My Complex Love Story – Episode 56 **Knowing Tenny** ‘Ginger! Ginger! Cage!’ I screamed at Ginger who was already accelerating towards Tenny. On a normal day, when I say that, Ginger would wag its tail and reluctantly go to its cage, but today seemed to be an abnormal day, because it kept on walking closer. Tenny was getting rather scared as she kept on surveying the compound and I assumed she was looking for the best place to run to if Ginger eventually attacks. Frankly speaking, I was quite scared too for a minute, not because it may bite me, which them never born am well to try, but I didn’t think I had the money to pay for her medical bills if things got out of hand. ‘I thought I told you to cage your dog?’ Tenny asked while standing behind me. ‘did you? I thought you liked dogs self’ I acted like I didn’t read the whatsapp message. ‘like dogs ke? I hate them. Well hope yours don’t bite oh’ I nearly said; ‘mumu! No oh, it would just lick your leg’ but held my mouth and said; ‘Ermm, It bites oh, but don’t wo…’ before I could complete the ‘worry’ she had already unlocked the gate and run out. I couldn’t hold the laughter that was already choking me, so I busted and laughed out loud. I followed her outside and tried apologizing but she seemed too angry to listen to me as she turned and started walking away. I wasn’t ready to let her go yet so I ran after her and begged more. She didn’t bulge until I threatened to kneel down right in the middle of the road and beg her more. And that worked because she wasn’t ready to attract so much attention. We both walked back to my house and I asked for a minute to go and cage Ginger. This time I meant business and was ready to use violence on Ginger since dialogue wasn’t working. I picked up a rake that was placed carelessly on the floor with the intention to beat the living hell out of Ginger. ‘Ginger!! Cage!!!’ I screamed one more last time before I used violence. Just like Ginger read my thoughts and saw I wasn’t kidding anymore, it ran to its cage and hid its face. ‘God just saved you’ I murmured to myself as I walked towards the cage to lock it incase the silly dog had a secret agenda. Moments later Tenny and I were in the sitting room and the Ginger issue was history. *** ‘So this is where Micheal lives?’ Tenny asked rhetorically in a suspicious tone. ‘Yes oh, this where I live. What can I offer you? Water, juice or soft drinks?’ I asked, listing the available options. ‘Water would do, thanks’ She replied modestly. ‘you sure?’ I asked ‘yea. Most juice and soft drinks have artificial preservatives which on a long run could be really poisonous’ She replied. ‘nawa oh, who asked you for all this plenty grammar?’ I asked, teasing her strange reply. She just smiled, so I left to get the water. Power Holding Corporation of Nigeria (PHCN) is truly famous for one thing and don’t ever fail to live up to their name, Holding Power. They truly hold power and don’t release it. There wasn’t light and the weather was hot, really hot. So I switched on the generator, risking the fact that my dad would skin me alive if he found out I switched it on in broad daylight for no justified reason. But it was a risk worth taking, as Tenny was quite impressed at my hospitality, and that only meant I was a step closer to getting what I truly wanted. I eventually joined her on the couch and started a conversation… ‘So do you realize all I know about you is your name and your sister?’ I asked ‘Hmm, isn’t that enough?’ she asked ‘Nope, its not, considering the fact that we have quite a history’ I replied,a referring to the BJ ish. ‘hmm, history? What history?’ She asked purposely avoiding eye contact. ‘never mind sha, just tell me something I don’t know about Teniola’ I replied, avoiding the question. ‘Ok, Firstly, I thought I told you to call me Tenny?’ She asked now smiling. ‘Ermm, oh, am sorry about that. Tenny.’ ‘good, so what exactly do you want to know?’ ‘ermm, your names, school, level, age, likes, dislikes.. Just basic stuffs like that Na’ ‘Hmm, ok. Lets do it this way. You tell me something about you and I’ll tell you my version of that same thing’ she replied. I chuckled at her idea but agreed anyway. ‘So my name is Micheal Odoh, but a close friends call me chistar’ I started. ‘Hmm, so am I close enough to call you Chistar?’ ‘that depends on how much I get to KNOW about you today’ I replied emphasizing on the ‘know’ , and winked at her. She figured I was talking dirty but decided to play hard to get and replied; ‘Ok, good luck with that. Anyway, am Teniola Adetilewa’ She replied. ‘Hmm, ok. So, I school at Uniport, studying managements and I’m in my second year’ I wasn’t really in 200lv yet, but would be when school resumed. ‘nice! Am even seeking admission there’ ‘Really?’ I asked surprised ‘Yea!’… ‘For political science’ she added ‘Wow, but I thought they have released some lists?’ I asked, to check if she was lying. ‘Ermm, I didn’t say…’
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