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Re: Sneaker (short Story) by Trip4Jozzy(m): 7:11pm On Jan 21, 2018
YINKS89:
Trip4jozzy iono you till I started reading ur piece ND I assure u u re doin well... Kip it up bro
Thanks bro, I intend to...
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by collinxraver(m): 7:39pm On Jan 21, 2018
Trip4Jozzy :

collinxraver
collinometricx
Make una come ooooo
to ease u d stress of calling the two moniker, u could just skip d collinxraver and mention collinometricx if need be... Got banned dats y i am using dis one d now..
Nice update... I thought u were'nt updating again... But i am always anticipating any update from you bro...
Thumbs up
CC... Collinometricx
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by Trip4Jozzy(m): 12:39am On Jan 22, 2018
collinxraver:
to ease u d stress of calling the two moniker, u could just skip d collinxraver and mention collinometricx if need be... Got banned dats y i am using dis one d now..
Nice update... I thought u were'nt updating again... But i am always anticipating any update from you bro...
Thumbs up
CC... Collinometricx
More updates coming and your moniker is duely noted.
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by collinxraver(m): 12:44am On Jan 22, 2018
Waiting for the updates like no mans buz
Trip4Jozzy :
More updates coming and your moniker is duely noted.
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by mattiecute(f): 9:01am On Jan 22, 2018
I am here oo ..
I've been awaiting an update like forever
Op ur way of writing is unique and u got a really nice piece up there... Thumps up
D part where ur male protagonist wrote a poem really got me laughing cos break up at tyms do bring out d hidden talent in pple..
A friend of mine actually turned to a lyricist and he's loving it though

Ps: don't forget to mention me in subsequent updates

More ink to ur pen bro
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by izaray(f): 11:32am On Jan 22, 2018
Trip4Jozzy:
hephzibah29
emeralddan
mattiecute
collinxraver
jamil2000
izaray
gucciqueen38
canme4u
topweez
akunatakasi1
yinks89
collinometricx
chibyike
Make una come ooooo
I'am here dear, tnks for calling on me. Thank God its was just a prank. Op, may God bless and give you more wisdom
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by YINKS89(m): 2:16pm On Jan 22, 2018
Trip4Jozzy:

Thanks bro, I intend to...
kul bro..
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by collinometricx: 3:10pm On Jan 22, 2018
izaray :
I'am here dear, tnks for calling on me. Thank God its was just a prank. Op, may God bless and give you more wisdom
the prank side was dream...
Read again
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by izaray(f): 3:14pm On Jan 22, 2018
collinometricx:

the prank side was dream...
Read again
Are you serious
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by collinometricx: 3:19pm On Jan 22, 2018
Pretty sure
izaray :
Are you serious
try reading again to were he heard a knock on his door
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by izaray(f): 3:22pm On Jan 22, 2018
collinometricx:
Pretty sure
try reading again to were he heard a knock on his door
Ok dear, will do that now. Tnks
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by collinometricx: 3:26pm On Jan 22, 2018
izaray :
Ok dear, will do that now. Tnks
lemme come and go and buy popcorn 4 u

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Re: Sneaker (short Story) by izaray(f): 3:40pm On Jan 22, 2018
collinometricx:
lemme come and go and buy popcorn 4 u
Popcorn Aww..You are a dearie kiss kiss

Just finished reading it now. It's was actually a dream. I was too fast to conclusion earlier..Thanks you!
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by collinometricx: 3:44pm On Jan 22, 2018
izaray: Popcorn Aww..You are a dearie kiss kiss

Just finished reading it now. It's was actually a dream. I was too fast to conclusion earlier..Thanks you!
u are welcome

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Re: Sneaker (short Story) by Trip4Jozzy(m): 2:50am On Jan 23, 2018
I no know who push me to go start this story now self, chemistry no go allow person breath self,
Anyways
Greetings to all my people here self,
I just come here to tell una say I go try update tomorrow, make una just beg chemistry make e free small....

