This Chapter is dedicated to someone I'm lucky to call a friend,Ewanliefoh Beracah
She felt groggy from her nap and took a sip of the Fanta she had bought earlier, immediately she felt a very sharp pain in her abdomen that made her buckle her knees and groan in agony. She drew in short breaths as the pain grew stronger.
She dragged herself slowly to the door leaving a trace of blood behind.
"Ch-Chidinma", her voice came out as a whisper. She saw nothing but darkness, she knew she wasn't going to make it.
She began to shake and her mouth began to foam.
Everyone in the hostel heard it, it pierced through the joyous chats, putting everyone in silence. The scream was the kind that promised to give everyone agony. Mama Nkechi, the girls' matron rushed to the scene. The blood drained from her face as she stared at the still body.
Aize stood at the far end of the room sobbing, she was the one who found the body. Mama Nkechi quickly called Miss Magaji who appeared almost immediately. Chidinma watched as everyone gathered round the room. The junior girls in their loose wrappers were whispering,all looked frightened.
"Alright everyone, please calm down", Miss Magaji said as she approached the body.
"How can we calm down?! There's a dead body for Christ sake", Emerald spat, glaring at Miss Magaji.
"We can't stay here with a dead body", Uyai said, wiping her tears.
"Would you all just quit saying body! She has a name",Ebosetale said angrily.
After she and Mama Nkechi had managed to calm the students down, she called some morticians to take the body away and had cleaners clean out the room.
Soon enough everyone in school was aware Berakah was dead. Her roommates had evacuated the room and gone ahead to lodge with their friends.
The boys had heard and hadn't taken it well but Zite was a big mess. He'd seen when the morticians took her body and had moved towards the body,he stopped them and knelt down close to the body pulling it close to him with shaky hands, crying heavily.
Now he sat with Moses and Victor, looking mentally drained. Victor rubbed his shoulders trying to comfort him while Moses ran his fingers through his hair looking devastated.
"Do you think your dream had
to do with this?", Goldie whispered to Chidinma as she sat on her bed.
Chidinma shook her head,"I...I", her voice came out croaked so she tried again,"I don't know."
"It's okay, don't worry everything will be fine", Goldie rubbed her shoulders and hugged her. She shook her head. Somehow she felt this was just the beginning.
As if reading her mind, Goldie said,"But what if this is the beginning? What if your dream actually means someone or something is out to kill us?"
"It's just one death", Chidinma said.
"Does it have to be two before you believe?"
She knew Goldie was right. She hoped to God that her dream was really just a dream.
"I think..."
She cut Goldie off immediately,"We shouldn't discuss it right now", she stared at Emerald who sat beside Aize, finding the body had made her sick. She'd vomited twice. Chidinma noticed how Emerald didn't even seem shaken by the event.
"I'll be right back", she said to Goldie and went out.
"Are you okay?",her voice caused him to whip his head to her.
"I'm sorry for startling you", she said as she followed his gaze. He was watching the school gate that was tightly shut.
"Are you okay?", she asked again as she stared deeply at him.
"I'm fine",he said, giving her a reassuring smile.
"I was just... I mean, I don't do well with dead bodies. I don't like seeing them".
"No one does", Chidinma replied staring at the school gate that was suddenly open. A police car drove in and parked right in front of them. A female officer dressed in black got down and Miss Magaji appeared.
"Welcome detective", she said with a strain in her voice.
"You must be the principal, I'm Laura Udobuzor. After you contacted the deceased parents, I was asked to investigate", Laura replied, stretching her arm out for a handshake.
"Of course, please let's step into my office", Miss Magaji said, leading the detective to the administrative building.
Naeto and Chidinma watched, the detective gave them a small smile before following Miss Magaji.
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Mystery / Thriller"Abeg extension will soon start and we'll be in school while everyone's at home let's eat now that we still can", Goldie said. "What do you mean by that?", Chidinma said. "I watched a movie where a group of students were staying in school and things...
