The first time Ajax got accepted into college, he was with Caroline. Caroline and he had exchanged their acceptance letters.It happened when Caroline’s parents had an anniversary, thus, living only Caroline at home. Caroline, being the only child of her parents, was glad when her parents suggested that she let her boyfriend come over while her parents went out on their date.Ajax had arrived in his usual pants and T shirts. He and Caroline had bade her parents good bye, well not after Caroline’s mom gave her usual warning.“Be careful Ajax. Both of you. Don’t do something stupid that you’ll both regret”Ajax nodded in agreement.Caroline’s mom seemed to love Ajax like he was her own son. She always saw Ajax as one sweet little mop headed Angel that would never hurt her daughter. She was glad that Caroline made a good choice unlike her.In her days, she always fell for the wrong ones that did her dirty and broke her heart. So when she saw Caroline in love with Ajax, she felt glad fo
Parents place?Weren’t they living in this town. Was that safe?Anyone could just look it up and find her! What the hell was Caroline up to!She lives few meters away from their high school.Ajax knew he had to destroy the message or else someone else could see it.He tore out the paper. He noticed that the imprint of the letters was still in the book so he decided to destroy the book too.He walked to the fireplace. He started a fire and tossed the book inside.He stood for a while watching it burn. He began to think of different scenarios Nate could find her.He was the only one with the information of her whereabouts. That was a good thing but also made him a target.Whoever needed to find her would come to him. Worse, they could torture the information out of him.He hoped it would not come down to that.WHAT IF NO ONE FINDS OUT THAT YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS. THAT MEANS YOU LEAVE THE PLACE LIKE YOU WERE NEVER HERE.Ajax smiled. His system was a genius. He had to do a clean up. He tho
Another sunny day at work at Cam’s café. During the summer, Cam held this celebration. It was another anniversary of his café but he celebrated it uniquely. This year’s celebration had a Christmas theme. The previous year’s theme was Halloween. Ajax was not really a fan of Christmas.The previous year, he did not celebrate Halloween with his gramps neither did they celebrate Christmas. But this Cam’s cafe anniversary Christmas thingy, he was feeling it.He found himself in a happy and uplifted spirit. He arrived very early that morning and joined the coworkers in decorating the café.“Hmm, someone is in a good mood today.” Elena remarked as she walked over to him holding a role of lights. “What has got you so excited?”“Honestly, I do not know. And ouch. Does it mean I’m not usually in a good mood.” Ajax said feigning hurt.Elena’s eyeball grew as her mouth parted. “Uh… no, no I didn’t mean it that way. I just meant that you look really excited.”“Aww, poor Elena” a colleague comment
The first time Ajax came to Richmore University, he was awed by its beauty. Tall gigantic buildings stood tall and elegant. Students walked by passed him. Some alone, some in two’s, some in groups.He had come on one of those visits in which parents take their kids to different colleges of their choice. It was Vaughn that took him.He used to think when he gets in he would be either walking to class alone- because Caroline was not studying the same course as he was. Then when returning from class, he would be with his girl, Caroline.Life always threw curve balls, twisting and turning plans.Here Ajax was, with a girl as he speculated. The only difference was that it was not the girl. It was Elena and her Mum.The both of them; Elena and Ajax had resigned from their job at Parker’s café.Elena was moving into her dorm that morning. So was Ajax.Ajax watched Elena walk into the female dormitory with her mum helping her to carry her things.He had no one to help him so he carried the
Ajax checked his time. It was now fifteen minutes past six o’clock in the evening. He was yet to receive a message or call from Nicholas.***Ajax had gone to class that day. He was grateful to life for Raphael because despite the tour that Raphael gave him the previous day, he would have missed his way.Thankfully, he and Raphael had lectures in the same faculty as both were science students.He had finished learning for the day early. He had about two hours before his meeting with Nicholas so he decided to rest for a while.Infact, to sum everything up, his day was going great until he slept off in his room. By the time he woke up it was few minutes to six o’clock.“Shit!” He cursed as he freshened up hurriedly. He checked his phone and he was already two minutes late.There was no call from Nicholas except for the message he received the previous night that read“Sure. Cam’s café. 6pm.”He boarded a taxi that took him to Cam’s café. It was a forty five minutes drive.When he got t
Few weeks have gone since Ajax’s meeting with Nicholas. He had vowed to eradicate system from the earth because that was what his parents. If it was their mandate and also the reason they died, he wasn’t going to let their death be in vain. When he vowed that, he was hell bent and it felt like the right thing to do.Not until when he was on his way home from the meeting that he started replaying everything in his head. He had a system in him. A system that Nicholas knew nothing about. Would he be a hypocrite to wipe them all away and spare his own? Because he had sort of grown attached to her. Literally. Yup. He still referred to his system as she/ her.And what about the good ones? Because his system was good. It was the reason he could attend college. Without her tasks and missions, he would not have earned enough money to keep him in college.Even Vaughn had no idea about his system. He had even lied to Vaughn that he had enough money to keep himself in school. It wasn’t a lie th
“My girlfriend. Lydia.” Raphael said and placed a chaste kiss on her cheeks. “We would be heading out right now. I’ll be back before lights out.” He added.Ajax watched them in his frozen position as Raphael took off his shirt. Threw another shirt over his head. Put on some colognes and walked off with Lydia holding his arms.Why was he even surprised! They were both sophomores! Raphael and Lydia knowing each other was not far fetched.He had just finished his classes for the day when he walked in to see Lydia.He had to get ready for Elena. He needed to do more than just nice.Even though it was not a real date, he knew he had to make this one memorable.He knew she liked him, she always gave him the green light. He could see the way she stared at him. He knew he also felt something for her, but because he still had something for Caroline, it kind of overshadowed his feelings for her.Asking her to join him to see the beautiful view was just the right thing and her knew it.He decide
Ajax had accompanied Elena on the way back to her dorm. He could not believe that nearly everything he thought he knew about her were lies. Apparently, he was being too inquisitive the day they met and she had to lie just to be safe. Ajax could not just tell her that he was not the one that was being inquisitive but it was his system.He could already picture her staring at him like he had grown two heads or like he had gone mad. So he kept quiet and walked her to her dorm.“Thank you for tonight. I’m really sorry it had to be cut short.” Elena apologized as they got to the front of her dorm.Ajax nodded. “It’s fine. It’s not your fault. I do hope your roommate is fine. We could do this some other time if you don’t mind though.”Elena smiled at him. She reached forward and gently placed her lips on his cheeks, pecking him good night. She turned and disappeared into the dorm.It was dark and still raining hard. Ajax started his walk back to his dorm that was not so far away. He rep