A PRINCE IN AMERICA

NOTE: PLEASE CHANGE THE NAME OF THE IMAGINARY COUNTRY CALLED MUSA TO IMAGINARY AFRICAN COUNTRY CAPE D'IVOIRE

A PRINCE IN AMERICA

CONTENTS
First part: the life of the prince in Africa.
CHAPTER ONE: MISS BIG MAMAS
CHAPTER TWO: ORIGIN OF CHILDREN
CHAPTER TREE: KINGDOM AND RELIGIONS
CHAPTER FOUR: THE TEENAGE PRINCE
CHAPTER FIVE: THE HUNTING
CHAPTER SIX: PREMATURE MARRIAGE
CHAPTER SEVEN: TRADITIONAL MEDICINE VERSUS THE MODERN MEDICINE
Second part: The life of the prince in America
CHAPTER ONE: THE DARK ANGEL
CHAPTER TWO: IN THAT CLUB
CHAPTER TREE: CASH LOVE
CHAPTER FOUR: DREAM
CHAPTER FIVE: MORE THAN WOMAN
CHAPTER SIX: GRADUATION CEREMONY
Names to be used (choose from for surnames, villages...): Jacaranda, Ndumo, Mafuta, Abasu, Azumo, Bimara, Bondo, Chakalaka, Cilamba, Mayaula, Dati, Dugimbo, Kimumba.
Others names: James, Morris, Penny, Jones, Helen, Everitt, Jackson, Williams, Kennett, Nicol, George,
FIRST PART: THE LIFE OF PRINCE SULEMANE IN AFRICA.

CHAPTER ONE :MISS BIG MAMAS
NOTE: PLEASE, CHANGE MUSA TO CAPE D'IVOIRE
The life of the king Sultan Camara Yousouf is a collection of conquest, trophies and possessions. He has six wives and twenty one children. He had to marry each year a new wife at the local beauty pageant he lost interested in getting more wives in the past twenty years and limited his wives to six only. His precedent King had twice the number of wives.

He reportedly own 260 cars. He own forty Rolls and Rolls dozens of sport cars which are flow to the factory in Britain for oil exchange. There 's the private yacht, charmingly called tits ( Suzanna 1 and Suzanna 2. Suzanna is the name of the king's first wife and the most respected woman in the Kingdom). A collection of private jet and a collection of luxury properties in London, London, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

The sultan and his family are known as half human and half gods. The notion that money can buy the very best entertainment is hardly new to this royal family. the sultan is well known for his extravagant ways. He spend millions of dollars every week for parties: family birth days and parties in occasion of nothing just to reach the 52 parties each years, at the rate of one party each and every weekend of the year.

Tree parties were national and holiday in the country: the king birthday, the death day of his father and his official day he took power.

In the 19th century the kingdom called Cape d' Ivoire meaning heaven of Ivories was famous for its pirates and slave traders then later become a number one country in exporting the Ivory before the discovery of petrol. Cape D'Ivoire remained a British protector until he gained independence in the middle of the 20th century. Cape D'Ivoire wealth were estimated in billions of dollars comes briefly from oil, witch was discovered in 1930.
The king adopted Sultan a Muslim name because more than sixty percent of the estimated one million people were Muslim and his grand father was Muslim too. In his family they inherited a combination of Muslim and African's names.

When they discovered in 1970 that the oil could dried up in 70 years. The father's sultan who was in power reportedly holds hundreds of millions in the US treasury bond, perhaps the most stable long -term invested, as well as British sterling.
Cape D'Ivoire had a population of 1 million people most of them based in Biano the capital city and Luambo the second city.

The national treasure of Cape D'Ivoire is indistinguishable from the royal family's personal piggy bank but the one million people of the kingdom are pampered by the royal family, which is why for years the was no grumbling about the sultan extravagant lifestyle. The country has one of the world's highest per capita incomes, and there is no income tax. Healthcare and education are free and they are subsidized rents and interest -free home loans for civil servants. The government employ, directly or indirectly, about 80% of the work force, and on the sultan 's everyone gets a raise.

The first wife of the king queen: Suzanna was married when the were both 19 years old. The king second wife takes care of official duties. The third wife was the one who travel with the king internationally. The fourth wife was the one the king used for the local travel in the kingdom. The fifth wife was the one who meet the meet different official in the absence of the king. The last wife was the one who takes care of all the parties organization�s. She was the one who travel a lot to buy all the necessary requirement for the parties oversees and locally.

In the late years, the sultan of Cape D'Ivoire, famous as one of the richest man in Africa become infamous for his spending habits. He lives in a 500 -room palace, which cost roughly $ 200- million to build and 200 telephones. It nearly a kilometer long, and about six hectares of Italian marble were used in its construction. The bathroom sinks are covered in 14-carat gold, and there are 50 crystal chandeliers in the formal dining room alone, witch seats 5000. Four Atlanta-based furniture buyers spent more than 10 millions on furniture and fittings. Large trees lining the hallways have strands of diamonds hanging from the limbs, like tinsel a Christmas tree. Painting by Gauguin van Gogh and Monet are scattered throughout. The sprawling ground hold eight mansions and swimming pools, tennis courts, a sport complex, air conditioned stables for 100 polo ponies and the parking of sultan's cars.

Donating money his Cape D'Ivoire's foreigner policy and sultan has given freely to stay in favour with friendly nations. Cape D'Ivoire meant heaven of ivories. When it was discovered, it was known of having many elephants and before the discovery of the petrol. The only trading was ivories.

The only public election was in Cape D'Ivoire was held 10 years ago, resulted in a sweeping victory of the labour's party, which wanted the sultan removed from power. The results were annulled and a rebellion ensued. Though it was quashed by occupying British troops, the incident made the sultan wary of insurrection.
One afternoon
There was a private meeting of 40 women dignitary with the sultan. Most of the king meeting were done at night and he used to sleep a lot in day time to catch up many hours of sleep. Then come the young prince of six years old called Sulemane. He just watched on television the miss pageant in US.

He come and talk to his father: "�Daddy I just saw the miss pageant US�I like it was very interesting but I never seen before the miss pageant?"
"That is very nice" Sultan Camara told his young demanding son. "Look I am busy now�Come another time and we will talk"
"Daddy I want to sleep now."
"Good night " The father said. "I will see you tomorrow. Go and sleep before the angel of height comes to make you bigger"
Most of the parent in Cape D�Ivoire used to tell they children to sleep a lot so they may grow up. It was a sentences to encourage children to sleep.
"I won't sleep if you don't respond me now." Sulemane said. All the prince were spoil that they wanted to get everything they wanted and when they wanted. The women association dignitary were watching the prince and the king talking hoping the young boy may leave the place so they may continue they discussion.
"My son what do you want before you sleep? You have to sleep you have to attend classes tomorrow."
"I want to see a live miss pageant now."
"There is nothing and beautiful woman here to satisfy your demand. I will organize a special miss pageant for you tomorrow. I will invent young girl of your age to please you."
"No Daddy" the price said "I want it now. I don't want young girls but I want the women�I want it now before I sleep and have sweet dreams."
The king look at to all the women dignitaries, they were all big in weight and size. Those rich women had gained weight after many years of being in high position. They had good life and very respected in the kingdom.
The king urged the women with him: "You have to please my son before he goes to sleep." There was no other women around and it was too late to go in the kingdom and look for young girl to please the prince who wanted to see the pageant before he sleeps.
The highest ranked woman Madesu was almost 180 pounds responded: "�Please sultan we are all overweight and we will organize a beauty fashion for Sulemane tomorrow."
The number one man in the land repeated trying one last time to send his child away: "Convince my son to accept your excuse�"

Madesu, the highest ranked woman in the country look at the young boy and told him: "Please Sulemane, we will organize a miss pageant for you tomorrow .We are all big Mama here�"
"I don't care" the prince responded. "I want it now and I want you all to do it for me now before I goes to sleep. I want to have sweet dreams after a beauty pageant."
"Sulemane, you just watched the miss US on television now do you want more now? We will do for it tomorrow �"
"No" the spoiled boy responded "I didn't get enough on television. I want live beauty fashion�"
Madesu look at her colleague from the women league in the country. "Okay let do it for the prince the miss big Mama."
"Yes" Sulemane accepted with joy. "I want miss big Mama."
The woman minister told to other colleagues to do miss pageant. They all started passing around the young boy. After 5 minutes the boy was not satisfy and told them: "This live show is boring, I will bring a radio and play American hip hop music. You have to look like the women in the television, they all had underway, you will do that until I sleep and the bodyguard will carry me in my bed. You are all boring women, I want serious big miss Mama."

All the women started sweating waiting for the sultan to stop his son from his madness. The king Camara told them when the young boy went to fetch the cassette radio: "You have to be serious now�My boy is not happy�You have to please him before he goes to sleep." It what the reign is all about. To please the king and his family.
One of the woman dignitary prayed and complained to herself: "...Oh my God what is this? The young boy is the age of my grand son �I am 52 years now why must I please a little boy. I never do this miss pageant even when I was a young and energetic girl�This is a punishment�Please God save us now�"
The young boy arrived and set on the music, he used to like hip hop music. He played the song that many never listen to it before, they used to take it as useless new children generation noise. Then told them: "I want the miss big Mama to begin now."

