NEW STORY ALERT!! JASMINE CHAPTER 1
Don’t ever date or marry a woman out of pity, especially if she is a stranger.
One cold evening; one of those cold evenings where the sun disappeared as early as 3:00 PM, I was standing in front of the building where I lived, doing nothing in particular. I had closed my shop early that day because my landlord had called for an urgent and important meeting. Since I didn’t want to be in his bad books, and I had deliberately stayed away from the two previous meetings, I decided that it would be good if I attended that one.
But when I got home that evening, I realized that his car was not parked in its usual place. For someone who had convened a meeting, that was going to start in about thirty minute’s time, he was supposed to be home. But he was not. Wondering what was happening, I decided to stand in front of the building so that I would know when he was returning back from wherever he was.
As I stood there, another neighbour who had also just closed from work, saw me and greeted.
“Good evening, Mr. Emeka. You are home early today. What happened? Market wasn’t good?”
“Good evening, my neighbour. It’s not because of bad market oh. It is because of the meeting with landlord that I came home, or have you forgotten?”
“Meeting?” She asked, trying to recollect. “Oh! The meeting. Didn’t you hear that it had been cancelled?”
“Cancelled? When?” I was surprised.
“Last night. It was posted in the tenants WhatsApp forum. Didn’t you see it?”
“No, I didn’t. Actually, I left the forum without knowing. That could be the reason.”
“Yes, landlord had to travel suddenly. So, meeting has been moved to Friday next week.”
“Ok, thank you, neighbour.” I spoke. I was very angry.
So, I had just wasted my time like that?! Could you imagine me locking my store a full four hours before my normal closing time just so that I could attend the meeting and avoid running into trouble with my landlord. Now, here I was. Meeting was cancelled and I had no idea. I was terribly vexed.
Well, what could I do? I had to go back to my apartment and wind the rest of the day. There was nothing I could do. But as I was about to get back inside, I saw a bike coming towards me, and the rider seemed to be trying to get my attention. So, I stalled for a while waiting for him to come closer. Once he got to where I was standing, he spoke:
“Good evening, bro.”
“Good evening. How may I be of help to you?” I asked.
“Please, do you know any hotel here called Fairy Land?”
“Fairy Land?” I asked, grimacing. “What kind of a name is that? Anyway, I do not know.”
“But I was told that it was just around here?” That was his passenger speaking. She was a beautiful female of about twenty-two years. She was slim and fair complexioned.
“No, I have been living here for quite a while, and I know all the hotels around here. There is Diamond Garden about two hundred meters from here. Then, we have Grace Land behind my house and one other guest house that houses many Yahoo boys. Maybe it’s Grace Land you are talking about.”
“No, the person who asked me to meet him said Fairy Land.” She insisted.
“Well, we do not have a hotel like that here, sorry.”
I started walking into our compound when I heard a small agitation between the bike man and his beautiful female passenger.
“You are acting as if you have me on hire.” I heard the bike man complaining angrily. “We have been moving around for almost an hour, and we still haven’t found this hotel you are talking about. I am tired.”
“Please, be patient na. If not for the fact that the phone of the person I am going to see has been switched off, would I have been in this mess?” The lady replied.
“That is not my problem. That was not our agreement. In fact, be ready to add money because you have wasted my time, and you need to add some money.” He was still angry.
“Why should I add money?” The lady argued. “I thought I gave you five thousand?”
“Yes, and you think it is enough for all this time you have hijacked my machine? In fact, I am tired. Please, get off my bike.”
“But why? How can you be asking me to get off your bike? I don’t know anyone here.”
“That is not my business, my friend. Get off my bike. I have to be going.”
“I am not getting off your bike. Take me back to where you carried me.” She spoke.
“On whose bill? Abeg, I don’t want trouble. Just get off the bike or I will drag you from it by force.” He threatened.
“Drag who? Come and try it na.” She was daring him.
At this point, the bike man could no longer contain his growing anger. He got off his bike and was about to start pulling the lady from the bike when I intervened
TO BE CONTINUED…
NEW STORY ALERT!! JASMINE CHAPTER 1
Don’t ever date or marry a woman out of pity, especially if she is a stranger.
