One day as James and his friend were at their best at Matiku Bar kissing bottle after another, James happened to collide with a new friend in his life. As known, inside the four walls of a bar, there is no one older. In other words, the etiquette of the young and the old does not apply here.
This man was no youth but claimed to know James quite very well. This caught James' attention and wanted to know more about this man. They sat on the same table to have a drink together as they talked.
On the other end, James’ friend Joseph had left to be with one of his women and so he was not around as James was meeting this other friend.
For James, it was time to get to know this new friend in-depth.
“Yes my friend, you said that you know me very well. As it seems I do not know who you are, or at least I do not know your name. How about us starting there; what is your name?” James asked the man.
“Okay, my man. I will tell you my
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Joseph did not seem as one pleased by seeing this man. They both looked at each other like those that knew each other or seemed to have met before. Were it not for the fact that James had requested Joseph to accompany him, he definitely could have left long ago.For Mr. Japheth, he seemed as one who expected to meet Joseph. It was as if Japheth knew that Joseph was James’ friend. James could not wait to be told that their meeting was making each of them uncomfortable.Mr. Japheth sat on this table. Without much ado, the beers were coming. James introduced them to each other though he was certain that they must have met before and, as it seemed, not in pleasant conditions.After this introduction, James was willing to continue with his story as he had promised but Japheth told him to preserve it for the following day. He said that day they were to talk about general things and just have fun.James did not go against it or ask any questions. He knew t
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James and Japheth were at their best and making the best out of this day. On the other end, Joseph was also at his best. For him, it was working out perfectly for he had the two things that normally made his day, women and booze.With his thirst for women and incapability to keep away from them, having both at his disposal was the true definition of a fun moment. It was getting better and better for James and Japheth as well. As much as it was their wish not to part ways, they had no option but to do just that.Apart from the fact that it was getting late, they were getting quite drunk; this was a bad omen for both of them. Not only did they need themselves sober for the journey to their respective homes, they needed not to be drunk the following morning as they were to go to work.Without much ado, they had nothing else to do but be grateful for the day and bid each other goodbye. They parted ways and James headed to his apartment. On arrival, he met Joseph was
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James proposed a toast for him to being his own judge of things and the continuation to have a good time. On the other side, Joseph was having the best but still, it was not doing the magic. For someone who knew Joseph, he could tell there was something that was disturbing him seriously.This was not any other but the fact that James had become so close to Japheth. This could not get off his mind at any moment. On return to their apartment, he asked James of whether he had met Japheth again. When James told him the truth about him not willing to part with Japheth for a lame reason, this became the source of their break up.Joseph was not happy about the fact that James could not let this friendship with Japheth go. James too was not willing to let it go without a reason enough. As it seemed, he had his life messed up so bad he wanted nothing more. Joseph too could not open up to tell him the reason he insisted to convince him to keep off Japheth.Since none of t
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