The all undress they clothes and all left in they underwear. The king never shown any compassion but he enjoyed his son's madness.
The women were cat walking on the floor at the prince command. He was pleased to see women doing the miss big Mama his live version of miss US he saw on television. He laughed and clap his hands .At some point he said: "Come on big Mama moves your bumps�Yes like that and walk like the miss US�" It is why the king and his family were half man and half gods. Those women respected in the community were nothing to the princes.
Then he sang too to express his appreciation: "Go go go big Mama go go go big Mama go go go"

The private show took some 45 minutes before the young man fall at slept.
The women were very humiliated but couldn't express it in the absolute monarch.
From that day they hated the young and ambiguous boy. Likely the show was not filmed.
The all returned home tired and didn't talked. They all went to her bed when they arrived very tired at their mansions.
This is was some of the few way to please the member's of the royal family.

CHAPTER TWO :ORIGIN OF CHILDREN

A group of children were playing in their break time at school in one of the African modern kingdom: Cape D'Ivoire.
They were aged between age 5 and 8 years. A young boy told is friend about her mother who have given birth to her baby girl sister: "�My mother have given birth to an angel, a cute and beautiful sister, now I have a little sister too�"
"I have also a little sister and young brother too."

The parent always told their children that they fetch children in hospital and I hoped that their mother will fetch next time beautiful brother and sisters.
"I don't have brother, I will tell my mother to buy a boy in hospital�"
Then a curious boy asked to his friend: "Where are children are originated?"

The parents their children that they buy children in hospital and choose those one who look like them. They believed that rich people were privilege to buy beautiful children because they cost a lot.
In this kingdom like many cities in Africa rich people had many wives and many children. It why their believed that they buy children. The one who have plenty of money will buy plenty of children.

In Esengo school it was a school mix with rich and poor people. many dignitaries children studied at that school. And in the past five years, the government changed the policies in admitting their poor children too in this respectable school.

Esengo meant happy. They wanted to make everybody happy. Even the king Sultan was at this pre school and primary school.

"No, you are lying" one child said. He heard another kind of story. "My mother told me that they get operated from the doctors to give birth to children."

Some children were arguing because they learn at the Sunday school that God create people. It only God who create children. "Yes God make people with his hands and then when people are sleeping he put them in hospitals no one has to see him."
"I personally saw God."
The children got upset in hearing this man statement. It was Okpara the best friend of the prince Sulemane. He believed that he saw God because God did a miracle in their life.

It was an independence day. This celebration is the biggest one in the country. celebrating freedom from the British government. Every year, different dignitaries, presidents and respected people come and celebrate the 25 February.
One year ago, in the celebration Sulemane who was sitting with his parents and different dignitaries felt bored citing with the high personalities. He saw at the side, ordinary people and other people watching the celebration dance in the stadium.

He wanted to be like many children, he managed to escape and went to find a group of boys of his age they were in the 7 years to 10 years. he enjoyed seating like an ordinary man far from the bodyguards and journalists.

It was a drama as their look at for the prince in the packed stadium for 3 hours. They find the prince seating with Okpara and refused to leave that place. They decided to fetch Okpara with him and Sulemane didn't want to live a friend. he was feeling lonely in the big mansion.

It was a drama to the family kingdom, Okpara was very duty, he was wearing white clothes but because of wearing the same clothes for years, the colour of the clothes changed to Khaki. He was having dust all over his hair seating with a prince who some time was bathed with imported perfume.

It was from there that the young boy started living in the royal palace and also benefited of all the favors the prince benefited. Okpara parent were very poor. His father died long ago and her mother was a farmer. From that day she was given a post in the administration of the kingdom. She was given one millions dollars cash and two big house not forgetting 3 Mercedes from Suzanna the mother of the prince.

He didn't know really what happen much but heard her mother calling it a miracle and hand of God and the young boy thought he has meet God.

Many children learn at the Sunday school that once you see God you will die and go to hell or heaven if you were a good man. People die only when their see God, in an accident or while sick in the hospitals.
"Those who are dying see the Big God before they close they eyes. You know dead people may hear us but cannot talk."
"Mom never lie and will never lie" one child argued. "She told me children are chosen and bought from the hospitals."
"Why only women give birth not men?"

Another child was told differently that the doctor make a surgery operation to take the babies out of women's stomach. Men too give birth, those who eat a lot and have big stomach. They give birth and leave children in hospital for women to buy, then raise them. The more big is your stomach the more children you will have: singles, twins or triplets. "I would like to have my own baby, I like children they are angel. That mean I have to eat a lot so my stomach may get bigger and then I will have children?"

The children were told that you have to eat a lot so you may grow up, God gives children to big people only. You have to eat and sleep a lot too. If you don't sleep you will never grow up because every night God comes to give height to those who are sleeping. The more you sleep the taller you get.
The children believed that babies see God and talk to God and angels it why we don't hear what they are saying. They had that God talk with the children because he likes children.
Okpara told his friends: "I understand why the chiefs and riches have many children because their can afford to buy many children. Ugly children are cheap even cheap than a second car and cute babies are expensive. Some cutes babies are even expensive than some cars. I pray God to make me so rich to buy many children even thousand."

Then when those kids have finished their discussion come the running and energetic kid. His name his Sulemane the most respected children at school. He was wearing rare and expensive clothes he was running in the ground when the others were chatting about the origin of children. He come across the discussion .They asked him the same question: "Prince Sulemane tell us the origin of babies?"
"The babies are from mothers and there are made by parents when they play the daddy and mother." the prince responded.
"What is the game daddy and mother?" one child asked a curious kid
"You don't know?" Sulemane astonished. "Go and check by the door key's hole when your parents are sleeping. You will see that game: daddy and mother, daddy on top of the mother�"
Kitu the man in charge of the security of prince Sulemane for years become like his friend. he was scared of the prince and wanted to please him every time. He told him once to open his parent video boxes and watch big people's movies. And try to watch his parents moves time to time even by the hole of the keys.
"Did you see that?" one child asked.

Sultan Camara who had many wife and come in our house once a week but spend his day there because it was his official residence. Sulemane mother was the first wife of the king. When he is father come to sleep he always make a plan sometime to fail sick so he can sleep in his parent bedroom and the king wanted to make use of the time he had to sleep with his wife.
He warned his friend: "If they catch you will be hit and punish you. It is a secret."
"They won't find me .I am very careful when I watch them�"
"Who told you to watch at the door key's lock?"
"My bodyguard Kitu" The prince responded. The man who fetch him and bring him to school and other places. The curious prince like all the children asked him where the babies are originated? He told him that if he talk to him. He won't understand and told him to watch alone and very carefully when in their parents are both in their bedroom.
The prince loved to sleep in his parents bedroom. Since he was born he had his private room and the only time he was sleeping with his parents it was when he was sick. Kitu told him to watch carefully when his sick and to pretend often to be sick.
To all the prince in the kingdom, the one who had a chance to often sleep in they parent bedroom was Sulemane because he was often sick.
"Where are the other bodyguards when you go in your parents bedroom?" Another child asked the prince.
" Some where in the yard."

There is no bodyguard inside their house, all the guards are outside the house. There are many guards in the yard but not inside the house.
Some even lie on top of the roof with their gun to look after the royal family.

On his way back the young prince started asking question to the bodyguard Kitu who always fetch him from school. He wanted to live a normal life like everyone else. Because of wanting to live a normal life he got in trouble with his parents and his family. For them the kid was just too naughty. Sometime all the expensive things they used to buy him from overseas didn't suit him. He wanted to shop in the market. Where he could see everybody and children.
Every weekend the bodyguard used to take him in the local market. he felt that the isolated life wasn't good for him: "Tell me why you always come to fetch me at school while other friends of mine walk alone on their house?"
"Because you are very different to other children". Kitu used to respond. "you are semi human and semi god"
"Why can I be different to others children" Sulemane argued. "because I have 2 hears, 2 hands and 2 feet like others children. You are coming fetching my bag and treat me like a baby. I am not a baby�"
The prince who once made dance and walk semi naked the women dignitaries wanted to get ride of the bodyguards, they were still not stilling helping him to enjoy his freedom.
The royal families member were called semi god because they had the power and decision for every citizen. Kitu told him: "You must know that you are very different to other people. Your father is the king of Cape D'Ivoire and he is the supreme man here after God. We may say that your father is our god here"

Sultan has punished his son many times that he ended up hating him.

For him his father wasn't not a good, God do not eat food and never go to the toilet. He was a Satan not a sultan, one night he watched his father fighting with mommy. They were sitting in the living room, then he saw his father holding tied my mother then he bite my mother on his lips, he eat my mother's lip, then his mother to show him that she is not a useless weak woman show him how she can fight too. She hold tied my father too and eat his lips too, when he asked what wrong because they didn't see me while fighting. He had the impression that his father was bleeding on his lips, he get cross, upset and told me angrily: go to sleep God we will arrive soon to give children the height. If he finds him awake he won't give me the height to be tall and grow up�

The tall giant bodyguard laughed a lot and explained him: "Your father and mother were not fighting they were kissing. The red stuff you saw on yours father lips were not blood it was your mother make up�"
"You are lying" The prince argued. "They were fighting. My father thought that he could easily beat my mother�But my mother won the fight because my father was bleeding on his mouth it why he angrily turn to me and told me to go to sleep�"
Kitu most of the time for some subjects he always told him that he won't understand what his was telling him now, but he will understand when you will grow up. "It was just an act of love."
Okpara had the same privilege with the prince he had also about four bodyguard coming to fetch him at school in a different Mercedes limousine.
The young man returned to his subject: "I want you to stop coming to fetch me, I will start going home alone like all the children at school"
"If you persist with your decision we will be jobless" Kitu responded "We are depending on you. They won't allow you to walk alone "

He was tired of the cars and troops of guard, he felt that he was a baby not even able to hold his school bag like most of the children at school.
They knew the young boy once he persist in his decision they may get into in trouble probably loosing the respectable job they had look after the young boy. The rebellious prince told the bodyguard "Your are half man and half god mean anyway? God lives on sky not on this earth, I am not a God�My father is not a sultan but he is a Satan."
"You don't have to say that" the bodyguard told him. "If you keep saying those words, your mother will be punished. You love you mother don't let your mother to be in trouble, be a good boy."
It was difficult to control the curious prince. Kitu the chief of Sulemane security was punished when they find out that he was the one who was telling the little boy what he didn't suppose to know for his age.

