Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 10

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“Seriously,this your consistent staring is becoming awkward” she said.

“Am not sure you will understand my state of mind right now” I replied.

“So,are you here for us to start peering into your state of mind in order to understand it or you are here for something else?” She retorted.

“No no no! But,there are other things on my mind right now.” I said.

“Like?” She asked.

“Like how you came into my life?” I replied back.

She smiled at me,and said:

“I didn’t ask to be in your life Mike,you invited me into your life” she replied me.

“That’s the part I still don’t understand.” I said.

” And am not sure you actually will,believe me.” She replied back.

“That’s because you don’t want to let me understand!” I answered back at her.

In an effort to show her that I was not afraid of her or what she is,I shifted closer to her end of the foam and used one of the pillows there to adjust and sit comfortably at the wall,beside her,with my body touching her.

“You really should be afraid of me!” She said outrightly, understanding what the intention behind my little act is.

“I don’t believe you would harm me,at least I have not given you any reason to do so!” I said out of innocence.

” Really? That’s really bold of you to say,which am sure you wouldn’t say if you actually knew who I am!” She replied me,and her ever present smile disappeared.

” And now you are trying to get me scared?” I asked her.

“Not really,and am sorry if you were beginning to feel that way.” She said,and then faced me and continued her talk:

“I would never harm you!”

I smiled.

“Well,I just want you to not give in to the notion that am afraid of you like am really supposed to be afraid of you.” I said firmly.

She smiled at me.

“Well,am happy to know that.Its a good footing to start on!” She calmly said.

“For my sanity sake,I won’t ask you any background info” I went on to say.

“But I expect you to ask me that” she replied me.

“Really,why would you expect that from me?” I asked her.

“Its the sane to do!” She replied.

Hell,I know its the most sane to do,but I didn’t want to directly raise the questions. So,I did it in the best way I know I can use to insert the said subject matter into our discuss,hoping she will buy into it; whilst also fearing the result and influence of what I was going to hear will have on me.I just did one on her,and she didn’t even know it.

“Well,the basic thing to know is that my existence in this plane is just a brief one” she said finally.

“You know,I started reading a lot about the supernatural from a very early stage.So which of them are you?” I asked her.

She started laughing out loud.

“Why are you laughing na?” I queried.

“Do you believe those things?” She asked me.

“Well,am a Catholic and a Christian, what do you expect?” I asked.

“You didn’t answer me!” She said.

“I believe in certain things shaa.” I replied.

“Like?” She quizzed on.

“Like reincarnation, other beings outside of humans,God,Jesus,and despite being a Catholic, I have stopped believing that a loving God will burn his children in hell for slight wrongs they did.That’s why the concept of purgatory makes sense!” I replied.

“Well,at least you are sincere in your beliefs.One thing am sure about you is that in the future,there are a lot of things you are really going to stop believing about all your present belief system” she replied.

I laughed.

“And you are now making the discuss about me?” I asked.

She smiled.

“Not really anyway,and you know exactly why.” She said.

“I don’t know anything o!” I replied.

” Well,at least you know am not really human,and there is no right way for me to actually explain nor tell you who i,am really are.” She replied me.

It was at this point that my phone rang and it was my mum calling.She informed me that her niece and my cousin Ifeyinwa came. I told Pretty that I have to get going,and she told me to come back to her place the next day,and I replied:

“I will try and come!”

“Don’t try,just come” she said.

“Okay,I will call you when am coming” I said.

She smiled,and quizzed in:

“How are you going to call me?”

I started laughing too.

I ended up collecting her number before taking my leave.

As soon as I reached our house, my phone rang and it was Pretty calling:

“Hope you reached safely?” She inquired.

” Yes.thanks for inquiring” I replied.

“Alright.I will see you tomorrow then!” She said and the call went dead.

I walked in to our other room, where my sister and Blessing slept and saw Ifeyinwa and she was all smiles as we exchanged greetings and chatted as usual……She is my favourite cousin in both my direct and extended legion of cousins!

I later got to know she is going back the next day to my chagrin.Unlike previously, I believed I won’t miss her this time around!


The next day, she left for Lagos very early in the morning cuz she had come from their village on a supposed errand.

At around 10:30am, I put a call through to Pretty and informed her that I am on my way to her place and she said she is waiting.

I was still on my way to her place when my phone rang,and it was Ujunwa calling me:

“Hello” I said.

