TEACHER CHUKS; Season 4 (Part 13&14) – Opeyemi Akintunde
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Part 13
TEACHER CHUKS; Season 4
Opeyemi Akintunde
“Good Afternoon sir!“
“Your name and a little history about you in 50 seconds? ” The elderly man said looking intently at me
“ Chuks Anthony, a graduate of Fine Arts, a former Fine Arts teacher, but unemployed at the moment. Was living in the north, but relocated to the west . I am presently unemployed and homeless… therefore the job of a housekeeper solves two problems for me” I said in a rush
The Elderly man kept quiet while looking at me, all of sudden he clapped his hands….
“ 48 Seconds and I already know you! Shows you are smart, only 5 people have ever passed this test of mine…As a lecturer for 35 years, only two of my students passed this IQ test of mine…I like you already and you have the job…” The Elderly man said with a smile as he walked up to me stretching his hand to me for a handshake…
“ Roberts Andrew, married thrice, widowed once, twice divorced, a professor of arts, avid reader, childless and a believer of self righteousness.” He said with a wink as he brushed his white beard with his hand.
“ I hope to find a friend in you Chuks, since you are a lover of arts” He said as he told me to follow him. I was holding a black worn out bag Usman had given me, which had the few clothes he had given me inside it…
“ What’s That?” He said referring to the bag…
“ My clothes!” I said very briefly as I had realized the man loved brief conversations. I had quickly analyzed him to be A very intelligent man who thinks very fast and expects everyone to do likewise.
“ Well, if what you have on you right now, is what you call clothes, then please trash them outside.. I will give you better ones…” He said laughing….
I followed him obediently up the stairs… All around the house were art sculptures in different sizes…Different artifacts, paintings occupied the whole house. I saw different Award frames on the wall….
“This will be your Room, I only eat twice a day, I hope you cook?” He asked
“ Yes sir!”
“ Yes sir, I do….that is the correct way to answer” he corrected me..
“ Correction taken sir….”
He showed me around and explained my job description to me. He gave me a collection of new expensive clothes.
Professor Roberts’ place was home sweet home. Before long, we became like Father and son. I soon became more than his housekeeper. Due to my interest in arts, I started following him to exhibitions and most times, people assumed I was his son…
I somehow tried to forget about the Lighthouse and God… The guilt I felt made me feel ashamed to the point of not praying. Rather, I got more interested in arts and Professor Roberts’ way of life. I felt if I was no longer deep in Christianity, I could live the life Professor was living. I felt Tina and the people from the SCA could not attack me if I was far away from the immoral lifestyle.
Professor Robert could best be described as the most morally upright man I had ever met. He didn’t smoke nor drink. He hated S€xual immorality so much, that he said in his words….
“ Any man sleeping with a woman who is not his wife is a dog, because dogs sleep with each other without being married… I got married three times because I did not want to commit s€xual immorality”
Professor detested lies and any other immoral character. If he was a Christian, Heaven was sure for him.
I started Living this new life very content…
By the time, I had lived 6 months with Professor Robert, I was on my way to becoming an avid reader and a professor of arts. I read his books in my spare time. There was no Bible in his house, so it wasn’t an option.
One day, Professor informed me we were going for Art & Music exhibition.
I drove to the address he gave me, it was Tafawa Balewa Square. A public square in Lagos that could take thousands of people at the same time…
“ Sesay, I am almost there… hopefully 15 minutes from now” I smiled as I heard Professor saying to his friend over the phone…I smiled because of Professor’s level of morality. He tried to always say the truth… He never lied about his movements.
“ Sesay invited me for this exhibition…. He said I will be surprised at the raw talent on display, he told me the exhibition started 2 days ago and it has been mind blowing” Professor said to me…
We got to the venue in about 12 minutes, but something caught my attention which immediately got my heart racing….
“ LIGHT UP LAGOS! ( A blend of Music, Arts, Dance, food , Football and Drama)”
It sounded familiar…
My heart started racing… Could this be….?
“ Chuks… Chuks…. snap out of it….” I heard Professor saying….
I snapped out of my thoughts and followed Professor. I quickly put on my shades trying to hide my identity Incase what I was thinking was the reality….
As we walked into the square, I saw a lot of teenagers…. At that point, I knew I was right…. This was my idea being executed in my absence…. I saw beautiful paintings exhibited by teenagers….I couldn’t see a familiar face… I wondered if the vision had been hijacked by another or God had transferred it to someone else…, but I saw a familiar painting…. It was the Charcoal drawing done by Kenneth for Mercy, when she got missing….
“ Wow… real talents here….Chuks …” Professor said with a big smile on his face…
Then I saw her… I saw Mercy walking towards Professor and I…
“Mercy was back from Saudi Arabia?” I reasoned as I stared at her but I wasn’t sure if she took notice of me… I quickly said to Professor, looking for a way of escape….
“Sir, please I need to get to the gents…” I said and turned in a rush…
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Part 14
TEACHER CHUKS; Season 4
Opeyemi Akintunde
I walked away from Professor as fast as possible. Rather than going to the gents, I walked around looking at the paintings. I couldn’t recognize all the teenagers.