He was degraded and send far for Biano the capital in the second city Luambo who was often attacked by the guerrillas. The young boy was told that his bodyguard was sent overseas to study and was returning to look after him.

The following week was the first semester report, the head master of the school gave a letter to the Sulemane's bodyguard to give to the sultan. It was a very respectable school with a high standard of education but the children of the royal family and the dignitaries were given all the max they wanted. This practices has been there for many years.
The head master wrote:

Kolle Pule
Esengo primary school
Cape D�Ivoire

Majesty Sultan
Cape D'Ivoire

Majesty the Sultan the supreme .

I have the honor to come to your high authority by this present note. I know that you are very busy and allow me to disturb you for a second.

Majesty the supreme Sultan .I would like to ask you which max may I gave to your son our prince Sulemane. Honesty your son is one of the most intelligent pupil in our school. He is four in his classroom of 30 students with 86 %. This a record max for any previous prince in our school and Okpara had 70% good result for someone living in the king palace.

The first semester have approach and in two day we will give reports to the parents. Your speedy response will be appreciated.

Your humble servant.

High consideration

Kolle Pule
Head master of
Esengo primary school

The king was so interested in the education of his children and always respond to the request of the head master and teacher. He wrote too:

Sultan
Cape D�Ivoire

To Kolle Pule
Head master of
Esengo school
Cape D'Ivoire

I got your letter in time, thank you for letting me know the evolution of my child.

I am very amazed of the development of my son. I really appreciate the job that you are doing. I noticed myself that Sulemane is the most intelligent prince. He proves it in his behavior here at home, We can hear him reading and singing what he has learned at school.

I will take him places if he keep up the good work I will send him to Oxford university to update is knowledge. I suggest you to give him the maximum max because he proves that he is able, 86 % for a prince his a big achievement and for Okpara give him 90% for his effort.

Keep up the good work, I may come in few weeks to make a surprise visit and see which equipment to buy for a better education. I want Esengo to be one of the world best primary and secondary school in the world. I send you two buses for the school.

Congratulation for the good work .

Hug

The majesty sultan
Of Cape D'Ivoire (heaven )

Camara the king have answered and wanted his son to have maximum percentage. It was clear and the prince was awarded 100% for the first semester. Sulemane a clever boy who was initially fourth with 86 % find himself first with 100 %.

The queen Suzanna when she got the report was not impress with the max, she talked to his husband and complained, "What the use of sending our son to school if he have to have 100%." She angrily commented. "I don't consider this report, I will go personally to the school tomorrow and ask the teachers and the head master to give him his deserved max, this is unacceptable."
The king wearing his bedroom Japanese pajama was surprise to hear a woman refusing his son to pass with hundred percent. Sulemane was her last born. The firth child. Not counting all the children the king had with many others wives and girl friend.
This practices has been done for all those years for the children of authorities in the land. "You are not happy to see your son with the maximum max?"
"I am not happy, if my child have fail the must give him the max he deserve. Sulemane is very clever I don't think he may fail. There is nothing to panic about our son."
Sultan wondered why Suzanna wasn't happy for her last born to have the same favour like his brothers and sister in their own land. It come as a big shock to the number one man in the land. "You are a very stupid mother" The king said. "Every mother could enjoy to see their son passing with maximum max."
"Impossible to have 100 %, I know your game." The queen argued. "You do not motivate children to work hard, Sulemane have a private tutor at home to help him. Even the most intelligent men on earth never had this max, even Leornardo Davinci never had 100 %. This is a game or comedy. You seems not getting enough of television's soaps."

Then the king confessed to what he did. He was the only one dictating the max of his children. It was for the first time in the family that a prince got 86 % without the king decision. For him he decided that he deserved all the max. He confessed: "Yes, I am the one who instructed the head master to give him 100 % instead of 86 % and give Okpara 90% the prince's friend because he got 70%."
"86 % is good for my son, I will make him work hard to reach 90%, he may make it�"
The number one man in the land understood his wife, she was very influential in the decision making of the land she was called the mother of the nation:
"Do what you have to do for the sake of a good education of your child. I am happy with 100% or the initially 86 %. I won't accept a failure prince.'

She wasn't not impress by the king Camara's instructions, she recalled that all the half brothers and sisters of the prince were given free max and went to fail overseas with distinctions and from there many countries in the world do not considers the Cape D'Ivoire school max. There called Cape D�Ivoire just a well decorated document without no values. Sulemane had time to study with his friend and had two privates tutors for school and two pastors for his spiritual need.
"I used to be very clever at school" the king said. "I used to be always first or second in the classroom."
"The teacher used to give you the max that you want not the max you deserve." His wife contradicted him. "You went oversee to study and never completed the tertiary school. Where are your university or college diploma?"

The king who wanted to be right was truing to defend himself. Himself
was given a free matrix certificate and went to study overseas in fours different countries fail and had enough of school he returned to work in the kingdom: "I didn't have time to collect my certificate" The king responded "I used to be very busy�I just had many meetings to attend too. I had to return and help my father in our kingdom"

All the parent had the same songs, they all claim to be always the first or the second of their classrooms. If every parent were first or second of the classroom who was the tenth or the last in their classroom?
The king laughed as the queen ask again: "�Even my parents claimed to be the best in their classrooms, so tell me who was the last or the middle in their classes?"

Queen Suzanna and the king Sultan were good friend, they all were married when they were 19 years old. For queen Suzanna the king was just a young man that he met many years ago. He can be the number one man in the land but the queen was a number one human in his life. In their bedroom they were pictures of the young couple married in the stadium with more than 200 dignitaries from all over the world to witness their marriage.
For the other wives he marry there is a small ceremony. His father used to get married every years in his thirteen first years in power. In their customer the king marry every year but Sultan had enough of women.

Suzanna wasn't that clever at school even thought his father used to be a teacher. She never been the first one in the classroom she had just an average max to pass the school. There was no need to panic for someone who was doing already well. She compensate with all the parent that their children work hard just to be the second of their classroom because the prince is in their children classroom. She felt that it was unfair.

As promised the next day queen Suzanna confronted the head master of the school. She was accompanied by 20 bodyguards and more than 5 cars limousine in her cortege. It was a surprise visit. Every time that the authority has to visit a place they have to announce in advance so people may rehearse to sing for them and dance for the royal family's member.
This time everybody were taken by surprise. When the queen arrived with his cortege the principal who was talking with four teachers in the office tried to sing for the queen and she told him: "Stop panicking, I just come to talk."
The principal look at his furniture in the office and weren't that clean was little bit shy that the queen has got him off guard. The queen took her child school report and told the principal. "�I don't understand how you can give to someone 100 %. This do not exist anywhere in the world. How someone can know every thing? I know that you were students too and I believe that you were intelligent and very clever in your classroom. Tell me if anyone of you ever did 100 %. What the used of teaching someone who knows everything already?"

It was for the first time that someone complain about the school max in his 15 years career as a teacher, then a principal. The principal confessed: "�Queen we were scared of being punished by the king if we do not give his son the highest mark. Sulemane is the most clever prince who have studied to our school, he had managed to have 86%�At the same time we have the please the king who is an half god."
"I want all the best for my son too, he must deserve the marks not have a favour." the unimpressed queen said. "You may give 100 % to other Sultan's Camara children not my children. I make work Sulemane very hard at home to be a clever man and well educated�You have to stop those practices�I talked with the king yesterday and told him that I was not impress with the marks�Please give my son 86 % and never give him marks that he doesn't deserve�"

The principal thanked her, it was already an way to easier the principal pressure. He wanted to keep his job and the only way was to please the dignitaries of the land. The teacher present in that office were also pleased that the queen at last want a change in the school education system. "Thank you queen for your advises, we will do as you have recommended�We honestly apologize for the wrong marks we attributed to your son, our prince Sulemane�"

She wanted Sulemane to be treated as a ordinary pupil not as a prince. It what the prince Sulemane has been fighting for in all his life. He was prince at home not at school. Sulemane had a big project for his son. He wanted him to go and study overseas like all the children far from their land were they were gifted with free marks.
She called what they were doing as simply corruption, they may call it indirect corruption not a favour. She wanted to rules to be changed for every school but starting by this respected called Esengo.
A 50 years old school build by the British with the antic style. It was beautiful with more than 80 teachers and 2000 pupils in that school...

SECOND PART OF PRINCE IN AMERICA.
THE LIFE OF THE PRINCE IN AMERICA.

