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SmartestPopQUEEN:
Wooo! Words are no longer capable of describing how good you are Theblessedwriter. You're simply amazing.

Thanks for the usual suspense.

my sweet sister, how are u coping with the grammatical blunders of ur boy? He needs some tutoring from you o...

Preciousbouy:


you're right ooo words cannot describe how ducking good he is.... I envy him..

envy? Wen me self dey pray to God everyday to make me half as great as u? No dey whyne me jare.

menwongo:
This grt. You are just the best...
Dogs attendance here I come

i tel u bro. The Dog attendance is coming soon

Pinkie2018:
lol The devil AGENTina indeed
Lol thanks for the update boo

hmm, the birthday girl that refuses to give me my own cake. Well, mind u, ur comment is more appreciated than the cake. So thanx 4 the commentary-cake. Or lets say Cakementary.

Banje101:
What cud she ve to say? Gbaayi bro

gbaayi u too my bro.

Chixco95:
Ha,oga Darous,i can now see why the story is titled countless.
COUNTLESS Episodes
COUNTLESS Suspense
COUNTLESS Readers
COUNTLESS Views
COUNTLESS Twists & Turns
COUNTLESS Lies
It Just got me glued to NL,your story is the only reason i log in2 NL these days
KUDOS THEBLESSED MAN

broda, thanx 4 reading and commenting o. I app it

John944:
BOSS!
This suspense burst my head!
TBM You're the best on nairaland! one of a kind you are!

my number one loyal reader, u be boss o. I app all ur endeavours on Countless. U are mouthed beyond words my bro.

Damibiz:
Damibiz was missing in Action but he is back for good everyone,TheBlessedman,after you na still you because you Over well,even inside Well,you still well,well well

ah, u diz wisdomatic bro is bak again. Am happy to hav u bak o. Countless have missed u

Adesina12:
Wow!!!!
TheBlessedMan you da bomb
I love the comic relief part about the babies coming to this world
You're very right there but there's purpose of creation by God which is to serve Him
Every other thing in life is secondary
Well done dear sweet popcorn � for u.

my broda of life. I app u here o. U are one of the reasons I keep on writing. Cos I knw u wil always b here to read and comment. Thanx in a million

wagazala:
Tbm, this suspense crazy. This must be the craziest of all the crazy suspenses (if theres any word like it). Thumbs up bro. Dont take out Daurous o.

thanx bro o. U are permitted to make grammatical blunders here o. Welcome back to d ministry.

stevodot22:
The Blessed Man, you are mouthed. This update got my ribs cracking to the extent that tear was flowing from my eyes down to my cheeks. More energy from Korea to defeat every Germany of your life.

kikiki o. I laf in japaneese.. Thanx broda.

Still dedicated to all the faithful readers of COUNTLESS and its blunders. To all that ve voted for me and still planning to vote. I appreciate it. Thanks and Jah bless. Even if I don't win, am already happy with the turn out of you guys. Thanks alot. I promise to be better.

Remember, a story is coming up after this.

Titled: The Dog Attendant. Watch out!


135. COUNTLESS.


My heart was beating rapidly against my chest as I anxiously listened to hear what Nike would say.

"Doctor," She continued. "Remember I told you I once caught Darous hiding under the bed in my mummy's room, yes?"

"yes, and you said your mother claimed to be unaware of his presence there when you asked her about it.."

"fine. The thing is, I knew she lied to me. I swear to Gawd. Then for five solid months, after my brother was born, and prior to her death, I begin to question my mother to tell me who impregnated her. She keep on telling me she's too ashamed of telling me. She said, she's afraid my sister and I would never forgive her if she tells us who impregnated her...."

"so she never get to tell you? I presume..." Doctor Larah chipped in. Obviously getting more interested.

"no, you don't understand..."

"then make me understand quickly, I've got a lot of patients that needs my attention right now."

"hun...my mother always said one thing, she always say, it will take her dying moments to tell us who the father of Chris is. She said thats the only way she can avoid our disappointment in her."

"so, what else?"

"when she was fighting for breath, instead of staying with her, I ran to the intercom to call the attentions of the doctors attending to her. My mother then signalled to me to come closer, I went to her panicking and when I was closed enough, she mouthed something to me. Due to my tensive mood, I didn't understand at first and she managed to say it louder the second time...."

"and what did she say?" The doctor asked as my heartbeat increased to the antilogrithm of milisecs.

