Unholy by Miles Dini

of people guffawing and speaking loudly so that their voices wouldn't be drowned by the music. Despite the noise, Peter was determined to remain ther

iously playing with her hair. "Yeah, sure!" Peter responded enthusiastically. He was mesmerized by her beauty. She was petite, had hig

you?" the woman introduced herself. "Wow! Olivia. I love that name. Anyway, I am Peter," he also introduced himself. "Peter, nice to meet you. So, you are welcome to answer my question," Olivia said. "Well, I have no partic

ou need anything else?" he asked Peter and Olivia. Peter turned to her and asked what drink she would take. Olivia took quite a while to decide what she would take. Peter figured that s

n a restaurant but I was retrenched. The management claimed that the business was experiencing financial difficulties," she responded. "Oh, I am so sorry

intervene and snatched her drink saying, "I know you are depressed but it doesn't mean you have to chug your drink. You will pass o

tor, I understand the cons of judging people for the way they handle things when they are not in the right state of their minds emotionally," he said to

nions about drinking. Some felt he shouldn't take any alcohol at all and reserve the drink for the 'sinners.' Others agreed that there was nothing wrong with a pastor drinking but felt he needed to slow down. Regardless, he hated meeting peop

a sip of alcohol. As a result, I always thought all pastors were boring people, but not you," Olivia said. "I will take that as a compliment, I guess..." he seemed unsure. "Oops, I am sorry. I hope I didn't offend you. I don't have a

t aren't important at all," he said as he looked at the caller ID. It was his wife. He disconnected the call and sent her a text claiming he was very busy. The text wasn't enough to stop Joan from calling. This time he sent her an

s usually busy?" Peter then said, "What, no! You aren't distracting me at all. I can distinguish between important and unimportant calls. I ha

savings for the most part but soon realized I would run out of money. So, my elder sister and mother have been kind enough to give me some upkeep to keep me going as I look f

fford to drink in clubs? I am guessing your family wouldn't give you that much allowance to spend here." Olivia saw red at his questioning before she

100). So, to avoid spending so much, she would hang around pubs. She would identify a man who seemed generous and wealthy and approach them. This time, the ma

uy any man drinks. After all, isn't it typical for men to offer drinks to women at all times? He sensed that she was uncomfortable with the joke and quickly did some damage control, "Olivia, I was joking. I don't need you or any woman

making out. They did so after ordering more drinks. At this time, they were completely wasted. Peter then had a crazy suggestion, "Hey, Olivia. Do you mind if we do it?" She seemed

Peter yelled out in excitement. Once again, other pub customers glared at them. Peter asked th