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TheBlessedMAN:
DEDICATED to the memory of a Friend like a Younger Brother, Shodunke Oluwafemi Isaiah who passed away after a brief headache on the 31st of August 2017.

A middle finger to Death, for taking away such a young and vibrant young man from us. R.I.P.P Isaiah.....your memory lives on.


99. COUNTLESS.


Two terms had passed since Jide was parentically forced out of school.

All pleas from the rest of his extended family to his father's to make him rescind his harsh decision on his first child all proved a fizzer. Therefore, after more than a month on this wildgoose chase, the family eventually bow down to his father's decision and all what they could do at the moment is to wish the teenage boy best of luck.

That was how Jide became an untimely drop out from secondary school as a result of his.......his.......well I can't really come up with the perfect adjective to describe his errant actions.

His mother had been a great mother to him during those trying times. She took him to Odeda where her younger brother abides, and also a far away place from Olomore where his father's house was situated and it was there Jide had learned all the necessary skills to become a professional Tiler.

Darous on his part, save for the occassional feelings of guilt thats always puncturing his conscience whenever he remembers the role he took in how his friend became a drop out, he's undisputedly having the best moment of his 17years on earth with Lola, the girl he stole from his friend.

"I fvcked up....I shouldn't have gone that far." Darous had soliloquized to himself on his way home from school one sultry afternoon. "I shouldn't have taken Lola from him talkless of swindling more than one thousand naira out of him....ah!" He lamented while simultaneously bitting his own lips. "there's no excuse for what I did....no..."

"but there's still chance for you to make amends...." An elderly woman's voice startled him from behind and it was when he turned around that he realized that he had subconsciously made the wrong turn and that had thereby led him to the cassava plantation of the elderly woman.

"erm...erm....am sorry ma." He stuttered, struggling to find his voice.

"nothing to be sorry about my son. I believe God purposely led you here for a reason. I can see you are very disturbed...." The confused Darous just stood rooted to the same spot as the elderly woman began to unleash a 20mins of sermon on his teenage ears. "look up my son, what do you see?"

"erm....sky and....the sun." replied Darous after staring at the sky for a brief moment.

"good...and thats to tell you that, the remaining sun in the sky can still dry a lot from your cloths of past mistakes and thats if you're ready to wash them clean." Its on that idiomatic conclusion that the woman ended her counselling and guided Darous out of her large farm.

"yes.... I need to start washing the cloths by first of all, end everything with Lola. I know she won't take it easily but I will have to apply a strong detergent, if am ever going to succeed in making my cloths free of her stains." He concluded in his mind just before he succumbed to the call of nature on the night of that day.


****

"you filthy whöre...stop disturbing my life, am tired of you. Leave me Alone."

"is that what I deserve from you after everything?" Lola had cried out bitterly when it seems Darous has really made up his mind to end the relationship. They had been on the issue since breaktime when Darous had approached her at the shed and had told her bluntly that its over.

"breaktime? No we still have 10mins more nao...." Lola had replied ignorantly and oblivious to what Darous was implying.

"I can't believe that with all that expensive beauty of yours, you still have enough space in your skull to make space for dumbness."

"whats wrong with you? Are you high or what?....please if this is a joke, please stop it." That was the statement she made before Darous dragged her out of the shed, most importantly away from the eyes of the unneccessary audience they were creating, to the groove section of the school compound whence he'd spoken to her more explicitly.

"bet with me Darous, you will regret this....I swear to you on my virginity you took that, I will never rest until I see you suffer." Lola threatened effusively at him before she exited the groove fuming with extreme anger and hatred towards Darous and all Darous could say to himself after she left was:

"weldone Darous, the mighty drycleaner." He said with a wryly smile and followed it with a light chuckle. "now that have washed the stain away from the cloth, whats next is to spray it under the sun to dry it. Eheh."

HAD I KNOWN?. This phrase has never been said before a regrettable action was taken. It always come at the end of it. Had Darous known, he wouldn't have taken Lola's threat lightly cos there are stains that can be easily removed when washed with something mild and simple as a bucket of water.

