Life after death

Episode 16

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Tomorrow early in the morning, Samuel went to his wife's bedroom in other to check her health. He found out that up to then, she is busy sleeping. He stay hummed for like three seconds, and then he put his hand at her chest in other to check her heart beat. Her is beating normally. Samuel gasp out warm air and then walk outside.

Everything is already arranged, because their house girl, the one that is cooking food them she is back. She came at this early morning, and immediately when she entered inside the house, she went to the kitchen and prepare the meals for them.

Samuel feels very happy, especially when he sow the way that she arranged everything for them.

John is busy sleeping, he didn't even wakeup. While when their father went to the Emily's bedroom he did not found her there.

He is by then went to the house girl. He asked her whether she know where did Emily goes.

The house girl shake her head and also said with her full confidence. " Since the time that l came back, l did not see Emily. Even me, l went to her bedroom, but l didn't found her there."

Samuel is by then, he quickly open his eyes amazingly and aslo very scared. " What are you saying? You mean since that early morning Emily is not in the house? So, where did she go?"

He asked in an interrogative manner, and afraid too.

Is by then, he heard the John's voice, while he is shouting in a very louder voice from the bedroom that they slept together.

Samuel is immediately turned back, and aslo walk to the room very hasty, and aslo while shouting in a louder voice. " John! John! John!"

John is busy shouting with all his voice, and aslo calling for a help. While shouting, John is saying. " Please help me! Daddy where are you? Daddy come and help me!"

Immediately when Samuel is reach to the bedroom, he met Emily at the door, trying to come outside the bedroom.

He trace his eyes look towards her amazingly, but she is not the thing that is busy bothering him. His attention is all on john that is busy calling for a help. He even push at the moment that he try to enter the bedroom.

The house that lift at his back, when she sow Emily. She is by then start chuckling, because she really liked her very much. The house said while looking at the Emily, after when she lift her self toward the Emily's position. " Emily where have you been? Since the time that l was been in the house, l didn't see you."

Emily did not say anything back to her, infact she is by then continue standing as if she is not the one the house is talking to.

The house feel amazing, she even placed her hand on her shoulder, and then said. " Emily! Why did you keep quiet while am talking to you?"

Before, Emily is looking at the downward, but immediately when the house girl is placed her hand at her shoulder. Emily is just raise up her head very hasty, while looking at the house girl in scare with her swallowed reddish eyes.

The house is by then, push her self back very quickly. Because of the way that she see all the Emily's nature has changed as if she is not the one. The house girl is actually get afraid of what she see.

The house is by then keep her eyes looking at the Emily very afraid.

When Samuel entered inside the room, he sow John on the bed, inside blanket he even covered him self. And up to then, he didn't stop calling the daddy's aid.

Samuel went to him, and remove the blanket away from his body. And then he wake him up and also sit on the mattress. 

John refused to open his eyes, up to them, his eyes are very tied close, and also all parts of his body are shaking.

The father is by then start asking about what did he see. And also what is making him scaring like this.

John refused to say anything, but he is busy saying very afraid. " Daddy please help me! Daddy please help me! She want to catch me! She want to catch me daddy!"

Samuel is by then pick him up on his arm to the downstairs at their sitting room. He is by then, lay him a the plaint sofa and also place his head on his laps while looking at his face. One of his hand is inside the John's hair, while the other hand is at the John's body.

The house is immediately follow Samuel at his back, because she is very afraid about the nature that she sow Emily inside.

Emily did not follow them to the downstairs, and she did not say anything to any one of them. She is just stay at the upstairs, and also keep her eyes looking at all what they are doing.

Samuel is start feeling reproach and indictment, because of all what is happening since from yesterday to today. When John is start coming back to his normal sense, then Samuel trace his eyes look to the upstairs toward Emily. That she didn't even bother about the situation that her blood young brother is inside.

Samuel is by then, said to himself deeply inside his mind. " Why do this girl is behaving like. Definitely, there must something wrong, but know matter it is, l will get back to her as soon as possible.

John is by then start coughing, Samuel ask the house to quickly run to the house and brought water for him.

When she went, Samuel is again raised his head upward, in other to Emily that is busy looking at them, with any consign. But at this moment, he didn't found at the palace that she was been before. He is by then get scared too, because the time that he removed his eyes veiw on her, is few seconds. And now, before he even notice, she disappear form his eyes veiw.

