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Thanks for the mention and update.

Sorry guys I made a mistake by quoting the whole update.so sorry.

adekunle0000:
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Austin loves Chinelo so very dearly. There was not a single night he never dreamed of her. He saw in her a woman who will have his babies and help nurture them to adulthood. Chinelo had brought with her a perspective of life he had always had little tolerance for. She had taught him how to take things easy; for what will be, will surely be. He had once returned from work feeling very angry. His Supervisor had not been fair to him. He had repeatedly posted him to beats generally known to be crime hotspots. Getting to secure this beats takes a serious toll on the surveillance personals, with no added incentives whatsoever. Austin was not infuriated because he was asked to do his job, he was only angry at the fact that what was supposed to be a rotating task, has been exclusively reserved for those not considered to be favorites. Austin protested his reservations before his Supervisor. But his supervisor would not take any of it. He promptly issued him a query for insubordination. He was penalized by having part of his salary deduced. Austin had felt the penalty was too harsh. In his heart, he felt the need to resign, but that will affect his long held aspiration of becoming a bus driver. He has been saving towards that dream. Letting go of his current job without having any lying around somewhere was in itself stupid. But his anger at his supervisor was evidently beclouding his judgment.
Austin had come back home the following day after the end of his shift. He was wearing a long face. He opened his door and went inside his room without greeting anyone. Chinelo was inside her room when Austin returned. She immediately sensed that all was not well. It was unusual for Austin to return and go quietly into his room without saying ‘hello’ to anyone. Austin usually greets those around the boys’ quarters loud enough to announce his presence to his darling Chinelo, who he knows for certain will be on the lookout for him.
Chinelo could not go out immediately to him to verify what the problem was. They were both still keeping their affairs secret. So she had to wait a couple of hours feeling excruciatingly distressed at not being able to act immediately. She finally had her chance when the compound was quiet enough for her to sneak into his room. She had only knocked once. Without waiting for an answer, she opened the door and went inside. Austin was lying on his mattress. He was intensively gazing at the ceiling; deep in contemplation. He looked towards the door, saw it was her and then he looked back up to the ceiling again.
Like a virtuous woman will do for her husband, she effortlessly made him tell her what the problem was. She consoled him and gave a very rational evolution of likely implications of event for actions he intends to take. When she left a few minutes later, Austin was feeling uplifted, happy and reenergized. That event marks the very beginning of the thoughts that came to scare him most….the thought of losing her someday. This thought initially comes and goes. But now, it was coming more frequently and stays much longer before fading away. The thought of Chinelo waking up one morning and wanting something else; something better. The thought of her finding him boring and no longer as exciting, or even the thought of her just wanting to explore and see the other things the world could offer. All these thoughts tormented him. Austin felt he needed to do something about it. Something fast and decisive. He was going to put a seal on their love that no one, absolutely no one, will be able to breakthrough it.

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Very few relationship in the neighborhood starts on the bases of love and even far fewer, ends in marriage. Relationships here, are quite strictly based more on the principle “of taking as much as you possibly can and giving as little as you also can possibly spare”. Relationships are solely about the needs of the individuals involved and what they hope to get out of it. For the male, it is customary for them to seek to satisfy their always-itching sexual urges. For the female, it is all about milking as much as you can possibly get. No one wants to get involved in a hopeless venture.
The love Austin and Chinelo had for each other had blossomed too well. With each passing day, they come closer to the realization that they were both created for each other. Though, they had intended to keep their love affair a secret, but it was almost impossible to do so under the piercing eyes of over a hundred tenants, both young and old alike. In no time, these lovebirds became an item of gossips –many of them malicious gossips.
In Gloria’s room, the five girls has taken notice of them both. They will scold Austin among themselves as to how foolish he was to have overlook them grownups and decided to settle for a secondary school brat. Gloria was the most affected of the girls. She had secretly nursed romantic feelings for Austin. Nothing hurts more than seeing someone you love, loving someone else. Without being able to help it, she felt betrayed. Betrayed that Austin could not spot her but spotted Chinelo instead. Just like Iyawo Akeem, Chinelo became the latest member in her legion of enemies.
She will not reply to her greetings or solicit her assistance for anything, not minding how pressing it could be. The worst of it all was that Gloria was making frantic but subtle effects to get her father’s attention to her affairs with Austin. She will never seize to make remarks whenever Mazi Okoro is around of secondary school girls who were already keeping boyfriends. She likes saying it loud enough to his hearing. But Mazi Okoro though not getting the message seemed not to care. The most he had done at one instance was to wonder aloud what the world was turning into and then he moved on again.