“Hmmn Michael, you have just forgotten me so soon na!” She started with her usual never-fruit-yielding guilty play.

“I thought you didn’t want to talk to me again na,so I kept to myself.Even though I try as much as possible to please any body in my life or people I know,begging people is not really my thing,especially when I did no actual wrong!” I replied her.

“Iya! I can see that other girls in our class has been confusing you na,especially that girl that joined our group newly,Onyinyechi!” She said with seriousness,to which I started laughing to.

“That’s it na,its funny to you” she retorted.

“I will call you later please,am going somewhere now!” I just told her.

“I see you are now avoiding me Michael” she replied.

” I will call you later,I promise” I replied her.

” Okay my love. call me o” she insisted.

“I will” I said and cut the call.

For starters,its always a normal thing for Ujunwa to act as she acted in that call,and there was nothing much to it. And the girl she referred to was someone I met through Loveth and despite our closeness, she had categorically told me she was married and so we were not intimate relationship-wise.

Some few minutes later,I arrived at Pretty’s place and she hugged me as she ushered me into her place.

“You were cooking for me?” I started,after smelling the delicious aroma of a sumptuous stew she just finished cooking.As is customary of her,she first smiled before replying me:

“I hope you will love it?”

“Well,I guess a trial will convince me!” I said,and we both laughed.

] As I expected,they had light.So,she said I should occupy myself with any movie I love there while she went on to take her bath;she said she wanted us to eat together and that I had to wait for her.

Ten minutes later,she is already through with everything and have served the meal for us both.

We started eating and was in the middle of the meal when my phone rang,and it was Loveth calling.I looked at Pretty as if requesting for her permission to answer the call;She didn’t mind.

“Michael” she echoed.

” Yea my dear,how are you today?” I asked.

“Am good,and you?” She asked.

“Am lonely and I miss your company”

I replied.

” Eeya! Am so sorry okay.will be back soon.” She replied.

“Okay o.If you say so” I said.

“When are we resuming self?”she asked.

” They gave us 3weeks,so it should be a week and some days from today. But I trust u na,na 3weeks after resumption you go come back na!”

I said and she started laughing before bidding me farewell and ending the call.

“That’s Loveth right?” I heard Pretty ask me as soon as I dropped my phone.

“Yea. do you know her?” I inquired.

” No!” She said,and obviously lying.

“That’s a lie” I replied immediately.

” Is she also like you?” I spoke further.

She smiled and stated again that she didn’t know Loveth.

” How did you then recognize her voice?” I demanded.

“Apparently, you have forgotten about me so soon” she infused.

I remembered something immediately. It was that day at Loveth’s house, and Loveth told me that someone said she I was special to her and that she should not joke nor mess with me to avoid repercussions. I wanted to bring up the issue,but my mind was doubtful and undivided in whether or not I should press on with it.I decided to let it go for an opportune time.

“Its still written all over your face that you don’t believe that I didn’t know Loveth!” She said,and I was not sure whether she was expecting me to say something or not.

” Well,Loveth is in Delta state,and we are here!” I said,with a view to ending the topic and to which aim I succeeded at.

“Well,how was your night?” she asked me as she went to put away the things we used to eat her delicious meal.

“Well,for the first time in days,I didnt see you in my dream last night!” I chipped in.

She laughed, and replied:

“Well,there is no need for me to come again!”..

She cleaned up everything and arranged the place,and then joined me in the bed as I focused on the series DOCTOR WHO that I found there which was playing and which I watched.

As I sat with my back against the wall,she used my leg to support her pillow by placing the pillow on top my laps and resting her head there as a result and channelled her attention to the film playing.She wore a bum short with a Manchester United red jersey top,and she had no bra on.

As I watched the show with keen interest,I managed to draw my attention to her and viewed her from head to toe,and I was like:

“D–n,Pretty is really pretty ah swear!”

“This one you are looking at me and smiling?” I heard her say,and I realised she has caught me.

“Nothing” I replied.

“Remove such thoughts from your mind and stop imagining things

!” She simply said and concentrated back at the series.

I kept shut and didn’t utter a word.

At that moment,NEPA took light.

She looked at me with a smile,and said:

” I guess your will have been done?”

“Actually, I was beginning to enjoy the series!” I mischievously answered back.

“Nwa ojoo(bad boy)!” I heard her say.

I simply smiled.

TBC


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