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chinedumo: So d coup has finally been executed?
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make sure they remain just friends in that resturant. No pecking, kissing, sexing etc.. Yes let introduce her boyfriend to Tekena.

Am serious repogal

didnt know I had a co-writer. hmmmmm.

shadowzy: Keep up the good work! u r 2 mush Jere

Hey Shadowzybebe, welcome back!

abeg manage this one first, more on d way.

CHAPTER 14
“Tammy, whats wrong?” The senator rushed into his house to find his wife in the main living room. He gotten a call from her that he should come home immediately, that there was an issue that needed his attention and he’d rushed back as fast as he could.
He noticed she wasn’t alone, Ebiye was here. “Edna,” He said surprised to see her in his home. Edna nodded at him acknowledging his presence, she didn’t look well, worry was written all over her face.
“Hello Marcus.” She said
“Are you alright?” He asked “Is Tekena alright? Nothing happened to him, did it?”
“Tekena is fine.” His wife told him and he breathed a sigh of relief.
“But there’s still a problem,” Tammy continued “Please sit down dear.”
A problem, Marc didn’t like the sound of that. He sat down, His eyes darting from his wife to Edna. She looked seriously worried.
“Its Tekena,” Tammy started as she held his eyes “ Edna told him the truth- or more like, he made her tell him the truth. Marc, he got really angry and left the house and hasn’t been back there in four days.”
“Four days?” he turned on Ebiye, Four days was quite a while. “And you are just telling us now?”
She shrugged “I thought he would come back….I thought that after he calmed down, he would be back, I didn’t think it would take him more than three days at most .”
Senator Marcus sighed, this was bad. “But is he okay?”
“He’s fine, he’s staying with his best friend who is also his business partner and my daughters boyfriend. I’ve been talking to his friend and he says Tekena is still really angry, he has even forbidden him from bringing my daughter into the house for now. He doesn’t wasn’t to see any of us.”
‘Hmmm’ the senator thought to himself. All this would have been averted if Ebiye had been truthful to the boy from the beginning, he started to think but stopped that line of thought. This wasn’t the time to blame anyone. If he needed to blame anyone, it was himself, he was the real cause of everything.
“Okay, so what do you plan on doing, Edna?” Marc asked her.
“I don’t know, I’m stumped. He doesn’t want to any of us to see him and knowing Tekena, he will only get furious if you force him to do anything. My son hardly gets annoyed but when he does its something else. The best thing I can suggest is let him calm down.”
“So there’s noone that can get to him? His best friend, anyone whom he listens to?” Marc asked
Edna started to shake her head but then stopped, her brows raising like she just got an idea.
“There might be someone, although he’s also angry with her at the moment but if anyone stands a chance, I think its her.”
“Okay, so we’ll talk to her then, get her – “
“We have another problem there.” Edna stopped him
“How?”
“This girl, my step daughter, she has never liked me and we’ve never been on good terms. I don’t know if she would do this if I asked her.”
“But she’s a good friend of Tekena’s?”
Edna’s eyes met his “He’s always had something for her and these days I think they’ve become close.”
“Then she might get through to him.”
“Maybe, but the problem is asking her to do it. The girl doesn’t listen to a word I say.”
“You still have to try, you have to beg her if possible and if she has Tekena’s best interests at heart, she just might do it.” It was Tammy’s turn to talk.
Edna looked at her as if considering her words for a while before letting out a sigh. “ I will try but…I don’t know how it will turn out.”
**********
“Guy, you need to take a break.” Dare told Tekena who was busy behind his laptop working.
Tekena felt likehe was going off the deep end. He’d been this way for the past five days he’d been at his place. He was always doing one thing or the other. He’d just come in from the school that afternoon and had immediately jumped on his laptop. At night it was the same thing, he’d not really slept since he’d been in Dare’s house and he drank a lot more these days.
He couldn’t sleep, when he tried, he tossed and turned with so many different thoughts going through his head, he felt like he would go crazy. Work helped a little, it got his mind busy thinking about other things.
“TK!” Dare called again
Tekena looked up at his friend standing in the doorway to the study where he was at work.
“Dare, please just let me be this afternoon. Abeg.”
“TK, you’ll work yourself into a nervous breakdown. You need to take a break! You’ve been like this for five days now! I can’t stand by and watch you work like this!”
“I can’t take a break, Dare! I’ll go crazy! You want me to loose my mind, do you know how it feels to find out the woman I’ve been living with is not my mother? That I was the result of an unwanted pregnancy? That I won’t know who my real mother is because she’s dead.” His voice had risen now “You’re telling me to take a break? Take a f’ucking break?”
Dare had never seen his friend like this, this was more than he could handle “Okay, Okay, I can’t begin to imagine what you must be going through, TK, but I don’t want you getting sick, why not talk to your mother-“
“Don’t call her my mother!” TK ordered “Don’t you dare! And just leave me alone to myself please, you can’t help me.”
Just then the doorbell rang.
TK looked up from his computer “Are you expecting anyone?”
“ummm…yeah, kinda.” Dare replied leaving.
“Who?”
“You’ll see for yourself.”
Tikky didn’t like the sound of that, he got up and followed his friend to the front door . He hoped it wasn’t Tonye or worse, his mother.
“Dare, it that is Tonye, you better tell her to leave, I don’t want to see –“
“Relax, its not Tonye.” Dare said as he opened the door.
His eyes widened as he saw who it was “!”
She smiled as she ran into him, almost knocking the wind out of him.
“Whoa! Gee?” He said unbelievingly, pulling her back to look at her.
“Hi TK.” She turned to Dare “Hi Dare, how you doing?”
“I’m alright, thanks. You?”
“Not bad.” She replied then turned her attention back to Tekena.
“You look really well.” He told her.
“What? did you expect me to be starving myself over you. I can’t say the same of you though. You look like you’ve been dragged through hell and back, haven’t you been sleeping? Your eyes are bloodshot!”
“….” He tried to stop her but she didn’t stop.
“ And you have been drinking?” she smelt his breath “Goodness, Tik its just one p.m in the afternoon! Have you even been eating at all? Your eyes are sunken! Do you want to get sick?”
Dare watched them amusedly and Tikky began wondering who had called her here.
“Did you ask to come?” Tekena asked him.
“Me?No” He shook his head.
“ He didn’t but what if he did? Are you going to send me away?”
“No.”
“Good, because I’m not going anywhere.” She told him “Now go get your car keys, we’re going out.”
“Where?” He asked taken by surprise.
“We are going to get you a decent lunch and I’m driving.”
Tekena could try arguing his way out but this was Angela, he’d missed her company and he knew she would help get his mind off things for a while. He decided to go with the flow.

