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- Herausgeber: WS
- Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
- Sprache: Englisch
See! Let me tell you, there is no legality in business, business is business, stop asking stupid questions," Wale angrily responded to his concerned friend who wanted to be sure the business idea he was pitching was a legit one. His worries were indeed in line, as this very business idea would eventually lead to an adventure, but who knows if this adventure would bring them the wealth they seek, or lead them to a death hole?
In this book, the author’s use of flashbacks takes us to a whole different world of business and the music industry deep inside the nook and cranny where dark secrets are stored.
The revelations it spills will leave you in a horrific shock for a minute. The themes in this book are relatable everyday themes that would have you reminiscing and rethinking the choices you make henceforth. Every page leaves you with a taste of goodness to savour, as you turn to the last page in a desperate attempt to satisfy the thirst that the previous pages leave you with.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025
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THE
GOLD
BUSINESS
The Gold Business
THE
GOLD
BUSINESS
BY
CHIARA ASOBO
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COPYRIGHT
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2025 by Chiara Asobo
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of quotations in a book review.
ISBN 978-978-768-981-3
www.tellusastory.life
Copyright © 2025 by Chiara Asobo
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DEDICATION
To my beloved mother, Mbunyam Agnes who has always been my source of strength. To the late Linus T. Asong, one of my favourite authors of all time, who encouraged me to be a writer. To every young person out there trying to make ends meet.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In my lonely corners, I always find myself with a pen telling a story, my imagination runs wide as I recollect my life experiences and put them into my stories, however, no effort over time is without assistance somewhere else. In my case,
I had the pleasure of working with Editors from Worital Publishers, whose literary professionalism has strengthened the book immensely, and also am grateful for the technical support from Xoxa Tech Media.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Chiara Asobo, better known as Rheiasing, is a musician, a storyteller, and a spoken word artist. She has a Bachelor's degree in law from the University Of Yaounde 2 Cameroon, where she initially studied Economics for a year.
Fueled by a lifelong love for storytelling, she has journeyed around the Coast of West Africa learning new cultures and telling short stories. In her words "It is my love for storytelling that got me to the instrument and as I strum this guitar, every song is a story."
In the last two years she has released a couple of songs including "Like You," and "Tell Me Now." Currently absorbed in the artistic world, there is no limit to the stories she can tell, and being a traveler has enabled her to understand the environment and people more. She incorporates all these in her stories.
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Table of Contents
Part One
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
Part Two
NOT EVERYTHING THAT SHINES IS VALUABLE: THOSE WHO WANT TO LEAP MUST FIRST LOOK.
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
Part Three
WHERE COMES A SOLUTION, RESOLUTIONS FOLLOW
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
Part Four
NOTHING STAYS HIDDEN UNDER THE SUN, NOW WE KNOW
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
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ABOUT THE BOOK
See! Let me tell you, there is no legality in business, business is business, stop asking stupid questions," Wale angrily responded to his concerned friend who wanted to be sure the business idea he was pitching was a legit one. His worries were indeed in line, as this very business idea would eventually lead to an adventure, but who knows if this adventure would bring them the wealth they seek, or lead them to a death hole?
In this book, the author’s use of flashbacks takes us to a whole different world of business and the music industry deep inside the nook and cranny where dark secrets are stored.
The Gold Business
The revelations it spills will leave you in a horrific shock for a minute. The themes in this book are relatable everyday themes that would have you reminiscing and rethinking the choices you make henceforth. Every page leaves you with a taste of goodness to savour, as you turn to the last page in a desperate attempt to satisfy the thirst that the previous pages leave you with.
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Part One
WHERE ANXIETY DWELLS,
DESPERATION FOLLOWS.
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CHAPTER 1
The noise from the pub had kept most of the people around that neighbourhood awake throughout that night. On a regular day, the music wasn't supposed to be that loud, but they had brought out their musical amplifiers, and the whole place was crowded. That day, most game boys from around town were present at the pub, in respect of the celebrant, Chatter Flamz. It was his birthday.