While there are also some that takes all your Hypos and will even make sure fainting is imminent upon you before they fled your cloth. And likewise there are some stains that always make sure they damage your whole cloth before leaving it. Such stains are raw Cashew juice, the water from a vehicle's battery and etcetera.

Oblivious to Darous was the fact that Lola belonged to the latter group.

***

4years Later,
Darous now 20yrs old was in 200level at the Federal college of education there in Abeokuta and things were really going smooth for him as an individual and his entire family at large.

Lola on her own, after failing twice to gain admission into an higher institution had enrolled herself in a catering institute as an apperentice and as at the time of this events, she has a few months left to become a standard caterer.

Things had not been running smoothly for Mr Adekunle, the man Jide was living with and that had thereby reduced their daily meals to once or twice per day, solely depending on how luck really shined on them and thats the level they had been maintaining for the past 4 months.

On a fateful saturday afternoon, Jide was sitting inside the balcony of their apartment when he noticed that a wedding reception will soon take place on the small football pitch beside their house.

Instantly, he knew his stomach will never go hungry for that day.
Without notifying his sleeping uncle, he dashed towards his wardrobe and began preparing to attend the reception.

It was one of those times when you have to dress extremely well enough to get the attention of the waitresses in an occassion so that they can serve you the best foods, so also was Jide on this day.

He had barely sat down for two minutes under the broad and large canopy when a female waitress approached him with a plate of jollof rice and chicken meat.

Without raising his head up, he collected the food and began devouring it hungrily. Half way into the food, his eyes caught the sight of a beautiful lady among the passing waitress who was seen approaching the serving area and he hurriedly dropped the rice he was eating on the table before he began to approach the lady.

Sooner than expected, he got to where the lady was getting ready to carry out her next duty and he cleared his throat before talking.

"Lo...la.."He called slowly in a whisper as if the lady will slap him if she caught him calling her name. "Lola...?" He called again but more audible this time around.

"please we will get to your seat very soon, just stay in your seat. Please." Lola replied without turning around to see the person that just called her name. She didn't bother about how the person knew her name because all the waitresses claded in a pink shirt and black jean, including her wore a tag that bears their names on the brest side of their cloth.

"its me Jide." He stated hoping that would get her attention and so it did.

"whats that suppo....se..." Lola stated and stuttered out the last word as she turned around to see the same guy she'd spent half of the last two years searching for now standing before her. "am I dreaming?....Jide? Is this really you?" She said with a suprise filled eyes.

"flesh and blood o...na me be this o." Jide said with a warm smile as they both engaged in a tight cuddle for a brief moment.

"we have a lot to talk about but am very busy right now." Lola stated after they'd both disengaged from eachother when they noticed that the eyes of other guests were now on them.

"thats where I live over there." Jide said pointing to the direction of his house. "holla me there. I'll be waiting for you in the balcony."

"alright. Later dear." Lola said and smiled before they both returned to whatever they were both doing before the meeting.

***

"longtime dear" Lola said with a placcid smile after they'd both settled down on the long bench inside the balcony.

"eheh.....is that what growing up has done to you or what?"

"what do you mean?"

"you calling me dear? And this recent one just makes it the second time in the space of 4hours....something you never did during the 5years we spent together at school."

"its not like that jare...." Lola said with a shy wink.

"And after all the gifts I bought for you, you still didn't find it enough as payment of my tuition into your Dear College back then."

"wait...what gift are you talking about?"

"ahahah....don't pretend now...its too late for that....am not even concerned about that now...."

"but seriously, you didn't buy any gift...."

"what of the ones Darous gave you?" Jide explained.

"you send Darous to buy gifts for me?" inquired Lola, with a confused expression.

"ofcos yes.....whats with the look?"

This sounds like the perfect time for her to get even with Darous. She wasn't lying when she claimed explicitly that Darous never gave her any gift. Infact, he never mentioned Jide to her again since the day they shared their first kiss. Right now seeing the look on Jide's face, all she needs to do to get Jide mad at his friend is just to add a few lies and Darous would be nailed to the cross.