....Pressure...

Gimme till afternoon abeg, 4 pm. E no easy to write this stuff, the story dey a very critical point, I need to think and strategise well.

ehya, sorry about your health, i've been waiting for an update since. glad dat u r back.

johnwizey: e for comot eyes na, shebi deifa is dere 4 ha

Abi o, dats why they say curiosity killed the cat.

Thanks very much Stephen, all that for me, wow I'm humbled. Thanks.

johnwizey: Y Tekena dey behave lyk ds nw

Behave as how, abeg?

tianyx: Loving every bit of this story... *thumbs up*@repogirl,pls continue to WOW! we your readers.

Thanks Tianyx.

Mayor46: I love this but dont just keep us waiting

Blessed are the waiters for they shall receive really interesting updates, I'm doing my best here, it isnt easy atall.

oladimeji101: Don't mind me ooo,its just I wish I could just keep reading and reading like a novel till it end . Oya no vex ,take your time dear but don't starve us sha ooo

ok

Ashkormissy: D story don enta anoda level, chai!

As per rollercoaster thinz,

oladimeji101: Ww.wow .........dats all ... How else can I put this Can't believe I almost drop a tear reading this . I love I love I love you[s][/s] this . Keep it up babe and please make the next update monday morning abeg

Guy, U no like me o, U wan make I break down? I be person o, no be machine. Will see what I can do, no guarantees.

IZUKWU: waoh! This is spell binding.

Thanks. expect more. hehehe

End of chapter 13 oh,Not my best work since I'm half asleep as I wrote it. Aaaaaabeg, I don go sleep. Till monday.

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The fear of Nairalanders is the beginning of updates!

Abeg, patience o, am making it as mind blowing as possible!!

