Chapter 10

Pinakabagong kabanata

• Travails Of Oluwole   Chapter 10

  “I don’t know Madam”, the nurse replied.“What do you mean by you don’t know? Didn’t you hear what he just said?!”, replied Felicia agitated.“It’s possible he might be suffering from acute memory loss due to the head injury he sustained”.Felicia was gum smacked. &nb

• Travails Of Oluwole   Chapter 9

  Wole spent the remaining part of the week crying in his luxurious room. Now that his father was gone, the thought of going back home was far from him. Home without his father would be nightmare. The people that killed his father probably also sought to kill him too. He therefore decided to stay with Charles.He needed him now more than ever. He had nowhere else to go. The love and care Charles had shown him since he arrived was far preferred to that which he would receive back home. “I love you dad

• Travails Of Oluwole   Chapter 8

  Trembling like a hen about to be slaughtered, she ran out of the room in fear and tears. She hated seeing his face. If not for the order he had given that every single one of Wole’s needs should be catered for, she wouldn’t have come.Charles had recruited both her and her younger sister when they were teenagers. She watched as he raped her 16 year-old sister. About 3 weeks later, her sister was confirmed pregnant. Charles was so furious and he ordered that the pregnancy be terminated immediately. Her sister died in the process of trying to terminate the pregnancy.

• Travails Of Oluwole   Chapter 7

  “I would ask you again for the last time boy. What is your name?” “First tell me yours,” Wole said. “You tell me your name and I’d tell you mine” Wole knew that the man was not a Nigerian. His skin had a far lighter tone compared to those he sees every day in school, church and in his neighborhood. He looked like one of those actors in the action movies daddy usually watches. He put his hands into his pockets and surprisingly found the picture of him and his dad

• Travails Of Oluwole   Chapter 6

  Wole said a quick prayer in his mind. He tried to look at the picture of him and his father in his hand but the thick, tight ropes denied him access to it. He laid there helpless on the backseat even as the car continued to move. He finally succumbed to the intensity of the pains. Turning himself to the opposite direction, he bowed his head to sleep.Ambrose and Emeka put the cars’ stereo on the highest volume initially to drown out his incessant cries and sobs. Even though Wole had stopped crying for several minutes now, they still continued to blast the loud music through the speakers. This woke Wole up several times from sleep and only compounded the headache

• Travails Of Oluwole   Chapter 5

  When Wole woke up, he could neither find Kate nor the car. He was lost. All four cardinal points around him was covered with thick vegetation and was pitch black. Some many questions ran through his poor mind. It was far into the night and he had no idea where he was or what had happened to him. The several bites and perches of mosquitoes on his arms and legs only heightened his confusion and agitation.Bad thoughts began to run through his mind.“What if this isn’t a mistake?”