Episodes 42
At times what you are always scared of is what will keep coming to you leaving you totally helpless
to face or apprehend it.i stood their watching Isabella as she came down from the car with so
many unanswered rhetorical questions in my mind. How did she get here?, who told her my area,
street and house?,if I could remember vividly I never for once discuss about my area with her but
now,here she is stopping abrutedly like she had known this place like forever Just like the back of
her hands.all this is not even my main problem, what are we going to offer Isabella, where will she
seat for the main time while interacting with her?.ofcourse inside The house is a no go area, the last thing I will ever allow is Isabella steeping her feet inside that parlour not sitting room. I stood
abrutedly like a dried wood staring at them with my mind very far from me as I watch her laying
down some commands for the guards not to come inside and I watch her cat walking majestically
just like she had always walk with her pink gown,shoe,jewelries and hair Bon,approaching the
house slowly from the outside.
“oh no,i can’t take this anymore”.i exclaimed coherently a little and I quickly dashed straight into
the house without the Water neither the bucket.
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“wisdom,what happen?, why are you running like someone been chased by wild animals?”.that
was the first series of questions my mom poured out to me as I ran inside to meet her breaking
some melons with a tray on her laps.
“talk to me, what is chasing you and where is the water I sent you to fetch?”.she poured out again
when it seem I wasn’t ready to answer her as I stare at her totally dumbfounded pointing my finger
outside,filled with a fearfull conscience.
“who is outside and why are you scared of whoever the person is?”.she asked further but suddenly
stopped when she saw her standing at the pathway and I quickly dived into the room leaving her
and my mom in the parlour to their fate.
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“OK!, now am in a big mess what will I do,who will save me from this trouble?”.i soliloquies aloud
walking all over the room. I stare at the semi empty room took a quick glance at the weird of
bed,the ‘Ghana must go’ which contain all my cloths,the table in the Middle of the room and the
sowed cement bag which act as my bed and I became shy of everything around me.what will
happen to my friendship with Isabella if she find out the wisdom wealth who is been reffer to as
conqueror is sleeping in sack bag?. I know it is wrong to compare your self to others,i also know
there is nothing wrong in wishing for a good life, don’t I deserve to have what everyother kids of
my age are enjoying?, am I not good enough to live a life filled with wealth, happiness and
harmony?.how I wish my father is alive, how I wish he is here to see his son, his only eye,his
breath and shadow just like he usually call me before he met with the cold hands of death. I
thought so loud with tears gathering in my eyes threatening to break loose,i could here Isabella
and my Mom discussing coherently which I was unable to place my ear own.i tried to divert my
thought on them, concentrate on them and hear what they are discussing about but Ofcus I was
unable to hear them.i heard footsteps approaching the close door and my mind flew out of my
body, what if it is Isabella?, what if my mom told her to meet me inside?, my mind is totally filled
with trouble and curiosity, the fear of the unknown which I was unable to understand half of it.the
door open slowly and my mind calm down a little when I saw my mom walk into the room with an
expression which am unable to fathom if it is of good or evil and I quickly wipe the tears of my
eyes trying to maintain a happy mindset.
“your friend is here to see you and you are running away?”.my mum asked holding the door knob
and she came into the room.
“mom!!,I can’t…. “.
“shiiiiiiii, I understand son,just calm down everything will be alright,i know you wish to be like other kids out there but remember that some of your mates are in prison,hospital and some are even
dead, so no matter where you find yourself always give Glory to God, he knows the best and also
remember that am always here for you”.she added interrupting my statement which really help me
positively In great deal cos I would have burst into uncontrollable tears.
“take this money get some fried meat from mama chubuzor and six bottle of malt”.she added
handing the sum of two thousand naira to me which I collected cheerfully amidst smile.it was then
I realise whatever they discuss is perfectly in a good fate, though I don’t know if my Mom is doing
all this to make me happy but I must say she is Doing a perfect job in putting smile on my face.
“thanks mom”.i pronounced sharply with a cheerful smile.
“anything for you son”.she replied and I dash out from the room heading to the parlour.
