Chapter 12 Slumped at the dinner table, my brows furrowed and face tightened into a grimace. While my mom and dad were busy having there fills.  "What's up?" My mom asked, raising her brows, her tone casual and light. “Why are you not eating?”she asked softly. “Ahem..” I cleared my throat and gulped. “My friends; they are going out” I replied; scowling at her plate of banga soup. “Ah! ah!!” She exclaimed with mouth wide open. “See me see trouble oh. So if your friends are going out, how does that stop you from eating? I begi carry your eba and swallow. I said eat my friend.” She replied; moulding her eba into a ball. After moulding, she dipped the round yellowish ball inside the reddish soup, stirred it for a while like she was exploring its thickness. The soup was the colour of palm oil. It was adorned with sumptuous meat and fish that my mouth salivated and my stomach rumbled.

Chapter 14 ___ÈÑD ÔF FLÀSHẞÀÇK___“So where you able to put the puzzle back together again?”My mom inquired.“Nahh..”Dad replied; shaking his head.“I tried my best... but I couldn't fix it... Of all days, I didn't know why baby Kayla and her mom decided to visit us that day. I was boiling hot, I didn't know if I should spank that babe for disorganizing the cube”“Heya” My mom replied; shaking her head. “After that day...”Dad said and trailed off.“After that day what happened?”My mom inquired.Dad slowly turned his head to mom's direction, but too slow and robotic. And when he spoke his voice trailed slowly, like his words were unwilling to take flight. There was this sudden aura of grey around him, an aura which had not being there at

Chapter 16 I drew in my breath, and let it back out with a loud sigh. From the front porch the street came into view like a high-definition movie. The kids and I strolled into the street winded ahead of us like a flowing river, people clustered the street, people moving here and there, vehicles moving up and down. As we walked down the street, my eyes flickered back and forth admiring the brightly painted buildings. The houses were identical in shape and size but no two were the same. They were of different colors, yellow, white, blue, red, green and every color you could think of; we came across many stores but I ignored them and kept on strolling with my cousins. I wanted to use my opportunity to explore the town. I wasn't scared of losing my way back home, because there was a very long mast opposite my house. If ever I lose my way back home, I would use the mast to trace my way back home. After much pressure from the kids, we finally came to a stop, in

Chapter 18   The bullet whizzed through the air, but as it got closer the fired bullet floated through the fragile air and missed my chin by a hair’s-breadth. “AaaRrrGghh”He growled with gritted teeth and pulled the trigger again, but this time the trigger wouldn't move.“Damn!”He cussed. “Come on, shoot you fucking piece of shit”he let out, smacking the butt of his gun with his palm. I tried to move but swiftly he pointed the gun at me. “If you move I'm going to blow you up”He threatened.“Pull you GAWD damn! trigger”He cussed again, pulling the trigger, with tensed muscles.I swear watching him struggle with the trigger made me want to laugh. I had to bite my lower lip and quickly look away, before a mischievous grin spreads upon my face again. I tried to keep myself aloo

Chapter 20.  The old houses in the street were all silhouettes. Now it was difficult to tell that the wooden homes, mud houses and brick buildings had roofs that looked rusted and stained like blood. Dim street lights were scattered along the street, some bent and broken, others old and rusty. The glow they gave off was eerie, but at least each streetlight provided little comfort against the night. Wind gently blew the sickly smell of rotted garbage from GAWD KNOWS WHERE and stray dogs wagged their tails as they roamed about some garbage. When we emerged from the old street, the new street was brightly Illuminated with electric bulbs that flooded the city like sun shine. People were still bustling here and there, stores where still open, and kids were still playing outside.PHEWI breathed a sigh of relief. This place, It's looked very familiar. I had a strong feeling of DEJA VU as I let my eyes roam the street. I