Countless - S01 E44 (Story Episode)

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Countless - S01 E44 (Story Episode)

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 44

Chucks took me to their house, they lived in a 4 bedroom flat, painted in green colour and a very spacious compound. At one side of the compound, adjacent to the park lane, was a dog house

Chucks ushered me inside the house but i declined, based on reasons that was unknown to him. His brother might be at home and i don’t have any intention of confronting him yet

I stood beside the pear tree close to the fence

Chucks went inside and came out few minutes later, holding an iphone5 silver colour phone with a chilled Can malt

“your number bro” he said as he handed me the Can malt

“081COUNTLESS”. I replied
I opened the drinks and gulped it slowly

“ok bro. abeg no forget your promise o, anyway, since ah don get your digit, i go dey beep you everytime, make you no go forget” he ranted

“don’t worry about that..anyway, thanks for the malt.” I said as
he escorted me out of their compound

I need to know how far he’s really into Nike, because my plans solely depends on it. Therefore i threw him a wily question

“Chucks…but why are you so bent on dating my sister? Its not as if you no get the resources to get better girls na? Or is this another game of chop and run?” i spoke outrightly

“bro, na because of my brother o..”

“your brother? You mean…..erm….Uche your younger bro?” i asked curiously

“no, na bro Charles…na everytime he and his paddy dey whyne me say, ah no fit get better girlfriend than them..and i swear to him that none of his girlfriend go ever posh pass the next babe wey ah go get…”
he said boastfully

“so you mean to say, you just want to use my sister as a show off?”

“no be like that bro…truly, i like your sister very much..but thats also the reason why i want her to be my girlfriend” he said conclusively

We got to the next junction and we departed

***

Few distance to the Adejoke’s house my phone rang. I withdraw it from my pockets. It was an unsaved number. I picked it thinking it was Chucks calling to confirm the number i gave him

“hello Chucks, wetin….” a whimper sound echoed from the other end of the phone

“Darous….why…why are you doing this to me?…did i deserve this?…even if i offended you, all you have to do is to tell me…is it because you know that i can’t do without you?….is that why you are doing this to me?…eh?”. Oh! Shìt..it was Adedoyin. Remember have been ignoring her calls during the last two weeks of my abstainance from Sex

“erm…am sorry…it is not like that, have just been busy dear….i never mean to make you feel bad.” i responded feigning an awful sound

“and does that busy-ness stop you from picking my calls?. Do you know how many times have called you with my number and you didn’t pick up. I now used my cousins line to call you, its now that you picked it…this isn’t fair Darous…” she accused amid sobs

I was silent for some secs, racking my brain for what to say

“um…how can i make it up to you?…” i asked, hoping that will make her feel better

“just come and see me…only when i see you will i be happy…”she replied sounding slightly cheerful

“ok..i promise to see you soon”

“what about tomorrow?..can you come and spend the whole of tomorrow with me?”

“tomorrow? Sunday?…ah..don’t think so…i will…”

“will be busy again?…why are you doing this to me?…this isn’t how we discussed it o…remember you took an…..i mean you promised to….erm…always be with me Darous,..why are you now swallowing your words?”

I was already getting tired of her whyning and incensant accusations. So i promised to try my best to see her the next day. She ended the call conclusively on a much lighter mood

***

I got home to the absence of Nike and Joke. Their mum was watching a pageant show on cable when i walked into the living room

“where have you been? Mr Man?”. She queried after i greeted her

“I took a stroll out maam..i went with Nike, but she came back early”. I replied walking over to the freezer. I opened it and took out a table water. I gulped it to half and marched towards the sitting room. I sat down obtuse to her position

All this while, her gaze have been following all my actions

She stared at me for a while before she broke the silence

“why do i feel as if you are avoiding me?” she said inquisitively

“how do you mean?” i asked awkardly

“seems like you don’t want to keep to your reply anymore…two weeks have passed and you still not making advances towards the issue we discussed”. She stated

“am sorry maam. Just that, i have a lot going on in my mind right now…you know, the robbers are still issueing their threats….and”

“why don’t you just go to the police?” she cuts in

I chuckled lightly “police? So that they can arrest me again for disturbing them? And asking me to pay 1m for violating the law?..no thanks” I replied rhetorically