Suddenly rich parents

Greetings everyone 🙌

I had a lot of laughs thinking about how to come up with this prompt, which says,

"How would you feel if you learned that your parents were secretly rich and had never told you? Why would you feel that way?"

Taking it very personally, I mean with what I've seen from the days I became of age till now, I wouldn't feel bad or like fighting them from hiding the truth all these while; rather, I would approach them, make a huge demand for financial support to go and settle myself, and also, I would feel at rest knowing that my siblings, whom I always look out for, are finally settled and need not worry about anything.

Why did I choose to take it simple instead of raising an alarm?

My parents, though not financially buoyant, provided the basic needs for a family and saw me and some of my siblings go through school and graduate, while others are still brooming to graduate. The only issue is that we were made to pass through the difficult way of providing for ourselves at many points because they didn't have to support us. We weren't given the opportunity to have a soft life like others in our group had.

• Imagine going to the farm in the afternoon after school.
• Imagine working on the farm till the waist starts behaving like it wants to break.
• Imagine living a 1-0-1 pattern of feeding while in school.

Mehn, it was just too much, and under normal circumstances, they would surely get a massive hit if we happened to know that they were secretly rich but living a pretentious life—just to structure us well, as they may put it.

I remember there was a period in school when I almost missed an exam because I was unable to pay school fees on time. I had to skip many lectures for menial work to sort out money to complete the other half of the money. It wasn't funny at all because during the exam after I had completed the payment, I found it difficult to cope with the lectures I missed just to perform well in the exam.

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Just like I said, I and my siblings were made to pass through a mini-hell while growing up. Hey! There was always food at home, but other things that make life comfortable were totally lacking. This lifestyle, though not pleasing, structured us to be strong and easy to adapt to any situation just to survive.

Currently, I'm no longer attached greatly to them because I'm not feeding from their pot. I'm a full-grown man, strategizing and hunting hard for money to fully stand firm and worry less about life issues.
So if they come and say they're suddenly rich, it'll gladden my heart because it'll be like I just hit a jackpot because I must surely have my hand in the pool of the wealth, which I never expected.

Also, it'll be a relief for me because I wouldn't need to worry about sending them money and that of my siblings; I would be a free man.🤸

Thank you for reading.

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_{This is my entry to Hiveghana prompt of the week}

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