Chapter 10

"What kind of riddle?""One that's worth 100 million naira."Chike looked at his wife for confirmation. Adanna nodded, still unable to form coherent words. The father sank into the only chair they had in the tiny living room, the creak of the old wood echoing in the silence."Tell me everything," he finally said.As Emeka recounted the day's events, his voice gained confidence. He spoke about prime numbers, about Fibonacci, about John's riddle. Chike listened with eyes widening, recognizing in his son something that had always been there, but that circumstances had prevented them from cultivating."I always knew you were special," Chike said when Emeka finished, his own tears beginning to form. "Your teacher, Mr. Adebayo, told me every time I saw him: 'This boy will be someone great,' he kept saying.""But Papa, Chief Obinna doesn't want to pay. He says it was a joke.""Then he is not a man of his word," Chike responded with a firmness that surprised both of them. Despite his physical condition, his voice carried the authority of someone who had worked with dignity all his life. "But the truth always comes out."What none of them knew was that at that precise moment, the truth was exploding on the internet in ways they couldn't imagine.In his luxurious penthouse in the city center, Chief Obinna Okoro couldn't sleep. The panoramic view of the city lights, which normally filled him with satisfaction, now seemed to mock him. Every illuminated window was like an eye judging him.His phone hadn't stopped ringing for hours: calls from business partners, messages from his family, incessant social media notifications. He had tried to turn it off, but the anxiety of not knowing what was happening was worse than facing reality.Finally, at 2:00 a.m., he gave up and opened his phone. What he saw left him cold: the video had exploded. Not thousands of views, as Aisha had mentioned, but millions. The clip where he made the cruel bet with Emeka had been seen more than three million times; the video of Emeka opening the safe, five million.The comments were devastating:"This man is the definition of cruelty.""That child is a genius, and this guy just wants to humiliate him.""If he doesn't keep his promise, he should go to jail."

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