Short stories: A little suspense

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A very blissful day in the land of Gambaga in the Northern part of Ghana, lived a happy and rich couple blessed by two set of twins. The father, Mr. Keanu is a prominent and well-to-do oil tycoon who had many businesses and industries in his name. These kids almost had everything their age mates will be wishing for. It came to a time a plague broke out resulting to three thousand kindreds including three of the kids by these couple. Keanu as he was always called grew up being loved by young and old because of his kind and pure heart. On Keanu’s 18th birthday, his parents died due to road accident when the couple were returning from the wedding of a close relative. Their demise shattered Keanu’s heart into pieces to the core since he held them dear to his heart. Life began to reveal its true self since he was to fend for himself in both school and also food since his parents were no more and his other relatives were forcing him out of his father’s house because his deceased father built almost all of his properties on family lands therefore since he is not alive it automatically belongs to wicked uncle who is the successor as tradition demands. He was forced to leave his father’s house and began sleeping at the front of traders’ stores in the evenings. He sometimes sleeps with little or empty stomach which almost caused his life. Keanu was saved by a good Samaritan who took him to a hospital where he was diagnosed with stomach ulcer. He was rushed straight into the theatre upon admission in a teaching hospital for an emergency surgery that nearly caused him his life. He was induced to a forced coma for three weeks before recovery.