Ice4jez: y una dey disturb repogirl now.she no dey disappoint dat y i luv sowi like her.

hehehe ice, my husband na jealous lover o, beware of multiple homicide plus suicide.

.....and then....

i dey hide o, the story never complete yet, need more time. I'm working on it amongst doing other things but tonite sha, by midnite most likely.

Well, I'm not a pro writer but somethings help me.
I do lots of research online when writing. Even for the most stupid things. When you do research, it helps you understand stuff better, even some thing you thought you knew well.
Also, when you write, the first person it should appeal to is you. If you are writing something in which you're cringing while reading it, anyone else reading it will do same.
Best to write what you know and u're comfortable with or you may get overwhelmed. Put in lots of real life experiences of your own or that you know of, keeps things interesting.
Also always get a second opinion, someone to read and critic your work.
That's what works for me. The first step is to have the pressing desire to write, which you have already, so just write.

My 2 cents.

Looking out for the next update.

tianyx: @rep ogirl,so not fair.You MIGHT update tomorrow?Again you said HOPEFUlllY,pls dnt starve me now.Y did u̶̲̥̅̊ have to end at this point today.U̶̲̥̅̊ better upload tomorrow,else *lipssealed* Great work... ♡̬̩̃ TK and Didi

Lol, will try my bestest to upload but *fingers crossed* I can't guarantee. Saturdays are crazy here and don't want to starve you. Malnutrition is a really bad thing.

Mayor46: Just enjoying this story from the first line till now.waiting for the next update.....am in love with this write up

thanks, next update, tomoro hopefully.

oladimeji101: well I guess at the stage I have no choice than to let out my mind.repogirl I need to confess this that ur writeup is EStremely superb ,I just can't get enough of it and i think I'll have to read it all over again once u done .great job girl,impatiently waiting to read the next update.

thanks very much

kenny1795: Tz been awhile ave bin here...D last episode was hotttt!!!... Repo do u practice wat u preach??*winkz*

Hehehe, I don't kiss and tell. And I don marry o, so na me and my husband sabi dat one.

nacksonjoe: Wow am loving this more.Keep it rolling in repogirl u r good.

Thanks.

oyestephen: Lisa the advicer....repo and tk are taking it to 3rd base abi ?? Hmm....what if dare........

repo ke, its Deifa o and no third base yet na, still too soon, and Dare's in lag for real, so they are safe.

Blue diamond: Am hopelessly in love with u repogal,u knw y?
U carry ur readers along.am a fan for life.

Awww thanks, but its actually you guys that keep me going, if not I for don give up since.

Ice4jez: walk into thread with three bags of time for repogirl.make she manager dis one till oga on top come back

Thaink you well well, ice but 3 bags no go do o. I need at least 10 bags.

[quote author=bola-dex]i cant belief it, i started reading the story today and i could not stop
and i could not do any work since, you are a great writer keep it up[/quote]Thanks much *head swelling*

Hi guys, Thanks for the comments, i still have a little part of this chapter 13 left, that might be posted tomoro if I have time to write it.

