BoomNG stories:- Jason- Sex & Drugs (Part five)

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At exactly 4:30am Bayo woke me up, and signalled me to keep
quiet. We then tiptoed out of the room.

Bayo: bad guy, you are not kekere after all

Me: mehn!..that girl is sweet

Bayo: Don't worry , I will take you to sweeter girls, oh I forget say
you wan leave me go back house.

Somehow I had regrets too.

Me: so when are we going to the hospital?

Bayo: in the morning, today is sallah, we must help Alhaji kill his
rams. Its a tradition. He is like a Dad to me.

As we climbed okada, I began to ponder on the events of last night. I wondered if I had a girlfriend that was waiting for me, or given up on me Or was sleeping with my best friend.

Me: so why don't you have a room of your own?

Bayo: what do I need a room for? I have Shade’s room, I have
Ezinne’s room and plenty like that. And I have the park. If I am
alone, I sleep in my bus. You know sometimes your body needs
renewal…you have to renew it alone, sometimes with people, or
you will die young.

Me: how old are you?

Bayo: 28. Iwo nko?

Me: I dunno.

Bayo: chai…you will be between 22 and 25.

Me: or 28…

Bayo: Tarrrrh, who dash your Papa!

Me: ahhh.

As we rode in silence I tried focusing again. Maybe something might make sense. Nothing did. I decided I wasn't gonna smoke marijuana again. It makes people forget stuff, I must have read
that somewhere..am I a doctor?..a medical student?…or just a
reader.

Alhaji’s house was a duplex. It was situated in Satellite town. I
didn't expect such opulence. He had a gateman who opened the
gate for us once we knocked. It was 5am.

Gateman: ehn! Omo olope!..kilon shele…give us something na.

Bayo: kamoru oko ashewo, oya gba shandi yii!

He dipped his hand inside his pocket to brought out 50naira.

Kamoru: E ma n fuckup sha!..Emi..50 naira?

Bayo: lol..kamoru 1 of gbogbo satellite kingdom..oya gba eleyi
si.

He gave him a hundred bucks.
We were led to a smaller room downstairs where some guys
were already gathered. Some with their gin, others with cigarettes.

As Bayo shook everybody I noticed he skipped a guy. Looking at the guy I discovered that it was the guy with the ugly tribal marks. I shook everybody and decided to shake the guy too, but he ignored my hand, looked into my eyes with hatred. I ignored him and sat beside Bayo.

Bayo: Akhaji nko?

A short looking skinny guy replied , telling him Alhaji was
sleeping.

Bayo turned to me and asked if I wanted a cigarette or shepe. I
declined his offer sharply.

Bayo: let us sleep now, when the chief butcher wakes up then we
kill the rams.

Me: Alhaji is the chief butcher? I thought he worked in the park?

Bayo: no o…Alhaji isn't o..

Me: is the butcher going to come from very far?

Bayo: no o..he is here and about to sleep

Me: show me the guy na, who is he..just point at him

I noticed the ode was pointing at himself.

Bayo: some call me Bayoski, others Omooba…I am also known
as Chief butcher. But u fit call me Bayo. Cuz we are brothers.

Me: You are sick

Bayo: Chei..Dr Bayo, sick?

We both laughed and gently I slept off.

Alhaji should be in his mid 50s, he had been born black but some
heavy bleaching made him fair, except his knuckles and
cheekbones. He walked with a slight tilt , his stomach was protruding, he also had black lips.

As soon as Bayo saw him, he prostrated , it felt very awkward for me to do likewise, but every other person was prostrating and he had
probably saved my life. So I prostrated.

Alhaji: Bayo, I see our friend is OK now, why hasn't he gone home?

Bayo: he cannot remember anything.

Other people looked at me at this point. Some with pity, others
with amusement.

Alhaji: whats your name son?

Me: kekere.

Alhaji: hehehehe..kekere naa lo ma je.

Me: thanks for rescuing me

Alhaji: Alhamdulilah
His golden tooth flickered.

Alhaji: I am going to the mosque now, you people should kill the
rams and do as you please. See you soon.

There were five rams in the compound. We shared ourselves into
groups. Two peeps each to kill a ram. Unsurprisingly I found
myself paired with the chief butcher.

While others proceeded to use the hot water method for scraping
the hairs off the body of the animal, chief butcher decided to
burn the top skin of ours. As we scrapped wit blades I asked him
questions.

