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Paris25th Dec, 2038 (Twenty two years later) There was a total of four people sitting opposite the chimney inside the large study and their families were downstairs socializing. The faces of the inhabitants of the study were barely visible in the dark background because the only illumination in the room was coming from the chimney. The ongoing meeting was more of a tradition that had been going on for over 40yrs. Only fully blooded family members attended the meeting and it took place every Christmas involving the four members of the Russell Todd family who were the owners of Life Windows Pharmaceuticals (LWP). LWP was the largest Biological and Pharmaceutical research facility in the world. In the middle of the study was an expensive Italian center table with drinks, snacks and cigars on it. Seating directly opposite the chimney behind the table was Professor Emeritus Jack Russell Todd aka ‘JRT.’ He was 85yrs old and the CEO and founder of LWP. Prof Jack Russell T
The Impossible Destination Chapter One
September 30, 2008Kano, Nigeria07:15pm His father left him in the doctor’s common room some minutes ago after helping him to a bar of chocolate before leaving to attend to an emergency in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital. He had been told to remain seated and enjoy his chocolate while watching television. His father Dr. Umar Musa was a medical doctor at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) and his mother Maryam Musa was a nurse currently working at a private clinic. AKTH was the largest hospital in Kano and one of the best health facility in the country. Thirty minutes ago his father and he were both watching the national geographic station in their living room after his mother who was working a night shift left for work when his dad got an urgent call from the hospital notifying him that one of his patients was having a seizure and without wasting a minute his father grabbed him and drove to the hospital. After sitting in the doctor’s common r
The Impossible Destination Chapter Two
8yrs LaterSeptember 29, 2016Lagos, Nigeria01:45pm Arafat Amin Musa had his eyes fixed on his wristwatch as he prayed for the hands of time to lead his existence to 2pm which was the closing hour as his boring physics teacher kept trying to explain one of the most important and complicated theory in the history of scientific discovery and human existence. Mr. Edward their physics teacher kept trying to impact the knowledge of Einstein’s theory of General Relativity (GR) into the minds of his bored students but everyone in the classroom was exhausted and had only one thing on their minds ‘Home.’ Arafat still had a busy schedule ahead of him but Mr. Edward was not yet about to let everyone in the class have the final minutes of school to themselves. He kept trying to force their minds into the world of his dear mentor ‘Grandpa Albert Einstein.’ During weekdays Arafat had to get home before 2:30pm in order to get a shower and have his lunch before his Islamic
The Impossible Destination Chapter Three
If you were the only child to a father who was a doctor and a mother who was a nurse, you had to find a way to adjust to the demand of such a reality which included being a companion to yourself and also finding other things to keep you company when you were not in the company of your cronies. Arafat didn’t have a lot of friends because he didn’t need a lot of them. His rule for making friends was based on intuition, tolerance and respect for personal space. If you were lacking in those three departments he marked you as an invalid and the problem was most of the people around him were invalids and so was the fool standing before him screaming at him because he had kicked the ball wide instead of putting it in the net. Today was a Wednesday and school hours on Wednesdays at SISS were split into class hours and sport hours. Sport hours was currently in progress and the captain of the soccer team was already making him feel the wrath of his ever growing ego. Tunde Badmus
The Impossible Destination Chapter Three
“Hello my heartbeat. I can’t seem to get you out of my mind because you are the soul that powers my existence.” Claudine laughed at his words sensationally. It was 1am on a Saturday morning. Ara was surprised she had picked the call on the second ring. It had taken him all the confidence he could muster to place the call in anticipation of how their first phone conversation was going to turnout. The words he had just told her were as true as the blue of the sky because Claudine was the only happiness in his life keeping his mind off the mysterious incidence of the past two days. “So it took you two full days to find the courage to call me?” Claudine asked. “No Claud, it has nothing to do with my confidence but everything to do with me being nervous with everything that has to do with you. I guess it is love,” Ara replied. There was a short silence on the other side of the line before she finally said, “I love your choice of words as long as they don’t give birth to equat
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It was 5:30pm on a Sunday evening and Ara was out shopping with his parents at a mall. VC his best friend and he were both at a table inside a cafeteria in the mall helping themselves to some burgers and soft drinks. Their parents were also seated at another table in the cafeteria deep in conversation. Victor’s dad was also a medical doctor and a close friend of Ara’s dad. Just like Ara’s mom, Victor’s mother was also a nurse and a close friend of his mom. It was funny how people could keep the same company as the ones they spent time with at work. He would die of boredom because whenever both VC and his self were in the joint company of their parents, the topic was always health related. VC was a student of the commercial class at school and had dreams of becoming a chartered accountant in future while Ara was a student of the science class and had a dream of becoming a scientist. VC was a smallish guy in size with big eyes that were always occupied by the lens of his m
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Claudine frowned after reading the letter before tearing and tossing it into the trash can in front of the classroom. The alarm for closing hours had just gone off and the students were walking out of the classroom. Claudine was furious with Ara because he had not called her for the past few days and he was not returning her calls and text messages. When she had gotten tired of playing cats and dogs with him, she had made up her mind to break up their brief acquaintance once she got the opportunity to confront him in person but the words attached to the note he had slid into her locker at break-time had her conscience telling her to at least give him a chance to explain himself. The only reason Claudine was reconsidering her decision to dump Ara was because she had a crush on him long before he wrote her his mysterious equations. This was the only reason she was really pissed off. Claudine Douglas might not admit it to the world but deep inside she knew she loved Arafat
The Impossible Destination Chapter Six
Two weeks later, Ara was back in the classroom hopelessly staring at Mr. Edward his physics teacher. It was his first day back at school after the incidence. Claudine was still breathing through a ventilator and her life was being sustained by life-support system and equipment at the hospital. The news from the hospital was that there was no sign of improvement as her health deteriorates. Ara had been put through the scope by Claudine’s parents and his parents. The only reason he haven’t been interrogated by the police was because Claudine’s parents believe that he is innocent. The most difficult part of the whole incidence was sitting through a session with a shrink hired by Claudine’s parents. The shrink had psycho analyzed Ara and even though his parents had offered to seat with him throughout the session he had declined. Ara’s parents had ended up telling the Douglas that the session with the shrink was going to be the last time they would put their son through furthe
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