The Guest House Owner’s Deadly Secret / Chapter 1: Hustle No Be Beans
The Guest House Owner’s Deadly Secret

The Guest House Owner’s Deadly Secret

Author: Kevin Wagner

Chapter 1: Hustle No Be Beans

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I own small guest house for Lagos, and inside every room, I don install small small spy camera wey blend for wall.

For this Lagos, to survive no be beans at all. Sometimes I dey reason say this guest house business go just dey fetch me small, but na this camera work be my real jackpot. As streetwise owner wey sabi road, na me arrange the wiring myself—e neat die. Even if you be sharp guy, you no go ever catch am. All na part of hustle.

Anytime couple check in, I go just siddon for reception, dey watch the live feed from those small small spy camera wey blend for wall. After everything, I dey sell the video to underground website people.

Sometimes as I dey watch, I go dey chop roasted groundnut, dey sip small Star or Hero, dey enjoy myself. Na movie dey play for my screen. E fit do person somehow, but na money matter o, no be say I get time to dey pity anybody. For this hustle, na sharp brain dey win.

Na this way I dey make better money—pass wetin I dey collect for room fee sef.

You know as e be now, this Naija economy don cast. If you no find extra way, you go just dey run loss. Room fee dey enter, but the real business dey for wetin I dey record. Some weeks, the videos fit pay my light bill two times over.

Until one night, one man carry one woman wey don drunk scatter come my place.

Sometimes, when I see couple wey dey behave anyhow, I go just shake my head. But this night get as e be—dem look somehow from the very beginning.

But as I dey look the camera, I notice say the woman no even dey move at all. No matter as the man dey turn am, she no even shake.

My mind begin dey suspect say wahala dey. My mind freeze, like say I put leg for bucket of ice. For Lagos, you dey always expect anything, but this one get as e be.

Just like say... she don die already.

Omo, see gobe. Na that time fear start dey knock my chest small small. For this my line, I don see things, but dead body? Abeg, I no sign for that one.

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