"Hello there big boy,how are you?" Brian asked and takes a seat next to his old friend Ben.
"Whats up kid,its been a while, what are you upto" ben asks as he shakes his hand. He is of about seventy years of age and owns a barber shop in where he passes most of his time with his old friends. Brian has been his friend too for about a year now and their friendship keeps growing sice they come from the same village back at home. Ben also owns a single cab that he uses for his own reasons when he feels like travellig around. Ben is married to Angie and have two daughters and of course Brian has always had an eye on Felisha bens oldest daughter but did not want Ben to know of an intentions he Had just to keep their relationship strong. They sit outside the barber shop as bens smokes some tobacco just like the olden days since he finds nothing intresting with the way cigarettes are made in the modern way.
"so how is everything son" he asks Brian since he knew it was very rare for him to show up at his shop especially very early in the morning when he should be at work.
"well, I would like some assistance from you Ben, I really need to go somewhere and having you as afriend with a good machine like this, you will be of good help" Brian did not hesitate telling him about it since he really needed a ride to the orphanage and approaching Ben seemed to be the easiest and fastest way to travel.
"well, the old boy has not been up for a while but I believe he is on good condition,come with me" he walks round the shop as Brian follows him. His cab is covered with a huge cover all round and he uncovers it,it was all dusty all around from the outside but looked pretty neet from the inside.
"he has been down for around two weeks now,all he needs is a good amount of oil and you are good to go son, how about that?" he says while approaching the cars bonet and opens it. He points a few things to Brian while explaining almost everything but Brian seemed less interested in all the extra talking since all he needed was the car and that's all. They come to an agreement and Brian pays him a little amount of money as deposit. They agree on a day to pick the car and everything seems to begoing on according to his plan. His first deal was done and now what he had to do next is to go to some store down the town to buy some items including food and clothes for the children. He was more than willing to spend even his longtime savings for this mission since nothing was flowing through his mind other than Esther.
He walks across the town and heads to one of the most loved stores to make his purchases. He passes through some items and picks the most relevant ones, some foods stuffs some snacks toys and clothes. People spot him carrying the things back to his house and he seems just not to be bothered by anything since he knows what he is up to. An old lady is sitting at the corridor of his apartment and sports him struggling with heavy luggages.
"you have a family already,Brian" she mocks him as she leaves space for him since he was struggling to get in the apartment.
"by auntie" he waves at the old lady and closes his door to have a rest.
"am I doing too much?,no ,this is just the perfect size ogf a luggage someone could carry into an orphanage,right?" he asks himself and takes a seat for a moment. After a couple of minutes he thought that this was now the perfect time since everything was now in control. Ben was underway with the cabs servicing and Brian was to pick it the day he was ready to use it. He has never been this nervous when approaching a girl and new that he never will be nervous infront of any girl. He was now on the times that he had never wished will ever come to his life,an all time playboy now in a situation where he believes he is in love with a nun. He was more than prepared for whatever might happen and was not ready to give up at any cost. Brian plans now to go to the orphanage on the next day so he takes this time to make his arrangements to be so perfect so as to avoid any mistakes underway. All his life he had met a lot of girls both good and bad from all races way back in high school he was also known for his cheey ways of seducing schoolmates and was oftenly found in several mistakes. He believes and feels it that this time, Esther is an exception, he believes that she is the one who will change his way of life for a long time or maybe for good.
Brian has never had a sleepless night but this is going to be his first,he finds it hard to sleep, he struggles on his bed and cant wait for the night to pass. He regularly wakes up and even sleeps on his couch. After a long night of struggles the time finally comes. His alarm rings and without even delaying he shuts it down before it could make anymore noise, his head still facing onnthe pillow. He slowly lifts himself up and sits facing up on his bed and wonders what a long day he was gong to have. For a minute, he felt something was trying to stop him. What if he was going to ruin Esthers reputation? What could people say when they see her flirting with a man nobody knew yet she was barerly a week old at the orphanage? These were the questions that kept going on his head but he ignored them and woke up and made his breakfast. After that he goes to his closet and selected one of his best outfit and was now ready for a shower. He wraps a towel on his wais and heads to the bathroom and passes next to a largw mirror next to the bathroom door and stops for a while.
"what are you doing brian" he smiles at himself and enters the bathroom.