STRANGE NEIGHBOURS
EPISODE-SEVEN
I watched Raymond suspiciously all through the day at work until it was closing hours.
I hurried towards the bus station so that he wouldn’t pick me up with his car.
He was faster than I was.
I ignored him and stopped a bus but surprisingly, he waved the driver off and the driver drove off.
I glared at him. “I am not entering that car today”.
He sighed. “I saw the way you were looking at me through out today and I knew that something was wrong”.
“There is nothing wrong”. I avoided his eyes.
“You are wary of me, obviously. I will only tell you anything you want to know only if you ask. Get into the car”. He entered his car.
I rushed into the car. “I want to know everything about you, Raymond Smith”.
“Everything like what?”
“Everything like why you are a spy”.
“Spy?what are you talking about?”.
“I saw you that day when you received a phone call from chief Harry! You packed in to our area to kill chief Harry and my father”.
“You met him?”
“Who?”
“Nightwalker?”
“Who is Night walker?”
“Chief Harry’s PA that disappeared for ten years. Is he back?”.
“You know about him?”.
“He is with the evidence that will implicate chief Harry and your father”.
“My father? What did my father do?”.
“Eavedrop on your father’s phone calls and you will have a clue”.
I had already turned on the generator at the backyard when I heard a car drive into Raymond’s compound.
I rushed towards it.
It was Annabelle!!!
She gasped immediately she saw me. “So it was true? You were truly Raymond’s neighbour?”.
I didn’t even know what to say.
I just stood right there watching her.
She glared at me. “Since you want to play the game, then I am ready to play the game with you”.
“What game?”.
“You should know what I am talking about”. She walked into Raymond’s house.
She had a spare key to his house!!!
We were having dinner at the dining room.
My younger brother was telling us about his lecturers and we were laughing at the fun of it when we heard a knock at the door.
It was Micheal Cole.
I trembled immediately I opened the door and saw him.
Before I allowed him in, he had already walked in.
He prostrated before my parents.
My mother glared at him. “Micheal Cole, what are you doing here?”.
“I came to ask for forgiveness for what I put your daughter through. Now, I am ready to be a man. I am ready to officially court your daughter”.
I glared at him. “What do you think you are doing, Michael?”.
Christiana jumped excitedly. “I am so happy for you, big sister. Happy married life in advance”.
“I can’t accept Michael anymore”. I said firmly.
“You have already accepted him”. My father concluded.
My brother shrugged. “Big sis, which one do you prefer? Micheal Cole or alhaji Hakeem?”
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