"she said...."

"what are you doing there?" That voice came from behind me and it also interrupted the transmission I was getting from inside. I turned around quickly and was met with the questioning look on the face of an elderly nurse.
I swallowed my saliva quickly and begin to rack my brain for any lie to give her.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to come up with anything and the devil also wasn't on standby to get me one from his playstore. Maybe my subscription have finish ni o, or the devil is busy, preparing my space for me in hell ni o, I don't know. All I know is that, I was short of lies.

"erm...erm...erm....." The nurse watched me with a squeezed look as I continue to struggle for words.

She grew tired of waiting and signalled to me to get out of the way. I complied quickly and I watched nervously as she grazed past me and enterred the labouratory where Nike and the Doctor were having their talk.

Darousmart have been outsmarted by Adenike, his wife's younger sister.

She had been two steps ahead of me all this while. Knowing what she's capable of, I had no doubt she won't stop until the doctor succumb to her request. And once she does, everything will be over. Her sister will hate me forever and thats one thing I can never live with.
A plane can't fly without a pilot, so also my Portugal can't survive Russia without the C.ronaldo of Adejoke. Its simple as that.

I didn't even bother to listen on again as I took that as my cue to leave the hospital. I turned around swiftly and began to march fast out of the place.

The atmosphere outside indicated that we are already in past midnight. I glanced around and saw my car, still parked on the same spot where Lewis had parked it earlier when we rushed my wife and child here.

I got behind the driver's door and opened it. Lewis had slept off on the back seat. I tapped him gently and his eyes grew wide when he saw me.

"how are they doing? Are they okay now?" He questioned rapidly as he tried to sit upright.

"they are fine....I need to get them something from one hospital there." I told him while searching for my keys in my pockets.

"what?"

"erm...you'll know when I get back..." I replied sharply, as I was still searching for my keys.

"are you looking for this?" Lewis said and I turned around, only to see him holding the keys in his hand.

"yes... I don't know its still with you." I collected it from his hands. Inserted it in the ignition hole, twisted it and the car produced the only sound it was destined with.

"do I need to follow you?"

"no, but let me drop you at your house. Everything is fine now." I ended with an assuring tone that gave him little or no chance to think the otherwise.

I checked the time indicator on the dashboard. It reads, 02:17am. I reversed the car and zoomed off.

***

After dropping Lewis at his house, I drove myself to another private hospital around Elite road. I got there and requested to see the doctor.

Within five minutes, the male doctor was available and I told him my sole reason for coming.

"okay. We will prepare the lab and get everything done in the next two hours.." The doctor said in his thick voice.

"two hours Why will it take that long?" I questioned suprisingly.

"are you in a hurry?"

"yes! I need to be in heaven in the next 2hours!" I wanted to tell him that but I just replied him with the first word.
"oohh! You know, um...the nurses are busy now. Its midnight already and we have got a lot of pregnant women in
the delievery room. So its only me and one other nurse that will be attending to you." He stated amicably.

Hmm, Irony of life. Thousands, if not millions of children are busy entering this world on daily basis. They have no idea of what's waiting for them in this confused world.

I just pity them, because instead of staying with God in heaven and be enjoying the never-getting bored company of the legendary angel Michael and angel Gabriel, they still want to poke their tiny noses into the ugly affairs of this world.

Shebi, its still fair for those of them that will be born in foreign countries like Paris and England, I just feel sorry for those coming to this herdsman-ful Nigeria.

They won't know what hit them until they start crying and the nurses that are suppose to pacify them started shouting; 'keep kwayet! You little muppet, na me koba you?'.

Even, those that will be forming big girls and big boys by refusing to cry, a certain spanking ruler awaits their soft bottocks.

Obviously, the nurses are telling them that they need to cry before they can be fully seen as a member of this planet earth. Thats the initiation due we all had to pay before our admission into this world was finalised. Right from birth, nothing has ever been easy for humans.

Another ironical fact is, I've already grown increasingly tired of this life and while I was already planning to log out of it, those babies are just getting ready to log into it. But I pray they don't end up the same way am about to end up.

Karma, fate and other agents running the affairs of this world have already proven to me at every turn that I can never be truly happy. Every woman in my life, - apart from Joke and my Mother - have contributed to my present predicament.

