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NINETY SEVEN

Author: Tofunmi Nikky
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NORA

“Now, where to?” I opened the car’s door and made a slid into the passenger’s seat. “And just so you know, I am not here to make words with you.”

“We shall see to that.” I wanted to so badly wipe at the smirk crafted on his face. I’m doing more an talking less, he’s not going to ruin my decision and have me get back together with him.

I watched as he pressed down on the gas . He revved the car, and I hurriedly wore my seatbelt, knowing what was coming. The car shot forward, tires squealing as they gripped the pavement and in an instant, he gunned the car down the street.

Where he had got the car from, I don’t know.

It wasn’t that sparkling new, yet not an old one.

Like I promised myself, I didn’t engage in any conversation with him even though he kept striking one, then finally gave up when he saw I wasn’t about to leave the ground I was maintaining.

I looked through the window, anything to avoid eye contact. Just one look at him in the eye, would send me down on my knees f
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