Love ya'll (I mean it)... And thanks for all the super comments
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by Trip4Jozzy(m): 2:51am On Jan 23, 2018
mattiecute:
I am here oo ..
I've been awaiting an update like forever
Op ur way of writing is unique and u got a really nice piece up there... Thumps up
D part where ur male protagonist wrote a poem really got me laughing cos break up at tyms do bring out d hidden talent in pple..
A friend of mine actually turned to a lyricist and he's loving it though

Ps: don't forget to mention me in subsequent updates

More ink to ur pen bro
grin grin
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by collinometricx: 2:58am On Jan 23, 2018
Trip4Jozzy :
I no know who push me to go start this story now self, chemistry no go allow person breath self,
Anyways
Greetings to all my people here self,
I just come here to tell una say I go try update tomorrow, make una just beg chemistry make e free small....

Love ya'll (I mean it)... And thanks for all the super comments
oga bikn ni dnt keep us starved here...
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by Trip4Jozzy(m): 10:58pm On Jan 24, 2018
As he awoke, Jamie cursed himself for waking up to this harsh reality, this reality where he's all alone and all broken in a million pieces. He hated his life, the same life he was so in love with 48 hours before.
He attempted to curse Laide, but couldn't for he still loved her beyond the hatred. His mind navigated towards thoughts of her, he shook his head vigorously as if to shake out all thoughts of her off his brain.

His phone rang.
As he made to get up, a sharp pain bit him just below his medulla, it ran down his spine. He was so sure it was the sorrow that had accumulated there, he winced in agony and managed to stand. He got to the phone on the sofa just a second before the call was added to his missed call list.
"Hello?" He echoed into the receiver, almost not recognizing the sound of his own voice.
"Good morning, please I'm I onto Mr. James Oklo?" A male voice came across.
"Yes you are, who's this please?"
"I am nurse Amedu from Madram Specialist Hospital, we have a miss Laide here who was rushed in, during the early hours of the morning..."
"What happened? is she alright?" Jamie interrupted with worry and care hewn into his every word.
"We can not say for sure yet, she dialed your number last, that's why we're calling you, she's unconscious..."
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by Trip4Jozzy(m): 11:01pm On Jan 24, 2018
Jamie dropped the phone as it smashed against the hard floor. He looked up then down, he ran into the bedroom and back to the sitting room, then found himself in the kitchen, was about to dash into the toilet before he saw them on the dinning. He grabbed the keys, went to where the phone was caressing the floor, picked it up and made for the main entrance as he exited his House without shutting it.

He drove like he was raving mad through the Port Harcourt traffic as one possessed by the formula one spirit, not one of the sixteen thousand insults that commuters threw at him did he really hear.

He pulled into the ambulance parking lot area of Madram Specialist Hospital, he saw one of the men in security outfits approaching his car but ignored the man, jumped out the oxblood Honda Element and ran into the hospital, barefooted.

"Calm down sir, we can't let you see any patient like this"
"Please I beg of you, let me just see her, I can go home and dress afterwards. I need to know how she is" he pleaded with the nurse at the waiting area of the hospital.
"Sir, please go and come back when you're dressed more appropriately" the nurse said with pity in her eyes.
"I can't leave here unless I see her" he said with the pitch of his voice raised.
"Sir, I don't want to call the security on you, but I will if you continue to shout"
"I'm I shouting? this is not shouting o, just keep stopping me and you'll hear shout" he screamed at her.

The security man that was approaching him earlier came behind him with two others. They attempted to reason with Jamie but he was out of control, so they grabbed him and took him to their office amidst his shouts and cries coupled with some kicking.

When Wati received a call from Madram Specialist hospital to come with some clothing for Jamie, he was beyond baffled. So he called their other two friends, Poju and Okoh to come assist him in this dilemma.
They arrived the security post and saw Jamie in a polka dotted brief and and an ash colored vest. With concern on their faces they approached him, the moment he saw them he broke down in tears. This shocked them greatly, for in all their years of friendship they had seen Jamie cry only twice; one at his mother's funeral and the other time was in their Jss one, when a senior student trashed Jamie mercilessly on his bare buttocks. Jamie was the one who taught them how to 'dust' canes. They all knew something had gone terribly wrong, they sat beside him and tried to comfort him. Wati suggested they take him home but he refused, that he must see her first. So they gave him the clothes they brought as Poju enquired from the security what had transpired. When they learned that Laide was involved in an accident, they understood the reason for their friend's behaviour.