One cold evening; one of those cold evenings where the sun disappeared as early as 3:00 PM, I was standing in front of the building where I lived, doing nothing in particular. I had closed my shop early that day because my landlord had called for an urgent and important meeting. Since I didn’t want to be in his bad books, and I had deliberately stayed away from the two previous meetings, I decided that it would be good if I attended that one.
But when I got home that evening, I realized that his car was not parked in its usual place. For someone who had convened a meeting, that was going to start in about thirty minute’s time, he was supposed to be home. But he was not. Wondering what was happening, I decided to stand in front of the building so that I would know when he was returning back from wherever he was.
As I stood there, another neighbour who had also just closed from work, saw me and greeted.
“Good evening, Mr. Emeka. You are home early today. What happened? Market wasn’t good?”
“Good evening, my neighbour. It’s not because of bad market oh. It is because of the meeting with landlord that I came home, or have you forgotten?”
“Meeting?” She asked, trying to recollect. “Oh! The meeting. Didn’t you hear that it had been cancelled?”
“Cancelled? When?” I was surprised.
“Last night. It was posted in the tenants WhatsApp forum. Didn’t you see it?”
“No, I didn’t. Actually, I left the forum without knowing. That could be the reason.”
“Yes, landlord had to travel suddenly. So, meeting has been moved to Friday next week.”
“Ok, thank you, neighbour.” I spoke. I was very angry.
So, I had just wasted my time like that?! Could you imagine me locking my store a full four hours before my normal closing time just so that I could attend the meeting and avoid running into trouble with my landlord. Now, here I was. Meeting was cancelled and I had no idea. I was terribly vexed.
Well, what could I do? I had to go back to my apartment and wind the rest of the day. There was nothing I could do. But as I was about to get back inside, I saw a bike coming towards me, and the rider seemed to be trying to get my attention. So, I stalled for a while waiting for him to come closer. Once he got to where I was standing, he spoke:
“Good evening, bro.”
“Good evening. How may I be of help to you?” I asked.
“Please, do you know any hotel here called Fairy Land?”
“Fairy Land?” I asked, grimacing. “What kind of a name is that? Anyway, I do not know.”
“But I was told that it was just around here?” That was his passenger speaking. She was a beautiful female of about twenty-two years. She was slim and fair complexioned.
“No, I have been living here for quite a while, and I know all the hotels around here. There is Diamond Garden about two hundred meters from here. Then, we have Grace Land behind my house and one other guest house that houses many Yahoo boys. Maybe it’s Grace Land you are talking about.”
“No, the person who asked me to meet him said Fairy Land.” She insisted.
“Well, we do not have a hotel like that here, sorry.”
I started walking into our compound when I heard a small agitation between the bike man and his beautiful female passenger.
“You are acting as if you have me on hire.” I heard the bike man complaining angrily. “We have been moving around for almost an hour, and we still haven’t found this hotel you are talking about. I am tired.”
“Please, be patient na. If not for the fact that the phone of the person I am going to see has been switched off, would I have been in this mess?” The lady replied.
“That is not my problem. That was not our agreement. In fact, be ready to add money because you have wasted my time, and you need to add some money.” He was still angry.
“Why should I add money?” The lady argued. “I thought I gave you five thousand?”
“Yes, and you think it is enough for all this time you have hijacked my machine? In fact, I am tired. Please, get off my bike.”
“But why? How can you be asking me to get off your bike? I don’t know anyone here.”
“That is not my business, my friend. Get off my bike. I have to be going.”
“I am not getting off your bike. Take me back to where you carried me.” She spoke.
“On whose bill? Abeg, I don’t want trouble. Just get off the bike or I will drag you from it by force.” He threatened.
“Drag who? Come and try it na.” She was daring him.
At this point, the bike man could no longer contain his growing anger. He got off his bike and was about to start pulling the lady from the bike when I intervened
TO BE CONTINUED…
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