She was 19, about my height and had long brown hair with blue eyes, I thought she was attractive but never imagined anything could happen with her, sh... was my friends girlfriend.The three of us met up at a pub for a few drinks and a meal, and eventually a few drinks led to hitting the town for a night of clubbing.It was about 3am when Felicia said she was tired, so we all left and she and James caught a taxi together.The next morning I woke up to find a text from Felicia, "James dumped me" it. The questions still filled her mind about their relationship. She couldn’t bring closure to it because she didn’t understand it. She’d felt so out of control. Leaving him was the only thing she could do to bring a sense of control. Now she felt she needed to understand. Chapter 2 She called Lori’s cell phone later that day when she knew she’d be on her way home from work. ‘Lori, promise me you’ll give me an honest answer?’ ‘Joanie? Is that you? What are you talking about?’ ‘Just promise me.’. "Awon Mama ati Baba e nko?"( Where are your mother and father?) queried his grandmother in Yoruba as she sort of waddled past him.He replied in an awkward blend of Yoruba and English telling her they were inside getting prepared for the trip to Lagos while he swung the gates shut and fumbled with the padlock. He picked up the suitcases and stumbled after them."Hell just got hotter," He thought grimly. This was not a good beginning to an already promised excruciating Christmas holiday. Between. Or so the rumor went. How about Stella? She did well forherself, she was now an attache at the Soviet embassy in Sweden. OrRaul? Now An adviser to Fidel Castro's army. Did you hear about Enrique?No. He simply disappeared. And so on and so forth.When it was over, I offered to give Sabrina a ride home. She rushed intoan alley, apparently to vomit the copious amount of vodka. I naturallyfollowed her into the darkness when two hands grabbed me by my shouldersand pinned me to the wall.She was.