Billonaire's Vengeance

July,

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uomi Apiri Abbey-Hart, whose death is the reason for all these narrative. At twe

this, I feel it has to be done. This is because after all I'd experienced in the past one year, it is important that per

d force in the United States or United Kingdom who is specially trained for military duties at sea as well as on land, offshore oil exploration activities and freight

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d. The last time I bothered to check (a week after his final burial), my father's estate stood at a whooping Seven Billion Naira, but as I sit in this empty church auditorium, that same

e time showed five-thirty, as I stood up slowly, rubbed my smooth head with my right palm, and began to head for my younger sister's apartment where I was presently 'squatting.' Although I felt ashamed to b

he Holy Bible. I smiled at the thought of the name, while thinking of how best to dig into the Holy Bible which had never provided answers to all the questions that presently troubled my mind. Buttoning my

" he asked with a

ust surviving," I repl

ing for digging

ntly, "the doctor wants to see me conce

, I regarded the entire situation as funny; that I, Tamunotonye Ibierembo Abbey-Hart who once gave out huge donations, and awarded multi-million Naira contracts, was now jobless and presently 'squatting' with his younger sister. I swore to get to the botto

o repeat the knocking when I was stopped by my sister's countenance. She must have applied some oil to the

big brother,

ispered after respond

Thoughts of my late father and sick mother which were seeping into my mind were soon 'interrupted' as my eyes met my sister who came to sit in the sitting room after bolting the front d

he situation, as she resembled a vampire who took a break from drinking blood from a bucket. I always tried from time immemorial to avoid trying to caution her about

trying to adjust her

ou should've dropped by at the hospital to se

Anyway things aren't easy for me also, because my finances are in a mess, c

another question at h

enses, I don't have it, and I don't think I presently own anything which any ban

e replying her, while trying to

u to lend me the money. I'm asking you to give me fifty thousand Na

for, five hundred and fifty thousand Naira, for the op

st, which was strapped with a beautiful (and expensive) Chopard wristwatch. Something in my throat stopped me from

esponse, she proceeded to her bedroom while unbuttoning her jacket at the same time. I didn't need any Prophet to tell me that I had to look

sfy one of her desires. Inside the kitchen, I took a knife and a chopping board, set it on the kitchen cupboard, while looking for a lighter at the same time

he national TV station with regards to maritime activities in the country. It was not the publicity being given to him by the media that surprised me, rather it was his position in the maritime industry and societ

whole of West Africa. The interview was about to end when I stood up, about to return to the kitchen, when the word 'perfect' came out of his mouth. He continued by adding the same wor

the chopped tomatoes and pepper into a small container, broke two eggs into the mixture, and whisked it with a fork. Satisfied with the texture, I fetched two sachets of Indomie instant noodles from the cupboard and emptied their contents into a small po

the food to get done, I kept staring around the kitchen like a stranger in the apartment. A little over two minutes later, I opened the pot and poured the egg batter into it while stirring the c

, and most of the things the doctors had been telling me. I knew my mother had never been sick in her life, not even once. This was due to her frequent medical check-ups, physical exercise, c

rating set, I stood up and groped my way to the light switches, television and every other electrical appliance in the sitting room to switch them of