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Carlisle:
Sorry Man at least you're alright... That's the most important thing thanks for the update.... Waiting for that part 3 like the second coming

lol! Thanks.

Daeveed:
The End??

Book 3 is coming.

Osaze20091:
Lol,Bro you are the best for us ..i just dont know how i will know when you wanna start the part 3 ...ride on

Thanks. I will start posting part three on Sunday night.

I will start posting Book 3 next week Sunday. One day one of my book will sha reach front page. I ain't giving up yet.

Chapter 10

About 20 minutes had gone by, and the chaos was still going on outside with no help in sight. Tony was sitting on the toilet floor, glad his landlord had gotten a metal door for the entrance of his apartment. His heart still beat at alarming rate, but he had hope help was on the way.

He was going through his phonebook again when he heard the sound of car tires screeching on concrete outside, and then there was silence. A few seconds later, there was a little shouting, before gun shots rang in the air. Tony counted about 5 shots and then everywhere became silent again.

About ten seconds later, he heard a knock at the door with a familiar voice calling his name and asking him to open up. He breathed a sigh of relief before heading to the door. He saw his friend; Tunde Otega wearing a white caftan. Behind him were three mean looking military men with AK 47 rifles hanging from their sholders. “Thank God!” Tony said as he shook and hugged his 6 ft 7 tall, heavily built friend.
“You have to leave.” One of the soldiers said and they all walked rapidly out of the compound. On the street was a pickup truck, and a silver colored Toyota Avalon. The military men got into pickup truck and Tony and Tunde were about to get into the Toyota when a Mercedes Benz SUV started approaching slowly from the other end of the street. The soldiers jumped back out of the car, but Tony told them it was no problem, that it was someone he knew.
Judith parked haphazardly on the street, jumped out of her car and ran out to hug him. They were still in an embrace when one of the soldiers backed out. “Let us leave here!”
“Tony, we need to go. Now!” Tunde said, urging his friend along. He got into his car and Judith and Tony got into the Mercedes G Class. First, the pickup drove out, then the Mercedes, and then the Avalon. Judith didn’t say anything as she concentrated on keeping up with the top speed the pickup in front of her was driving at.

After about 5 minutes of high speed driving through the streets of Lagos, the pickup started slowing down, and then stopped at a filling station totally out of Tony’s neighborhood. The two cars parked behind it. Tunde got out of his car and went to say some things to the men in the pickup, and then they drove off. Tony stepped out of the car as his friend walked back to them. The two men spoke for a couple of minutes, and then shook hands before departing. Tony got in the car, and his huge friend waved at Judith before heading to his car. “Let’s go to your place.” Tony said and Judith nodded without saying a word.

She hadn’t driven for more than two minutes when her hands started shaking. It was like the adrenaline rush she had gotten earlier had faded off. After a few seconds, she parked the car on the side of the highway and jumped out of the car.
Tony got out of the car and watched for a few seconds as Judith walked back and forth, shaking all the time, and then he walked over to hold her in an embrace. “Why? Why did you do it?” She said between sobs. “You could have been killed.”
“I’m sorry.” He said as he rubbed her back gently.
“You have to work on your drinking problem.” She said, looking up at him. He looked into her eyes, and what he saw was genuine love. They searched each others eyes before they finally locked lips and kissed passionately. After a few seconds of kissing, they disentangled, looked around at the busy high way and laughed in unison.

Just then, a motorcycle pulled up in front of them. Tony instinctively shielded Judith as one of the men jumped off the bike and approached them, with a menacing look on his face. He reached behind him, as his hand came up, the sun rays bounced off the metal in his hand. A shot rang out, and Tony staggered back with his hand on his stomach. The guy tried to fire another shot, but it appeared the gun had jammed as all he got was a ‘clicking; sound. He tried a few more times with no success before he jumped on the bike and they zoomed off.

Judith stood still there in shock as Tony held on to the grill of the SUV and tried to stand up. Blood had stained his grey shirt now and he was gasping for air. After a while, he fell to the floor.

There was silence for a few seconds before Judith’s scream pierced the air.

End of book 2

Go here for book 3- https://www.nairaland.com/3385929/me-book-3-romance-novelette

Carlisle:
Oga Kayo what's happening hope you're alright... We are waiting for the update sir

Sorry, I got robbed on Lagos-Ibandan express yesterday. I'll update later in the afternoon.

Daeveed:
Hello... Any More Updates Today??

Nope. Till tomorrow.