“So this is Dare’s house?” Deifa asked as they walked into the compound. It was impressive, nothing over the top but still eyebrow raising for a young guy like Dare to own. “you mean he owns the place?”
“Yup.” Tekena replied “bought it with his own money.”
“Wow.” Deifa eyed the duplex “You guys seem to be making good money. How come you’ve not moved out of the house, you can obviously afford your own place.” She asked
“I’ve been considering getting a place here in Sun city myself, its just that I don’t want to be alone in it, it will be really boring.” He said opening the front door and letting her go in first “But if you moved in with me, I just might reconsider.”
Her breath caught as she paused in her tracks, he moved on like he’d said nothing of consequence. Was it supposed to be a joke?
She followed him into the kitchen where he opened a cupboard and brought out a pack that was obviously the dog’s food.
“Dare will be having his thirtieth birthday in about two weeks time, would you like to accompany me?” He said not even looking at her. He was concentrating on pouring dog food into a bowl.
If he was being elusive, she decided to act elusively too.
“Sure.” She shrugged like it didn’t mean a thing to her and turned her attention to other things like how the kitchen was designed. “Does Dare even cook, the kitchen looks so elaborate. It would be a shame to waste all these appliances.”
“Yeah, he does. I know back in school he used to.”
Yeah, they’d been room mates back in Brighton, she knew this. That was how they’d become so close. She noticed the LCD screen TV in the kitchen and shook her head; only a guy would do that.
“LCD TV in the kitchen, really?” She asked.
“Yeah, nice idea, isn’t it? So you don’t get bored while you cook.” He told her. “Could you help me with that bowl over there?” He pointed “use it to get some water from the tap.”
“Sure” She replied going for the bowl and fetching the water. The word ‘REX’ was written on it. “I guess the dogs name is Rex” She said.
“Yeah, short for T-rex.”
“Hope your sister’s a dog lover too?”
“Funny enough she is, she adores the animal, I hate it. The thing barks all the time, I’m surprised it’s even quiet now, maybe it got tired of barking and is asleep or something.”
She could tell he really had no love for the dog.
She carried the bowl handing it to him, just as she did that, his hand brushed hers and in shock she left it. In stunned silence they watched as the bowl fell onto the top of the cupboard splashing water on the both of them. They shuffled back quickly but couldn’t get far enough, Tekena got the worst of it since the bowl had been closer to him. His shirt was all wet in front, Deifa got a little water on her own t-shirt but she’d got off really easy compared to him.
She looked at his shirt “I’m so sorry.” She said with emphasis to ‘so’.
“it’s okay, it was an accident. Fine.” He was opening another cupboard and bringing out towels. She took one and began wiping the top of the cupboard, while he began unbuttoning his shirt.
‘Sh’it’ She cursed silently, feeling really bad and resisting the urge to groan. Why had she lost her grip just because he’d touched her hand? What was that about?
“I’ll be right back.” He told her as he left the kitchen in his singlet, carrying his shirt with him.
What was wrong with her? She wondered. She had to get a grip on her emotions for him.
She wondered if he’d brushed her hand by mistake or on purpose but couldn’t come to a conclusion. It had seemed really innocent. Sometimes she got the vibe that he had feelings for her, at other times she wasn’t so sure.
Like during the kiss of the last night, when he’d caressed her face and told her that she was beautiful. She still remembered the expression on his face when he’d said it. She’d seen something in his eyes and though she wasn’t exactly an expert on these things, she knew he had meant everything he’d said the night before. The way he’d looked into her eyes weren’t how a brother looked at his sister.
Today he was back to his normal self with her. When they’d talked about last night, he’d treated it like nothing serious had happened, like they hadn’t had some sort of connection and so she’d let it drop but there were sometimes he looked at her and she cold swear there was something there.
She sighed and brought out her phone, she had to call the ‘self acclaimed expert on body language’, Lisa. She still hated her for her manipulating tactics but they could put their differences aside for a while.
“Didi…” Lisa’s voice was wary.
‘Good, be scared’ Deifa thought “Lisa.”
“Are you still pissed?” She asked.
“Very, but I need your help with something, so I’ll let what you did slide for now.” She said just as Tekena came back in. He was in his singlet, the shirt nowhere to be seen.
Deifa walked back into the living room, she needed her privacy for this.
“Glad to be of help.” Lisa said to her, she was a bit more confident now that Deifa wanted to ask for help “whats the problem?”
“Tekena.”
“Whats wrong with him?”
“Nothing is wrong with him. Its just that…” How would she say this “We kissed, okay?”
“What!” Alissa screamed “You kissed Tekena!”
Deifa rolled her eyes, she just hoped there was nobody there wherever Alissa was.
“Announce it, why don’t you?” Deifa said sarcastically
“Sorry Didi, I’m so sorry, you cant blame me! I didn’t expect that to happen. Well I knew there was something between you two but I would never….How was it? Tell me! Tell me!”
“Alissa I’ll give you the details later but right now I need your help.”
“Okay, Okay, sorry. I got carried away. So whats the problem?”
