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"Sir please I wanted to know what you'd like for dinner. You weren't around and Ms Fola didn't answer us when we asked what to prepare so we didn't prepare anything", one of the maids said as she entered the room
I sighed with relief inwardly that she was the one that barged in us on but frowned at the fact that she didn't knock first but then I realised that we were in a living room and not a bedroom and so there wasn't really any need to knock.

"It's ok , I'm not really hungry but you can ask Fola if she'd like anything", I said. She nodded and turned to Fola, who was looked abit lost to everything happening.

"Miss?", the maid said when Fola didn't say anything in reply to her question.

"Huh?", Fola asked , coming back to her senses.

"Master Dibz said to ask you whether you'd like anything in particular for dinner?", the maid repeated, her frustration subtly expressed in her tone.

"No, I think I'm full", Fola replied slowly. With that the maid left and the room became silent for a while. Fola toyed her fingers while I just drummed my fingers slowly on the sofa I was leaning on.

"So uhmm...I...I think I'm just gonna go wash up now", I said or more like stuttered. I couldn't stand the tension in the room any longer.

"Yeah. sure...I...I'll just go to my room now", she said nervously. She seemed like she wanted to say more or something but decided against it.

I laid on my bed bored. The shower was quite refreshing and on a good day I might have spent more time there but I wasn't just in the mood now. Flashes of what happened earlier or almost happened flooded my mind as I laid on my bed.
My heart was at war with my conscience in the sense that my heart was disappointed with the intrusion on what would have been ....I don't even know, but my conscience was biting me, it was eating up at the moral part of me, the part that felt somewhat guilty that I almost cheated on Liv. Yes, she said she needed space but that didn't mean we were through, it's just like we were separated but not divorced, but then I still felt guilty even if technically, I didn't do anything wrong because I knew deep down that if that maid didn't intrude, I would have gone all the way with the whole thing, I wouldn't have been able to stop myself.

I woke up quite early the next day and decided to some up exercise. I didn't feel that energetic to hit the gym so I just settled on bike riding. I rode miles and miles as I thought about my life and how much I'd been through at this young age.
Sometimes I felt God didn't care about me if not why did he let me go through so much. It's been a really long time since I'd known genuine happiness and joy without being scared that it won't last. Now welled up in the emotions I'm feeling now, I screamed as I paddled faster.
'Why Lord, why...why do I have to go through so much, why does it feel like nothing is working for me, why?!!!, I screamed the more.
I thought about calling my mum but I decided against it, I wasn't sure if Debbie had told her about my confession ish and I didn't want to risk it all.

Somehow I ended up in front of the 'HABITAT'. It was big building that contained various pent houses. It was mainly for the elites of Lagos cus it's prices were ridiculous like 10m/year rents just a three bedroom pad. It was where most foreign expatriates lodged and so most BlueBlood students too cus it was quite close to the school. It was also where Josh's apartment was.
I sighed as the elevator took me to the floor where his apartment was. I knew the code but I preferred to use the buzzer instead. He hadn't spoken to me since which meant hes still at mad at me so I had to play it safe now.
He opened the door and as he saw it was me, he frowned.

"What?", he asked. I smiled. He talked to me so he's not the mad at me like before.

"Ain't you gon let me in", I asked smiling.

"No", he frowned. "Out with it, I ain't gat all day", he said impatiently.

"Cmon dude, atleast let me come in", I begged.
He didn't bulge and instead used his body to shield the small space from the opened part of the door. I smiled as an idea popped into my mind. I looked to my right and whistles at what I saw... nothing.

"Damn bro, you got a new neighbor or something? she's so hot", I said still looking there. Josh immediately poked his head to look at what I talking about and that gave me the opening I needed and trust me I made good use of it. I forced myself in laughing as Josh who now realized he'd been used closed the door and cursed as he turned to me. I just knew Josh couldn't pass up the chance to ogle at any hot female thing, even if it was a mannequin( ok I'm just exaggerating now).

"Cmon man, when will this cold shoulder attitude end?", i asked after Josh just sat down and pretended as if I wasn't there.

"F**k off", he scoffed.

"I'm serious man, it's been almost two week", I retorted.

"You're really something", he said with a fake smile on his face.

"You piece of shit, five years man, five f**king years and you lied to me, your supposed best friend. You lied about what happened that day, I defended you man and even ended up in cell one time fighting for you and you were the guilty the whole time, guilty !!!", he screamed.

"Josh is not..."

"Just shut up, you hear me? Just the f**k up, I don't wanna any excuses", he continued.
Now the weight of what I had done dawned on me. I didn't care to think about how all these people who had stood by me would feel, I just thought of myself. It was selfish of me and I need to make this right. Maybe I can tell Josh the real reason for everything.

"I didn't do it Josh", I said quietly. "I didn't rape her and I'm ready to tell you why I apologized to her", i continued.
What happened next was something I didn't expect. Josh who had been acting the betrayed friend suddenly smiled and rushed out and back with two cans of beer. I watched with my mouth open ajar wondering what was happening.

"Alright bro, go on", he urged smiling but one could still see how anxious he was for me to spill.

"But...but...you...you were...", I tried to talk but I couldn't seem to form anything.

"Oh that? I was just acting, I'm good ba?. That was the only way I knew you'd open up about what the hell you're doing. I know you didn't rape her and so you're sudden apology had to mean something so I pretended to hate you and give you some space before coming to you and do this but instead you came to me and I delivered my masterpiece acting skills like the master I am
", he finished smiling widely. He was really feeling himself.
I shook my head smiling as I took a go at the beer. Ha, I had just been used.

