A GAME FOR FOUR
TORY
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also very boring because there was no electricity. Just last week, that transformer that supplied light to our neighbourhood had caught fire. We had no idea when it would be re
ld fight my boredom by staying at home. So, I decided to go to an off-license bar that was around my neighbourhood. The owner had a
e other people drinking and chatting excitedly because there was a Champions League Match going on. After haven given my phone to the bar
d become expensive because of the recent removal of fuel subsidy. I had no more reason to stay there. So, I decided to go home. I went to the bartender to
other drink?
I gave it to your salesgirl t
irl. She is my daught
u have such a big daug
s,
s such a grown-up daughter. You look quit
s my daughter. Anyway, I had
ve turned of your generator, I have to go back ho
" She replied. "Would you be so kin
iPh
as been ringing endlessly? Your line i
ringing. It was s
maybe my daught
nyway, let me see wh
boss who had been calling. Why was he calling me on a Sunday? So, I couldn't r
right?" The
I am
and all of a sudden, everything changed. Or is
t is something that h
rging your phone, you can come back by 6:30 PM
u, I will
ed browsing. As I browsed, I thought about my boss' missed call. I decided I would call him only when
she had a daughter that was about twenty years old. That was really impressive. Sometimes, it's good to have children when you are much younger. Her daughter now l
as still concentrating on my phon
there?"
, it i
name,
thi
as the bar owner's beautiful daughter. She smiled broadly as she looked at me. I had seen that smile be
e you?"
e, U
y I be of h
about to turn on the gen again. So, you c
thoughtful and considerate
le, I am
, b
, un
ess for me. She was calling me 'uncle'. Why was she doing a thing like that? I wasn't very much older than her. I was going to celebrate my birthday, my t
of asking her out. It made my journey into her heart difficult. Now, I had to first of all try to eradicate the 'uncle' name, and then, start the process afres
ile waiting for the phone to charge. I was fully absorbed in the movie that was playing when someon
ask you what brand of
drink. I just want to sit and wait
hat if you do, I should tell you th
e? What does
she is pay
case, bring me a b
y, U
Mathilda to give my phone, but she said her mother had taken it to their house which was just beside the bar. She said her mother said there were already too many phone
to go home now. Wha
other bottle of beer. She woul
tle, sat down again and contin
had gone except Mathilda herself, he
e wasted your time
She had made me waste my time and I had to sleep early
ing Filipino Telenovela. I
e and collected my phone from her.
e. She asked Mathilda to bring two more bottles, one for her and the other for me, and then, as
ant to dri
hy
ll. I have had two bott
an manage just one
an't, I
ou something smaller. Math
took the malt. As soon as she was sure that
s if you have someone waitin
te already.
enjoy my
n't sa
with a girl since you started livin
you se
eighbourhood and ever
I don't
hy
ound one wor
ce there are a lot of nice g
about that. You are a beautiful woman, and I would have loved you to
, don't they chat
an?" I asked, m
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