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[b][/b] Chapter One


Alex Williams! ... the hall burst into excitement and uproar, but to him it was the usual he has been winning the "Most Innovative Student" award since his second year of joining the school becoming the first junior student to win the award in the school's history and now for fourth time straight he has won it...
he smiled as he walked up to the podium to shake hands with his principal Mr Lawal, he looked into the audience he could see his classmates Tade, Helen, Peter and teachers clapping their hands and of course there was Maxwell frowning and making hate faces at him but it wouldn't bother him Maxwell has always been eyeing the prestigious awards as it looks more important than the best student award, Alex has won the award again because he created something special it was an app, an app that controls a students activities like an alarm to wake you up, a reminder that shows when its time for class, the teachers loved it and they're proud of him

But Alex wasn't feeling too happy the pains of being an orphan came to his mind the moment his eyes came in contact with the seats in front of the hall, other student's parents were present his are nowhere to be found, as he thought about it tears rolled down his cheeks people thought he shedding tears of joy,
shakily he held the mic and said " I'm grateful to God and my teachers for this award" he said and he gave the mic back to the principal, he returned to his seat Tade knew something was wrong but he just did not know what yet.


immediately after the ceremony was ended Alex left the hall and went to the school garden, he was in great emotional pain, he looked at the school park parents were leaving with their children everywhere looked lively, he said "if only these fuckers hadn't died so soon... if only they had waited a..." "waited what?!" Tade interrupted, alongside Helen they were his best friends, they understand him, "I asked a question" he said, Alex couldn't reply, Tade went on "Common shady, you're stronger than this, I'm sure it wasn't your folks wish to leave you like this man, common be strong" Tade has started addressing Alex as "Shady" ever since Alex hacked into the school database to change their teacher's bad remarks about Tade in his report card and he ended up causing some troubles for the school's data when the principal came to apologize to the student he said " I'm so sorry we'll have to delay the vacation date 'cause something shady happened to our systems..." Helen has always asked what does the name means but it was Tade and Alex's little secret, she finally spoke after staring at Alex, he was tall,fair complexion,athletic but what she liked about him the most was his pink lips and of course his brain, "Alex look around you everyone here wish they were like you that's something you have to be proud though your parents might not be here to celebrate but I'm sure they're proud too wherever they're"

Alex smiled, anytime Helen spoke to him he was always fascinated, she always found the right words to sooth his pains. Just immediately Tade's phone rang he looked at the number it was Alex's guardian number he was surprised to see the call and curious at the same time so he picked

"Hello?"

the voice replied "Hello, is this Tade?"

"Yes, who's speaking"

Tade though wasn't as brilliant as Alex but he had a retentive memory of course the type that doesn't remember lessons after but the name of girls, their voices, looks and the rest, he was quick to know this wasn't Alex's guardian voice


"an accident occurred to the owners of this phone and he instructed us to call this number"


Tade was shocked an accident to Mr Williams? he knew the exact reason why Mr Williams asked the caller to call him he knew the kind of person Alex was, he is quick to panicking and taking drastic actions, he asked "where are you calling me from" "St Stephen Memorial" the caller replied "I'll be there soon" he said and hung up.



he turned to Alex, and said "Mr Williams was involved in an accident... he's in an hospital"



Alex's face turned sour, His worst fears were materializing slowly