WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 1 – 20
(Flashback)
GIFT OKORIE??
CHAPTER 5
“she brought that book, she brought that box, she gave me those things that cur$ed my life. And then she left me” she spat out with venom in her voice and I almost jumped out of my skin.
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WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 1 – 20
She stared at me for few minutes before averting her eyes which was already filled with tears.
I wanted to tell her that it was gonna be alright even though I have no idea what she was talking about but I have a hint that it has to do with the freaking cur$e thing or something.
Was it her mother who cur$ed her? But that is not possible, a mother can’t hurt her own child.
Well I can’t really say for since I don’t know the woman neither do I believe in ¢urses. I didn’t realise I was already hugging her. Her tears soaked my jersey but I didn’t care, she has suffered enough today to add it up with tears.
She cried in my arms for few minutes before she pulled back.
“it’s already late Dave, you should go, I’m fine now and thanks a lot for helping me” she sobbed out.
“it’s ok, I’m sorry for your parents” I said, although I wanted to ask her what her mother really did to contribute to her predicament but I decided that she doesn’t wanna talk about it.
“thanks, and I’m sorry I soaked your beautiful jersey with my miserable tears” she apologised.
“it’s ok. I have to go now; will you be fine” I asked with a concerned voice.
“I’ve always been fine Dave” she replied with a smile. I smiled back and stood up. She walked me out. I waved her bye and walked through the walkway only for me to be stopped by great darkness few steps away from the door as a result of the sparking of the shimmering blue and white light which ended up switching off completely making the whole compound to receive an unwanted visitor called darkness.
I brought out my phone and switched on its light, I turned to look at her and she smiled with embarrassment written on her face.
“it’s the cur$e” she defended.
“or perhaps you didn’t fix the light well” I asked with amusement, is she trying to pin this on a useless cur$e?
“dude it’s the cur$e, believe me, it happens sometimes” she whined.
“yea right”
“just go away Dave, you are making me sick right now” she complained and I chuckled and walked out missing her presence already.
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WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 1 – 20
MARICHUIY’s POV ?
He walked out and it felt like my mum left me again.
I sighed and walked back in to the lonely house where I’ve been waiting for the past three years for either de.ath to come and swallow me up or for my mum to come back and hug and tell me ‘…M, baby, it’s was just a joke, that box didn’t cur$e you, it was just an audition for a movie role and for you to pull it off I had to leave, I never actually left you baby’. But it never happened, each passing day I felt like I’ll never see my mum again. She’s gone. Was it because she knew that I’ll open the box and that if I do I’ll be cur$ed, was that why she left me, because she didn’t want to be the mother of the cur$ed girl? Or was she tired of me?
I walked to the couch and laid on couch, the memories of the times I spent with my mum began to flow through my mind like rushing river. the things we did together and how she left me.
WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 1 – 20
FLASHBACK
Bethany and I finished our assignment and she left, I leapt downstairs cause of my broken ankle, it hurts really bad.
I managed to get to the fridge to grab a can of milk, immediately I opened the fridge everything inside it crashed to the floor, the drinks broke, the eggs broke, the milk spilled, the snacks if not that they were all in packets would have splashed all over the floor, the fruits were scattered everywhere.
I don’t get it, I was careful while opening the fridge, even if I wasn’t it shouldn’t have been this bad. I bent to pick the one that were still manageable like the snacks, fruits, and packaged chicken.
“oh my God, M, did a tornado hit the kitchen” I heard my mum exclaim at the door. I sighed loudly.
“trust me mum, it was an invisible tsunami” I replied as I picked three apples. My mum picked up a broom and walked up to the fridge.
“how did it happen” she asked.
“I’m sorry mum, I opened the fridge to get a glass of milk and everything just crashed to the ground” I explained.
“did you shake the fridge before opening it” she asked as she swept the other spoilt things into a waste basket.
“that’s the ¢razy thing mum, I didn’t, I just finished my assignment with Bethany and decided to drink some milk to cool my head, I opened the fridge and everything crashed to the ground” I replied.
She sighed deeply, then walked out to dispose the trash. I turned to walk away only for me to miss a step and fell backward, I thought I blacked out but I heard my mum’s shout and saw her running to me.
“oh my God, my baby are you ok, did you get hurt?” she asked as she examined me.
“what happened” I asked her as I slowly stood up, my back hurts as if I was sliced with a sharp blade, but thank God there was no blood.
“I heard a crash sound, It was really loud, I ran back to know what it was and I saw you lying on the fridge” she explained.
So I fell on the fridge, no wonder why it hurts so badly, I turned to look at the fridge that doesn’t seem to like me today, wow, the double wings were completely crushed, but I don’t have such weight to crush a stick not to talk of double wings of a refrigerator. This is insane. I looked at my mum and her eyes were almost poping out of their sockets.
“mum” I called and she didn’t shift at all.
“mum” I called again as I shook her. She jerked back and smiled at me.
“I’ll get someone to fix it ok” she said.
“get the pots ready let’s make dinner, i’m going up to change” she added as she walked out of the kitchen.
I gave the ¢razy fridge a short look before getting things ready for dinner preparation.
WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 1 – 20
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