ALONE Dare to dream

u wonder if life was fair. His mother's early death cast a shadow over his childhood, leaving him without the warmth of a motherly love and care. His father, Ade

he burden of financial responsibility, not only to feed themselves but also to send Wilson and Christabel to school. The weight on their

't academically inclined, unlike his sister Christabel, but his father saw in him the reflection of his la

cer, were unmatched. In the midst of academic shortcomings, he blossomed as an athlete, winning accolades and earning the captaincy of his school

gers became a daily ordeal, and even the principal contemplated expelling and withdrawing him from school. Unbekn

g it would force him to redirect his focus to academics. Little did they know that this move only fueled his desire

ld and play football with his friends and collegues aften christabel do look for him after closing hours with her shout wilson.......... where are ? with an answer she kept looking for him not until she finds him playing soccer with his friends with wilson sweating , smiling, and panting so hard lo

ngs happening around him ,its got to a point he said to himself am not going to school again like why always me i fail so much and bad everyone mocks an

ll you are now , seyi said with a laugh atleast i can bully you now , they both laughed hard and with a warm hug , seyi said wilson hope you got those mesmerizing dribbles and shoot in you still , because i could remember how you usually dribbled us back then in primary school , wilson burst into laughter saying well i can not say until i face u guys again , seyi with a playful frown looked at wilso

e him up oya footballer bia they go field seyi is around wilson jumped off the bed tooks his jersey and went off with seyi , getting to the field seyi asked wilson where his ur boot by the way wilson looked and replied with a puzzled face but i dont have . seyi laughed so hard and replied and you wah play ball? you will get yourself serious inju

ld with me but chai coach he no con get boot thou, abeg shey u fit allow am play small? coach leke laughed and looked at wilson young man you sure you be footballer so ? wilson said yes , coach leke replied am not sure you no resemble one ,i dont think you actually know how to play from your look you to tall to play football go play basket ball na, you go rich oo... , wilson with the burning aura of passion and desire in him looked at coac

atic voice shouted move it boys.... nobody die if u tired go home..... saying that he looked at wilson asked you wanna go home ? wilson replied forward ever backward never , coach leke replied better .after the jogging and regular stretchies wilson was out of breath fell on the ground exhausted from the fast pace jogging , coach leke called all team

e left where by faking seyi outstretch leg remaining the goal keeper to beat with a composed look wilson slotted the ball through the goal keepers leg its 2-1 , coach leke with a suprised look on his face said wow what a nice body feint from a tall lanky boy, its continued the pressure was mounting on wilson team ,kelvin got the ball close to the corner flag had a glaze up saw wilson making a shape run down the flank with a delicate outside of the feet pass he sent the ball straight to wilson as wale the defender was closing down on wilson to stop the advancing ball with wilson awareness he made a deft touch pass to gbenga who was close by leaving him and seyi remaining wilson made a very fast run into the opponent box with gbenga laying a well timed through pass to wilson as the onrushing keeper was approaching wilson toke a double step over disbalancing the goal keeeper leaving him on the flow rounding him and sloting the ball home, and its was 2-2 wilso

rmed christabel and wilson that dad is seriously heal and he have been admitted to the hospital and he is been diognised with a deadly liver disease thats need intense care that will cost a all lot of millions ,they all where both devastated by the news and how difficult it is to get such amount , at that moment there was a flame of passion and determination an hunger for success that was ignited inside of wilson he quiet went into his room