Life after death

Episode three

When they all settled, Ana went to her brothers and start passing the information to them, about what has happened in the toilet. Up to now, they didn't bothered about what she's saying. They all take it as jokes, especially when they heard the news from her.

Ana feel not comfortable about what they did to her, but at the end she just ignored everything and continue with her things.

Samuel was really get confused, he called his wife Maria and asked her more about the issue. After when she started narrating everything to him, is by then he laughs and chuck very well. Especially when he heard her mentioning ghost. He keep laughing till when she frown her face and also start pampering him.

When he sow frowning her face. Samuel went too closer to her body and also hold her very tied. He said while whispering as if he's going to start crying. " My queen, you see now l lost my darling mother forever. I will going to miss my talkative mum much. She really know how to quarrel me very well, and if she's in need of anything, she knows how to quickly ran to me and inform me. But now, look at the way by my self l tomb my mother inside the graveyard."

He was busy gasping the moment that he complete the statement.

Maria were also hold him. She placed her head on his shoulder, while her mouth is nearby his blackish beard. Maria said while placing her palm on his back, she's busy moving the hand from his neck to waist. Maria continue her talking in pamper and in golden and silent voice. " Yeah, buy don't worry. We will just wish our darling resting in peace in the tomb. And also everything are going to be okay. All what she wants, is our prayers."

That's how she keep continue begging him to be sorry about the heart touch death that they discovered.

Some days after, they started preparing to go back their home. Maria was very scared, because she didn't want to go her home by now. When they went to the airport, Emily were by then started crying, and she refused to enter. She keep saying that she don't want to go back home.

Now, nobody follows them, because Mrs. Kwaya has pass away, and she's the one who brought the to the house before.

The old woman that was not feeling fine, up to now, she didn't get well. And the doctor is trying much about her health.

Before they came back, everything was already arranged. Maria asked some of her neighbor that she's coming back. Is them, started helping her for the house cleaning.

Maria feel affectionate about the work that they did to her, and she is very surprise, especially when she see the house clean.

It at evening, Samuel has already ordered dinner for them, because they're all hungry. They eat before they went to there bedroom and slept off. Emily is afraid of sleeping alone, she come to their mother's bedroom slept together with them.

They didn't wake up early at the morning,. because yesterday they have really suffered.

Maria is the first that wake up from the sleeping, she quickly open her eyes immediately when she sow the reflection of light from her cotton through the window. She said while yawning and stretching up her hand. " Oh, the run has raised up like this, and we were busy sleeping."

She removed the blanket away from her body. And then put on her room shoe. She quickly went to the downstairs were by their is kitchen there.

Maria were by then started preparing roasted slice bread and a milkish tea, together with a shallow fry eggs.

She arranged everything on the dinning table. It's the aroma that wake them up from the sleeping. Especially Samuel, he keep repeating how he feels the aromatic and deli meal that she make. After when they have brushed their teeth, they all met on the dinning table.

It's a glass bowl that felt on the ground. The all heard the sound from the kitchen. The sound is very loud, because the glass has al break in some pieces.

They all look at each other, and they really get surprise about what they heard from the kitchen.

Is Samuel that stand up and we t to the kitchen to check. He just find the glass bowl that was break.

Maria follow him at his back while afraid, because since she's not comfortable for the house. She pointed with one of her finger and then said. " This glass bowl it was kept at the upward cabinet. But how comes that it fall down now? And l didn't used to bring it outside, because am not too mu using it."

Samuel is now talk to her while quickly turn his eyes views to her face. He said in showing serious and much care to her. " No please, l ask you to stop confusing your self about all this. Is just because of you have already put the fear inside your mind. That's why you use to feel always in desperation. So, please take it easy, maybe the bowl was too closer, that's why it now fall down."

The way he put his seriousness while talking is make her to believe of what he's saying. By now, she feels better and comfortable too. They also went back to the dinning table and continue enjoying their meals.

Today all the children they did go to school, because of the stressed of days back.

Around 4:00pm at the evening, Samuel dressed in sport clothes, like he's going to Jim. He went t to his friends area.

Remain only Maria and her chi inside the house. They were all sitting insi the big fallow, and they're busy watching the television.

Maria heard a noise from the upstairs a children's noise, together with the movement like they are playing with each other.

She didn't put it inside her mind the first time that she heard. She also listen and keep quiet, either maybe is the matter of the deprecation that since she believed with.

The second time too, she also hear what she heard from the first time. She didn't talk to her children, because their attention are on the channel that they're watching. They didn't notice the noise at all.

