Chapter four
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"Desmond!"
Desmond woke with a start, he thought he had heard his name, he tried to look around him but everywhere was pitch black, so dark that he could not even see his hands, the air seemed serene and he could not quite make out where he was...
"Desmond!..."
He turned and saw a tiny ball of light, shimmering in the distance so far away that he almost didn't see it.
"Desmond", the voice seemed to be coming from the light and as he tried to move towards it, he discovered he was paralyzed from the waist down, and suddenly the light began to grow bigger and bigger and bigger an then....
"Desmond!", A gruff voice called from within the light, it seemed to be emanating from another dimension...
"Come Desmond, come...your destiny awaits you, Santiago awaits you, come!".
And then the light got stronger an brighter as it's beams enveloped him, it was so bright his eyes went dark immediately and just then he heard a dull thud.
Groaning he opened his eyes, looking around and breathing heavily, he realized he had been dreaming and was sprawled on the ground below his bed drenched in his own sweat, he dragged himself up and rubbed the throbbing spot where he had hit his head, "arrrh" he mumbled as he unwrapped the blanket that had wound itself around him from his waist.
Just then his door opened a c***k and his mother's head popped through.
"Good morning Mr sleeper....it's already past ten and you look like you are just waking up" she said.
"Good morning Mama, I must have slept late last night". He replied rubbing his eyes.
"As usual" she said, " oya go and freshen up and come and eat, breakfast is long ready" she added.
"Okay ma"
"Oya oya, before it gets cold oo" she said as she closed the door.
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A few minutes later, he was fully dressed and was sitting to a steaming dish of Eba and egusi soup
"Mama". He called as he rolled a ball of Eba into perfection.
"Mmn" his mother answered.
"I have decided to go to the village tomorrow, I have to meet this Santiago person"
"Ah, you sound so certain, are you sure you have thought this through?, Egbedre can be a very hostile place" she argued perturbed.
" Yes Mama, I know, I have to go...at least I can get to know more about this deities"
" Ok o" she answered sighing.
They discussed about his journey and how long he might spend over there. A few minutes later, having cleared his plate, he belched satisfactorily..."mmn, Mama..as wonderful as always"
"Am glad you enjoyed it".
Just then he stood up and grabbed his phone. " Em Mama, I will be back soon, I want to go and see Lambert".
" Ok, my regards to him".
" Ok ma," he said as he made his way out into the growing afternoon.
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