“I’m not sure how he feels about me. I kinda forced him into the kiss last night he wouldn’t have if I hadn’t and now I feel like I’m getting some signals from him but I don’t know what to do.”
“First of all, you actually made a guy kiss you? I would never have thought you had it in you, great work! Okay, now second of all, since you are really into him, please go for it. That guy is crazy about you.”
“Really?” Deifa wasn’t sure
“Girl, I’ve known it for a while now, ever since the night I told him about Osas pestering you. I could see it in his eyes, he has some mad feelings for you. He might not really show it, so he doesn’t scare you off. As the body language expert, I would advise you to give him some hints since you are obviously not the type to chase a guy.”
“You are absolutely sure? Lisa! If it doesn’t work , I will have your head for sure o!”
Lisa laughed “ I will give it to you myself if it doesn’t go well.”
That was assuring enough for Deifa. “Okay, thanks.”
“No wahala, so now tell me about the kiss.”
“You want to hear about the kiss?” Deifa asked
“Yes nao.”
“Okay, listen, listen well o.” She told her just before she hung up and switched off the phone, knowing Lisa, she would call back and she didn’t need that disturbance for what she had in mind.
*******
Tekena was surprised that the dog didn’t bark this time as he gave it its food and water. He watched it as it ate quietly, it was possibly missing its owner. He’d never seen it this quiet before, he left it in peace before it got back to its crazy self.
He thought about the water incident. Maybe it served him right for deliberately brushing his hand over hers. The poor girl had gotten the fright of her life.
He knew she liked him but she didn’t know he also liked her in return, liked her a lot and was probably falling in love even. She didn’t know this, he had to let her know or at least try. He’d been keeping his feelings under wraps for too long, it was time to unleash them and know if it would be welcomed or not.
He went in.
He found her in the living room, sitting on the sofa, waiting.
As he stepped in, she got up.
“Didi, I have something to tell you.”
“Okay.. I also have something to tell you.” She said looking really nervous.
“Can I go first?” He asked knowing he needed to go first, give her the chance to know what was really in his heart before she broke it. She nodded.
“Can we sit?” He asked
Without a reply, she sat down at one end of the three-seater sofa while he took the other end.
This was it, he started “ Didi, I … I – “ Words left him. How did one go about talking about his feelings? If he couldn’t talk about them, maybe he could show her. “Didi, I don’t know how to talk about this, I’m thinking its best if I showed you.”
She looked at him, he stretched out his hand to her and she took it. He pulled her closer till she was sitting by his side. Still holding her hand he raised it up and gave her a kiss on the back of it.
“Everything I said and did last night, I meant it.” He said looking her in the eye “You make me feel things I’ve never felt for any other girl before. You once said that you don’t see me date, well the real reason is because I’ve always had feelings for only one person who’s always been out of reach. You. I know you might not return my feelings and might not talk to me ever again after this but… I’m begging you to at least give it a shot. Last night made me believe you do have some feelings for me, so..”
“You talk too much, TK, just shut up and kiss me already.” She suddenly said , staring right at him.
After he got over his shock, he pulled her to himself, she came willingly, her hands moving up his back also pulling him closer to her. She ran her tongue over her lips expectantly. He smiled almost not believing that she was in his arms, asking him to kiss her and this time she wasn’t drunk.
He lowered his head taking her lips in his, recalling its familiar taste. His hand moved up to cup her neck, tilting it back slightly. She scented wonderful.
“You scent really good.” He told her releasing her lips from his
She smiled “Thankyou.” Pulling him downwards for another round of lip locking. It was like they could not get enough of each other. Her hands were all over him.
“I’ve been dying to have my hands on your body for a while now.” She whispered as she began to shift back, pulling him forward by his singlet. He followed her.
She lay back on the sofa, pulling him on top of her.
“You can’t imagine how many times, I’ve dreamt of you like this.” He told her as he caressed her face “You are so beautiful.”
“You keep saying that.”
“Because its true.” He told her.
She smiled, taking his right hand, she put it under her t-shirt.
“Second base.” She told him and he smiled as he recalled what he told her that morning. He slid his hand across her smooth skin to her back, releasing the hook of her bra. Her breas’ts sprang free.
Tekena was hard now, he wasn’t sure he’d be able to stop himself if he went past this.
“How far do you want us to go, I don’t have any protection on me.”
She stiffened immediately he said that. He got up.
“What?” He asked her.
“Umm, I.. I’ve never..I’ve never gone that far before.
His eyes widened, was she telling him she was a virgin?
“You’re a ..umm..You’re..” He stammered
“I’m a virgin,” she completed for him.
Wow, a virgin? He thought really surprised. “So, you and osas never…?”
“No, we never did.” She replied “Is that going to be a problem?”
“No! ofcourse not. I’m just a little surprised, that’s all.”
“Okay, in that case,” She was pulling him back “ can we continue where we left off? I was really enjoying it.”
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hay sal: Hmmm nt enuff but lyk u said *chew on this................