Maria left them and also went to upstairs to conform, when reached closer to the place where she used to heard the noise. The noise is increase like they're doing it at her front. Maria feel an extremely scared, so now everything are free, she feel to push the door inside, so that maybe wether she can she does are making the noise. All parts of her body are shaking, and her body has already pick up with sweat.

Maria started praying since the time that she heard the noise coming very closer to the position where she is standing. Maria is then try to push the door inside while closing her both eyes immediately.

She didn't see anything at her front when she open her eyes slowly. She steps her feet inside the room for three steps. By then, she has already entered inside the room, while standing. The door is now close it self hasty like is somebody come and push it.

Therefore, she start crying. But is the type of crying that there's not any single tear, she's an extremely scared.

Air start blowing inside the room, and the noise that she heard before began to continue. At the window area, the air is blowing much more, till the cotton start flying up.

She start shouting, but it seems like nobody is hearing her voice. Maria is busy calling and shouting for help, but nobody answered her, talk less of coming for aid to her.

The noise and the air that blowing inside the room were all continues. But she didn't see anything or anyone.

Her legs were all shaking, and she cannot be able to move. Because even if she try to move, she cannot be able. Because the leg is turn to very heavier to her. Maria cannot be able to move at all.

Her body is picking up with sweat, she is busy gasping and she's by now about to faint. The breathing is now become harder to her. Maria place her hand on her throat and tie her neck. All her eyes are turned to reddish colour because of the heavy breathing that she's suffering with. Maria squad on her knees while gasping and opening her mouth upward seeking for a help.

All the materials like the wall pictures, some verses, like the flower decorations were all fall down on the floor. She feels like the room start shaking, because of the too much dizziness that she's feeling.

Emily and John were busy watching the television, they're hearing anything about what is happening to their mother. While watching the TV, they're busy enjoying the popcorn that's inside a box at their center.

Is Emily that notice about the absence of their mother. She take her look to John and said. " Where's mummy John? Since she left us alone."

John has alr full his mouth with too much popcorn inside. He reply while talking slowly, " l don't no. Maybe she have entered inside her bedroom and started sleeping. And please, you should live me and allow. If you want to know, just go and check."

Emily is by then hisses and said while frowning her face. " Why are you speeching trashes to me. Just because of l ask you about our mother."

John standup while walking toward the door, "and you, why are you asking me. You suppose to go and check first. And don't even hiss to me again."

Emily sighed and said, " stupid boy, just go outside, because is even better for you." She's by then, ignored him and also continue talking confusingly.

John went to the house compound and also took his ball. He went and started playing him alone at this evening.

Emily went to the upstairs and start shouting in a smooth louder voice. " Mummy! My mum! Where are you?"

She keep repeating the words, till the time that she enter inside the Maria's bedroom. After when she opened the door, she found out that her mother is not inside. She immediately get scared, her tears are about to start falling down.

Emily is by then quickly turned back, and keep calling her mother. When she also remembered immediately whether Maria entered the toilet, that's why she didn't answered her.

Emily went back to the toilet that's inside the Maria's bedroom, is the same thing, because up to now she didn't found her inside. She quickly while running went to the down stairs. By now, Emily has already started crying with more tears in her cheeks.

The sitting room door refused to open. Emily try as much as she can, but the door refused to open. And there's not any padlock and nobody closed it too.

Emily is by then, started crying and calling the John's name from outside. Emily too is looking at from through the window glass playing with his ball. But when she shout out his name, it seems like he's totally hearing her voice.

Emily run to their kitchen, because there's another door that can take her to the house compound too. The door too refused to open at all.

All the doors that can take her to the house compound were all closed for non reason. Because nobody closed the door in the house.

Emily were by then, started gasping and also about to faint. Breathing is very difficult to her, because her air spaces is seems like they were all closed. She quickly hold her neck to her two hands very tie, and also squad on her knees, later on she fall down on the ground and also keep continue the shaky breathing.

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Five years back, Sabo and his wife Mira is there turn to relocate inside the historical house. They all packed together with there two children, Blessing and Marry. Blessing is in 14 years old, while Marry is 17 years old. The both children were all matured. The family is a very happy family, they all not have any problem but the father is a very wicked man. He didn't used to respect the mother at all.

Sabo is the name of the father, he used to beat his wife all the time, especially if they got misunderstanding between them.

The children hate their father's behaviour at all. And even them, he used to beat them too.

Aisha Aliyu Taku

Novel and Scripts writer