"Where exactly are we going?" Amanda asked Frederick.
He was quiet for a while before answering," I don't know. Anywhere. We have to find Anita"
Amanda sighed. She shut her eyes and he heard her whispering.
"What are you saying?"
There was no answer. He glanced at her to make sure she was alright.
"Amanda?"
Her eyes flew open," I wasn't talking to you"
"You were talking to yourself?"
She rolled her eyes,amused," I was talking to God,silly. I was praying"
"Ohh. You were suddenly still,then I heard whispers and your eyes were closed. Lot's of crazy things have been happening, I panicked". He smiled,then laughed at himself
"I understand" she turned to look out through her window and her eyes caught sight of a familiar figure riding with a motorcyclist.
She looked more carefully and realised it was someone she knew well.
"Frederick, Frederick! It's Anita! Look!" She pointed.
He turned and also saw her." Who knows where she's going? Let's follow her"he suggested and immediately changed directions.
They maintained a respectable distance from the motorcycle but followed it closely. But, unfortunately,they met with a heavy traffic on the way and the motorcycle was getting farther and farther away from them quickly because it could squeeze into spaces that their car couldn't.
"Damn it, she's getting away!" Frederick said.
Amanda shook her head." I won't let her" she flung open the door and got down.
"Amanda! What are you doing?"
"Going after her!" She said and shut the door. Before he could consent or not,she quickly crossed over to the other side,waved down a motorcycle and pointed to the one Anita was riding on.
"Follow them" she said.
The motorcyclist nodded and she swung herself onto it.
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The tarred roads gradually began to turn into sand and from sand to grass. Amanda wondered where Anita was actually going to,what was she coming to do in this type of place?
She decided it was too dangerous to keep going into this bush with a motorcycle,what if Anita happens to hear the sound behind her and turn?
She stopped the motorcycle and got down,paid the driver and began to run after Anita.
Her motorcycle stopped only a few moments later and Anita got down.
She saw Amanda's motorcycle receeding in the distance and frowned,but didn't say anything or look around for an intruder.
She paid her driver and he turned his motorcycle around, relief clear on his features.
Anita finally surveyed her surroundings and Amanda quickly ducked behind a tree.
She waited for the motorcyclist to drive past her before she came out of hiding and resumed walking.
After a few minutes of trekking behind Anita and ducking behind trees now and then, Amanda finally realized where Anita was going.
She saw a red-thymed shrine with skulls decorating almost every inch of it. She hoped to heaven that those weren't real human skulls.
An old man was sitting on the floor in the middle of the shrine, chanting and staring in concentration at the white cowries at his feet.
His attire was red as well,and he had bushy white beards with a bald head.