It wont ever be enough, until it ends.

Please chew on this for a while, Part 2 is coming out later today, you wouldn't wanna miss it.

CHAPTER 13
Dr. Tammy David-Clarke watched her husband move his meal around his plate, clearly having no appetite for food. He’d been like that for a while now, ever since he’d found Edna and his son and it was being compounded because of Edna’s refusal to let his son know the truth. He’d become very troubled, unhappy and really withdrawn and melancholic these days. She was getting scared it he might loose it and spiral downward into severe depression all over again.

‘Not if she could help it’ She decided adamantly. No way was she going to let that happen, If he could have endured all these years living without knowing the whereabouts of his son, he could very well pull through this.

“Sweetheart.” She called to him from across the table. He looked up at her “If you don’t like the curried shrimp, I could make something else for you.”

“What? No. The meal is excellent as always. You know your cooking is superb.” He commended and managed a smile that didn’t quite reach his eyes.

“Then why aren’t you eating? For the past few days now, you’ve been looking morose and not eating much. Very soon it will begin to tell on you.” She warned and then lowered her voice to sound cajoling “ Sweetheart, I know you are feeling quite down but you have to try eating something. So you don’t fall sick.”
“I know dear, I just don’t have an appetite these days. Not with everything that’s happened these past few weeks.” He told her.
She leaned forward, placing her hand over his reassuringly “I understand love, but you’ve got to move on with life. If you could have endured these past years, I’m sure you can pull through this. You’ve also got to give it time, Something tells me it will all turn out fine. Just give it time.”

“I wish I had your faith, I’ve been thinking of giving him a call, seeing him-“

“No Marc! That’s a bad idea, better you keep your distance until Edna decides to tell him the truth. Its best that way.”

He looked at his wife feeling sceptical “You seem so sure Edna’s going to tell him?”
She smiled “She obviously loves him so much, I’m sure she would want to do the best for him, she might not know how ,but she would want to. You just have to give it time.”

Marc sighed “Time.” He said managing a smile “that seems to be your answer for everything.”

She shrugged “Most of the time it is. Now are you going to eat, or do I come feed you?” She asked with a mock stern expression on her face.

“Okay, Okay, I’ll eat.” He gave in “ But he looks so much like me.” Marc said in wonderment, as he recalled his last conversation with his son.

“Yes, he does, dear. Aside his eyes, he did remind me of a younger you, a bit taller but you” She told him smiling.

“ And he’s obviously so intelligent at his age, I really do wish I hadn’t acted stupidly when I was young. Things would be different now, Clara might not have died, I……”

Tammy Shook her head, she wouldn’t let him go down that route of self loathing and regret “Marcus! Please, lets not go there anymore. What’s happened has happened, no point in rehashing the past, let’s just work with what we have right now. You’ve been given the opportunity of seeing your son again. You’ve touched him, even talked to him, that’s a lot. We should be grateful for just the chance to do that, so please I don’t want you to get yourself sick with regrets and all. Lets just take each day as it comes and hope everything works out fine, please.” She squeezed his hand pleading with him.

He sighed and smiled “ I love you, Tammy. You’re a wonderful woman.”

She smiled in return “Because I’m married to a lovely man. I love you too, sweetheart.” She told him before putting on her stern expression “Now eat!”
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[center]I feel so close to you right now it’s a force field
I wear my heart upon my sleeve like a big deal
Your love pours down on me surrounds me like a water fall
And there’s no stopping us right now I feel so close to you right now.[/center][i][/i]

Tekena was singing along with the lyrics of Calvin Harris’s song as he drove, they’d just had Lunch and were on their way to Dare’s place in Suncity. The song was so catchy even Deifa was nodding her head to the beat.