Chapter 9

He woke up with a bad headache. The unrealistic dream he was having started fading away with every person second as he tried to make sense out of it. Then he heard what had woken him; a knock at his window. He knew the person must be someone that knew his apartment well enough to know where his room window was. He quickly sat up in bed and tried to gather his thoughts before answering whoever it was. He saw a bowl with few strands of noodles left in it on the floor by the bed; next to that was an empty bottle of water. He concluded that he had blanked out yesterday; because he could not even remember buying the noodles, talk less of cooking it. Then his mind went back to the fight.
“Bros Tony.” A familiar voice called his name out, distorting his thoughts. Just as he wanted to answer his neighbor, he heard a lot of footsteps outside, and a lot of murmuring getting closer and closer to his window. “Where is he? Let him come out.” He heard someone shout, and then the person banged hard on his window. Tony stayed silent on the bed as he tried to listen to what was being discussed outside, and then many more hands started knocking on all the windows of his house. He heard someone say, “This guy go die today.” He peeped out his window and fear gripped him when he saw about half a dozen heavily built guys in their early twenties, looking like they were ready to give him the beating of his life.


He panicked as he wasn’t sure the extent of damage he did to the guys he had fought yesterday night. The murmuring got louder, and people were shouting his name out loud now, asking for him to come out. He ran to the toilet and locked the door. Just as he was thinking about what next to do, his phone rang. It was Ayo. He picked up immediately. “Ayo. Thank God!” Tony shouted into the receiver.
“Hey, Bukkie just called me. She said…”
“Ayo, I am in deep shit.” Tony said, cutting off his friend. The goons outside had started breaking the windows and trying to break down the door.
“What happened? Bukkie said a lot of people were gathered outside your house.”
“I went to drink yesterday and got into a fight.”
“Oh shit! I thought you had piped down on the drinking.”
“Ayo, this is serious. These guys are like cult members or something.”
“Shit! I’m far away.” Ayo said and paused before saying, “I’ll make a few calls. Just stay inside.”
“Okay.” Tony said and the line went dead.
His heart was beating fast as he imagined what the guys would do to him if they gained entrance. He didn’t know if they were any numbers he could reach the police on, and as his shaky hands typed in google.com into his phone browser, a thought came to his mind. He quickly scrolled through his phone number till he got to T, and then he slowly scrolled down, till he got to a number stored as Tunde Otega. He dialed it and the line was picked up almost immediately. The deep masculine voice on the other side said, “Hello! Tony, what’s up?”
Tony started rambling on and on about what had happened and the fact that they had almost broken down the door. The guy kept repeating, “Calm down! Calm down!” When Tony finally stopped talking, he asked, “How many are they?”
“About 6, or 7, I am not so sure.”
“Okay. I’m on my way.”

Chapter 8


His wet feet made a squish-squash sound as they struggled to gain friction with the sandals he had on. He had his right hand on his crotch as he walked through the wet street. It had started raining shortly after Sade left, and the rain had made his mood worse. After the rain subsided a bit, Tony decided to take a trip to his favorite bar.


As he approached the spot, he could see a couple of empty white plastic chairs outside. The people seated there before had probably gone inside the inner bar when the rain started. He rose up his left hand and flattened out his palm to gauge the intensity of the rain. It had come down to a slight drizzle. As he took his seat outside the bar, Lizzy came out and said, “Bros, come inside na!”
“No, don’t worry, I don’t mind the rain.” He said and she looked at him for a few seconds confused, before a smile appeared on her face. She nodded and headed back into the main bar. She reappeared a few seconds later with a bottle of Big Stout in her hand. As she opened the bottle, foam oozed out and she quickly lifted it off the table and let the content drip to the floor.


“Sorry.” She said to Tony with a smile on her face. Tony smiled back at her as she cleaned the little mess on the table with a napkin she picked from an empty pain bucket next to wall. If it were anyone else but her, he would have reacted differently, but she was the sole reason he usually hung out at this bar. Although considering social status, she wasn’t someone he would ever consider dating, the sight of her alone made him happy. Of course she had some of the physical attributes he liked in a woman like big breasts, brown complexion, and a slim figure, but it was her temperament that caught his fancy.


Being someone with constant mood swings, he was always delighted every time he came to the bar and saw her lively and full of spirit without being flirty with the customers.


The rain had completely stopped now and people had started coming back out, one by one. Lizzy came out and he signaled to her by raising up his index finger that he needed another bottle. She smiled at him before heading back inside. Just then, he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He found out it was Ayo calling him when he pulled it out. After staring at the phone for an obsessively long time, he silenced it, and put it back in his jeans pocket.

………………..

Slowly, the outside bar that had been crowded after the rain began to get empty. Before long, it was just Tony and one other customer outside. Then it was just Tony outside with a few people inside. His fourth bottle was almost empty when they started stacking the plastic chairs on top of each other; indirectly telling people they were about to close.


