The atmosphere bid itself a goodnight. When it was about 5:30am, Prieto woke up from the bed while Susan was still sleeping. He went to where he placed his traveling bag, to ensure that nothing was wrongfully tampered with just in case. Most importantly, the money he kept there and the documents he will be tendering are all intact. He crossed checked all his documents, till he was satisfied. Prieto zipped back his bags. He went into the bathroom for some showers, already he started getting himself prepared by for his journey to Jos, which had been dragging in slow mode but it's still cautiously handled, with time frame and awareness in mind.
Prieto quickly dressed up, he woke Susan to inform her on his departure, Susan was half awake when he started talking to her on his going ahead. She tried to wipe the cold of her eyes, gaining back her consciousness. "Babe! what's up?", you getting ready for your trip?". Prieto replied yes! Infact once I have my shoes on. "Susan its going to be a long on journey", you already persuaded me about this so, I have to stick to the plan. "Been with you is only a sacrifice I made", Prieto said. "I hope it's worth appreciating". Susan stood up from the bed, after gaining consciousness from her sleep, she went close and gave Prieto a hug. Tears streaming down her face, "would I ever see you again?", Prieto answered yes! You will. She held on to him tightly, like she doesn't want him to leave. Prieto had to console her, and he assured her, with the hope to see her again.
Prieto kissed her by the fore head, and reached for his traveling bag. Susan quickly jumped off the bed, to wear her slip on. Prieto hung the strap belt of the bag to his shoulder, and headed for the door. Susan followed him through the staircase, down to the street. As Prieto struggled on with the bags weighing down on him. " Babe! "What about your mobile phone?", Susan asked him, because the last thing she could recollect yesterday night, was placing it on the table at the guest room. "I have taken it", Prieto said. "It's already in my bag", he said. Trying to catch up with the next available motorcyclist, was the next thing Prieto could think about. The road was still absent with any, so the two of them waited patiently, while they kept talking about seeing themselves again. Soonest, a motorcyclist came along and it drove past them as they signaled park! park!. It's didn't stop but it just kept driving along at it own route, till it disappeared into the mist. So were other vehicles and cars, going out early to their destination.
The day began to dawn slow and steady, more cars, trucks and vehicles kept creeping pass at that early hours. Prieto asked Susan, who was leaning helplessly on him by the shoulders, after dropping his bag on bare floor of the tarred road. "Babe is it possible to get a car from here to the park?", Susan answered yes! "but it's not as easy as getting a bike". "Anyway all I could see on the road now are cars, kindly help look out for the one going to the park, so I can start going since there is no motorcycle". Okay! Susan said. Not long after then, a motorcyclist passed by and Susan stopped the bike, as it's was going on the opposite direction. The bike man turn around facing the direction they were, it came parking in front of the both of them. Prieto asked if he can drop him at the park, he said yes. Prieto asked Susan to help lift his bag to the front wheel of the motorcycle, she did.
Then Prieto climbed up to sit behind the driver, tears drifted over Susan's face as he was about to zoom of with the bike man. Prieto asked the bike man to Stop, he got down and went to Susan, "babe what's up, why are you crying?", he hugged her and tried to remind her that he has her phone number, that once he gets to Jos, he will activate this sim card and give her a call. He wiped off the tears streaming down from her eyes, and Susan told him to give her a call once he gets to the camp. He responded, "I will". Prieto went back to the bike and climbed on the passengers sit. The bike man drove off, and Prieto waved to Susan in goodbye. She waved back, as the motorcyclist speed into the mist of the early morning humid air. A lot was going on in Prieto's mind, the only thing he could think about is to be on the next available transit to Jos.
The road to the park was clear, so the distance traveled by the bike man was on a one way trip, without any hold up as it was early. Prieto got to the park, he paid the motorcyclist and carried his bag. He strapped the bag on his shoulder, and walked towards where Susan pointed the Jos transit to him, the first time that they met. He got to one of the luxurious buses heading to the north, quiet a number of passengers were lined up on queue, trying to pay for their tickets, Prieto asked one of the passengers on the queue, "Hello is this transit heading to Jos?". He said yes! Prieto joined the queue, with the rest of the people on the line up. As they get the ticket, their luggage is been collected inexchange for a tag, with an identified number on the tag. A receipt was issued after the payment too, which is used to enter the luxury bus. All kinds of people were at different transit queue, both the ones going south and west side of the country. When it got to his turn on the queue, he made payment of #9,000 and his receipt was issued.
He collected it and got on the bus, using the receipt as a pass at the bus entrance. He saw other Cooper's, who were on the other ends of the buses, trying to make their way to other state. Prieto got into the luxury bus going to Jos, and he walked inside the bus trying to get a comfortable, and more convenient position to sit, since the journey would take a long day, as regards the distance. He decided to sit at almost a distance close to the back of the bus, by the right next to the window. His bag, had already been added with other luggage at the compartment space, where load are placed. Therefore, he felt very relaxed in the bus viewing people outside the bus, and the ones coming into the bus. The journey to Jos was on his mind. Gradually, the bus was getting filled up. Every passengers coming into the bus were sitting comfortably, and a cool music was playing at the fitted speakers somewhere in the bus. Soon enough, the bus got filled up and the door to the luxurious bus was closed.
All precaution told to be observed by all passengers in the luxury bus, were announced. Prieto felt very much excited, as the bus was ready to Start heading straight, for the long awaited journey to Jos. The driver of the bus raised his engine, and manoveired the bus to the road. And the journey started, as the bus drifted off the Asaba park, to the express way that lead to it's destination. Prieto felt peaceful with himself, and the thought of his plan were all on course.