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.....We have come to the end of another story even if it took a while. I want to thank everyone who took their to read, comment and like this work, even guests alike. I appreciate that act of yours and I promise to become better at what I do. I will back soon to begin something new, hopefully on my blog.

....I also want to appreciate everyone who have bought my works and I pray that God replenish your pockets in ways beyond your understanding.
......Special mention to Ebonyqueen001, I couldn't have been the writer I now am without you. God bless you richly.
.....I won't end this without thanking God. He is the reason behind this work. I love you all. This is me, Solomon, signing out.. Ciao....

CHAPTER 3
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THE FIRST CALL
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I walked the rude beauty to her hostel but we didn’t say much rather we just enjoyed walking in each other’s company. At a certain point in our walk when we passed through the fishery department, she rested her head on my biceps and held on to my hand rather too tight. I didn’t complain even if it was uncomfortable for me and I thought it was too early for all these show of quiet feelings but from that single display, I knew that when she eventually opens up, there would be a lot on her lips. She disengaged from me when we got to St. Annes and just walked away from me like nothing just happened. I watched her walk into her hostel and just as she was about to go through the gate, she turned back and mouthed,


“Don’t get carried away.” Before she continued her walk. She was obviously enjoying the attention no doubt but I had this feeling that this wasn’t the first time she acted towards someone like that. I turned away and headed for my room. I got to the hall in the early hours of the morning to find boys talking and laughing, apparently, the protest was a success but I knew deep down that there was going to be repercussions. I left them in their merry mood as it was obvious that most were done with their lectures for the semester.


"Their papa, infact Adewole dey mad. Him be V.C, yet he no fit fix this cheating, I mean which kind rubbish be that. How light no go dey, water no go dey and yet they want make me pass our exams, abi I no pay my school fees?” I heard the boastful words of Tolu, my roomie. I got into my room to find him talking with the finalist,


“Solo, you follow do protest yesterday?” He asked.


“No. I dey library that time.”


“Which kind yeye talk be that, when your boys dey expose the irregularities for this yeye school, you dey read nonsense. How you go dey Zik hall, the heartbeat of this school and guys dey para, you dey jack, jack wetin.”
I laughed after what he just said but I knew it wasn’t a funny issue.


“No vex but I think say the protest na just rumour, you know say I no dey used to all this stuff and besides I dey fear.”


“Fear wetin, wetin wan happen? Abi , you sabi say if we wan make this school shut down now, we fit do am and nothing fit shele. Na we get this school.”


I nodded and then dropped my bag as I was dead tired from the back and forth walk through the school but then, it was worth it. I was rudely woken by my phone some few minutes past one in the afternoon by my mum. I sat up immediately, surprised at how long I was asleep. She asked about my well being and all to which I confirmed that I was alright. I ran to the tap after the call and proceeded to have my bath as I planned to look for the test tube replacement. I showered and after putting on my clothes, I realized that I didn’t know where to get the tube. The address on the calendar in the laboratory directed me to Dugbe but that area itself was big and not an easy area to comb looking for test tubes. I decided to call a friend who told me that I didn’t have to go that far that there was a shop just adjacent to the school gate. I couldn’t be happier; I thanked him and ran to the gate, hopping into the next cab that stopped.


After walking past first bank and then the road opposite Awolowo way, I crossed over to the other side where true to my friend words; the shop was staring at me in the face. I walked in there with confidence, asked for the tube and was told the price which actually shocked me. I expected it to be more expensive with the way the assistant kept hitting on it, useless man. I paid #350 for it and gently kept it in my bag. I was really happy and decided to take a walk to Bukky’s shop as it wasn’t too far away. I got there to find her on her phone, she was a little surprised to see me. She hugged me which took me by surprise before she asked what I wanted to buy. I laughed and told I was just here to see her. She went strangely quiet, which took me by surprise.


“Are you alright?” I asked, she nodded but I was still skeptical.


“Uhm… I don’t know if we can have our date now as I will not be able to make it tomorrow. I am sorry about that.”


"I knew it, that’s why you are here. Why did you promise what you will not be able to do and do you think I will leave this shop just because you want to take me out? Please, if you can’t make it tomorrow, then forget it.”


I was taken aback by her reply; I mean where did all that come from. I was lost for words as I didn’t understand what I was supposed to say. I closed my jaw and adjusted my bag and headed out of the place. As I did, I heard a loud hiss behind me and I heard her say in her language that,


“Instead of him to just say that he has no money to take me out, he is busy beating around the bush, broke guy.”


Chai!, na me this girl finish like this, on top say I carry my legs come see am. I was far from broke and I thought she was smart to have known this. I mean, how many students can buy food items worth 6k, I guess I was wrong about her mental assessment. She must be another beauty without too much intellect but still I was really embarrassed at how she just finished me. I must get my pound of flesh, I vowed just as I entered through the school gate, I must and I will.


