The Priest Vow - Season 1 - Episode 18

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The Priest Vow - Season 1 - Episode 18

I remain seated unconcerned and kept looking at him as he spoke with anger.

I wasn’t bothered at all in anyway.

He stared down at me thinking I will be threatened or scared by his mean appearance and harsh tune but I wasn’t.
“… You are only acting all stubborn like a little kidy. When you are done sitting then you kiss my ass and take your leave. I will never step out of my cell ever again to see you. Go to hell….

He started walking out and I said.
” Have you ever wonder why we share some resemblance?
I halt him with those words and he turned and look back at me.
It was my opportunity and I decided to use it well.

“… this is not coincidence or some sort of magic. I feel there is connectivity or probably a bond. Is not a mistake at all Gumi and I don’t believe in magic either.
He took few steps back and when I thought he was going to be reasonable he started with his usual way with a raised eye brows.
” So?… and so fu-Ckings what? What are you insinuating? Cut the crap man. We aren’t connected in anyway and I don’t bond with your type. stop being stupid and get the hell out of here.

I stared right back at him unbothered.
he walk back to where I stood and said.
“…Did you think we are… I’m not a celebrity that people will want to reckon with. I’m locked up here…a prisoner and no hope of getting out to know what the outside word feels like.
“What are you scared of Gumi? Are you afraid?

I asked while sitting calmly and staring up at him.
He began to laugh sarcastically.
I watched him calmly.
He suddenly stopped and took a seat in front of me.
“Sometimes…but hardly. Sometimes I get scared of leaving this world. Scared of dying as a prisoner and not as a free man. Sometimes I look back and knew deep down I don’t deserve anything good out of Life. I have done many things beyond human but I try not to be remorseful about it because in life you are either hard or soft and I chose to be hard….
I was quietly listening.
“Do you have regrets?
He did not reply me immediately but later did after sometimes.
“Maybe few regrets but the deed is done I can’t undo it.
I looked at Gumi and breathed deeply.
Beyond the tattooed body, the dreadlocks, the pierced ear, the golden teeth, the scar and fire in his eyes, beyond his physical appearance there was a softness somewhere in his heart which he try not to show.
Gumi may look older in appearance but he is like a child trying to be tough and acting like a bully.

“I’m glad to know that and to also know that there is still a human inside if you. Are you the only child…
He was quiet and stared at his palm.
I knew then God was at work.
“Are you interviewing me or what? You ask questions like a nosy female gossiper.
I laughed out and he surprisingly joined in.
“I don’t know if I’m the only child but it doesn’t really matter. I grew up in the street after ruining away from an orphanage home. I hustled up to make a name for myself. My real name is Benjamin Cole. My street name is Gumi. Is a name I gave myself. I joined a gangsters as a teenager…we steal, smoke and did anything necessary to survive the tough street. I went into drugs and became popular. I made a name for myself and became wealthy man. I had whatever I wanted including women. I was a busy man and did not want anyone or anything to hold me down. Kita tried but couldn’t succeed. She deserved whatever happened to her but is a good thing she didn’t die. I don’t know the woman that gave birth to me but I knew the man. He is irresponsible just like I am. You know like father like son…hahahaha. I got to know him after sending out different search gang to dig him up. He couldn’t deny me because I look so much like him but he died many years ago. He had cancer of the lungs. He was a chain smoker too. I have taken different things, smoke different things, injected different thing Just to get high and nothing serious happened to me except maybe now that I sometimes have this breathing issue but is not a big deal, I have survived many things, I will survive this too. the old man dying off like chicken was probably because his immune system was weak. I felt no pity for him neither do I blame him for the road I took to become Gumi. Is the part I chose and I blame no one for it. I enjoyed it while it last but nothing last forever. Is my time to face the consequences for my actions so I have little or no regrets.