CHAPTER ONE: THE DARK ANGEL

Sulemane the rebel prince decided to leave his wife in Africa and went in the USA with is best friend Okpara in new York to pursue his dream of studying and finding his love of his choice.
He wanted for once to live a normal life far from all the glories in the kingdom. He was so excited that for once in life he will be a normal person not an half man half god.
He left behind all his royal suits and bodyguards, he only took one small bag but full of cash.
He promised to his father to hire in New York some bodyguards and that he will be living in a luxury suburb in New York.
The king gave him one million dollars in cash to installation in the big city.
He never told him about his secret plan to find the woman of his choice and hide his identity of Prince.
Okpara the prince friend had a also his personal dream to study architecture in New York. He had his own dream of finding a wife too. Likely for him his family was not pressurizing him to get married.
They took first a plane going to London before catching a plane going to New York.
He never told him about his secret plan to find the woman of his choice.
Okpara had a also his personal dream to study architecture in New York. He had his own dream of finding a wife too. Likely for him his family was not pressurizing him to get married.
They took first a plane going to London before catching a plane going to New York(provisory name).
He told his friend to settle even in London. "Sulemane let settle even in London?"
"I had a dream to live a normal life in New York and I am determine to live in New York."
He likes London too but his heart was not interested there. He always tell is friend that money or comfortably is not his desire. He wanted to live in New York as a poor, in the hectic city. He remind his friend when I left Luambo far from town, he went in forest to hunt and I almost lost his life there. He was happy because he realized one of his dream. He promised his father that they were going to New York.
Okpara kept insisting, "But there are a lot criminals and entertainment in New York. Living there can be dangerous to us and we may not concentrate on our studies?"
"Tell me that peoples who are living there are different to us? Tell me that they don't have two hands and one head like us Okpara!"
"We are all human but you have to look at the safety too. London his safer than New York."
"Who told you that? You may find criminal all over in the World. We have criminal even in our kingdom."
"The only problem I have with you is that you want me to do what you want. We are friends and we supposed to understand each other."
"Who told you that? You are the one who advise me."

He denied that allegations, Okpara persuaded him to have physical relationship with a woman he didn't chose. She was pregnant at that time they left their country and he didn�t know how I will get ride of her when he will find a woman of his choice. Now she is closer to him than ever.
In Africa it was difficult for a woman who has gave birth to have another man loving her. And that alone was already a torture to Sulemane, he didn't want to be a source of Nana misery.
Okpara suggested, "You will be a polygamous like all the members of your family and polygamy his part of our culture."
"I don't disagree that polygamy is our tradition my only concern is to choose a woman of your own choice."
He can even have 100 wives as long he choose them alone. He was sure to have one wife and be more happy than 100 wives. What matter was the ability to be happy. He feels he can be happy with one or many wife.

He was a very devoted Christian now and he didn't think that polygamy will make him happy. Polygamy was more problems, he look at how they were living as enemies with his half brothers and half sisters. He didn't want his children to suffer like he did. His suffering, pain was a party and feast to his half brothers and half sisters but his success was a funeral to his half brother and half sisters. Those who supposed to be his closest allied were his invisible enemies.
Okpara justified his decisions to influence him. "I did what is best for your image and I am happy like you that your image is well restored now."
Impotence was the biggest insult existing in their land after the biggest insult existing in the World separatist or racist. He knew that Sulemane may hide it to him, But eventually felt in love with Nana lately. After all she was a woman, may be Sulemane was shy too at first to live with a woman.
"You will never change. Tell me if your are unhappy to live in New York, I am ready to leave you with the half of money." The prince said.

Sulemane didn't want to force Okpara to follow hi, he had to make up your mind. After all they were now living in a democratic World. Okpara was his my best friend not his servant, Okpara happiness was not to rely on Sulemane's decisions every time. "I promised to your father to be with you, if I leave you now it will be a big disappointment to your parents and my parents too. They will wonder what happened to us after many years together?"
"I will tell you something. Every place in the world are very beautiful and there is no bad places as long that you get used to it."

Sulemane was convinced that Okpara will love New York, it won't be easy for them to settle easy but with time they will eventually fall in love with the place. Especially when they will get a girl friend in that city. He encouraged Okpara. "Stop worrying and wondering. I am not here to force you to do things that you don't like."
"I pray and I hope that you are right this time. I will see how the city we will welcome us�"

Sulmane knew that Okpara was worried of crime: hijacking, robbery, prostitution, especially after seeing many violence. Cape D�Ivoire had another kind of crimes too. He believed that there are different kind of crime every where in the World. Even in Hong Kong too, if God wanted them to die they will die. There was no one who can live for eternity in this World.

They took the second plane to New York and the prince left behind hiding all the jewelleries except Okpara who kept wearing his large and very noticeable bracelet on his neck. The prince warned him. "�I have hidden all my jewelries please hide your chain that you keep on your neck. I am not scared of bandits but I don't want any one to notice that we are from a rich family."

He was living now another life different to all the glory that become boring since his children hood. I didn't consider himself a prince but a normal man like everybody. "I am not giving up to this chain."
"I don't say to throw the chain. I never throw any of mine, we will use it latter may be in some manifestations we may wear it, I don't just want to attract attention. We are not here to live a luxury life."
"I never told you what happened to my neck chain?"
"What happened to the chain?"
"My grand father have blessed it. No one may steal it, there is protection in this chain. I will keep wearing it, it is a blessing to me."

Sulemane then told Okpara to stop going to church then. Okpara and Sulemane have been going to church for years and Okpara was still believing in traditional protection! This is really very disappointing. Sulemane couldn't come to term with Okpara behavior. On top of that they had two dedicated pastors coming to their palace to teach them the words of God.

The prince was furious that Okpara did the traditional ceremony without even informing him. As Okpara informed him" We are African, when my family heard that I was leaving for another country they all gathered. My grand father took this chain and blessed it. We are African and we have to stick to our culture."
"I am not against our tradition but what I don't want is idolatry. I will never trust to something that do not talk or moves."
"Sulemane beside tradition many peoples will think that we are a band of gang."
"Gang?"
"You don't talk gang or even walk as a gang." This will come with time. "If you are not gang don't even try to act like a gang. I respect your belief but honestly I am very disappointed as a Christian and knowing that your are a Christian too."

They arrived in New York around eight hours in the evening. They didn't know the city and took hotel as a refuge. They took a taxi and went to Sheraton hotel.
All the luxury things and VIP treatment they find in the hotel was not impressive to the prince who already saw every kind of luxury since he was a kid. He decided to experienced something new to him, a life he never lived before.
They book at the room for the entire years. They left some of their money in the reception and in the safe of their room.
Sulemane took only 20 000$ more than enough for them to get a room in Harlem.
He took is friend after two weeks and went to Harlem. Okpara kept complaining. "�I am sure that you lost your mind, how can we live in a suburb were there is a smell of urine every where, broken glasses, broken bottles and very duty like this?"
Seeing many people on the street was already a blessing for those two people from the small kingdom. Sulemane had impression that everybody was rushing somewhere. The life was more faster here.
"Tell me that those who are living here are not human."
"There are human but we are from a very respectable family."

Sulemane wanted to experience something new that I never seen before. He feel very happy walking on street of New York without bodyguards and far from royal stuff. He felt like a bird who was realized from the cage. He felt like he was flying.
Okpara who didn't want to leave his friend kept complaining. "There are many good suburb in New York, we passed many nice and clean suburbs here. Look at there people fighting and even some running there."
"That a very good scene."
Even when the royal family were in the big cities for their holiday they don't even visit the notorious suburb. They spend their entire holiday in the hotels and also visit only the rich and respected suburb.
Sulemane always see those scenes on movies and now we will witness it everyday of our life. If you are not happy you may live for your rest of our life in New York in Sheraton hotels. "I cannot leave you alone here. If something bad happen to you. I will the only one to be blamed."
"If you don't want to leave me so suffer to be with me. I am clear and my decision his finale."
The prince was very happy walking in the street of Harlem. He was so excited seeing polices cars passing on the streets, people running here and there in a shiny sun. This is dream coming true. He told his friend. "�After hunting, I will be happy living in this city for many years and my third and last big dream his to participate in a huge sport activity like Olympic doing the shootings or other things. I can feel and smell life here. Life is very fast here�"
"We cannot study in this environment."
"We will get used to the area and we will be intelligent at school."

The prince noticed that they were slow thinker and in this environment will help them to be fast thinker, by being fast thinker it will improve also their way of understanding course at the college. "I feel that I am in hell. We come for the holiday in this city we never even passed this suburb."
"Then, it was a boring holiday accompanied by my parents and the bodyguards. This is heaven to me."
"This place make me even very angry music everywhere. How can we live in this place?"
"I know which area to live after Harlem we will move to Queen or Brooklyn."
" If you don't change your mind I will denounce the secret to Sultan and you will fetch us by force here."
Sulemane laughed:
He will hide in this millions of people and the guard we never find him. This city is home to more than ten millions people, close to fifteen millions peoples. The city alone is more than their all Cape D'Ivoire kingdom when it come to the population. Cape D' Ivoire kingdom had only one million of people. Sultan father will have to send the all kingdom to come and search for him there. Logically it is impossible to try to search Sulemane.
He told Okpara. "Forget of trying to tell the truth to my parents. I will leave this place after completing my school and complete my dreams."