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Isabella is seen seating comfortably on a wooden bench on the parlour when I got there and a
bright smile never seized from her lips as she stare at me Like though she wanted to read my
mind and I dashed out unable to maintain a good eye contact with her due to my uneasiness and
shyness.
I saw the car still packed outside with the guards inside waiting for Isabella and I quickly dashed
out heading to mama chubuzor shop to purchase the things that my mom sent me. I walk
sceptically with so many things on my mind and the thought of what will happen to our friendship
after today, overing on my mind. I was fully lost, control by my thought not realizing that am
already in the middle of the road when I heard shrink of a car tire followed by a loud trumpet
immediately and I heard :
“wisdom what are you doing?, do you want to kill yourself?”.the person shouted in my back and I
quickly ran out of the road to the left side.
“thunder go fire you o, no be me you go put for trouble idiot”.the driver shouted from the car.
“sorry sir “.i apologised bluntly.
“sorry for your self”.he added and drove out. I look at the side where I heard the first Voice before
and I saw ekenna coming today me with a singlet and a short and I waited for him.
“why you wan kill yourself na”.he asked when he as got to where I was standing.
“You won’t understand”.
“then explain to me and make me understand”.he retorted bluntly.
“no need for that, I know you, I know you Will start laughing when I tell you”.
“OK,tell me I won’t laugh”.he said and I shaked my head negatively. I know ekenna very well he
have the habit of laughing stupidly when you are telling him serious things,a habit which am not
ready to listen to this time around.
“is it about the Range Rover sport packed close to your house?”.he added and I became
surprised.
“how did you know?”.
“I just pass there now,is it because of it?”.he asked again.there are some category of people that It
is far better to announce something in the market than telling them and i am glad to announce it
bluntly that ekenna is one of them. but at this point I really needed someone to talk to,my mind is
fully occupied, I wish Vincent is Here with me I wish I could call him and talk to him. “yes, it is”.i elucidated facing my gaze on the floor and guess what!,the idiot started laughing so
loud which trigger my anger.
“you are just useless like the EA in tea,the letter ‘t’in listen and the double ‘ee’in gee pee tank”.i
bluntly elucidated Walking out of him when he grabbed my hand.
“I am sorry, I just cant help it than to laugh”.he apologized and I hissed.
“keep on laughing just leave me alone”.i shouted and I made to remove his hand from my hand
when I saw a mark that look familiar on his elbow. It look like a rounded viper with the number ‘7’
attached to it and it seems I have seen it before somewhere,in someone hand at prestigious kings
academy but I don’t seem to remember anything about it again, he quickly remove my hand and
took the hand backward when he noticed my eyes on the mark and I walk out in anger feeling the
piercing of his eyes on me but I never care or look back at him as I head straight to mama
chubuzor shop thinking so hard on where I have seen the tatoo before but was unable to, so I give
up and relent it to fate.
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I marched majestically with the meat well cooked and fried placed on a plate and the six bottles of
malt holded famely in my hand as I marched toward our house humming a song when suddenly, I
sight from a distance a black jeep stopping abrutedly close to the Range Rover then he came
down and I know instantly that they are Isabella parents.what are they doing here?,how did they
find her?”.i ask aloud walking faster this time,a Sunday shouldn’t be this bad.
“where is my daughter?”.i heard the man asking the guards in a baritone voice and the wife step
down from the car too.
“are you suddenly dumb?,I said where is my daughter?”.he asked again and I quickly ran inside in
speed drawing their attentions to me as the guard tried to speak pointing at me but I never wait to
hear what their reply will be.
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I dash into the house jamming the door which got my mom totally perplexed as she stood up
suddenly from the bench she sat with Isabella who was busy staring at the floor Like She already
knows why which I doubt.
“wisdom what is it again”.my mom ask bluntly and I pointed my finger out unable to speak due to
fatigue.
“they,they are outside”.i managed to say.
“Who?”.
“her parents”.i replied and my mom expression change to exactly the same on the day she
attacked uncle nick, a full bloody expression filled with anger.
“you mean okenwa and Victoria are outside? “.she asked again in a loud voice which procure
anger and I nodded in affirmative.
“Isabella,go out and tell your parents to leave my house “.she shouted at Isabella with sparkling
rage.
To be continue…………
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