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I loved parties ,I loved the fact that I could have the freedom most of my friends then craved for. I wore clothes that made people attracted to me, it gave me more confidence . I took drugs and liquor, vodka, you name it. I was almost an addict 'cause I loved the pleasure it gave me. I was a regular at Don Fedro's club, it was a stripper's club and it sold the best champagne on campus.

One evening, I was so messed up, I wasn't myself and I really needed a drink, so I rode to the club even when I knew that it wouldn't be selling but the guy was already there, tidying up the counter. I got in and started a conversation,

"This counter is always tidied up by Frank after every party,why do you still do it?"
He answered with a smile  "A little more hygiene"

From there he started talking about books and even with my love for parties, I still loved a good book. He told me there was a very good book he read and still reads 'cause he can't get enough of, he said the book was 'Life, protection, power' and I was curious to read the Great book..

He told me the book had a lot of great stories but was still centered around one person, and I knew that whatever that book was, I needed to read it. I wanted to read the book so badly, I had to tell him to tell me one of the stories he read from the book, and he did.
He told me,

"There was a very powerful person, God stronger than you can ever imagine, he created the world , he created all plants,all the animals. He continued " when the whole earth was formed , he created a man,the man was in his image and then he breathed into him, life. The man was just like a look-alike of the powerful person , but the powerful person didn't stop there, he took a rib from the man to form a woman. I thought for a second of how powerful he must be and I thought if I had that power,all the things I would be able to boy. As if reading my thoughts, he told me "his power has no measures and there is no one that can be compared to him"

Again, I thought, why did he use 'has' and 'is', so I asked him "You used 'has' and 'is', that should be a blunder in English" but he told me "He is still the most powerful person and his powers have no measures,no one can compare to him" then he added " He is not dead, he reigns and lives forever " I immediately knew where this conversation was going,so I shouted, " who are you to preach to me? If I needed a sermon, I would have gone to the nearby church and not sit in a bloody club and listen to a boss boy preach" at the last word, I jumped up from the bar stool and walked out of the club and I said to myself as I walked to my motorbike , This boy has ruined my tonight's vibe, I'm not clubbing tonight.

When I got to the house , I took off my clothes and went straight to bed, but I couldn't sleep, my mind went back to the boss' boy, I thought of the story he told me and I really wanted to know more about the powerful man but I was too stubborn to admit it to myself.

An hour later, I wore my clothes back, took my keys, I started my motorbike, before i knew what was going on in my head ,I found myself at the front of the club, I checked the time, it was 5:15, so I still had enough time before the club opened.

I got in through the back door and met the boss boy still cleaning the counter and glasses. I was like "Hey yo! You've been cleaning this counter since heaven knows" He looked at me and smiled. It was my cue to go on,

" I usually don't apologize to people,so be happy that I'm apologizing to you......... I'm sorry for my previous outburst "

He laughed heartily and said "no problem " I knew I was going to enjoy his stay, so I started

"since all is forgiven and you told me the book is a book of many and you already told me about Man and woman,can you tell me more ?" He smiled  and said, "as you wish" I was already eager to know more, so I collected the napkin from him and started cleaning the counter and rest of the cups while he told me the story. He started "There was a time in the book when God had seen this young man, his name was Jonah, and he told him to go to a particular city and warn everyone there and tell them to repent from doing bad things but the young man didn't want to go, he wanted to hide from the powerful man, so he did contrary to the instruction and boarded a ship that was going to another place. He and other passengers of the ship were very scared when they encountered a great storm, the storm was so dangerous they thought they would die,so the young man told the passengers to throw him into the water because he knew he had offended the powerful man, the passengers prayed that they would not be punished for killing if the young man died, they eventually threw him into the sea, and immediately, the storm stopped and the young man was swallowed by a big whale"