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@Oyinprince, cassidypat and other Literature Nairalanders, I'm inviting you all to read my stories.

Cmon peeps your comments encourage me to go on...I need constructive comments

Lakesc:
This my first time writting a comment on NL..
I love the way u write the story, it's beautiful. This story is among the best i have read here in the literature section..

Thanks man.... really appreciate

doctorexcel:
Thanks for the update. I cant wait for the showdown when dibz eventually sort out oliver. I think its high time the grandma ghost visit oliver to inform she doesn't have a future with their family. Feeling sorry for oliver but i have a shoulder she can cry on

Lol yeye....me that my shoulder aff been here nko

Tiara's POV

I glanced at him for the umpteenth time as I worked on the dough mixture. He looked abit distant, like he was troubled by something. He was unusually quiet and to top it all he had a book in his hand, a freaking book.
Josh couldn't read a book to save his life so for him to be with a book means that whatever's troubling him is huge. My heart ached for him, the the sight of him this down wasn't as pleasing as I thought it would be.
Yes, I hate his guts and philandering ways but that doesn't mean I want him to be miserabl ( not this miserable). The kind i misery I had wanted for him was something like being chased in public by a dog or maybe one of his flings downing her food or drink on him in some fancy restaurant after she's learnt what a jerk he is, that kinda misery.
I tried everything to erase memories of him from my mind and for sometime it worked, till Dibz got admitted into our highschool then and then they became best friends and Dibz started dating Fola my best friend so we just had tolerate each other for the sake of our best friends. Sometimes this situation allowed us to be victims of our pent up desires and we'd end up making out but nothing further than that. I always made sure to remind him that it was all nothing and he should forget it happened. I thought I always saw a flash of pain on his face anytime I said that to him but he'd just laugh it off the next second and no matter how selfish it'd seem, I had hoped that he'd say it was real to him even if it was just once.
It's true we were together for a brief period before Dibz came around, but that night happened and I had to shut him off for good.
Sometimes I wish I could just damn everything and give us a chance but then memories from that night flash in my mind and I get scared again. I might seem like a coward but I don't wanna be like my mom, heartbroken over a guy. This is a pain that has refused to heal completely in her life. It took me lots of therapy sessions to get over what happened that night and I wasn't about to go through it again....but how about now?.
Still seeing him not being his usual cheerful and carefree self just bothers me more than I should let it.
I look up for a another glance at his beautiful self(okay what's wrong with me today) and see that he's looking my way too. I want to look away but I can't seem to shift my gaze away from him.
He mutters something under his breath and begins to walk towards me in the best way a man could ever ever walk(it's official, I'm high on some emotional weed right now).

"Hey Tiara", he says now standing in front of me.

"Hi", I respond , pretending to be totally engrossed in what i was doing.

"Welcome back, you look good by the way", he says again, scratching the back of his neck. Why's he acting weird, like he's....OMG Josh is shy. That's a new one.

"Yh, thanks", I respond and go back to what I was doing. I bite back a smile as I watch him peripherally, standing there being all nervous .

"Wanna help me?", I offer without thinking. His eyes lit up as he readily accepts. He peels his shirt off his body and goes to get an apron. Yeah, I watched him shamelessly as he did all that. I was glad that he finally smiled for the first time today. He nodded as I struggled to walk through all I needed him to do( struggled because his closeness to me as I taught him was pleasantly unsettling).

The day went pretty nice, much more than I'd anticipated it would have been. Josh and I had a good time too, he made me, well everyone laugh almost anytime he spoke. The downside was that Fola didn't join us, she stayed locked in her room all through.
As I prepared to leave, Josh came up to me.

"Hey thanks alot for today, you don't know what you did for me", he said.
I smiled at his words.

"Me too Josh, I had a nice time today. Do take care of yourself, and I hope whatever had you so sad earlier gets resolved soon", I say while waiting for my Uber.
He just smiles and nods as he walks off to his car but he turns and comes back.

"Uhmm.... Tiara? Do you mind...I mean...can I drop you off?", He asks shyly. I like this shy and timid Josh.
Even though all the warning bells I had mentally installed in my mind about dangers, dangers such as this where blasting at full volume, somehow I ignored their wails and instead smiled in the face of this danger.
"Yes, Josh. I'd really love that".........TBC

Josh's POV

Sitting at my strategic point in the makeshift dinning room in Dibz's kitchen with a book in my hand as a decoy, I watched T as she worked her magic on the dough. Never knew aprons could ever look sexy till now, and her sweaty body that made her look just hotter.
I knew she was back in the country cus I had created a secret IG account which I use to stalk her. That's also how I got to know that her photoshoot ad was with one some dude for one perfume company, and you know how these fragrance ads usually are, boy and girl seemingly intoxicated by the supposed seductive appeal of the product. I had smashed my phone after I saw the useless Ad, they were too close to each other.

"Since did you ever read?", Dibz asked sitting next to me. I flushed a little that I had been caught. This boy just knows how to ruin things for me.

"Since never, this is boring", I said, dropping the book down. Dibz raised his eyebrows as he looked at me in his weird analyzing gaze. He looked at me then to the book and then towards where I was facing which was where T was and then he gave me a knowing smile. The bastard just has this special power of figuring me out...just me.

"Not a word", I muttered as I focused on my phone. He laughed out and then made a zipper gesture on his lips as if obliging me but you could still see the laughter in his eyes.

"I didn't say anything", he said smiling.

"Yh, but you wanted to, even now you still want say something", I shot back.

"Uhmm..maybe", he said, chuckling now. He's really enjoying this. "You got a new phone?", He asked noticing my new phone.