"You had me , man", I conceded. He laughed at that and urged me to start spilling.

"Hmm.... before I start, are you the only one around? knowing you, some girl might just be sleeping in your bed. now", I asked before I started talking. I didn't want to risk someone else getting a whiff of anything I was going to say, it might just spread. Josh though reacted abit oddly at my question but he shrugged it off and affirmed that he was alone.

"OK , there's evidence that I didn't rape Hailey and she's got it, in her laptop. That's why I apologized to her, I need to get close to her, befriend her again in order to gain access to her laptop", I said watching his reaction.
He smiled widely as he nodded.

"Yes, I knew it"!!!, someone shouted as the person rushed to join us in the living room.
I almost fell of my chair in fear at the sudden outburst and intrusion, but my eyes widened when I saw who it was.

."T?", I said quietly. She had a an oversized basketball Jersey on, obviously Josh's.
I put two and two together and the reality of the whole thing dawned on me. When did this happen. I looked at Josh who was avoiding my gaze and T who looked away too maybe realizing she had slipped up. I smirked as I looked at Josh again.........TBC

Dibz's POV

"She forgave me", I said and started laughing when Fola's worried face turned into scowl and she tried to hit me. I ran into the house as fast as I could with her hot on my tail with one of her heels in hand. I tripped when I got to one of the living rooms and fell as I failed to regain balance.
I held my hands up in surrender as I continued laughing hard which seemed to infuriate her the more as she stood over me not knowing whether to hit me with her heel or just kick me.

"You should...you should have seen your face ..haha", I tried to say but the laughter wouldn't just let me say anything coherently.
Frustrated, she crashed beside me on the floor with a frown that was trying really hard to fight off a smile coming on her face.

"It's not funny joor, I was pretty worried", she said pushing me with her hand.
"Especially when you didn't return on time, I thought something bad had happened", she said.

"So she forgave you? just like that?", she asked eagerly now.

"Well, she didn't really forgive per say", I started but Fola's eyebrows shut up instantly and I knew I needed to say something to ease her quickly.

"But", I said with a finger up signalling her not o say anything yet. "But she said she'll think about it and I should just give her time", I said.

"Hmm....ok", she said but one could tell she wasn't one bit okay at all.
"So tell me, how did you do it, like talk to her. I've been friends with Hailey for sometime now and I know that girl can keep a grudge and there's no way an apology in just one day can make her forgive someone.. not even you", Fola remarked.

I sighed as I leaned to get one of the sofa pillows to rest my head as I laid back beside her.

FLASHBACK

I had put off work at the company for the meantime to attend school regularly for now so as to plan well to achieve my quest to get Hailey's forgiveness. Due to the sudden revelation of my intent to ask Hailey's forgiveness and the confession to the sais rape, most of my friends had more or less alienated themselves from me. Debbie had even moved out of the house to stay with T but I knew she'd come around later now, she can't stay mad at me forever. Josh too had avoided me ever since, not that I blame him though but I know with time they'd accept me back into their good graces.
Ironically, Fola had stayed back. I don't know what's with her though or maybe she's feeling guilty for not being there before and she's now using this as an opportunity to start on a clean sheet , i don't know but one thing's that I like the feeling of having her around.
Liv's has prolly changed her number or she's blocked mine cus I can't seem to get through to her at all, she's not even talking to her cousin too. I wish things didn't have to end up like this, but I pray she finds it in her heart to forgive me and my actions and eventually understands why I have to do this, to get my peace of mind.

So back to the matter. Fola had setup the meeting between Hailey and I using the pretence of her wanting to meet with Hailey to get Hailey to come cus if she mentioned my name then there's a 100℅ chance Hailey wouldn't show.

"Hi Hales", I said as I emerged from where I was hiding watching her as she awaited the supposed arrival of Fola.

She became still for a moment before turning to me slowly. Her half caste complexion almost white with fear as she beheld me. She looked around frantically with her mouth open and immediately I knew she was about to scream.

"Wait Wait... Hailey, please please don't scream, please I just want to talk I'm not here to harm you", I held up my hands as I begged desperately.

"Please Hales, I remember what happened that night", I said again but her facial expression changed to one of horror again.

"No no Hailey, I'm sorry. I'm here to say I'm so sorry for defying you like that. I was hurt and drunk that night and I don't know what came over me, pls forgive me.I know...I know saying sorry won't change what has already happened but pls I'm truly sorry and ashamed what I did", I begged as I watched her face exhibit an expression of calmness before it was replaced quickly with that of anger.

"Sorry?", she finally spoke up since she came here. "You sorry? after all these time, you're now sorry?", she flared up.

"Do you know how ashamed I felt of myself? how I almost committed suicide because of what you did?", she continued and I bowed my head in 'apparent' shame and disgust at what I had allegedly done.

"I heard all about that Hailey and I'm so so sorry , I'm so selfish and I don't deserve your kindness at all. What was I thinking coming to beg you for forgiveness, I wouldn't even forgive myself if I was in your shoes now. I'm sorry Hales, it's just that lately thoughts of you had been clouding my mind and I've nothing than to think about you lately and that's why I came to seek your forgiveness and if God smiles on me, become friends with you again but I can see how foolish my thinking had been. I'll just go back and turn myself in for an arrest again cus I don't think I can ever live as a free man again without your forgiveness", I said as I made to stand up and leave.
I walked away slowly, counting my steps as I walked hoping she calls me back but it seemed she wasn't going to bulge.