She smiled sheepishly as she gets ready to kick off this Countless, a story of sex, betrayal and vengeance.

"erm Jide...I have something more to tell you...." So She began.


*******


End of FLASH BACK.


Hows the trip so far?

TheBlessedMAN:
DEDICATED to the memory of a Friend like a Younger Brother, Shodunke Oluwafemi Isaiah who passed away after a brief headache on the 31st of August 2017.

A middle finger to Death, for taking away such a young and vibrant young man from us. R.I.P.P Isaiah.....your memory lives on.


99. COUNTLESS.


Two terms had passed since Jide was parentically forced out of school.

All pleas from the rest of his extended family to his father's to make him rescind his harsh decision on his first child all proved a fizzer. Therefore, after more than a month on this wildgoose chase, the family eventually bow down to his father's decision and all what they could do at the moment is to wish the teenage boy best of luck.

That was how Jide became an untimely drop out from secondary school as a result of his.......his.......well I can't really come up with the perfect adjective to describe his errant actions.

His mother had been a great mother to him during those trying times. She took him to Odeda where her younger brother abides, and also a far away place from Olomore where his father's house was situated and it was there Jide had learned all the necessary skills to become a professional Tiler.

Darous on his part, save for the occassional feelings of guilt thats always puncturing his conscience whenever he remembers the role he took in how his friend became a drop out, he's undisputedly having the best moment of his 17years on earth with Lola, the girl he stole from his friend.

"I fvcked up....I shouldn't have gone that far." Darous had soliloquized to himself on his way home from school one sultry afternoon. "I shouldn't have taken Lola from him talkless of swindling more than one thousand naira out of him....ah!" He lamented while simultaneously bitting his own lips. "there's no excuse for what I did....no..."

"but there's still chance for you to make amends...." An elderly woman's voice startled him from behind and it was when he turned around that he realized that he had subconsciously made the wrong turn and that had thereby led him to the cassava plantation of the elderly woman.

"erm...erm....am sorry ma." He stuttered, struggling to find his voice.

"nothing to be sorry about my son. I believe God purposely led you here for a reason. I can see you are very disturbed...." The confused Darous just stood rooted to the same spot as the elderly woman began to unleash a 20mins of sermon on his teenage ears. "look up my son, what do you see?"

"erm....sky and....the sun." replied Darous after staring at the sky for a brief moment.

"good...and thats to tell you that, the remaining sun in the sky can still dry a lot from your cloths of past mistakes and thats if you're ready to wash them clean." Its on that idiomatic conclusion that the woman ended her counselling and guided Darous out of her large farm.

"yes.... I need to start washing the cloths by first of all, end everything with Lola. I know she won't take it easily but I will have to apply a strong detergent, if am ever going to succeed in making my cloths free of her stains." He concluded in his mind just before he succumbed to the call of nature on the night of that day.


****

"you filthy whöre...stop disturbing my life, am tired of you. Leave me Alone."

"is that what I deserve from you after everything?" Lola had cried out bitterly when it seems Darous has really made up his mind to end the relationship. They had been on the issue since breaktime when Darous had approached her at the shed and had told her bluntly that its over.

"breaktime? No we still have 10mins more nao...." Lola had replied ignorantly and oblivious to what Darous was implying.

"I can't believe that with all that expensive beauty of yours, you still have enough space in your skull to make space for dumbness."

"whats wrong with you? Are you high or what?....please if this is a joke, please stop it." That was the statement she made before Darous dragged her out of the shed, most importantly away from the eyes of the unneccessary audience they were creating, to the groove section of the school compound whence he'd spoken to her more explicitly.

"bet with me Darous, you will regret this....I swear to you on my virginity you took that, I will never rest until I see you suffer." Lola threatened effusively at him before she exited the groove fuming with extreme anger and hatred towards Darous and all Darous could say to himself after she left was:

"weldone Darous, the mighty drycleaner." He said with a wryly smile and followed it with a light chuckle. "now that have washed the stain away from the cloth, whats next is to spray it under the sun to dry it. Eheh."

