As soon as it was 4 AM, the entire compound was dẹad silent. I carried my bag, gently opened my door, and tip-toed toward the main compound gate.
My plan was to enter a night bus and disappear forever but as I reached the iron gate and slowly tried to open it… It didn’t move. I pulled it harder but the gate was padlocked.
Just as I was calculating how I could jump the fence, a loud voice rang through the atmosphere, sending shock to my bones.
“Going somewhere, Joseph?”
I turned around, my heart drumming hard against my chest. Sitting in the dark corner of the compound, wearing a white singlet, was Mr. Cole– my landlord.
“Before I gave you this room, Joseph…” he said. “You filled out a guarantor form, you wrote down the exact address of your mother in the village, and the location of your younger sister’s school.”
He took a deep breath and continued, “I don’t like it when people try to run away with my money before the job is done.”
“Sir… it’s not what you think,” I stuttered.
“I have boys who can visit your people this morning,” he said calmly. “You better take your bag back to your room, Joseph. Or you will become the only person left in your family.”
To be continued…
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