Chapter 1_ Untold betrayal

Tina recalled how her friend Prisca had come to her house and tricked her into accompanying her to see a friend, under the pretense that their visit would only last a few minutes.

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

Tina agreed and followed Prisca out of her father's house before 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 doesn't want to lose her virginity or disappoint her poor mother, who has been struggling to feed her and her two younger brothers ever since their father abandoned them all and ran away with another woman. They are unaware of his presence or location.

As they stepped out onto the village road, Prisca stopped a bike man, and before Tina could change her mind, she dragged her into the ride.

When they arrived at the apartment where Sharon lives with her elder brother, Tina searched the front view of the house with her eyes, feeling uneasy. She noticed a dark man step out of the house and walk up to the compound exit gate to meet them.

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

Tina felt extremely uneasy when she noticed the way the man had stared at her before he left. And she told Prisca, "Prisca. Why don't you just call Sharon on the phone instead of us going into the house? Could you inform Sharon that we are waiting for her outside?

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 again, and she walked up to the front door of the house 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 blamed herself for following Prisca without knowing the way back to her own village.

Prisca opened the door to enter the beautiful bungalow house. She stops at the door and tells 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, brother, house??" Tina frowned as she repeated Prisca's words. To the very best of her knowledge, Prisca never told her that they were going to Sharon's brother's house. As Tina had thought, they were going to Sharon's family house to see Sharon.

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

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

Patrick's eyes lit up when he saw Tina, too. He was only wearing boxers, and he hadn't considered the possibility of Prisca coming to his house with Tina.

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

Prisca immediately rushed up to give Patrick a hug, and this made him fall backward with her, to the nearest blue couch behind his back, making Prisca sit on his thighs and harden his length as she stared at Patrick sweetly.

Patrick's eyes were rather glued to Tina, who was standing nervously beside his entrance door. As Tina refused to move away from the door, Patrick used style to excuse himself from Prisca, saying, "Prisca, why not sit on the couch? Let me properly welcome you and your friend. She looks so uncomfortable, and I'm still cooking too."

"Okay, Patrick," Prisca replied, finally moving away from Patrick's thighs and sitting 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 didn't want to stare at him.

Patrick remembers how he had tried to woo Tina on his own several times, but she refused and ran away from him.

He had spoken with one of his younger sisters, Sharon Scott, about having him talk to Tina on his behalf. Sharon attended the same government-owned school as Tina, but she refused.

Sharon was deceitful, engaging in sexual relations with multiple men at the tender age of 16, despite her slim build.

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 on your behalf."

Patrick remembers 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 recalls seeing Prisca and Tina strolling down their village road together every time he drove home to visit his parents in his village. He was living outside their village and in a nearby city, but his village was different from Tina's own.

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

Prisca assumed he was simply inquiring, so she responded, "You mean Tina Praise? Tina has no time for boys or relationships. So just forget about her. "As Tina is always at home taking care of her brothers or doing her home work, I cannot come here with her to see you."

Patrick knew that Prisca believed he wanted a relationship with her, but he also knew that Prisca was a cheater, just like Sharon, who slept with different men for money.

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

Finally, Patrick approached Tina and said, "Hi, pretty lady, I'm so sorry that your friend doesn't want to introduce us so we can get to know ourselves 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, and Tina remained rooted at the door as she stared at Patrick's face and remembered that she had seen him before. He was one of the guys who had been bothering her about a potential relationship.

Tina glanced at Prisca's face, but in jealousy, Prisca rolled her eyes away and turned her gaze back to Patrick.

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

Tina finally walked away from the door and sat on one of the couches in the living room that was closer to the exit door. She was filled with fear and anxiety at the prospect of entering a man's home.

Patrick smiled as he watched Tina finally sit on one of his living room's blue couches. He was still wearing only his boxer, leaving his chiseled masculine chest bare.

Prisca finally stood up from the blue couch on which she sat and walked up to meet Patrick. She held his right arm with both hands, and she told him, "Why not leave my friend alone, Patrick? 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 that he was doing well at his age of 25 years old, as he owned the house, he knew that all Prisca ever wanted from him was sex and money, and he had refused her advances several times, only asking for Tina. Yet Prisca didn't want to give up, hoping that he would date her.

Patrick finally excused his arm 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 immediately excused himself from Prisca and went into his corridor to change his clothes and get them some drinks.