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love that i can't guess the end to this story... a shift from the usual. keep up the good work

stories great for me...
just that those typos create 'noise' for me, (using the communications term)...
but do not make this people get so close to the truth with their guesses......they aren't that wise...

my opinion, lets move on


#and rap, i dey fine, i see your greeting, i wonder why #

like for real, i never start typing
hope to do so later today but uploading things can still dey far sha...thanks

Doctor Shroud: Greek philosophy holds it that, anything should not be understood only
for what it is, but should be understood also for what it is not, that
anything when pushed too far, suddenly turns to the opposite.perhaps
Africa's version is, "if u pursue a goat to the wall it turns back at
you", i wouldn't be wrong if i add 'suddenly' to that quote, cos the
goat def wouldn't turn gradually.
Jide's indifference towards Daisy, over the past three month's has hit
its limit, it is only natural for it to turn around suddenly. And what
is the opposite of indifference? Its been three month's, Jide is
stubborn, but no dunce, he must have made those observations you
highlighted over the months. when she came attempting to seduce him,
even if he rejected her, his sub-conscious registered her preety frame.
Jide is still a human being, remember? He goes out, he sees lovely
couples, he gets jealous, he loves daisy's kosher meals....
Me, i think Brenda is a good influence on daisy sha .

you couldn't have said it anybetter

repogirl: Ta! Princessa they can bump into each other wella, what
if daisy forgets something in the living room, maybe her cell phone
which begins ringing because Brendo is calling and her and she hurriedl
dashes from the bathroom barely wrapping her towel around her and all
but running into Jide, who had arrived early unknown to her and as they
stare at themselves shOcked for like five seconds, the phone begins
ringing again and as daisy breaks away from her reverie and dashes for
the phone, the wrapper begins to unfold unknown to her cos her mind is
on picking the call.
At the last minute, she realizes this and manages to grasp d wrapper bt
not b4 Jide gets a glimpse of a hint of some *stuff*.
Also lust cometh before love, just what me thinks sha, I still love the
story joor but then it wouldn't hurt to have some sizzling tinses
happen.

oh no that's too cheap a concidence, besides the bumping stage is passed, it can only happen in days to come.

and Daisy takes her phone with her always, she's addicted to the music in it, so am not sure she would let it lying there on the dining, plus she ALWAYS hear Jide car drive in, and she scurries away, by then also, she would also have mastered the times when he arrives.

i dnt know how else to explain it oh

jiraiyas: Who on earth beat me to her ehn... Well i guess i will just go back to HBG an cry my ass out *for now holding back tear*

HBG will comfort you wella
he is the one who must not be mentioned.

goodnight Tovot, Jira
and i will try my best on regular update, tovot

bye...

jiraiyas: Hmhmn *clear my throat and man up* well i meant no harm though just a frenzy chat, maybe just maybe

maybe just maybe nothing is happening okay

am a one woman man
its all good anyway

Tovot: princesa ur ,i just can not stop

let me add mine

jiraiyas: Princessa Hwdy *hide in HBG shell incase*

howdy too
sorry i was forced on you, okay
mind not HBG...you are now free, i already have a boo


@tovot
i would soon be off, cant chat long. just remember to always have my back

who is jirahiya or something

sorry, but am already taken
i even have a mother inlaw sef, am married to Brenda's son, and our family is a controversial one, you dont want them all over you, now do you jira?

really :O am on my way


and welcome back, i missed you tovot darling

Br3nd4: Muhehehehehehe. . .

