Devil Devil?

Hello, I know it's been a while, I'd like to wish you a happy new year and say Thank you, for not giving up on me or my blog. I do promise to not slack ever again. I also hope you enjoy this piece of fiction I put together,

- With immense gratitude and love, Oore.

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"Come on, talk to daddy. Tell me what's wrong" This was supposed to be comforting but he managed to make even this terrifying. His name put something in the hearts of people, I'm not quite sure what it was but it was fear with a hint of something else. Love perhaps? I couldn't quite place it but I didn't feel that way about him. I didn't care that he was terrifying I didn't care about his "influence". He was good to me and I did my best to not exploit our friendship and I tried not to judge his history.

His history. When people refer to a person's "history" what comes to mind is probably comes to mind is one nefarious act which back-fired horribly but that wasn't his case his, a series of horrible decisions gone wrong, I hope you understand that they weren't just bad decisions, they were bad decisions that ended badly and still backfired.

Let's talk about Mr. X, ever since he was a kid, he had always been on the wild side. I mean, the man lost his virginity at age 10. In 2018, that might not be shocking news but in 2003, I'm almost certain it wasn't a common practice - No, he wasn't taken advantage of by an older woman. He was what many would call a problem child. He was his mother's only child so he tried his very best to keep his acts from his mother. At a young age, he didn't always succeed at doing this. The ones she knew about, tore her heart to shreds. In the search for a means to tame her son. She took him to miracle land. She had heard stories of pastors being made of the most notorious criminals on that land. "My kid isn't as bad as these guys... he should be a piece of cake" She had no idea how wrong she was and little did she know that this could be her undoing.

He resumed in miracle land and got accustomed to the tradition and started to show his true colors. His use of mind-altering substances skyrocketed. The businessman in him was awoken because, in miracle land, everyone is an entrepreneur. He started peddling these substances till he built a fucking empire. He had everyone in his pocket. He slipped up one time and it cost him dearly... He lost 2 years of his life. He came back to miracle land with a resolve to be better but like a New Year's resolution, it barely lasted 2 months. Slowly, his old ways crept back in, he started mixing with the wrong crowd. They pulled him back in. All this time, he was a lover of women some might call him promiscuous. He was a Yoruba demon who played with people's hearts just to get what he wanted. I mean, he did almost turn two friends against each other, partly because one of them was shallow minded and presumptuous but his "mixed signals 😑" were partly to blame.

Despite all he is; an ex-drug baron, a drug user, a gym rat, a bully (to some people), we remain, friends, because I know he'd burn the world to the ground for me if he needed to.

Underneath all of the toughness, he is a kind-hearted person with somewhat selfish but good intentions. Before you get the selfish part twisted, he's selfish, NOT self-centered, meaning he cares about other people, he's just not a selfless martyr. I'm happy I know you Mr. X.

Is there a Mr. X in your life? Feel free to leave a note for them below. 💚