Encounters with Lallo - Part 2

My life changers

The Club closed and ties were broken yet again...


A year or 2 later I was introduced to a lovely young woman. I experienced a bewildering sense of déjà vu, as if we had met before and having met so many people during my post high school escapades, the general consensus was that I might just be right, however, I was proved wrong.

...and her mind wondered as to how this could be...

We befriended each other in cyberspace and she noticed that we shared a mutual friend and her mind wondered as to how this could be. Then as it dawned on her, she inquired if I was the kid who lived at the "Brown Gate". While wrecking my brain trying to figure out where the heck this "Brown Gate" was, I finally figured it out - it was at my grandparents' home where our mutual friend, Lallo, lived. Then as the cloud of déjà vu lifted, I realized who she was and we had indeed met before. She was none other than, "the girl with the long hair". So yet again Lallo and Candice found their way back into my life.

Then the accident...

Plumstead, where Lallo's life was turn upside down

One ill-fated night while out on the town, Lallo and one of his best buds, were involved in a tragic motor vehicle accident ultimately resulting in his friend losing his life. This loss of a close friend had a devastating effect on Lallo and though I was not completely back to being close friends with him, I felt deeply emotional for his loss. All this news was conveyed to me at the time through my new "friend" Candice. She tried inviting me one evening to join her to visit her cousin, an invitation I would go on to decline. I felt I needed to give their family time to recover from such an event and when the time was right I would go and make my return in the Arendse home.

"Boys will be boys"

As my friendship with Candice blossomed into courtship, it also brought about a renewed friendship yet again with Lallo. And the phrase, "Boys will be boys" never rang clearer. We got up to so much mischief by partying up a storm whenever the opportunity arose. One memorable moment was playing poker and slots at GrandWest Casino for my birthday at 4 in the morning! When I say 4 in the morning I mean we only got there at 4! He had a way of always turning any occasion into one for the history books.

From courting "the girl with the long hair" we decided to get married. From then on end me and Lallo were not only friends but family. I was officially inducted to be a part of the FAMBAM...

Fambam

TO BE CONTINUED...