"Yh, fell down and the screen of the other one got damaged", I lied, happy that the topic had changed.

"So, T is back and she looks pretty good. Did you see her hair? Really fire.", He said. I cursed slightly, so much for thinking he'd change the subject.

"Yeah, she looks nice", I replied dryly.

"Mhmm...", He mocked, sipping from whatever drink he was having.

"You should talk to her you know", he said again. "It might help with whatever you guys have going on".

I laughed at his statement. He obviously doesn't know how much I've tried doing that but T, she doesn't just want to hear of my existence not to talk of hearing me speak. What did I ever do to her, besides being crazy about her?

"Dude, there's no talking with T, she talks and you listen that's how it works with her", I said dismissively.

"Well", he shrugged. "You never can tell, she might just be open to hearing you out now".

"Oh dreams", I scoffed.

"Okay, just sit back here and continue spying from afar without doing anything about it. Since I've been sitting here shes glanced over here like 3 times per minute", he said getting up.

"Wow, Dr Phil nice one. If only you took your own advice", I mocked clapping my hands. He blinked which he does whenever he want to feign ignorance on any matter.

"Mmhm....you dating Liv and then offering her cousin who is your ex by the way your place to stay", I pointed out.

"Oh cmon, I told you what happened at her apartment man, it wasn't safe there again", he defended.

"Ofcourse, but you know there are places called hotels? What am I saying sef, her father's a business mogul and an ex governor. You know what that means, it means he are so rich that he can get her two more houses at once and so you didn't have to bring her to your house, you chooses to do that on your own", I countered almost loudly but checked myself so as not to anyone else hear.
He sat down again, sighing heavily. I know he saw the sense in what i said and I suspect he already knew even before I pointed it out.

"You're right man", he said quietly drumming his fingers on the table slowly. I nodded and waited for him to continue.

"Look man, I know she had alot of options on where to stay but I just didn't want to let her out of my sight, I wanted to protect her, I still do. That's not bad, is it?", He asked.

"Ofcourse, that's not bad but in this context, it might backfire as a bad deed, selfish even. If you're still feeling this way about your ex when you're now dating her cousin, then the two of you being close to each other might not be the best option", I said, explaining in the best way I could.
He sighed and rubbed his eyes as I finished speaking.

"I can't just ask her to leave now bro. Early this morning I reacted harshly towards her and sending her out now would look like it's because of that. I'm f**ked man", he said relaxing back into the chair.

"Yh you really are", I said which earned me an eye roll from him.
"But you can try the other option", I continued which got him sitting up again looking at me curiously.

"What other option?", He asked. I rubbed my palms together trying to decide how to present this to me.

"Okay man, look I think it's high time we stop pretending like we don't know what's happening here". He looked lost as he stared at me.
"Which is?", He asked.

"That you're still in love with Fola", I said. He wanted to oppose but I held up a hand cutting him short.

"Don't try to deny it, I know you. Don't know how you still love her even after everything but then that's you, you're just weird. Well that being said, I think you should forgive and move on with her because as much it pains me to say this, she still loves you too. You should've have seen how messed up she was when we all thought you died in that plane crash and I know you're thinking about how Liv would feel but don't you think that still being with her and leading her on is more selfish?", I finished.

"I don't know man, I don't know", he said covering his face with his hands.

"It's all good man, just give it time. You'll figure it out soon", I said patting his back.

"Never knew I was this good, I'm so changing my major to psychology", I said beaming with smiles. Dibz scoffed at my statement, getting up.

"I know right, who would have know you had sense in that container on your neck but then it concerns a woman so I'm not surprised, you've always been a genius in women affairs but then you're an idiot concerning the one woman that matters the most , how ironic", he said.

"Fool", I muttered as he wrapped his arms round my neck laughing.

"Seriously man, talk to her okay?...and thanks for the talk. I'm lucky to have you as a friend", he said patting my back and walking away.

Just then I looked towards It's direction and she was looking at me too.
"Well, fuvk it", I cursed as I got up and walked towards her.

"Hey Tiara",..... TBC

Contd

Due to the fact that I went to bed pretty late, I woke up around some minutes past noon, a good thing this is a Saturday. I had woken up but didn't just have the energy to get up from the bed, my mind went back to early this morning and I felt bad again about how I treated the issue with Fola. Finally getting up, I made up my mind to apologize later today when the chance represents itself. Washed my mouth and face and went to get some to eat. As I descended the stairs, I heard voices arguing, seems like Josh came visiting cus he's always arguing about one thing or the other.
"Oh great, sleeping beauty decided to grace us with his presence", Josh joked as I got down. I rolled my eyes at his predictable trait of always being the first to talk.
"Shut up", I muttered as I opened the fridge to get myself a glass of water. After which I grabbed a bowl and began pouring some cereals in it. I was so hungry that I just couldn't wait for my food to be dished so I opted for the cereals to hold my side first.
Just then Liv walked in with Fola and Debbie, they were carrying grocery bags and some takeaway bags too. T followed just a while later and it all made sense on why Josh was here.
Liv frowned at my bowl of cereals as she approached me, with one of the takeaway bags.

"No, no, put that away. I knew you'd be hungry when you finally woke up that's why we branched at Genesis to get some snacks after getting the grocery", she said pouting.
I smiled at the cute expression on her face, you'd think she was my elder sister or mom even with the way she cared. Pretty extreme.

"Oh, but I've already made the cereal already, wouldn't want it to go to waste now, ba?", I asked smiling. "Don't worry, I'd still eat the snacks cus this thing won't go anywhere", I continued as I placed a peck on her pouted lips. I just couldn't resist doing it, not even minding the fact that Fola was just a few feet away.
Liv smiled as she tippy toes to give me another kiss on my lips. I took a glance at Fola and it seemed like she was too engrossed in laying out all the ingredients for the food.

