kayo80:
Chapter 9

It felt good having his hands under the dryer. It always gave Tony that sweet feeling he got whenever he was getting a haircut, when he got a massage, or when he was doing that thing with Judith in the other room. He chuckled and moved aside when he noticed someone was waiting behind him to use the dryer.

The event center was built in a way that you had to come out of the hall to the car park and walk to the back of the building to get to the restroom. He shook his hands here and there to get his watch and bangle in place, and as he took the left turn heading to the hall entrance, he bumped into a lady in red. “Oh, sorry.” He said and let go of her elbows that he had grabbed out of shock. He noticed she was the one that had been staring at him.
“Hi?” She said as she looked Tony straight in the eye. From her voice, Tony knew she wasn’t one of the fakers. “My name is Toyin.” She said with an outstretched hand.
“He shook her hand and said.” I’m...”
“I know who you are.” She said, cutting Tony off.
“Oh, really.” Tony said slowly. He was a bit tipsy and his guard was down. He decided to flirt with the girl a little. Her whole body was like a ripe apple waiting to be plucked.
“Your book is about your life, right?” She said with a straight face.
Tony didn’t see that coming. “What?” He blurted and coughed.
She smiled and adjusted her blouse so that a larger portion of her upper body was visible. “I knew it.”
“Knew what?” Tony said. If his sexual urge was a balloon, it just got popped. He hated the fact that someone had figured him out.
“You are the Richard character in your book. I knew you would be attracted to me, because I am the kind of girl Richard would like.” She said and pushed up her boobs.
Tony looked around to be sure no one was looking. He felt awkward right now. He was looking for the best way to dispose the girl, but he also wanted to know what she was getting at.
“I just want to know who Rosaline is.”
Tony swallowed spit before saying, “Why?”
The smile disappeared replaced by an expressionless face. She was about to say something when Tony saw her gaze shift to something behind him. Before he could turn around, he heard a familiar voice say, “Hello?” Judith greeted the girl with a smile as she held Tony from behind. “Sorry.” She said before whispering something in Tony’s ears. As he listened, Tony’s eyes were on the girl and he saw how her expression went from a smile, to a frown, and then back to a smile in a matter of seconds.
“I better get back inside.” The mysterious girl said as she cat-walked past Judith and Tony.
They both smiled at her without saying anything. After she got out of sight, Judith said, “We need to leave this party right now, I am bored to death.” She said and dragged Tony along. He was surprised she didn’t ask about the girl.
“Wait! What of Sam?” Tony said as he stopped in his tracks and looked sideways at Judith. Someone tapped him and he was faced with a camera when he turned around. The man behind the camera had his index finger on his lips. “Oh!” Tony exclaimed and moved along with Judith. He stopped again and looked at Judith, “Have you agreed to go for Jide’s party?”
“Yea…I am in the mood for some dancing right now.”

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A nostalgic feeling crept through his whole system. He was sure Judith felt the same way. The look on her face was like a little girl in an ice cream shop. He placed his right hand on her lap and she grabbed it. It was like they were communicating without speaking.
Judith was shocked at how very little had changed on their old street. Sure, a few houses had been bought over and renovated, but the gate was still always half closed at the entrance of the street, some house still had the same low fences they had 13 years ago, some house were even the same color she remembered them with, and there was still a compound bar in one of the houses down the street.
“O my God!” She said with a gasp.
“I know, right.” Tony said as he smiled at Judith. Two guys were crossing the street and they moved hurriedly when they saw the car Tony was driving getting closer to them. Tony revved up the engine and almost hit one of them till he jumped out of the way. He parked on the other side of the house and jumped out of the car. The guy that was almost hit with the BMW walked slowly towards Tony and once he was close enough to know who it was, shouted out, and ran into the building he and his friend had earlier emerged from.
The other guy walked towards Tony, trying to make out who it was with the blinding headlights of the car as dusk set in. He started a slow laugh as he approached Tony. “You fucking did it. Tony fucking did it.” The chubby guy said in a loud voice as he lifted Tony off the ground. When he dropped Tony, the other guy came back out of the building, still screaming as he ran down the street.
Judith got out of the car smiling. The chubby guy looked her way and started laughing. “Oh my God! This is a freaking Kodak moment…You brought Judith with you?” He said and Judith walked into his arms. “It’s been a while Jide.” Judith said.
“Sam, start rolling.” Tony shouted out to a guy in the Toyota Camry behind him.
“Oh, you brought your camera crew? Nice! Let’s get into the party.” Jide said and led them to the party.

kayo80:
All the books in this series have 10 chapters, but this being the last and concluding book, it will have 12 chapters. I will post chapter 8 on or before 4pm. And I will post the last 4 chapters this way- a chapter a day from tomorrow.

While you wait, you can check out my other books/stories...

Flash fiction- https://www.nairaland.com/3282359/4-dead-flash-fiction-story

Short story- https://www.nairaland.com/3285069/blood-water-short-story-kayode

Novel- https://www.nairaland.com/3246464/world-3-women-romance-suspense

kayo80:


Thanks for all the ginger and motivation. I would really just love to sit down and finish the book one time, but it really takes me like a whole day to write a chapter, and you know how Nigeria is right now...Time is money.

kayo80:


Thanks. Hope you read from the first book?

Nepa is really messing up here, so I can't put up the next chapter till Tuesday night. Thanks to all the fans of this series.

kayo80:


Thanks. Hope you read from the first book?

Nepa is really messing up here, so I can't put up the next chapter till Tuesday night. Thanks to all the fans of this series.

kayo80:


Thanks. Hope you read from the first book?

Nepa is really messing up here, so I can't put up the next chapter till Tuesday night. Thanks to all the fans of this series.