When he was talking the heard four guns shoot and people returning from the street they were. Okpara told is friend while they stopped wondering what is happening. Then Sulemane decided to continue walking "�Stop man where are you going? Don't you see people coming from where we are going This is a very good scene." Okpara once refused to accompanied him when he was going hunting adventures now Okpara is scared only of the sound of a bullet.
"Bullet do not have friend. No one is exception to bullet. Even the soldiers who lives with automatic guns are scared of bullets."

Sulemane used the guns before in the hunting and was loosing the afraid of guns sounds. The hunting guns sound was more powerful to what he was hearing. He told Okpara. "Yes, scared of the sound of thousand bullets not the sound ten bullets. I forget something never and never call me prince again. Keep secret my life in Musa. Any way you can escape bullet but cannot escape death if your time comes to die, you may die by disease, bullet or accident."
"How many time, you will tell me to keep secret."

He was insisting To Okpara not to forget their initially plan. No one have to find out their now past life and glory of Cape D'Ivoire kingdom.

The man saw a duty building and decided to enter that building. When they were about to enter the building they met a falling water from unknown floor making them wet. The first one to react was Okpara:
"�Look man, I don't know were this water is from?"
"May be it is a baptism water."
"No, man look now were are wet, may be it is urine."
"Urine or not urine. It just one of the challenges we have to live with for next years."
"No, let go back to Sheraton hotel."
"Forget about Sheraton or any hotel. We are here to stay, we didn't come here in a tourism visit."

They entered the building and they searched for the building caretaker. They entered his apartment and found a full of complaining tenants saying. The office was just an apartment on the first floor. Okpara look at the door of the office with many small holes like bullet holes. The wall was duty. He could see in the office big picture of the hip hop arties and movies poster. He had the impression that the wall had pornographic picture before that were removed. he saw some women's leg picture on the wall.
While watching people complaining they could hear a woman complaining:
"�The electricity was off in my apartment for two days now. I paid my rent bill in time."
Another saying. "�I don't have hot water�"
Another tenant complaining. "�Winter is approaching and I have many broken glasses you promised me that you will fix them but I am tired of waiting."
Then they saw another tenant ready to fight as she was following the caretaker who was hiding next to the table. "Give me back my deposit, I want to leave this building. I am tired of poor service."
The caretaker was busy calming the tenants. "I am sorry I will fix the problem�I am aware of the situation."
He was confronted by a fed up client. "You are a liar. Every time you come with excuses�"
"I lie only once a year. I lied already this year and I won't lie again. Wait for me to lie next year."
Okpara felt like vomiting, he even been in a place like this before. Next to the office table they was a bed standing against the wall. It look like someone was sleeping there at night.
He tried to look at what was on the caretaker offices, a books with a stamp and a pen. No computer on the table. He wondered how the caretaker didn't have a computer in America.
Still they were listening the complainant with the caretaker. "I won't leave this office without my deposit money."
"Wait for the money next month. I am not a bank and I don't keep cash money with me."
"I told you that last month they break in my flat and took my television set."
"I am not a police man to know who break into your flat."
"You must know them. I suspect you of being an accomplice too. You friends and you have stolen my television."
"Did you see me stealing your television? I have a colour television too."
"You still a criminal, I heard that you were in jail for a longtime."
The caretaker said "Prison was a boarding school. I have completed my sentence in boarding school and I won't return back to school."

Everybody were complaining talking the same time and the furious caretaker told them. "Talk one by one. I have only one heard and two hears to listen to one person at the time. I am not a God to listen to pray of many peoples at the same time."
The tenants couldn't come down as the so called caretaker insisted. "�I said and I repeat again. I am not a God to listen to the pray of many people at the same time!"
"We will strike and don't pay the rent if you don't improve the building services." The lift are not working for many months now. "I have to take the steps every time."
The caretaker was not intimidated by the complains, he was used to it. "The doors are open for those who want to leave the building." The price of the rent is fair for all the challenges they meet. "The one who want a better service must increase the rent money."
"This is unprofessional manner of running the building. The must fire you from this duty of caretaker."
"They won't fire me because they don't pay me."

The caretaker salary was a free rent that I benefit here. He knew that he won't be replaced easily.
Okpara look at the man called caretaker. A man in his early fifties with a lot of bears wearing dark sunglasses with a Muslim caps on his head. He had a commanding big voice and big in his body structure.
Okpara said "�Sulemane is this man the caretaker?"
"We all arrived here the same time and we all heard peoples calling him the caretaker. That mean is a caretaker."

For Okpara he look like a criminal who has just escaped prison. A huge man with plenty of bear and many tattoo on his body. Okpara wanted to leave this place as soon as possible. They have just arrived and they heard all the complain possible: sometime no electricity, sometime water rupture, broken glasses and no lift. There is no computer in the called office.
He hold Sulemane and told him. "Let go."
"This is my dream building: I never live in a building without electricity, I want to gym in taking stairs and I want to experience cold water too. I won't leave this place."
Sulemane was excited to hear people complaining. he was standing there like one of the tenant. He enjoyed the scene he was watching. "I don't know what to say any more. We can get sick here�" Look how look the building and the office of the caretaker. "A bed in the office. Duty clothes here and there all over. Uncovered bread on the table, bottles of beer under the table�"
It look like Sulemane didn't see the beer Okpara was talking about. He look at down and saw some bottle of the beer under the caretaker office. He look at the caretaker, it look like he took some beer before talking to the complaining tenant. "This is a new paradise for me."
The man after an intense discussion with some tenants. He promised them to make a general meeting to address all the problems and take a collective solution.

The unsatisfied tenant left the room. Only tree men were left in the office. The were all young male in the early twenties who were friends to caretaker.
The caretaker light his cigar and asked to the new comers. "Can I help you sir."
The prince was the man who was responding. "I am looking for a room to rent."
The caretaker look at him and said, "Do you have money?". Sulemane was amazed by the question of the caretaker. He wanted to rent a room and the man was asking him, if he had money with him?
Before Sulemane answered the caretaker asked him another question: "How many are you?"
"We are only two."
"Were are you from. I can hear your strange English accent."
"We are from Africa."
"Oh you are from the mother land, welcome to America."
He had many available apartments here. The price of the monthly rent range between 350$ to 600$ a month. It was the cheapest price they could get in the city.
The caretaker who didn't reveal his name yet told them. "If you were not from the mother continent I could have not given you a space. Are students?"
"Yes we are students."
"So luxury for you is not important. I have a big bachelor for you for 500 $."
"I want any kind of space just to put my head on a bed and sleep."
"Don't talk about any kind of space because others flats are very expensive here."
The caretaker thought that as a students they had to find something very cheaper to accommodate their income. They few money their parents will be sending them, they have to keep money for college, foods, some drinks, transport and girl friends too.
The caretaker told them. "There are very sexy and beautiful young girls in the streets of New York. You won't resist to the temptations boy. Ask me and I will tell you. I forgot you have to pay the same amount for the deposit."

The prince was anxious to have a flat without having a look of it. he immediately. "We will do so, I am giving you 1000$ and 200$ for your cold drink."
The caretaker wondered a cold drink of 200$. never had it before in his life. A tip of 200$.
While trying to think one of the caretaker friend called him aside. "Man give me 20$, My son don't have food."
The member of the royal family were used to give tips to all the people they met. And they forgot even when trying to hide they identity to hide that habit too.
The caretaker had many friends, most of them, street kids, homeless, prostitutes, criminals and normal people too. He was very popular in this suburb. "Wait, I will get some money from those blind men who have just arrived. Come after one hour I will give you the money you have asked."
"Where, can I go?"
"Hang around in the park and come back."
"It is too hot outside there. I heard than they will give you extract 200$ by those Africans."
"It is unprofessional to give you money from the pocket in their presence. Just go and come back later."
"I know you when I will come back, I won't find you and you will change the language. I know you man."
"Take easy, today I will make a special exception for you."
"I will be back in thirty minutes."
"Don't you trust me man."
"I trust you. It why I am leaving the office."
He comes back and continued to the newcomers. "I am sorry for the interruption of our important issue. I am sending a cleaner to clean the flat."
He send one of the man who was standing there telling him aside. "Go and quick arrange the room 206. I will give you some money. Take the key�"
The young man rushed in the room 206. And the caretaker continued to talk to the new comers. "�You will be living on the second floor and the room is 206. That is mean second floor room 6. Did you get me?"
"Yes, we are getting you."
"I have send a cleaner to arrange the room for you my special guest. In thirty minutes the room will be ready."
The man who was going to clean a room was just realized from waiting trail after being suspected of shoplifting in the local super market. He was a rising criminal who was promoted from shoplifter to the next criminal stage. He saw Sulemane pulling money in his pocket. He had some five thousands USA dollar in his pocket only. The rest of the money he kept in the safer in Sheraton hotel under the advise of a receptionist there.

The young criminal minded cleaner started getting some idea. "I saw the man leaving a lot money in his pocket. Hundred and hundred US dollar." Those man are very rich "�The other one his wearing a very expensive gold chain in his neck like a hip hop singer"

He was amazed that the boy from Africa didn't even argue or hesitated to pay the rent . They paid with extra 200$. He never see those rich men in this town.

In the apartment, office also the same time the caretaker gave the slip to the new comers. "I am very happy to see you. This is your slip. Come and see me in person for any kind of complain. I don't have any medium man. I am the only caretaker, policeman, cashier and medium man in this building. My name is brother T in short bra-T and what is your name?"
"My name is Sulemane and my friend and cousin name is Okpara."
"Nice to meet you Sulemane and Okpara. From today your part of the family. Come and see me anytime of the day even at night, I will take you in days to come to have some couple of drinks."

