TITLE: NAIJA LOVE EPISODE: 14 AUTHOR: Elsie * Who for Pete’s sake was this guy? Then he started walking back towards the sitting room. What to do? I bolted into the kitchen, grabbed a kitchen knife and stood behind the curtain by the kitchen door. I swear I was ready to defend myself, to kill if possible. I know! I had often times cringed when I saw gory pictures of violence and I have said that I could never hurt a fly. Believe me all that changes in a second when you are fighting for your life... As I stood in the dark; behind the curtain by the adjoining door to the kitchen, carving knife in hand, my heart palpitated and I could hear the roar of my blood through my veins and arteries in my head. He must have looked for me in the sitting room because... See more after the cut... he started calling my name, walking towards the kitchen. I was trembling too hard that I feared the knife would fall from my hand; I shook my head to clear my thoughts. For starters this dude was far bigger than my petite frame and for goodness sake he was a man, but at least I had the advantage of the element of surprise. I tried to pray but it was all jumbled up with ‘the grace’ Mum used to say before every meal when I was a kid. I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly as I whispered... “Dear God I can’t die like this Sir... don’t let me go out like this.” I heard his footsteps as he approached gingerly but with precision, Jeez! Who would have thought that the kind Dr. Eddy was one of the bad guys? What an odd and evil world we live in? A lot of things began to make sense, him to have happened to be there at the club when Muna was shot, him looking out for me, being there... Gosh!! I was just a big fool to have imagined that I had found a Knight in shining armor. I forced myself to return to the present, to be alert. Suddenly a switch turned and the whole dining area flooded with light, unfortunately the curtain I hid behind was a translucent lemon piece and I stood there exposed, knife in hand. Edidiong’s surprise flashed briefly on his face before his expertly hid it. Immediately it seemed like he switched tactics as he lowered his voice and said gently. “Baby have you gone crazy? What are you doing behind the curtain with my carving knife? C’mon Cassandra, I know you are scared and feel unsafe in a strange place but please babe give me the knife before you hurt yourself” Humph!!! what did he think I was? Stupid? I was having none of that cajoling... I cleared my throat as I said with as steady a voice as I could manage. “Don’t come near me Edidiong or whatever you call yourself or I will cut you.” “Why darling, what happened...?” I interrupted him. “I heard everything, I heard you talking to them.” He was looking at me like I belonged to the asylum but I tightened my grip on the knife as I said. “I heard you talking on the phone, to your people. You told them I was in your house and that you had the situation under control. What were you guys going to do to me huh? Tell me, do you work for Muna’s wife? Is that why you stalked me?” His confusion showed on his face, I was almost fooled with the look of hurt on his face... but then he lowered his eyes in shame. There! There was guilt on his face too. I jumped out from behind the curtain and waved the knife as I said. “You are going to let me pass, you will let me leave or else I swear, I will dig this deep into you.” He cocked his head to one side and narrowed his eyes as he said gently. “I’m sorry for keeping this from you for so long Baby.” My voice was shrill as I yelled. “Keep what from me Edidiong?” “Yes I had been following you, not to harm you; yes I was speaking to someone but... Baby that was your father. My heart lurched as I yelled. “whaaat?... WATCHOUT FOR EPISODE 15 BE FREE TO share your THOUGHT and * COMMENT with EPISODE 15
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 19:11:00 +0000
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