Ghost In The Mirror... Episode 4

Ghost In The Mirror 

Episode 4 

... I jerked up from sleep all of a sudden, turned swiftly and started to look around my room. I was trembling in fear, that I couldn't stand on my feet. I grabbed my phone all of a sudden, flashed the corners of the room with it's torchlight. I managed to get up, walked toward the window, and then I shut the open window all of a sudden with my face kept aside. I was too frightened to look outside. I walked back to the chair and then sat on it, waiting for morning to come cos I couldn't just wait to tell Mom what I heard again this time, and about the dream I had. But that night was the longest night ever. I would check the time, after seeing 1:05 am, I would check back after sometime and would see 1:07 am. The time kept crawling and crawling, till it was 6am.

I jumped up as soon as I heard Mom's voice and rushed out into her room. I opened the door and went in after knocking, and I asked Mom to come that I needed to show her something. I was careful enough not to wake Dad cos I didn't want him to know what was happening. Dad wouldn't even believe you.

Mom followed, went with me to my room and I narrated everything to her. Her jaw dropped in awe immediately, she then sat on my bed and started to cry.

Later that day, I prayed earnestly that Grandma should at least go out, so I could go into her room and confirm those things I heard but she didn't, but finally did the following morning which was on a market day.

"Jeffery, tell you mother that I'm off to the market" She said.

"Ok ma" I replied with a nod.

She walked towards the gate and then looked back again.

"Tell your mother to supervise the roasting of that bush meat I kept in a basin in the backyard, so that these boys that are coming to roast it will not ste@l from the meat. I don't trust those boys" She said and I nodded again and finally, she left.

I went to Mom first to tell her that Grandma had left the house, and that Grandma asked her to supervise the roasting of that bush meat in the basin but Mom exclaimed all of a sudden.

"God forbid!" She yelled running her hand in circles above her head, snapping her fingers after each circle.

"I should supervise that bushmeat? Who knows if it's a human being she transformed into that bushmeat? She will return to meet it that way, except those boys roast it for her cos I'm never going close to it" Mom said.

"Mom, the dream I had" I said staring into her eyes.

"Yea? What about it?" 

"I want to go into her room to see things for myself. I want to see if God is trying to show me something concerning Aunty Ibinabo"

Mom's eyes popped open immediately.

"You want to go into Mama's room? See my armpit" She said raising her hand.

"Did you find any hairs?" She quizzed.

"Jeffery, please mind yourself. I don't want any tr0ubles from this Grandmother of yours. So please, stay out of her lane"

"But..." I said but Mom cut in.

"No buts. We only have a few days more to spend here. Let's thread carefully, be very very careful" She said dragging her earlobe.

I looked at her, and then I nodded. I went back into my room, sat on the chair and the dream I had kept playing repeatedly in my head. I got up again, opened my door and then approached Mama's room walking on tiptoe. I kept turning left and right to be sure that Mom, Dad or any of my siblings didn't see me. I quietly opened Mama's door, and then shut it slowly. I paused for a few seconds leaning on the door, I then summoned a little courage and I went toward the mirror. 

I hadn't even entered Mama's room since we arrived the village, that was my first time after so many years. She had this very big standing mirror in her room and as kids then, we would come into her room, smile before the mirror, even dance before it. We just loved to see ourselves doing all sorts of activities before it and to us then, it was fun.

There was this very white linen now covering the mirror. I stood before it, raised my hands in an attempt to take off the linen but my heart began to pound so quickly, almost popping out of my chest. I summoned a little courage again, raised my hands, and gradually took off the linen and as soon as I did, Aunty Ininabo appeared wearing a long white dress that covered both foot. Her face was looking exactly like the one I saw in my dream the previous night, while her loosed hair fell on both shoulders. My jaw dropped in awe immediately, and the white linen I held dropped before me on it's own. My legs became numb, and my tongue twisted that I was unable to either scream or utter a word.

"Jeffery, please save my trapped soul" She said, and tears started dropping down her face.

"Je... Je... Je...Jesus!" I screamed all of a sudden, taking two steps backward.

"Jeffery, please don't leave me here, my soul yearns for freedom, and rest" She said and this time, with head bowed.

I was still standing there sweating profusely, frightened and in great shock when all of a sudden, I heard Grandma's voice...

To be continued!

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