In the room 206. The man have finish to clean the room. He after a series of analysis he decided to hide under the bed. He was about 15 years old former street kid. "�I won't let those people with their money�I saw a packed of hundred US dollar on their pocket�"

He decided to hide so around twelve in the evening he will start his operation stealing very careful their money. But he didn't have a gun with him. His big brother had one and wanted to leave and fetch his big brother's gun. But he thought that if he leaves now, the newcomers may come and lock the door and he will regret this moment. He decided to use the big kitchen knife to terrorize them if they resist. He was sure that the new comers won't approach him once he shows them this knife. He was decided to have that money the same night tonight while their will be sleeping. The talkative man had plenty of cash in his pocket, the talkative man was Sulemane because he was the one talking while Okpara was watching.
The man was decided to get the money. "I won't let this chance pass by�I will buy my neighbor car tomorrow."

It was already six hours in the afternoon and the caretaker was anxious to have some beers and meet is friends outside the building. "�My boy went forever. I have to meet other people outside the building."
"We don't mind to leave in a duty flat. All we want is to have a place where to put our head instead of sleeping in streets."
"Man even in street you won't sleep. It is very difficult to sleep in street may be in church."
Every street, corners and park have their owners. "They won't allow you to sleep in their places. They only allow familiar faces to sleep there."
Bra T was warning them to never think of sleeping easily in street. He had that experience of the life on street. he told them that before you sleep in any corner in the city you have to first to negotiate with the owner of the place. He was telling you that it is not easy to do so. "I have been there for many months in my early days of my life. I know the situation."
Sulemane was amazed to even learn that all the corners has his homeless owners: "I though that it was easy to sleep on street and park but I am realizing now how it is very hard now."
The upset Okpara intervene in they dialect. "I am worrying really about safety here. What can we do in case of an assault?"
"Call me, I am the reliable police man in the building and surrender."
"Are you a police man too?"
"No, but I am the police man in my area. Don't think about the police man."
The man in uniform will only arrive after the criminal have left. There are humans too, they don't want to leave their families because of coming to rescue you. They make sure that their arrived on the scene after the criminal have fled. "There is no need to rely in the police?"
Bra T was telling them sometime you may call them just for formalities. He look at Okpara and ask him:
"Do you know why the police arrived alarming, sirens and hooting in the streets?"
"It is to warn the other motorists that the police are going to a certain scene to avoid accidents."
"You don't know."
The prince asked him then. "What is the cause of their alarm hooting?"
"Is a warned sign telling the criminal to flee."
Bra-T told them that those alarm hooting and sirens mean indirectly: criminal run and run, hit and run, go brother go�They are telling criminal to leave the scenes not about preventing accident or asking for priority. It is they way of saving their life. When their arrived the scene there sure that the criminal have evacuated the scene. "There is no need to have faith in the police."
"I am not telling you to under rate their work. You may keep calling them. They number is 911."
"How can we call them because we don't have a mobile phone yet."
"Cell phone are peanut now, there are no more expensive here. I have two mobile phones here."
He had about tree cell phone on the drawer, he opened and tested one of them and give to Okpara who was very concern about safety:
"Take the one that you want for only 100$."
Okpara gave him money and the caretaker gave them the phone telling them. "�I am not here to scare you. I am the police man come and see me any time. I am at your service, I used to be a criminal too before I become a born again."
He knew how most of the gangs were operating have been a member of one of a criminal syndicate for many years. He only left them when he was arrested and spend more than 10 years in jail. But most of the gangs knew him and they respected him a lot. It why he got a job of the caretaker in the notorious suburb because he knew most of the criminals.
He told them that they may use the mobile phone to get in contact with their families far in Africa. "I am not scared because God is with us."
He encouraged the men from Africa don't rely in movies there are a lot unreality and exaggerations about New York. It wasn't what they have seen and heard .Bra-T told them that they will give him the reason later. They will witness themselves the good of the city vibe. "We are hoping that you are telling us the truth but I doubt with the gun shots we heard on our way here."
While talking they heard a gun shot and a police cars passing in the street. The prince was happy as he rushed for a while to see what was happening in the street.
When Sulemane returned Bra-T was laughing and told them. "Gun shot, There are only part of hooting in Harlem. My brothers you will love the fast life here. There is life here."
The new comers realized that they were not having keys and Sulemane asked the keys for the apartment. "We don't have the apartment keys yet."
"I am sorry take those keys and the other keys that my boy took will be your spare keys. You don't have to make others keys."

They took the spare key and went into their apartment and find the door open. The room was full of old and broken furniture. Broken window, the paint of the room and the roof ready to fall on them. A leg had tree support, the fourth one was made of brick. Okpara come up with a plan. "�Tomorrow before we look for a college, we have to buy some furniture: Television, radio, bed and other equipment."
Sulemane didn't even buy the ieda to equip the apartment "Forget about new furniture. The only think we will buy is a small television. I like those bed and cup boards we find here."

Okpara knew Sulemane, but he thought that he has to take him to hospital. Sulemane for him was side minded now. He didn't tolerate to live in this apartment with those old and bad smelling furniture.
Before he finish he saw a rat passing by. "�Jesus, look a rat in America."
They thought that there is no rat in America only in Africa. When visiting this big country, living in expensive hotel, they had impression that America was even free of flies.
Sulemane enjoyed what he was saying. "I love this jungle. This is a place of my dreams�"
Okpara had the impression that Sulemane needed a medical attention: "Dreams after dreams. You really lost your mind. I will find you a doctor to look at what is happening in your mind before it is late. You will walk naked now net time and you will keep telling me about your dreams."
For Sulemane there were no bad dreams. Those who were living in that apartment were human like them not ships. This is planet earth not paradise or hell.
Okpara asked him. "You have to wonder why they other tenant want to leave this place. Ask your self why this apartment is empty?"
"They left because it was their time to leave."
Sulemane was sure that they will leave this place too when they have completed they school. But from now they had many years to live in this environment.
They charted for many hours and decided to sleep around 11 hours in the evening. Okpara was the first to sleep as his friend reminded him to pray. "�I have the impression that you are sleeping now."
"My day was too long and all the bad things that we have experienced makes me more tired."
"You didn't even pray."
Sulemane was thought to pray every morning and before he sleeps. They had to thank God for keeping them alive and giving them this room. He heard when caretaker Bra-T told them that it wasn't easy to sleep even in street but God have given them a place where to put their head.

But Okpara was angry while trying to forget in the sleep this place. "Is it this place that you may thank God of giving us? We better thank Satan for making this to be our home."
"Watch your language man."
Sulemane accepted to be insulted but don't try to minimize his God. Even as a prince he knew that many peoples didn't have a place were to sleep. He knew that many people wanted to see the sun this day and weren't able to see it. "I am sorry but I am telling you what disappointment I am feeling. I will pray tomorrow."
"I won't force you to pray. Sleep like you want I am sorry for reminding you to pray�Good night Okpara, have sweet dreams and sleep tight."
"I will have hell's dreams."
"Good night Okpara."
The prince took first a novel book and started reading in their only small black they were having. The man under the bed was wondering when to resume his operation. He had the advantage to monitor their moves because he was under their bed hearing what they were talking about. "The other man is sleeping now. The other man has not start sleeping. I may immobilize the other man�Let me wait for a while. I don't know even what time is it in this dark"�Surely the other man before he sleeps he will switch off the light�"I may not be able to see where he put his pant with money?�No, I will switch on the light once I start my operation�"

The man delayed his plan of the operation. At around 12:45 in the night the prince decided to sleep. He went on his knee and started to pray:

Sulemane thanked God for giving us the opportunity to find a place where to sleep. He thanked God for the circumstance and the time for giving us some food to eat today. He thanked you for keeping them from Africa to New York making his dreams to come true. He thanked God for putting some desire in his heart and giving him opportunity and circumstances to fulfill them. "God of the God I ask you for forgiveness for all the sin we are doing: by our talking, actions, all things that we see and hears. May the blood of your son's Jesus Christ wash and clean us from our sins and make us more whiter than the snow�God, I am praying you to keep us your family that we left very far: parents, sisters, brothers, cousins, our big families, friends, neighbors too, all peoples that know us."

He asked God to put his hands on their governments to lead them in implementation of policies based on God ten commandments. He prays for all the countries in Africa to see a true democracy and the respect of human right.

He read a Biblical verses and prayed again. "�God don't give me a lot of money because I can forget you. God don't let the poverty to take me over too because I may undermined you�"
The man under the bed was very happy because the man is praying that mean is ready to sleep."�At least the man is a Christian�He is praying now and we will sleep now�I have been hiding for a long time."
The one who will try to stop him from taking the money will stubbed and killed. He was ready with kitchen's knife to stub.
The prince continued his pray. "�God I put in your hands all rich and poor men. Many poor man don't have some food or clothes. God I put in your hand too many criminals who sometime commit crime because they don't have opportunities in life. They don't find job and money. I put also in your hands robbers who steal because they don't have any choice�"
The man under the bed was so touched and even wept, when he heard the last sentences:
He wanted to kill someone who have compassion for poor and robbers too. He prayed for forgiveness. "God forgive me for my bad thoughts�The man his blessing the robbers too."

