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Chapter 2 - Chapter 1: Leave my house!

Ehinon and Ilobekeme and their only child Afe just finished their supper of Eba and Okro without fish or meat in their 3 bedroom flat, when the landlord entered the sitting room without knocking and with a menacing face. With trembling Voices the Couple greeted the landlord. ' where is my money?' he demanded. 'Please Sir Oga landlord! I've been working so hard! Take this fifty thousand naira first. I will pay the rest in 7 days time' Ehinon said stretching his hand with the money to landlord. He collected the money and left after warning them to Unfailingly keep his balance of four hundred and fifty naira or else...

Thirty minutes after the landlord left, everywhere was still as silent as a graveyard. Afe who is just 12 years old broke the silence 'Daddy! Mummy! everything will be okay'. That night after Afe went to her room to sleep her parent discuss deeply. The Man was of the opinion that they should use the money they reserved for Ilobekeme's business to settle the landlord first so they will not be evicted from the house. Very early next day, Ilobekeme went to landlord's house which is 3 houses away. After she paid the balance, the landlord told her that they have at most 2 weeks to pack their things out of his house. All pleading fell on deaf ears. At last, she went back home in tears. Ehinon her husband became weak instantly, the moment he heard the news. The next 5 days met the couple searching for both money and accommodation. Afe came back from school one day, met the house empty as the parent have sold almost all their belongings to gather money to relocate. Also they were not at home. She went to the back of the house crying when all of a sudden A very bright light appeared before her. A female voice spoke from within the brightness "Afe I can see your condition. Follow me!"

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