Ghost In The Mirror... Episode 5


Ghost In The Mirror 

Episode 5 

... "Is there nobody at home?" Grandma screamed again.
"Someone should please bring me a cup of cold water" She added.

I almost passed out on hearing Grandma's voice, I was filled with great fe@r and shock. I looked back swiftly, rushed to the door and then twisted the door handle. I was about dashing out when Aunty Ibinabo spoke again.

"Jeffery please, save me" She said stretching forth one of her arms.

I had already stepped out, but my hand was still on the door handle. And all of a sudden I saw the linen lying on the floor. I didn't know whether to hurry up and pick it up or just dash out of the room like that. 

"But, what if Grandma comes in and finds the mirror uncovered? Won't that be a big pr0blem and tr0uble?" I soliloquized with a hand under my chin.

I turned swiftly looking left and right, rushed back in, picked up the linen from the floor and was about covering the mirror with it when Aunty Ibinabo's face changed from looking weary to a pity one.

"No Jeffery, please don't cover my face with that. I am already so uncomfortable here. Covering the mirror with that only causes me more heat" She said slowly, staring into my eyes, and then tears welled up her eyes.

I paused for a few seconds, and tears started dropping down my face. But I had no other choice than to cover the mirror before I get caught.

I raised the linen, and was about covering the mirror again when she suddenly screamed with her face aside, and at the same waving both hands at me.

"No! No!! Please!!!" 

But, I had to shut my eyes with my teeth gnashed, and then I covered the mirror. I first held my breath as soon as I did, and then I heaved a heavy sigh while sobbing at the same time. I then turned and moved toward the door, and started to wipe my tears with the helm of my shirt. I cleaned my face thoroughly so that Mom and the rest would not start asking me why my eyes are teary. I was still on it when the door opened all of a sudden, startling me. As soon as Grandma saw me, she was shocked.

She stepped in, shut the door and started to look sternly at me but I threw my face aside. She then turned and looked round her room.

She giggled...

"Jeffery, what are you doing here in my room?" She quizzed turning to me.

"Erm... Gr... Grandma" I said stuttering with my head bowed.
"Those old pictures you used to give to us to watch when we were kids, I searched for them in your wardrobe but couldn't find them" I said twisting the helm of my shirt around my finger.

"Why didn't you tell me you wanted old pictures before I left for the market? Weren't you with me when I left?" She questioned but I ignored her with my head still bowed.

She h!ssed, approached her locker, unlocked it and then brought out a bunch of old pictures.

"What am I going to do with all these?" I soliloquized giving her an ugly stare from behind.

"Take, take them to your room to watch." She said and then grabbed her earlobe.
"Don't you ever come into my room without my notice. Did you hear me?" She quizzed and I nodded sporadically.

I took those pictures from her, turned and opened the door without a word, and then went into my room. As soon as I entered my room, I flung the pictures on the bed scattering them all over. I sat on the tiled floor holding both hands and with my head in between my laps, and I shed tears of sorr0w and angu!sh.

"Why must it be me?" I muttered as tears found it's way down my cheeks.

A few hours later, I went to Mom's room when Dad stepped out and I narrated what happened to her. She stood up all of a sudden with a dropped jaw and with both hands on her head.

"You this boy, you have finally succeeded in k!lling me!" She exclaimed, rushed to her wardrobe and started to pack the clothes in the wardrobe into the luggage.

"What are you doing?" I questioned.

"We are leaving here this minute" She said and continued packing.

"Just like that? Without saving Aunty Ibinabo?" I queried and she looked up all of a sudden.

"Are you stup!d? Are you Merlin that you want to save a ghost trapped in a mirror?"
She questioned and I bowed my head. And then raised it again...
"But, what are you going to tell Dad?"

"That is not a problem. Go into your room this minute and pack your things, we are leaving this place as soon as your father returns" She said.

I was almost opening my mouth to say something but Mom could start beating me up if I tried saying otherwise. I got up, went into my room and started to pack my things but deep down, I didn't want to go without saving Aunty Ibinabo. 

Dad arrived after like an hour and to my surprise, I saw them putting their things in the trunk of the car. Till date I don't even know what Mom said to Dad that made him consent to we leaving the village.

"But, why the sudden change of mind? I thought that you guys were going to stay back till the new year. And, it's even getting late" Grandma said standing before Dad.

"Mama, something came up that we need to sort out immediately in the city. Don't worry, we shall be back by easter. May God spare our lives" Dad said and Mom stood there feigning a smile.

Well, we left the village and I couldn't stop thinking about Aunty Ibinabo's ghost. It was  so saddening that I couldn't even help her trapped soul. Whenever her children come to visit or I go to theirs to spend some time, it breaks my heart the more each time they talk about their mother and how much they miss her.

After like six months, Dad was out of the country but he got a call that Grandma had passed and he called Mom to inform her. Mom was so happy, but I was s@d somehow knowing fully well that Grandma trapped a soul in a mirror before she passed that I didn't even have a clue of setting free. 

Well, we were meant to go to the village and we all did, including my cousins. But as soon as we reached, we were told by Grandma's younger brother that Grandma was to be buried in three days and wished to be buried alongside her mirror but Dad refused, and told him that he wanted grandma to be kept in the mortuary for like a week so that by then, he would be around. And that, he was yet to understand why grandma wished to be buried alongside her mirror. Unknown to us, Grandma belonged to a secret society and must be buried in three days...

To be continued!

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