Chapter 6: Suffer Head

Okechukwu dey feel himself; e no like see me dey progress. Even as he no get, he still wan form senior man, dey advise me. Person like that no deserve better.

Even when small change touch my hand, na so e dey find way dey shade me. Sometimes e go talk, "All this Yahoo boys, dem dey do like say dem get sense."

I sharply switch am: "Okechukwu, I dey treat you well, why you dey do me like this? You suppose borrow me money, if my uncle hear say I lose all, na wahala."

I make face like person wey dey beg for food for bus park. The thing dey amuse me. I just dey act movie.

Okechukwu just bone: "When meat dey, you give me only bone. Now you dey remember me? If you kneel, beg me, call me chairman, maybe I go fit show you one rich woman later."

E face squeeze, like say I offend am for dream. The pride for him body na him own wahala.

He waka commot, dey shine teeth.

Me, as I don reborn, I don use sense buy gold early. Within one week, I don hammer small. Okechukwu dey run up and down, dey borrow, dey use tripod snap himself with ID card for those nude loans. For men, nude loan no pay, but he still dey try.

Omo, hostel people dey talk say e try use e mother’s wedding ring as collateral. E own don tire me.

I hear from other guys say Okechukwu dey borrow everybody money, even credit card don red.

Dem dey avoid am for corridor. If e enter kitchen, everybody go carry phone, dey form busy.

The day of surgery, Okechukwu come dey form coded, ask if I fit follow am. Say dem need person for support. I tell am say work dey, I no fit skip, dem go cut my pay.

Na so e look me with disappointment. Like say na me block e destiny.

Okechukwu look me, hiss, "The richer you get, the more stingy you dey."

E face strong. But I know say na pain dey bite am. I no send.

He go that small clinic alone. Na so e carry e cross. For Nigeria, na everybody dey on e own last last.