HAD I KNOWN?. This phrase has never been said before a regrettable action was taken. It always come at the end of it. Had Darous known, he wouldn't have taken Lola's threat lightly cos there are stains that can be easily removed when washed with something mild and simple as a bucket of water.

While there are also some that takes all your Hypos and will even make sure fainting is imminent upon you before they fled your cloth. And likewise there are some stains that always make sure they damage your whole cloth before leaving it. Such stains are raw Cashew juice, the water from a vehicle's battery and etcetera.

Oblivious to Darous was the fact that Lola belonged to the latter group.

***

4years Later,
Darous now 20yrs old was in 200level at the Federal college of education there in Abeokuta and things were really going smooth for him as an individual and his entire family at large.

Lola on her own, after failing twice to gain admission into an higher institution had enrolled herself in a catering institute as an apperentice and as at the time of this events, she has a few months left to become a standard caterer.

Things had not been running smoothly for Mr Adekunle, the man Jide was living with and that had thereby reduced their daily meals to once or twice per day, solely depending on how luck really shined on them and thats the level they had been maintaining for the past 4 months.

On a fateful saturday afternoon, Jide was sitting inside the balcony of their apartment when he noticed that a wedding reception will soon take place on the small football pitch beside their house.

Instantly, he knew his stomach will never go hungry for that day.
Without notifying his sleeping uncle, he dashed towards his wardrobe and began preparing to attend the reception.

It was one of those times when you have to dress extremely well enough to get the attention of the waitresses in an occassion so that they can serve you the best foods, so also was Jide on this day.

He had barely sat down for two minutes under the broad and large canopy when a female waitress approached him with a plate of jollof rice and chicken meat.

Without raising his head up, he collected the food and began devouring it hungrily. Half way into the food, his eyes caught the sight of a beautiful lady among the passing waitress who was seen approaching the serving area and he hurriedly dropped the rice he was eating on the table before he began to approach the lady.

Sooner than expected, he got to where the lady was getting ready to carry out her next duty and he cleared his throat before talking.

"Lo...la.."He called slowly in a whisper as if the lady will slap him if she caught him calling her name. "Lola...?" He called again but more audible this time around.

"please we will get to your seat very soon, just stay in your seat. Please." Lola replied without turning around to see the person that just called her name. She didn't bother about how the person knew her name because all the waitresses claded in a pink shirt and black jean, including her wore a tag that bears their names on the brest side of their cloth.

"its me Jide." He stated hoping that would get her attention and so it did.

"whats that suppo....se..." Lola stated and stuttered out the last word as she turned around to see the same guy she'd spent half of the last two years searching for now standing before her. "am I dreaming?....Jide? Is this really you?" She said with a suprise filled eyes.

"flesh and blood o...na me be this o." Jide said with a warm smile as they both engaged in a tight cuddle for a brief moment.

"we have a lot to talk about but am very busy right now." Lola stated after they'd both disengaged from eachother when they noticed that the eyes of other guests were now on them.

"thats where I live over there." Jide said pointing to the direction of his house. "holla me there. I'll be waiting for you in the balcony."

"alright. Later dear." Lola said and smiled before they both returned to whatever they were both doing before the meeting.

***

"longtime dear" Lola said with a placcid smile after they'd both settled down on the long bench inside the balcony.

"eheh.....is that what growing up has done to you or what?"

"what do you mean?"

"you calling me dear? And this recent one just makes it the second time in the space of 4hours....something you never did during the 5years we spent together at school."

"its not like that jare...." Lola said with a shy wink.

"And after all the gifts I bought for you, you still didn't find it enough as payment of my tuition into your Dear College back then."

"wait...what gift are you talking about?"

"ahahah....don't pretend now...its too late for that....am not even concerned about that now...."

"but seriously, you didn't buy any gift...."

"what of the ones Darous gave you?" Jide explained.

