Ater Eloise was just 7 years old when his parents died in a nasty car accident. aunty Michelle and uncle mike who had been regular visitors to their house when his parents were alive blatantly refused to take him in, but suggested he should be taken to an orphanage home. Mr. Rogers, a neighbor to the late Eloises learned of the plan to take Ater to take an orphanage home, offered to take him in. The offer was accepted by his aunts and uncles as it took the burden off their shoulders.
Ater grew strong and handsome, loved by all the neighbors. The new occupants in the neighborhood thought Ater is Mr. Roger's biological son. Mr. Rogers loved him so much and wanted him to study law, but Ater wanted to be a soccer player. He was eventually enrolled in the soccer academy.
In the eleven years of Ater's stay with Mr. Rogers, Michelle, the aunt to Ater, visit only once. In that, her visit she complained of Mr. Rogers allowing Ater to make a wrong career choice by allowing him to choose soccer as a career. As for his uncles, none had come or called to check on him.
10th August was Ater's birthday. It was his 18th birthday. It was a fun day for Ater and his friends. They had a lot of drinks and were merry the whole day. Today is your birthday, Make a wish and watch them come true, Addy his friend said. Wishes are for the indolent, I Rather make a bet, Ater said. They walked down the street to a sporty bet shop and stake $5 with the potential winning to be $25 million. The game selection was crazy.
Two days later, it was in the news that the person with a bet slip ID no: 59343256fg should come to the sporty bet office and collect his money. The winning was the largest the company had ever recorded. Ater who was sitting on the couch deep his hands into his pocket and brought out the bet slip. Surprisingly that was his bet ID number. He shouted in excitement. He could not hide his excitement, it was a shock for Mr. Rogers to see Ater dancing.
' What's the excitement all about boy? '
' Guess '
' You know am not good at guessing, but it must be something big for it to make you dance ' Mr. Rogers said.
' Yes ! You are right , check this out ' (stretching his hand and handing Mr. Rogers the bet slip.)
' We are $25 million richer ' Ater said.
' How!? '
' The slip you are holding in your hands is a sporty bet slip, and I have won the winning prize there, which is $25 million '
Mr. Rogers who was standing, quietly sat down speechless, as if to say, this is impossible.
The drama started a day after he collected the money. "Am your maternal aunty, I and your mom used to go fetch firewood together." The woman in red said.
"We cried endlessly the day we learned your mom and dad had that accident," another woman said.
"Am your father's elder brother, you used to come for holidays in my place when you were younger" that was uncle Mike, Ater knew him because his picture is among the photo enlargement that used to be hanged in their parlor before the death of his parents. " invest 30%of the money and I will find a financial manager for you." aunty Michelle suggested.
"I advice you erect a building in your late Father's land I have been managing for years". Ater amazed at how caring his relatives have been all of a sudden, he was determined to follow his heart, none of them cared about him before now.
"I appreciate your advice and suggestion " he said, "but please give me a little time to think about it" he requested.
' What do you suggest I do with this money ' he inquired of Mr. Rogers. ( while eating dinner that evening)
' This money is a large amount of money, in my whole years of service, I have never hold such amount of money. I think you need a financial adviser. And please don't forget your family '
' The family that abandoned me? ' Ater protested.
A week later, Ater called for a meeting, Mr. Rogers was also present. After introducing the people present in the meeting he went on with why he had called for the meeting.
"After a critical thought on what everyone suggested, I decided I would rather sponsor my career, and five million to Mr. Rogers, while the rest would be used to establish an orphanage home". There were murmuring among his relatives, he could even here some saying Mr. Rogers had deceived him to squander his money, but he did not care leaving them as the chatter continued. And came back latter with Seven different cheques and handed it to the seven of his relatives that were present there.
" These are cheques of $50,000 dollar each, that is my gifts for you " he said and left them to the inner room.
