On getting to the hospital, Adam was about getting out of the car when Jacob gave him a Premium black card of Zenith Bank.
'In there is a sum of ten billion dollars as written in the will your father left.If you need anything else you can communicate me",Jacob said giving Adam his card.
"Adam,why don't we have Amanda transferred to another hospital where she will receive the uptmost care from the best medical practitioners.Just say the word and it will be done",Jacob suggested.
"Okay then",Adam replied."Make it as early as possible tomorrow".
"Done",Jacob replied.
Adam got down and waited for the car to disappear from sight before entering the hospital.°°°°°°°
Immediately Adam got to the hospital, he went to the room his sister, Amanda was and couldn't find her.He was filled with fear and rushed out to ask of her.Luckily he found a nurse outside the room and asked her.He was told his sister had been transferred to a private room."Who had her transferred please",he could not help asking.
"You can get the details from the cashier department",the nurse snapped.
On getting to the cashier department.Adam asked for the identity of the person that had his sister transferred.
The cashier,Cindy who has always disliked him for his status looked at him in disgust and replied him.
"The sum of a million dollars was received from an anonymous source The higher-ups gave an instruction to have your sister transferred to the private ward".
"You still have a sum of five hundred thousand dollars to pay for all the treatment that had been given to her.Why am I even telling you when I know you have no means of paying but to wait for some charity".
Adam dipped his hand into his pocket to retrieve the Black card Jacob gave him.He stretched forth the card to the cashier.
Cindy looked at the card in Adam's hand in disbelief and collected it from him.
"If you wanted to deceive people, someone like me can't be easy deceived.You better start praying to your God because if I insert this in the POS machine and if the transaction is not successful,you will regret ever trying this stunt",Said Cindy.Only God knows whose card you stole,but that's your own problem inasmuch as the transaction is successful,I have no problem with you.
She inserted the card in the POS machine and was expecting it to be rejected or the machine to request for the card code but was shocked when the machine gave it free access and the withdrawal was successful.
Cindy looked from the machine to Adam and was staring at him as though he had grew horns on his head.
"My card please"Adam said snapping the cashier back to the present.
Cindy wrote the receipt and gave it alongside the card back to Adam and couldn't help but gape at Adam as he went out.
"How can he have a black card and still do not want to help his sister on time.No, maybe someone borrowed him the money or he must have stolen the card from someone.I shouldn't have allowed him to go scot-free.I should have called the security on him",concluded Cindy
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Adam went to the private ward his sister was admitted in.He stood at the door and peeked at his sister who he saw was already asleep.He entered and stood by her bedside and then sat down beside her.He looked at her and touched her hand lovingly.
Just then Amanda woke up and smiled at him."Brother,how have you been"she asked.
"I should be the one asking you that",he replied.
He was about to say something again when a nurse entered to give Amanda her dose of injection.Within seconds of receiving the injection,Amanda was fast asleep.
"Soon you will be back to your usual self",Adam said to Amanda's sleeping form and kissed her forehead then he went out.
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Adam got out of the hospital and checked his worn out wristwatch to see the it was already 10 'o' clock.
"How time flies when you're busy",he thought."Certainly Evelyn must be back in the house".
He tried flagging down a few cabs but none obliged to take him seeing his dressing,he was dressed in worn out clothes,almost resembling a beggar
Adam could not help but wished he still had a bike.He was forced to sell his when he needed to pay for his sister's treatment.Just the he saw a rickety cab and quickly flagged it down.The cab stopped by his side and the man extended his hand to Adam as soon as he entered the cab.
Adam frowned his face as he did not understand the man's gesture.
"Oh,you don't understand.Cash before service.Sorry if I come across as rude but I need to feed my family tonight",the cab man explained.
"No problem,I understand,I hope you accept transfers, let me scan your code".Adam replied.
Adam opened his Zenith Bank mobile app and scanned the code and transferred ten thousand dollars to the cab man's account.
"Sir, you must be mistaken,the transport fare is just a hundred and fifty dollars but you've sent ten thousand dollars,let me scan your code and have your change transferred to you"spoke the cab man
"Don't worry,let it be.You are the second person outside my family that did not judge me by my appearance", replied Adam.
"Thank you very much,I will forever remember you as my helper.Am sorry if I seem rude for asking for money upfront but a lot of people refuse paying me after getting to their destination saying my car is not fit to be on the road.This is the only thing my family depends on".
"It's alright", Adam brushed it off.