He start looking at the places sorround him, whether he can found her in-between. But he didn't found her there.

He gasp and also shook his head, immediately at the same moment he heard the house crying from the kitchen seriously.

He said freely to him self, and while scaring. " What is happening now?"

He is by then try himself in other to stand up. John is immediately hold his shirt, and said very scary while his voice is shaking. " Daddy please don't go and leave me here!"

"Hummmm!" Samuel breath out warm air, he is by then carried John and placed him at his shoulder, because is seems like John cannot walk on his feet to the kitchen. When they went, he sow the house on the ground. He injured her led, near to her ankle, and blood is even bleeding. She is also injured her mouth, there too the blood is bleeding.

The is immediately get a serious confusion, on how comes did she injured her self like this, and also such type of many blood is bleeding.

He is first keep John at one place nearby, and then he help the house girl in other to stand up and wash away the blood.

The girl is seriously crying, after when she finished washing the blood, by then Samuel and John are all been at the sitting room. When the house is back from the toilet.

Samuel is first went and carried the first aid box from other room. He treats the injuries and aslo give her a paracetamol tablet, so that she get recover from the fever that she is suffering with. 

After when she taken, Samuel is by then start asking about what has happened to her in the kitchen.

The girl is by then said while wiping the tears that has showered on her cheeks. " When l wnet, immediately when entered l just start hearing like someone is lifting his feet at my back. I get shocked, but if l try to shout, l even used to found out that my voice is not proceeding loudly, and l don't know why. "

She is by then, gasp a warm air out, and then she continues. " Is at the moment, something is catch my ankle and also pull backward and forward, and then the thing that hold my ankle is just push me down on the ground, that is why l injured my mouth. When l open my eyes, is by then l sow blood has already start bleeding out from my body."

Samuel is by then gasp and also put his hand at his mouth. He stay hummed and also quite. He is by then trace his eyes look towards the two sympathy children. 

Samuel is again raised his head upward, he shouted in a louder voice. While looking at her bedroom. " Emily! Emily! Emily! Come here now!"

She didn't answer the yelling that her father is proceeding, infact she didn't come out as the way he yell her. 

Samuel is get confused, he asked the two children to stay at the sitting, but him he is going to her bedroom and see what is going on.

The both children were all stand up and lift toward his position very afraid. They said after when they stand at his back. " We are going to follow you. Daddy please don't go and left us, we want to follow you please."

He hold their hands, and him he stay at their center to her bedroom.

John is seriously afraid, he hold his dad's hand very tied. Immediately when Samuel is start lifting his feet inside the bedroom, while the children are eat his back. Because they are every afraid of the Emily.

They both sow her sitting at the center of the bedroom, and she is busy crying with more tears on her cheeks.

They all feel amazing, Samuel is the first that lift to her position and also hold her palms, while busy pressing them at the same time.

He said in slow voice, while raising her face up. " My darling! What is happening? And why are you crying like this?"

She is by then throw away the dad's hand from her palms. She just went to the bed and lay down in pamper and whispering. 

Samuel is follow her to the bed and also start clearing the tears for her. He said while touching her blackish hair. " My daughter! What is wrong with you now? And you heard the moment that all these was happened to your partners, John and your friend Niya. But you didn't say anything to them, and you didn't say anything to anyone. You just ignored all of us, which is very-very bad my darling."

Emily reply back to her daddy in pampering voice, and also while bending her head toward one side. " Daddy, is them they are afraid of me. That is why when l really feel bitterness on how they scaring me. I just ignored them, and their issues. Must especially John, if he see me, as if he see a ghost not a human being daddy."

John up to then he didn't believe with what she is saying, because he knows what his eyes seen before, and also what she did to him. 

The house girl feel free, she even believed that, Emily is not the one who make her injured her body. But, if she remember the moment that she sow her eyes turned to reddish colour. She used to be very sacred and afraid.

The both of the children up to then are at their back, busy looking at the father and Emily.

Samuel is by then trace his eyes look towards them, and gasp. Because of how he sow them very scaring on her.

Aisha Aliyu Taku

Novel and Script writer