Dear #team Daisy,

Y'all should park well jor. you think Bren and Daisy has it coming?
Wait till you see Jide's toasting skills.. All of you plus Brenda sef would putty back to Jide's arms

Your gal still gat madt love for Our boy. Shey una sabi

It's only natural that he does a lil wooing and this time Daisy iz gonna fall HARD, real HARD!
*mischievious grin*

Signed:
#team Jide

for your mind now, you are consoling yourself abi

i feel like joining you and Ivy on your team oh, atleast Daisy have enough fan already

how's that

when would #teamAde start sef
i wan join too

and guyz, i wanted Jide to love my Daisy and not lust after her, two different phenomena okay, seeing her flesh and body isnt the way i see real love oh, i beg to differ at this point.

besides guys, the way their house is built means they have inbuilt toilets and bathroom, so they was no way he could mistakenly bump into her while she was taking her bath unless he happened to ener her personal room and that's yet to happen

Daisy too had succesfully avoided him after that night, like 'succesfully', they didnt even bump into eachother... ever, Daisy never chop liver reach that was as at then offcourse.

any other question or suggestion, pls keep it coming, it helps me a lot. thanks?

[quote author=frank3.16]nice work princesa, how ever i think Jide's sudden
sort of feelings, for his wife was too sudden (i mean it started on that
friday right?), he just, for no reason felt he should be with his
'wife'... i thought you should have made it a gradual process, because
we are all aware that he didnt want and like her. all those three months
he spent avoiding her, you should have shown that in recent weeks,
somethings started happening, like accidentally seeing her na.ked, or
walking into the sitting and and seeing her asleep but her sitting
position reveals her body parts, like her thighs, or part of her booobs,
or seeing her come out of bathroom with a towel that is very much
revealing. all these things would have made his feelings start coming up
gradually.
he should have also started seeing the difference between Daisy and
Grace, he would have been seeing her positive side, but because he is
stubborn, refuse to admit it until it overwhelms him that friday. grace
should have made him understand that he was missing something by hating
Daisy.
just my thought.

however, ur work is great, git me dreaming and looking forward to what will happen next[/quote]thanks for your commendation

well about your question on how he suddenly developed feelings for Daisy, you heard him, he just started out of nowhere, he didt know how his heart started pinning for his 'wife' remember the couples he'd seen that triggered something in his heart too, you know how feelings and the heart works... strange.

and another thing was that they lived in a kind of companionship before that night he scorned her. so maybe his heart suddenly missed and longed for it.

he and grace kickd off their elationship after the wedding, only getting more serious after that night, so am sure he didnt lack sex...throughout then.

but somehow he got tired of her, that i should elaborate on in my subsequent chapters

na wah oh make una free frank na, everybody cant be like Jide

and about the story. i never even start typing, am still resting from the last brain tasking exercise.
you guyz are still the best, just bear with me

Stephenagoy: In three words; this is Great!

goodnight too......

Dr. shroud...... yeah for real.

special thanks to all of you for being there and reading my comments.
pls keep the comments coming, and the criticism offcourse, somehow i know that my English isnt that polished, so don't hesitate with corrections both on the story and on the grammar.

Goodnight, vicki, doctor shroud, mabebe and to all those awake at this moment with me....
XOXO

'tis mine big time' Ade replied '...and Don't come up acting like some jealous husband, cos we both know that
you don't even care'. Ade replied, He always enjoyed making Jide angry.

'What do you even know about me?' Jide was fast losing his temper

'i know enough to know that nobody can even guess you're married, so
just chilax okay!' Ade retorted.

'Am gonna hit...'

'Relax Jide, no need to hit someone here. And Ade you shouldn't push
further, its really none of your business' Dave intercepted. The word
exchange was threatening to blow up.

'whatever man' Ade replied unrepentant and moved away from the group.

'your offer's still up?' Dave asked.

'Basketball you mean' Jide replied trying to calm his temper

'no way that happening, we ain't clay, the sun...' Ade cut in

'just f.ucking shut up else i hit you good this time...'Jide said
angrily walking towards Ade now, But Dave restrained him. Ade put the
phone he'd been pressing into his pocket, and waited for the showdown.

'can you guyz get a hold of yourself, we ain't chicks for crying out
loud!' Dave said angrily.