"Wait Dibz", she called out finally and my leapt with relief.

"Do you mean all you just said now? that you're sorry and also that you've been thinking about me since?", she asked quietly.

"From the depths of my heart Hales, I swear", I said as she bent her head a little. What could have been a blush and a small smile donned her face as she raised her face to look at me.

"Don't do it....don't turn yourself in yet. Just give me sometime to think this through", she said.

"Ok Hales.... thanks", I appreciated as she smiled a little.

"Yeah, I'll be going now", she said as she walked off.

PRESENT

"And that was how it all went down", I said to Fola who was now leaning on her side using her hand to support her head as she looked and listened with rapt attention.

"Wow... that's just wow", she whispered. I imitated her posture so I could look at her.
We stayed like that for a while, each of us savouring the look of our faces with our eyes.
Her lips parted a little and I didn't miss it and she knew too that I saw her do that. I drew my eyes from her lips to her eyes and back to the lips and just when I decided to go in for the kill damming all consequences, the door opened immediately causing us to come back to reality causing a sudden wealth of distance between us.
Just who was this killjoy or perhaps saviour?.......TBC

Hey guys.....I sweated pretty bad to type this with my bad phone. So sorry it's not that lengthy but I just couldn't stay without trying to drop anything at all regardless of how hard it was going to be.
Please bear with me , when update regularly when I work my phone. Pls keep the comments coming and constructive too

Fola's POV

I paced the lengths of the garden as I waited, a clear embodiment of worry and fear.
'What's still keeping him?', I thought as I continued my back and forth pacing.
''What if she got scared and raised an alarm and he got arrested again....yes that's it, I'm sure that's why he's not even answering his phone. I said it, I said it, I said it but he just wouldn't listen", I said to myself as I punched the air in frustration. Yes, you guessed right....Dibz had gone to meet Hailey and apologize since he finished his lectures early this afternoon and he's not yet back and it's a few minutes past 11pm now.
I rushes inside the house to dress up properly before going to any of the police stations around to see if he was indeed arrested. I knew this idea of his was trouble but he wouldn't listen to me and now look what's happened now.
I got outside and made to go the garage but then I remembered I didn't come here with my car and I didn't know where they belong kept the keys.
Debbie is still shaken by her brother's sudden admission to raping Hailey and she's been staying with T for sometime now, prolly to get her head round the whole thing so she's not here now to help me. I don't know if to ask the maids if they know where the keys to the cars are kept as it may seem abit weird as I'm not even a member of the family, I guess I'll just order an Uber, no that might take a lot of time I'll just use a taxi. Just as I reached the main gate, waiting for the security guard to open now the smaller part of the gate for me to pass, Dibz honked.
I watched relieved as his car slid into the compound and into the garage. I walked up to with an angered expression on my face masking the warmth and joy I'm feeling now knowing he's okay.

"Why weren't you taking my calls...you had me so worried, what if something bad had happened to you?", I spat out immediately I reached him.

He got out from the car slowly looking tired. He locked the car and turned to face me with a hint of amusement on his face.

"Good evening to you too Fola", he said still with that stupid amusing look on his face.

"Yeah, whatever, tell me what happened, why weren't you picking...did she have you locked up?", I asked impatiently.

He looked taken aback when I mentioned the locked up part for a second but shook his head smiling afterwards.

"Firstly, I wasn't locked up or anything", he began.
"Secondly, my phone's bad so I wasn't with it, I smashed it on the wall yesterday out of rage, that reminds me I have to get a new one soon", he said beginning to walk inside but I blocked him with my arms folded across my chest.

"Ehh....why are you blocking my way?", he asked cluelessly.

"Thirdly?", I asked with my brow raised.

"Thirdly what?", he asked concerned confused.
I groaned in frustration as I looked at his clueless self.

"You've what what happened firstly and secondly but no thirdly or finally.....tell me how did it go?.. What happened?", I asked feeling the last of my patience ooze out of me

His smiling face changed into a scowl at once and he became moody. Oh no, it went bad , oh I knew this wasn't going to go down well.
I reached out to him as he relaxed on his car now, his face still with that sad expression.

"That bad huh?", I asked softly.

"You can't imagine the half of it", he replied quietly. It went....it went.....She..She.....TBC

Nice one

lit

So sorry I haven't updated since....my phone's been acting up lately coupled with the ever unreliable power supply we've got here in Nigeria.....I'd make up when I fix my phone, so sorry guys.

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"Aaarggghhh!!!", I screamed as I threw my phone at the wall. That was the one hundred and fiftieth time I had tried Liv's number since Fola told me she had left. I caused this , I caused this, if only I was more reasonable this wouldn't have happened. I had lost Liv and worst part was that she wasn't giving me any chance at all to remedy it, she's not picking my calls and she said not to come looking for her. How does she just expect me to just sit and wait it out.
All that girl has done is just love me and stand by me but what did I do? I messed it up as usual and now she's gone but I know deep down in my
heart that the main reason I was this beat down and mad at myself is because of the fact that I'm abit glad she asked for this space. I should be broken and sad but strangely I feel this sense of relief and that kills me. I shouldn't be relieved that Liv asked for space, that she asked me not to call, I shouldn't at all but I do feel free , like some part of my burden has been lifted off my shoulders. No she isn't a burden and she can never be , Lord knows I'd die for Liv but being with her when I fully knew I wasn't in love with her was just wrong and I feel bad I for leading her on. Honestly, I felt I was doing the right thing then, it was the least I could do after all she's done for me but I realized it wasn't, infact I was causing even more harm to her and myself than good and it was too late to turn back.
A knock on the door of my bedroom brought me back from the abyss of my thoughts.

