Ghost In The Mirror... Episode 6

Ghost In The Mirror 

Episode 6 

... Grandma's corpse was kept in the mortuary as instructed by Dad. Her room was also under lock and key by God knows who. 

On the third day very early in the morning, Mom received a call from Dad, telling him that some people were already at the mortuary to pick up Grandma's corpse. 

"Who are they?!" Mom screamed all of a sudden. I was in bed but I had woken up. As soon as I heard Mom's scream, I jerked up and dashed out of the room into hers. The call had already ended but the phone was still in her hand which was suspended in the air. She raised her head as soon as I opened the door, while her mouth was still agape.

"Mom, I heard you scream. What is it?" I quizzed sitting beside her, and then she told me what Dad said. 

I was still with her in her room when we started to hear chants coming from outside the compound, and my uncle who was Dad's younger brother had already left the house. So there were no very close adult relative around except Grandma's people. 

Mom and I looked at each other, then sprinted outside the gate where we met my siblings and cousins already there watching them, and lo and behold, they were Grandma's cult members. They started to sprinkle something that looked like bl00d before the gate and around the house. We all became so sc@red and started to look at each other, and then Mom whispered to me to go bring her phone. I left and arrived with the phone in the twinkle of an eye. Mom stylishly took pictures of them, hurried back in, called Dad and then forwarded the pictures to him.

"Don't worry, all will be taken care of" Dad said.

After a few minutes, we were still by the gate when we started to hear guπ shots from afar. We all ran back into the house and started to peep through the windows, they were armed army officers. They shot into the air again as soon as they arrived at our gate and the cult members fled, and ran as fast as their legs could carry them. One of the officers came in and asked to see Mom, that they needed to go to the mortuary, and that they wanted one of us to go with them to identify the c0rpse, so as to prevent Grandma's cult members from claiming it. Mom called Dad immediately to inform him of the recent development, and to ask him if he was the one responsible for the mobilization of the military men and he said yes. He then asked Mom and I to go with them to the mortuary which we did without hesitation.

On getting there, we met other cult members too all dressed in pure red, with a black veil tied around their necks. Grandma's corpse had already been deposited in a white c0ffin and was ready to be moved into the ambulance. Mom and I were so shocked, and we stood there staring at them. We were confused cos none of us knew who permitted them to take the corpse, and we also did not know which family member signed for the c0rpse to be released. Mom opened her bag, brought out her phone, and started to dial Dad's number. One of the army officers then approached the cult members, carrying his guπ on his shoulder.

"You are not leaving here with this c0rpse" He said with a baritone, pointing at the coffin at the same time.

"You lie. Who the hel! are you ?" One of the cult members questioned with a squeezed face.

But the army officer ignored him, and started to walk back and forth slowly before them with the guπ still on his shoulder, and at the same time staring into their eyes. 

Dad wasn't picking. Mom just kept recalling his phone, and was in a panic. 

"Who gave the order for this c0rpse to be released to you people?" The army officer questioned.

"I did" We heard all of a sudden, the voice came from one of the rooms, and the owner of the voice then walked out majestically. Lo and behold, it was my uncle.

Our jaws dropped as soon as we saw him, and Mom slowly dropped the phone from her ear.

"Hello dear! Hello!! Hello!!!" Dad's voice echoed from the phone but Mom was too sh0cked to the extent that that she had totally forgotten that she was on a call.

The army officer turned and looked at us, and then at him.

"Who are you ?" The officer queried.

"I'm the late woman's second son. Let the de@d bury their de@d" He said with confidence.

That was how he ended up betraying us cos he was initially on our side. And now he came to sign for his late mother's c0rpse to be released without even letting Dad his elder brother or any of us know. If only he knew what his late mother did to his wife Ibinabo.

Mom then managed to answer her call, and then narrated what was happening to him.

"Never!!!" Dad exclaimed all of a sudden, and then ended the call.

After a few seconds, the army officer's phone rang all of a sudden. He picked it, and then placed it on his left ear.

"Ok sir" He said, and then ended the call. He signaled his colleagues and they all raised their guπs.

The army officers f!red into the air all of a sudden, and the cult members again all took to their heels. Grandma's c0rpse was deposited back in the mortuary, and we left for home. Throughout that day, I wasn't even myself and was feeling so uneasy. And Mom too could not even do anything all through. All that we witnessed was just like a n0llywood movie.

Later that night, none of us could shut our eyes. We heard footsteps around the house, followed by the sound of ceramic plates being broken in the kitchen by no one. We all ran into Mom's room including my cousins, and at exactly 1 a.m. we started to hear a loud cry, and then a voice.

"Allow them to bury me" We heard in echoes all of a sudden, and we all clung to each other.

"I say allow them to bury me!!" We heard again and this time, with a thunderous sound coming from the back of the house.

Then there was this heavy breeze that nearly blew off the curtains. Mom jumped up and hurried to the window to shut it but a face in white with bl00d dripping from its eyes appeared outside the window all of a sudden. It was that of a very old woman. And then a force lifted Mom with her head touching the ceiling, and then slammed her on the bed. She passed out immediately. The rest of us screamed, holding each other in a tight embrace. Grandma's people that were around including my uncle sprinted into the room, and then told us they heard nothing at all that night, not even the sound of the ceramic plates being broken.

We were t0rmented day and night, and some relatives later advised that we allow the cult members to bury the c0rpse but Dad blatantly refused. He then told us that he was coming back the following day which was on the 6th day. 

Even though I hadn't slept for days also thinking of how to release Aunty Ibinabo's soul before Grandma's burial, I managed to close my eyes that night. I dreamt and saw Dad being chased by a figure carrying a machete. I called him that morning when I woke up and then narrated my dream to him, and also told him to postpone his trip.

"So, you're trying to tell me not to come home as a prophet that you are abi? I should remain here and not come for my mother's burial" He raged.

"No sir..." I said and then he cut in.

"My friend, get out" He said and then ended the call.

Around 5 pm that evening, we were in the living room when a breaking news came up on the TV. The aircraft that Dad boarded had crashed...

To be continued!

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