"Hey T, when did you get back?", I asked as I remembered she was here too.
She just rolled her eyes at me and continued tapping away on her phone.

"Yh, it's now you're seeing me ba? Because your girlfriend is no more kissing you shey?", She said. I smiled as i got to where she was and pulled her into a hug.

"Oya sorry, i was just clouded with hunger that I didn't even notice anybody. Sorry yh?", I begged playfully.

"Clouded with kisses too", she said hugging me back.

Josh cleared his throat, causing us to turn to his direction.
"Hi T", he said, waving a little.
"Hi", she replied.
Now thats weird, but that's not my concern for now. I left them to talk as I went upstairs to get my phone. I got it and as I was making my way back to the kitchen, I saw Fola leaving her room . She had changed into something casual. A nice green camisole and bum shorts, she had her hair in a high bun with a head bans keeping them in place. She just looked breathtaking.
'Stop it dude, you're in a relationship now so stop checking another girl out', my inner self scolded.

"Hey", I said approaching her.

"Hey", she greeted back avoiding my eyes.

"Look, about earlier this morning, I was out of line and shouldn't have reacted like that towards you", I apologized. She nodded her head slowly and flashed me a bright fake smile.

"It's all forgotten", she said as she began walking away but after walking some steps, she turned back and made her way towards me, this time that familiar fiery look was in her eyes. She got to me and poked me hard in the chest.

"You know what? It's not all forgotten. You were a jerk last night. Yes , I did you wrong and I've been apologizing ever since, even though I don't know the full story, i decided just let everything go and start over which included asking you for forgiveness for abandoning you then", she said hotly.

"But..",she began again, poking my chest again, this time forcing me to take a step back as she advanced further.

"All I did this morning was try to make small talk with you but you just decided to be be a dick about the whole thing. Look I know you're still hurting over my wrongs towards you but I've already said I'm sorry and honestly, that's the only thing i can do. I can't go back in time, I can't kill myself to right anything, I can just be sorry", she said walking away again.
But she came back again and poked me yet again.

"And I've not pressed charges against Henry because you might get into trouble too. You beat him up really bad and if I press charges and he denied it and tells the police that you bloodied him up ,you might get back to jail, you're on a probation remember? And the slightest provocation can make your file to be opened again. So now you know why, you prick", she said and stormed off foe good this time.

I stood rooted to the spot with my mouth slightly open. That was the fiery , beautiful and sassy Fola I know and I know how weird this might sound but this hot and angry display of hers just now turned me the hell on. I know I'm a psycho lol......TBC

Hey guys, sorry for the delay. Still trying to come up with something nice but it was taking too long so I decided to drop this one just to reduce the tension while I try to come up with something worthwhile.... pls bear with me

Dibz's POV

It's been quite some time since the Henry incident, like four days since Fola and Liv have been staying with me since. So far it's been nice or honestly more like tolerable. There hasn't been any fights contrary to what I assumed would be a daily feature and everyone seems cool with everybody. Debbie has been usual self, loving and cheerful while Liv has been well, Liv. Fola on other part, has still been sticking to this her new quiet and polite character which is very unusual. Maybe she's for real and she's no longer holding on to the past, maybe she's not it's her business. Now that I think about it, I don't really like this new Fola, the old Fola had this fiery and confident personality that she never failed to exhibit wherever she was, she always said her mind without being sorry, atleast you'd know exactly what she was thinking but this new Fola?...very quiet, gentle, polite , shy even and it just makes it hard to read her now.
That moment at her apartment keeps on replaying itself in my head eery freaking time, the moment we almost kissed. Lord know it took every shred of will in me to back off and do the right thing. I don't freaking know what's wrong with me, I've got a loving girlfriend with me for God's sake. I mean I want to hate her, I really do, I don't want to feel anything for her and I make that resolve every time but I just can't keep it.
When I barged in on Henry trying to have his way with her, I f***king lost it, I never knew I had that much rage in me. I just wanted to kill the damn bastard, like how dare he lay a finger on her? If not for her intervention I swear I would have been sent back to jail again for murder, atleast it would be the truth this time.
It's a little last three in the morning and I can't seem to get myself to sleep. There's a lot going on in my life right now and I just don't know how to go about it. I had dealt with this whole living with Fola thing in the best way I could , which is stuffing myself with lots of work, school and actual work. Immediately after school, I drive from there to work and stay there till like 11pm before returning home. So far it's been serving it's purpose but it's taking a huge toll on me rest wise.
I get up from bed and walk downstairs, careful with my steps so as not to wake anyone. I grab a bottle of beer as I stroll outside to the pool area.

"Can't sleep too?", She says interrupting the free surge of thoughts running through my mind.
I stiffen a little but relax immediately as I take another go at the beer.

"Yeah, you?", I reply, still not turning to look at her.

Fola sighs a little as she makes her way to my side and she stares at the water for abit before answering me.

"No, just woke up a while ago to get some yoghurt before I spotted you here", she replies.
I turn to her and immediately i wish I hadn't. She's in her nightie of loose singlet which has one of the shoulder straps hanging low and her shorts exposing her fresh laps and long legs. She's a beauty alright.

"So....didn't take you for a beer guy, you always rejected beers whenever we were in a gathering then", she said turning to face me now. I scoffed as I took another swig at the beer and faced the water.

"Well, people change with time", was all I could say to her now. She nodded and faced the pool again.

"Right", she said. We stayed like that for sometime before she spoke out again.