"Can I can come in?", Fola asked as she poked her head in with her eyes closed.
I rolled my eyes at that as I turned to face her. What does she want now?

"Why are your eyes closed?", I asked as I folded my arms. I wasn't wearing a shirt, just a pair of joggers.

"Because I don't wanna be scarred for life", she scoffed , her eyes now opened as she stepped in, looking around my room.

"There was a time you'd have killed to see me naked",I muttered under my breath as I scoffed at her reply.

"What was that?", she asked, clearly she heard me.

"Nothing...now why are you here?", I asked sharply.

She looked around instead, taking in the whole interior of my room and nodding oddly.

"I like what you've done with the room", she said choosing to ignore my earlier question.
I raised my brow at her unwanted reply and as she saw it, she heaved a sigh.

"Ok, im curious....what happened with you and Liv, why did she just leave like that?", she asked.

"She's your cousin, why don't you ask her yourself", I countered. I'm so not having this convo right now. She rolled her eyes at my statement and sat down on a chair.

"Of course I did, duh", she replied sarcastically. "But she didn't even talk to me and she had this strange look in her eyes as she looked at me", she continued.

"Look I know it's none of my business and all but i really care about my cousin and......you too...", she said the last part slowly before looking up to meet my eyes shyly.

"....but you guys should try and fix whatever issues you've got, now isn't the time to be fighting with each other. You need each other now", she finished.

"I know and I've been trying her cell but it just keeps going to voicemail after each trial", I complained.
She gave me the stink eye after my remark. Did I say something wrong?

"She said not to call and you should do just that or did you just expect her to jump and answer your calls immediately after she just told you not to call?!! That means you're saying you don't regard her word as anything and you can just ignore it anyhow and trust me, that would piss her off the more. Just give her sometime before reaching out again", Fola scolded.

'So you mean I shouldn't go to her place now, cause that was my next line of action before you came in", I asked.

"Don't even try it, just let her be for now", she said as she turned to go.

"Fola?", I called out softly as she left. It's been really long since I called her by her name in such sift manner and I kinda felt nostalgic as I said it.

'"Thank you", I said as she fully faced me know.
She smiled at me and before going out again before something popped in my head causing me to call her again.

"Fola?......you're still friends with Hailey ba?", I asked.
In an instant, the smile vanished and a frown donned her face..her pretty face. Even when she frowning she still looked beautiful, damn.

"Eh....kinda....we haven't really been close for a while now. why...what's up?", she answered reluctantly.

"Would you be able to set up a meeting between us.. please?", I asked dreading what her reaction would be......TBC

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Dibz's POV

"Fake apology?. Mehn I'm the one who's been drinking and just one drink by you and you're already tipsy", I said chuckling.

She smiled at my words as she bent to sweep her fingers through the water and then turned towards me.
"You can spin it all you want but I know you know what I'm talking about. There's no way you'd just wake up and choose to apologize after all this time suddenly, there's another angle to this which you're not saying", she said.

"Ok let's say hypothetically, there's an agenda behind this whole confession thing, what do you think it is?", I asked finally giving up on trying to convince this girl who doesn't want to listen.

"Uhmm..... I don't know....maybe you want something...like....maybe you want a favour from her..or her family... I don't know, I just know there's something you're not telling us",she stuttered suddenly feeling unsure of herself.
I smirked at her lame answer. "Really?......I need a favour from Hailey or her family?....look no disrespect to her or her dad but I don't think they have anything to offer me. I have so much money that I can hire all the SANs in Nigeria if I needed a lawyer as that's aspect that I might be needing anything from them. That being said, I'm going to bed now and I'd suggest you do same too , clearly the alcohol has messed up your senses", I said as I got up to go.
Fola looked as I walked off, not saying anything but I knew she wouldn't just let this slide. She'd be back with this wild assumption of hers another time, maybe not now but surely another time.

I woke up late the next day, pretty late like past two in the afternoon kinda late. The house was quiet which signified that everyone was out or mostly everyone was out. The usual headache started as i rose from the bed to wash my face, but today's own wasn't as severe, maybe because I slept well.
I got to the living room downstairs to meet Fola reading a book. She looked up when she noticed my presence and smiled mischievously at me.

"Finally sleeping beauty is awake", she said as she closed her book.
"Funny how you mocked me for not being able to hold my liquor and yet you're the one who's just getting up now at last two, wow just wow", she continued to mock as her grin grew wider.

I ignored her as I left to go make myself some coffee in the kitchen. I finished making it and came back to the living room.

"Where's everyone?", I asked as I sipped the coffee, relishing the sweet sweet taste of it.

"Debbie went out early this morning, all the maids went grocery shopping and Olivia...", she answered but not finishing the last part.
I became concerned all of a sudden, why the sudden pause when she wanted to talk about Liv, just I began having some flashes of my last conversation with her yesterday, how she said she wanted space and all that.

"What happened with Liv?", I asked concerned.
Fola looked down for a moment before facing me.

