DREAM WAKE --- {COMPLETED} ☑️

DESTINY WAITS - II

Chapter 5

We will meet eventually - Destiny beckons.

E Y A R E

They say marriage gets easier as the days progress, but I've got to tell you, my case is different.

Osagiede got on my nerves over the next few days, so much that I decided to take my mum up on her words, not to ascend the throne --- definitely not. More like travel to my home town instead and make a holiday out of it.

After booking a flight to Benin, I began tidying up things at the office.

Not having anyone to take over the reigns was definitely going to put a strain on my business, but I was able to leave the few things left in the capable hands of my secretary.

The flight home was peaceful, save for the intermittent dismal weather reports on the tiny Tv in front of me, so I switched it off.

Once in Benin, I collected my small luggage, passed through customs and the usual airport issues and made my way outside.

There the family driver stood, a bit more grey around the beards, but still the same jovial man I remembered him to be.

"Small oga, hope sey plane no do gizz gizz for air?" He asked this, all the while glancing at me in the rear view mirror, a habit he hadn't yet let go off.

How he always managed to take my parents to places and get them there in one piece was always, and still is a mystery to me.

Nevertheless, I was not at peace with him continually peering at me instead of keeping his eyes on the road. I needed to do something about it.

"Uncle Efe ... I think I saw your wife back at the airport." I made sure to keep quiet then to allow my words sink in before I continued speaking again, this time, putting a note of worry in my voice. "She looked very angry."

This time it was his turn to go deathly quiet. He turned stock still in fear, so still, I was scared we would really have an accident. Luckily his eyes stared straight ahead, fixated on the road, not a word slipped past his lips for the rest of the journey.

Now free to munch on the snacks my mom sent, I gazed at the scenic view as the car sped on.

Thick forest blanketed both sides of the road, almost fighting for space with the tarred road we were passing through.

Father had told me a tale or two about animals living inside the forest. One such story clung to my mind, not letting go.

It was a tale of how he and grandfather went inside the forest with some huntsmen to hunt for game. They happened on an elephant and killed it.

A part of me thought it was true, while the other less - believing part didn't.

Stories of grandfather's great hunting prowess floated around the palace and the town at large, of how he always caught large game when he ventured into the forest.

So no, it didn't really surprise me that he had caught an animal. But an elephant?

I shook my head disbelievingly, peering at the thick forest as we sped by.

My pupils widened when I saw a horn extending from a huge body with f . . .

Naah! That obviously wasn't true.

It had to be a trick of the light.

Or was it?

I shook my head to dispel it of whatever had taken over and continued munching.