Ghost In The Mirror... Episode 3

Ghost In The Mirror 

Episode 3 

... We returned in after our search. I sat alone on my bed wondering why Mama would turn aunty Ibinabo into a g0at. The more I thought about it, the more confused I got. I then heaved a deep sigh and laid flat on the bed, on my back with my gaze fixed.

After a few minutes, I began to hear grandma's voice from the outside. I hurried up, wore my slippers and was rushing out of the room when Mom and I bumped into each other in the passage.

"Your grandma is back, let's go outside" She whispered and then grabbed my hand, and we went outside together.

"Ah, Mama, you're back" Mom said with a grin, and at the same time scratching the back of her head.

"My dear, I am back o. I strolled out to see a friend " Grandma said leaning her back on a wooden chair outside.

"That's great. Erm... Jeff, kindly get Mama a cup of water"

I turned swiftly to go get it when Mama said I shouldn't bother, and that she wasn't thirsty. Mum then picked a stool nearby and sat before Mama.

"So, how did you people's day go?" Mama quizzed.

" Fine o. Erm... Mama, that g0at I told you I liked, I was searching for her to feed her even though you haven't yet changed your mind on selling her to me but I didn't see her"

"Oh, the g0at?" Mama quizzed looking at Mom with one of her hands raised in the air.

"Sorry I didn't tell you. I took it to a friend's place. She had been disturbing me about it for a very long time now, that she wanted to help me take care of her so that when she eventually reproduces, we would then share the kids" 

"What?! You took it to a friend's place? But Mama, I told you I was interested in her, I was even ready to buy it for any amount" Mom said.

"Is there anything you're not telling me? How come you're suddenly interested in having a g0at? Cos the last time I came to your place in the city you told me that you do not like pets or an!mals. So why the sudden interest in having one now?" Grandma queried staring at Mom.

Mom sat there, confused on what next to say as she began to scratch the back of her neck.

"Ermm... Mama, it's nothing. It's just that I like that particular g0at so much" She said.

"Transfer that likeness to one of those g0ats at the backyard, I'm even ready to give you one of them free of charge"

"Ok, I'll ... I'll think about it" Mom said stuttering. 

Mom's countenance changed immediately, sat for a few more minutes without uttering a word, and then excused herself and went back in. I didn't want to go after her immediately so Grandma wouldn't notice anything. I was with her for sometime and then went in to see Mom. Mom was in tears sitting on her bed, crying profusely like someone who had just lost a relative. I moved closer to her, squatted before her and then held her in a tight hug.

"Ibinabo was a good person. She was just too good to Mama and even treated her like her own mother. I just don't know why this happened to her. If what you told me is true then I'm not safe here either" Mom said sobbing.

"It's Ok" I said, as tears welled up my eyes.

Well, a few days after was Christmas. Mom didn't even eat the meal grandma prepared. She sat all day on her bed with Aunty Ibinabo's thoughts in her head. Dad asked her severally to tell him what the problem was but she said she was missing her late Mom.

That night, I couldn't even sleep. I was on my bed tossing and turning, and was having this same feeling I usually have if something b@d is about to happen or if something isn't right. I would pick up my phone, surf the internet and then go back offline. Something wasn't just right. 

Finally after a few minutes, my eyes suddenly became so heavy. I was about dozing off when I started to hear silent whispers. I ignored it initially, cos it took time before the urge to sleep visited me but then, the whispers continued and my eyes popped open all of a sudden.

" Who could that be?" I asked myself rhetorically. 

I picked up my phone, gently opened the door and then I tiptoed outside, only to realise that it was actually Grandma's voice. I leaned on her door, eavesdropping, and I heard another shocker.

"Ibinabo, I have sold the g0at I transformed you into cos like people were beginning to suspect; and I'm sure that by now, your b0dy parts must be in people's pots of soup. I was told that you have a very strong soul, so I have caged your soul in this mirror. You will remain in there forever." 

I froze as soon as I heard that. I just didn't know why God, or should I say the creator chose me for this mission. I tiptoed back into my room, sat on a chair by the corner of the room with my phone's torchlight on. I was so sc@red, so I sat there shivering and after sometime, I dozed off. I then had a dream, I saw Aunty Ibinabo's face looking so weary and sorrowful. And then after sometime, she changed into a ghost, kind of. She floated around in my room, then came before me in tears. 

"Jeffrey, please, save my trapped soul" She whispered...

To be continued!

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