Ghost In The Mirror...Episode 1


Ghost In The Mirror.

Episode 1 

My uncle's wife once traveled to the village from the city to take care of my s!ck grandmother, and she never returned. Like, she went miss!ng in the village.

My Dad, and uncle went from the city to the village in search of her, They even reported to the local vigilante men but nothing could be done. Even Grandma said that it was the first day she arrived in the village she last saw her. That she left the house and never returned.

Months and years went by, but still no news of her. Her children who were just kids when she left are now approaching adulthood. Their father took care of them all by himself.

After like 10 years of no news of her, we went to the village one Christmas. I hadn't visited the village for 11 years, and I was just 8 the last time I did. So Dad,  Mom,  my siblings, and I visited after a long time.

Grandma had a female black goat. The first day we arrived at the village in grandma's house, it stood still staring at me from afar when I was coming down from the car. I looked at it, and then I thought maybe I was just imagining things and I looked away. After exchanging pleasantries with Grandma, I was following my other siblings into the house walking side by side with Grandma, with her hand around my shoulders. I turned and looked at the goat again, she wouldn't take her eyes off me. I became so uneasy. I didn't know why but each time I feel that way, it means there's something my instincts is trying to communicate.

The goat would always pursue me around whenever she sees me outside, and grandma would command her to stop and she would do so immediately. At a point, I became sc@red to come out of the house. I even told Dad severally to allow us to leave the village but the man would laugh at me and ask me if I was leaving just cos of a goat.

Five days later, I was tired of staying indoors so I picked a shirt from my bag, hung it on my left shoulder, and was walking on tiptoe toward the entrance door and was going to peep through the entrance door to see if the goat was anywhere around, before racing out of the house.

I heard Grandma talking to someone, and my mind calmed a little.

"Thank God Mama is outside" I muttered, and then I wore my shirt.

"Ibinabo" I heard grandma call once.

I grabbed the door handle and was about to twist it when I heard Grandma's voice again, and then I paused.

"You will remain a goat as long as I'm still alive. Ibinabo, you turned my son's eyes against me. He no longer gave me the amount of money he used to give me as soon as he married you. And you expect me to be happy with you? You will remain like this till I think of how to get rid of you, maybe sell you off or something cos ever since I turned you into a goat, I have started enjoying back my son." 

I froze, while goosebumps filled the whole of my b0dy from head to toe. But I was curious, I needed to be sure of what I heard cos Ibinabo was my uncle's wife's name, the one that went miss!ng.

I gently twisted the door handle, opening the door halfway. I then peeped through the little space, and the first thing I saw was Grandma's hands. She was holding the leaves and feeding the goat with it. I needed to satisfy my curiosity, so I peeped further and saw the shocker of my life.

The black goat was standing beside Grandma, but it now had the head of my miss!ng uncle's wife...

To be continued...

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