GHOST (The Shadow in the Dark)

Part Thirty Seven

      I ran down to the gate but did not see him, I stopped feeling his presence as soon as entered my room making me to panic. I took my phone and sent him a message.
'I can't feel you.'
I was so relieved when my phone blinked almost immediately.
'Cause I'm far away and you are panicking. I love you Emmanuella.'
He was right, I never noticed it until his message. I could not feel his presence anytime I panicked.
I read the message for a long time fearing it would disappear. I checked the time and it was just past 9:00 AM. It was going to be a long wait.
I went to the kitchen to wash but it was neat and sparkling. It was then I noticed my room was also clean. I opened my wardrobe and it was neatly arranged and my bag was zipped. I became afraid to enter my bathroom, it was not clean and I would not be able to write about the other stuffs. I slowly opened the door and breathed a sigh of relief, he did not enter the bathroom. I immediately started cleaning the bathroom and it took me thirty minutes to make it sparkling clean.
Then I went to wash all my dirty clothes. I called Ken after but he did not pick. I sent him a message begging him to pick his call but he still did not pick. I sent him a video begging him to talk to me, I did not want to lose him. I just did not understand how the mind worked, there was no way I would chose him over Ghost but I still felt hurt that he was not talking to me.
I ate, watched films but the first time, I watched something other than Zombie movies. I watched the first two Fast and Furious and cried because I had read online that Paul Walker was dead but I also knew it was because I had lost a friend. I kept looking at the time wishing it to run faster. I did not want to text Ghost because I was afraid it would not go, I just wanted to wait for the dark.
My phone started ringing around 6:00PM, I rushed at it thinking it was Ghost but it was Ken, I was even more excited as I picked the call. There was no sound from his side.
"Hi Ken" I said after waiting for him to speak which he did not.
There was still no answer.
"Ken please talk to me."
"Ella, I don't understand why you are still calling me. It's better if we go our separate ways."
"But I told you my heart belongs to him, I told you I want you as a friend."
"And I respected your decisions but you have to also understand me Ella. I love you with all my heart and I'm hurt not angry with you."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry I used you."
"You did not Ella. What hurts me more is I can't be angry with you. I'm no match for Ghost, I was with you throughout your living dead mood and I understand..."
"Wait I never told you his name."
He did not answer.
"Ken."
"I spoke with him... you are not supposed to know, he called me and we talked."
"Talked about what?"
"It's guy's talk Ella. I'm sorry I made you feel bad but that was not my intention. You have no reason to feel bad but it does not change the fact that you are the first girl I fell in love with and I lost to a better guy."
"So are we still friends?"
I could hardly breathe waiting for his reply.
"Yes Ella, I will try my best. Friends."
"Thank you Ken, thank you."
"Take care of yourself. I warned him not to mess up, I will be watching. I will call you later."
"Okay."
He cut the call and I felt tears run down from eyes. I wished I knew what they talked about, I was definitely going to ask Ghost.
My phone blinked at 8:00PM.
'I'm waiting outside.'
I was ready and standing by the door. It took me less than a minute to get to the gate. He was on the bike looking tall and sexy like he always did. I was just so excited, I ran and threw myself against him.
"Can you be like this forever, I like the new you" he said.
"I'm just happy to see you" I climbed the bike and held his waist, resting my face on his back.
"I would like to go somewhere with you one day."
"Where?" he asked but his voice was husky.
"The hill, I never knew there is a hill until I went to the river, it was so beautiful..."I paused.
I remembered what happened at the river. He did not respond but ignited the bike and sped off. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the warmth of being close to him and thinking of the best way to thank God for bringing him back to me. The ride was not smooth at all. He kept bumping on what I did not know, not the way it felt when we had always gone to the river. He halted the bike making me raise my head. It was not too dark because the moon and stars were in attendance. I could see my environment without a torch. We were not at the river, we were rather very close to the hill. I looked at him and his silicone mask. He was operating his goggle.
"Okay, I got the path" he said before I could ask where we were going to.
He was such a romantic guy, he was taking me to the hill.
"Thank you" I said hugging his back.
"I hope you will feel the same when I hug you back. I don't remember telling you I've lost my current."
I started laughing knowing fully well what he meant. He ignited the bike and I closed my eyes again and held him very tight as I felt the bike rising. It was like we were going to fall. I started panicking and felt relieved when the bike stopped.
"Okay you can come down now" I raised my head.
"Wow. Wow wow" I shouted jumping down.
"Take."
I grabbed the goggle and raised my head after putting it on. The sky was so beautiful and it was like I was on top of a mountain overlooking the valley. We were not on settlements. Just some grasses that were sparsely spaced and not too bushy. I turned round as I looked up with my hands outstretched.
"You will soon start staggering if you continue turning."
I stopped and looked at him. He was setting the tent. My eyes caught the river. I could see the river from where I was standing. I was enveloped with nature.
I followed him in after he had set the tent.
"Shoot, what is the something else. I am not going to marry you except I see your face." I had been waiting patiently for night to come to know.
He did not answer but stared at me.
"Stop staring and me like that."
We were sitting facing each other.
"Like what."
"Like you want to pounce on me."
"You have no idea of the thoughts going through my head Ella, pounce on you is too light a word."