Dele Laughed all of a sudden. All attention turned to him.

'sorry guyz, i quite find everything funny' Dele said another bout of
laughter threatening to escape any moment.

They ignored him, it was a thing with him, silly things amused him and
he never even tried to control himself.

Jide shrugged off Dave's retraining hand and walked towards the house.
He would one day show Ade that this irritating attitude of his, would
get
him beaten, and he wouldn't let go without drawing a blood or two from
his annoying lips. Why was the guy always on his skin anyways? He cursed

bitterly.

Dave and Dele followed him, Ade trotting behind.

*****
The guys sat in the parlour, their attention focused on a football match
showing on Supersports, a glass of wine sat on each side tool.

Their faces didn't hold any trace of the previous brawl, instead,
anticipation etched on their faces as their body moved in line with
every shot, players in the match took.

The fragrant of a perfume caught Jide's attention, turning around, he
saw Daisy at the Dining, she was picking up something. Her phone
probably. He'd seen it there earlier and had....it didn't matter
anyways.

Soon, all their attention were on her as she walked towards them. The
clock showed the time to be past eleven.

Daisy was casually dressed in a blue body fitted top and black jean. She
also hung a matching bag, evidence that she was unmistakenly going out.
Jide thought she looked breathtaking.

Daisy stopped midway and smiled shyly. She was nervous and prayed that
her stutterring didn't betray her now.

'uhm hi...i unavoidably need to be somewhere...so I'd be seeing you guyz
another time?' she asked and smiled very unsure.

Without waiting for their response, she headed out, without as much as a glance towards Jide.

As before, they momentarily fell silence. A shout by the commentator, jolted them out of their inertia, Dave and Dele returned their attention to the match but Jide couldn't. He was boiling with a rage he couldn't understand.

Ade stood up then, smiled and rushed out of the parlour. Eyes trailed his exit then settled back on the match.

Minutes later, Ade returned, he smiled mischievously and settled contentedly on the settee. Curious eyes turned to him again.

'so?' Dele asked impatiently when Ade didn't seem forthcoming.

Ade grinned. 'what else man, i got her number' He said and returned his gaze to the match. He didn't notice the angry look plastered on Jide's face nor the amusement etched on the face of Dave and Dele.

'and what do you intend to do with it?' Jide asked angrily.

'oh chilax dude, i plan on taking up your offer, remember?' Ade replied nonchalantly, his eyes fixed on the tele.

'you are gonna get it one day' jide retorted angrily, hauling his fist at Ade

'whatever man' Ade replied, hardly paying Jide a glance.

silence fell on the group once more, as everyone relaxed, each man to his thoughts. They focused their attention to the football match. The Saturday was sadly turning into ruins for the four friends.

****
end of chapter 9

It would have been appropriate were the
circumstances different, like
maybe she was in a beach at the States or at one somewhere in Lagos. But right now, it was a 'No no'. These were Jide's friends, friends whom she was meeting for the first time. And what was it they say about first impression?

Daisy sighed and wished Jide would get the inkling to lead them out of the compound to anywhere, but the impression she got with the way they
relaxed on the tennis table sipping their juice as if that was their only care in the world! She knew to wish otherwise.

She couldn't possibly wait it up for She was tired of swimming and the morning sun was turning harsh already.

'phew!' Daisy finally said and braved up for the passage.

*******
'What is it you say Jide?' one of the guy named Dave asked, feigning annoyance. He was fair with and huge in stature but wasn't any older or
taller than his other friends.

'yeah dude, you stood us up yesterday just to rush home and do what?' another chipped in, he was named Dele, dark complexioned and lesser in
body build of the three friends but wasn't shorter or older nonetheless.

