Chapter 262: Two Uber Drivers

I almost sold myself out that day, my conscience was so guilty that I suspected everything to be an accusation. But later when I have realized that it wasn't Cynthia that he was asking me about but Jennifer, I gladly answered and I also felt relaxed, I was so relaxed even amid that probing smile and eyes which taunted me like an accusation itself, I was so relaxed that I even had to inform fake dad of Loveth the girl who wanted to sim him I regard of her gather's joblessness. 

"Dad, there is this girl who will like to talk to you, her mame is loveth, loveth Adewale."

"Why? Hope I am safe."

"Hahaha, you are safe dad, you are In your house."

"I know about that, so tell me, talk to me. What and why do you think that she really wants to talk to me about?" Fake dad asked me I never wanted to tell him about her intention, I wanted to leave it as she said earlier, she asked me not to help her in telling the reason for her wanting to see him, but to just let him know that she will like to see him privately before we left for home, but now fake dad is asking me, I just can't deny hi. The response.

"Dad, I shouldn't be telling you this, she asked me not to tell you about it that she will tell you herself."

Don't worry about that, I will still act like I've not heard of it. So tell me, tell me now." He commanded.

" ok Dad, I believe that it is because of her Dad, the man had been laid off his work for quite a while now, the Covid 19 issue, since then, for almost a year now he had been hunting for a job but all to null and void. She wants to know if you can help her dad with any job offer." So I said

"Awen, what a sweet baby she is." Fake dad commended her, he stood in awe.

"How smart she is, I'll like to give her audience, go let her know that I will like to see her now." Fake dad said

"And they should all get dressed, we will sol be going." He added. I quickly stood up and ran to the girl's room and rang the bell, I waited for a while before the door was opened, they were all seated, but Sharon and Chinwe were in the bathroom together, I walked to Jennifer, she sat on the bed with her head down, she was still uncomfortable, she probably will be shy for a very long time, she had led a very shameful life in the recent past, all thanks to that sex demon. Though all her friends knew that she never did all of those in her clear senses, they saw it all transpire before their very eyes, she still was ashamed, she stole looks like me as I walked to her. I sat near to her and asked her.

"Jennie, how are you? How was your night? Hope you slept well."

"Hmm..." She responded with a breath, though I understood that she meant yes, but I would have needed something more vocal so that we could at least start up a conversation, but it seemed that my presence alone makes her even more uncomfortable.

"Hope you are not feeling anything unusual." I said again.

"No, I and good, but please Damian, can I ask you a question?"

"What is it? Feel free to ask."

"Ok... You, what are you?" She asked me, this time she raised her head and looked at me with those cute eyes of hers.

"What am I? I don't think that I understand you." I responded, looking very confused.

"You know, when that demon was in me, she suppressed me, but I see what she is, we made use of the same system, I felt what she felt, and I knew what she knew. During then, I noticed that you were not human, or, you might not entirely be human, do you by any means have any relationship with the water? Are you a male Ogbanje?" She asked and I burst into laughter, 

"Me, water? What did you see that made you think so? You know that you can't trust whatever that demon made you see, it might be its way to break this cute circle of friendship. So, whatever you think that you saw or know, race it, it was all a manipulation."

"Right? I have been thinking about it. But it would have been cute if my suspicion was right." She added.

"Your suspicion? What were you suspecting?" I asked looking even scared.

"Never mind, you will only laugh at me, and that will not help my situation right now."

"No, I won't laugh, I promise, just tell me, do not worry, I won't tell anyone, not even Cynthia will know."

"You promise?"

" yeah, I cross my heart." So I said with my hand crossing against my chest.

"Hmm... Ok, I will say it, I was expecting you to be, to be... Ehm... You know that the way you swam that day was not funny, I know that you did not see me, but I was there, I always witness the competition in your school, so, judging from the way you swam and the way that you did what you did to the demon coupled with what she said about you and what I saw via her eyes, I almost concluded that you are... That you are a merman, of at least partially a merman." So she said. With this I looked at her and faked a small smile at her and say:

"I promised that I won't laugh, so let me keep my to my promise." I said as I quickly stops up from where I sat near her, thinking in my mind that I had to try and hide my act even more. I thought of how I sawm, only now did I start to notice the abnormality in my swimming, and the scariest part was that it was recorded, and the news means and women were present, which meant that the whole of that day was documented, and if that tape gets to the hand of the bad people, the hunters, then they will definitely come for me. So I thought as I left her place.