I was really angry but at least I had the tube, I was barely into the hall when I heard the potter giving an announcement from his office which suggests it was important,


"Eric Babalola, you have a letter from the school Authorities.” The man went on and on, calling several names, telling them to pick up their letters. I shook my head, I knew that there must be repercussions and now the school will surely discipline them for their stupidity. The hall chairman had two warning letters from the school already and he might not be lucky with this third one.


"Forget, nothing fit happen. If them rusticate Babalola, woh, we go shut this school down, Adewole ti ya werey.” I heard Tolu screaming once again to his friends as they traded words but I wasn’t interested in all that as what Bukky did to me occupied my thoughts. My mind was filled with how I was going to get back at her. I will spend on her of course but how will I be able to take more than her time from her, I wanted that body too. I couldn’t possibly bring her to my room as that might spoil my chances with others such as Francess and for some reason I didn’t want to hurt the rude beauty. For whatever I plan to happen, I must have a place outside school to do anything, for now I didn’t and there was even more trouble for me as I was still a virgin which will give more room for her to mock me. Damn it! I was screwed both ways; I slumped on my bed, defeated.

Chapter 1

My Mistake


“Your workbook will not be marked until you get another test tube; we both know the consequences of not doing as I have said.” The rude Laboratory assistant said before dismissing me. I so hated the man as everyone that takes CHE 197 on Fridays. I have always been very careful when handling those glass wares as I wasn’t very financially buoyant, I had no clue on how and where to get the another one and when I asked the annoying dude, he simply pointed towards a calendar on the wall in their tiny office. I was infuriated at the way he treated me,
“No be say im fine gaan, abi na better work im think say im dey do for here.” I said within me and then hissed before working out of the big lab. I was not only angry at what he said but at the fact that I had only two thousand naira in my account and I had already planned on getting food stuffs and do some printouts. I sighed out of frustration because I worked so hard to get that money, I had to flash my mother for good one week before she sent that money and all that time I was feeding on garri which later landed me in JaJa – the university clinic but that’s a story for another day.
I stayed outside the lab and stared at the cracked test tube wondering the rotten luck that followed me today. I hissed and then dumped the tube into my bag and began my walk to the school gate to get my food stuff. I will get the tube before the next practical, for now I needed to get some food. I walked from the chemistry department to the gate using the straight route. I passed through Queen Elizabeth hall and I watched as guys and their babes were holding hands and laughing out loud at the love garden, just opposite the hall. It was a lovely scene but I knew I couldn’t have that, not yet at least. Soon, I passed through the I.T centre and then I reached the gate.
After a few months here, I had a customer where I bought most of my things from, not that she sells it cheap but because I was just too lazy to find cheaper outlets and I didn’t particularly liked conversing with them in their native tongue. I crossed over to the other side which was called Agbowo and soon found my way to my customer but alas, she wasn’t there and her kiosk was closed. I rolled my eyes and slammed my right fist into my left palm; my day just couldn’t get any worse.
I took a deep breath and then walked for a while, looking for a place as neat and not too crowded as my customer’ but it seemed my over selective nature wasn’t yielding any result after walking for about fifteen minutes and so I decided to get my items at the next store and it just happened that I saw a better looking shop than my customer’ right in front of a house. I walked into the shop expecting to find a middle aged woman or one in her sixties but I was taken by surprise when I saw a young woman not more than twenty one approaching me to answer to my needs. Now, it wasn’t the fact that she was young but her sheer physical look blew my mind away; she was tall, at least the same height with me and was sporting a jean on long legs. She was very curvy and quite busty; I didn’t need to look behind her to know she was heavy with flesh on that side.
She smiled when she got close to me, chai! She had one of the most beautiful smiles I had ever seen with a beautiful face and fair skin to top it all. She was my perfect kind of girl, the one I had been unable to find in my short time here in this city. I woke from my trance and whispered “good evening” as I seemed to have lost my voice while staring at her. She replied with “Eka san” and that made me angry immediately, how can a goddess like this unable to speak English, it was a huge turn off for me and I immediately told her what I wanted.
She attended to me with zeal and vigour and when she bent to pick up the container used in measuring the garri , I almost screamed “Osanobua” because I had never seen a batty so round and big in my life. I decided that I wasn’t going to ignore the first girl that appealed to me since I got into town because of a language that wasn’t ours. I changed my countenance immediately and tried to start a conversation in Yoruba but I was goofing and I wished there I knew how to speak the language. She laughed at my pathetic tries of speaking the language and helped me by asking me to repeat after her, moving her arms as she did and once in a while she would laugh so hard at my difficulty which made her breasts swing in different directions. Her eyes watered as the conversation went on and as God would have it that day, no one came to buy anything while I was there.
She asked what I was studying as she knew I was in the university and I told her I was in the engineering department; she raised her eyebrows after hearing that and then nodded her head. She said I was very handsome and then we exchanged numbers with me promising to always come here whenever I needed supplies. She thanked me before I left, I was glad like I had won a lottery but then I knew I was going to have difficulty communicating with her and I wondered when next I would come to her place as I knew that the next time my phone will ring for an alert from my bank account would be at least a month. I would have to find another reason to see her.
I walked into the school and found my way to my hostel passing the road just before one gets to the I.T centre at the left if one was coming from the gate and then I passed through the fishery department before I got to the most popular and craziest hall of residence in the school – Nnamdi Azikiewe Hostel. I walked into the hall and found my wall to the room by passing through the space close to the porter’s office and then bursting out to the space in front of building B. I was in room 15, downstairs. I loved the room as it was close to some shops of different purposes. The most popular among the shop owners was a benin woman who sells Provisions with her daughter and younger sister. I didn’t like them so I passed and walked into my room to find my roommate who was a fresher just like I was in a foul mood. The other roomie who was a finalist wasn’t around and I wondered what provoked Tolu to start murmuring and hitting his wooden wardrobe.
I was surprised and asked what happened while I was away but he didn’t answer me but instead continued with his rants, repeating a particular statement,
“If I no char Adesuwa before I leave house this semester, if I no fvck this girl before I go house, walahi I be bastard. Na me this girl play like this, me, Tolu – baba werey.”
Adesuwa was the younger sister to the popular benin shop owner close to my room, I have always seen her with Tolu for a while. They looked great together and I wondered what must have caused the disagreement between them. But now that I think about that day, I wish I never asked about what happened that day between them, I wish I never bothered about what was never my business, I wish I left my curiousity on the low, I wish.