"Nice hair. I know I should have complimented it since but the circumstances weren't right then, so I'm saying it now. It really suits you", she said, obviously trying to make small talk that I wasn't interested in having at the moment. I rolled my eyes as I went for yet another go of my drink, thank God I brought it with me, it helped to ease the ruckus that I was feeling just by being close to her.
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"And what makes you think the circumstances have changed?..look don't confuse yourself, that I said we are good now doesn't mean we get to talk like we are old pals or something that get to compliment each other's hairdo ,far from it chief, really far from it", I replied abit hotly.
She looked taken aback for a moment before she smiled and looked away.

"I'm sorry", she said. "It's just that I really admire the hair and I thought I should let you know. May bad, won't happen again, I promise", she continued but you'd see she was trying really hard not to smile and that just got me extra pissed at her, like what the heck is she laughing at, my hair?....

"Yeah, f**k your pathetic apologies, don't need them", I said harshly. Now I was way out of line with that reply but im just so pissed at her smile which is pretty adorable by the way and the fact that I just thought her smile was adorable is the reason why I'm so pissed at her and that reply was a ploy to hurt her no matter how wrong it is.

"And cut the bullshit, you're not sorry at all cus the Fola I know would have sued Henry's ass for that act of disrespect, hell you wouldn't have even let him leave your apartment at all but guess what? You just let him go , no charges , nothing at all against him and yet he actually tried to take advantage of you forcefully. He did this to you, as in you were conscious while it was happening and you let him go Scot free like that but yet you jump at the word of another person and scream for my arrest on another person just based on hearsay", I say slowly to her so she gets every word I'm saying and she feels the brutal force of guilt that would wipe off the adorable..sorry stupid smile off her face.
"And yet, you expect me to believe you're sorry...that you're not in plan with that idiot? Yh right ,Tru again", I finish as I throw the bottle on the ground. She yells slightly as the bottle makes contact with the ground and shatters.

"Dibz...I..I'm sorry..it's ..it's not...", She tries to say with tears in her eyes but I put out my head stopping her from saying whatever lie she wants to spit out and walk away. As I make my way back into the house, I can't help but feel angry at myself with the way I handled things. It's was all uncalled for and I realized it too late.
I had just acted the same way she did then, accusing her and not even listening to what she wanted to say, I know I'm quite the hypocrite......TBC

AiteeAitee:
Moura7 This is nice and I understand you are trying but lack of consistency in updates is speedily killing the sweet vibe of the story. Please just put more efforts in updating, okay? The story is great though.

Yh I get but this is a not a story I've written already....I post when a new idea comes up and now it's not been forthcoming plus there's the issue with my eye too

Faithfulmartins:
Sorry bro

Thanks man

Ultimategeneral:
Sorry boss, get well soon.

Thanks man

Guys really sorry for the slow updates lately... my eye's still pretty bleeped up now, it's swollen now sef

hidhrhis:
bro karma must visit her
i dnt like seeing the wicked go unpunish

Lol....easy bro, bet if you were Dibz you'd have killed her already

Hey guys...so I know everyone is waiting for Hailey to be caught. Well that hasn't happened yet and might happen or never happen at all except by some miracle she slips up but who knows?...let's find out. The story is still a long way out

Cool stuff

Here it is as I promised, it's not gonna be long so pls bear with me.

Contd

"Hello hun", she said to me with a smile. I closed my eyes and breathe in for a moment. 'This is not real, this is not real', I chanted to myself as I finally relaxed and opened my eyes hoping that she'd just disappear but who was I kidding?....The woman pinched me back to reality.
"How...how is this even possible...how am I seeing you?", I asked shivering. Right now I'd have preferred if I was actually crazy and for me to be seeing and conversing with an actual ghost like the other side kinda ghost, a dead person.
She didn't answer my question, instead a dark scowl appeared on her face as she looked at me. Her face void of its usual smile and her eyes trained on me.
"Oh, I only show myself to my victims, the people I'm going to bring with me to the underworld", she said as she slanted her neck still looking at me, this time a evil smile donning her face.
I felt all the blood drained off my face as the reality of her words sunk in. I was going to die, oh God this is not happening, this is not how I thought I'd live this world no no no. All of deaths, I'd be killed by a ghost? No no pls God forgive me.
Suddenly she burst into a hysterical laughter while I watched stunned.
"Oh oh , you should have seen your face", she said in between laughs. Now I was vexed, I'm here heartbroken that the guy I love is dating my cousin and there's also the possibility that he really hates me passionately now only for me to be made jest of by a ghost.
"Not funny", I said fuming.
"Oh forgive me, I just couldn't resist the urge to do that, not with how sacred you looked when you saw me", she apologized while still wiping off stray tears from her eyes, she had quite the laugh.
"So, care to tell me why I'm seeing you?", I asked folding my arms. I felt bold now, don't know what happened to the fear I experienced earlier.
"Well, I'm sure you know now that I'm a ghost who shows itself to people that would be married into this family, so that's why you're seeing me", she stated, her sweet smile back on her face.
I scoffed as she finished and chuckled abit. What a fantasy I'd love more than anything in this world, but it is what it is, just a fantasy.
"Well, Mrs matchmaker ghost I guessing this one's already a lost cause", I said sitting on a bench in the garden.
"Your grandson or great grandson or whatever, he hates me now - passion I think - and hes dating my cousin now who was there for him when I deserted him so I don't think anything is salvageable in this case, not even if you wave your ghostly matchmaking wand over him. I closed my eyes as I thought about what I said.'Ghostly matchmaking wand?... pretty constructive Fola', I thought as I gave myself an imaginary Pat on the back.
"Well, I'm not going to commend you or anything cause frankly you deserve everything that's happening to you now", she said. Great, I thought as I rolled my eyes ,tell me something I don't know already.
"But somehow the universe or whatever is in charge here still has you as the right person for my baby boy, so don't beat yourself up anymore and try to better yourself. Don't force anything tho, everything will play out by itself, just be patient and be the best version of yourself now", she said. What she said was so good to be true, not like I believed it tho, I mean really?....the universe?, I rolled my eyes as how foolish her words sounded no matter how hard I'd love to believe them....but then I'm talking with a ghost, what can be more impractical than this?
"How sure are...", I turned to say but was shocked to see that she wasn't there anymore. I stood up as I checked around to see if she maybe was around the corner but she was no where to be found. Just then Debbie came around to meet me.
"Been looking for you, lunch is ready, hungry?", She asked. I just nodded as words just seem to come out. She arched her brows at my response as she riltted her head to the right a little in a gesture of curiosity.
"Are you okay, you seem abit flushed?", She asked as she came nearer.
"Oh, I'm fine, just in my feelings right now", I replied. Wow I'm a pretty damn liar.
"Oh so sorry, ofcourse you'd not be okay with what you just experienced in your apartment, so sorry for asking the obvious", she said as she pulled me in for a hug.
I hugged her back. As we walked back to the house, I stopped as I tugged at her hand, willing her to face me.
"I'm sorry Debbs, for everything that happened, pls forgive me", I said remorsefully.
She just smiled and pulled me in for another hug.
"It's all good now Fola, it's behind us all, no judging", she cooed.

