict but people usually call me Ben. I was an orphan with no place to go I was brought to the hospital because of an injury and this is my story.

When I was a small child I was the only child of my parents and I was born with a silver spoon, and went to a rich school in Lagos. One day his father, was coming back from work, he couldn't take his car because it had a fault and it was at his mechanic place, so he decided to trek, as he was coming he was supposed to cross the pedestrian bridge, he was in a hurry and he crossed the big road as he was crossing the road a big, long trailer hit him and stepped on him and he died instantly.

As my mum a full house wife as she heard the bad news she fainted quickly.

A hour and 30 minutes later

The boy their only child Benedict who was in boarding school and came to enjoy his holiday with his parents. As he entered the house he saw his mum lying on the ground, she wasn't breathing no longer a boy of 13 years, he quickly went to the kitchen and brought out a big bowl of water and poured it on her face, and he was blowing breeze on her face with an hand fan. After 20 seconds she stood up and asked her what happen.

''Mum what happen, how do you faint'' Ben asked

''Your dad is gone'' Mum said angrily and stood up

' gone how could he be gone as he travelled or did he died, God forbid daddy can't die, or he has travelled to London because he had been talking about that trip but he could have take me, but why did mum faint did dad divorce her ' I thought.

''mum where did he go''

''he his gone for good''

''where mum, where''

''leave me, he will come'' Mum responded acting sarcastically behaving mad and was talking to herself.

At Night

I haven't seen Dad and he his not usually late like this so I picked mum phone and call Dad's number but it was switched off. In every conversation mum and anyone has through her phone is always been recorded so he checked the last conversation that happened today and it was dad number that called mum.

Recorder; ''Hello who am i speaking with'' A strange voice said holding dads phone

' this is not my dad voice ' Ben thought

''Well ma your husband was hit by a trailer

''and where is he''

''He kicked the bucket The strange man said, as the phone slipped from mum hand.

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' what is kick the bucket [and I went to Google and searched the meaning it means Dad] what my dad can't die so that's why mum faint ' He thought.

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He went downstairs and he didn't see his mum, because our house is a storey building I searched every where but couldn't see her. So I took a car out of the ten cars my parent had. I could drive but it was against the law. I was driving a small black Toyota Camry. As I wanted to enter the estate gate I wore my dad favorite cap. As the gate man held his hand to stop the car I stopped. The Estate gate man was holding a old [shakabula] a local gun and I whined down the car glass,

''Hez who be dis'' The Security said in pidgin

''[changing my voice] Its Benedict Father from that side'' I said but I was afraid

''you fit go, sorry sir'' The Security said.

And he opened the Estate gate and I came out of the gate and I saw a car that look like one of our car it was burning.

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