The unstoppable Achiever - Episode 5

Sammy POV

4 years after...

On this particular Monday 25th , I can't forget the date, I  was on another assignment at the factory, so I came back late afternoon. Sandra sent for me in my office to come and help her attend to some dignitaries from Africa.

Sandra POV...

After receiving those men from Nigeria, I recognised one of them, Mr Dave. I've seen him a couple of times. First time was when I went to see a man called the Boss to commission him to silence  Gabby, my riffraff boyfriend. Dave came in , took something on the table and went away. Second time I saw him was when his mask fell off as he bent towards Sammy's hand.(follow me,I will tell you all that) .I was shocked seeing him in our hotel. I'm not sure  he recognised me because I've added quite some weight...I  wanted another high management staff to be keeping this Nigerians company  till their departure. That was the reason I sent for Sammy

Dave POV...

As a personal assistant to the Governor , I went to America with him for an entrepreneurial meeting at the New York Institute of International Affairs. We lodged in  a certain  hotel for two days

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. On our arrival at the hotel, we were introduced to a woman as the daughter of the Hotel owner. Very beautiful. I never saw her again after that introduction by one of the female staff, but I saw another man afterward, very familiar. Time really changed him but some features still remained which were very distinct and noticeable... his broad nose , pointed ears and the most remarkable one , his was deformed .

Could this be Sammy, I wanted to be sure, so I approached him.

" Hello , how do you do" I said

" How do you do? " he answered very politely with a mixture of Nigerian and American accents.

"Are you a Nigerian" I asked

He  looked at me suspiciously before answering "yes."

We had a long discussion and he  told me his name was Sammy , where he schooled and what happened to him that made him deformed. He also said the father in-law  owns the hotel. Tears flooded my eyes and I thanked goodness for my dark spectacle. The memory of that day's incidence flooded me like a torrent of ocean waves. I felt as if I was floating and became very uncoordinated with guilt all over me.

Suddenly,one of my colleagues came to me and said " The Governor wants to see you right away..." I was relieved momentarily because I could have cried out had I  stayed there a second longer . I took an excuse and left.

Back In my hotel room, I couldn't sleep.The scene of that evening ,when we raided Sammy's room back then in the university, played all over me with a horrified crescendo. Sammy was so innocent and passionately begging for mercy. One thought struck me that night. This young man is a fellow student and is not the culprit why should I punish him. But then, the thought of the Boss skinning me dry, overwhelmed me. He literally owns us and gave us all we wanted but takes no for an answer. You do his bidding and think about the correctness of what you did later.We had signed our fate into his hands to do all dirty jobs for him. Failure to do what he instructed attracted  disappearance without trace. One thing was sure, he won't force you to join his group..(ok gang if you say so !). You walk yourself into it. You have a chance to walk away during the tutorial. Going to the sanctum means crossing the rubicon.

 Oh, the feeling of guilt, when I saw Sammy overwhelmed me so much I couldn't eat. What reparation can be adequate for this man. Should I restitute openly by telling him that I was the one that did him wrong, or should I just empty my account for him. What should I do? I kept thinking all night in my hotel room.

I was thinking  hard and fast until some thoughts flickered in my brain like lightning . The following day, when he came to keep us company as usual, I excused him away. 

"Sammy let me have your number " I asked him .He gladly gave me knowing that I was not just a PA to our governor but his closest confidant.

" How are you disposing to a political appointment?" I asked him

"Of course I am available, why not if the pay is good. Don't  they say Home sweet home"? He said with all amount of enthusiasm and we all laughed"

I've gotten it ! I screamed when I left him. Back in my room that night, I made plans for Sammy how to compensate him for the evil I did to him.

How could I have done this to Sammy. The guilt weighed down on me again as if the world was on my shoulders. " I need a reprieve" ! I screamed aloud. Thank goodness there was no one else in the room. I sank on my bed and sob."Why, why,why"

 What did I really do...