VALENTINE’S CITY
CHAPTER TWO
As she kept on talking, My cousin Mike came in and greeted her. They exchanged greetings, hugging and pecking each other. She asked Karen to please excuse us of which she did.
My cousin sent his hands in his pocket and removed my phone from his pocket and gave me with his left hand. I became scared and wondered at the same time how it was possible that Mike was able to get back my phone from the biker who snatched it and how was it possible that he knew the guy. I thought about asking him, but I was scared.
“ Emm… Mike, Emmm… How … How did you get the phone and how were you able to get to the man?”
“ Hey!! Was your problem how I will get the phone or Getting the phone. You don’t want the phone?”
“No.. nothing like that. Of Couse I want my phone and besides Thank you.”
I stood there observing and checking if everything was still in it. I thought to ask again who took it but when I raised my head up to ask I saw blood stains on the knuckles of Mike’s hands and I immediately became mute. I didn’t know if they were his or someone else’s. But I decided I wasn’t going to ask Anything again. I couldn’t stop at wondering why my cousin will get involved in such.
“ if he was able to get to this thief without me giving him any description, then he surely knows the person”
I thought to myself as I went to the kitchen to get something to eat.
“How’s mum?” He asked leaving the room to the living room.
“ She’s find. I left when she had just returned home form the hospital.”
“ And who were you leaving her with?”
“Mirabel is around. She won’t travel anymore.”
“ Ohh okay”
“And Besides, your mum is available. So she’s in great hands.”
I and Mike have been closed cousins for long. We went to the same secondary school and studied science together. It was only past year that we separated.
We were supposed to go to the same University, but because my mum had to be operated upon I stayed back. I stayed home with her for a year. My younger sister who was writing her Advance level at the time I had to go to the university, returned back home.
Mike was in fact my favorite cousin that’s why I decided I was coming to stay with him. Besides that his elder Brother who worked in the UK was the one sponsoring our rent and education.
I knew with time I will get to know him and he will eventually open up to me about the strange think I just witnessed.
It was 8: pm now and the dark clouds had overshadowed the sun and daylight raises. I went in had my bath and came out and Joined him in watching a movie. We were watching “ Guardians of the Galaxy”, when someone knocked on the door. This Time around Mike answered . It was Keren and she had brought us food. The aroma of the food could make you gulp saliva over and over.
“ Ahh, this one that You’ve brought food today like that, I hope your not falling for my cousin ohh Keren.?” Mike asked laughing hysterically.
“Ahh Mike, you are never around, each time I come by to give you food you’re no where to be found. Anyways this is for you and your cousin.” She handed the food to Mike and Left.
Mike came in and dropped the food on the table and asked if I wanted to eat more, which I refused. I had just Eaten before she was bringing in the food and so I couldn’t eat anymore despite the tempting aroma of the food.
Mike sat down and eat and after a while he had finished. He returned to the movie
After the movie finished we started talking and he began telling me the top secrets of VALENTINE’S CITY.
He told me that this quarter though in a student area, was one of the most dangerous quarter filled with prostitutes, armed rubbers and so much crime. He warned against making friends with neighbors around because most of them here were in cults, others were lesbians. Some didn’t even go to school. They lived here just to go about frolicking with students.
..…………..TO BE CONTINUED…………..
Nita
