The Human Casino
Kabana expected that David, his driver would come to work early that morning. But David showed up after the appointed time. Because of this, Kabana was furious as he stood at the balcony of the building in expectation. David later arrived walking towards the building.
"You are a fool!" Kabana raved at him.
"I am sorry sir," pleaded David.
"I work hard for my money, you moron! Kabana abused him.
"I am very sorry sir!" David pleaded again.
"Look at my Cadillac there, your family cannot earn the entire money to buy it," he abused again.
"I am very sorry sir," pleaded David.
"That Cadillac was not bought with peanuts! I used my hard earned money and you drove it as if it was a bulldozer," he said.
The driver bowed his head in submission as he listened to the tirade from Kabana. Kabana later informed him that he had changed his plans and he would not travel that day. He told David that he had postponed the trip to the following morning.
"Come here early tomorrow morning to pick me so that we can travel. I have an appointment outside the town," Kabana told the driver.
The following day, before the arrival of the driver, Kabana woke up very early. He walked towards the secluded building in the estate. He looked everywhere as he used to do at the entrance of the small building and found no one was around. He opened the door with the keys and walked inside. The whole place was very dark. He locked the door behind himself. He switched on the light.
Two small boys were on their kneels in the room. Two calabashes were placed on their heads. The boys were embalmed in two separate wardrobes. Kabana walked to one of them and brought a wand from his pocket.
"Tito! Tito!!" Kabana called the boy's name.
Suddenly, some currencies began to fly out from the boy's body in many directions. It was amazing and they soon filled the room.
"Tito! Tito!!" Kabana called the boy's name again.
Money flew all over the room again as before. Kabana walked round the place picking the money. He later arranged them accordingly. While doing this, a strange bird flew across the gate of the secluded building. Kabana thought someone was trying to open the gate to come in. He stood up and rushed to the scene only to find nothing. At this juncture, he became apprehensive and was eager to leave because the driver may soon come. Just about this time, the driver pressed the bell at the gate to signify that he had come. Kabana hurried up and rushed out. He closed the gate and locked it. He looked at the time and found that they were behind schedule and that he ought to have left the house. As he was rushing to the main house where he lived, the key dropped from his pocket. But he did not know.
"Oh, it's getting late and we have to leave," he told the driver.
As the car sped off, Kabana did not realize that the key of the secluded building had dropped on the floor until they had traveled one hundred miles. He almost collapsed in the car, but hoped that no one would see the key or be able to associate it with the building. But he was wrong. It was too late. One of his tenants in the compound picked the key while she was going to do something somewhere in the compound.
When the woman took the key, she was curious about the owner until she saw the inscription; Everyday is like Christmas on the key holder. She knew that it belonged to Kabana and may even be the key to the secluded building.
Why don't I try it on the door of the secluded building? She asked herself. She looked round and found that no one was looking.
"Let me see what this man has been keeping here before he comes back," she said to herself.
She opened the door. She found that the whole place was dark. He ran her hands through the wall to feel the electricity switch knob. She found it and switched on the light. Whoosh! She almost collapsed at the sight of the two boys.
"Gracious! Are these not the boys that their parents had been looking for who were students from the nearby school?" She asked.
"Yes, they are," she answered herself.
She recognized them very well and still remembered their names. She forgot that she found the key to the building without the knowledge of the owner. She screamed.
"Tito! Tajo!" Calling the boy's names.
Money began to fly everywhere again. The woman was smitten with fear. As she screamed, more money continued to fly out of their bodies. She could not control herself at all. She ran outside to call everyone in the neighborhood. The news went all over the city and everyone including the press rushed to the scene to see what had happened. When Kabana returned to the neighborhood, planning to look for his key, he saw a huge crowd in front of his sprawling compound.
"That's him. That's the murderer!" Parents who saw him screamed.
Immediately, Kabana's instinct told him that his secret had been discovered. He instructed David to speed away from the scene. The screaming parents and sympathizers called the attention of the police who were carrying out the investigation. They jumped into the vehicles and chased Kabana. The police overtook his Cadillac and forced the vehicle to a halt. Kabana was arrested.
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