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Twenty-four
Osun State
8/4/2030
8:00 am
“You seem pretty close with that guy.”
“Who? Tobi? He's really nice,” Elijah said, a smile playing on his lips.
“I don't trust him,” Ire confessed. He felt uneasy since they met those four the previous night but what could he do? Besides-
“You don't trust him and yet you ate the meal he gave you the night before,” Elijah uncrossed and crossed his legs.
Ire watched him from the top bunker, resisting the urge to throw a pillow in his face. Elijah was right though. The roasted plantain tasted really good.
“To be honest, I feel uncomfortable too,” Elijah confessed, with a small sigh.
Ire tried to contain his surprise and failed. Elijah was the confident one who knew how to adapt and who to trust. It was shocking that
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