adebimpe the facebook girl

Episode 30

I picked the phone and checked the message.
It was a text from my uncle in Ado-ekiti,
telling me that the job we earlier discussed
about had clicked, and he told me to call him.
I was so happy and joyous as I kept
screaming "halleluyah" in my room. I was the
happiest man on earth that night. I checked
my account balance but didn't have sufficient
airtime,
Thank God my neighbour "mama iyabo" the
gossiper sells airtime. I went to knock on the
door of her room that night at around 9pm to
purchase airtime. I recharged my phone and
dialled my uncle's number.
ME: hello sir,
UNCLE: "bawo ni" onihaxy
ME: I'm fine sir. I got your message
UNCLE: yes, did you remember that mega
supermarket I told you about?
ME: yes sir
UNCLE: the one at Ado ekiti where I submitted
your CV 3 months ago and I said it was
owned by my boss?
ME: yes sir.
UNCLE: well, the manager there just resigned
because he got a job with an oil company.
ME: ok sir
UNCLE: so I have begged and discuss with my
boss that I want my son to work with him. He
said you should come this friday for an
interview.
ME: uncle, what about test? Will there be no
test before the interview?
UNCLE: I'm telling you that I have perfected
everything, you are talking about test. Abeg,
just come with your original credentials and
also make photocopies. I can assure you that
you will get the job. I can guarantee that one.
ME: uncle, thank you so much. I'm forever
grateful to you.
UNCLE: ignore that. What are we families for?.
Ever since the death of your father who is my
elder brother, I have vowed to be with you and
stand by you like a father for you, so its my
responsibility.
ME: ***sobbing on remembrance of my late
dad*** thank you sir.
UNCLE: my boss said he needed someone who
is good on computer so I told him you have
certificate in Oracle and Java aside your B.sc
and NYSC discharge certificate.
ME: yes I have them, thank you so much sir.
UNCLE: so, just prepare well for the interview,
and according to my investigation, the
previous manager earns 85,000 per month.
And I'm sure there would be some other
stipends and underground looting aside his
basic salary. So if you are smart of which I
believe you are, you would make close to 150k
per month.
ME: thank you sir.
UnCLE: but please, don't disappoint me and
don't put me to trouble when you get the job
please. Anyways, I trust you .
ME: thank you sir, I would be at Ado on
thursday evening sir.
UNCLE: alright, no problem. Bye
ME: bye ***hanged up****
I began to sing songs of praises to almighty
God. I was so happy even without going for
the interview yet.
"Well, today is sunday, I will make the
photocopies on tuesday" I thought to myself.
The following day which was monday, I went
to work with joy and happiness all written on
my face. I went straight to my boss to take
permission to be absent on friday. He wasn't
ok with the permission but I kept begging him
that I wanted to go for a professional exam.
He told me he would deduct one thousand
naira from my salary which I replied him to go
ahead, "how much is 1k compared to 100k+
that I would make from the first pay of my new
job?".
On closing for the day, I stopped over at
segun's place to discuss the latest
development with him as it is our custom that
we don't hide anything from each other. He
was happy with it and wished me well. From
segun's house, I returned home, ate my dinner
after bathroom shower and I slept off.
I woke up on tuesday morning and prepared
for work. I have gotten inside the cab before I
remember that I wanted to make photocopies
of my credentials, but time wasn't on my side
as I couldn't return home to pick my
credentials file because I was almost late. I
exercised patience till I returned home after
the closure of the day.
I got home at 6:39pm on tuesday. I had
stopped by at the computer center located at
the entrance of our road and I told him to wait
for me to reach home and return back to make
photocopies before he closed for the day.
After pulling off my shoes and removing my
tie. I changed my cloths to a casual wear and
picked my palm slippers. I raised my hands
up to the top of my wardrobe to pick my
credentials file before proceeding to make
photocopies.
I just thought of it that I should check inside
of it to see if I still have a copy of my C.V
inside it or print out another one from my
email. Who knows?, I might need the C.V
during the interview.
I was shocked and weak as I unhook the
button on the case file to open it.
My B.sc certificate, NYSC certificate, Oracle
certificate and Java certificate were all
missing. I poured out everything on the floor
to search all through again and I still couldn't
find all the four certificates.
"But all these credentials were inside this bag
before I left the GNLD office in niger state na?"
" I was so sure because I brought them out
even at the venue and then returned them
inside the same bag".
***can somebody please wake me up, this
must be a dream**************