Chapter 12: How can I escape this misery?
Teddy asked, placing his palm to his mouth, "so you want to tell me that, you had sex with a complete stranger?" Yes, and the absurd thing is that I have no regrets at all. Teddy snickered. "But how did you get home after that?", he asked.
"Bro, I snuck out and went by myself, fortunately I had some money on me. I then reserved an Uber for myself and drove home. Teddy kept making fun of him." After all, you offered him fresh, delicious food, why didn't you ask him to take you home? I'm sure he won't mind", said Teddy.
Because I was humiliated. I don't know how but I passed out when we were doing it. I heard the sound of water coming into the bathroom when I woke up, so it appears that he was having a shower or something.
Teddy snickered. "and so you decided to use that opportunity to flee". He answered while wiping his face, "Yes why not, I couldn't face him, the embarrassment was killing me." "I just hope I won't run into him again, but right now I'm going crazy because I left my ID at his place."
"damn that's crazy!"
"It's crazy, and I just realized it yesterday. I also can't go back there because it was a hotel and not his home, and I'm certain he checked out a long time ago", he said.
"Since my clothing were smelling strongly of alcohol when I woke up, I walked straight to his closet to get something to wear", he said. Brian speaking inaudibly:(He'll laugh at me if I tell him everything, so I can't. Once he finds himself a partner, everything will make sense to him).
Teddy snickered. "So did they fit you?", he asked.
"No, I couldn't fit into his clothes. That man was tall and he had broad shoulder. However, I couldn't care less because all I wanted to do was leave the hotel".
"So basically, you simply stole from the guy and, in the process, you forgot your ID?".
"You idiot, I didn't steal anything from him, I just told you that my clothing were filthy and I needed to borrow his"
"taking anything from someone without their consent is nothing more than theft? ", Teddy said.
"You see why I resisted telling you anything. Now you are judging me", he said, pointing at Teddy with his index finge and widening his eyes.
Teddy got out of his chair and walked over to Brian. He hugged him and laughed. I wasn't criticizing you, my friend, I was just teasing you, I know you didn't steal the clothes, okay? ", he said.
"Okay then, fine!",said Brian.
"Teddy stood up, placed his hands in his pockets, and asked, "so what are you going to do now, regarding your ID?", he said.
"I'll just create another one and hope he doesn't use it for anything unlawful", he said, placing his hand in his cheek.
"okay now back to an important question. How was your first time?. Did you enjoy it?". "Okay, let's return to a crucial part. How was your first experience? Did you enjoy it?", he asked, smirking and raised his eyebrows. Brian blushed. "Damn, I know this will seem like I'm a whore, but I did love it. I don't believe I'll ever enjoy having sex with anyone the same way as I did with him. He was so good at it", he said, biting his lower lip.
Teddy said, "You don't sound like a whore, but you are one"
He glared at me and asked, "Do you want to die?".
Teddy guffawed. "You're not a whore, man, I'm just kidding. However, I'm happy that you had a good time and that the other person didn't take advantage of you. He's not a horrible person, as evidenced by the fact that he didn't push himself on you".
"Tell me about it. What I did was too dangerous. I would have been in serious trouble due to my horny ass if he had been a human trafficker", he said.
"you were going to be in deep shit"
"The absurd part is that I turned off my phone so that I wouldn't be disturbed and I didn't even inform my cousin where I was going. The way he scolded me when I came home. He claimed that he attempted to contact me all night but got voicemail and that he nearly informed his parents that I had gone missing",he said.
"But can you blame him though. Bro you guys sneaked to go the club and you just vanished, so how can you blame him? The poor guy probably believed that you had been abducted" .
"but can you blame him though you guys sneaked to go to the club and you don't have any friends there but you disappeared just like that.. I'm sure the poor guy thought that you were kidnapped"
"my whore self didn't even think about him when I was there it was like that guy has brain washed me or used some love poison"
"When I was there, my whore self didn't even think about him, it was as if that guy had brainwashed me or administered some form of love poison." Teddy snickered. "Let's go to class, the bell just rang, before we get scolded by the teacher",said Teddy.