Me : where are Alhaji’s Children and wives?

Bayo: him children dey for Cyprus, him get three wives, him build
house for each of them.

Me: him get bar scatter be that na

Bayo: na chairman of park na. You know how many people dey
die because of that position?

Me: hmmmm, anyways he looks to have reaped the reward.

Bayo: one day, I will be the chairman.

Me: oh…that's your ambition?

Bayo: naaa…that's my destiny.

He smiled as he said those words, like it was definite issue.

Me: tell me about your parents and siblings.

Bayo: I no sabi my popsi, na me and mumsi dey. She say him
die before dem born me. When I reach 8yrs, I just wake up one
morning, see say mumsi don run commot leave only me. That time
na shomolu we dey stay.

Na the reason why I come dey work for park. Na Alhaji gimme that
bus wey I dey use. I dey deliver for am.

ALSO READ: Jason- Sex & Drugs (part three)

I don dey save, very soon I go buy correct bus. Maybe na
interstate we go dey ply that time.

Me: you and who?

Bayo: your body dey too hot…me and myself.

Me: when we go enter Lota hospital na, I knw say dem go get
records of me. Probably my phone go dey my pocket as at the
point of accident.

Bayo: After we chop sallah meat, we move.

Me: thanks. So where your mumsi dey now?

Bayo: she don die, I hear say na during childbirth. Na for Agboju
here she die sef.

Me: am sorry

Bayo: olobe ni e o. Wetin concern me?..mtchwwww.

I started counting the minutes it would take for me to find myself.
I was excited , but I sure as hell will miss him.

Lota hospital was a three story building. The lobby had the
distinct smell of drugs and disinfectant. I met a nurse at the
reception, she was looking bad.

Nurse: Good morning how may I help you.

Me: I was admitted here some two months ago..June 5th/6th. I
wanna check my records.

Nurse: your card number?

Me: I dont knw..

Nurse: are you registered?

Me: I was operated on here

Nurse: hmmm, whats your name?

Me: ermmmmm….I cant remember
The look she gave me could heat up an iceberg. I decided my
only option was to explain everything to her. I could see
understanding in her eyes.

Nurse: ok I will go through the records and see if any matches you.
Just give me your number and I would call you when something
comes up.

Me: I don't have a phone, lemme get my friends own.
I dashed outside to see Bayo talking to a girl selling bread.

Me: Bayo give me your phone.
Bayo: oh brother, meet kafayat.
She smiled, exposing very brown teeth.

Bayo: so if I buy all this bread on your head, will you follow me
home?

She started blushing.

Me: Bayo, your phone na!
He gave me the phone without looking at me. All his attention
was on the bread seller. As I left I heard him ask her ‘is your
bread as soft as your bosom, can I confirm?’

After I gave her Bayo’s number and collected hers, she assured
me that my amnesia was a matter of time, that I would start
remembering stuffs little by little.

Bayo : howfar, so what did you find out?

Me : nothing..I gave her your number sha, so I could get a call
from her. What happened to the bread girl

Bayo: as I wan touch her bobby, the slap no be here o!

Me: nice one.

Bayo: so where next?

Me: Festac, First gate. Accident place.

Bayo: wetin be the idea?

Me: just take me there…

Bayo: yes boss!

On our way to Festac, my hope arose again. I felt like I was going
to my origin. Even the pot holes and the careless way Bayo rode
couldn't dampen my spirit.

On getting there, Bayo pointed to a corvette, saying that's where
the car was.

Bayo: dem dey catch people with okada for here o, make we dey
go.

ALSO READ: Jason- Sex & Drugs (part four)

Me: I cant, I feel something here.

Bayo: them go seize my okada o

Me: don't worry you can go, I go sort myself.

Bayo: you are not in d right sense to be alone.

Me: Don’t worry, just go. Greet Shade and Bimbo for me.

Bayo: ok o…

He brought out his phone and gave me . He also gave me 3k.

Me: what for?

Bayo: I go dey call you. .

Me: with which phone?

Bayo: na only me Shade dey use her phone call. I go dey use her
phone until I see u again.

Me: thanks bro.

Bayo: buy charger for the phone. Shade number dey the contact
list. ..call me. I dey go Bose house.

As we shook, I felt this was the last time I would see him. I felt
bad. But I had to roam festac. Hopefully someone will know me
and who I used to be……