Ranging from, Beatrice, to Adedoyin, to Doris, to Nike, and Chioma, yes
Chioma! The b!tch that totally ruined my joy. The devil's Argentina that finally ended my Nigeria's chances of progressing in the Russia of happiness that I found in loving Joke. Tell me, how do you expect me to continue living in a world that has nothing good to offer me? Abeg, suicide is the answer jare.

"you need to fill this form." The doctor's voice cuts into my thoughts. He handed me a pen and a small form with headings 'BLOOD DONATION FORM' written on it.

I collected it and began to fill it out in earnest. I returned it to him after I was through and he began to scrutinize the details I filled in.

"Mr Samson, your blood type is very rare o. Infact we have three patients right now in need of your blood. You are God sent." He smiled.

"please, can you first make sure you send enough to the hospital I told you about before you use the rest on others? Please?"

"ofcos. We will. I will make sure your friend's child got his adequate supply first before we use the rest on others." He replied smiling.

"can I trust you on that?" I questioned with hard looks.

"ab...absolutely...follow me please...." He placed the paper in a folder and led me out of the office.

***

The first thing I did after leaving that hospital around 04:30am of that fateful sunday, was drive straight to my second house in a far away place from the first one. Its a duplex and neither Joke nor her sister knew of the location but Joke knew I had other houses in Abeokuta. I was planning to take her to every place habouring my properties after we come back from the honeymoon we will never have.

I got there around quarter past 5 in the morning of that sunday, and after entering the building, I went straight to the master bedroom.

I took off my cloths and all that was left on me were my boxer and singlet. I sat on the large bed and took out my phone. A lot of congratulatory messages began to flood in, the moment it finished booting.

I was about to start reading them when a call from Nike stopped me. I instantly knew the reason why she was calling me. I checked the time again and made some calculations. Its already over two hours since I left the hospital where my wife and child was admitted. Its certain that my blood result is already out.

It also mean that my secret is out. That b!tch has find out. Am doomed. Thats it.

That must be the reason why Nike is calling me. Hmm.

The call rang away and barely 5secs later, it came again and yet I refused to pick it.
I don't even have the nerves to pick the call, talkless of talking to her.

'pick it, you don't know if she's only calling to tell you something else.' A voice from within spoke to me.
I hissed and dropped the phone on the bed.

I rose up and began to pace the room nervously while the phone continue to ring.

Should I pick it? Should I not?
I was still deliberating on what to do when the phone suddenly stopped ringing.

I heaved a sigh of relief and before I could even say fvck, a message notification beeped. I approached the bed and picked the phone with trembling hands.


T.B.C

Bluehaven:
*winks*
TheBlessedMan I'm yet to experience all the hailings awarded you by commenters on here.

you are yet...ok....

The boss dropping it like no man business. For sure, talent is at work here. Peter black!...be right back.

toluxad:
Jeez, diz nike of a girl, na god go save u o. Darous and wahala part countless. She knew somtin all thiz while

na so we see am o. My lady. Thanx 4 commenting.

Its with utmost sense of sincerity that I write to appreciate each and everyone of you that has voted for me. I appreciate your appreciation. I promise not to let you down. I promise solemnly with my future father inlaw's left kidney to be better than this. Thanx for making me recognise this new version of myself. More importantly, thanx for taking me for who I am. Thank you for being a wonderful reader to an amateur writer.


134. COUNTLESS.


After Nike had spoken, I stood there feeling dethered on what to do next. Apparently, the more I hesitate, the more room am giving Nike to get more suspicious of me and more determined to see this to the end.

The next thing I knew, after waiting for more than two minutes without uttering any word is Nike grabbing my arm, beckoning to the Doctor to lead the way and walking me out of the office. That was how I was being led out of the office to where my blood sample will be taken for testing. I couldn't resist nor protest. I just followed.

Save for the few instructions the doctor stopped to give her nurses on the way, nothing else delayed us till we entered the next office where a lot of gadgets and medical apparatus were in abundance.

The room was illuminated under the effect of the big fluorescent bulb in the white painted ceiling.

The doctor pointed a chair adjacent a big lab table for me to sit down. I took a brief secs to survey the chair before I finally settled on it. I waited nervously as the doctor began to perform some medical rituals before she finally came to me.

Nike, who was standing closeby, rested her bum-bum against the edge of the table beside me. She was ready to see this to the end. She would make sure my blood was taken. She would want to be sure nothing went wrong. She would certainly make sure there's no room for me to blackmail the result or intimidate the doctor in making any mistake.