Chatter Flamz was a popular comedian in town and had recently started releasing songs, he was very popular in Tabora city, and so the guests that turned up were enormous. Chatter wanted to use that opportunity to declare his current interest in music officially,
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And on that same day, he released a new single. The cheers from the crowd were huge, it was very clear the people loved him, there was just so much excitement that night, and it went on, and on until it was almost dawn.
Akua jumped up from the bed, stretched her body, and walked towards the window. She could still see some of Chatter's guests leaving the pub, while some of the boys sat on top of their cars, a bottle of whisky in each person’s hand. She enjoyed the view for a while, a pale smile on her face for a second.
"Charlie! You no dey sleep?"Kojo asked her, yawning, and stretching his hands into the air. He lifted his head from the couch and turned it left and right to get rid of the stiffness.
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Kojo had slept on the couch, and his friend Kwesi, was sleeping comfortably on the carpet, while Kwame slept on the bed alongside Akua. It was a self-contained room, belonging to Kojo, and he loved to have his friends around.
"Akua? you no dey hear me?" She had not bothered answering him the first time. Akua was seriously looking through the window not minding him. Kojo now got up from the couch and walked towards Akua following the direction of her gaze.
"Look at them, having so much fun, as if there is no tomorrow," Akua said with a sigh.
"But is there really a tomorrow?" She had an unusual softness to her tone this time. She walked to the bed and sat down.
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Kojo felt a little weird, so he went closer and took a seat beside her, " Are you alright Akua?" he asked
"Yeah, I am doing fine."
"You see Kojo, life is just so hard, seriously why are we even here?" she looked a little upset. Kojo stretched his hand on the table and got his weed, he put some in the crusher, glanced at Akua, and then focused on crushing his weed.
"My dear, such is life, life isn't a bed of roses. Yes, life is hard, that's why we have to strive to be harder," he answered with an air of solemness as he placed his rolled weed in his mouth,
"Please Kojo, don't smoke that stuff right now, I am really not in the mood for a smoking room," Akua said, she climbed on the bed and wrapped herself in a quilt.
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"Yes, I didn't have any sleep a tall last night, can you take that to the bathroom or the kitchen, please?"
"I thought you were in for a conversation, that’s even why I wrapped this stuff, all the same, let me let you rest, I will be in
the kitchen, it's a chaotic world right now, and we need the herb."
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CHAPTER 2
It was already 2 pm that afternoon, and Akua was still fast asleep, even the noise from Kojo and the rest of her friends in the room didn't disturb her. It was almost 3 pm when Wale’s loud voice woke her up. It was almost always impossible to sleep when Wale was around, he had a very loud voice and was unapologetic about the noise.
"Wale! Wale!! What kind of noise is this?" Akua got up drowsily and sluggishly made her way to the bathroom.
"Akua! My main chick!" Wale hailed her, his voice as loud as rumbling thunder. He made to touch her but she moved out of his reach swiftly.
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"Who is your main chick? Please don't flatter yourself," she had a mischievous smile on her face.
Wale laughed and in his usual loud voice, he called out to her, "Ohh freshen up fast! I have a business proposal." Akua was already in the bathroom, but her ears stood at attention upon hearing ‘business proposal.’ She was so curious that she opened the bathroom door and asked, "Which business?" Kojo interjected, “Go freshen up, we are waiting for you."
"Charlie! If you see this car! Bhra! It's the latest model, only fresh for this man ehh, his watch, his designer clothes, his shoes, everything about this man is just fresh," Wale recounted, rolling up his weed. He kept going on and on, about this man he met at the casino.
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"Wale! What even took you to the casino? Don't tell me you have started gambling?" Kwesi eyed him suspiciously.
"Gam! wetti? I go there, go look for links," Wale was almost out of breath as he puffed his smoke into the air, it created a circle before evaporating.
