I slept off while thinking of Anabelle, Daniel and my sister.
When I woke up, it was about 2:45pm so I went to the
kitchen to prepare lunch. Uncle cheatmaster wasn’t back yet
so instead of dishing out his food immediately, I dished out
just mine and got back to my room. After eating and
washing my plate, I decided to read since the last time I
opened my books was Friday evening. Junior WAEC was
coming up and I wouldn’t say I was very prepared but I was
ready. I read for about three hours taking little breaks until I
got really tired and bored. I was so tempted to call uncle
cheatmaster and ask when he would be returning but I just
couldn’t. He was probably busy and I didn’t want to disturb
so I went out to the street for a stroll.
I walked all the way to the end of the street and turned
around to head back home. As I was walking back home, I
felt like I was been watched which made me so
uncomfortable. I looked back and saw a car slowly driven
behind me. I kept walking like I hadn’t noticed until the car
pulled up beside me. I stopped and looked to my right where
the car had stopped. I saw that I didn’t know the man who
was behind the wheels so I started walking and even picked
up my pace when I saw the car still following me. I got
confused and really scared as to why I was being followed.
On getting to the gate, I told the gateman to lock the gates
as I was being followed by someone that I didn’t know and
he obeyed immediately. But as I was heading to the door of
the house, I heard a car horn. I thought about the man in the
car that I had just seen but I also remembered that uncle
cheatmaster wasn’t back yet. I stood at the front door of the
house watching Muhammad, the gateman go out of the
gate. At that point, I knew it wasn’t uncle cheatmaster
because he easily recognized when it was uncle
cheatmaster. I still stood there waiting and watching for
what was going to happen next. Finally, Muhammad came in
and opened the gates for the car to come in. My heart began
to beat faster when I saw it was the same car that was
following me. I thought Muhammad was crazy to have let
the man inside until I saw what happened next. The man
parked, got down from his car and went over to meet
Muhammad who was still closing the gates. Then,
Muhammad bowed, greeting him and hailingg him. He kept
shouting “oga oga” and I couldn’t understand. Then I heard
him say “Long time, oga” and my nerves were calm. I
guessed he must be a friend of uncle cheatmaster. They
greeted each other and I saw him give some naira notes to
Muhammad.
When they were done chatting, I saw him heading to the
door. By this time I already locked it and pretended like I
hadn’t been watching from the door. He pressed the bell
and I immediately left the corner where I had been peeping
through the window. I let him press the bell one more time
before I went over to open the door. I don’t know why
Muhammad didn’t tell him that uncle cheatmaster wasn’t
around.
“Good evening sir” I said, when I opened the door.
“Good evening, fine lady.” he replied.
He looked young just like uncle cheatmaster, if not a bit
younger. He had a nice outfit on with a breathtaking cologne.
I stood there waiting for him to say something.
“Is cheat around?” he asked but before I could reply, he
continued.
“My apologies, My name is Femi, I am cheat’s friend.” he
said, stretching his hands out for a handshake.
I shook him and replied him with;
“He isn’t around. He went out since morning and isn’t back
yet.”
“Oh! Wow! and do you know when he would be back?”
I shook my head and he looked really disappointed.
“I’m sorry.” I said to him, I don’t know why.
“That’s fine. It’s not your fault. I wanted to surprise him as I
haven’t seen him in a while but I guess I was in for a
surprise instead. Where would cheat go on a Sunday? Crazy
man.”
“Would you like to wait?” I offered, since we had been
standing at the door for about five minutes.
“Okay, I’ll see if I can wait.” he said and I opened the door
wider for him to come in.
As he sat down, I put on the television and dropped the
remote beside him and then asked what he would like to
drink.
“I’d have five bottles of beer. Ha ha! Just kidding. I’ll just
have water, thanks”
I don’t know if he found himself to be funny or charming but
that was just annoying, I thought to myself. I went in and
out of the kitchen, returning with a bottle of water and a
glass cup placed in a serving tray. I set it down on the table
and served him the water.
“Thank you, fine lady.” he said and I just faked a smile.I
didn’t even find it flattering. As I was about to head back to
the kitchen, he called me and asked to keep him company. I
was very nervous and didn’t want to stay but I wanted to be
nice to the guest so I sat on the couch opposite him. He
looked at me weirdly for a while before he started with his
questions. He asked a few random questions before asking
who cheatmaster was to me. I told him he was my uncle
and he looked very surprised. He hadn’t completed the
question asking how old I was when I asked to be excused. I
lied that I had left something on the fire. Why didn’t I think of
that in the first place? I don’t know why. I was feeling really
uncomfortable around him and I needed to leave his sight.
Not long after I was sitting on the kitchen stool trying to get
hold of myself, I heard him say,”Hello? Hello? Young lady?”. I
knew he was calling me as I hadn’t mentioned my name yet
so I stood up and went into the sitting room to meet him. He
was on his feet and saying he had to leave so I escorted him
to the door. But before he left, he asked for my name and I
replied “Mesonma.”
To be continued….
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