Will Love Ever Come?

Chapter 67

SPIV HAS JUST STEPPED into his house. He has been trying all day to get through to Deuce. At last, he gets a ringing tone.

Deuce's phone vibrates in his pocket. He lets it ring for a while, then without removing his stare, he uses his earpiece and answers the call. "Yeah, hello... who this...? Who?"

"Me, blood, man, Spiv. You going on like you don't know man's voice, what's wrong with you?"

Deuce coughs. "Nothing, man, I'm just chilling. What's going on?" Deuce wonders if he should bring Spiv to meet the girl. He decides not to because Spiv loves to show off his wealth around girls to make Deuce look small.

Spiv lowers his voice before he speaks, "Oi, cuz, you listening?"

"Yeah, go on," replies Deuce.

"Oi, do you know someone called, Eschewal?"

Deuce thinks for a moment, then says, "Nah, nah, why?"

Spiv sucks his teeth. "Listen, you know my ting, Manna? You know, she just told me that she linked some yute last week at my rave. You know I'm mad for that."

Deuce does not care; he has his own problems to deal with but pretends he does and says, "Yeah, rah, that's nuts, boy."

"I know, bruv, I need to find out who this yute is, star. I can't make him take away this chick. I've been on her too long. You get me?"

"Yeah," replies Deuce, "I know how you feel, bruv, but forget about that. You know rarseclart Eros try say he's found a wifey and linking's long. After all the bloodclart links, I brought the yute on." He wipes the corners of his mouth, then continues, "Imagine that, when we were skinning out that link, he wasn't chatting that shit. Dick head, flipping dick head."

Spiv's attention is brought back into the conversation; he had zoned out for a while. He did not give a damn about Deuce's problem with Eschewal. He wanted to know why he was not aware of this threesome until now. "Which ting is this? What's her name?" says Spiv.

"Some, ting, innit. Rah, what's her name again...? Oh yeah, Salacious."

"Salacious," Spiv pauses, "um, where she come from?"

"From the ends, innit."

"Yeah, what does she look like?"

Deuce sucks his teeth. "Some pretty ting, fit, nice. Why?"

"Because you know who I think that is? That's rarseclart Manna's cousin. Trust me, that's Manna's cousin."

"Don't lie? Rah boy, me and Eros bun her boy, mash her down."

"Yeah, better that. Anyway, I'm gonna go. I have to call around and find out who this yute is. So are you sure you don't know who he is?"

"What's his name again?" says Deuce.

"Eschewal..."

Deuce pauses for a moment, "Eschewal... um, what does he look like?"

"I don't even know," replies Spiv.

"Where's he from?"

"I don't know, cuz he must be from the ends."

"Oi, hold on," begins Deuce as his memory of Eschewal's history returns to him.

"Isn't Eros's name a pet name?"

Spiv shakes his head. "Ah, I don't even know."

"Yeah, bruv, I remember now. Eros's real name is Eschewal." A sinister look crosses Deuce's face. "Yeah, you know, I totally forgot; true say everyone has always called him Eros. And trust me, I'm sure he is the only Eschewal on the ends."

Spiv has lost his breath for a while but now has it back. "Yeah, and the little pussyhole was at the club last week, innit? It must be him."

"It's him, bruv. He's taking the piss. Listen, just ask Manna, yeah, if this yute is also called Eros. Then just break his legs and tell her about Salacious, no long ting."

Spiv's eyes light up. "It's true, alright, brother, safe. I'm gonna give you a ring back, peace."