He watched the fine wine spat into the gutter as she stroll along with her witted boyfriend.. But why…? I do believe in God.. he heard her boyfriend said as they walked past him…he glanced back at them again…."odd combinations….but perfect" he reasoned in his mind as he negotiated the corner that led to the Sidney alley and hoped to see them again…Alan continue to lecture his girlfriend as they walked past the middle aged man on the pathway along the slum of Christian road in Treach. You see honey.. all through my life I have been a Christian and I serve God with all my might, but I have come to be able to distinct been a Christian to serving God..I believe in Christianity but it's not the only religion that ascertain God as the supreme being….Judaism.. Hinduism, Islam even our traditional gods and believe all point to one God as the supreme being, so what's the controversy…..Although, each has distinct ways of worshipping his God..but still they all believe in God..so if I tell you I believe in God rather than doing it the Christian way....I would rather serve him my own way so I wouldn't be led into condemnation does that makes me an unbeliever? Definitely No..I will tell you again, before the advent of the white man in Africa, there was already a structure in the African Society, Kings, Bale, Baale, Iyawo'le, Iyale and so on, structures, religious communities and good trade relations between the colonies there's an established structure of serving God through the religion that also believed in God, there are kings, dukedoms and principalities…when they came to loot Africa they are first equipped with their religion and the Bible, a couple of tricks and treachery and slavery….now tell me how not to question the potency of a religion that preaches Christianity as peace and loving religion and at the same breath a tool for slavery…..apart from that, they fucked up with our psychic so much so that even a contemporary free thinking black brother think a 400yr slavery activities against the Blackman seems like a choice to him, can you beat that..…I tell you again.., my believe in God will never weaver but the way I serve him will be on my own terms..end of discussion.
She shook her head in amazement as she realize once again more often than non that he will never be able to beat this man….her man.. in a discussion like these. She knew he had a point but that point isn't valid in the doctrine of Christianity that is why he was able to exempt himself by insisting he had rather go directly to his God than going through some religion. She knew how hard it can be to make a man like Alan see things the way everybody does.. people like Alan are not into dogmatism they want to be responsible for their choices and actions....they want to be accountable to everything they are involved in that's why they question existence and choose another means of doing things different from the general norms… He's a rare type and the story of their lifetime could either be positive or negative…it could explode either ways this is why she's scare of his mindset, yes she truly loves him, but sometimes love is really not enough, she's sometimes scared of him, as a sweet girl, you have to use your head else things might go wrong and love will be stranded…and before you could say jack…boom everything will go down the drain…he scooped his arm around her shoulder as he nudge her back to reality....come on honey let's get going will grab you at six…have a nice day…Ok honey she replied.. have a nice day too…love you.
He turned the corner and directly face his office, today he's got a million things to attend to, tons on his mind even more on his hand and already it started on a full swing when his fone rang….hello….he said as he picked up..Alan did you download your copy on the Targent report.? The voice at the other end inquired…Yes….Alan answered…good where are you already.. the boards are here. Am here will join you shortly.. okay, come straight to the board room…boards are waiting. Okay Keem, will join you in a jiffy.
Five hours later, after his meeting with the board, he sat in his office brooding on how things have unfolded in the few hours of this early morning….. he couldn't stop thinking about the huge offer thrown at him by the board after the presentations, he knew it's a good deal but he also know it will handicapped his little hustle he's nursing on the side because it might mean relocation and travel all the time and again he's got Tarah to think of, he can't just abandoned her and pursue an endeavor that's not even his dream or career, he knew in his heart right then that there's no way he's taking this job if not on his terms, it's either he's allowed to ration his position or he leave… it's that easy.