He come out of his hiding. Sulemane heard a fast move and the bed moving. he thought that it was earthquake. He was slow to open his eyes because he was in a pray concentration. Suddenly he saw a man talking straight to him. "�I am sorry good man, I wanted to kill you and rob you of your money but I forgive you because you blessed me as a robber."

The prince stopped his pray session and look at the man with a big knife talking to him.
The sleeping man wakes up and saw a man holding a big knife and quiet wondered. "This is not an angel. Angel Gabriel do not look like this man?"
Then heard the man holding a kitchen knife talking. "I sincerely and honestly ask for forgiveness �I wanted to rob at the wrong address�"
He told them that he has been hiding under the bad for many hours and he was determined to rob them or even to kill them once they resist.
He wept and encouraged Sulemane. "�Man keep up the good work. I am so touched that you care about poor robbers like us."
The prince recognized him and asked. "Isn't you the man who supposed to clean our apartment and left us in the caretaker office?"
"Yes, it me."
He changed his mind when he reached the apartment but he didn't reveal that he initially saw Sulemane pulling money in your pant right pocked and I was attracted by the money not knowing your heart.
Sulemane told his friend Okpara. "I always tell you to pray. You don't know how God act. He have different ways of acting and saving his children."
The problem with human been is that they want God to act according their human's traced minds. Where end the human's strength and intelligence start God strength and intelligence. He insisted. "We are breaking many link and saving many peoples in the World with our few minutes prays�"
Okpara replied: "This is only a coincidence."
"Yes in the eyes of a confused man like you it is a coincidence. You must know that God used to answer Moses with a bunch of fire and today he is answering us with the circumstances that we meet everyday of our life."

The prince look at the robber who was weeping "�I have the impression that you are a Christian and we are here to help each other."
He understood that the man may be forced by circumstances of life to do something that he initially didn't want to do. The circumstance in the society have forced many people to be a criminal. Sulemane always say that all the children are angel but with all they meets in life some turn to be: doctors, engineer and some become serial killers, prostitutes.
Sulemane loved children, admired children thank you God that his arranged wife Nana was about to give him a child too. I didn't hate criminals but hate all the criminal activities your are doing. "You are right man."
"What is your names?"
The man hesitated for a while than he said " James David"
"Tell me what do you want to do or be in your life?"
"I want to be a businessman. I wanted to be a lawyer but I couldn't afford to paid the college fees and I am not so clever to qualified for scholarship."
"Alright, go home and come up with your business plan tomorrow."

Sulemane wanted to look at his plan so he will be able to figure out how much the man wanted. He was determined to save James David from the financial difficulties.
If David wanted to study, he wanted to know how much he needed for assistance. For prince he had few money left with him, about 18 500$, he was prepared to fetch more money in his safe at Sheraton hotel.
He opened the small black bag their had. It was only teeth brush there, some books, two shorts and ten thousand dollar. The other money was in the prince's pockets and Okpara pocket.
Before they sleep they changed their clothes and hang their clothes on the wall.
He gave him some money. "I am giving you five thousands dollar now. I beg you please keep secret don't tell anyone for the money I am giving you and the money I will give you in the coming days."
James was expecting to rob about two thousand dollar but was given more than twice what he thought of.
It was for the first time David was holding that kind of money on his hand. Sulemane could feel the man's hand trembling. As David was thanking him. "Thank you sir, you are really an angel. I thank you for the opportunity you are giving me. I wanted to rob you not knowing that your are willing to help me."
"See you tomorrow."
"Thank you sir, the key are on the table�"
"Thank you, I see the keys that you are talking about."

The dark angel left the apartment full of excitement. He have touch money that he never touch before. During the day the prince was visiting many charities organization during the days and giving them money in secret making sure that his identity is not find.
He vowed to spend most of his money giving to many charities organizations he has found.
He enjoyed eating in the small restaurant with his friend. But he had one worry in the next tree days.
The prince waited the man who had good plan for his future to pitch up the net day but the man never returned. He kept asking the caretaker where is the cleaner James David. The caretaker told him that he is nowhere to be find.
Sadly he heard after four days that the man was find dead from drug overdose in his room. He spent that money buying beer and taking prostitutes of different kind in the city. He bought a huge quantity of cocaine that he never take before and sadly he died from that overdose.
The prince was so touch and very disappointed of a man who he really wanted to help. The man didn't see further, may be he was lying to the prince of his good plans.

CHAPTER TWO: IN THAT CLUB

All the flat tenants met in extraordinary meeting to come up with solution to they daily problems under the leadership of Bra-T the care taker he was the one to open the meeting.
Out of seventy tenants, fifty six were present in the meeting. It was around seven hours in the afternoon that the apartment tenants met.
The meeting took place in the waiting room down floor, every tenant has to bring his own chair to seat. It was a big space, next to the entrance of the building.

Bra- T for is rare time was wearing a blue suit, a shirt with a tie. The residents were determined to end some of their more embarrassing situations experiencing in the building.

Bra-T started the meeting:
- �I thank you for the initiative you took to come here and try to find a common solution ...
Despite their preoccupation the tenant decided to honour this meeting in coming in a large number. Bra T understood that few have not find the time to come. What is important is that they will have the reports. More that 70% of tenant were there and it was a respectable number to start our meeting.
He apologized for the poor service you are experiencing here because most of the difficulties were not depending on his capacity as only caretaker. He was not the owner of the building. He didn't have any salary. His salary was his free rent. The owner of the building have sold the building to a certain Mike who live in Miami. The owner don't even come there. He come once in the past two years. Most of the time he sending is cousin to come and check the rent money and how many peoples are renting. The last time his cousin come it was six months ago. He understood that he is scared of the area two. He remembered that when he come for the last time he was wearing a bullet proof and was accompanied by two big men who possibly played his bodyguards. The owner do not give me any money to restore our building. He always say that the facilities are good for the mere rent money you pay. You all witness four months ago when the all building was without electricity for a month because the owner didn't pay the electricity bill for many months.
Brat T was glad that Mike latter pay the bills and apologized for the neglecting to honour the electricity bill. They have been without lift for five years now. When it come to hot water, Bra T always buy gazes to warm the water sometime I run short of money to pay the gaze supplier. When it comes to broken windows, he suggested that the tenants make an effort to give me money to try to call a window specialist to replace all the broken window. Brat T promised to find also a plumber to fix all the toilets and broken tabs in the building. It will be a long process to wait for the owner to come to our rescue. He may refuse to fix all the problem. In never care before for the building and I don't see why he may change his attitude toward us today. Concerning the security, Brat T claimed to be only the only security in this building. If I his not there he always leave the responsibility to one of my boys.
He pleaded the tenant to ask question in order: "I said last time that I am not God to listen to everybody request at the same time. I expect you to behave today. Ask question one at the time. I hope that you have understand me .We are not here to fight but we are here to find solution. I am sure that I am clear in my speech. Let make this meeting fruitful not a waste of time and energy"

For the first time in many years Bra-T was understood by the residents. The first resident to complain was a woman in his early thirties who come up with things she witness and sees: "I thank you for giving me the speech. I am happy with this initiative to meet and come up with a collective solution to our problem. Bra-T was clear in his speech."
He understood that the owner of the building do not come to witness the challenges they facing days after days. He never see the owner of the building. He didn't even know the colour of his voice. He personally thought that Bra-T was the owner and caretaker of this building like in some buildings. He has been a residents in this building for two years. He never see the lift working. He always see some broken tabs all over the corridors. His concern his that they didn't have a cleaner to sweep the corridor. His second concern his the safety of the building. There was a lot of crimes in the street especially in the nights. They wanted to feel safe once we enter our building. But it is the same situation, they felt unsafe in the street and also their own building. Sometime they meet people making love in the stairs. One morning on his way to work he saw many used condoms in the building. This was not a good sign Bra-T, he was sorry to tell all the tenant the sad story.
He was very disappointed by the fact he meets many immorality in your building, Bra T have to do something. Thirdly they didn't have some fire extinguishers in the building. One apartment can get fire and spread to all the building. They mostly use gazes to cook here. Gazes stoves are very dangerous.
The caretaker replied: "I will start by answering your third part of your speech instead of calling it question because it was a long question to be called simple question."
"It was not only a question but also a suggestion."
"Thank you for the rectification, I am starting with your third point that you raised for me it is the most important point. To buy extinguisher for each floor of the building."
Bra T suggested a contribution, every tenant has to give some money so we buy them as soon as possible. There are very important. There are four apartments who caught fire four years ago. They were lucky to get a quick response for the fire station. No one was injured in that incident. They always say that prevention is better than a cure.
Bra-T forgot the second point: "Your second point was�I don't remember any more your second point?"
"Safety."
"Yes, safety." the caretaker said "I told you that I am the only security in this building sometime I sleep too when I am sure that every thing are fine."

He told the tenant not to worry about the condom and some people they meet late in the stairs all corridors. There were prostitutes who didn't have rooms in the streets so they bring they clients there when they notice that there is no one at the entrance door. There were not dangerous. He promised to stop them from coming there any way.

In fact those prostitutes used to make plans with Bra-T, Bra T used to give them empty apartment for their business. When there were no available apartment, he allow them to use the corners and the stairs of the building. It is how he used to make some extra bucks. He didn't have any reliable job.
"You are amazing me because we have to be very scared with prostitutes."
The tenant were scared of the prostitutes because they were associated with all the criminal activities in the city. They wer also friends to criminals. There were very dangerous that you thought. The tenant felt that next time the prostitutes clients will rob us from their jewelleries and belonging in the building.
Bra-T laughed: "I got your point, I will fight them if they return to our building and concerning your first point of a cleaner."
He suggested the tenant to hire a cheap labour. Cheaper labour, especially the labour from Mexico or immigrant were very cheap. They could afford themselves to hire a cleaner from Latino America or desperate immigrant.