"Well, Liv.... Liv's gone", she answered. " She left this morning with her bags, all of them. I tried to ask what happened but she ignored and the only thing she said to me was to tell you not call or come looking for her...atleast not now", she said as I just sank into the cushion I was sitting on. Our whole convo yesterday came back to me clearly now. God what have I done...... TBC

Now this more like it.... critical analysis from all angles. Now I get to know your views on how the story is going and draw ideas.....new updates tomorrow, atleast two

Lakesc:
Mhmm, fola will not even suffer small... See what will happen next. More inspiration op

which kind of suffering do you want her to get na?

Ven97:
I thought Fola strongly believed He raped Hailey. Why is she changing her stand?

Dibz's near death encounter with the plane crash had somehow opened her eyes to how irrational her actions were and triggered feelings she thought she had forgotten

[quote author=mareeam802 post=88647018]Waiyyaki. Thanks for reading, Adeola. [/quote

Hi mareeam......I'm sorry but I have to ask, did you ever post a story about two brothers where one was the golden boy while the other lived in his brother's shadow and had to struggle for everything including their mother's love till they got to uni and a girl began to notice the plain John of a brother but it turned out that the golden boy had eyes for her too?.....]

Happy Sunday guys. Please I'm looking for a story i read on this forum once. I've forgotten the name and the author but it was about two brothers, twins actually. One was the golden boy while the other one was just the plain one who just lived his whole in his brother's shadow till in university when he caught the eye of the girl his brother was looking to be with. Please who knows the story or its title should help me out .....Thanks

Dibz's POV

"Hold up babe, cmon just give a chance to explain", I begged as I trailed after Liv.

As expected my sudden intention to apologize to Hailey was not welcome amongst my friends especially Liv. I don't know which, whether she was mad at me for wanting to apologize now even after doing time or she was suddenly appalled by the realization that I actually confessed to raping Hailey. Josh had tried really well in handling the whole thing quite maturely but one could still that vague expression of disappointment as he looked at me before he left. Femi was that shaken though, with the way he reacted if I didn't know better I'd have thought that he'd nurtured this underlying hunch that I'd been guilty all this while and so my sudden revelation now just confirmed the hunch he had about me.
Surprisingly, Vic stayed. He stayed to comfort Debbie who was crying. I'd have to talk to her later and see if I can try to calm her fears.
Lastly, the person I expected to jump up with excitement at my revelation, Fola, had just been indifferent to the whole thing. She just looked at me for sometime before she stood and went back to her room. The weird part was that, when she looked at me, it wasn't that familiar look of hate that shone then when I had just got out of jail nor was it the expected smug 'i said it' expression, no, it was something else. Like she was looking into my soul, stripping my whole being naked with her eyes. Well that's her business for now, I need to try and convince Liv that this was best thing for me now to finally find some level of closure.

"I think i need to be alone now", she said softly as she sat on the bed staring into space as tears fell slowly from her eyes.
I sighed as she said that, indeed she needed sometime to process the whole thing. I can't blame her though, I'd feel the same way if someone I had fiercely defended over some alleged crime turns around and chooses to confess to committing the said crime.

"Okay, I.... I'll leave you now. I'll come back to check on you later, I'm really sorry about this", I said softly.

"No... that's not what I mean. I need to be alone as in I need a break from all these....from us. I'd have left now but it's already late so tomorrow I'd be moving back to my apartment. I'm sure the coast would be clear there", she said still not looking at me.
I didn't know when I sank into the chair close to me. I didn't see this one coming. Sure I knew this news wouldn't be received well but then I never thought Liv would be this affected by it, if I knew then maybe wouldn't have made my intentions public.

"Cmon Liv please, you're not thinking straight now. You're just acting rashly now, please let's just think this through please", I begged as I made to touch her but she shifted away.

"Ok, I'm not apologizing anymore. I'm calling the whole thing off", I begged.

She gave out a sad smile and finally looked at me.

'Yh, you could do that but would it change the fact that you just confessed to being guilty? does that make you innocent?", she asked.

"I...I...I don't. ", I stuttered, not sure of what to say anymore.

"I thought so" she said. "You think it's because of the Hailey issue I need a break? well partly tho but it has more to do with the fact that you didn't tell me. You waited to tell everybody together like you don't trust me. Dibz, I stuck by you , I risked my reputation at school even my social status by just being seen publicly with you and yet you dint see the need to trust me with such revelation. All these just shows how much you value me. Then there's the Fola issue", she said.

"Oh, don't even try to deny it. You think i haven't seen the way you still look at her or the way you try to evade our PDA anytime she's around or the fact that her recent withdrawn behavior now has something to do with you?", she countered when she saw I attempted to deny when she mentioned the Fola issue.

"Liv..baby...", I tried to speak but she cut me off immediately.

"Pls Dibz, let's not make this harder on ourselves. Pls just go ok? Let's see what happens after this time apart, maybe there might be hope for us, for me or not but now I just...I just can't stand you so please leave me alone", she said returning to looking at whatever she's seeing in the wall.

I nodded sadly as I left her room and headed straight to the bar, took out a bottle of ciroc and headed to my new favourite drinking spot...the pool.

Barely halfway through the bottle, I was beginning to feel eyes on me and it wasn't the alcohol. I shrugged off the stupid feeling and took another go at the drink and then I felt someone sit beside me near the pool.
I looked dazed as she moved her legs in the pool making splashing sounds.

"Care to share?", she asked as she turned my way. I didn't reply her and continued looking at her trying to figure out her angle.
Maybe she took my silence as a 'yes' and gently took the bottle from my hand and took a quite the gulp from it. Honestly, i thought she was going to choke with the amount we gulped at one goal but she just appeared unaffected at all.

