10/04/2024
Robbery at night 👹🔨🛠️🔑🚪🚪
I lay quietly on a small mat🛌on the floor beside my father's bed.he tried hard not to breathe loudly but his heart was breathing very fast . The noise outside the door🚪 did not stop.
" Open this door!open this door or we will break it down!! I heard some people shouting.
My father jumped up and tried to pull back the bolt on the door 🚪 but his hand was shaking .
"Can't you open the door??.I will shoot!!"shouted another voice
"Sorry .I'm so sorry,"muttered my father .The bolt us stuck... please don't shoot;I'm behind the door."
"Who cares?" replied the voice . immediately,the door gave way .I stared at the fierce face of the man who had broken the door .
I stood behind my father .His teeth were rattling and his legs were shaking.
The first man burst into the room followed by three others .one stood outside the door 🚪 with a gun in his hand .The leader of the group shouted ,"where's the owner of this place?"
"It's me " whispered my father .Two quick slaps landed on his ears 👂👂,
"Where is your money ?? "Shouted the leader. Fear gripped my father .
Hmnnn.."which money ?replied my father ."shut up .don't ask me any question. Just bring out the money and your tv video ,radio , jewelry,and wristwatches ".
"Sorry sir😧🙏🙏,we don't have any .some of you came last year and took our only radio away,"replied my father 👄
"Shut up"I say .you talk too much."
The three other men were busy turning everything in the room upside down ,they looked under the bed ,the mattress and inside my school books📘📙.They could not find money🤑.
They could not find money ,radio ,nor tv.
The men were very angry one shouted ,"you mean you have no radio ,no tv ,no money !?? wretched man!!🤬😡.
The leader shouted at my father .How long gave u been in Lagos ?"
"Ten years."
"Ten years?and you have nothing?? You'd better go back to your village,"the leader hissed ."let's go, men.This has been a waste of time"
They left our room and.... To be continued