"you send Darous to buy gifts for me?" inquired Lola, with a confused expression.

"ofcos yes.....whats with the look?"

This sounds like the perfect time for her to get even with Darous. She wasn't lying when she claimed explicitly that Darous never gave her any gift. Infact, he never mentioned Jide to her again since the day they shared their first kiss. Right now seeing the look on Jide's face, all she needs to do to get Jide mad at his friend is just to add a few lies and Darous would be nailed to the cross.

She smiled sheepishly as she gets ready to kick off this Countless, a story of sex, betrayal and vengeance.

"erm Jide...I have something more to tell you...." So She began.


*******


End of FLASH BACK.


Hows the trip so far?

Chumzypinky:
'this is really confusing! My God! Who slept with who in this family? I need answers right now!' The Igwe thundered. He was holding a family meeting and every member of the family was in attendance. Everyone could practically feel the heat around.

'am i speaking to deaf fools?!' He thundered angrily again.

'dad, slow down, your health is...' Dike was saying.

'you shut up you animal except you have something tangible to say' The Igwe cut short.

'na so' Wache snorted.

'Igwe calm down and let your son speak. He speaks for good reasons'
Ngozi said.

'even you Ngozi, except you have something to do with the incest committed in this royal family and you want to speak up, do not speak until you're asked to!'

'are you trying to say i'm the one who committed the incest? That perhaps i slept with my son?' Ngozi rose up on her feet angrily.

'i cant remember anyone saying something like that here Ngozi, so sit down and shut up right now!'

Ngozi stilled in shock. The Igwe had never spoken to her in that manner before.

'mum sit please' Ijeoma whispered to her mum when she noticed she was about to say something in return.

Ngozi swallowed her shame and lowered herself on the seat.

'who did this? Who is responsible for this! We're going to be practically ostracized from this community because of two members of this family who couldnt keep their organs in check!'

'but my lord, have you ever considered that this might be just be a very big misunderstanding? Maybe the gods....' Chinwe, the Igwe's third wife was saying.

'are you trying to say the gods are lying?' Wache fired.

'no...'

'then shut up! Except maybe you and your daughter did some touchings that no one knows of' Wache hissed.

'Wache watch your tongue'

'i will if you dont bring up unnecessary topics that isnt going to help us in any way!'

'nonsense'

'now both of you shut up!' The Igwe fired at both of them 'if you dont want yourselves banished from this community at once'

'and who's going to banish them? You?' Mma, Chinwe's only rebellious daughter 'you seem to have forgotten that the kingship and power to make decisions has been removed from your hands. You're nothing but a commoner now, you have no right to speak to anyone in the manner you like'

'will you shut up Mma! You're talking to your father!' Chinwe scolded.

'he's not my father! The moment he chose to banish Ikenna, the love of my life from this village simply because he caught both of us together, he ceased being my dad!' Mma retorted.

'if you speak one more time Mma, i'll spank the hell out of you this instant!' Ijeoma warned.

'you'll do nothing. You're just the firstborn of this nonsense family, nothing more nothing less. And you'll do nothing to me!'

When Ijeoma rose to hit her, Chinwe quickly stood up to her daughter's defense 'in as much as i dont support my daughter in this you still have no right whatsoever to hit her, so back off!'

'this is what we are saying in this family, confusion, immorality and rascality everywhere!' Wache clapped her hands 'mothers are raising irresponsible kids and still support their kids. Just look at Mma that they caught in the bush making out with that...that...that dirty Ikenna that i cant even begin to describe how he is. That foolish pickpocket of Umuzulu. Of all men in this community, Mma had to choose that fool as the love of her life, tufia! The gods forbid nonsense. It is all these kids that are making the gods angry with us. That is why they are removing the royalty from our family. But nsogbu a dia'

'but nobody called you in this matter Wache. Your kids aint any better than anybody here' Chinwe said.

Ijeoma quietly sat down. If there was anything she hated, it was having to be involved in family matters.