I smiled as i felt this inner peace within me, one I hadn't experienced in along long time....TBC

bikassava:
stay safe bro

Thanks man

Apologies guys..was supposed to update yesterday but I've been having these burning sensation in my eyes lately prolly and it hurts bad...so sorry guys, would try and drop something today sha

jupitre:
Hmmm..
Kinda playing with fire here

Cmon enlighten me

Hi guys.. hope y'all remember Beatrice from the first part of the story?

Fola's POV
I stood transfixed at the spot, tears still freely running down my cheeks as I stared at Dibz's back. He had evaded the kiss I was aiming for just some moments ago. What was I even thinking, going for a kiss just like that? I should have expected this but that still doesn't cushion effect of being rejected by someone I love.
I got back to myself as I took a few steps towards him with my hand halfway stretched not knowing whether to touch him or not. Ofcourse I want to touch him but I don't know if he'd like that hence my hesitation.
"I'm..I'm sorry about that. I had no right", I finally said or more like whispered. He raked his hair with his fingers as he finally turned to face me. I know now was not the time to check him out but I just couldn't help but notice how hot he looked as he did that. Another habit I couldn't stop. Back then I always ogled him shamelessly even after we started dating, the feeling just never got old at all and people talked about how unladylike it was but that was their bloody business cus I didn't care afterall he was my mine and mine alone so I had every right eye Bleep as I pleased....but sadly that privilege wasn't mine anymore.
"Yh, it's okay", he sighed before speaking.
"So", I said , embracing my myself nervously.
"How did you know I was in trouble?", I asked.
"Oh, I didn't", he replied. "Liv asked me to stop by and get some of her clothes cus she had worn the ones she came with. She also assured me that you'd be at school that's why I agreed, I didn't want issues with you", he finished. The last part he said facing the ground.
"Oh", I said, feeling sad that he didn't want see me sef. "Okay, let me take you to her room so you'd pick up the clothes".
He nodded as he followed me to her room. I got out the clothes I knew she'd love to have while he packed them in a duffel bag.
"So, how are you doing?", I asked, trying to strike a convo in a bid to reduce the thick tension in the air.
He nodded again in response to my question as he continued with what he was doing.
"I'm sorry I haven't been able to come see you since its just that...", I was saying but he sparked.
"What are you doing Fola?", He asked vexed. Confusion struck me as I tried to comprehend what he meant.
"How....I..I don't get", I stuttered. He scoffed at my response and continued.
"What's with all the niceties and friendliness? We both know you hate my very existence so what's all this care and concern BS you're exhibiting?", He shouted. I tried to talk but he wasn't done yet.
"You told me yourself that you wished I was dead and that I should leave here for everyone and now I almost die and you suddenly all caring now? Please I don't know what your plan is and I don't care, I just want to live in peace and stay out of your way", he said zipping up the bag.
Fresh tears gushed down from my eyes as the honest harshness in every word he spoke held my heart bound with a spell of overwhelming guilt and pain.
"Dibz...ba...I'm sorry Dibz..I'm really sorry for everything", I cried as I tried to touch him but he shifted far away from me. I begged and need with tears as he just sat looking afar off into space. It wasn't until he turned to me that I saw a single tear flowing down his cheeks.
"Sorry? No you're not", he said softly.
"No Dibz, I truly am, from the depth of my heart I'm sorry for everything", I said.
He just chuckled and faced me again.
"What for exactly....why are you sorry....I raped a helpless girl right..so why are you sorry?", He said painfully.
"I don't care anymore, I'm sorry pls forgive me" I cried out.
He just scoffed and smiled. "Just what I thought, you still believe I raped her. You know what? It's all good. We are good Fola, I hold nothing against you but it would be best if we didn't cross paths", he said as he stood up.
"I'm waiting by the car when you're done", he said walking out. When I'm done? Waiting?
"Hey, when I'm done with what?", I asked. He sighed as he turned around.
"When you're done packing some of your stuff. You didn't expect me to leave you all by yourself here after what happened with Henry, did you?", He asked but when I didn't say anything because I was stunned at how he was still looking out for me, he made a silly attempt at rolling his eyes and spoke again.
"Look, I know I said we should avoid each other but you can't stay alone , would have suggested you bunk with T but I know she's out of the country now so you're coming with me besides your cousin is there , Debby too plus the house is so big that avoiding each other wouldn't be hard at all", he said and walked off not even giving me a chance to refuse hiss offer. I sluggishly packed my bag and met up with him downstairs where he was leaning on his car.
He helped me put my bags in the booth as I entered the shotgun seat. I entered too and just before he started driving, he looked at me and said, " Uhmm.....I'm dating Liv now and I'd like it if she doesn't know what happened earlier....you know, the attempted kiss?"
My heart shattered all over again at the news but I just smiled and nodded before turning away to deftly blink off the tears threatening to spill forth.