At the waiting area he apologized to the nurse for his rash and unreasonable behaviour earlier and she attested to being used it. She gave them Laide's room number and they headed to the elevator to ascend the floors of the six floor hospital, she was in room 451 on the fourth floor.

She was on life support. Tubes ran in and out of her, it was a sour sight for Jamie and his friends. He sat down on the floor and all he could do was pray for her.
"God I know, that I haven't been the best subject in your kingdom, but I plead for her life, please take mine in exchange for hers...."
"Stop it now.. don't say such things" Okoh rebuked Jamie sharply but in love.
"Why not?" Jamie blurted out angrily.
There was silence as nobody answered but looked away.
"She's my everything, what would life be without her..... it'll just be empty and dark" he continued.
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by collinometricx: 12:16am On Jan 25, 2018
Nice update frm ma nigga trip4jozzy .. Got u covered.
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by collinometricx: 7:48am On Jan 25, 2018
Trip4jozzy Na front page we der so...
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by junkeeze: 8:50am On Jan 25, 2018
[quote author=Trip4Jozzy post=64236498]After what seemed like a century, Laide calmed down. Jamie wasn't sure whether to ask her what happened yet, so as he doesn't send another wave of tears cruising down from the fountain of tears which seemed to lie behind her tender eyes.
He just held her in his arms for no longer than eternity had clocked before Laide spoke.

"I have wronged you beyond what words could describe"
Jamie was taken aback by her statement. He made to speak but she stopped him.
"Please don't interrupt, for I might not find the strength again if I stop."
Jamie swallowed his words and nodded in the affirmative.
"You have been my rock all these years. Even when I lost my parents, you helped me find my feet and guide me. If you hadn't taken responsibility for me, maybe I would have dropped out of school but because you stood in for me, I am a graduate today."
Jamie just watched her as she spoke with tears in her eyes.
She continued "I will be forever grateful to you for your faithfulness and love. You have turned a street girl into a woman, a woman envied by all her contemporaries, elevated above them all"
"You're scaring me Laide" Jamie managed to say.
Laide shook her head and proceeded with her emotional roller coaster of a speech.
"When I was twelve, my parents betrothed me to Martins Adelaja, the second son of chief Adelaja, merchant of the west"

Jamie felt as though a truck just dropped on his head. Instantly he had headache, the room became too cold, even the light seemed a bit dim, for a moment all he saw was darkness. He searched for words to speak but his mouth was bitter and words eluded him, as though scared he was going to chew them into bits and spit them on her face.

Laide scanned Jamie's face for a second then proceeded with her tale of terror.
"He's been in the states all this while but he's back now and can't wait to marry me"
Jamie swallowed hard, as he removed his arms from around her. His eyes went bloodshot as he stared into space, away from her face.
"I told him about you, and he gave me this box of money to give you as compensation for all you have done for me."
Jamie looked into her face as if to confirm if she seriously just said that to him. Still unable to make a coherent sentence so he said nothing. He was finding it hard to even make headway of what his thoughts were saying. His thoughts sounded like a dumb man trying to speak words for the first time.
"If you love me as you have always professed, please understand that this is not intentional and that I have to do this because of my parents. I can not afford to dishonour them, now that they're gone."
"Get out of my house" Jamie said. His heart bleeding from a thousand holes. Holes created by her words.

