HEAR MY STORY PART 5

It was Bode dt woke me up d following morning.He told me his dad’s burial had been fixed for d nextweekend,n there’s no money.He told me how his dad’s family members startedblaming hismum for not giving them adequate information abouthis dad’sillness before d old man eventually passed away.All these stories made me love d woman more.At last,he decided to go.I saw him off to d door,n hesuddenlyturned back,hugged me n gave me a peck.I came back to d room,n started thinking of how i couldhelpBode n his mum concerning d burial.D only source i had was my dad,but i wasnt sure hewould evensend money again ds month ending as i was having afeeling hesent d last one bcs of my birthday.But then,i wouldnt be able to wait till d end of dmonth,to knowif he would send money or not,as d burial was fixed for29thApril.So,then what can i do oooo?.“Oh Yes!..I have an idea.I will call my dad dt i needmoney. Butwhat if he asked what i need it for,what will i say?..I will tell him somebody is sick n dt d doctor said heneedssurgery,but there’s no money,so,i wish i could renderany littleassistance within my reach…Can u be of help sir?”.Dt was exactly what i did.He said “Who is ds sick person?”.“It’s one of d corpers sir”.I lied.“Ok.Since it’s something dt has to do with life,i will try nsendany amount i can between now n tomorrow. My regardsto him.We’ll remember him in our prayers”.“Thank u dad.Love u sir.” I hung up.Then,my conscience pricked me gently “U just told alie!.. Howdisappointed would ur dad be if he found out!.”I felt bad,but i quickly consoled myself by a thought“whatcould i have done?. How would he know?.Who will tellhim?..hecant know!.”Almost immediately,i was relieved.I expected an alert from d bank throughout dt day,to noavail,d following day too,no alert,but on d third day,ireceivedan alert of K50,000.Wow!. I quickly called Bode after withdrawing dmoney,to comen meet me at home after school hours,by then,it wasjust 2days to d burial,27th April.When he got to my room,i said “how much have u beenable toget now for d burial?.”He said nothing..dt his mum’s sister who promised tosend anamount of money last week failed,but just received amessagefrom her dt morning dt she would see what she can dobytomorrow.I opened my bag n gave him d K50,000 my dad sent.He opened his mouth n couldnt shut it.He held me very tightly,kissed me….and before we bothknewit..we did it!.To be continued in part 6.