"I'm coming dear, let me go before these girls come out of the bathroom," so I said and walked to Cynthia who had been looking at me all the while, I held her by that hand and kissed her, then I left her and wet to Loveth and told her that my dad will like to see her now. When I told her this, she stood up very quickly and followed me.

"Baby, I'll be back again and soon." So I said and left, as I left, I heard Charity mimicking me, calling Cynthia baby the same way I called her.

So, we walked together to fake dad in the sitting room, fake dad was sitting with his legs crossed. The man has swag, seeing him sit with such body posture, he appeared like one black American model, he looked at us as we came with this sweet classic smile, the man was quite a handsome man who got a cute personality.

"My dear, my son said you will like to see me, hope I am safe." He said

"Yes sir, I told him that, and you are safe sir." She said with a little shy smile.

"Ok hit me, what can I do for you dear?" He asked her.

"Sir, it is because of my dad..."

"Do you know what? let us not do this again, I know that I promised my son that I will act like he never told me, no, no... Do not fight him after here, I made him tell me. So, he had told me everything, and I love the fact that you care for your dad this much." Dad interrupted her, he looked at her while she turned left and right wearing the looks of a shy person.

"You dad, where was he working before? And what was he working as?" Fake dad asked and she quickly jumped to answer.

"He is a banker, he worked with GTB, the now GTCO." So she said.

"Hmm, a banker... That means he must be good with an account, you know what? I will give you my card, tell him to call me. Do not worry, for your sake, I will make him happy." Fake dad said, and she was so excited, she stood up from where she sat and came to fake dad, she knelt down to thank him but he asked her to get up, but the exciting loveth held him by the leg still thanking him, this time he held her han and dragged her up, she wanted to hug him, but she can't, he was still sitting, so, she ran to me and gave me a hug since I stood there watching the drama, fake dad was just laughing at the way she expressed her joy.

Fake dad brought out his wallet and extract his complementary card and he handed ut over to her and she collected it and kissed it. For a fact, I have never seen someone this excited in reality, she was so happy, I think if joy could be electricity, her joy would have powered the whole of Abuja.

After the incident, the girls came out, they were all ready, by then Loveth had reduced with her joy, but they still noticed that she was happy, some of them felt that she wàs given some cash, but little did they know that it was something totally different. 

"Can we go now? Are you all done?" He asked and there was a chorus answer among the girls affirming that they were done and ready to go.

"Ok, some of you will join me in my car while the others will join Damian, you know that I can't carry everyone in my car at once, except we will have to go twice, and im sure that no one will like to stay and wait, so, that is the way we will do it, some in my car while the rest in Damian's" fake dad made it clear and we did it that way, well, Cynthia chinwe Sharon and two others were in my car while the rest girls, charity, loveth, and others were in fake dad's you. Charity had insisted that she must be in the same car with Cynthia but she got no space, so she had to calm down and go with fake dad. We drove slowly dropping all the girls at their various houses until we got to loveth's place. It seemed like her father had been outside waiting for her because we met him standing at the junction. As soon as she came down from Dad's car, the man smiled, and walked to her, and hugged her. It became obvious that their love for each other was real and pure. After the hug, the man walked.to take dad, and they discussed to a length and the man skilled and came to Dad, they shook hands and they also discussed, but I didn't know the content of their discussion, Cynthia will not let me focus, she kept talking like a talkative... So fake Dad brought his hand and they shook again before he finally went into his car and we all left. We advanced and continued dropping them all to their various destinations. After the dropping, fake dad, I and Cynthia went home, he caught it same price every day.

Fake dad first drove to Cynthia's gate where the mom came out and opened the gate.

"Come inside..." Fake dad said and Cynthia came back in and we both drove into the compound and aunty Paula was shocked to see fake dad with us. Well, I wanted to take the key from aunty Paula, but she was just happy to see fake dad.