"let's go".
They both went to attend their remaining classes.
Once their classes were through, it was time for them to leave for home. They both left in separate directions. Teddy visited his mum to check her in. But the situation remained unchanged. His mother remained unconscious. When he got there, he returned home. Several large men were standing at his door step.
He remarked as he entered the gate, "Who are these people, they look scary." "Hey young boy, where's your mother, is she hiding from us huh?" asked the other man. "When it's time to pay, they hide, yet when they need to borrow money, they approach us stumbling", said the other men. Teddy said inaudibly:(What are they discussing—did my mother borrow some money). "I don't sure I follow, what are you guys talking about?
"your mother borrowed money last week talking about paying some school fees and she was supposed to bring it back yesterday but she didn't show, so tell us where is she right now otherwise we will take you with us and boy you don't want to know what we going to do with you ", said the other guy as he was playing with a knife. "my mom's not hiding, she is in the hospital she had an accident". "that's so sad, that means you will pay us what she owes us". "but I don't have any money now". "we will give you one week to get it together and if you don't we will sell this house and all the things that are inside. Let's go guys we're done here". "but what if he runs away how are we going to get the money. The boss will be angry at us". "he won't dare do that cause if he does we will go and finish off his dying mother". Teddy flinched. "okay! Okay! how much does my mother owe you", he askes
"she borrowed 30 thousands but now it has accumulated to 40 thousand"
"that is a scam how can it increase like that,I'm going to report this illegal business you're running to the police"
"try and see what happens. We told your mother the ts & cs and she wanted the money still. So don't try and act smart to us you don't want to know how cruel we can get. Let's go guys"
The guys left. Teddy was left trembling, his heart was beating rapidly and his body was sweating. "my mom borrowed money and didn't tell me about it", he said as he was sitting on the door steps. "why didn't he tell me if he was struggling to pay the fees I would have looked for a job to help her out or dropped out of school", he said while he was placing his other hand on his forehead. "it is not even a month my mom being in a hospital but she has already left me with problems I don't even know how I'm going to fix them". He got up and took the house keys that were inside his school bag and unlocked the door. He laughed awkwardly. "how am I going to get a 30 thousand this is driving me crazy", he said while he was brushing his getting inside the house. "let me lock the door who knows maybe those men will come again", he said while he was locking up the door.
"I should call Mrs Smith and ask her for my mother's bag. I want to check if she doesn't have any savings in his card", he said while he was taking his phone inside his school's jacket. He dialed Mrs Smith's number on his phone and called her. The phone kept ringing and no one answered. "is she busy or what?, why is she not answering. Let me call her again". He called again.
Hello, Mrs Smith how are you? "
"Teddy is that you?, Hi"
"Yes it is me"
"how are you, how's your mother doing? "
"she's still the same he hasn't waken up yet"
"don't worry she will just keep on your positive mind "
"thank you. Mrs Smith I have called to ask for my mother's bag. I forgot to ask you about it the last time we let"
"oh my, I also forgot to give it back to you. I'll ask someone to go to your house and give it to you okay".
"okay ma'am thank you"
"okay darlingc, she said.
Teddy hung up the phone. I simply wish he had at least a small amount of savings in his bank account. Teddy heard his bell door ring two hours later. "Let me go and check it out," he said. "it must be the one Mrs. Smith sent."
Thankfully, his mother was using the bank app. He asked, shaking his head, "But what is the password?" Oh, I should check his note book first; that's where she always keeps all of her necessities. To get to his mother's bedroom, Teddy walked. He arrived, took a look around, and sighe."My mother's scent is still here in this room", he said.Teddy walked to search for the notebook in the closet. When he opened it, he saw that her mother had made a notation saying he owed two loansharks, one to whom he owed R50,000 and the other to whom she owed R10,000.