We reached the Manuels' mansion some thirty minutes later. The maids helped the bags and as we entered, I remembered the last time I was here, when everything was still good.
"What are you doing here?", Liv asked once she saw me. Debby to came out to see what's up. I felt nervous, it was like she didn't like the fact that I was there.
"Hi Liv" I greeted. "Oh I'm doing great thanks for asking", I replied sarcastically.
"Babe? Why is she here?", She turned to Dibz, ignoring me.
Dibz explained everything that happened with Henry and she turned towards me, her eyes soft now. "I'm so sorry Fola, are you okay?", She pulled me in an embrace. I assured her that I was fine and we moved on from that, even Debby asked how I was doing, no form of animosity in her attitude at all, she's always been a sweet girl sha. Don't know why I was thinking she'd be hostile towards me.
As I walked around the garden self reflecting, I felt a hand on me. I was so scared that I didn't know a small yell escaped my mouth. As I turned to meet whoever had given me such a scare ready to lash out , my throat went dry as I saw who it was. My face turned white as I took in the appearance of the person, not a single change in appearance from the last time we met.

"Be... Beatrice?", I whispered as she smiled sweetly at me, that sort of eerie sweet smile that just screams SCARY.....TBC

hidhrhis:
moura it high time the characters started joining the puzzle together that dibz wasnt guilty of his accusation
besides please help us do something about the update to be fast had to go for some days so as to meet more update to quench my urge of reading ur master piece

Yes sir.. would try to update more often. Thanks alot

Contd
As I laid upside down on the long couch in the living room listening to my playlist of heartbreak songs with a medium sized bowl of ice cream by the side, I remembered all good times with Dibz and my friends and tears escaped my eyes as I realized how lonely I had become.
T was the only one who'd forgiven me ,even Debby wasn't talking to me again, I didn't even know she was back. Josh the same thing, although he wasn't icing me out he still greeted me occasionally whenever our parts crossed while everything was still good with Victor and Femi. It's all my fault and God knows I'm truly sorry from the bottom of my heart. It just a pity that it took the crash for me to realize all this a d what I would give to just have a chance to rewrite everything.
The bell rung interrupting my thoughts, it was then followed by the intercom informing me of the visitor. I sighed as I opened the door for Henry. He wore a worried face as he leaned and took in my appearance. I still hadn't told him I wanted a break up, i had wanted to do it but then the issue with Dibz came up and I just forgot.
"Hey you?", He said as he walked in.
"Hey", I replied as I plopped down on the couch.
"So you've been kinda MIA lately, almost like you've been avoiding me or something but I know that's not the case sha", he said sitting beside me. I shifted away slightly as I didn't really feel like being around him now or even forever. It's like I'm suddenly aware of how wrong I was by being with him, wondered what got into me. Still I have to let him know that things can't work out between us anymore and I need to be really polite about it.
"Uhm Henry, there's something I need to tell you", I said as I faced him. He looked at me and nodded urging me to go on.
"Uhmm....I...I..", I tried to say as I fiddled with my fingers but he cut me off.
"Sorry babe, I'm thirsty now had a long day at school today, can you get me a soda pls", he asked.
"Sure", I nodded as I walked to the fridge and threw him a can of Coke.
"Thanks",he said as he downed the contents almost immediately.
"Yh as I was saying, Henry you've been a great guy to me and I'm so lucky to have been with someone like you but I don't think I can go on with this relationship", I said softly. Damn, that sounded way better when I recited it in my head but in reality it sounded so pitiful. I need to remedy this fast.
"Uh...it's not you, I swear it's me. You didn't do anything wrong. I'm sure you'll find someone who would love you for your true worth. I'm not just that person and I'm sorry", I continued.
There was a loud silence in the room as I took in his pained face.
"Why now?", He asked quietly but you couldn't miss the death in his voice.
"It's because of him right?", He continues.
"Who?", I try to act like i don't know what he's talking about.
"Oh don't play dumb Fola, you know damn well I'm talking about Dibz. Oh wait, you think I'm a fool? Dude just gets out of prison for a month and suddenly you don't want a relationship with me again", he shouted. Now this is a side of Henry, I haven't seen before. He looks so so...I don't even know the word for it...so scary.
"Pls calm down Henry ,let's....", I try to plead , my back is plaster against the wall as I try to find an escape route out of here.
"Don't f**king tell me to calm down bitch. Oh you think you'd just use me and dump like that because he's back?..eh?', he shouts as he rushes towards me. I try to run but he grabs my hair and pulls me to me and his hand connects firm with my cheek. The bastard just slapped me and that's just not right. I yell as I gather my strength and kick him hard where the sun doesn't shine and he shrieks in pain. Even my dad hasn't not slapped me before. Still brewing in anger, I punch him hard in the jaw and a hot pain Sears through my knuckles. Damn punches are painful. As I set myself to deliver another blow, he catches my hand in the air and he headbutts me. I feel dizzy as I fall hard to the floor and blood seeps outta my nostrils. He uses the chance and climbs on me and starts tearing off the flimsy sleeveless loose gown I had on. Immediately, alarms bells go off in my head as realization of his intentions dawn on me. He pins both of my hands with his one hand as the other one fiddles with the zipper of his trousers. I beg and beg for him to stop but he doesn't listen. All of a sudden, he's yanked off me and thrown to the floor as I watched someone else rain punches on him repeatedly. Tears blind my eyes so I can't see who my saviour is clearly but I recognize that cologne even if I'm dead.
When Dibz doesn't stop with his onslaught on Henry and rush and hug him from the back and beg him to stop.
"Pls Dibz stop, you'll kill him", I say still holding him and he stops almost immediately. Henry uses that opportunity and runs out of my apartment. I fling myself at Dibz as I cry into his shoulderes while he just stands there, not even hugging me back but I don't care at all. All that matters is that he's here with me now. After staying like that for some minutes , he finally puts his arms around me as he soothes me and I feel like I'm in heaven. I release myself and stare at him as he pacifies me softly. He stops as he locks his eye with me too. I start to lean in as I get capitated in those eyes, even admit the screams of how wrong what I'm about to do is, I dont care as I continue to lean in, only for him to ...........TBC

