Chapter Forty
QUANTUM LEAP IN THE FAMILY 3
THE ENEMIES OF KEN
At The Imperial Hotels and Towers
At The Imperial Hotels and Towers, a five-star hotel in the city. Mr. Gabriel Johnson, the General Manager and the two other top management staff – Mr. Robinson Kama and Mr. Richard Johnson his relation were waiting for the flight of the Chairman of the company. They wanted to impress him and coarse him into endorsing Mr. Ken's dismissal. With that, one of them will take over his position.
Having ensured that the hotel suites reserved for the Chairman were ready and the beautiful women on standby, they proceeded to a private lounge in the five-star hotel they had chosen to host him.
These were the ideas and arrangements of Mr. Richard Johnson and Mr. Robinson Kama. Since they like women a lot, they assumed that it was going to be the best gift for anyone. Mr. Gabriel Johnson who was new in the business of womanizing was about to be introduced to it as a matter of fact, Mr. Gabriel Johnson had been faithful to his wife since he got married.
"I hope the documents are with you?"
The General Manager asked, looking at his relation, who was sitting opposite him. The documents he was talking about were the documents they had forged, indicating that Mr. Ken attempted to sell the company to a rival firm. They also had it signed. The contract agreement looked so real and Mr. Ken's signature was well forged too.
The General Manager had informed the Chairman that he sacked a member of the management staff. When he discovered that it would be the only way of presenting himself as a prudent General Manager who cared so much about the company.
"Yes sir, I also have a muted video where he was discussing with a white man".
Answered Mr. Richard Johnson cheerfully.
"Oh! There is also a video? With that, our plans will definitely work"
Said Mr. Robinson Kama who was smiling from ear to ear.
He was employed a few years ago and had been promoted several times against the company's policy. He attended seminars and courses that never existed. The General Manager approved of that as a way of embezzling money from the organization.
He rose to the position of a top management staff within eight years of joining the organization, while the hardworking staff that were employed before him were yet to be promoted.
He also extended the same privileges to his relation, Mr. Richard Johnson. Furthermore, he was the Procurement Manager who bought and returned goods to the supplier and would collect the money back. Goods supplied by the contractors were delivered for record purpose and were returned to the suppliers for a resupply.
The rate at which materials were used and reordered for was alarming. The approval and the release of fund had to be done by Mr. Ken. The problem with him began when he requested for an inventory on the usage of the materials.
"Okay. There is no way he will escape. With all the evidences against him, the Chairman will definitely give his consent."
Said Mr. Robinson Kama.
"Yes. With his absence, the company will be ours."
"And we will teach Mr. Morris how to run the company. He thinks he can come to this country and succeed?"
Said the General Manager.
"Let's toast."
They clinked their glasses of the most expensive wine – Screaming Eagle Cabernet. With such employees, Cherry Fields Oil And Gas Group would have been a history.
"It's almost 4 pm. Let's head to the Airport. His flight will soon arrive".
Declared the General Manager.
With that, they all left with the latest car, Lamborghini Veneno just to impress the chairman.
At the Residential Area.
Jeff was supposed to be on his way to school that day, but when he inquired why he will not be leaving on that day as earlier planned, the dad asked him to wait. Ken and his wife resolved not to allow that to bother them. They had their lunch together, and Jeff had no cause to suspect anything negative about his school. He was happy that joy and fun were back to his family after the death and burial of his grandfather.
After lunch, they busied themselves with one thing or the other. Jeff had informed his parents earlier of his plan to go to the recreational park for his taekwondo training. He had not attended for some days due to the visit and death of his grandfather. He was glad that he could make it today. So, he left at 4pm as usual while Ken and his wife were taking their nap.
It was 6 pm. Ken woke up and saw thirty missed calls. His handset had been on silent mode since he was at the church. These days, there were no many calls from friends, so he was not bothered whether it was on silence mode or not.
"Wow, thirty missed calls."
He exclaimed, and that reminded me of my handset too. It was also on silence mode.
"What's happening, twenty-six missed calls on my phone too."
Now, Ken had already begun to check for whom the caller or callers were. He saw our tenant's numbers. Before he could call back, another call came in, this time an unfamiliar caller, and he picked.
"Hello, who am unto?"
"Hello, I'm Sector Commander Adolphus Ibrahim, from the Federal Road Safety Commission, Enugu. Your God is a great God. Keep serving that God that you serve. He loves you so much."
Just as Ken was taking his call, I called one of the callers, who happened to be our tenant in Enugu. Her speech surprised me.
"Just keep thanking God"
The woman said as soon as she picked.
"What happened?"
I screamed.
"A petrol tanker with full load of fuel fell in the front of our estate. I cannot imagine. We have all run out the Estate".
The woman reported.
The estate houses forty duplexes which were rented out to tenants and our apartment making it fort one. The fear that the tanker would explode made everyone to vacate the estate. Security Agents, Fire Service, Road Safety, ambulance were all alerted, and they came in a jiffy waiting for the unimaginable.
After thirty minutes, there was no explosion, forty-five minutes, one hour yet nothing happened.
"This can only be God."
That was what everyone present said. The tenants who would have been stranded started calling Ken and his wife.
They were speechless.
"Does it mean we would have lost all we have labored for years within a twinkling of an eye?"
Dora asked in trepidation.
"Praise ye the Lord"
These were the words that could come out of Ken's mouth.
"The Lord's name be praised"
His wife replied.
They were happy, and they spent most of the time picking calls from their tenants. They were so happy to be their tenants. In just one hour, their estate – KENNY HAVENS, became popular. Many posts were made on the internet and had so many comments.