VALENTINE’S CITY
CHAPTER-THREE
“ Look Bro, don’t be fooled by what you see in this city, everyone will be acting nice and sweet to you just to befriend you. But you have to be very wise and careful. You see Keren, Yeah! She’s my close neighbor but… she’s a runs girl and a drug addict.”
He told me that Keren Once lived with her uncle who took care of her and gave her money for everything. He was a strict man but a very understanding one. He didn’t allow his children go visiting at odd hours in the night. If anyone disobeyed his laws, he would have them locked up in a dark room and he will give them severe beatings.
Keren had lived with this her uncle all her life since her mum passed and her father abandoned her. She was one of her Uncle’s favorite in the house till she entered secondary school and joined a dangerous group of boys. This group thought her how to smoke and take drugs. As a result, she eventually transformed From being the angel in the house to a demon. She became a thorn in her Uncle’s flesh as on every given occasion, she would come back home late. She did all this at the age of fifteen years old.
As she grew older, her attitude became worst, she started stealing her Uncle’s money, selling stuff from the house and buying drugs. Her uncle eventually became tired of her. He tried on so several occasions to take her for therapy but each time she came back she was worst. He even got her arrested and severely beaten, but she didn’t change her ways.
She kept late nights and got drunk each time she returned home. The Uncle became fade up and finally gave up on her. He cut up all her pocket allowance and even drove her out of the house, but Keren had gone too far to turn back. She left and found herself in the streets.
That’s how her runs life started. She was a stun drug addict now and wasn’t prepared to stop. She started prostituting, involving herself in all sorts of illegal activities. The money she makes from prostituting, all goes in for the drugs she takes.
She acts all nice and sweet around people but she’s not really who you see her to be. She has been rushed out of this cite to the hospital, at least six times since she became a member of this cite. Each time she goes and Comes back she becomes worst.
He further said that there was a time he walked in on her taking cocaine, he cautioned her against it but it his advice Flew into to the river.
“ so you see Bro stay away from that girl if you don’t want to be a drug addict yourself. After all we don’t have money, if you try that am sure mama will peel off your flesh” He said laughing.
I was shocked hearing such Because this girl was looking all beautiful, had an innocent looking smile. I couldn’t imagine a girl like that did such things.
“ What of her Uncle hasn’t he tried to even check on her ones. I mean Did you guys try calling her uncle when she was admitted in the hospital?” I asked.
“ Bro, what are you saying, I called this man the very first time it happened, he sent money for her hospital bills the second time I called he blocked me and said he had nothing to do with Keren anymore .”
“ So Who settles her bills, you?”
“Who?, And why exactly will I do such?”
“ You’re her friend.”
“ I am her neighbor, we’re just closed neighbors and that’s because she lives just next to me, if not I won’t have ever known her.”
“ So Who settles her bills then?”
“ Her numerous boyfriends Of Course. And why does it interest you to know, Do you want to start settling her bills.”
“ Good night! Welly, You see this City right? it has about thirty seven cité rooms. And each of them have Their Stories, which I believe with time I will tell you. Get aquatinted and know them first.” He said walking five steps to the room and then stopped like he had forgotten something
“Aha! Before I forget, kelvin said you should create yourself a bank account so that he can be sending you something Every month for pocket allowance.”
“ Alright, I will do that tomorrow. You will take me around and show me the town right ?”
“ As? Your boyfriend or what? See me big boy like you. I will tell you the names of the places you be going to and you use Google map and go there.”
“ This is the 21st century, technology rules. Besides I have somewhere to go to tomorrow” he said opening his mouth wider releasing a large amount of unwanted carbon dioxide into the air.
..…………..TO BE CONTINUED…………..
©️ Nita
