Letter II
532 Words
Chapter 5...
I opened the envelope which contained 5000naira and a letter which only said'' Thank you for your accommodation and keeping my secret''. I only chuckled and the little angel wanted to know what happened when I said ''Let's eat'', to divert her attention from the letter.
After eating, she said '' Can I call you small mum?''. I smiled and said ''yes''. A memory came to my view and I thought that my sister was the only one who called me small mummy. After discussing with promise, she said her birthday was in two weeks time and so I didn't want her to feel like she was a nobody. I mean someone without parents. I promised to give her a surprise package and she was glad.
I made up my mind to enrol her in a school because she was like my younger sister who enjoyed schooling. Immediately we finished discussing, Promise yawned and so went to the bedroom and fell asleep. I heard a knock on the door which seemed to be familiar. I tried to recall out of my memory was vain. Though I opened the door but saw no one.
I looked around but my eyes got another enveloped letter at my entrance. When I saw the letter, I quietly recalled the knock. It was like that of potiphar's. It sounded like his, Am I sure?. These questions ran through my mind. Questions like do I love him?, Why am I having this feeling?. What is this sisterly love am having for Potiphar.
I picked up the letter and it said; '' How are you?''. I am sure you want to know about your family. I felt this is the right time you need to know about them. Well, for more information, see me!''. I was shocked. What does Potiphar know about my family?. Is he my brother?. I felt somehow in my mind. Nevertheless, after reading the letter, I threw the paper on the floor and so I ran towards the staircase since the elevator was no longer functioning, going down the stairs. When I got downstairs, I saw a black person with a black hair, so I ran towards the person.
Unfortunately, it was the wrong person. I became confused because I ran into three different hands that did look like him. Then I returned back home.
On getting home, I met promise awake then looking at the wall clock. It was seven o'clock in the evening. Imagine I used five hours to look for potiphar, not knowing why I had gone to look for him.
I was having serious headache while looking at promise. I could feel and see in her eyes that she was full of questions. I knew she wanted to ask me questions but the ache on my head was severe. So I dashed into the bathroom and had a bath. Suddenly I heard promise cry out in a loud and terrifying voice, saying,'' Small mummy''. Her voice sounded cold like ice, she was shivering like she was in the snow, her legs were shaking as if she had fever. Actually, this was her first time calling me '' Small mummy".
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