'Guys relax, i just didn't feel like clubbing, that's all' Jide replied.
He wasn't in the mood to argue. Theirs was a relationship that had
flourished and became stronger months after his wedding. He wasn't one
to keep close friends, but these guyz were exceptional, that was
offcourse, if you ruled out annoying and pain in the a.rse Ade, he was
exceptional at irritating him. But even he had some worth in his life
being his first ever friend anyways, Jide concluded.

'...are you even listening to us?' Dele asked, he'd noticed Jide distant look

'lets just settle this with few rounds of basketball' Jide offered.

'count me out man' Ade said without looking up from his phone.


'basketball or whatever! you missed! the club was hotter than fire yesterday!' Dele continued, he was the more chatty of the friends.

'yeah, and that girl you hit on last week asked of you' Dave put in.

'F.uck! these f.oolish girls don't know what a night stand meant' Jide said irritated.

'Grace sure gave her a run for her money too' Dele replied.

'Grace was there?' Jide asked.

'question' Ade cut in
irritated.

Grace and he had kicked off their relationship a month after his
wedding, getting more intense after that night he'd sent Daisy out of his study. Although he had let her know that he couldn't offer more, she'd hanged on with the hope that she would eventually reclaim her position, when he divorced Daisy, she'd
been sure it would happen.

Even if he had believed it would definitely happen then, he didn't
anymore. Not with the way he was getting these days.

'Now we know why he stood us up!' Ade exclaimed suddenly.

Daisy was passing through then, draped in a pink scarf that hardly hid the blue bikini she was wearing underneath. Every eyes followed Ade's as
it travelled and rested on Daisy.

'hi' Daisy waved shyly and walked faster into the house. She had hoped that they would be engrossed in their discussion to notice her. Obviously not.

Silence followed her departure and no one had replied her greeting.

'Man! that chick is hot!' Ade exclaimed breaking the silence.

'and in that chick, you mean Jide's wife?' Dave asked

'yes, one and only...uhm..Daisy, yes Daisy! Gosh i had almost forgotten
about her!' Ade answered.

'But then, Jide hardly spoke about her' Dele quipped in '...that we so
forgot that he was even a married man!...' he continued.

Jide didn't join in the discussion, he wasn't even listening, he was
angry at Daisy for daring to appear clad shabbily while his friends were
around, did she think this was America? He'd had no idea that she had been swimming, maybe he'd have tried to distract them somehow. He was also angry at his friends. They had immediately switched topics, no more discussing about his absence at the club, but now discussing Daisy like she was why they came. And Ade who had seemed nonchalant minutes ago, was now an oracle of information, supplying details about the marriage to the other guys.

They had not attended the wedding, they probably didn't get the information then.

'I will go for her to see...' Ade was saying.

'go for who?' Jide cut in.

Everyone fell silent. Mischievous expression on their faces, Ade was even gloating.

Jide wished then that he had paid attention to what they'd been saying.

'well, Ade was filling us on how the marriage...' Dele offered

'I didn't employ you to discuss my life or...' Jide cut in angrily.

'oh man, please relax, its not no big deal...'Ade said and shrugged.

'it's not your f.ucking business!' Jide replied angrily.

Jide pushed the food away, he was satisfied already, carried the dishes to the kitchen-something he'd never done-then went to join Daisy in the parlour.

Daisy was surfing through the stations then. Two guesses and you would get where she would land. He thought amused.

And he was right, Daisy stopped at Trace Tv, settled comfortably in her chair and concentrated on the television without as much as a glance his way. Jide wasn't sure if she'd seen him or was simply pretending.
Whichever, he didn't care, he was satisfied with his just concluded meal and this luck of seeing Daisy afterall. The quiet company she would share was worth millions at this hour. He would even be willing to allow her usurp his 9:00 news hours just so she could linger more. It would soon be 8pm which meant her time would end in an hours time if
they were to go by their previous 'agreed' viewing time, that was
offcourse, before that fateful night. He could swear that, that had changed a lot.

Well, he mused he was out to make it right and somehow get Daisy to love him once again, her present countenance spoke volumes that she was done
with and couldn't care less about him.