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Austin was able to convince Chinelo on the need for them to go out on their first date and spend some quality time together; just the two of them. The condition in the compound will never allow them spend any meaningful time in each other’s arms that will be worthwhile. It did not take much to get Chinelo convinced. The only question she asked was “where is the intending location?” Austin told her that it was a beach; and that about that, does it! She accepted and asked Austin to pick a date at his own convenience, since he was the more engaged among them both. Austin concurred and promised to get back to her with a date.
Austin picked a date and strangely enough, it was a Monday. Monday is the first of the five working days in a week. A working day invariably means a deserted beach. In this part of the world, nobody goes to the beach on a working day. That was exactly what Austin wanted. Just him and his darling having the entire beach all to themselves.
When Chinelo was informed of the intended date, she felt very indifferent about it. She had only shrugged her shoulders in keen resignation. She trust Austin so very much to start disturbing her mind with negative thoughts about an innocent date. She knew that even if it were to be a weekend, coming up with a good enough excuse to leave the house will still take some serious head-cracking thoughts. But with a weekday, mom and dad will not be around to notice her absence. All that was needed was to just prepare for school like she always does.
She informed her friend Ada of the intended date. Ada stays with her parents. Her parents are always carefree about things like these. Her parents were once childhood sweethearts. So they sort of encourage childhood romance wherever and whenever possible. Ada is expected to cover for her in school and her house is to serve as her Launchpad.
The event all went as planned. Austin called in at the office to report that he was not in good health and will therefore not be able to make it to work. The two lovebirds met at their preplanned location; very excited and hoping to make the very best of this rare opportunity. Chinelo had Austin feeling like he had seen a ghost when she appeared in the beautiful dress he had gotten for her as a birthday present. Austin knew the dress to be very beautiful. That was in fact the very reason he had got it for her in the first place, but he never had expected it to be this extraordinarily fitting on her. Her body seems to have given the dress a much more profound aesthetic appeal, far much more than the designer may have possibly intended.