Lizzy was picking up a couple of empty bottles from the tables around him as he drank the remaining content of his cup. He pulled her back by the waist as she was rushing off with the bottles. A brief smile appeared on her face which was quickly replaced by a blank look. He brought out a wad of money from his left breast pocket and handed three five hundred Naira notes over to her. She collected it, did a little mental calculation before putting the money in the pouch around her waist and handing Tony his change.


As he got up, ready to head home, he felt his phone buzz again. When he checked it out, it was Ayo calling him again. He muted the phone, waved at Lizzy and her colleagues as he walked away from the bar.


He passed the long route home as he wanted to get noodles to eat. He was approaching the supermarket when he saw two guys from his street that liked to make fun of his skinny physique. They were college kids that had gotten a flat two houses away from Tony’s on the same side of the street.


They started laughing after mumbling some words between each other. He was a few feet from them now, and he went over to the edge of the street and slowly picked up a plank that was put over the gutter to help people cross it. He took a deep breath as he headed towards the guys. From the reflection of the moon, he could see they were scared as he approached them, but their egos didn’t allow them run.


He smiled before hitting the chubby one on the face with the plank. The guy shrieked before falling to the floor, and started turning around in pain. The other teen was a little bit built, and had his fists up, ready to fight Tony, but his hands were shaky and he kept looking back at his friend on the floor. With all the anger in him, Tony hit him with a right hand punch that made the guy stagger backwards, but he still had his fists up. And then Tony hit him with another right jab, and then a left, and then another right, and then…

Chapter 7


“Hey, Judith, what’s up?” Sade said. There was a slight slur in her voice and confusion was written all over her face. It was obvious she was trying to connect the dots, but she was lost.

“Sade, how are you doing?” Judith said as she smiled at Sade.
Tony stood there confused; his eyes went from sexy looking Sade in a flower patterned navy blue blouse on black skirt, to Judith who seemed like she had everything figured out. “You guys know each other?” Tony managed to say.
“Yea.” Sade said as she sat on a couch adjacent to where Judith was.
“Yup! We still hung out on Sunday.” Judith said and then shifted her focus from Sade to Tony before saying, “Sade works with 123. I have an endorsement deal with them.”
There was an uncomfortable silence in the room for a few seconds before Sade finally laughed, and then Judith joined her in the laughter. “This is really quite awkward, I must say.” Sade said and looked up at Tony, “It was at her aunt’s place in Palm Avenue I parked my car the night I…” She was saying and then stopped to laugh some more.
“Okay. I think it’s time for me to leave.” Judith said after another prolonged silence. She got off her seat and smiled at Sade before adding, “Sade, I’ll see you around. Tony, I’ll call you. Bye guys.” She said and cupped Sade’s face in her hand for a quick second before walking to the door. Tony walked behind her and Judith quickly turned around at the door to face him, “No need walking me to the gate.” She said with a smile.
“Okay. I’ll call you.” Tony said and Judith chuckled before turning around and walking away.
Sade was on her feet when Tony turned around. “For a moment there, I thought I had walked into a movie set or something.”
“Funny.” Tony said and scratched his head. He was face to face with her now, and he looked into her eyes, but it was clear her mind had wondered off. He held her face in his hands and then she focused on him, and removed his hands.
“Why exactly was Judith here?” She asked as she moved a few feet backward.
“Sade, it is very complicated.”
“Complicated?” She said, squeezing up her face before sitting back on the couch. The room was quiet for a few seconds and then she said. “Tony, I know I have no rights asking you why she was here.” She was saying then paused to remove her bag from her back on the couch before adding, “Yea, I am just the one night stand experience you had, but…”
“Don’t say that.” He said cutting her off.
“You seemed like a really nice guy, and I just wanted to be your friend.” She said as she slowly rubbed her neck. “You know, I was thinking maybe I could be a good girl again, and whatever comes out of it comes out of it”.” She continued. She stopped rubbing her neck after a while and looked straight at Tony before saying, “But, you have to tell me what exactly you have with Judith.”
Tony sighed before saying, “Sade, it is complicated. I can’t tell you.”
Her stern look turned to disappointment, and then she got off the couch. “I think it is best I leave.” Tony wanted to beg her to stay, but he knew she wasn’t the same person that walked through the door a few minutes ago. All the energy in her had been drained, and it would be worthless asking her to stay. They walked silently out the door and as they approached the gate, she stopped for second, shook her head and continued walking.


A big rat ran from under the car beside them to the gutter, and Sade squealed and held on to Tony. She let go and laughed after a few seconds before she continued walking.


As she got into her Toyota Corolla, Tony had to fight a strong urge to ask her to stay. “So, I’ll see you around?” He said, looking down at her from where he stood.


She fired up the car engine and smiled up at him before saying, “Take care Tony.” She honked her horn twice before driving slowly out of the street.