The Stubborner's last groove

The backward life of papa ejima wouldn't let him believe it was gonna happen. "Papa Ejima call ejike the lorry driver to come take our properties to the village" his wife will always remind him. " others have gone to present their C of O to receive compensation and you won't go, I don't really know what's wrong with you and your ego and arrogance" she kept reminding her husband. "I built this compound when your own father didn't even know what pounds looked like" he will brag. "I was among the first people in this country to go to London and make raw cash without education. We were the first people to use cell phones, Turaya satellite phones way before GSM came into play. Who are these little boys born yesterday telling me my house has been marked for demolition? Which road are they building? Road to heaven? Chima is a big fool" Papa ejima never bends for anyone always had problems with his tenants for imposing harsh laws on them like closing the compound gate by 6pm. One of his old tenants he maltreated finally got his way to a government seat and as payback, he marked his house for demolition for the construction of a new road. "Don't let me go down to Enugwu Ezike for that boy o". Papa Ejima always bragged about having phone numbers of powerful native doctors in his phone. He would love to pride himself as the African Bruce Wayne; untouchable. 

It was already the D day, and his wife has been warning since morning for their properties to be evacuated, papa ejima wouldn't listen. She just managed to drag her boxes of wrappers outside into the trunk of the taxi she chattered squeezed her make up bags into a her hand bag and clutched her cheque book within her armpit, just about enough luggage she needed and off to her friend's place. Her best friend just got divorced and had since have the whole house to herself as a divorce benefit for being married to a wealthy man for 26 years, put the added monthly alimony of 276,000 naira, enough to make her everyday a holiday. She was constantly inviting mama ejima to come spend some time with her so they could live as teenagers again. Sending mama ejima pictures of young handsome boys she hunts down constantly with her new supercharged range rover sports SUV. All mama ejima got from her best friend so far was a samsung galaxy android phone she couldn't even operate, just basically for watching pictures of young boys her friend sends her. Good thing her husband can't use a smartphone either. So as much as mama ejima warned her husband, she actually prayed he wouldn't listen to her so she can move to her friend's house and enjoy life for as brief as she can before her husband finally listens to the moving to the village idea. At least she has trained her twin and they are off for NYSC for the next one year. Evidently, she has nothing to worry about except her stubborn husband she already left In the house. Papa ejima was the only person left in the street and had refused to leave his house no matter what. It was 2pm already and it was two hours late from the time designated for the demolition. Papa Ejima after two hours of waiting believed he won the battle believing that he finally scared the little boys trying to demolish his house away. He has been dancing to his regular makosa music which was blasting out loud since there was no one in the street to complain. He decided to take a long bath in his long forgotten bathtub. Dipped inside the warm water he boiled kettle after kettle to fill up the tub, he didn't hear the bulldozers coming due to the loud music he was playing. 

Loool.