The Thorny Path to Europe

Tunde Gbadegesin and his brother were introduced to an alternative way of making it to Europe. Despite having a good knowledge of what awaited them, they decided to whether the storm. But not before they were forced to ruin their reputation in Nigeria.
They are in this journey with different people, some of whom later turned out to be the cause of the various chaos they encountered.

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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Introduction

  •   AKINTAYO AKINJIDE THE THORNY PATH TO EUROPE A NOVEL © Copyright, 2019 Akintay...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 1

  • Tunde Gbadegesin wasn't someone that found joy in complaining about things and whenever he did, it was always subtle, without any iota of anger. However, after his sixth year o...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 2

  •   They had been in serious search for money from different sources but none of them came up with something tangible. Few people who had the money didn't trust th...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 3

  • Tunde glanced at Ade at the driver's seat and couldn't blame him for having cold feet at the eleventh hour. It was normal for everyone, but he wouldn't hear the rubbish...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 4

  • 'I will kill her', Ade mouthed. 'What?' 'I will kill her', he whispered. 'I will kill her. We're so dead'. Tunde c...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 5

  • Ade drove out of the house as fast as he could as he had to make Lizzy tag along to pay her own money. 'Ade, I've not gotten the full amount'. '...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 6

  • There was a difference between preparing for something and seeing its reality. The only thing one could do was to wait. The trouble they were expecting didn't come the next day...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 7

  • Tunde called Jude that they had arrived at Edo. Jude sent him the direction to Oka and told them to meet him by 8 a.m the next day. Their journey through Edo was the easiest since ...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 8

  • Tunde wanted to talk and lecture Lizzy about the way he was way out of her league. But he kept his anger in check till it was the most appropriate time to explode. He marched out o...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 9

  • Tunde rushed off to the party downstairs. Cecilia still looked drunk. A lady had dragged a young man off her. Tunde grabbed her from behind. 'Leave...', She said ...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 10

  • The next morning, they were woken by a loud noise. Tunde wished for more time because he had kept a vigil because he feared the people would pick the lock of their room just to get...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 11

  • The journey became dry, literarily. In a short while, they were gulping cups of water. Pastor called for perseverance as the kegs of water would soon be drained off with the way th...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 12

  • 'Where are we on the map?' Tunde asked as Cecilia grabbed it again and began to study it. 'It's not accurate. It says...' Cecilia said and began to tr...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 13

  • Tunde couldn't take his mind off what just happened even as they rested their heads 'We will die', Pastor shouted. 'But what will be our end? Where will w...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 14

  • The next day met them expectant of a vehicle like the previous day, till the night. And Tunde wished he could die before the day ended to avoid looking at Cecilia. At some point, s...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 15

  • Ade, Lizzy and Cecilia joked despite being tired on the way. They spent the rest of the night on the way, with most of them exhausting the water with them. By the middle of the nex...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 16

  • Ade kept turning to look at Jude but the gunmen urged him on until they entered another part of the camp.  The gunmen directed them to a place to sleep, Lizzy chose a bed near...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 17

  • Tunde couldn't believe that he had just witnessed what was the worse betrayal in his entire life. He couldn't stop crying because he could have bet his life that Ade would ...
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  • The Thorny Path to Europe - Episode 18

  • Before Tunde could retreat into the toilet, the policemen pointed torchlight at him. 'Don't move', one of the policemen barked and Tunde’s hands flew in...
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