Fola's POV

GGGGRRRRRRRRRRIIII.....came my alarm buzzer signaling that it was time to wake up. I groaned as I turned ,using the pillow to cover my face as I wasn't yet ready to wake up. When it continued to ring, I angrily got up and smashed it against the wall and just like that it stopped. Thankfully, it wasn't my phone this time. Yeah I had smashed my phone one time when I still used it to set alarms. That experience had taught me to just buy an alarm buzzer instead for cases such as this where I might just have to smash it.
It's funny how we actually set this alarms ourselves to help us meet up a certain deadline but end up really angry when it actually performs the task we set it do.
Not finding it easy to ease back into sleep, I got up from bed and washed my face before walking downstairs to get something to eat. Oh I had cancelled going to school today because I'm still vexed with the stupid alarm clock, it just ruined my day without it even starting.
I passed by Liv's room and as usual she wasn't in, just like yesterday and the day before and the day before that. Ever since the plane incident, we've kinda grown apart, it's like there's this unspoken animosity between us and worst part is I don't know why or do I?
She had blamed me for the crash tho but I just assumed that she was just over stressed thinking if Dibz would survive and she was right , it was really my fault. She's been spending much of her time at his house lately and I don't know how that makes me feel. I know they've been good friends since and all but there's still that feeling that there's more to their closeness. Their show of affection at the airport when Dibz survived doesn't also help matters. I don't even know why I'm getting worked up about this matter, it's not like I have a right to feel jealous if they are really a thing, I messed up my chances and the least I can do is to be happy for them if they are a thing. Nah, I don't think I can stand it if they are really together, I'll just leave and go to some island and start over, but that would just be selfish of me, no, I must try hard and be happy for them along as they are happy.
As I laid upside down on the long couch listening to my playlist of heartbreak songs and a medium six

Faithfulmartins:
Wow! You're superb, I've been following your story since, all I can say is you're too good

Another new face here...thanks man

juninhouj:
my first time commenting on this platform, and I must say, your doing a great job.......... Anyways, I want Dibz to fall in love with liv..... The saying that "you can't eat your cake and still have it" should be the case of Fola..... my opinion though.... thanks for the update

Wow.. thanks alot man. I appreciate

Dibixxx1:
Hmmm......just hope he doesn't break this girl's heart

Papi..thanks alot

jupitre:
That's irrational..
I see this relationship ending badly..
But then change is constant you know. He might grow loving her but I doubt it

Thanks man... always giving your takes on each episode. I really appreciate

Herbiedeen:
Pesin no dey know for that kain situationPesin no dey know for that kain situationPesin no dey know for that kain situation

A new comment...that's good. Thanks man

Dibz's POV

It's been a week since the plane crash. During the one week I had spent three days at the hospital, not like I had any major injuries though, it's just my parents being overly protective and cautious. I got good news though, apparently my dad's health has been improving rapidly and trust him to start trying to get back to work but also trust my mum to keep him on a tight leash.
Another good news was that Debbie had finally come back to Nigeria, so I wasn't alone anymore but the only bad news was that I wasn't to leave again.
My folks had persuaded me to stay in Nigeria and finish my studies. They even went to the extent of threatening to lock up anyone that as much as said a single hateful word to me while I'm staying here. I agreed to stay to here so as not to worry them and also because I didn't think I'd be able to get on a plane again after the crash. I had developed some mild panic attacks, it had only happened once so far in the bathroom while no one was at home. I hadn't told anyone yet as I didn't want more fussing about me plus I knew they'd force me to see a therapist which I didn't like. The idea of baring my self out there to a stranger just didn't sit well with me no matter the whole client confidentiality' stuff they had.
After my parents and sister, Liv had been all up in my face, taking care of me. She made sure to come by the house after classes with my notes she had written for me and then she'd pamper me till she left. Sometimes, she'd even cook for me and boy, she cooked really well. She got off pretty well with Debbie and they became soul sisters just in a matter of hours. I smiled as i watched Debbie intimate her on my most embarrassing moments as a kid and smiled even more as her big beautiful eyes lit up and the sound of her laughter filled the room.
'Maybe I should give us a chance, maybe I could grow to love her', I thought to myself as I watched her and our eyes met. She smiled at me and turned fave away shyly with that look on her face. There was no mistaking of that look in her eyes, that look of love and admiration, I'd hate to be the reason that they die out, she's been there for me alot and this is the least I could do. I'll try to make things work between us.
'Hmm....is gratitude enough reason to commit to a relationship with someone you know loves you but you can't reciprocate that love because you still love another?', a voice in my head asked. I ignored the voice the voice as my mind had already been made up, but still that gnawing feeling of uncertainty about what I was signing up for still ate at me. That feeling that I was doing this because I felt I owed her.

