Chapter 1: The Begging

Tina remembered how her friend Prisca came to her house and deceived her to follow her to see a friend, claiming that they wouldn't stay long and just for a few minutes.

Prisca begged, "Please Tina, come follow me, let us go see Sharon. I promise you, we won't stay long and just for a few minutes. Please, don't say no."

Tina agreed, and she followed Prisca out of her father's house, and they went to see Sharon.

Prisca knew that if she had told Tina the truth about considering dating Patrick, Tina would not agree. Tina had kept on saying that she didn't want to have a boyfriend. She didn't want to lose her virginity or disappoint her poor mother, who had been struggling to feed her and her two younger brothers ever since their father abandoned them all and ran away with another woman, without them knowing his traces or whereabouts.

As they stepped out to the village road, Prisca stopped a bike man, and she dragged Tina to enter the bike with her, before Tina could change her mind.

When they got to the said apartment, where Sharon lives with her elder brother, Tina searched the house front view with her eyes. She felt already uncomfortable and saw a tall dark man stepping out from the house, and he walked up to the compound exit gate to meet them.

Tina could feel her heart beating so loud in her chest as she saw the man approach them, and he hugged Prisca excitedly as they greeted each other before he left.

Tina became very uncomfortable as she saw the way the man had stared at her before he left. She told Prisca, "Prisca... Why don't you just call Sharon on the phone instead of us going into the house? Just tell Sharon that we are outside waiting for her?"

Prisca already knew that Sharon was not yet at home, and she replied to Tina, "No Tina, we have to go inside the house to wait for Sharon to arrive first."

Prisca ignored calling Sharon, and she walked up to the house frontage door and unlocked it, without even knocking on the door for the house owners to step out.

Tina gulped as she stood aside, staring at Prisca, and she blamed herself for following Prisca and not even knowing the way back to her village.

Prisca opened the house door to go inside, as the house is a beautiful bungalow house. She paused at the door and said to Tina, "It's not safe to stay out here alone, Tina... Come inside. It's Sharon's brother's house. Let's wait for Sharon to arrive..."

"Sharon's brother's house?" Tina frowned as she repeated Prisca's words. To the very best of her knowledge, Prisca had never told her that they were going to Sharon's brother's house. Tina had thought they were going to Sharon's family house to see Sharon.

Tina frowned, and she subtly blamed herself for following Prisca, and she didn't even know the way going back home to her father's house. She finally followed Prisca into the beautiful house.

Prisca was thrilled to see Sharon's brother, Patrick Scott, a handsome black man around 25 years old, wearing just black shorts, as he stepped out from the kitchen and into his living room, not expecting to see Prisca.

Patrick's eyes lit up as he saw Tina too, as he was just wearing only a black boxer shorts, since he hadn't thought of Prisca visiting his house with Tina.

Patrick remembered that he had tried wooing Tina several times, all to no avail, as Tina kept on rejecting him, and she told him that she was not interested in a relationship.

Prisca hastily rushed up to give Patrick a hug, and this made him fall backward with her onto the nearest blue couch behind his back, and Prisca sat on his thighs and hard dîck as she stared at his face sweetly.

Patrick's eyes were rather glued on Tina, who was standing nervously beside the entrance door. As Tina refused to move away from the door, Patrick used tact and excused himself away from Prisca, telling her, "Prisca... Why not sit on the couch? Let me properly welcome you and your friend, as she looks so uncomfortable, and I'm still cooking too..."

"Okay, Patrick," Prisca replied, and she moved away from Patrick's thighs and sat on the couch beside him.

Patrick stood up from the blue couch, as he has about seven blue couches in his living room. He smiled and walked up to meet Tina, as she would rather not stare at him.

Patrick remembered how he had tried to woo Tina on his own several times, but she refused and ran away from him. He had spoken to one of his younger sisters, Sharon Scott, to talk to Tina on his behalf, as Sharon was attending the same government-owned school as Tina, but Sharon refused.

Sharon was corrupt, sleeping with different men at her teenage age of 16 years, as she already looked more mature than her age, even though she was slim.

Sharon bluntly told him, "Me and Tina are not friends, and you don't expect me to be walking with that local champion. So I cannot speak to her for you."

Patrick remembered that he had begged and bribed his younger sister, and she finally introduced Prisca to him. But in Prisca's mind, she thought maybe he wanted a relationship with her.

Patrick remembered that he had seen Prisca with Tina several times, walking down their village road together, whenever he was traveling home in his car to see his parents in his village, as he was living outside their village and in a nearby city, but his village was different from Tina's.

Patrick had even asked Prisca, "Prisca, I want to ask you, how about that your fair-in-complexion friend that I used to see you and her walking together in the village road?"

Prisca had thought that he was just asking, and she told him, "You mean Tina Praise... Tina doesn't have time for guys or any relationship. So just forget about her, as Tina is always at home and taking care of her brothers or doing her homework, so I cannot come here with her to see you..."

Patrick knew that Prisca thought he wanted a relationship with her, but he knows that Prisca was a cheat and was like Sharon, sleeping with different men too for money.

Patrick didn't bother asking Prisca any further questions about Tina, but he kept giving Prisca gifts to give to her friend too, whenever she visited. He asked her to try and bring Tina around, whenever she was visiting his home again to see Sharon, and here she is...

Patrick then walked up to meet Tina and spoke to her, "Hi, pretty lady. I'm sorry that your friend doesn't want to introduce us to get to know each other better. I'm Patrick Scott. Come, have a seat."

Patrick gestured for Tina to have a seat on one of the living room's seven couches, but Tina remained rooted at the door as she stared at Patrick's face and remembered that she had seen him before. He was among the guys who had been disturbing her for a relationship.

Tina looked at Prisca's face, but Prisca rather stared away from her in jealousy, as Prisca rolled her eyes away and stared back at Patrick.

Patrick gestured for Tina to have a seat, but Tina still stood rooted by the door, not replying to Patrick, until she heard him repeat, "Have a seat, please."

Tina then moved away from the door and walked to sit on one of the living room couches that was closer to the exit door, as she was afraid to be in a man's house.

Patrick smiled as he watched Tina finally sit on one of his living room blue couches, as he was still wearing only his boxers, and his chiseled masculine chest was bare.

Prisca then stood up from the blue couch that she sat on and walked up to meet Patrick. She held his right arm with her both hands and told him, "Patrick, why not leave my friend alone? Let us go inside and enjoy ourselves, since Sharon isn't yet home?"

Patrick frowned and stared at Prisca's face, as he knew that he was a rich guy and was doing well for his age of 25 years, as he owned the house. He knew that all Prisca wanted from him was sex and money, and he had refused her advances several times, but only asking for Tina. Yet, Prisca didn't want to give up hoping that he would date her.

Patrick then excused his arm away from Prisca's hold and told her, "No, Prisca. Why not make your friend feel comfortable? Let me go inside and get you both some drinks."

Patrick quickly excused himself away from Prisca and went into his corridor to wear his clothes and get them some drinks.