I've already admitted myself to the school of fate. If this is how things will end, then I had to see it out like brave men will do. I'd already started this music sometimes ago, and its mandatory I dance it to the end. Its my cross and my burden to bear.

"don't stiffen your body Mr Darous..." The doctor said as she used a cotton wool soaked in methylated liquid to clean my sweating left arm. "I'll be quick and fast. If you co-operate well, it will be less painful. I just need a little quantity of your blood in this syringe." She placed the syringe on my arm and looked into my eyes with a questioning brow.

"just get it over with." I said as I offerred myself totally for her. I caught a sinister grin on Nike's face the moment the doctor inserted the syringe into my arm.

I hissed inwardly as if I don't care and calm my self down for the doctor to finish her work on my arm.

Doctor Larah was through in a jiffy. She placed a new cotton wool on the point where the needle was extracted from in my arm. She rubbed it against the spot and wore a satisfactory look on her face before she placed the syringe on another table behind her.

"are you sure that is enough?" I hear Nike say to the doctor as the latter was busy arranging some test tubes on the table.

"yes...I have more than enough...just a little like this is okay." The doctor replied without looking at her.

"ok o. Am just saying maybe you should take...."

"take more abi?" I cut in feeling a bit angry. I then shifted forward and offered my arm to her. "why don't you get a cutlass and chop off my arm? You will get alot of blood like that."

"are you angry?" She scoffed and rolled her hazel eyeballs at me. "you should even be happy your blood is going to work on Chris...."

"we are not sure of that yet." The doctor replied, still facing what she was doing.

"sure or not. I know it will work." Nike reiterated and focused her eyes on me.

"what?" I questioned her gazing after some moments of uneasiness..

"what, what?" She questioned back with hands folded across her chest.

"whats that look?"

"what look?"

"that look..." I replied.

"which look?" She asked again with a squeezed face.

"the one you gave me before?"

"I don't remember giving you any look...."

"I know what am saying." I said a bit loudly. "you looked at me as if am hiding something."

"are you?..." She asked with an expectant look at my face but before I could reply, the doctor turned to us and said,

"you people are disturbing my concentration here. Mr Darous, you may go and see the receptionist now." She stated and I rose up.

"what of her? Where will she be?"

Doctor Larah turned to Nike and said, "she also has to be on her way to the hospital pharmacy. Her sister will need those drugs once she wakes up."

Nike grumbled silently before we both proceeded towards the door.
"when will the results be out?" She asked the doctor as we got to the door.

The doctor checked her wristwatch and displayed a thinking face before she replied. "lets say 45minutes. Or one hour tops."

"okay. We will be waiting in the hall." She stated with a grin and we both left the lab.

We spoke nothing with eachother on the way before we both parted ways to carry out the tasks given to us.

On the way, I had the abundance of space to think again.

Every signal and facial language displayed by Nike earlier just but confirmed my guess of her smartness. I know her, she would figure things out in the next 45mins. She will know that I'm the father of Chris. And then, I would be so fvcked up.


This is the time I needed an ally. Someone who can advise me on what to do to extricate myself from this messful mess.

I would have called Jide to help me out, but I was afraid the idiot will also get angry with me the moment I tell him everything. He will vex for me and who knows, he might complicate things the more.

Lewis, the expert neurosurgeon, will start looking for the mental sense behind everything I've done instead of helping me if I tell him.

Efe and Collins are the type of friend you have but can't comfortably share your deepest dark secrets with. They are the type you only go clubbing with. They are not the type that follows you to the prayer mountain.

As you can see now, am in a big problem. Like I said earlier, the plan to commit suicide is still lingering on my mind but parental duty calls first. Its a must to make sure my son will do fine before I bid this complicated word a complicated goodbye.

Even to help my child, I'm running a great risk of revealing another complicated secret that can warrant a lot of controversy and mayhem once am gone.

I need to make sure that doesn't happen. I can't let Joke's curses be the only thing to stop God from finally letting me into heaven. Heaven is where am going. Forget about my sexcapades, forget all my attrocities, I've also done some good deeds with my life that can qualify me for heaven.

Apart from being the only one who has never curse our mathematics teacher whenever she gave us an assignment that involves the finding of X, am also the only person who never complains or grumble whenever she starts beating us for not finding the X. To me and many others, we already know we can never find X.

