7 Chapter Seven (2/2)

As far as he could understand, television were kept in the sitting room where all the members of the house gathered to watch, and as long as the father was present, everybody watched what the father was only interested in watching, even if the program was not an interesting one, one cannot protest; in fact one would be happy that he watched television regardless of the program.

In the poor homes where a family managed to buy television, there was no room for watching cartoon because children would not expect an elderly man to be watching cartoon with them; the only television Sam's father could afford was 14 inches, but in the Chief's house, Sam had television in his room; he could wash what he wanted to wash. It was not the old model one, but plasma TV.

Sam was back again in towns.h.i.+p, not as a street boy or one raised in the ghetto, but as a boy who came to fulfill destiny. What life robbed him in the street, G.o.d gave him back in the palace. Sam's room was big and airy, it also had a fitted wardrobe. All the rooms in the building had their separate toilet and bathroom; Sam did not need to go outside his room before taking his bathe, neither did he shared it with anybody as they used to do in the village or line-up to use a toilet in the ghetto where almost twenty people used one toilet. Sam was still admiring the beauty of the room when he had a knock on his door,

”A minute please” he said,

Sam quickly dressed up and when he opened the door he saw a young lady standing who introduced herself as the Chef. ”Just to let you know that your food is…”

When the Chef noticed that Sam was still putting on the same clothes he wore when they arrived she believed he had not showered.

”…oh, I can see you have not taken your bathe…” the Chef said.

Sam nodded in confirmation to her guess,

”…it's all right, just take your time to do that and when you are through, come to the dinning room.”

The Chef said and left. Sam quietly closed the door and went straight to the bathroom. Carefully examining the Jacuzzi, he wasn't sure if it was what he would handle because he had not seen such before, he quickly left to call the Chef for a.s.sistance. She put him through.

”Any other thing?” She said.

”No, for now” Sam grinned and replied.

”Ok, should you need my help, don't hesitate to let me know.” She added. ”Ok, aunty, I will.” Sam said and started taking his bathe when the Chef left.

Sometimes Sam would be wondering if he was dreaming because he never believed life would later be fair to him. When he finished bathing, he went to the kitchen when he noticed the Chef was there.

Sighting him, she asked, ”Are you through?” ”Yes,' Sam replied. The Chef was was.h.i.+ng plates by then, she collected the white ap.r.o.n that was hanging on the door to dry her wet hands; she told Sam to follow her to the dinning room. She served him and Sam was so happy the way the Chef treated him.

He was still eating when the Chief's wife went to the refrigerator to take an apple, she noticed that Sam was wearing shabby cloth; she told Sam that the Chef would take him shopping the next day. They later went and when they came back, he was ordered to get rid of the shabby clothes since they had been replaced with the new ones.

Seeing how brilliant Sam was, they took him to one of the best school so that he would have a good education. Chief and his wife were not the type that believed that since one was not their biological child he would be taken to public school whereas they send their own children to the best school. When Sam finished secondary school, his intelligence earned him a scholars.h.i.+p to study abroad.

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Sam was still in contact with Chief when he was studying abroad. Sam never believed there would be light at the end of the tunnel when he was hawking, but he kept going. When life gave him thousand reasons to quit trying, he did not give up and that was when life decided to hold candle for him to walk in the darkness.

When he graduated, he came back to the country and was offered a job in the multinational company; a driver was a.s.signed to him. He lived at the best city of his choice. All his bills were taken care of by the company. As someone who had experienced poverty, Sam knew what it meant to be hungry, thirsty and homeless because he had been there before, he decided to run a foundation that helped and supported the less privileged.

There was one secret he learned from the Chief, Sam discovered that the secret of Chief's greatness was helping the poor and the less privileged and so he adopted it. He understood that it gave Chief joy helping people and so Sam saw the att.i.tude worthy of emulation.

Sam knew if not because of Chief and his wife, he would not attain to the level he found himself in life. Sam wondered if Chief's parents were poor before he later made it because it takes one who has pa.s.sed through a difficult situation to know the pain. Chief was the kind of person who saw people's problems as his personal problem. Sam learned a lot of good things from him.

Sam was a selfless person from his childhood and staying with Chief made him to be more sacrificial. He believed if the rich men could help the poor that a lot of destinies would be saved. Sam knew that a lot of destinies were wasting in the streets because they had no helper; he extended a hand of fellows.h.i.+p to anyone who came across him.

Sam later became a wealthy man who delivered his family from poverty. He was a hand that wiped people's tears, an eraser that cleaned other's mistake, and the pencil that drew people's joy. He believed that no matter what one is pa.s.sing through in life, he will still make it if he did not give up.

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