Novels by Ayomide Atolagbe

Chapter FiveJeff, after thinking about what his friend advised him to do. He plans on traveling out of the country. He spends some hours at his friend's liquor store since he had no place to sleep until his friend allowed him to sleep with him for some time. He knows he has limited time to spend with his friend so that he doesn't get his heart and hands dirty into the illegal job of his friend.He puts into consideration these ideas until it was affirmative. He thought of raising funds to aid him travel out, the best place suitable for such art was in Chicago, Illinois. Although, there's been some racism issue there but Jeff wouldn't mind because Europe was far better than Africa.For so many years, Africa, especially the underdeveloped part of Africa like Nigeria and other neighboring states have lost their brains, due to human capital flight or brain drain. This happened as result of the failure of the state to greatly utili

Chapter FourA store nearby owned by David Theodore with the name "Moonshine Liquor". Jefferson arrived there and his friend's attendant recognized him and he requested for his order. Jeff decides to go to the bar stand himself and grabbed a John Barleycorn juice and Spirit. He mixed them together and sips it in despair.Sadness engulfs his heart as he broods and wondered, "Why is the world harsh at me? Why are some rich and some poor? Why are some black and some white. God really is great but I have got a lot of questions." In his sullen mood he probably got answers and he gave a short smile. He must be intoxicated.No sooner than, his friend arrives the store."Guy, you know liquor hurts the heart" Dave said pretending he was going to say something moral."Hm. Man, do you also know that the heart takes liquor when it is hurt." Jefferson replied him."Guy, I understand your plight but you know your ordeals dont

Chapter ThreeThe whole street is empty; nobody loves to stay under such heavy rain so as not to develop a cold. He stayed under a cover, with his Curriculum vitae already wet. This is the 13th job he has failed and lost. No money to survive, to go back to his hometown came to his mind but then he thought, his home town wasn't as boisterous as Lagos. Surely, there won't be any job opportunity than to go back to farming or maybe join the Biafra Soldiers like his Father who were still looking for an impossible independence from Nigeria. He thought again that if he goes back home, his mother will surely ask for his wife and probably her grand children of which he wasn't ready for such discussion because he couldn't cater for himself not to take of a family. He remembers again that he needed to send money to his mother in the village every week and sometimes, monthly. All these thoughts scattered his mind again. Sometimes, just a chilled beer can solve these prob

Chapter TwoIn his one room, toilet and kitchen apartment infested with rats and insects. Demarcated with curtains. He cleared the room and raised the curtain so that fresh air can come in well. The day is still fresh and bright, a very chilled tea would be good for the morning. Then he remembered he still owned the boy who sold cold Nescafe at the end of the street. He checked his trouser pocket and brought it out the same way, to his sadness; he found nothing but just papers of his old graphics. He throws his trouser to the floor and removed his boxer and singlet, grabs a small towel, he dashed to his toilet as the music played in his room. He danced inside the toilet, still thinking about his loss, what can he do? He already lost another job again because of his sleep. Rays of hope shone on him as he decided to go for the interview probably there could be a remedy since "half bread was better than none". It was better for him to go late than not gone at al

Chapter OneHe chose to spend his night on the cold tiled floor; he ignores the warmth of the bed. Since there was an interruption of the power supply, the room was surely going to be hot when it is midnight.In Lagos, around 2003 After the Civil war and transition from the Military rule to the Civilian rule by General Abdulsalam Abubakar. Nigeria, especially the east has suffered the phenomenon of Marginalization. So they decided to succeed and form their own Sovereignty, named Biafra away from Nigeria, but the Nigerian government wouldn't allow that to happen. Instead Biafra and Nigeria conglomerated to become one sovereign state. Most of the Eastern Nigerians came to the West due to the occurrence of insurgency. Jefferson Okonta was one of the Eastern Nigerians who came to the West because the Eastern stubborn soldiers were looking for youths to join the armed force.Deep in his sleep, Jefferson dreamt of a heist in one of the biggest banks i