'Just who is this girl and what does she want now', I thought as I watched Fola take another go at the bottle.

"I know what you're doing", she said, giving me back the bottle. I stared at her confused at what she was getting at.

"Duh...I'm drinking myself to stupor, big deal", I replied sarcastically. She chuckled a little at my response.

"I'm not talking about your new hobby of getting drunk which is pretty stupid by the way", she making a face as she said that last part.

"I'm talking about your fake apology to Hailey", she said looking at me. JESUS! this girl is a witch.....TBC

Ven97:
Damn! Why will he do that?

I no even know for the boy sef....we might find out today sha

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Dibz's POV

I sat beside the pool late in the evening, a bottle of scotch in hand as I thought about what the woman had told me earlier in the day. Personally, I had moved on from the whole issue or I thought I had but hearing all she said today, the pain returned again. Why me...what did I do to deserve such luck, where did I go wrong, why did fate choose to play me like this, can't I ever be happy again? Am I the worst sinner on earth, am I cursed?.......All these I asked myself as I took another swig at my drink.
I rubbed my head trying to come up with a solution. After a while, I concluded it'd be best for me and everyone if I just let the whole thing go, afterall I had already done time for it, it'd be cruel if I let my loved ones relive the whole thing again. Besides, it would be an impossible task trying to get the evidence from Hailey's laptop --that's if she hasn't deleted it already.
But then again, I was fed up with always letting myself take the fall for something I didn't do. I needed things to go well for me even if it's just one thing, just one thing.
Suddenly i stood up and went into the house, it was time to man up and take the bulk by the horn. There's no use in knowing the truth and still keep quiet as people labelled me a rapist just for nothing, no. I won't lie after hearing the truth from the woman, I couldn't help but pity for Hailey, I reasoned that everything wasn't entirely her fault. Aarrgghh, why am I always trying so hard to see the good in people no matter how evil they seem, why?...
I walked into the house abit sluggishly, guess the alcohol was beginning to take a toll on me slightly.
"Hey babe", Liv said as soon as I entered the kitchen to drop the remaining drink in the fridge.
She was sitting on the kitchen counter pressing her phone , a glass of smoothie beside her.
I walked towards her and gave her a peck on her lips as she scrunched her face up in disgust.

"Eewww, you reek of alcohol", she said smiling as she kissed me again. "But I likey", she finished off with a wink.

Here was another issue, I had gotten myself deep with Liv without having feelings for her but one thing was sure, I'd never break her heart. She deserves that much from me, I wasn't going to leave her unless she asked me to or she dumped me, so I'll keep on showering her with the most love I can give even though the person my heart beats for is just some rooms apart. I am not going to be selfish and abandon Liv who's been there all through for me to satisfy my own desires, no. I had put myself in this mess by asking her out without thinking and so I was going to live in it till she decided otherwise. She dropped my phone now and wrapped her arms round my neck and smiled at me with her beautiful big eyes full of love and soft pink lips that begged to be kissed , I closed my eyes and captured her lips with mine.

"So are you going to tell me what's wrong now?", She asked after we drew apart for a while.
I sighed as I let go of her and rested my arms on beside her on the counter.

"Uhmm.... there's something I need to tell you", I said as I looked at her. "But I'd prefer if I told everyone about it at the same time", I finished.

"O--k, you're scaring me now. Why can't you just say it to me now. I'm your girlfriend or don't you trust me?", She asked worriedly.

"No no, of course I trust you, it's just that it kinda involved everyone and so I thought it'd be best if I said it with everyone present", I said softly.
She nodded her head slowly and then she picked her phone.

"Ok, I understand", she said quietly as she walked off. I sighed as she left my sight, she was pissed no doubt. I walked to my room where my phone was charging and picked it to call everyone, informing them to come around cus of the announcement I had to make.

I showered and cleaned before going downstairs to meet the whole gang present at the main living room.

"Dude, what's up, what's so important that you had to drag us all here?", Josh asked. Predictable. I said nothing as I took a seat and looked at them all. T sat with Fola who has been a whole new kind of introverted since she GINGERED me the last time we spoke, Femi had an impatient look on his face as he checked his wristwatch at intervals while Josh and Vic sat together, both of them had weird smiles on their faces and as I traced their eyes I saw an almost similar look on T and Debbie's faces too. Just great, this mumu Victor has started showing his face again now he knows Debbie is back but Josh and T's own? Now that's new, when did that happen?....Well doesn't really matter cus once they hear what I have to say, the smiles would be wiped off their faces.

"Ahem", I cleared my throat as I began to speak.

"I called y'all here to talk about something serious, something that's been bugging me for some time now. It's time to tell the truth", I paused , gauging their facial reactions as I continued.

"I've decided to come clean and apologize to Hailey for raping her. I did it and lied about it all this while because I was ashamed but I can't live with myself anymore. I'm really sorry for misleading you guys all along. Pls forgive me", I finished with my head bowed.

