"What is it son?" Mum asked worriedly as I dropped down my phone.
I ran my fingers into my thick and not too thick hair. "Ayah had became a suspect."
"Who is – that?"
"Our head girl in school." I said, gazed down on the table.
"What does she has to do with the case?" Mum spread her arm widely.
"The detectives said her roommates back there needs to be interviewed. So I don't know how the interview goes on, but from what I think might be going on. It is only Ayah and I that knows her whereabouts in the camp." I puzzled, still not sure of what was going on.
"So, from what you said. They are searching for the one who could leaked out her whereabouts to the kidnapper?"
"I guess so mum. The person would surely be aware of the unknown person scheme."
"Hmm! Everyone is a suspect son. The cops might just want to take her in for questioning. This is not abo
"Ayah please. Why are you doing this to us? It is been ten days Ai had gone missing and we still haven't found a clue or an evidence about this issue. We really need you girl." Akila pleaded.Everyone pleaded but Ayah was not willing to help."You all know how much I love Ai, but I can't help right now. You should understand guys. I really wish to help guys."We all stood at the compound trying to confuse her, but she won't heed."Ayah!! Where are you? Come on in." A middle aged voice sounded from inside."My mum is calling me now. She mustn't see you guys here or get an idea that this meeting is still about the case that led me to the station for the very first time in my life." She dropped her palm on Akila in attempt to led her out."Ayah, this is about a life of a precious person in our life. We don't know what Kelvin has been doing for her over there. She needs help,
The detective drove down the silent road from Ai's home. Her parents' were so devastated and they had no one that could stand by them, just this aunt of hers called by the name 'Loveth' visited. Not even a single person calmed each other. It was beyond what I expected.I wrapped my arm around my head in the passenger sit at the front. I took a glimpse of the detective as he gazed at me for a moment, then he looked back to the front."Aside from a classmates in school, or let me say close pals with Ai in school. Do you guys share any special relationship?" He asked as he horned to the car in front of us, which he later overtook."I wish that was it. I wish we are more than friends but it wasn't her wish." I smiled sadly."Hmm! That lady must be a difficult one to turn down handsome like you."I chuckled slightly. "I am the lucky one to have a beauty speck like her.""Indeed she is. Hmm!" He glared back at me, then I knew for a fact that he wanted s
"That is not," I muttered to myself. "No mum! No!" I yelled out, slipped down the flower vase on the centre table, then it got clattered. I scratched my hair as I tugged them in my fingers."Oh my God! Brayd!"I smirked, "they must be joking. That is Ai mum. She can't, she can't just die right?" I grasped my trembled hand in hers."Brayd!""It is not possible mum. No, it is not. It is not." I thought all over, and came to a conclusion to phone the detective.My hands trembled as the detective said to me, "I am on my way to their home now." He hung up.I picked the car key, then mum stopped me. "Where are you off to?"I sniffed in, dropped my hand on the waist and turned yo her. "I am – I will be back mum.""Tell me where. I need to know son. The atmosphere out there is not good for you." Mum sympathised."The atmosphere is not good for Ai and her parents' also," single tear dropped down my cheek. "I will be right back
We watched through the glass outside the ward. Setting my eyes on Ai again meant a whole lot to me. She laid down on the long bed spread with powder blue linen. She was clad in a wear like pajamas, looked beautiful just like a months ago.I recollected the day we traveled to Ibadan city. I wished I could tell her how much the dress suit her. How much she made me craved for my hand on her skin. How much she made my eyes looked naughty by staring at her for so long through the journey. I couldn't take my eyes of her. Her fragrance, her beauty, her mode of dressing mesmerized me.Not even about her exposed fresh tummy. Did I told you the dress only covered up her boobs? I guess no. You can now imagine the situation she got me into. My prick was aware of her presence when she sat next to me in the bus. I an not a bad boy, I hated that reaction myself."Doctor! She is just sleeping in here." Her dad cut me off my trance.
