I got to zaria the morning of
the next day. I knew if I must survive I had to be wise. The money with me
could barely pay for my registration and I
needed accommodation.
I walked around the campus. The
view was really beautiful and I fell in love with the institution. If I must
survive here, I would need a job. I took part of the day searching for any kind
of work that would sustain me. That same day I got a job as a part time
assistant in a business center. Though the pay was really small, it would put
food on my table. All I needed now was were to stay.
By evening I was really tired
and needed to sleep. I walked around looking for a suitable place to lay
myself, I couldn't afford to spend any money on loggings. I asked around for
the chapel and was directed. That was where I spent my first night at ABU
zaria.
Early the next day I went to
work. I worked so hard the owner of the business center was impressed, that
same day she gave me a spare key to the shop.She told me she normally close
around 5pm but i
should leave around 5:30pm after cleaning up the place. I told
her it was okay with me. At exactly 5:30 pm I was about to leave and a thought
struck me. "Why not sleep here, its not as if you have anywhere else to
go".
That was how I started sleeping
at my work place. My madam didn't know because she leaves me at the shop and
expect me there before her.
I finished my registration and
started lectures, I was studying Bio chemistry,life was going steady. I made
few friends and each time they wanted to know were I stay I always discouraged
them.
Some months later my madam got
to know I sleep at the shop. She was angry with me for not telling her my
situation. She told me to pack up and come leave with her.
That was how my accommodation
problem was solved. Not only that aunty christy ( that was my madam's name)
became my big sister. She bought me handouts, paid for my practicals and even
paid my semester fees.� We
became very close and she was always encouraging me to work hard. She told me
her story which was almost similar to mine and how she held on God and never
gave up.
I was open with aunt christy, I
could tell her anything and she likewise.
A seminar was to be held in my
school on "youth development and empowerment". I really didn't want
to go but my friend and class mate Dora urged me to come.
At the seminar a speaker caught
my attention. Very young, handsome with a nice smile. 6ft tall and chocolate in
complexion. I didn't pick his name when he introduced himself. to be Harry I
didn't hear anything he said I was so enamored by him. He was fluent in english
like someone who was not based in nigeria. He seemed familiar but I have never
met him in my life, he has an issue with one side of his noise all I keep think
about was him.
Who is this mystery man?
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