.... . I will post the episodes tomorrow evening...

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WRITTEN BY SOLOMON
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CONTINUED
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JASON
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I couldn't concentrate any longer during practice. I was making silly errors and it wasn't long before I decided to go home. Coach said he wouldn't be able to take us today, he told me to take charge. But right now, I am doing just the opposite because I couldn't just stop thinking about this Taylor of a girl. I asked Eric to take my place as I wasn't feeling too well. Taylor saw me leaving the field and quickly followed me. I didn't want to talk to her yet, so I hurried my steps. I got into the bathroom and showered. As I put back my clothes, I couldn't help but wonder what this girl actually wants from me. Why is she so interested in me, am I someone she knew from her past, why is she so confident that something else entirely took place as I laid dying in the hospital few months back. If she knows the truth, what is it to her.
I got dressed and found her at the parking lot.
" Let's go. "I said to her.
" So, are you ready to talk now? and what's with the scowl, common cheer up. "
I was beginning to get irritated by her behavior, one minute she is a freak, then another, she acts like we are best of friends. For God sake, I don't know anything about her save her name.
" What do you want? " I asked.
"Well, that's a little harsh. Well, I just want to know what happened to you in the hospital. What changed, what could have healed a torn IVC. "
She said as she attempted to climb into the public bus. I stopped her by grabbing her left arm and yanked her back.
" Hey, what was that for?" she asked.
"We are not using the bus today. If you intend to know this town inside out, it's best you use your legs."
"Why didn't you just say so earlier, you just embarrassed me now besides why is your hold that hard? "
I didn't answer her, I just smiled.
"It's amusing to you, right. Jerk." She retorted before stumping off. I laughed out really loud, I wanted her to hear it.
"Um, take the left turn, angry queen. "
I finally got what I wanted, no more freaky questions. We kept our distance that way till we got to her house. She didn't say anything, just ran into her court yard.
" A thank you won't be so bad." I teased. She replied by giving me the middle finger.
I laughed once more and headed home. I took a little nap and when I woke up, I decided to cook something.
I got to the kitchen and discovered I was out of groceries. Shitt, I was supposed to go the store after school. I checked the time, it was past seven already. My nap was that long, I took my cell and ordered for a Pizza, I changed mind and ordered for two.
I looked at my phone and wondered when I was gonna change it. I took a quick shower, wore some new clothes and applied my favorite Cologne.
Soon, the delivery man arrived, I paid him off and headed for Taylor's place, I intended to apologize for my rude behavior earlier today. I knocked on their door and this time, her dad answered.
"Hey, you are Mister Jason, aren't you? "
I smiled and answered," Yes, pleased to finally meet you Mr Chambers. "
" Come right in. Are those pizzas for me? " he teased.
"Um... Not really, I got them for Taylor, we didn't really get off to a good start today."
"Oh, Taylor can be very impossible sometimes, don't worry, she will come around. "
" So, you are a football fan? "
" Yeah, a dolphin fan. "
" Well, I am not really into football, I am more of the soccer type. "
" Waoh, you don't look the type, sir. "
He laughed before he replied," Yeah, I get that a lot. I heard about what happened to you few months back. It must have been a horrible experience, but praise God, you overcame. "
" Yeah, I am grateful to God for a second chance at life. "
Just then, Kane and Charles came through the door before coming towards their dad and then they came for me.
" Hello, you two. "
" Good evening, Mrs Chambers. "
" Good evening, Jason. How was school today? "
" It was all good. "
Apparently, the kids went out with their mum, but I couldn't find Taylor.
" Um.... I can't seem to find Taylor. " I said.
" Oh, she should be in her room. Taylor, come down here, Jason is here. " Mrs Chambers called out to her daughter. Taylor refused to answer or maybe she didn't even hear.
" Maybe, she is in of her moods again. She was really sad when she came back from school today. Did something happen in school today? " Mrs Chambers asked.
" Nah...just the usual teenage stuff. She will get used to it. "
"Alright, why don't you go see her. Her room is by the left."
I thanked her and climbed up the stairs. The stair case was renovated and more Renaissance paintings of Christ filled the walls upstairs. I got to her room and knocked,
"I don't want to see anyone now, especially you Jason. "
" Common, I was only kidding today. You don't have to take everything personal. "
" I am not opening the door. "
" Alright, I am sorry for being such a Jerk today. I brought pizzas. "
She chuckled," is that supposed to make me open the door. You know what, you suck really bad when it comes to communicating with girls. "
" Yeah, that's exactly what my last eight girlfriends said before I dated each of them. "
" You are such a Jerk. Just because I am crushing on you doesn't mean I will be your next use and dump ex-girlfriend. "
" I didn't say such, just open the door. The pizza is getting warm. "
She finally opened the door. She was putting on one of her ankle length gown again.
I got in and the first thing she did was drag the pizza from me.
" So Tell me, why was your best friend hands completely broken and two days later, he was back to using them. "
The question shook me to my bones and the pizza on my lips fell off.
Shitt...
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Shalomdee:
Following, you have a great story here so don't abandon it please.