'everyone should keep quiet. No more quarels please' The Igwe said 'i just want to settle this issue once and for all. I never intended for any problems. I just want to know who committed this attrocity. Please just speak up if you know anything about it'

Shivani swallowed. Nobody in this room understood what was happening. She alone knew and she wished she could really do something, or even say something.

'please i beg you all, if you know anything about this, then please speak up. The first step to solving a problem is actually knowing where the problem is coming from' The Igwe pleaded.

'i have something to say'

Everyone turned to the hallway. Freda was standing there 'pardon me for intruding. But i have something to say'

TBC.

Chumzypinky:
'i'm sorry i failed you once again Ngo, i didnt satisfy...'

Lolo quickly covered his mouth with her hands 'dont mention that again Igwe. You've done nothing wrong. I should even be the one apologising. Knowing fully well about your health i still insisted we have sex. I'm so sorry. We're too old for that'

She rested her head on his shoulders and he held her tightly 'i love you Ngo. I love you so much. All i need is for you to reciprocate that feeling. Or are we too old for that too?'

Ngozi laughed loudly and pinched his bulging stomach 'without being told, you ought to know i love and care for you Igwe'

'thanks Lolo'

***
SEVEN DAYS EXPIRED.

Everyone gathered round the palace. Even the crown princesses, being Dike's wives were all around, all dressed in a blue native attire with Dike on a white tux.

The palace compound was full to its brim, with people still standing outside the gate peeping to hear what the Great Dibia had to say.

First of all there was breaking of kolas, exchange of gins and greeting of the ancestors.

The Great Dibia sat in the middle of the palace, white chalks around him as he incantated.

'the spirit of the living gods of our land, i plead that you deliver your message to your servant for everyone is eager to hear you speak. Convey your reasons why the Igwe should vacate the throne today through me. What abominations has caused it oh gods of our land?'

He shook his staff and there was a loud noise.

Then there was silence. The people's heart thumped with anxiety. What was the abomination?

Even Freda was around. But she didnt sit with the Chiefs. She was supposed to be standing but someone was humble enough to send her chair.

'the gods say that kingship should be removed from the Ikemba family' The Great Dibia said and everyone's mouth dropped in shock 'they've been sexual connections between both people that are strongly related by blood in the family. That we all know is a great abomination in our land. The gods are so angry that such a thing would happen with the royal family. Even Dike cannot be crowned king, nor any other member of the family. Royalty is thereby removed from the heads of this family. The Igwe thereby is to submit his crown to the shrine where it would be kept in safety till the next 21days when a new kind would be decided by the gods and crowned'

He paused and cleared his throat 'every benefits given to each and every member of the once royal family shall be taken back. The palace guards and maids, the titles, everything. The crown prince, Dike Ikemba is to submit his wives who is going to be given to the newly crowned king to be married to. However, he is only allowed to choose one and pass on the remaining six. And then the gods would choose the seventh one for the newly crowned king. The gods has instructed that the palace be empty within now and the next three days with everything belonging to every member of the once royal family taken along with them. The Lolos now have a decision to either remain with the Igwe or leave him. If the later becomes their decision, then the gods would choose another husband for them. Only the gods are allowed to handle that part. And lastly, even though this is unusual, the Chiefs of the Igwe's regime should resign as new Chiefs would be selected for the new king. This has never happened before and should never happen but that happens to be the message of the gods. I am, but a humble messanger of the gods. Every order is expected to be carried out with expected efficiency. Failure to do all these shall result to death being the repercussion. I take my leave.

TBC

Gloryejims:
Chumzypinky... You're too much.. This story is a wow, from when I started to this point, I couldn't stop reading it... Congratulations..

Wizsolzy and ikombe, you've done a great job on this thread, keeping it alive ...

Kingofcasting.... You really crave for attention... Look elsewhere please..

It is always fun with you Chumzypinky....

Looking forward to more updates and stories
#kisses

Sbmt:
Please TBM dedicate ur next update on behalf of kingofcasting.....he has being a great fool of the year[font=Lucida Sans Unicode]