Neighbour Next Door

Heart Beats

 Alex was really a nice guy, he was every lady's dream man. He was handsome, rich, had good sense of humor and paid attention to every word I said. It was as if he was reading my mind because he would complete my sentences if I got hung. We chatted for a while as I shared his wine. "Hey Emy, good morning" Catherine called out to me. She waved at uncle Alex as I looked her direction "hey Katie... How did your night go?" I asked, knowing fully well how she spent her night. *God saw us through" was her response. Once she was gone, our next distraction was auntie Lucy who wanted to get Alex's attention by all means. "What's wrong this particular Neighbour, Little Love?" Alex asked me. We laughed as she almost bumped her face against Alex's Benz 4matic ride.

The aura flowing from uncle Alex was intoxicating. We just had our first conversation and it felt like he knew almost everything about me. He made silly jokes to make me laugh and he surely got the result as I laughed uncontrollably loud that my step mom heard. She texted me and her message increased my laughter. "This is how I laughed with your father before I found myself on his bed" was her message. 

The fun was getting deep and deeper when Alex did the unthinkable. I don't know how the distance between us reduced without my knowledge and this guy was holding me from behind with his hands crossing my bosom. His warm breath soothed my ears and my entire body reacted to the heat coming from him. It was so strange and yet, so wrong. I enjoyed that shout moment and I hated myself for it. Uncle Alex tightened his grip a little and my breathrate increased. The laughter was dying off, I wanted to yell at him to let me go. I want to free myself from this charming man but my knees lost strength and I fell backwards to the strong man behind me. He turned his head towards my face and I could feel my face turning red, I was smiling sheepishly now despite the awkwardness in our situation.

Alex's warmth could melt a rock and the way I felt being cuddled up by him was simply beyond words. I didn't care about the environment any longer as he turned me to face him and his hands rested on my small back. I managed to raise my weak hands to the back of his neck and we stood there, saying nothing. 

His hands did an up and down motion at my back and a current wave moved down my spine. I was lost in his eyes and he was feeding me more of his charms as we locked gaze.

We were so close that I could hear his feel his breaths and hear his heart beat. Although his heart worked normal beneath his shirt, mine was racing. "Relax Little Love, take a deep breath..yea just like thay... Close your eyes.." I obeyed each word with a third nervous system controlling my senses. 

My eyes we're closed when a soft wet material touched my lips. It was Alex's lips on mine. We were kissing!. It was like a dream. 

"Little Love" he whispered as our lips parted ways. I couldn't return the kiss or respond to his sweet romantic name in my frozen state.

"Emilia! Emilia!!.... " Aunty Lucy screamed as she entered the balcony. "You little w***e! So you have used juju on him abi? " she rained insults on me, dragging Alex from the position and for hell's sake, she had a loud voice. I was quiet and stood in embarrassment as this slut ranted all she had out and my only rescue was Alex. Others neighbors peeped from either their windows or door side but my step mom remained indoors. "Hey you, enough of this madness. You don't deserve me, but she does. So, if you don't mind, you can take a walk" he said to Lucy who was now speaking in a seductive tone to him. " C'mon handsome... Emilia is too young for you. She can't twerk on your rod. You need me baby.. You need me and you need all this" she said, using her hands to show him all that she had to offer him. For an instant, I felt anger for an unknown reason. I quickly ran off from their presence but I couldn't go and meet Aisha, Catherine became my refuge.

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My step mom was glued to the TV before her as I entered. She had a plain expression and I got a bit confused. Was she angry, sad, bored or hungry? I couldn't tell but she looked damned serious and I had to give her respect that evening. 

"Is everything all right mom?" She just forged a smile around her lips to ease my mind. With a hand gesture, she called me to come sit next to her. She had that motherly code that particular evening as she gave me stories of love and her fears concerning Alex who seemed too perfect for a young lady like me. We had a nice time before meal and I was in my room before nine. I wasn't a television freak and that kept me steadily searching the internet for the latest tech-hacks and stuffs that would enable me break into other people's privacy. I wanted to run my normal night routine checks on all the flats but I was worried about Catherine. I didn't want to watch her get molested and hurt again by her father. I thought of possible ways to help her and get justice for Mr Paul and these drove my sleep away from the room. Around 11:54pm that night, I went down to the small chamber my dad used as an office and began a random search.

From the shelves to the lockers and within the files, I just had to find something new, something worth finding. Just when I almost gave up, my eyes met a carton with the inscription "CamVidSounds". Curious as what would be in there, I rushed to the box and opened it. It was a plug-in device and I went up to my room to try. In minutes, I installed the device on my laptop and accessed my cameras. With my headset on, I viewed Chief Wale's room and my ear drums almost bursted due to his loud snoring. "Yes!!! " I screamed into the quiet late night. I could get live sounds now from my spy cameras and I was super excited.

With my new achievement that night and the thoughts of Alex, I fell asleep in a moment.

"Hey Emilia. I'm going to be a mother again." Catherine told me. 

"A mother again? But girl you don't even have a child yet. Have you gone nuts?" I asked her as she held my hand. We walked past the gate a for a distant and she stopped to look at me. " I already have two children. The third one is coming. I'm so happy. You should be happy for me" she said with all excitement, jumping and dancing as she hopped in front. Catherine was dancing suddenly stopped, bent her head with her hands resting on her knees and cried out loud. For moment I thought she was acting up but that wasn't true as I rushed up to her and she was crying. I lifted her head to face me and her tears dropped on my dress. She wasn't crying. Her eyes bled. It was blood. I was terrified, calling for help when Mr. Paul's suddenly came into view. He was driving out and I waved him down. Catherine was stationary and numb so I ran to meet the man. "Sir, your daughter needs urgent help please. Take her to the hospital right away sir., " I rushed the sentences out of fear but Mr. Paul wasn't moved. He kept on touching the chaplet in his left hand as his right hand held the steering. "She can take care of herself. I'm late for morning mass. " was all he said to me before zooming off. I turned to face my dear friend and I was yet terrified the more. She was holding three kids, very cute ones. How did she get them? I walked closely to them and her whole body was bloody now, even her hair. "I am a mother now. I have to be with my children. Bye Emilia!!" She said before she faded away, along with the kids. I was crying and calling her name. 

"Emilia!Emilia!!... Wake up!... I'm here now. It is okay. Wake up" I opened my eyes to find my step mom beside my bed. It was already 7:15am and what happened was all but a dream.....