When Bolu got to Fakunle bus stop in Osogbo, she was going to board a bus to Ife when she began to review the instructions given to her by her parents and others.
It was very unbelievable for Bolu to know she would be traveling to Modakeke all by herself.
Though she was of age, she had only had little traveling experiences and the little
ones were of nearer distance.It was very unbelievable for Bolu to know she would be traveling to Modakeke all by herself.
Though she was of age, she had only had little traveling experiences and the little
From that point, Bolu knew that traveling to Modakeke all by herself in the middle of the year was not a good idea. Adam left home early that morning than Bolu. He had to travel to Portharcourt with his boss, Mr Seyi.
Mr Seyi had an industry that produced Kitchen and other home utensils. Adam had joined the firm two years after its incorporation and since Adam had joined, things had been going well enough, there were many customers and he received a good salary, Adam had provided His wife with the capital to start her cloth selling business out of his saved income. They had a happy family, but this present situation was no good at all. Her father was asking her to do something she had never done before or certainly had never dreamt of doing not even in her wildest dreams. But she had to obey his call, he was her father.
Bolu wondered if her father was in it with her mother, maybe the whole thing was all her mother's idea. Maybe she had willing traveled to sure she wouldn't have to go with her.
Six days before, her mother had travelled to Ghana to meet some customers, attend some meetings and buy her wares. Bolu was proud of her mother’s job anyway, but she wondered why it kept her away for so long.
Could it be that her father and mother were together to test her abilities and intellectual knowledge? Was this a good way to test her skills? Traveling alone?
Bolu was working around the bus stop bewildered and not knowing where to go. Then she heard one of the loud voices shouting “Ife! Ife! Ife!”.
It was one of those conductors standing in front of a bus to call passengers to their different destinations. Bolu knew she would have to board a bus to Ife and then locate Modakeke from there.
She knew her home town was very near to the called city, she had heard of how there had been several wars between the two cities, Modaakeke and Ife so many years before. The had since been settled, and peace was reigning. Bolu moved towards the bus, she was in the initial step of making her incredible journey, the realization was yet to come.
Bolu was working around the bus stop bewildered and not knowing where to go. Then she heard one of the loud voices shouting “Ife! Ife! Ife!”.
It was one of those conductors standing in front of a bus to call passengers to their different destinations. Bolu knew she would have to board a bus to Ife and then locate Modakeke from there.
She knew her home town was very near to the called city, she had heard of how there had been several wars between the two cities, Modaakeke and Ife so many years before. The had since been settled, and peace was reigning. Bolu moved towards the bus, she was in the initial step of making her incredible journey, the realization was yet to come.
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