The cab roared to life and off i
Evelyn got out of the car with the intent that she will not claim her rights but try to apologize to the car owner and hoped that everything will go on well.She knew that even if Adam used a fast car,he can't get there in two minutes not to talk of him having to trek down a bit down the road before he can get a cab.She hoped everything will be settled before he gets there.Evelyn went closer to check the damage done to her car,one of her car's headlights was affected.She checked the other car and saw that it was only a minor dent."Thank God",She thought relieved that the damage to the other car wasn't as major as she thought by the sound of the collision.She heard the door of the other car slammed shut and turned around to meet the owner when she was faced with a fuming man.Evelyn gasped in disbelief when she saw who it was,Kolapo Dickson and knew by the
Evelyn went into the bedroom to change her clothes and shoe and went out of the house, without letting them know exactly where she was going to.She only told her parents she was going out.She went to a small clothing accessories store (where they sell all manners of clothing accessories like gloves,mufflers, blazers and so on)along the way to the city.She parked her car and went into the store.She saw the owner of store on seat.She was familiar with the old man.She came to this shop because she thought of getting a new wristwatch for Adam.The one he was using was already old and worn out.She got the wristwatch paid for it and left the shop and was thinking of another thing to get for Adam.She thought of going to a unisex clothing store nearby to get new clothes for him since this accessory store only sells cloth accessories.She had been saving part of her salary for this occasion.She started the car and on her way going,she heard h
Evelyn knew she has gotten her mother as Samantha doesn't like accounting for anything most especially money.Evelyn told Samantha what her house chores will be.Samantha is in charge of the Kitchen while she,Evelyn will clean the living room and the adjourned dining room.Adam who heard their conversation went back to the bedroom to clean it since Samantha and Evelyn were already doing their part.When Adam was done cleaning the room he went out and found Evelyn and Samantha in the kitchen, they were preparing breakfast,they were almost done with the preparation.The smell of frying chips (french fries) made his mouth water.They were still frying some."Well done ma".When Samantha sighted him in the kitchen,she saw it as an opportunity to escape the kitchen.If she had been vigilant enough and not thinking of an excuse she would have saw the change in Evelyn once Adam made his appearance known, Evelyn was blushing."Since you are here,
She laid down on the bed but couldn't sleep as she was still scared of the thunder,even though it wasn't as loud as before again.Adam laid on the ground and his thoughts wandered to what happened before they went to get candles.Evelyn had always shown him respect,even when others are mocking him,she will defend him.But what happened tonight is a surprise to him.He was still thinking when he heard Evelyn's voice."Adam, are you asleep"."Not yet",he replied."I don't know if you can come and sleep here,just for tonight.I am a bit scared of this thunder and I do not want to disturb my parents because of some silly thunder and ......",but Adam cut off her rambling."No problem".Adam was shocked.The Evelyn he knew will never admit her true feelings to anyone except for her father,John on rare occasions.She hates being seen as weak.And tonight she had admitted h
Adam parked the car in front of the house and they went out of the car,each carrying two of the packaged food.They entered the house and saw Samantha and John sitting in the living room.Samantha was pressing her phone when they entered,she looked up briefly when she heard the door open and continued with what she was doing on her phone.Adam and Evelyn greeted Samantha and John and John replied their greetings.Samantha did as though she did not hear them."Mom,we are greeting you",Evelyn said."Why should I respond when I am hungry",She replied."Samantha,why won't you respond their greetings.Atleast you know they are coming from the hospital,you should first greet them and ask of Amanda before you ask for food.And you should be ashamed to ask them for food, they are just coming home since morning that they went out",John spoke."Leave me alone joor,so I shouldn't eat because of ....",She was saying but stopped when she saw the packaged foo
On there way home,Evelyn suggested they get food in one of the restaurants around to make up for dinner.She suggested this because she knew that if they get home, even if she enter the kitchen to cook, Adam would still insist on joining her in the kitchen since her mother, Samantha had relegated all the chores in the house to Adam and would sit down and not do anything in the house."It is time that changes,my husband cannot be the only one doing the house chores again",She thought.Adam saw a restaurant,Bukka Hut and moved the car closer to the restaurant.He switched off the car engine and gave the car key to the valet.Bukka Hut is a restaurant known in the nooks and crannies of Lagos for it's delicious delicacy and because they make different delicacies ranging from local meals from different tribes in the country.It has different branches even in Lagos and specializes also in catering services.Adam and Evelyn got out of the car simultaneously a
They were still throwing banters at each other when an alarm rang through the hospital signifying visiting time is over.Adam checked the time and saw that they have been bantering for close to two and half hours.Adam and Evelyn stood up.Adam went to the table and carried Evelyn's bag and faced Amanda."Let me just escort her outside.I will be back",he said."Go home", Amanda replied."Hmm,so who will stay with you, definitely not Evelyn,she has work tomorrow",he said."I can stay,I have a day leave tomorrow", Evelyn said."Nobody is staying with me.Two of you should go,I am fine by myself",She said."What seriously,you have been mad at me for not seeing me all these days.Now that I'm here,you are still the one chasing me away"."Gosh,your mood swings is worst than a pregnant woman",he said shaking his head.&n
"You wanted to say something",Adam asked Amanda."Nevermind", Amanda replied."It's time for her injection",the nurse spoke dropping the small injection tray on the table.Adam stood up and went out giving Amanda privacy.He closed the door and waited in the hall."The nurse opened the door and came out of the room when she was done giving Amanda the injection."She will soon sleep,you can go out and relax and come back later by the time she wakes up, maybe in two to three hours",the nurse told Adam."Thank you",he replied and entered the room.He saw that Amanda was already drowsy.He sat down by her bedside and soon heard her breathing and knew that she was asleep.He brought out his phone, connected his data and opened his WhatsApp.He saw that he had not replied Jacob and he typed, "Thank you" to him.
He went into the hospital and was surprised that there was no harassing.Formerly, someone would have been disturbing him because of his appearance but not today.Maybe Jacob has warned them about it.He went to the reception centre where he found a receptionist.He told the receptionist that he was here to see his sister."I am here to see Amanda King".The receptionist asked of his name and his relationship with Amanda."I am Adam King and she is my sister",he told her.The receptionist checked the computer and checked searched for Amanda King's file,she checked relatives and saw his name there before she told him the ward and explained how he will get there.The ward was a VIP ward which was upstairs,so he took the elevator and got to a smaller Receptionist centre where he told the young man at the desk his name, his sister's name,relationship with the patient and the ward he was directed to.The receptionist told him the room number.