Stealing From “herself” #2
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Culture of the island
Being harped on by
People was indeed
Negative for them, because
Things grow from bad
To worse for the
Couple. At a point
In this phase, they
Considered separating, because of
The poverty, but considering
Their new baby they
Had a second thought
And decided to stay
Together to weather everything
Together. Such was the
Condition then with them
The child has also
Suffered with them. Things
Changed years afterwards and
Like a dream their
Money starts growing like
A grass by the
Riverside, now they are
Comfortably sitting at the
Apex of the richest
Family in the island
Their minds are on
Their daughter, on what
They can do for
Her she deserves something
Bigger, better, and great
They have been saying
Among themselves. Their thought
Has been subsumed on
What to do for
Her, she is special
In their life. After
Series of deliberations they
Decided to get her
Established. Asking her to
Start a business by
Herself does not cross
Their mind, that would
Be too laborious, thus,
They put her at
The helms of affairs
Of one of their
Companies. She was the
Director of their biggest
Company. “Every six months
We shall be asking
About the situation of
The company from you”
They told her. After
A year that she
Has performed brilliantly at
The company, she changed
Because of a well
Of thought that has
Filled her heart. The
Thought was centered on
Their culture, for in
Their island, females are
Aliens to parent’s properties
And would not have
Access to her parents
Properties neither be included
Among those who shall
Be given any of
The inheritance after they
Are dead. Thence, she
Started stealing from the
Income of the company
She has a separate
Account opened with a
Pseudo-name where she
Used to deposit the
Money. As she was
Remitting money into her
Pseudo-account, the gross
Income of the company
Reduced, affecting the capital
On which the company
Was being run. Having
Been left alone by her
Parents over the years
They had to take
The plight of the company
To them when she
Was distressed on what
To do. She had
Thought her parents would
Bail the company out
Of its distress, but
Her parents acted otherwise,
Asked her to cut
The number of the
Workforce she is paying
Salaries to. This was
What she did. While
The company was distressed
Some erstwhile moribund companies
Started coming back to
Life and new ones
Introduced springing up in
The island. The company
That has no competitor
Before now has many
Competitors and many of
Her staff that have
Been sacked were employed
By those companies. Those
Ones introduced new schemes
Into their companies to
Really make the market
A stiffer one for her company.
This affected the company
But despite this she
Never changes her disposition
Keeps on covertly saving
Money out of the
Meager income of the
Company. Her parents could
Not fathom what happened
Because that was their
Best establishment, the biggest
And the main source
Of income for them
Out of all their
Establishments. Then they called
Her to express their
Minds unto her. It
Was then they told
Her that the company
She has been managing
Was hers’ for immediately
She assumed position as
The director of the
Company they had gone
To lawyers and other
Concerned authorities to change
The ownership of the
Company to her name
And now that the
Company is about to
Collapse they would not
Know what else to do
For her to help her.
When she heard what
Her parents said, she
Started perspiring, for she
Thought she has been
Wise all this while
But unknown to her that
She was the chief of
All fools around.
She has been robbing
Herself all this while,
Thinking she was building
Herself, and spending at
Public gatherings instead of
Reinvesting some of those
Money to boost the company’s
Products and solidify her more
Her parents told her
To go and see to
What she can do to bring
The company back on
Its feet and if there
Is anything they can
Do to assist her, she
Should not mind coming to them
To let them know.
She sorrowfully left them
She started injecting monies
Into the company with
The mind of reviving
Her, but other competitors
Have gained ground, for
Most of the company’s
Good customers have shifted
To those companies, and
Those customers were not
Ready to leave those companies
For they are being
Treated well there she
Lost out and becomes a shadow
Of herself because of her greediness…
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