"Whaaaattt"!!!!, They all chorused as I finished.....TBC

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Dibz's POV

Lately things have been normal and quite good, no drama. I've been finding more time for my studies as I didn't need to be at the company all times like before.
Not to seem as a negative person but I just have this feeling that shits about to hit the roof soon, I've just been having this feeling but there's no action pointing towards it but then bad things usually happen when everything is at its best, I'm a proof of that.
Here I am now, strolling with a trolley in mall looking around for the drinks section. We were out of drinks at home and needed to restock.
Personally, I hate chores like this but I decided to go just so I could clear my head.
I know I said things were beginning to look up recently but I might have exaggerated abit. The thing is I'm still at crossroads with the whole Fola and Olivia issue. Since that day, Fola hasn't spoken a word to me at all, she's trying extra hard to avoid me. Whenever I'm in the sitting room she takes an excuse and leaves, same thing when we're eating in the dining too. It should be a good thing but why doesn't it feel so to me, why do I feel hurt when she does that?...I have a girlfriend already for f**ks sake.
I looked into the my trolley and nodded, feeling satisfied with the drinks I had purchased, it had to be enough and I'd place a rule signalling my friends to come with their own drinks whenever they want to come over, especially Josh, the dude owned a club so it beats me everytime he comes here to finish my drinks. I didn't used to drink before but then all these responsibilities fell on me and I kinda use the drinks to ease off sometimes, alcohol wasn't all that bad afterall.

"Here, check this", I said placing my basket on the table of the cashier. I took out my phone to check for msgs and updates as she calculated the whole thing.
"465k Sir", she said when she finished. I nodded as I handed her my card while still looking through my phone. She took it and slotted it into the POS machine then asked for my pin.
As I got ready to go, the next person beside me a woman, was having issues with the cashier. Probably because of cash or something. The cashier told the woman that she had insufficient funds for the kind of purchase she wanted. The woman, maybe in her mid 50s begged and begged but the cashier didn't bulge. Well, I couldn't blame her sha as she was just an employee doing her job. I offered to pay for everything the woman got, what's the point of being filthy rich if I couldn't help people out with my resources.
Now about to start my car, I spotted the woman I just helped now running towards me, putting her hands up as if telling me to wait for her. I turned off the engine and got out as she caught up with me, panting hard.

"Tha.... thank you so much sir", she greeted still breathing hard. I smiled at her a little.

"it's ok ma, it's nothing", I said.

"Yes, you've always been a kind person Mr. Dibz", she said. I frowned a little as I wondered how she knew my name. I was so sure I hadn't seen her before now

"How do you know my name?", I asked.

She smiled as she looked at me. " I used to work as a maid in the Williams house", she replied.
At the sound of that name, I frowned deeply and got really angry. The Williams, people who had done everything in their power to falsely accuse and defame my family.
Without a word, I quickly got back into the car ready to zoom off but the woman held my hand.

"Please please sir, I know you're angry with them and you have eery right to be but please sir hear me out", she begged.

"Look, I really need to be somewhere now and so I can't stick around to hear what you have to say, maybe some other time", I said, trying my best to sound polite. I really didn't want to speak rudely to her, which I might do if I spent more time around her.

"I know what happened that night", she said out loud making my finger freeze on the start button.
I remained like that for sometime before turning to face her.

"I know you didn't rape Miss Hailey, I know you're innocent", she said , a little sob in her voice now.
My knuckles almost turned white with the way I held the steering.

'"Why?", I asked. " Why now...why didn't you come out earlier, you watched as I was sent to jail and you just locked up and didn't say anything"!!, I shouted.

"So you know the truth, what do you want me to do now, pay for more of your purchases, give you more money?", I raged on. I brought my wallet and searched through it, bringing out all the cash there and throwing it all on her.

"There, take it all. That's your reward for selling your conscience. You're evil", i spat out, then started the engine again to go but she still held my hand tight.

"What do you want again, just leave me alone", I shouted .

"Please, please I know I was a coward. I was scared for my job and the Williams are powerful people, they could have hurt me or my family so I didn't say anything but I couldn't live with it anymore and so I quit, please forgive me and hear me out", she begged crying.

The truth was that I had already done time in jail for this crime and me getting all worked up about it again would just hurt me more plus taking out the anger on this woman wouldn't be nice so I just cooled off, wiped the tears a
from my eyes and closed my eyes for sometime.

"Speak", I said quietly. "How did you know I was innocent?".
She let go off my hand slowly as she started to talk.

"I..I was cleaning ms Hailey's room one morning. She was in the bathroom then and her laptop was on. While I cleaned I mistakenly spilled her glass of milk shake on the keyboard of her laptop. I panicked and started using the hem of my clothe to wipe out the stain and in the process, I pressed some keys and a video started playing. It was a video of that night, everything that happened that night", she said.

"I got scared when I heard her turning the knob of her bathroom door and quickly pressed another rubbish and the video folder cleared. I closed the laptop and continued with my cleaning. You know ms Hailey sometimes has this mental issues where she likes to relive the experience of cruel stuff she's done. She had done the same when she was little and had killed her cat, she had me video her as she put the poor animal in a drum and rained stones on it till it died. Once she had also hidden a huge nail in her dad's chair in his home office and had stayed in a hidden corner videoing the eventual display of agony that ensued from her horrible act of ingenuity", the woman continued. "That made her parents take her to some mental correction institution for some years and she returned fine or so we thought till this", she finished.

"Jesus", I muttered clearly scared and horrified at what I had just heard. She's crazy and not in a good way. She's literally crazy......TBC

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Tiara's POV

We drove silence as a pleasant calmness filled the atmosphere in Josh's car. We occasionally stile glances at each other, sometimes even catching ourselves in the act.
I got tired of the silence and decided to turn on the mp3 player and just immediately the voice of Miley Cyrus blasted through the speakers. Josh clearly embarrassed rushed and put it off. His face flushed as he tightened his grip on the steering and looked away.
I looked ahead, clamping my lips together in a bid not to burst into laughter but as I took another glance at him and saw how his face was I couldn't hold it in any longer.
I laughed long and hard till tears left my eyes. He joined me too and boy it was pleasant to hear him laugh, I could just listen to it all day.

