The First Pay Cheque





It felt so good holding it in his hands. It was now Adewale's turn to graduate after years of waiting. The journey had been a wonderful one-gaining admission to one of the prestigious universities in the country to study Psychology. This feat  however, was not without battles with JAMB. That in itself,  is a story for another day.
     
It had been one year of active service,being posted to a school to teach. He was faced with a set of non-chalant students that did not value education. Adewale would at often times, compel them to attend classes. He was to teach Government and Commerce.

The principal,Mr Danbaba, of the school who was trying to cut cost, decided not to employ more teachers but rather make do of the ones he had. He gave Adewale additional subjects to teach (even those outside his field of study).

Imagine, three science subjects (Basic science,Physics and Biology)were imposed on him. Mr. Danbaba smiling sarcastically, told him that he would adjust. According to the Principal,his understanding of  the additional subjects would come after he read the relevant text books.Physics ke? It seemed like Greek, how on earth was he going to teach his students effectively?

He had plans after service year-He would get a job in one of the leading banks in the country and then proceed to marry Shenene, have lovely children and travel around the world. After several years of job-search, he finally got his dream job in an audit firm.

It was his first official job. The day of resumption was a little clumsy because he was still trying to adjust but after a day or two he gradually picked up. He was shown around the various departments in the company  and most importantly, his office. Time went by as he settled into his new position.

It was the end of month that smelt that pay day was not far. Now the pay cheque was in the hands,the zeros on the cheques caused excitement. He had never had such money .The next thing was to pay his tithe,save and the rest would be for Shenene (his heart throb) and for self development. He left work in high spirits.

It was his first pay cheque. He got home only to find that the pay cheque was missing. His wallet  was searched over and over again."What happened???" He could not get the right answers. He could not remember the bus' number plate if at all he had misplaced it there or was it at work? He was totally confused.

How could this happen???It was his first pay cheque! This was the umpteenth of searching himself. He had become totally naked."Oh God! Why?" He was sure that it was his step mother at work,she had blocked his getting a job and when he finally got one,he could not find his first pay cheque or was it mere carelessness?

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