He’d had a lot of fun back at the orphanage and had seen Deifa in a whole new light. While he’d hung around and played with the kids, Deifa had gone down to work. She’d assisted in the cleaning of the rooms and washing, She’d actually washed the kids clothes with her hands. He would have never thought.
Tekena had been so impressed and touched he felt like he could also volunteer, He wasn’t sure exactly what he would do but he knew he could help out. He turned down the volume of the music and Deifa gave him a glance like he’d ended her fun.

He gave her a glance of his own and she burst out laughing. He’d not meant to make her laugh but was glad she did. She then shook her head as if in
response to a question in her head.

The events of last night had made him realise that she was very attracted to him. He was so sure of it, he planned on capitalising on it. It would be easier wooing a Deifa that had a thing for him than one that didn’t.

“Why are you shaking your head?” He asked her

She looked at him “Why else? You of course.”

“Me? What about me?”

She shrugged “I don’t know…”

“Why do girls always start their statements with I don’t know, when they know very well?”

“I don’t know.” She shrugged.

“Ok, instead of I don’t know, start the statement with I know and tell me what it was about me that made you shake your head.”

She rolled her eyes but obliged him “Okay, I know that you are very funny.”

“Good. Thank you. That wasn’t so hard, was it?” He said and then added “I had fun today at the orphanage.”

“Yeah.” She smiled as she looked at him “I noticed, you bonded well with the kids. I didn’t know you could also play football like that, thought your specialty was basket ball. They’ll really miss you and your JayJay moves.”

He laughed “JayJay moves right? I’m flattered and I’m thinking I wouldn’t mind volunteering too.”

Her eyes widened and she sat forward “Really? But you are so busy, do you think you’ll have the time?”

“I can always make out time.” He told her “ Maybe set up a bball court, not the standard size because of the space, but I think there’s enough space for a half court with one rim. What do you think?”

“I think that’s a fabulous idea. Wow, they’ll love it. Thank you.” She told him her eyes filled with gratitude.

“Its no problem really, seems you relate to the orphans because you’ve also lost both your parents?.”

She nodded “Yeah. I’ve had it really easy though, compared to them. They have nothing, I’ve still got fabulous cousins, an uncle…I lack for nothing. That’s the reason I do whatever I can to help them feel happy, to feel loved. I wish I could do more sometimes but… I think I’m doing the best I can right now.”

He smiled as he watched her, she showed love to everyone else but had no one to love her in return. She amazed him, everyday its like he found out some new part of her.

“ I was so surprised to see you washing clothes with your hands, I thought I was going to have a seizure.”

She laughed “Seizure, really?”

“For real, You don’t do your own laundry at home, you can imagine my surprise to see you washing.”

“I wash some little things at home.” She defended

He raised an eyebrow “What little things? Underwear doesn’t count, a day old baby can wash underwear.”

She shook her head “You know what? Next time I’m washing I’ll announce it first, then come and wash in front of you. Is that okay?”

He laughed “very funny.”

Chris Brown's ‘Please don’t judge me’ came up on the car’s speakers, she increased the volume and began singing along to it.
There was so much he was discovering about her, she was such an interesting person. Behind her attractive features lay an even more beautiful personality. He wasn’t exactly sure yet but he had a strong feeling he just might be falling in love with her.

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Edna wasn’t herself. She felt like she was stuck in between a mountain and a wall. She really wanted to do right by Tekena and tell him the truth but wasn’t sure how she would go about doing it. It had been on her mind for a few days now.

Her late husband, Chief Tombra Silva along with a few of her close friends were the only ones who knew. He’d never pressured her into telling Tekena the truth but had advised she do it when she whenever she felt was the right time. Would there ever be a right time? She asked herself.
One thing was for certain, the longer she kept it from him, the worse it became especially now that he was beginning to suspect something was wrong.
She could sense the way he stared at her when he thought she didn’t notice.

She’d ignored him every time he’d asked if she had something she wanted to tell him but It was better to ignore him than lie to him anymore than she already had.

Her greatest fear was losing him, she was certain he would not take the news too well and was afraid of what he would do. Would he leave her? She loved him like her own child. She was sure he knew that, but news like this could most likely destroy the great relationship they had.
What could she do? She wondered and then decided to call her closest friend over, she really needed to talk to someone about this.
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