"So..you..you listen to Miley Cyrus?", I asked still not over the whole thing. He shifted uneasily and then shrugged before answering.

"She's a good musician, so yeah I pretty much listen to her", he defended.

"Yeah, she is", I replied nodding my head but the next second I was holding my belly in laughter again. He scoffed as he took a turn not familiar to my place.

"Yeah, laugh all you want I bet she's still better than your fave artiste", he said, finally killing off the engine.
I looked around at the place this boy had brought, confused at why he didn't take me home instead.

"Uhm..why are we here?", I asked as he came around to get my door.

"I want to show you something, you're gonna eat the best pizza you've ever had in your life", he said smirking.
See this one, who told him I was hungry?

"But I'm full already, pls let's just go home", I pleaded.

"Oh please T, it's still past 9, ok I promise this won't take time", he begged and even pouted.
I smiled at how silly his face looked, childish but cute anyways and so I obliged him.
We got into the down floor of the building in front of us. It was a cozy diner, nicely furnished but in a simple way. It wasn't like the normal grandiose restaurants we are used too. We stopped at a table where an old man came to greet us.

"Joshua my boy, been a while", the old man greeted Josh, then he turned to me and then smiled .

"And who is this beauty here?", he said giving me a handshake with a smile on his face.

Josh smiled as he introduced us, the old man was Bruno the owner of the place.

"So T was making some pancakes today, the best I ever had by the way and I thought why don't I bring her here to have the best pizza in the world", Josh boasted. Bruno smiled again as he spoke, "As much as I'd love to do that son I can't at the moment, we are almost closed and most of the staff are all drained at the moment, well except you do it yourself", he replied.
Although, I was quite full I couldn't help but feel a tweeny bit disappointed that I wasn't going to have the hyped pizza afterall.

"Sure I'd do it then", Josh agreed. My eyes popped out immediately as he said that, yes he did tried well with the pancakes but that doesn't mean he should start entertaining thoughts of being a world class chef but he shouldn't use me as the lab rat or test run object.

"Oh thanks Bruno but I think we'd be going now, I'm full anyways besides I don't plan on having tummy issues at all", I said to Bruno. The last part I had said eyeing Josh.
Bruno laughed at my statement, shaking his head he looked to Josh and laughed again.

"Damn girl, you're evil and i like that but why don't you just give him a chance, who knows, you might just be surprised", he said convincingly.
I frowned as I folded my arms considering the whole thing, I might as well just give it a try besides it will another opportunity to mock him if he flops which he will eventually.
Josh gave Bruno a high five as i agreed and walked off to where I assume is the kitchen to get started his poison.

"So how do you know Josh? sorry I don't mean to be this forward it's just that Josh as never break brought anyone here before", Bruno said taking a seat in front of me.
I explained how Josh and I met and everything.

"Wow , you guys have really come and long way then", he said . "And for him to bring you here you must be special".
I laughed at his comments, he obviously didn't know Josh well enough then, no one was special to him, well maybe Dibz.

"Oh I'm not special to him, we are just friends that's all", I replied him.
"Sure? I see the way he looks at you and even the way you do look at him too. You might say I'm just talking rubbish but when you've lived as long as Ive done, you'd be able to ascertain stuff just by a look, a speech and all that, trust me he does feel something for you. I've known Joshua since he was a kid, he used to come here all the time then, always skipping school then to eat my pizza, sometimes he'd come crying asking why his dad hated him, why he doesn't want to see him and acknowledge him as his son all because of some stupid reputation. The kid grew up with the love of his dad and no mother figure, just his nanny then who' died eight years ago. Since then he's been like a son to me and I a father to him. I know about his philandering ways with girls but that's not him at all, he does that just to get the attention of his dad even if it's bad but that glow in his eyes this night? it's been long I saw that, pretty long.", Bruno said.
He was about to continue but then Josh entered carrying a tray containing the pizza. Bruno's story had teared me up and I had to turn away to wipe the stray tear falling down my cheek so Josh wouldn't notice. He fed a slice of the pizza and I swear I didn't know when I moaned out loud. It was just too sweet for me to even feign any form of distaste or dislike.
After the meal, we bade Bruno goodbye and left.
During the drive, he looked my way lots of times as if he wanted to say something but he couldn't.
When we reached my house, we just stayed in the car, no one speaking or making any attempts to leave.
"Uhmm..... you've been awfully quiet since, anything wrong?", he asked.

"Why?",she whispered. "Why did you decide to cheat on me that night. I saw you know, back in junior high, we had just started dating then. I had just finished cheer practice and was on my way to my car when I remembered I left my bag at girls the locker room. I got here and was hearing some sounds, moans actually, being a busybody then I decided to see who the lesbians were but imagine my surprise when I saw it was you and some senior making out vigorously", I poured out quietly. Fresh tears cascaded down my cheeks as I poured out everything. I felt better contrarily to the pain I thought I would feel. All these years of keeping it all bottled up had been really stressful.
Josh looked at me tongue tied and ashamed. He tried to speak but I put a hand up signalling him to shut up and then....and then I kisses him.
A really good kiss it was after which I slapped him, really hard and got off smiling to myself.....I know, I'm just a mad person lol.....TBC