Bankz007:
I must appreciate your efforts, d story dey gluey.....


But boss, we need constant update.
Pick a day that u will be dropping two update......



It not easy but try for us.....

On the plus side, if u can be dropping two update each for two days in a week. U dey boost your self writing skill.

God bless You immensely... Thank you so much for the encouragement... I sincerely appreciate it.

As per your idea on the updates..I will put that into practice...My current Job throws me out very early in the morning and returns me most times..by 10-11 pm... I always write at night, mostly tired... And in other not to rush the story and make a mess of it. I try to take my time.

However..without giving out any spoilers... The first phase of the story is coming to an end in the next chapter... A sequel will follow suit after a while..that is where the actual story begins.... Though I have not yet decided on whether to drop the sequel on this thread or create a new one... Whichever one it will be...

Just be rest assured of constant updates once the sequel debuts...

For the last update on this first part..Let's keep our fingers crossed on Saturday night..or Sunday morning!! Thank you once again!.

Update alert...a new update just dropped.. Thank you all for the patience..


Kindly drop your feedback pls..it will be highly appreciated!!

TORN12



I moved in a locomotive motion to the wall adjacent to Maryann and laid my back.. My head felt dizzy... I was still conscious but I felt numb all through... It seemed I had become immune to the pain..or it had become extremely excessive, so much so, I became overwhelmed..from where I sat I could see everyone in the room... Abuchi was still standing but this time, he was staring at me in pity..his tears were so much it left wet patches on his shirt.. he was visibly in an emotional state I had never seen him in before... Jasper was sitting..dabbing his bruises with the towel in his hands... A bit less concerned about what just happened but I noticed he steals side glances at me... Maryann was still crying... But looking very out of strength as blood dripped out from her nose...and then Kachi!!.

...hmmm...Kachi,..the one that stole my joy...The one who dug a deep vacuum in my life and that of my family.. The one I swore will never see anything good as I wept over the lifeless body of my father on his burial... The one who made life painful to live for my poor mother.
Hmmm..Kachi was the devil I prayed will never see tomorrow??.. and all this while I had not just been dining with him...but living with him as well ...!! For years I had looked for someone or something to unleash the pain I had buried inside...and right then I sat in front of the very person that invented my pain and all I felt was numb??... I wasn't all over his face with scratches and bites??.... I wasn't yelling and screaming at the very demon I had sought for??... A lot was going through my head but my spirit animal was obviously tired of it all.. I started feeling it wasn't all worth it. ..Life...the pain...the trauma...it was all too much for me to bear... I needed solace..a place devoid of pain...devoid of misery..a place I won't feel that overwhelmed.
I tried to move...but my legs failed me...I felt like a cripple.. Somehow few of my sense organs seemed to had vanished...I couldn't feel, perceive or taste my saliva....I could still see but I was certainly not interpreting my visuals properly.. Cause all along Kachi had been kneeling in front of me..speaking in inaudible words..or maybe the words were audible but I wasn't listening.. Or I had probably lost my sense of hearing too!!. I forced myself so much to pull out.. I needed to be sure I was not under some sort of witchcraft...but somehow a part of me felt good in that place...it felt so good to be shut out of it all..not to feel...hear...perceive...or even see..I felt it was just better to be out..to be Dead!!...

Dead??!! I muttered or so I thought.

..Cause everyone turned around to stare at me...even Jasper had become visibly concerned...I wondered how I managed to interpret his expression..but still couldn't hear all Kachi had been saying... Kachi tried to hold my feet as he sobbed and I involuntarily moved them away...that was the only movement I had made for about the past 20 minutes.. I wasn't dead after all... But I still wasn't sure why I was not!... Almost at the same time, I perceived my cologne all around me... It always comes with a strong effect... Like an incense... So intense like Abuchi's stare directly at my face...he too was now kneeling in front of me...looking at me funny... I laughed..I laughed so hard... Was I now a king all of them were paying homage to??... I thought, and then laughed more silently .. Or maybe it wasn't that silent cause I couldn't place why Jasper got startled as I was laughing.

