Same. In the lawn. ~Dare Ofegu~"What brings you to the States?"Imara asked without looking at me. We were walking side by side and I could say that she has never taken me in her gaze through the course of the walk. I have no idea why not, probably because the robotic whirring would be rather uncomfortable for her, or because eyes contact doesn't really matter to a bot."Isn't it obvious? I came for Samantha."She turned her face for the first time, but her body still retained the posture as though she was looking at the front. How wierd and satisfying it seemed. "The percentage of truth in your response is 42% percent. I don't do well with people who tell lies. If you want to be one of my users, you must be frank and sincere with me."I couldn't close my mouth as I watched her speak. I thought bots who could be that pecise and complicated were only limited to the movies. If I was told that I would sta

     Samantha's Hood.  ~Kola~ "I shall give you this warning again. This is Samantha's Hood, what brings you here? It's been 12 minutes, 17 seconds since you've been standing here. Based on the programming of a bot, we are not built to hunt or hurt humans. Thereby, if you refuse to relay your reason of being here I would call the cops on you!" The threatening voice of the robot almost loosened a nut in my brain. I didn't know what to say other than, "Guy shut up. If I catch you, I go commot your teeth just now just now" A pidgin counterpart of, [Shut up, man. If I could, I would pluck out your teeth immediately.] Believe me, I was already frustrated. I have been coming here since a day before yesterday. Since the day I was thrown out. I had no other place to go. No other friend to look up to.  I haven't had a goodnight rest since the day I was pushed out. I have missed the comfy of the bed soft

     The Next Morning~Ninny~"I told you that I could handle all these myself. And better still, there is Imara, why being persistent and annoying?""Ninny!"My mom barked at me as I rolled my eyes at the so called Dare. I couldn't believe that I'd actually registered his name in my mental ken. "Let her go then, Dare. Maybe later when she returns she'll be back to her senses."My mom came on again as I sneered and looked to Imara. "Grab my cases and let's go."But this Dare guy walked to Imara and offered,"Give them to me, Imara. You can clear the table and do other stuff. I'll see her off.""But Ninny told me to help her with the cases."Imara argued. I saw the side of his lips house a silly smile. I grunted. "Please, Imara."He pleaded and Imara handled the handles of both suitcases to him. "Thank you."The smile widened as I called at I

   Cleaver's Ave. ~Maria~"I'm not sure we've really had a heart to heart conversation. Or should I say, you haven't really introduced yourself properly. So far, all I know about you is the fact that you said, you're Dare's friend."I paused for a while as he reached through the table to pick up another mound of steak. That was his third if I wasn't mistaken. Well, I didn't have qualms with him eating this way; ever since he had arrived. The past few days of his arrival, he had barely been at home in the day. He would always leave in the morning then return later in the night. When he would be way too weak for any probing or interrogation. And the next morning, he was off again. I'm not really comfortable with him around but I had no reason to send him away. I haven't even heard from Dare. His phone had been switched off since he left. I'm worried about him, but I'm also worried about Theo. His sister has been grumpy ever since his d

    Cleaver's Ave. ~Dare Ofegu~"Now we are at home, eh?"I stepped out of the Maybach and walked to the VAS, Theo beside me. I had locked him away at Samantha's place, from all the recent situation but had made sure that he was fed enough. "We had the discussion you know. I'm here to drop you and say hi to Maria. I know she'd be very mad at me."He didn't make a sound. He only had his tongue suspended in the flexing jaws. He hadn't even looked up at me. I'm sure that he's pretty mad at me. I pushed the button of the alert system and awaited a reply. It didn't take forever for the familiar face to pop up on the screen. "Dare?"Even though we were over screens, I could see her eyebrows twitched in shock or say, surprise. "Yes, Ma'am. It's me."I nodded, letting in a sassy smile even though I knew too well that I wasn't in the position to do that. "Oh, goodness. C