I was still feeling vexed from the fact that I had lost a whooping two hundred dollars to Sasha. It was unprecedented, totally. I was so sure that Mrs Walter would climb those stairs, not at her age. It was even risky for her to do so, and I knew that she wouldn't use the elevator because she was claustrophobic. She told me that herself. But to my utmost surprise, after placing my money on the line, she appeared right in front of my door step to tell me to quiet it down. “ You should recognize that you are not the only one living in this building”, she said, almost sounding British, “ the noise was too much, and not only was it too much, it was inappropriate. I had to lie to my grandson that the noise was coming from a loud video game which you guys were playing up here, and can you imagine what he said?” She asked me. I shook my head, tightening my lips to stop myself from laughing. “ He said he wants to play the video game. He kept on insisting that we should buy him the v
“ Miss Banks?” Basil said, stopping on his tracks and giving us a perfect view of his round, fleshy butt, gripped perfectly by his briefs. He turned slowly, also showing off the package that was in front. “ It's you, officer Parker”, Sasha exclaimed, a smile stretching across her face. “ Sorry, but excuse me …..”, Basil said and immediately dashed into my room. “ You know him? He knows you? How?” I asked, completely dumbfounded. “ It's a long story Dan, a very long story”, she said, her eyes swirling in that way that indicated that she was recalling the event. “ I would really love to hear that story”, I said, going over to the kitchen table to take a seat. “ Are you sure you'll have the time for that?” She kept sipping her coffee, but this time she was making sipping sounds. She only does that when she's uncomfortable or tensed or worried, and it just had to be one these cases. “ I do have to get to work but, yes, I would gladly walk in late to my office if it means t
“ Okay, bye bye”, I said as I hastily got off the vehicle, wishing Cole to drive off immediately, and just as if he could hear my thoughts, he pulled out of the driveway immediately I stepped down. I heaved in relief as I walked to where Basil had parked. “ Good morning”, Basil said as he stepped out of his car, reminding me that it was already past 12:00 am. “ Good morning, how're you doing?” I asked as he drew me in an embrace, such that I dropped my suitcase on the floor and circled my hands around his neck while relaxing into the warmth of his lips. “ You smell like coffee, did you drink coffee?” I asked, “ and why are you here by this time of the night? You never told me that you were coming”. “ Fitstly, yes, I did drink coffee. Secondly, I am here because I miss you, and I texted you that I was coming”, his green eyes bored into mine as he spoke with that his deep voice that I only heard at night. It was as if the voice only came when it noticed that the sky was da
“ The nearest hotel?” He asked, turning to look at me with amused shock. “ What? No, no, I didn't….I don't”, I started stammering. How the hell could I have been thinking out loud? It was a thought, a thought that should have stayed in my mind, not one that I was supposed to voice out. “ What I meant was um… my near house, yes, my house is near, so yes, it's my near house, that's it”, I tried to sound convincing, and the fact that I knew that I sounded stupid made me wish I had rejected his offer. “ Please don't look at me like that?” I pleaded as he kept looking at me like I was some little child who said the F word. “ Like what?” He said, playing oblivious. “ You know what I'm talking about”, I retorted, “ watch were you're going, before we both get into a hit and run accident”. “ Well, if we do, we'll both end up in the same prison, wouldn't that be great?” He said, bringing back that dark humor which I still very much recognized. “ No, it wouldn't be any great,
Dante's POV I tried again to start the car, hoping that it would ignite, but after my fourth attempt, I knew that something wrong had developed somewhere. I got out of the car and opened the bonnet. I was never a mechanic, neither did I know anything about the anatomy of cars. The only things I knew about cars were how to drive them and how to fill in gas, but I just thought to open the bonnet, at least it was what people mostly did. The car engine seemed okay to me, even though I didn't even know what it meant for it to be okay. At least there was no smoke puffing out anywhere, and nothing seemed to be broken anywhere. A car was driving past me, and I covered up my eyes with my hands to prevent the headlights from hurting my eyes, and instead of the car to drive by fastly, it stopped right in front of me. “ What the fuck?” I said as I kept shielding my eyes, and it was only when I heard his voice did I realize that it was actually Cole. “ Hey, what's the problem?” He
Hakim's POV Someone once said that hard times always brings about tough people. Allow me to add that awkward situations brings about liars. Very good liars. “ What boyfriend?” Dante asked, turning to me and out of nowhere, using a funny tone. “ Your boyfriend, or don't you have one anymore?” I added, refusing to give up. I knew too well what I was doing. There was no boyfriend, I knew that. I knew that he and Basil were just a fling, not in any kind of relationship, and I wanted to use it to bring down whatever it is that wanted to spring up between Cole and Dante. I could feel the tension between them, the unspoken words of affirmation, the gaze, the dear look in Cole's eyes, and I hated it, so so much. I was already thinking about how to get rid of Basil, and I really didn't want another competition with Cole. Dante picked up his phone and a sort of relief ran through his face when he looked at whoever was calling. “ See”, he said, putting the phone to my face, “ it