The Vow

Myke Idorenyin
Wake. Write. Win.
Published in
4 min readJun 4, 2024

The street boys dealings

It wasn't long when Richard walked in.He his Jerry's bossom friend and seeing him, he's the epitome of one who has been an addict to hard substance.
His face is deep black and his countenance shows that he's not a newbie to the game of drug.
He Shaked everyone one and sat down close to Jerry.

"Watin una de smoke"he inquired
"See watin we de smoke,money no de".Jerry lifted his hand in such a way that he have a clearer view of it.
"Comot money add na may we buy wotus,I feel like smoking wotus"he said.
"Money no de,you no see watin I smoke?"Jerry answered.He stood up to where he hanged his shirts by the door and brought out a white medical nylon.
"Na loud be this,I bought am for that way"He said as we open the nylon, reached out to the cruiser on the table.He picked out a few quantity from the nylon and put it in the cruiser and crushed it.

"Guy you go feel this one,na for that Ik wey I buy am"
"Aswear,I don see the mata,e go tight"He said while still observing the colour of the substance.
"Oboi na better loud be this ,the odour alone don tell us say na mad"Jerry said while still pressing his phone and constantly changing the music.

He set the substance alright and inhale,he inhale it severally before he passed to Jerry "omen feel am"he collected it and inhale "The smoke choke,this kind loud no de for here"Jerry said .He inhale and inhale it more than severally and passed it to White boy.He inhale it was listen to the vibe it will give.Truely he confirmed it.The feeling was mad.

"Apart from Godwill,e get any of una wey sabi wey them de sell the wotus?"
Richard asked"I no Sabi "they respond in unison.
He waited for sometimes"I really want to knack that wotus,I need the vibes"
Jerry instructed him that he calls Godswill.He did.Not long Godswill arrived.He was just a laundry man that owns a shop around and so it didn't take long for him to arrive.

Richard counted him five full naira notes,five thousand naira,he handed it to him that he should go and buy the wotus.
"Uncle white".A voice called repeatedly outside,he knew the voice,that was koko's voice.
"Please come"the voice added.
Koko was a teenager of about 16 years and she live next door with her parents.
They have live and just become friendly.

He tried to put on his trouser,since he was indoor,he only wear a boxer so he put his trouser and meet her outside.
"Uncle take"She handed him a plate full of rice.
He received it and said"Thank you,please thank your mum for me too".He collected the rice and dashed Inside.

While inside he reasoned how the girl or her parents know that he was hungry and needed food.
He kept the food for a while but he started eating it.Jerry and Richard teased him saying that he was influential that people pays Ransom of food.They laughed while anticipating Godswill to come with the wotus.

He ate the rice slowly while thanking God for such a programming.Throughout the previous day,he hasn't eaten any nutritious food.And that day,the hope had had was only on eating the unwanted cocoyam at the backyard that he ate.It seemed God was planning his daily bread since he was short of plan for himself.

While eating,he was also happy that he won't smoke the wotus on empty stomach .
Godswill arrived when he had finished eating the food.Everyone face lighted in happiness as has finally arrived after spending close to an hour.

He narrated his story why he wasted time"they didn't have the wotus there,their own finished that I had to follow another nigga to offshore to buy it"he said.
"E no matter as far as say you don buy am"Richard said,he has been anticipating it to satisfy his addiction.Despite that he has been smoking loud ever since he walked in the room,his mind and his desire wanted to have a taste of methemphytamin.

"White ,where are your tools?"Jerry inquired.
He didn't respond,he just stood up and move swiftly to where he kept those instruments.
He brought them out and positioned it on the table,shifted the books to one side of it that it gave space for the plastic bottle to have a perfect position.

Godswill stood by the table side and opened the wrapping foil one after the other and disposing the content into his palm.
He did this till all the substances were finished.He turned it into a transparent glass,he dismantled a lighter and construct it in way that gave a slow deem steady flame.

He positioned the flame under the glass that the content melted.It changes from Normal crystal white to brownish color.
"Bro,that market tight,the flavour alone oboiii..."
"Mtcheew, aswear the market tight but he too small"Richard said while glaring to see the content of the Glass.
"If no be escaping market,he go good"Jerry added.

After Godswill finished,he handed over the glass to Richard to do justice to it since he was the one who purchased it.Sometimes it is always who melts it that smoke first,maybe he gave him because it wasn't that much so he has to be okay before any of them.

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