LOGINI was almost done bathing my babies and getting them dressed when one of the guards got to my side, bowed to me and told me Uncle Charles was in the guests lobby waiting to see me.Puzzled, I couldn’t recall having an appointment with him. Whenever I saw Uncle Charles nothing else came to mind than the murder of Jaden and I wondered what he had come to tell me now.I swallowed hard, anxiety rubbing off on my face as I pace up and down the room. “I hope he is not here to tell me Jaden is still alive or the police had caught up with us.” I whispered within myself, still scared to go to him.I guess Jaden had family and although he was a thug, definitely someone somewhere must be in search of him now. It was barely three months since we committed the secret murder and his family may be worried by now.Jaden had always told me about his niece that often checked up on him whenever he was out on the street and that his niece was his everything. If no one else looked out for him, his niece w
Smacking my lips and breathing uneasily, Prince Rueben’s face fell on my shoulders as he lay by my side, still stroking my hair. I grinned, gasping as he, and just by my left side was my sister sleeping helplessly at the mercy of drunkenness.“When are we going to stop this?” I mumbled into his face, our breath burning our nostrils, “I thought you had put an end to it when you started sleeping with her. I can’t stand this anymore.”His lips brushed mine before he replied, “I did it because of the oilfields. Suddenly Imelda had become the gateway to my inheritance and I can’t afford to lose it to that Samson of a man. The queen wants to play a fast one on me but I have to be smarter.”I cast a glance at my sister as she snored heavily and my heart melted; a voice reminded me,“In your sisters’ matrimonial bed and in her presence?”Quickly, I sprang up, tossed the duvet aside and caught sight of Rueben’s lustful eyes monitoring me as I squeezed into my gown. Quickly, he appeared behind
“Greetings my princess” the maids bowed, their eyes rolling in humility as Imelda cat-walked and tossed her head to the greeting.Once they perceived she had walked past, one of the maids stole a glance at her and feigned surprise, “I witnessed it a few nights ago. I placed my ears on their door when the prince deflowered her.”“Shush!” the other put a finger on her lips and dragged her to a corner, “You don’t say things like this in the open. Come on, you need to be careful. Now tell me your experience. You know you are the one appointed by the queen to spy on them. tell me I can’t believe she is still a virgin.”She smiled vacantly, and stared around. “Yes, she is. When I heard the queen mention it, I thought she was bluffing but I confirmed it on that night. She kept telling Prince Reuben to take it easy with her because she was still a virgin. Oh my god…”“This is unbelievable,” she other maid mumbled and stared round cautiously, “I can’t believe prince Rueben could be this wicked
Long live his majesty!Long live his majesty!The maids greeted prince Rueben as he and Kelly walked down the lawn. Kelly smiled the most.“Feels good to be royalty,” Kelly intoned and once Imelda came in sight, he reminded Rueben, “Have you noticed your pretty wife has been joyous since I came around? What could be responsible for it? Or may I know if the prince has done something remarkable to her?”Rueben had a weird smile, his shoulders so high in pride. He stared at Imelda with utter disdain yet avoiding her now was an obvious impossibility, “What more could make a woman leap for joy than her womanhood being crowned with the magical touch.”Kelly paused for one bit and would have stared around to see if that comment came from a third party. Prince Rueben gestured at him to join him in the open cottage which the maids had arranged with drinks and barbecue.Kelly stared at Rueben walk into the cottage; he was still thrilled down his heels. “Are you thinking what I am thinking?” Kel
Once I received a message from Uncle Charles, I headed to his house. The tranquility in his house welcomed me and I could see his shadow in the corridor. When I peeped, I saw him washing his hand hastily in the sink.A few steps to the sink, a bloodied pool of water was flushing through. He grinned and my gaze returned on the pistol in his waist.“It is done, Emily. That rotten maggot must be sinking down the deep of the lake right now.”“The lake?” I panicked and widened my gaze at him, as if to scrutinize what evil he had done.“Yes, the lake,” he affirmed and grinned before snorting and pulling out the gun from his waist and emptying the remaining bullets, “I had to dump his corpse in the Blackwood Lake, where no tourist or resident visits. That lake had been abandoned for decades now and nobody can envisage a corpse is in there.” He snorted and took out a cigar.“Are you sure we are safe, uncle,” I whispered, scared that someone may be eavesdropping on us. My breathing was heaving
The door creaked furiously and I barged in on Uncle Charles, who was pouring a mugful of coffee at the time.“What must have rattled your cage, Emily?” the thunderous look on my face forced out that question from his mouth and he stretched his arm, “Tea or coffee?”I kept pacing up and down, stroking my greasily-pressed hair and those green eyes of mine had given way for redness. I puffed my chin and winked terribly at the floor, still yet to reply my uncle who wouldn’t stop asking.“OK, can you have a seat,” he petted me and pushed me gently on the shoulders, “Come on settle down. Whatever it is we are going to sort it out. I guess a sip of this coffee will perk you up.” he dared to push the cup to my lips.And I tossed her head in refusal and winked anxiously, “I am in trouble, uncle and I wished this coffee can solve it instantly. There is fire on the mountain…”“I have quenched several fires in the past and none of it burned my shadow let alone me. I have got you covered, my dear