Laide tried to beg Jamie but just kindly kept pointing at the door, she stood to leave and made to leave without her box of money. He pointed to the box and motioned for her to go with it. Laide wept as she dragged the box out of Jamie's house. At the stairs he stopped and managed to ask "Were you guys in touch all these years we've been together?"
Laide nodded affirmative.
Jamie just sat on the stairs and watched her leave with all his trust for he knew he was never going to trust another female in his life.
Sneaker was leaving him heartless for he gave her his heart long ago, the least she could have done was return his heart, instead she brought a box of money he didn't need.

©J.S.Otache
#thoughtnibbles

[wonderful masterpiece]
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by Seunfunmi18(m): 9:09am On Jan 25, 2018
Biko update fast now.
Can't really wait.
Popcorn yaf want to finish now.
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by lawrecks(m): 9:14am On Jan 25, 2018
This is highly impressive....thumbs up
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by legzyl: 9:17am On Jan 25, 2018
haaa why now just when i thought all is now ok. Poor Jamie
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by thetech: 10:17pm On Jan 25, 2018
Nice one OP. waiting for the update
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by Trip4Jozzy(m): 11:31pm On Jan 28, 2018
When Laide left Jamie's presence in tears, she wasn't pretending to be hurt, she was hurt. She was angry at herself, angry at her parents for donating her future without her consent. Doesn't she have a say? After all it was her future wasn't it? She wished she could talk to them and just get them to reverse this verdict they have passed on her life. Who made them judge over her life? They were only custodians of her life and not the owners thereof.

She bled from within, chaos was brewing on her inside, like the waves of the sea slapping against the walls of a frail boat, she was being tossed up and down but on the inside; like a brew of hot stew brewing on three stones with fire woods under, coated by flames of fire, she felt consumed with all she was feeling.

As she drove off, she saw him enter into his house, the thought that she was no longer welcomed into that house tore her to bits. She kept driving even as the tears clouded her vision. What was the purpose of life, if she was going to go through it without her sneaker?
The more she cried, the more she stepped on the gas pedal and the more the engine revved. The speedometer was reading 180km/h but she cared less for life, Martins wasn't half the man Jamie was and so life with him was better off not lived at all. She saw the truck approaching, she closed her eyes and turned her steering towards it. The last thing she heard was the sound of glasses breaking into a million piece, then there was darkness everywhere.
*******
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by Trip4Jozzy(m): 11:32pm On Jan 28, 2018
*****

It was dark at first, but then she became aware of so much white. Everything was white, everyone was white. But everything and everyone was a lot different than she was familiar with yet they all seemed very familiar; she felt slimy and just a wee bit weird.
Too many white, is this heaven? They always say heaven is pure white, maybe because people equate white to purity but in truth white isn't even a color but the absence of color.
She shook herself energetically, peradventure to awaken from this confusing dream. She realised that though she was in this slimy white environment, she was hearing her thoughts from above the environment, as though her spirit was levitating above her body, more like her brain actually.

She attempted to stretch her hand only to discover she has no hand, could this be any weirder? This is one hell of a dream, she thought. Somebody bumped into her, she raised her head to see a sparkling white fellow with no hands or legs just a head and a tail, kinda like Jasper from that ghost movie, only that this one was transparent and had no face neither gender, it was just a white headed tail. But she wasn't scared at this sight.

It baffled her that she wasn't in the least bit scared at the sight she saw. What does this mean? Maybe she wasn't scared because she looked exactly like that, she was a headed tail with no face nor gender.

Suddenly there was excitement in the atmosphere, everyone became hyperactive. It was as though they were getting ready for a race, she found herself ready to participate, something on her inside knew that her life, her existence depended on this race, so she braced herself and resolved that she must win this race.

As they ran with lightning speed in a direction they have never ventured into before, one might call it unfamiliar territory yet the territory welcomed them with eager expectations. She was seventeen heads behind but she maneuvered her way forward amongst several billion others. She pushed and knocked others out of her way, her strenght was failing but she was more determined to win this, soon she had only one person to beat. As they navigated a bend she perceived they were on the final lap of this eternal race, with one magical twist, she surged forward just in time to be received by what appears to be some sort of egg. She did it! She won!!
Hold on, did she just witness her own fertilization process? This was how she was conceived? crap! This is one really weird dream, yet she couldn't wake up from it.

