FATE AND FORTUNE.... CHAPTER 2 & 3

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Chapter two

He heard the sound as the water from the toilet was been flushed down, his panic increased because he knew his dad would be out any moment from that time, then an idea came to him, he picked up the pen and scrambled some numbers into a blank sheet of paper just to make it look like he was working. Dayo froze as the door to the toilet opened, "now the moment has come" he thought as his hands trembled.

”How far have you gone boy?” his dad asked,

he tried to find his voice as he struggled to speak ,"still working on it dad” he said, his dad moved closer to see what he had been doing but was shocked, “have you gotten the liability yet?” his dad enquired, but Dayo didn’t reply he just stared at the laptop screen blankly,

“What about the owner’s equity?” he demanded again, but yet he didn’t give any answer, with both irritation and anger, he shouted at Dayo “so what have you been doing? hun Dayo?, don’t tell me you don’t even know the basic principle behind this hun?”

Dayo bowed his head in shame as his dad continued to speak with anger written all over him. "So you mean I have been giving you all that money just for you to go and waste it? Oh my God! Tell me, what is your CGPA?" Dayo refused to speak as he tries to move the chair backwards because his dad was getting too close to him

“Is something wrong with your brain? I said what is your CGPA?" he repeated Dayo stammered as he finally speak “2.64 sir” almost immediately, the dad said”2.6 what?! , Oh my God!” As he felt so disappointed.

“Do you know why I have not been asking about your performance in school Dayo?, because I felt you were doing well, I gave you all those money because I wanted you to be comfortable, I never wanted any distraction for you, but I guess I was wrong, I made you too comfortable, honestly you really disappoint me".

Dayo managed to speak after some minutes "I am sorry dad, I swear I am putting in my best” his dad ignored him as he tried to reply a message he just got on his phone”dad please, I promise to change I swear” Dayo added.

His dad dropped his phone on the table as he gave him a stern look, then he said, ”I have worked very hard to build this company, I know how I have suffered to get to this point where I am today, so let me inform you that, I am never going to hand over this company to you if I see that you don’t deserve it”, he took a deep breath before he continued "do you think I am that stupid hun? Just because you are my only child does not automatically make you the heir of the company, it’s my company and I can will it to anyone I see that is deserving of it".

Dayo left his dad's office feeling sad, it was the saddest day of his life, if anyone had told him that the day was going to end in such manner, he would have fought the person, he would have called the person all forms of names, but what can he do, everything has happened and it's his fault , he caused it, he had allowed all the money and fame to get to him, his company of friends were not helping matters too as he was the leader of his crew, he quickly rose to the top as the tag OMO BABA OLOWO was highly considered.

Dayo got to school on Monday morning looking serious, he was ready to change, he was determined to win back his father’s love, really determined to impress him. Walking into the big lecture room, Dayo felt the usual rush as students were moving around trying to get seats before the arrival of the lecturer, his entrance into the class was quiet as he wasn’t with his crew, he avoided going in through the back door because he knows some of his guys will be waiting for him there, so he took the front door.

Chapter three

The first five rows were occupied by students already as he moved around trying to get space, he was still trying to talk a guy into managing his space with him when suddenly his phone began to ring, and he knew who it could be even before picking the call.

“Hello lizzy", he said as he picked the call then, turned around to look at the direction where he and his guys usually sit.

"Baby what are you doing?" she asked gesticulating from where she is seated I didn’t know you were around "he replied, "well, what can i do" he thought. The guy he was trying to persuade wasn’t ready to share his seat and every other one around him was occupied, he has no choice but to go and sit with Lizzy his half-cast girlfriend, she was born to a Nigerian father and an Irish mother, Dayo loves her but he knows that she was going to be a major distraction for him if he ever wants to be serious.

Dayo was seated now as the next seat after his to the left was not occupied, while Lizzy was seated to his right, he apologized to Lizzy and his friends then tried to act like his going to the front row wasn’t intentional. Dayo continued to pay mild attention to her as she tried to narrate how her cousin's wedding which she attended over the weekend was fun.

Few minutes later, the lecturer came in through the front door, everyone brought out their writing materials while the lecturer tried to arrange his public address system. Some minutes later, the lecture commenced but before Dayo could start writing, someone tapped him on the shoulder.

Dayo looked over his shoulder to see a light-skinned girl, he didn’t really bother to check her out much because he was so eager to start the day’s work with all his attention, the only thing he could pick from her appearance was that she has two distinct tribal marks on her face, he could tell that she's Yoruba, he looked at her with questioning eyes as she asked him”sorry, is anyone occupying this seat?" pointing to the empty seat beside him, "no" he said, without looking in her direction. Lizzy tapped him on his lap trying to make him reject her from sitting beside him, but he shrugged and said “she just wants to sit Lizzy" Lizzy was disappointed because she never likes it when other girls come around him ,not to even talk of a classless girl with tribal marks like that.

Few minutes into the lecture Dayo was frustrated because he was not flowing with the lecturer as he could not really link up the steps, his girlfriend wasn’t helping matters too as she wouldn’t allow him to concentrate, he didn’t want to be rude to her so he told her to keep her voice down a few times but she wouldn’t listen. He was thinking of what to do when he looked to his left and noticed that the girl sited next to him had written about five pages of note when he could only manage to write two, he closed his note book then looked at the girl's note, he was surprised that she wasn’t only following the lecturer steps, she was jotting extra notes beside them.