THE ADVENTURE OF AKOR
Episode 33
By Esther Ochoga
She came close and tap my shoulder and told me she’s my date… She asked if we can hangout in the closest bar. I checked again to be sure nobody is observing me with this lady and when I was convinced I told her that the person she was looking for is my brother and that my brother is my twin brother…
You are the one, there’s no brother anywhere… Do you know the stress I went through to trek from my house to this place? She said angrily
What if I am the one? You look nothing like the picture I saw online, why are you living a fake life? I never knew Facebook has started increasing nyash because this is not what I saw on Facebook…
What do you mean by that? Is it the physical attributes that is your problem or my character, I don’t have time for all this please give me transport let me go back to where I am coming from… She said
I should give you which transport? You said you trekked here na, which transport again?
This girl, you are getting on my nerves oooo… I try to start my bike but she hurriedly removed my key and told me I am not going anywhere…
What is your problem? Give me back my key or… Or what she said, give me transport now else you will regret meeting me…
I will not give you shishi… I now called her ‘asha’… before the ‘wo’ will come out to complete it ashawo, she gave me a thunderous slap and held my shirt up to my neck, I was surprised at the turn of event because everything was happening so fast… people started gathering and asking what the problem was, I told them nothing but she said it’s something…
She told them I am owing her and the people didn’t even care to know the truth but started telling me to pay her up. I tried to tell them I am not owing her but no one listens and some of the agberos were already giving me knocks on the head.
I put my hands in my pocket and gave her 1000 naira but she said it’s not enough, I gave her 2k before she gave me my key… When I finished with her and thought the problem was over, that’s when the agberos told me I must buy them drinks, I gave them 1k but before I knew what was happening, one of them gave me a knock at the middle of my head and it felt like he dug a hole in my head…
I started screaming like a madman and shouting, “I don die”… I was still nursing my pain when they removed my shoe, trouser and my shirt and told me that today is my lucky day or they would have removed my boxer and singlet…
They left and I just sat there trying to digest what just happened when a madman approached me and removed my socks from my legs and ran away…
I sat dumbfounded and started begging God for a miracle as the day was still a bit young… The miracle did not happened, I had to push my bike to a close by mechanic shop and pleaded with the man to let me stay till night fall… He accepted my plea and I thank God for coming to my rescue.
When it was dark enough, I took my bike and left. While on my way, I was stopped at a check point but I refused to stop and fired pass the officers but didn’t just pass without getting a whip from them… The pain from that one was on another level.
I finally got home and saw peter outside, I quickly went close to him and started narrating my ordeal but to my greatest surprise, Peter ignored me completely and went into his room, I stood dumbfounded again for few minutes…Then I went into my room, when I opened my door and sat down, fear gripped me suddenly as if something was not right, I looked around and….
THE ADVENTURE OF AKOR
Episode 34
By Esther Ochoga
I started hearing strange sound coming from behind my fridge, I jerked up and climbed my chair, I started wailing and asking myself how only me could be experiencing all this in a single day… I was still on my chair not knowing what to do next, I then put myself together and decided to check what’s behind my fridge…
It was a very big rat, I screamed but held my mouth because I don’t want anything that will make Peter to think I am missing him… I tiptoed to my door and opened it very wide, I started chasing the rat but it seems like the rat was determined to stay with me for the night…
At some point I was tired of the chase and I went to take my bath, after bathing I went straight to the fridge and took out the peppered fish I had there, I didn’t even warm it before eating… I finished eating, took some pain killers and went to bed.
I woke up in the morning feeling a very sharp pain in two of my fingers, I checked and saw some blood, I looked closely and realized that the stupid rat ate my fingers because I didn’t wash my hands properly after eating…
I started packing everything out of my room because I can’t allow common rat to bite me and go free in my own house, I took most of my things out but didn’t find the rat, I opened my small cabinet were I keep my garri and saw the rat jumping out of the bag, I started chasing it and it was running around with no where to hide… After sometimes, the rat ran out of my room and enters Peter’s room.
Immediately the rat entered Peter screamed and ran out…
He came and told me I have just 5min to get my rat out of his room… I looked at him and ask him why he is still so mad at me. Could you believe that, that common boy called Peter ignored me completely?
I hissed and went into his room only to realized how much Peter has furnished his room, I was surprised to see the furnitures and the new plasma TV… I was staring when he came in and told me to stop my evil thoughts and get the rat out of his room… I started looking for the rat and found it behind his bed, I immediately told Peter to open the door, he did and climbed his bed… I threw a stick at the rat and it ran out of the room…
Peter went to the door and started showing me the way out… Guy what is wrong with you? Guys don’t keep malice na, whatsup with all this attitude?
Akor, can’t you see I am better off without you? Please I am engaged and about to become a husband. The friendship we had in the past should be in the past, the only thing that can join us now is our neighborship… he said
What is neighborship? Do you even think I have your time? Who do you think you are? You think I don’t know it’s Vicky that is paying your groom price and sponsoring the wedding?… He was silent and this made me so upset.
I left him and prepared for work, I went to work that day and while having lunch at mama odashi’s kitchen, guess who walked in? It was Betty…
She saw me but hid her face, after buying what she came for and was about leaving, I quickly rushed to meet her up…
Hey, how are you doing I said smiling…, she asked me if we have met, I looked around to see if she was talking to someone else… I told her it’s me Akor…
Is Akor, a name of a person, animal, place or thing she asked… I was silent for some seconds but before I could give her a befitting answer she already left… huh Women!
While sitting there, I was just feeling so empty without Peter to talk to… I thought about the whole thing and realized I have done him wrong, I went to a supermarket close by and bought whine am chewing gum… I went home immediately to deliver the whine and tender my unreserved apology… I stood outside his room for planning on what to do to make the apology worthy of his forgiveness… Do you think Peter will forgive me?
TO BE CONTINUED…
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