Then they became movements in the room.. In and out of the bathroom...I had lost my vision again.. I couldn't pick out who was moving about.. So I threw my face away to the side when I felt a gentle pat on the shoulder..and there was my mother.!!
...she was smiling at me..but she had tears...my mum never sheds tears in front of my siblings and me..never! ..not even at our father's burial... I remembered the day of the burial... How I stood by her as the eldest child.. A very lean and fragile Secondary school student... My father had been the only one who understood me..The person that first noticed my different kind of lifestyle.. He noticed how I fancy colorful things..how I always enjoy my space and peace...and how I hardly talk to people nor make friends, boys, and girls inclusive.. I am not the typical effeminate that throws hands and sways hips while walking..but I knew I was different right from my early days in primary school... I had zero interest in most masculine activities.. Both..soccer..race...or any stressful sports..I hated those big masculine wears and preferred easy tight-fitting T-shirts and Denim trousers..I picked special interest in cooking and braiding of hair..I was easy prey for bullies in our area because they all figured out I lack the necessary masculine strength to fight back...that was where my father comes in!.

Right mum?? I asked her...but she didn't say anything..she was still smiling with tears... She seemed so happy to see me like it was the first time we were seeing again after the burial.

The burial?? I muttered again.. Not sure if it was a mutter..
And then I sighed as well...very heavily... I equally noticed how movements halted a bit in the room but I wasn't interested to turn and find out what was happening..I loved the peace and quietness...at that point, I could care less if the last trumpet had sounded and everyone had gone to heaven...or if the whole military personnel in Nigeria had invaded the room and whisked everyone out... That won't suffice for the hole in my heart I wanted to be fixed so badly.. Which was the absence of the very first and only person in my family I told I liked boys...

"I know" ... that was what my father said to me on that very day..smiling as we walked on the aisle of St Gregory's secondary school's admin block after I got registered.

"Why do you think I disagreed with your mum about letting you stay in the dormitory??" he added...and then grabbed my hand as we both went to an ice cream stand adjacent to the school's canteen.. He bought me my favorite flavor..vanilla.. without me even telling him..he had studied me so well, more than I knew..more than my mother will ever know about me.

"You see kamsiyochukwu" ..he started again as we sat on a brick bench at the canteen park.

..."You are my first child...and the best blessing to have ever happened to me..your birth brought so many breakthroughs in my business...and for long I had seen the strength I lacked in you" ..he said.
For a moment, I pondered about what strength he was talking about ...my dad had this intimidating physique with a very daunting height..he gyms a lot too so his carved abs and big hands and chest are not surprising.. His build was one of the main reasons bullies stayed clear of me both in school and in our neighborhood... So it was hard for me to understand what other strength he lacked that I gave him.

...." I feared failure..I feared responsibilities... And somehow they both wrapped around me in an embrace even after I married your mother..." My dad was saying...I couldn't pick where he started from so I kept quiet to listen further.

..." Your birth was the scratch on the surface...I stared at you every minute before leaving for the shop and it gave me strength... And then the opportunities started coming...the fears gone..and you my son, Kamsi..you started growing!!"..he stopped..turned to look at me...he had the sexiest eyes in the world..he was unarguably a very handsome man..he drew me closer to him as some senior students walked past us and gave them quite a stare ... I found it funny...I told him the students weren't going to bully me...

"They won't even dare!!" He said..smiling at me again as he still held me under his huge arms...

"Kamsi" he called..

yes sir ... I answered...and he scoffed...

"You always call me that....why no try 'Daddy' this time...??.." He said, looking at me like he was pleading...

'Ok daddy'... I replied..it sounded odd to me cause all my life I had always replied to him with 'sir' ..not sure if it was out of respect or because I feared his stature as well...

"Knowing you is a blessing to anyone,.. I know you didn't choose to be different...to like....BOYS". He said that with a bit of stalling.. I knew it sounded odd to him too just as it sounded odd to me calling him 'daddy'.
...."I've watched you grow and I must say you have lived in a shell for far too long, so I think it's time for you to breathe..." He paused again...sipped more of his icecream
and continued.

"This is now a new chapter of your life which is why I don't want you to stay in the dormitory..I wouldn't want you to be intimidated or molested. I want you to live more now on your terms..be more expressive...be more true to yourself...do the things that make you happy... Remember I will always be here for you for anything kamsi" he grabbed my hand... "I am proud to be your father Kamsiyochukwu Desmond Ogbonna! ..and I want you to walk with your shoulders high and live your life to the fullest knowing you have a proud father behind you" he concluded.

... I wasn't sure how I felt after that heartwarming statement...I felt it was a dream..I knew my father loved me but I still dreaded him for no obvious reason other than his physique...telling him I liked boys earlier was done playfully and I wasn't sure what got into me when I said that..but then he wasn't mad...rather he said he knew all along and he is proud to be my father!!...

