My Book of Short Stories: Tasteless Sugar

TASTELESS SUGAR

It was a bright Saturday morning, mama & my siblings have left for the market. Mama has earlier warned me to steer clear from Idoko the notorious criminal in the village, but her instructions fell on deaf ears, as I was determined to live luxuriously.

So I deemed it fit that this was the moment I can get close to Idoko to explain my desire to be an ally to him. So I left the house working very fast to avoid anyone seeing me. At last I got to meet Idoko who was holding a bottle of whiskey in his hand, after exchanging pleasantries, I explained the reason I have come to see him, after my explanations, he smiled & said he love smart kids like me, he further said he was on a mission to the market square, if I mind joining him, I agreed without hesitation. We made our way to the butchers shop, where he asked me to go & snatch the man’s money bag from the shop, in other for Idoko not to see me as a coward I agreed without hesitation.

The odds weren’t in my favour, I was caught by the butchers son, who immediately raised alarm, I was lynched by an angry crowd, the next thing I realized was fuel being poured on my body, a man from the crowd shouted “wait make I light the fire, I was pleading for mercy but to no avail, that moment Nneka my sister tapped my back & shouted “ Dede wake up we are late for school”.

I woke up thanking God it was only a dream, with that I had a change of mindset.

Immorality does not pay.