Austin had come along with a backpack. In it were refreshments for both of them. He made a brief stopover at an eatery to get for themselves certain comestibles. Austin had in his pocket some very personal belongings, to which he had been careful about, by not mentioning them to Chinelo. It was with these belongings, he had hoped to seal off their relationship forever.
Chinelo was the one who located the empty raffia tent. She had in her excitements beckoned in on Austin to come join her inside. They were relieved to find a bamboo-made bench in it. Austin unpacked his bag and they picnicked in silence. For Chinelo, it was her second time at the beach. Her first time was in company of her parents during the good old days. She was at that time the only child to the newly wedded couple. She now only have very faint memories of what actually took place that day.
“Let us take a walk along the shoreline” Austin requested.
Chinelo obliged him without a word. She was already feeling the strain of sitting too long on the bamboo bench. But she as well feeling the very compelling urge of taking a walk barefooted along the shoreline with her darling to her side; taking in all of the sensations the sea has to offer.
Austin stood up first and offered her his hands. Chinelo gracefully took it but held on it as she bent down to pull off her shoes. She then stood up and they both walked out cuddled in each other’s arms. Austin, being a native from a riverine community, favored the more daring outer shoreline. Chinelo being somewhat hydrophobic prefers the more cautious inner shores. She did not see the mischievous grin on Austin’s face as they walked along. They both maintained a steady pressure on each other’s body in order to avoid being pushed to where each do not want to be. Chinelo was between Austin and the sea, while Austin was between Chinelo and her cherished inner shores. Both were preventing the other from taking to their choice spot.
Austin had quietly, as well as mischievously, calculated when the next ocean current was due in. Without warning, Austin bend down and in a single swift motion, swept Chinelo completely of her feet by literally lifting her off the ground. He carried her up in both arms, like a log of wood, as he dashed off towards the sea. Austin ran like a demented kidnapper as Chinelo gave out hysterical screams in terror. She was indeed gravely frightened. The current came in and threw both of them to the floor. Austin was laughing uncontrollably now. He has succeeded in scaring the living daylight out of her. Chinelo continued to shout as she prys herself lose from her naughty lover.
She ran off to the shore crying and laughing all at the same time. Austin in fact laughed even harder when she started picking up sea shells to throw at him. The more he dodged them, the more ambitious she targets. Austin laughed and laughed and soon both were laughing uncontrollably.
Up in the sky, the grey clouds seems to be gaining grounds. Chinelo sat herself on the sands. Her dress were wet and sandy. Austin still in the water beckoned on her to come join him, but she mocked him by giving him a tongue. After a few moments of getting to catch back her breath, Chinelo bravely stood up to the impish encouragement of Austin and walked the few meters to the head of the wave. There she sat herself down close enough to have the current wash over her. Austin crawled to her and collapsed himself on her feet. The current came in and washed over them both. They both felt themselves moved slightly closer towards the sea. But this time, they both do not care. They weren’t going to fight fate. They will just sit and allow things to take their proper course.
After a few moments in silence, Austin felt it was about time for what has brought them here. Austin reached for his pocket and brought out what looked like a cut-price gold-coated necklace. The necklace had two pendants in the shape of a heart. Austin squeezed it into Chinelo’s clinched palm as she looked on with great interest.
“Let this be the symbol of my undying love for you. I know it may not look much to you but please accept it as a piece of my bleeding heart. The two pendants represents each of us. The necklace is the invincible cord of love that holds us tightly together. So long as the cord is there, nothing will ever be able to come in between us.” Said Austin in the most sensual voice he never knew to have had.
Chinelo was petrified. Her eyes were fixed on him. She in fact was as motionless as a statue. The ocean current came in again and wash over them. When it retreated, Chinelo saw droplets of blood. She was startled because she did not know from where it came from. She wasn’t injured in anywhere she know of and, she as well was to a certain extent sure that Austin was not having any serious injury she knew of. But Chinelo did not see the brand new razor blade Austin had folded in his palms. She also did not see Austin make a little incision on his right thumps.
Austin was lying on his elbow to the side right after Chinelo’s leg. She was sitting with both legs stretched outwards. Austin had made the incision when the waves were in allover them. Though he had brought out the razor blade together with the necklace from his pocket, he discreetly buried it slightly in the sands underneath his chest.
“I want to swear on my blood that I Austin will never let you go; not for any reason whatsoever. So help me God.” Austin swore as he held up his bleeding thumbs before her.
Chinelo was stunned. She never expected this. But as fast as it came, the initial shock gave way to an effusive expression. When she looked into Austin’s eyes, what she saw there, challenged her. Without a second thought, she unfolded his left hand, took out the brand new razor blade from his palms. She closed her eyes and relaxed her facial disposition in an effort to bear the pain from the injury she was about inflicting on herself. As she was about making the cut, Austin reached out to stop her. She open her eyes only to find Austin a few inches from her face. “Are you sure of what you are about to do?” Austin asked in an emotion-laden voice. Looking dead straight into Austin’s eyes and with a determined grin on her face, she made the incision on her right thumbs. It gashed out blood but strangely, she was not feeling any pains. She held up her bleeding thumbs to his face and repeated exactly what Austin had said but substituted his name for hers.
“I want to swear on my blood that I Chinelo will never let you go; not for any reason whatsoever. So help me God”.
Austin too was shocked. He had never expected that she will agree to an impromptu oath. He had in fact gambled it. He had hoped for the best, but he was as well expecting the worst. He had infact expected her to even react violently. But that was not what had happened. He loves her and she unquestioningly loves him in return. Nothing could be as heartwarming as this.
Chinelo took Austin’s bleeding thumb and placed it directly on hers. She exacted a little pressure by pressing them slightly tight together. Austin stretched out his neck as Chinelo arched hers and they kissed. It was the longest and most affectionate kiss for either of them. The troublesome grey clouds seems to have conquered the once clear blue sky. As they kissed; there came the rain. It came and washed away the tears that stood in their eyes.

love is a beautiful thing and some times make us to take unguided and irrational decision.from my own point of view Austin being older is taking advantage of Chinelo.I undastand his fear but he really went too faw.his insecurity is not healthy for this relationship.if he really think he love chinelo,the best way to go about it is to let his intentions known to the family.he should also put in more efforts towards making it big in life thereby proving even further to his intended in laws that he can take good care of their doughter.thanks for the update.

Wa oo.things are getting more intresting for him.thanks for the update.

adekunle0000:
Exactly. In as much as I would not want to sound sentimental about this issue, the majority of these abuses I have been able to understudy seems to have "percieved morally upright" men and women as cuprits. The Brothers and Sisters in the Lord; for whom we give so much respect to. It is a endemic societal problem, and we cannot continue to pretend like it is not there. I think one of the best solutions to this problem is for parents to educate their children more on Gender and Sexuality. There is never a time that is too early, but there could possibly be a time when it will be too late. The earlier, the better.
Thanks for taking the time to read through. God bless you.

my brother you are really doing a great job.your diction and descriptions of events are so captivating,it's as if am some where around the compound witnessing the whole thing.you are indeed a good writer.God bless your husle.

This is what we call general beating.he got less of what he demand.child molestation is real and no one is to be trusted.in most cases it's been pepetuated by peaple the children trust most.God help us.

This suspense is too much oo.come and quench the fire you started.