He was a young man with eyes on his dreams but unfortunately he found himself in a bad place.
He had somehow become a junior staff in an establishment far away from home where he had all the riches of his father at his disposal…everyday he woke up thinking and looking for an opportunity to achieve his dreams.
He worked hard and was soon promoted as general manager.
He was doing well by all standard but what he saw as an opportunity to achieve his dream came his way.
The wife of the chairman was interested in having an affair with him.
“Wow what an opportunity to finally get ahead. If I play the game well, I can even take out this man and take over his wealth” He said to himself.
So he agreed to the offer of the chairman’s wife. He was enjoying himself. She was giving him in a month what could have been his salary for a year.
It felt like a dream! That he could achieve his desires even though with a little compromise. He had great fun…he drove the best cars and travelled to the finest places around the world. He was the envy of every vanity chasing young man.
Then one night, he had a dream that he refused the offer of the chairman’s offer and the woman lied against him that he was trying to rape her. The chairman threw him into prison where he met some presidential advisors and he helped them solve a personal problem.
When there was a national problem, the advisor that he helped solve his personal problem, came to the prison to call him to help solve the national problem, upon solving it, the president made him the prime minister of the whole country.
Then he woke up from the dream all sweating wondering if that was his future he saw if he hadn’t compromised by having an affair with the chairman’s wife.
He was still thinking about it when the chairman bursted into his room and showed him a CCTV footage of him sleeping with his wife before he could apologize, the chairman shot him and he died instantly.
The tale of another Joseph.
“…if only we had a glimpse..”
©Omoniyi T. Mayowa
23/06/2020