The same reaction. We remain silent for a while as I squinted my eyes on her. She pushed me off suddenly, then stood up from the chair."You are insane Brad! You have become insane these past few days Ai got missing. You have been blinded by your love for her which needs to be monitored. How on earth would you think I planned her abduction? Are you crazy?" Lina got everyone's attention as she said in anger."Hey! What's wrong?" Akila came over with others. I placed my hand on my head and looked away."Imagine this, this brat sitting right here," she wagged her hands at me like I am a shit or something? "Asking me if I knew something about Ai, Ai kidnapping scheme?""What! Come on Brad, if you wanna suspect someone, then it shouldn't be Lina. You know how much they are both close. It can't be." Akila said sweetly as she had her hand on Lina's shoulder."I am sure I am not speaking in
The bruises on her face just became visible as I came closer to her on the bed. The red marks on her brown skin colour and stripped of plaster glued on her cheek.Its being 30 minutes with the classmates in Ai's ward and she didn't blinked an eye open. Her lips parted, wagged her head to the right, left. Then I knew the same reaction wanted to occur."Ai! Ai!" I quickly patted her awake, then her eyes widened up. She looked down to the same direction she could have imagined there was someone. She looked back at me, then to everyone in the room."Ai!" They all exclaimed.She made an eye contact to them once again, down to her plastered hand administered with fluid. Her eyes crawled around the room. She must have detected just the empty ward with boxes of trolleys placed on each other beside her bed. The ceiling fan rolled in motion. She raised the hand once more and dropped it back weakly on the bed
I couldn't let go of the memory of Ai's reaction at the hospital. The hallucinations, the anger that boiled in her. What would be her judgement towards the kidnapper?My mind couldn't stop to picture the smile on Lina's face earlier. I placed my elbow on the wooden table in front of me and palmed my cuffed hand on my face.I was abandoned in a dark room after our arrival to the police station. Different thoughts on my mind since I arrived here. How will I proof myself to them? How will I revealed the real culprit without an evidence? What kind of help can I offer to Ai in this stage of her life? Will she ever be happy again? Will she ever forgive guys for one guy mistake?The door creaked open, brought me back to life. A figure walked down to me then the light switched on suddenly. It was a curved sexy officer in a trouser and a chiffon carton colour shirt. She plopped down on the sit before me and we both maintained an ey
A I' s POV."Why is no one telling me who Kelvin partner is?" I rested my head on the head rest. Mum sat down beside me at the back sit as we both headed down from my annoying neurologist.It was just yesterday dad appointed him – my neurologist to me. There are more truths to unveil by the way."I don't think you need to put your mind towards that. It is all left with the officers now."I have been asking who that was for the past five days the last incident at the hospital occurred. Was there something else behind this?"Mum, this is my case. I don't think I will need that. I wanna see the person myself to lay down my judgement over. I am not fucking waiting for any judge here mum." I scowled at her.Yeah! For the very first time in my life."But you need that Ai. I know for t
"Woahhhhhhh! Babyyyyy!" Akila screamed as I walked inside the club house dazzling with different kind of disco colours to make sure her voice was heard through the music playing loudly."Yeahhhh!" I scurried down to her in my black heels, clad in a nude gown that exposed half of my lap. I threw my hands up as we both dance playfully to the music."I miss you so much baby."We both cackled then I tug my hair dangling on my cheeks to my ear."I miss you too."A welcome party was organized for the SS3 students' one month after the completion of our mock exam, looking forward to writing WAEC.Everyone dancing away their sorrows in their different kind of sexy dress. I was never used to dressing girlish, but I have to this night, to look different at least and mum actually complimented that."Look who we have here. Thought you are never coming." Daniel showed u
"Ai!""Yes, yes mum!""You realized your phone is ringing right?"I looked up at dad to meet his gaze on me."Go pick up in your room if you are uncomfortable picking up in our present." Dad uttered."No dad! I am just – I am –" I stuttered.That wasn't a good thing!"Go on and come back." It sounded like a command and I just have to obey that."Ok!" I got to my room to switched off my phone. I threw it on the bed in anger and paced around my room.He should have just stop calling, why does he had to call continuously. Just be positive Ai. Dad will trust you. What if he didn't?I got back to the living room and acted like nothing was wrong. I could feel his gaze on me, but I fixed my eyes on the T .V show even though I wasn't fully concentrating."You