“ Are they new?, Do they also live in the Lighthouse?, where did they all come from?” A lot of questions running through my mind…
Out of the blues, I saw a painting that looked like me… I walked towards the painting… fortunately the teenager who stood beside it was not familiar…
“ You drew this?” I asked
“‘No, one of us by the name Kenneth did this?”
“ Oh… the man looks just like me…” I said and the young boy looked up to confirm it…
“ That’s true, but I think he is dead, his name was chuks and from what we were told, he is the brain behind this vision. We were told a certain girl who was an agent of darkness lured him out of the Lighthouse. It was Sammy who Mr Chuks met in captivity that came back to the Lighthouse who told us how they had both been trapped in a room…. “ the young boy was saying but I was confused
“ Sammy… Who was Sammy? Or Did Sammy from the dark room go to the Lighthouse? How did he get there?” A lot of questions were running through my mind, when I heard a voice behind me…
“ I knew you were not dead…” Mercy said…
I turned and I saw Mercy staring at me…I pulled her away very fast towards a corner…
“ Mercy… how did you come back?, I mean when?”
“ I made a decision to come back to God despite my errors… I left Saudi Arabia, forfeited the money I was meant to make… I went to the embassy on my own and asked to be deported…”
“ Good you!… so how did all these happen?” I said referring to the Light Up Lagos event
“ I was told A young man came to the Lighthouse stating that he met you in the forest, where you had been kidnapped… He said you had told him about the vicinity where the Lighthouse was located, so he traced the house…. I met him when I got back and I must tell you Uncle Chuks, He is like you… He has your zeal in him, He was the one who picked up the Light Up Lagos Vision and here we are…”
“ Chuks!….Here you are…” I heard Professor saying from behind….
“ You can have her number and you discuss further talks later…I can tell you she is a smart young lady” Professor said smiling as I understood him. He was indirectly saying it was time to go… He walked away from us towards the car…
I didn’t bother to give Mercy my number… It was obvious I was no longer needed… God had seen that I had disappointed Him by having s€xual int€rc0urse with Rejoice, so He had given my place to Sammy who despite being locked up in a room, for over a year still held on to God…
I walked away from Mercy…
“ Uncle Chuks… What has happened?, where are you going?, we need you…” Mercy called out, but I turned back with my eyes filled with tears I refused letting down…
“ No, I am not needed again, I have been replaced, because I have messed up…”
“ Gloria?… Are you truly responsible for her pregnancy…?” She asked
“ Gloria? … No … Was that what she said” I asked very surprised
“ Yes, after you left, I was told she confessed you were responsible, but she was afraid too say it back then because you told her not to…”
“ And everyone believed?” I asked but Mercy didn’t say a word…
I nodded, really angry that no one could vouch for me…
“ Your mother?” I asked
“ She has been silent over the issue, but she misses you, she makes reference to you every now and then…” Mercy said
The phone Professor had given me rang and I knew instantly he was the one calling…
“ I have to go…”
“ Will you come back to the Lighthouse?”
I also did not give her a reply…
“Uncle Chuks, I don’t know what you think you might have done, but Know this… To fall is bad, but not getting up is worse. God is able to forgive our mess ups… If humans can forgive how much more God… I never thought Kenneth would forgive and even still find me attractive despite becoming a S€x slave in Saudi Arabia, but Uncle Chuks you need to see how he gushes over me… That’s makes me know that when we come back to God, After a fallout, He will forgive us and gush over us as well….” Mercy said and though the words made a lot of sense, I still could not forgive myself….
I walked away towards Professor’s car and got into the Driver’s seat…
“ About time…” Professor said, but I was not in the mood for any chit chat… I drove off silently….
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I got myself neck deep in reading and arts. Professor encouraged me to go for a masters program. He decided to sponsor my education. I kept tabs on the Lighthouse, as they had opened a social media page… They were recognized in the nation… Lightup became a movement. Teens were proud to associate with the group. The Light Up campaign was being taken from state to state… Miss Uyai, the owner of the Lighthouse was fulfilling her promise, as she got sponsorship from friends in government and foreign grants….
I saw on their page how, Ajaara was placed on scholarship, Gloria had given up her baby for adoption and returned to school, Kenneth had been taken up by a foreign art company as a freelance artist…
The Kids were doing great without me… I decided to find my own happiness.
In 4 years, I was through with my masters from two universities. The teens had become youths. I followed their lives online…and there were nights I wept sore when I saw how far they had gone without me….
I noticed a young man started showing in their videos and in no time, I realized he was Favour’s Fiance.
“ She also has moved on” I said to myself …
Sammy had become a vibrant youth pastor. He was loved by a lot of people online…
I went for PhD and in 2 years … I had two top universities offering me the job of a lecturer.
Professor made sure I picked the one with great prospects…
I returned back to the classroom as a Fine Art lecturer…
My first day in class…,
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