How?? I said..it was to myself..but it sounded out loud my dad mistook it as a question...

"How I got to know you like boys??" He said.. smiling as if he just read my mind...

"Well,.. let's just say not every boy uses a rainbow handkerchief with half their wardrobe in pink wears" he added with a chuckle as he playfully dragged me up to leave.
......It sounded funny to me then how my favorite color pink, had anything to do with his explanation...more confusing was the rainbow handkerchief...I remembered how I took fancy to it in the market and made my Dad buy it for me even when I knew zilch about what the rainbow color signifies.... I only just loved how colorful it was.

Dad...I called him ..as we made our way for the gigantic dual school gate.

"Yes ...My son" he answered..and it somehow felt weird him calling me his son..he was so young we could pass as siblings.

Do you think I should tell mum?? I asked him...and he stopped...stared at me as if on a thought...and then smiled...grabbing my young shoulder..

"I think we should make this one our little secret for now...until we are sure she won't come for our heads," he said laughing...and I laughed along too..very hard..but at the same time wondering why it had to be easier with my dad...why it takes extra strength to communicate with my mum...she was either too busy or too cranky to notice I existed talk more of having a serious conversation with me... I laughed again...stirred myself, and heaved deeply...

I wonder if Dad still looks out for me Mom..?? I asked her...

....and then discovered she was no more there....I was still in the accursed guest room... With those terrible individuals!!... I made a frantic effort to move...and succeded with ease...I could turn...feel and see clearer...more importantly..I could hear loud and clear... The ceiling fan was still swirling with its cranky sounds...the Air conditioner was still on..I looked around gently and noticed Maryann was gone..Nedu was still on the floor but neatly wrapped with a blanket...the whole room looked neat like nothing happened ..at a point I almost thought everyone had vanished and I had been left alone.
Everything looked so surreal like it was a trance...l laughed briefly again... Not sure if it was silent or loud... So they all left me??.. I muttered audibly and turned my head slowly to meet the figures of Abuchi..Kachi...and Jasper on the bed... They were all staring at me...like they are probably meeting me for the first time... Or they intend killing me like they killed my father.??.. I murmured
....The door of the room opened and closed almost at the same time... I was less concerned about who or what was coming in..rather I became more focused on Kachi...the pretty little demon that ended the life of my guardian angel...the only person I truly trusted..the first person to ever make me feel proud of my true self!...my bodyguard..my strength..my FATHER!!...
...I stared at Kachi deeper...not sure if my gaze was at him or the gun close to the desk beside Jasper...it was now or never...I needed to make a move... I thought.!!

"How far??".. Jasper was asking Letitia...apparently she was the one that entered the room.

"So far..the nurse is doing her best..I only hope she makes it....meanwhile I got the name and address for him from the nurse..also with a number you can call to book an appointment" ...Letitia said giving Jasper a piece of paper which he subsequently handed over to Abuchi.

"I have to go now....you guys need to hurry up..there is no time..." She said still staring only at Jasper..

"Ok baby" Jasper replied quietly...looking at Letitia in a way I found funny... Just as funny as him calling her 'baby'.

"What's the name of the hospital??" Kachi asked no one in particular ...he has had his head on his two palms all the while I was staring at him with utter disdain..he slightly raised his face after he asked the question..he looked visibly exhausted....eyes were swollen as if they got punched...somehow I created a mental feeling of my Dad beating the daylight out of Kachi for killing him..the thought made me laugh...a laugh from a place of misery...a place that had dried my tears and made my mouth salty...A place I wanted them all to feel! .... I looked at them again...unaware when Letitia left the room... But just in time to hear Abuchi say...



"Juhel Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital !!"





#tobecontinued!!

MrOreo2012:
I had a feeling it was going to be Kachi, but I hoped I was wrong�
What a day DE's having....

DE certainly didnt sign up for this... I feel for him honestly...



Pls kindly check back this evening or tomorrow morning for a new update!.

OloriSheedah:
O.m.g, I was hoping and praying it was not kachi, my heart bleeds for Desmond. Uncle orangebasket, thumbs up but the suspense is frigging much

Desmond certainly didnt bargain for this.. I feel so sorry for him ...

As per the suspense... I'ld say i am quite flattered ... But then we are here for it right?!

Bankz007:
Cock craws.....
Mr Bankz is seen walking around while speaking out loud, I can't believe this boy is making me wait, does he knows who I am....
A red cap Chief,
The medium to the gods
The man who sold Nigeria....


I will not talk......

..Boss abeg o...


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