That X must also be a bad human being, or why is he always missing? We'd been finding X since Jss1 and some of us never found it till we graduated from Ss3. Some students inability to find X has gotten them the expulsion note while others like me had manage to avoid that, with the hope of finding it one day. Enough said on X, lets get back to the story.

So, am not totally a bad person. As you already know, I've spent the money I got from selling Adedoyin's mansion on taking care of the orphans and homeless. The less priviledge in her family have also benefited immensely from my selfless acts.

Relying on those great deeds I mentioned above, I believe I've earned a space in the good books of God. So if I die now, the chances of making heaven seems higher than dying later. Or so, those were my thoughts.

I felt someone push me from behind and when I turned around startled, I saw a female nurse walking away quickly. She was uttering some angry words at me as she hurried away.

I checked my palms and saw the paper given to me by the doctor in it, then I remembered where I was suppose to go.

I took a heavy step forward and a feeling of tiredness surge through my body. I'd woken up earlier than usual the previous day,(which was our wedding day) and since then, I've been unable to catch a moment rest atall. As I've been running from one problem to another.

Yet, here I was, in the middle of the long lobby of the hospital, standing for almost twenty minutes in deep thoughts before the nurse pushed me.

Feeling tired, I settled in a plastic chair beside the white wall and released an exasperated breath.

I had barely sat down for a minute when I resumed to my thoughts again. But apparently, this time, they were thoughts on how I can get myself away from the embarrasments of after-death.

Simply put, to avoid Nike and Joke finding out about my relationship with Chris. Devilishly, I smiled as an idea crept into the prison of my muddled mind.

Instantly I rose up and began to walk back hurriedly to where the doctor had earlier taken my blood. My mission was to confide in her and hopefully help me out.

Within the space of thirty seconds, I'd gotten back to the door of the labouratory.

I was about opening the unlocked door when the voice of Nike, that came from inside froze me out and all I could do was to listen intently on whats going on.

"Its unethical of my profession to carry out a D.N.A test on someone's blood without the direct consent of the person on signed papers. Am sorry, I can't do it." Thats the voice of Doctor Larah.

D.N.A ke? Ah don die. So this girl is not content with guessing and assumptions, she wanted to be.....

"please doctor..." Nike's voice intercepted my thoughts. "help us solve this mysery we've been battling with. Please, I beg you in the name of God..." She pleaded further.

"but what makes you think he's the father of Chris? You told me earlier that your mother gave birth to that boy, then what makes you think your sister's just-wedded husband is the one that impregnated your late mother?" The doctor queried with a confused voice.

"let me tell you, before my mummy died, I was the only person with her. While she was fighting for breath, she was trying so hard to tell me something too."

"and what is that?" queried the doctor.

T.bc

Sorry 4 d delay in update guys. Updating tomorrow. Thanx 4 staying tuned. Sweetdrmz.

kennybelle:
can one vote more than once pls

nope. Voting more than once wil ruin all the votes. Including ur simcard and charging point

EkopSparoAyara:

Let me make it clear to you...
Last month, I voted for Larrysun (although he didn't win)
This month I voted for Souloho19..
Next month, I will be voting for TBM...
That's how I go about my own..

Stop showcasing irrational attitude...

abeg, my broda, make we no re-ignite the tempo of the fire. Pls accept my sincere apology on his behalf. I beg u bro. Please...sure u can vote 4 whoever u want. So also me. I can decide to vote the devil instead of buhari. No one can hold anyone responsible for what someone's vote has caused in another one's....another one's... What am I even saying ganself.... Just acpt my apologies and lets all go bak to being one big happy yahoo families, always smiling to the bank. Thank u.

Youngzubi:
first time first time. tbm . wrote the spelling of GOD. the right way.


i normally tink dat the guy na idol worshiper

lolz, you are funny bro. I decide to be using 'GAWD' instead of 'GOD' cos I don't want to invoke the consequences of using God's name in vain. And secondly, to avoid the wrath of the religion fanatics on this forum., Now you see, the son of thunder have got his reasons.

Mhiztara:
I advice,he should just give up on lies and ask for his wife forgiveness including everyone he has wrong because the way his going he could end up with nothing.
Cuz like the saying goes one need like a thousand lies to cover up just a single lie.

Keep it on bro,���

You the best.����

thanx dear. Welcome to the ministry.