********
Daisy swam round, lazily in the pool, though today was Saturday, she wasn't making her weekly trip to the market, that and much more had been covered yesterday. Today was designated to swimming and then off she
would go.

Daisy was feeling unusually happy, it wasn't just because Brenda was
arriving today but also because she had finally broken off the senseless
fright Jide's presence created in her. Last night was evidence enough.

The Daisy of months ago, wouldn't have dared come out while Jide was
around, much less braved up to watch TV while he was right there in the
parlour! She had quickly switched off the television and scurried to her
room when she heard the early sound of his arrival. But after much
deliberation and chastisement on her weakness, she'd finally decided to
take Brenda's advice to get a life. And that began with shaking off
Jide's hold on her, emotionally, physically and psychologically.

She'd noticed that Jide's countenance had been different, his face
didn't hold that scowl it always had, infact she'd felt him staring at
her from where he sat across her. He even spoke to her for the first
time ever!

'its okay, you can leave it here' he had said when she had picked the
remote to switch over to a news station for him since it was his turn to
watch the Television.

That had halted her. She'd been stiffened by the fact that he'd actually
spoken to her and not because of what he'd said.

'Nothing new's happening i guess' he had added rather calmly and
patronizing!

Daisy was all smiles now with the way she had reacted then. For She had
changed the channel regardless to CNN, stood up and left the parlor
without a word or reply to him.

'thumbs up Daisy, you actually have a star in your 'getting a life gig'
Daisy hailed herself and plunged deeper into the water.

Much as she didn't understand what had happened or had gotten into Jide,
she wasn't about to turn all jelly and putty on him. Not now anyways
when operation 'get your life back' was underway'

The sound of a car honk startled Daisy out of her musing, she raised up
her head to see a car drive into the compound.

'now what's that' she said.

The occupants came out amidst loud music from the car that reverberated
the atmosphere, they were three guys and one of them seemed familiar to
her.

They were now dancing unpreturbed to the music that filtered from the
car. They hadn't noticed her, but then she was out of view, the 'Y'
shaped shrub shaded her, so that she alone could see them through the
shrub.

One of the guys entered back into the car, and soon the ceaseless honk
was heard, piercing further into the already noisy atmosphere, making a
disorganized sound. The other two didn't seem bothered by the sound,
instead they intensified their dancing.


'Jeez!' Daisy said rolling her eyes. 'bunch of noise makers' she added and plunged again into the water.

Minutes later, when she noticed that the sound had died, she went back to her peeping hole through the shrub, She saw that they were at the other side of the pathway, standing at the basketball court. Jide had joined them now, and guess what he had offered them? her juice! What happened to his stock of wines resting undisturbed in the cabinet at the kitchen? Daisy cursed silently.

But then again, that actually was the least of her problem, problem now was how she was going to pass through into the house, dressed in swim wear! She had left the towel hoping to sun-dry after swimming and the big scarf she had opted for wouldn't suffice.

Chapter 9.
Jide drove into his compound at about 6pm today. Adamu had opened the gate with eyes wide open, it was unusual for his boss to be home at this time. Not on a Friday anyway!

Jide manoeuvred his car swiftly to the parking space specially
designated for his prized 'baby'. If Adamu's face had registered
surprise, he hadn't notice. He was simply happy, today was Friday. It
meant fun and relaxation, he wanted to enjoy it to the fullest and spend it with his wife.

He smiled at the thought. when had he finally realised what the word 'wife' meant? And why was he even referring it to Daisy? He halted that line of thought, switched of the car stereo and climbed down.

'home sweet home!' he said to himself. How lovely a feeling it was, returning to a house that didn't exude the former emptiness it had; to companionship-visibly scarce but palpable nonetheless; then a wonderful meal; and a pretty movie-crazed wife. He chuckled at this & made for
the house.

