Life after death

Episode 44

That is how he start sniffing whispering and gasping in weak shaky voice, he couldn't know what she is going start doing on him.

She is not even lifting her feet, but she is moving like playing ok the sky, because her legs were all bend backward, even the colour of her skin is already turned to some how ash colour, not totally the real brownish skin that she has before.

Daniel is walking toward the dressing mirror, he saw a long stick in it, that is what he has an interest to went and carry, because he suppose to get what he can protect his self with.

Before her even reach to the dressing mirror, the ghost had already face him, with has black eye. She is speaking some noises in shaky voice.

This is the first time in his life that he ever across such kind of danger in his life. He couldn't imagine how his heart is beating because of the serious frightening. The ghost didn't do anything to him, just few seconds after she fly back and then turn her back to him.

Daniel is just do a deep breaths, he get a chance quickly walk in slowly, so that he can be able to carry the long stick in the dressing mirror. He can't keep staying in the bedroom. While his children he didn't know the condition that they are in.

The ghost is by then quickly turn and face his position. By now, it's exactly emily's face he see, not like before, there is not any spot and mask of black scratches and so on.

He immediately feel cool, and then weak, he couldn't do anything on his Emily. The maut amazing moment is when Emily yell his name out in an average loud voice. " Daniel! Are going to hit me? What did l do to you?"

Daniel didn't know the moment that he drop the long stick on a floor from his hand. His eyes were full with tears, he didn't even move them while looking at Emily that is posited in between, because she is on standing on a floor and she is that up. Daniel couldn't imagine what his eyes are seeing. That is how he start scratching his eyes very well in other to confirm what is going on.

Just recently when she is talking to him, he found out Emily just fall on the ground from where she was posited. He quickly run to her and then start shaking her body, because he believe that it's the real Emily now that is going to come back.

She couldn't move, but he feel she is breathing after when he place his palm on her chest. That is how he carried her and then place her on the bed.

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Danni didn't feel comfortable, he believes that there is not wrong in the house. He can't hold on, due mama didn't want them to talk anything bad on the house.

Danni notice a*****e room that was locked in the house. It's seems like there is something historical inside the room, he wanted to go to the room and check so that may be he can get the historical of the house. Because he was thought that the historical house was been over many years ago.

Danni step his feet on a floor, and walk from his bedroom. It was at deep night by then, he wanted to go to the room and check, because he even couldn't sleep today. He carried a normal size lighter on his hand. Because they has off the lampshades in the house before their sleeping.

Danni didn't stop at any place except at the front of the room. He didn't hear anything on his way going to the room, he is only hearing the sounds of some insect, as usual the sounds are going to be heard. He prepare opening the padlock with a knife, because he knows how to do it since when he was very young.

When the door is open, danni on the light inside the room, but he found out that the switch has already spoil. The room is very dark and also dusted. He on his lighter and then step his feel gradually inside the room. After when he step like three feet, them he stand at one point, and then also start tracing the lighter from side to side in other to see what and what, and at which position things in the store room are located.

From what he see, he has captured that there is alot of things, like native items and so on. At one top locker, Danni just trace a book on the top of the locker. It seems like the book was kept over many years, because of the way the book is actually look very old, even it's cover is designed with skin.

Danni didn't waste time while quickly walk to the position and lift his tip toes up in other to step his arm on the old book. Danni is by then step his hand on the top.of the skinny cover and the book, and then he carry the book. Danni just keep his eyes looks on the book over some few seconds. He start asking himself different kinds of questions. " Since when did this book was kept here? What is even inside this book?"

He decided to continue tracing his lighter throughout many palces inside the room whether he can be able to found another thing again. Because of the darkness, and his attention is focus on the book that he found. Danni feel weak to continue looking for another thing again. He decided to went back to his bedroom and watch out what is in the book.

Danni set down on a chair that his desktop is placed. He start checking together with cleaning the book first. After then, Danni began checking what is inside the book. It's start with the first history of Karachi family. How the family was blessed and stared, since the beginning of their wealth and so on. Gradually, till even the moment that the historical house is even began build. The house was very small, gradually the house was been expanded till when it was become in this way.

Danni discover how they superstition on the house. Like before, from the beginning of the story, each and everyone that belongs to Karachi family member, he or she must stay in the historical house even for ones. Because to them if the family member didn't stay in the house, that very person is not going to be blessed in his or her life forever. Danni was so socked when he read that point, is by then he Bagan asking himself, why did they rent the house to them. Them that are not belong to the member of the family. And he also discovered that, if someone is not among the Karachi family members. That person is not permitted to stay in the house too.

Danni is so confused, because they are not belong to the family, but the owners of the family were give them the house as rent. He couldn't imagine how this great family members are breaks the rules and regulations of their elders.

Since by then, Danni knows there must be a reason hwy they rent them the house. And he promised himself that he must found of the reason.

At the end, Danni spend the whole night while reading the book. But the book end while the story is not concluded. The book was even end since almost ten 10 years back.

Which means since the moment that Sabo the course of the ghost, he went back to the historical house. Since by then nothing is added to the historical old book again. Danni is also keep asking himself, what we happened in that good ten years. Who are does living in the house in that very ten years. Dannni also believe that he is going found the reason why the historical house house is rent to them. He is only going to get all the answers of his questions if he found what was happened in that very ten years.

Danni found a place in his waldrop, and then hide the historical book inside, and also he cover the book with some clothes.

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His plaint arms were on her fleshy cheeks, he is busy pressing them slowly. Daniel just gasp and then step his feet down on a floor, he walk directly to Jennifer and chujoo's place in other to check whether they right.

He found they are busy enjoying their sleeping, nothing happen to them. He is by rnenpray to anyone of them, he didn't wake anyone of them up. That is how at the end, he cover the doors of theri room, and then he walk back to the Emily's bedroom.

After at least five minutes, he is standing on her head. Emily began shaking her head, fingers and toes.

He actually feel desperate, because he didn't confirm whether it's his real Emily or not.

Aisha Aliyu Taku

Novel and Script writer