King For A Day

Or notToju woke up with a start, he had no idea what woke him up, he sat up blinking his eyes to adjust to the darkness, he stretched his hand to where his bedside table was meant to be and put on the lamp which filled the room with dim light.Looking around Toju realized that the room he was in was not the one he slept in, Toju realized that the room wasn't his, the maroon coloured walls were a far cry from his own cream coloured walls, the room was decorated in Ankara materials and native hair ties, with small statues with cowries and eerie paintings were situated at designated places in it, the room Toju found himself in was his late father's.Confusion clouded his thoughts, Toju wondered if he suddenly start sleep walking and ended up in his father's room or if maybe someon

Toju smiled as he stood up to cut the ribbon, opening the new hospital to all, he was standing alongside the deputy governor and other important personnel taking pictures for the press, so Toju had to smile, his cheeks were already hurting from smiling too much, the main event was already over, he wanted to leave.Toju looked towards Yemi who was shaking hands with the deputy governor and laughing with him, a chill went up his spine, and a bad feeling settled, deep rooted in his stomach, he knew Yemi was up to something and it wasn't something good.Even from their younger years, Yemi had always had a lust for power, he remembered when they were in secondary school and he wanted to run for class prefect, he had made sure that by all means he won, he paid some people, threatened others and he did win. Toju's father had made sure Yemi was never bullied and made everyone think they were long lost cousins, the last king even gave Yemi his n

For the second time in a row, Toju woke up with a start not, he looked around the room, it was certainly not his own.But this the time, the walls wee not maroon coloured like his father's room, neither were they cream coloured like his room,  this time the walls were pure white.In the background, he could hear the annoying beeping sound of the machine, his head was pounding and he felt drowsy, he had no idea what happened to him, the harsh smell of antiseptic was tickling his nose.His mind immediately went back to the activities of the previous day and he began to panic, what if Yemi and Misan had tried to kill him.What if he was still King?He had no idea which time he had woken up in, but he needed to find out fast.He removed the IV connected to his arm, he needed to get out of the hospital and find out if he was still King, as he stood up from the surpri