Okpara who was in the group with is friend told Sulemane aside: "The major point here is money, we have to give them a very good sum to try to make this building more pleasant. You may disagree with me but all the people here have noticed the bad state of the building."
The prince told Okpara: "I listen to their suggestions, I don't want people to noticed that we have money. Yesterday we took some money in our safe in Sheraton hotel before we open our bank account. How much can we contribute?"
"Ten thousand dollars can be enough, we may put it in an envelope and no one can notice our move."
"Perfect let wait when their will start contributing."
the man from Africa where afraid that the caretaker may loose his mind like James David man whom we helped and end up dying from drug overdose.
They hoped that to Bra-T is mature enough beside that the money will not belong to Bra-T but belong to all the community living in the building. They loved supporting community good projects.
"I pray that Bra-T uses the money for a good cause." Sulemane whispered.
The second man to speak was a student in his early twenties:

He was happy to meet in the meeting many residents that he never meet before. He hoped this kind of meetings will take place in the near future bringing together all residents like a big family. He often meet some of the residents on streets not knowing that there are his neighbors and they were experiencing the same difficulties and challenges in the same building. He thanked the previous speaker. He touched all the major problems they were experiencing and the answer of Bra-T where satisfying to the request.
He didn't want to be very long in my speech. He decided to touch some few points left behind. First his concern is hot water, he has a problem personally to bath with cold water even when it is hot in summer. He knew that he wasn't alone who do not want to bath with cold water. He wanted if it possible to come with this stupid suggestion to try and come up with a solution to have continuously hot water.
His second suggestion his about fixing the broken windows. Not only because winter was approaching but for a better look of our building. It sad to see in a big town like New York and in this modern era some people covering the empty spaces of the windows with peace of boxes. It was according to him like in Sao Polo where they understand that many citizens are very poor and the construction materials are very expensive. His last point is to suggest the community to see the problem of painting our building. It is scary to see the duty paint existing in the building. He concluded: "I hope really that my tree points won't be left behind. I hope that we will have those genres of meeting every time. We don't have to wait for bad news to meet again. I thank you for the attention you have given to my speech."
Bra T was in control, for the first time people were trying to listen to him and they were understandable: "I have taken note of your tree points in my agenda. All the tree points: windows, frequent gazes to warm the water and paint need money. I am suggesting you to give any thing you can afford."
Those who have fifty dollars were asked to contribute even those who may add more like hundred or five hundred dollars were welcomed with the offer. Brat T said that the building belonged to everybody. He wanted a regular contribution concerning the cleaner. He thought of thirty dollar from each tenant all the seventy apartments was good enough for the cleaner.
Another tenant added: "Don't forget that we need only the cleaner. We have to buy is tools and soap for his or her work too. I hope that in thirty dollar everything is included: tools and the salary."
"Yes, I think that it is enough. We will all try to see how much we really need later on. I mean after this meeting, I want every problem will be solved today."
Another man come up with is resolution: "I think next time we have to stop paying the rent and take that money to fix out first the building. We haven't talk about the lift."

Everybody have just ignore that anomaly of living without a lift. Current anomaly become like a normal things. They have been living for a long time without lift. They noticed that the first and second floors was full of resident because they don't experience that problem on the lower floors. When it comes to those whom were living on fifth floor they experienced this problem. His wife was six months pregnant, she had to climb everyday the steps. To fix the lift he does not need hundreds of dollars but need thousands and thousands of dollars. He suggested not to pay rent to the owner for one month and fix our self the lift.
Brat T had an answer: "It is a good suggestion. Let take one point after one point. Let finish this month all the basic problems then we will tackle next month only the lift problems. I am aware that it cost a lot money to fix the lift. We may have probably to budget for a new lift."
"That is not a bad idea too. I think that we have agreed too." Okpara whispered to his friend.
Bra T urged the resident to write a collective letter to the owner of the building and take a lawyer to back our suggestion. They wanted in two months to finish this problem of the lift.

After tree hours of the meeting they decided to put their contribution in a basket well arranged by Bra T. "I think we have touch some point. I want to ask for your contribution. Those who do not have money may try to cover up latter �We are in need of money�Feel free to contribute."

Bra T decided to give a neutral am to count the total amount at the end of meeting. He wanted a neutral am in the group to count money so every body may have the picture of our disposable money. Bra T arranged empty envelopes, reserved for the contribution.

Many people took the envelopes to put money at the end of the contribution, they gave money to a woman who was in his fifties years to count the money while everybody was watching.
The were surprise to see a big envelope and they open the envelope full of 100 notes US dollars.
They all started talking about the envelope and the money: "I cannot believe this sum of money in Harlem�Cash money?"
"Who is the one who had given this money? He must live in mansion not in Harlem."
"Who can give a lot of money in a middle of the month while we are all waiting for the end of the month to earn peanut?"
Many people thought that they were fake 100$ note. They didn't appreciate this act and they were ready to call the police to arrest the perpetrator.
Bra T asked: "Who know how to detect false dollar and help us to detect the note before we proceed?"
"I know very well the fake note."
The man who called himself the dollar expect went to check the money. He took different notes and check to the light, he even rub some note and amazingly he respond: "There are real notes."

No man can check better the dollar as American citizens. The man who check used to work for a bank before being retrenched. He was proud to an American and know better the dollars. What is true the criminals have improved in making fake note.

He took the notes, checked many notes and he said: "There are real dollars."
Five people checked the notes and all come with a common answer: "Real US 100 notes"
They all wanted to know who is the good man who had given the money?
No one claimed the responsibility: "We are talking to peoples and human not animal or wall who cannot talk or listen�We want to know who really helped us with this kind of money?"
No response:
"This amazing" one tenant complained "how someone can contribute with a lot money and do not want to be known?"
This was very mysterious. They never see a man who do not want to be praised or being thanks. The two African were quiet like if they were not hearing the peoples plead.

After thirty minutes Bra T angrily said: "We are not cannibals to eat rich man �Please just tell us whom you are? How much is the total amount of this mysterious envelope?"
The woman counted the money and she responded:
The envelope alone give us ten thousands cash US dollars. the question was who can walk with plenty of money in Harlem?
"This is really amazing. Please keep counting the rest of money we will found soon or latter the man who is responsible of this action and don't want to be named."
The count the total of other envelopes the total was 4645$ dollars. The wanted to reach a total of 5000$, putting aside the 10 000$.
One of the flat tenants told the other residents: "The amount is good. Let reach 5000$, this can be reachable."

Only 355$ out of more than fifty residents. They were trying to fix the building for the sake and safety of every residents. They decided to put their last cents to reach 5000$ plus the 10000$ that the rich man who still unanimous we will have 15 000$.
Now the envelope were not circulating, tenants gave their 10$ ,5$ �Sulemane gave 100$ and the his friend Okpara add 50$. They quickly reached the amount they targeted of 15 000$ in less than two minutes.
The caretaker thank the resident: "I have been waiting for this moment for a long time. I am happy that we all agreed to contribute. I thank you for giving your hard earning money to see the building more safer and a better place to live. I took note of all the requirement."

Bra T was decided the next day to take note of the missing thing and buy. He wanted to avoid unnecessary spent. He decided to work: paint together with his boys to avoid expensive contractors and labour. He knew how to do many of the works required. I has done a variety of jobs when I was young and energetic
He thanked also the unanimous rich who have contributed with money to fix our building. He didn't called it his building simply because he wasn't the only one who lives in this building. It was their building and he wanted the involvement of each and everybody who lives in.

Everybody has the idea of the total amount of money put in disposition for the renovating of their building. He promised to record all the spending for the tenant's purpose. Everybody had the right to know how Bra T spent the money. Every one who have a suggestion was ask to see Brat T in office room. Any one who knows also how to plumb was asked to come and help Bra T.

Everybody left the building smiling. This was a way forward for the community leaving in the building. Everybody question was: "Who is the mysterious man who had given ten thousand US dollar and why he doesn't want to be notified�Why a rich man can live in this environment?"

Bra T took the money and went with it in his room. He wasn't expecting to have this king of money in this single tenant meeting.
The man who received the money got many ideas running in his head: "15000$ cash money is a lot money."
He decided to try to spend few money to renovate the building and keep extra two thousand dollar. He thought that if he buys cheap stuff he may even keep aside plenty of money. He wanted to please the residents, if he doesn�t they will attack him.

After two hours of sleepless night another idea run into his mind:
�I may even take the all money and relocate in Washington were are my parent. After all USA is a very big country they won't arrest me�

He wanted to be careful because hundreds of people were watching him. If it was an individual money it could have been easily relocate without being find. I swore not to return to cell jail again. He was already fifty two years old and won't afford to spend again many years in jail.

The man spend all night writing down how to spend money and keep some money too in his pocket.
While he was about to finish his plan an idea come up in his mind: "I saw how I can act tomorrow, Take half of the money and open a she been tavern. No one will know what I will be doing and the money generated in the business, I will refund the money in less than a month. I will concentrate on buying paint"

The following day, Bra-T did like he thought buying some paint taking young boys to paint the building corridors. The rest of the money he open a small nightclub two street a...

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