I excused myself and went to the game room to blow off some steam with COD. I hadn't played up to an hour when Liv came I'm, pretty excited about something.
"Here you are, look look what Debbie got me", she said as she bubbled gleefully.
My mind was too engrossed in giving consecutive headshots to my enemies in the game that I just gave a lame 'yaayy' to her.
"Oh, you didn't just ignore me like that", she said as she jumped on me blocking my view in the process.
We laughed as we struggled with the gamepad and before we knew it, we had fallen off the couch and she was on top of me. We didn't move again as silence engulfed the whole atmosphere. Liv's eyes looked dazed as she looked at me and then my lips before she captured my lips with hers. I knew she was going to do this but still the shock that she actually did it didn't let me kiss her back or was it because it didn't feel right doing so?....
As if she noticed I was not kissing back, she pulled out, a look of embarrassment on her face coupled with welled up eyes. I felt really bad that I had caused this to her and I held her back as she attempted to stand up, but what I didn't know was when the words ;
'Will you be my girlfriend?", left my mouth...... TBC

Fola's POV

"Oh cmon girl, don't look so sad Dibz will be fine, I promise", T said as she arrived the reception.
I just ran into her open arms, the tears blinding my sight. Truthfully, I had been crying non stop since I've been here. Worst of all was the persistent recalls of Josh's words to me. However how harsh they had been, they were all true and I haven't just been able to be optimistic about this whole thing.
"I...I..I know I should be positive but what...what...what if...", I sobbed as I couldn't even complete a sentence.
"Shhhhhh", T cooed as she rubbed my hair as I sobbed into her chest.
"Don't say that, he'll be fine", she continued.
We had remained like that for like twenty minutes when the doors barged open and the medic team rushed through the doors pushing a stretcher carrying someone covers with bandages all over. A sob escaped my mouth as I quickly stood up and rushed towards them but I was restrained by one of the medic staff.
"What...what's wrong...is he okay?", I asked tearfully. "Please let me through, I need to see him, he needs me", I went on with waiting for a response. The staff still held me back as I fought tooth and nail to get through to them. T had to hold me back and now she was sobbing quietly. So much for her conviction that he'd be fine after a plane crash. Oh look what I've done, I thought as I fell down and cried.
"Please, is he still alive, how bad is it?", I asked the medic staff that was restraining me.
I didn't miss the look of pity on his face as he tried to speak. That look just seemed to confirm my fears that his condition was too bad, almost unsalvageable even.
"Uhm...he suffered a serious damage just below his shoulder blades and we haven't confirmed yet if his spine was broken or affected in any way, he also had his sides pierced by a metallic object so he lost some significant amount of blood but there weren't any major injuries done to his head so his brain function is still good", he said. I screamed as the news registered.He lost alot of blood and they don't know if his spine was affected? Ah I'm a murderer, look what the hatred I had groomed in my heart has caused. He might not be dead now but I might have as well killed him.
'Oh Dibz, I'm sorry , I'm so so so sorry, pls forgive me", I wailed as I rolled on the floor of the reception. By now, T had stopped trying to console me as she too had sat down on the floor , eyes watered with tears as they stared straight forward as if starinh into space.
"Dibz?....you mean the victim of the crash?", the medic staff asked this time. What is it with this one now? He was among the team that extracted him and now he's asking me if he's the one on the stretcher. I was too pained to lash out at him for asking such a stupid question so I just answered him plainly.
"Yes", I cried.
" Are you sure?", He asked. "Because the person was older and he had a sort of uniform on him when we found him, more like a pilot's and there was another victim, a younger male but his injuries weren't at all severe ,just some a dislocated arm".
At that statement, my eyes flew open and then I remembered the pilot had been on the plane too and that the figure of the person on the stretcher was slightly on the robust side but I had thought it was cause of the extreme bandaging.
As if on cue, Dibz walked in accompanied by some medic staff too, shirt torn and his right arm supported by a sling. I stood rooted to the spot as I watched him walk towards us, my heart became light all of a sudden as if a weight had been lifted off my chest, and then something happened, he stopped as his eyes fixated on me or maybe it was something behind me but I just didn't care as I stared back at him my mouth slightly ajar. Another thing happened, he smiled, like 'the I'm so pleased to see you kinda smile. OMG he smiled at me, after everything he still smiled at me, those captivating sparkling eyes of his shinning and just at me. My face lit up with a smile all by itself and then he opened his free hand as if welcoming me for a hug. My heart flipped as mind quickly went back to all the times I found ecstatic solace in his embrace and I smiled again, buy just as I took the first step to run towards his open arm, the main thing happened.....
Olivia ran past me and hugged him so tight that he almost fell down. He laughed as she soaked the crook of his neck with tears and spun her arms round his neck pulling him in for another hug. Ofcourse she had been the one he was smiling at, what was I even doing thinking that he just forgot about everything like that. There and then I knew I had lost him but I was overwhelmed with joy that he was still alive and ok but somehow that didn't seem to stop this feeling of jealousy that I wasn't the reason for that smile on his face in the trying times. Now someone else is the reason for that smile and that person is my cousin who I love so much but I also love Dibz too even more, it took him leaving to get me acknowledge that I never stopped loving him.

What do I do now?.....TBC

Another short update, I'm really sorry guys I've just been so busy lately that I always end so tired when I get back home, pls manage this small one for now and pls don't stop commenting. Stay safe.