I won't. Thanks for reading.

waslek:
Following nice start

Thanks for reading.

I was on my way back from work when I heard a scream, I overlooked it, I heard it again and this time, some pleas "dad, don't, she is sorry, don't start with the beatings again, please dad" a female voice spoke. The next thing I heard was the sound of fists hitting flesh. I became enraged and followed the sound due west. I arrived an isolated house, I went through the back and pushed the man off urging the young girl to call 911 before her mom dies from the beatings. But instead, she was just crying and shaking her head. The next thing I heard was whoosh, the mad dad tried hitting me with a stick but due to my extra senses I dodged it and quickly bundled him to the ground, the fellow was no match for me. I was about pulling off up my shirt to tie the man's hands when I felt my flesh being pierced by a steel, I turned back and in horror saw that the girl I was trying to help just stabbed me, what in God's name is wrong with this demented family. I removed the knife, blood gushed out, she had barely missed my left kidney, what a bittttch I said within.
My distraction gave room for the foolish man to get up, pickup the knife and almost stab me also, in anger I gave a punch so hard he flew backward and his neck snapped due to the force of my punch. The girl screamed and moved to where her dad was, she looked pale after checking for his pulse and finding none. She screamed, you have killed him. Dammit, quickly, I cleaned my blood off the knife and floor and then took off. I was only trying to help but I had only made things worse. I arrived at my home, took some of my things and off I went in my ride straight to Gary Hill. I had lost control again and now I would be wanted for murder, Dammit, I slammed my fists against the dashboard of my truck.

Haven lived for the last 200 years, it's hard to see anything worth risking. My whole existence has centered around fear, isolation and dejection. I couldn't marry since I will outlive my wife, I couldn't make love because my strength would kill the woman, I couldn't settle for long in a place because I would have to explain why I wasn't aging.,wheew, what a life!
Due to these reasons and more, I became a traveller, moving from one Continent to another,finally 6 months back, I moved to this small little town called Maplewood. The town was one beautiful country side , filled with thick woodlands perfect for my runs when I transformed . The people here were friendly and hardworking, still I knew it was best for me to stay away and live in the woods, I couldn't risk another exposure.
Fifty miles down the road was another town named Gary Hill, it was far bigger than Maplewood, but a bit noisy and overpopulated. I loved where I was and wasn't planning on leaving until the events of 6 hours before changed everything and consequently the rest of my boring existence.
I am Andrew, a werewolf and this is my story.