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Re: Sneaker (short Story) by Trip4Jozzy(m): 11:35pm On Jan 28, 2018
Sorry guys for the delayed update, was really swamped.. Make una no vess a beg, stay with moi.
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by collinometricx: 12:22am On Jan 29, 2018
Y we go vex wen e b say na yhur hand e der
Trip4Jozzy :
Sorry guys for the delayed update, was really swamped.. Make una no vess a beg, stay with moi.
dis tin too der short sha
Re: Sneaker (short Story) by COLLECTION22001: 8:38am On Jan 29, 2018
YOU CAN MAKE IT TOO

Re: Sneaker (short Story) by Trip4Jozzy(m): 12:51pm On Jan 31, 2018
"Hi, I am Martins Adelaja" A hunk of a guy, broad shoulders with muscly arms stood over Jamie with his hand stretched for a handshake.
"Hi, I'm Jamie" He simply replied. With no emotions attached to the handshake, Jamie shook Martins.
"Thanks for reaching out to me, I had no idea where she was and what had befallen her" Said Martins.
Jamie just nodded and remained mute.

Jamie tried to fault Martins' american accent but couldn't find a chink in that armoury, the words just poured out the guy's mouth like milk through a milk jar.
Jamie had decided that though he was Laide's lawful and registered guardian, Martins deserved to know her state, so when Wati offered to go get him some clothing since he had adamantly refused to move from Laide's bedside. Jamie requested that he go over to the famous Adelaja estate on tombia street and get Martins informed of the mishap that has befallen their common interest.

Martins wasn't bad to look at, Jamie admitted as he watched him observe Laide on the bed. The guy even smelled rich, his perfume had this thick scent like it was choked with money. This dude can have any woman he chooses in this town, why must he snatch his sneaker? Life's just cruel, such uneven distribution it always likes to make...

"Don't touch that" Jamie warned Martins as he reached for her medical report.
"Don't worry, I'm a pharmacist" said Martins.
Jamie still had reservations but he decided to reserve them.
He watched Martins' face as he 'studied' the report. Something wasn't right because Martins' face kept loosing its shine with every line he seemed to read.
"Everything okay?" inquired Jamie.
"Not certain about that" said Martins.
"What do you mean?"
"What did the doctor say about her recovery?"
"Something about it being in the hand of God and that I should keep talking to her, maybe the sound of a familiar voice will help bring her out of coma"
"Going by this report, she's barely alive. Its the machines that are keeping her alive"
Jamie felt a sharp stab in the chest, he held onto his chair just so he doesn't fall off.
Martins continued to broadcast his bad news.
"If the lights as much as go off for ten seconds, she'll be no more."
"The doctor didn't tell me this, are you sure about what you're saying?"
"A hundred percent. This private hospitals are all about money, so I'm not surprised they kept this quiet"

Tears crowded Jamie's eyes but he tried not to loose face before this dude. He still had some form of manly pride domicile on his inside.
"What do we do now?" Jamie couldn't help but ask.
Martins swallowed hard before he spoke "I think she should be allowed to go"
"Go where?" Jamie asked a bit confused.
"The woman should be allowed to rest"
"Still don't follow"
"She's in pain and the best thing for her is to crossover to the great beyon..."
"What gives you the right to end another human's life" Jamie interjected sharply.
Martins made to speak but Jamie wouldn't let him as he continued in apparent disgust for the fellow standing by Laide's bed.
"You've only been here ten minutes and you want to kill her already, how dare, such effrontery to make a bold declaration like that."
"You ought to consider her..."
"And how exactly is killing her in her own bloody interest"
Jamie's had risen without him realising it, a nurse walked in and enquired what the matter was. Jamie simply said Martins had over stayed his welcome and that he wasn't allowed to come visiting again, he should consider Laide gone, since that was what he wanted.
Martins shook his head and swallowed his words as he walked out, considering the establishment was a hospital, he didn't want to cause any hocus pocus.
*****

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