#StoryTuesday: The Accident (Episode Ten)

 

Read previous episode @ The Accident episode nine. Enjoy episode ten below

The Accident

He had tried calling the cab man but it didn't go through, he also decided to take another cab but while standing at the bus stop he noticed some cars turning back as the danfo drivers were telling one another that there was traffic ahead that they should change their route.

He thought to himself which would be better, heading to Egbeda to use the bank there or he should just head over to Ikeja because he still needed to pick up some things for his mum which would be easy to get at Ikeja, so he went with the option of going to Ikeja. Aside that he remembered the bank at Egbeda was more of a E-commerce banking so he knew depositing N500,000 would be a problem. 

After 20minutes he decided to board a bike so that he could beat the traffic because he had wasted so much time and he needed to get to the bank before closing hours. On getting to Ikeja Along which was where the bike stopped, like everybody else he made use of the pedestrian bridge and that was when the story of his life change.

Shadow just finished smoking his weed and as always he was seated at the tail end of the pedestrian bridge where he normally carry out his operations. His style of operation is very dynamic with what looks like a voodoo practice, I mean he doesn’t operate everyday but when he does he doesn’t make anything less than 100,000. His victim are always random but he hasn’t rob any broke person that's why those that have heard of his story feel he adds voodoo to his operation because of the large amount his victims are always carrying, to top it all once he makes a run and crosses the road, you won’t see him again but on this particular day his story was like the popular saying “every day for the thief one day for the owner”.

As always Shadow was in his cool calm mood, he had sighted Tunde as he dropped from the bike and he was well prepared to carry out his operation though there was a bit of delay in his act. He normally doesn’t wait for his victim to get down from the bridge before he snatched their bag or briefcase depending on what the victim was holding but on this day he had to wait for Tunde to come down the stairs of the bridge and the reason for this was because there was a little girl begging Tunde for money from the middle of the bridge which was his normal acting point. He knew there was no way he was going to snatch the bag that the girl wasn't going to hinder him so he waited till the girl left Tunde and by then Tunde was almost at the end of the stairs.

Before Tunde could say Jack Robison, Shadow had snatched his bag and was off with the speed of bolt but within that second Tunde had this instant decision to make, should he run after him or just keep screaming 'thief' maybe the police or the lastma official would help him pursue the thief but like I said it was a matter of seconds so he didn't waste time in deciding to run after him as he was screaming ole ole ole. 

The Couple

After his wife said “just maintain this speed, I think this is better” he replied her by saying “okay ma”. He was maintaining his speed when his started to talk about what they were going to do about their son who has refused to study economics in the university instead he said he wanted to go into music. The husband was really bothered with what the child wanted to become in life because he believes that a child shouldn't the denied the opportunity of doing what he believe he can do well to succeed but his wife had a different opinion and it was this discussion that made him loose focus on the road.

The argument got hotter when his wife was saying “look I have said my own, he is my son and he would study whatever I want him to study that's final”. Her husband wasn't pleased it this at all and his replied was short and simple which also provoked his wife, he said “I am the one paying the fees so my decision his final, if you want him to study economics then I would take my hands off his education and that responsibility would fall to you”. The husband wasn't facing the road as he was still trying to make his authority stand on the matter, his wife was trying to tell him to look at the road but before she could the words it was too late because as she was trying to tell her husband to pay attention to the road, the next thing she heard was the sound of her husband car hitting the man that ran across them.

Right before hitting the man his wife shouted “look” but he was too engross in making his authority stand that he didn't know his wife wasn't talking about their son's education anymore rather she was talking about the man that she noticed was running across the road without looking. By the time he smashed his brake it was too late the car already hit the man who flew steps away from the car. His hands were shaking and his whole body was trembling, he looked at his wife as his heart was racing fast scared to death that he just killed someone. For like a minute he was just staring at his wife who was also in shock and was also staring back at him but she was a bit more courageous as she was the first one to find her voice when she said “...........let check if he is still alive we can still rush him to the hospital..........”.