"Which link?" Kwame asked him in a very gentle voice. Kwame was the gentle one among them, gentle in all he did – in his dressing, in his speeches, and he rarely spoke. He was fond of just agreeing with nearly everything others said.
"Business link bro," Wale’s deep voice, and his eyes bore evidence of the weed he was smoking.
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"Guys are out there making so much money,
we shouldn't just.."
He stopped for a while staring at Akua, who pulled out a chair, getting closer to the boys, "We shouldn't just what?" Akua asked. There was silence amongst the boys as they all stared at her. Their thoughts were the same, for even though Akua loved behaving like a boy, and dressed like a boy most of the time, she was still very beautiful, and after taking her bath, and wearing Kojo's shirt, she was just even more pretty. The boys dared not compliment her as she hated such compliments from them. It was already agreed that they were all one family, so none of them could talk about her beauty. Today, Wale couldn't hold his tongue.
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"The empress! Charlie, you look like fresh
fish!"
"Seriously? Fresh fish, are you for real?"
Akua’ stone was serious, Kojo
sensing that Akua was becoming offended by Wale's remarks, immediately redirected their attention back to what Wale was saying earlier.
"So Wale, you were saying something about a business, you got all our attention now." Wale pulled his smoke again and continued.
"Let me just go straight to the point, I want us to get into the Gold Business,” he stopped for a while, dragged another smoke, then continued," We will move Gold from here to there, and get paid handsomely," he stopped to weigh the reaction from his friends but they looked rather lost.
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"Why do you guys look so confused?"
"Because we are indeed confused, "Kwesi answered "In fact, I am lost, "Kojo said.”Lost how?"
"Wait, wait, guys chill. Let me get this clear, Wale. You are saying, your business idea entails us transporting gold from probably, Ashanti to Togo, so it is more like a courier service, am I correct?" Akua asked.
"Yes! Something like that," Wale answered a bit unsure.
"Well, I hear the Gold business is a very lucrative one," Kojo said in a relaxed manner. "Exactly, what I'm trying to say. We will be making real cash from this business."
"I seriously don't feel comfortable about this. Is it even legit?"
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Kwesi was a bit suspicious about the whole talk. "Bhra I seriously doubt if there is anything legit in this world right now, one just has to be smart, it's a hard world," Akua replied.
"So it's probably an illegal business then?" Kwesi wanted to be certain the business was a legal one.
"Which one be legal, illegal business? See! Let me tell you, there is no legality in business, business is business, stop asking stupid questions." Wale was visibly upset, as he moved to the kitchen to get some water. Kojo who had been listening more, suddenly shrugged and said, "Let's put this topic on hold for now, I think Wale has already introduced it, let's now process things in our minds," he stood up and walked out.
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"You are right bro, "Kwame added,
They all moved from the room to the balcony, except Kwesi and Akua, who decided to go make some food in the kitchen. While in the kitchen, Kwesi shared his views on Wale's business idea with Akua, he seemed a little uncomfortable with the whole idea.
"I won't be part of Wale's business plan if it's something illegal, I can't risk going to jail." Wale had heard the statement from the balcony and in a very serious tone, he asked, "Who is talking about going to jail, Kwesi?”
“Come on! Don't be negative, it's just business," Akua addressed Kwesi in a relaxed manner, that got him staring at her for seconds with a look that was as unbelieving as it was loving.
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"Charlie you supposed know say, I be smart guy. See! I have already done my research, and I have a plan, on how to go about the whole deal."Wale was speaking to Kojo and Kwame on the balcony in a bid to convince them.
"So we are supposed to go to this location your contact will later give us, and wait for the employer to locate us, and after that, we will undergo some training, and testing to be qualified for the job. I hope I am correct Wale?" Kojo asked, his eyes and ears moving with his mouth.
"Yes you are very correct, Charlie you be smart guy, I knew you would get it,” Wale replied, as he moved up and down, in excitement.
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