"What is Victor doing here Ai? Arnold? I mean, how did you came across him?""By chance mum. Please move forward." I demonstrated with my hand like he knew not what that meant.Brad moved forward with his dad reluctantly."After everything he did to our family. I almost lost Arnold because of his wicked act. I almost lost my own life. You wouldn't have been here if not for God Ai because both of us would have been dead by now all because of him. So what is he doing here? Why are you here?" Mum raised her voice higher at him."I am aware everything I did in the past could cost your life and I still kept doing it out of my own selfish motives even after I had a son already." He said lowly.I never knew the cold hearted man I met yesterday could be pitiful."What! You had a son during those times?""Yes, I impregnated a lady during my NYSC. I told her to go abort th
A I's P O V."Do you wanna talk to me about your father?" I looked back to his eyes which suddenly filled with sour. "If you wanna forget your whole past then you have to let it out.""You are right Ai, but I don't even know what to talk to you about than to let you know the wicked of a father I have.""His action could be of the past. Why don't you just make a good relationship with him and forget it ever happened."The journey was a silent one with little breeze hovering the little dirt around."I wish I could but he is not even ready to accept his past mistakes. He never sees it as one. My mum still have yo beg my father for love. I just want him gone forever.""Why would you say such?""I am already used to living without him before he came around to add more salt to the wound. I wouldn't have allowed him back in our li
I lifted up my head to let the liquid stayed in my eyelids. I turned back to him as he stared at me curiously. I looked down to the floor than back to him."Brad,""Yes. I am listening.""I – I was never –""Children, Brayd! Ai!" Brad's mum distracted with her call on us. "Come down and eat. I prepared something.""We should go to your mum now." I said as I stretched my thumb to the door."No! I want you to talk to me first. Is it about what happened to you or there is more to it?" He held up my chin, made sure his eyes was directly into mine."Will you still love a liar like me?" The tears flipped down my eyes unknowingly."Ai, you are scaring me right now. Liar? How?" He quickly pulled me into a hug, and rubbed down my hair."I was never raped Brad. It all lies. He never dig the strange thing in, but he never stops – stops scratc
I staggered down to the living room in aimed to go into my room as I was saved by my dad from falling. I looked into his eyes and tears escaped from my eyes."Are you okay love? What happened?"I cried out then I quickly embraced him. "I am sorry dad, and I miss you," I whimpered. "I am sorry. I have made a mistake. I committed an unforgiving crime dad.""You haven't committed a crime my dear and you deserve to be angry at me. I am sorry love. Just have it in mind that I love you and your mother a whole lot." He stuck my head on his shoulder."Dad, I – I was never raped. I am still a virgin. It was confirmed by a doctor dad. I –""Are you serious?" He disengaged from me to stare into my guilty eyes. He smiled and embraced me back just again. "You should be happy love. You don't deserve that punishment.""But dad, Lina and Kelvin?""They are in
Dad moved out of his room as I was about walking out of the house to school. Our eyes on each other. His sympathy gaze caught my attention, calling for forgiveness. I still can't help to think of it, that my dad was actually responsible for my mum misfortune."Hi love!"I nodded my head and stared at him with strong gaze. "I wouldn't want to be late for school dad. See you later.""I know my Ai didn't care if she got late to school or not. She just wanna avoid her irresponsible father."The word struck my hearts. My father was never irresponsible in his duties as a father. Why didn't I got the fact that all was in the past now, and my mum was finally happy."What if she is just acting like she is happy," I raised my glare at him. "Dad, I know mum said she is happy, but deep inside, what if – what if she is never happy. Dad, did you think I will forever be happy for what has b
I and my family having dinner at the dining table as my mind trailed off to the conversation I had with Brad.How can he expect me to fix his broken hearts while I have mine too?It was so much to ask for."Is this about Lina or your neurologist?" Mum brought me back to life."Huhn!""You have been toying with your food since. Why aren't you eating?" Mum said in a mouthful food.I looked down at the rice and plantain that was dished in front of me."What happened dear? Are you okay?" Dad gained my attention to him."Do you have your past too dad? And," I shook the meal with my spoon. "Does it still haunt you?""Why are you asking such questions?" Dad reached for the glass of chilled water in front of him."I just wanna know. Why must everyone has a past? Can't we just live a happy life without no
"My child, go meet Brad in his room." She said in a more requested tone, with a slight must do voice."But –""There is something between he and his father that haven't been sorted out up until now. I don't want him to have such feelings of sadness about his father anymore." She had my hand on hers with her eyes fixed on it."Okay, I will go ma'am." I smiled in a tight lips then she did the same with a small of her teeth exposed out.I watched my steps carefully as I moved up the stairs like they told me not to put my foot on ground. There was only one room with a black door at the right hand of the corridor. I opened up the door slightly and peeped into the room after a little dramatic action – my fingers on my head then my left and right chest.So boring! Guys don't fantasize their interior decor like we girls. I love it colorful but it wasn't that