Jide couldnt place when and how he had started looking forward to coming home, all he knew was that he had suddenly developed the urge, somehow, he'd gotten tired of staying out late to spite his wife and prove to himself that he was in control of his life.

Few minutes ago he'd envied a young couple he'd seen while driving. They were gardening outside their home, oblivious to the world around them.
Even though he wasn't one to muddle in dirt, gardening, he knew they was an intrinsic value to what they were doing, something he and Daisy
didn't share. Anger ate him up at first, then gradually he turned green with envy. He had unconsciously craved for what they shared, even
decided to work towards building one.

Now in the parlor, he frowned. Daisy was nowhere in sight, a glance further, revealed his food awaiting him on the Dining, that was a normal occurrence.

He hadn't failed to notice that Daisy had avoided him successfully the past months, infact it had always been the highlight of his evening
whenever he happened to return early. But today, the emptiness strangely affected him and he desperately wanted to see Daisy. Even if they didn't get to talking, her presence would suffice. When last had he even
seen her? He wondered.

Jide moved further, stopping only to cast a disappointed glance at the arranged plates on the dining, he was hungry quite alright, but the food wouldn't quench all the hunger raging in him.

At the hallway, again he stopped in front of his former room. He felt a
powerful urge to open the door, if only to take a peek at the one woman
who he was strangely missing this night. But He didn't get to doing
that, the knowledge that she'd be surprised at this attitude of his,
stopped him midway, just inches to the door knob.

He sighed, pulled back his hand, then made for his own room; surprised
stiff at his thoughts and action this night.

In his room later on, he felt a painful constriction in his heart as he
saw the room for what it was-'a study'. He couldn't wait to be out.
******
Jide hungrily dug into his dinner of semovita and Egusi soup, the
quietness of the parlour forgotten and the cravings and wanting to see
Daisy relegated to the back.

He chewed on a piece of meat for a minute and then sipped the glass of
juice he had helped himself to from the freezer. Even if he hadn't
personally bought them, he knew there was never a shortage of it in the
house. Somehow he had caught on with Daisy love for juice, even wondered
why but couldn't pursue further. They weren't in talking terms anyway.

Whoever had postulated that the way to man's heart was through his meal,
jide thought, weren't wrong one bit, for his heart was satiated with
this meal and each balls of semo he swallowed increased his love and
admiration for his wife this night.

His lovely wife, he thought again. They were so many questions he wanted to ask her, questions like why she took daily nocturnal trips to the kitchen to take juice? He also wanted to know why she so loved music, movies and all that silly stuffs she watched? Then where had she learnt to cook this well? Howcome she had all the characteristic of a Nigeria-made wife, yet had lived in America? For how long too? He wanted to know.

These were pointers that there was a history to her, a history he so wanted to unravel, he most importantly wanted to know why she had agreed to marry him and stick with him against all odds, was there something she saw in him that he and other women he'd dated didn't see? He needed these answers desperately. But he didn't fail to note that getting these answers depended on the chance of them ever getting together. Not that he was planning on giving up the chase anytime soon.

These were the thoughts coursing through his mind when Daisy walked in and headed for her favourite chair directly opposite the television.

na wah oh, i don't know where to start with the comments, but all i can say is apologies for the long break in transmission. Chapter 9 is very ready here, it will be upload soon.

thanks for all you comments.
Ivyluv, na wah oh, abeg free Daisy oh

peace

Wizee: Nice storey. Bt Princess thot it was P Diddy Ft. Skylar Grey -that sang I'mComing Home. Was it J-cole?

i Googled it and that's what i got.
i saw both name but i don't which is which, so i just opted for J.cole

hi repogirl, hi luvmijeje

you over try, would have appreciated it too......


i met some Ijebu people today
very hectic

thank God you are there

nice......
its wrath not wrought. i think

lol, I for Marry Brad Pitt too
well, story continues tomorrow.
today was......