DIARY OF AN ADDICT - Episode 16

” She sat down, looked into my eyes and said, “Well, it’s too late now. I’m married and expecting a child. I missed you so much.”

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She got up, walked up to me and kissed me! Ha? “Why Grace?” She smiled and said, “Take that as my gift to you. I loved you Femi, with all my life. I wish I’m not married, I would have…” .
Before she could finish her statement her mother called out to her from the kitchen,Soon, John came back from the filling station. I engaged him in marital-life issues and surprisingly, he opened up that he had never met a girl like Grace. A sense of jealousy filled my head. But hey, “qui sera cera – what will be will be!” came to my mind
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I stayed two more hours, exchanged numbers with John and Grace and bid them farewell. Ever since, Grace and I had been close friends and I bcame a friend of the family
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Truly, Grace was a graciously graceful woman. I missed her so much. That’s life thought. I moved on
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Anita? Hmmmm! Anytime I remember her, I can’t help but laugh. Beauty-wise, Anita got it: height, white set of teeth, good accent, she’s loaded both in bosom and bottom. In short, she’s very classy. A 200L student from Lautech, Ogbomoso studying Accounting. She is a younger sister of my neighbour, Godwin. Yeah, yeah, yeah! I know it’s bad to do one’s neighbour relations but please, you guys had to listen to what led to our intimacy. As many guys would admit, “na she cause am
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She came around during one of her holidays. A day earlier, her brother had informed me about her arrival. Godwin is much more older than me, yet decided to remain single due to many heart breaks. He works with Cadbury Limited. He seemed to love his job more than his own life sef. He works 3 shifts but hardly comes home. I help him most times in cleaning his apartment cos he usually drop a spare with me
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Lest you guys wonder if I hardly work, I was in charge of a relatively big telecommunication business, with 5 workers. I deal in selling phones, bulk recharge cards and the likes. I go to shop once in a while just to check the books of account and probably, replace finished items
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