There and then, I told myself that it was a relationship I should cherish. By the time we were set to leave the Sunday evening, we had exchanged cards and promised to keep in touch.
Even as I was leaving, I had it at the back of my mind that I would surprise Fred. At least I needed to reciprocate his friendly gestures. At the back of my mind, I was hoping I would do it on any Sunday because such gestures were supposed to be appreciated.
Somehow, God paved a way for me a couple of days later. Yes, one of my deals just clicked. As a property agent, I earn a commission of ten percent on any property I succeed in selling. And that exactly was what happened that week. A plot of land I had in my brief for over four months suddenly turned hot cake. I got phone calls and some days later, payment was made for the land. It was just too fast and I was stunned but that’s how God does His things too.
When I met with the owner of the property on Friday we worked out my commission. It was one million naira! Well, it may not be a lot of money for all these money bags in town but for me Tunde Olubi, it was quite huge. Since I became a property consultant that was the most I had earned on the job. So you can see what the money meant to me.
By Saturday when I spoke with the property owner about my commission, he asked me to come over to his place the next day.
“But tomorrow is Sunday,” I reminded him, hoping he was not making a mistake.
“It does not matter,” he assured me and that was how I drove to his house that Sunday. He was sitting right at his balcony when I was ushered in.
“Tunde Olubi,” he started. “It’s nice doing business with you. I am going to pay you in dollars because I don’t have naira here. Is that okay with you?” “Perfect sir,” I said.
“The rate now is one-fifty. So that makes your one million naira six thousand six hundred and seventy dollars. But I will give you six thousand eight hundred dollars.
You can keep the rest,” he said.
“Thank you sir,” I said as he rose and went into the house. He returned shortly after and handed me the notes. I was so thrilled. So thrilled that when I left his house, I placed a call to Fred.
