Adaobi Episode 11 And 12

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Episode 11

It was all happening again..
I came outside the house and it was raining, through
the mist i could see Ada, she stood far away in a
white gown and looked exceptionally splendid, i went
into the rain and walked slowly towards her, i heard
the sound of someone sobbing, i looked around and i
saw no one, i listened again and this time it came
from Ada's direction, i wiped the rain from my face
and looked at her once more, i saw the tears in her
eyes, the atmosphere became clearer and i could see
blood dripping from her hands and a little smear of it
on her chest. Confused, i advanced towards her but
the closer I got, the farther she was. I increased my
pace but she only moved farther until the mist
covered her up again and she disappeared. I fell on
my knees, closed my eyes and cried, my heart ached
so much i felt it would bust. Then i felt someone
touch me, i opened my eyes and my mother was
massaging my head. I was having that dream all over
again. Finding my mother by my side was a surprise
to me. I tried to get up buy felt a sharp pain on my
left left leg, all my body hurt and my head pounded.
"Easy, keep your head down" my mom said as i lay
back and closed my eyes. I opened them again and i
saw my leg suspended in the air in bandages. I took a
look around and for the first time, i saw that every
member of my family was in the room, my father
inclusive. Then i remembered the accident.
Remembered Ada and the house.
"Where am i?" I asked as i looked from one person to
the other
"You are in a hospital, just rest" my mom said and i
looked at her, her eyes were red and i could tell she's
been crying, my sisters too. My father carried Princess
in his arms.
I had been unconscious for 2 days, i was told. The car
i had collided with was my fathers. He was on his
way back for his vacation when i ran into him. He had
escaped with a few scratches and had immediately
rushed me to the nearest hospital which was the
same hospital Ada's Aunt worked in.
"Where is Ada" i asked after i had been told
everything
"Who is Ada? " my mom asked.
" She was the one i was going to see when i had that
accident, where is she and where is my phone?" i
asked, i was becoming restless, i was afraid and
worried about her more than i was for myself. My
mom calmed me down and had my phone brought to
me. I had over 40 missed calls from Ada and some
other number. I tried calling her back but her number
was off. I didn't know what to do, i cried silently as
my whole family watched me in silent expecting some
sort of explanation. Then it occurred to me to ask for
Ada's aunt. She came in looking all worked up.
She had been checking on me since i was brought in
and when they told her i had woken up, she ran to my
ward.
Her husband had been rushed to the hospital by a
keke driver who saw him as he crawled out of the
house clutching his belly where Ada stabbed him. He
had lost a lot of blood and was taken into surgery
immediately and moments after, my father had rushed
in with me. Her husband had woken up hours later, he
told her that Ada stabbed him for reasons he didn't
know. Nobody have seen or heard from her for the
past 2 days and she was getting worried. She
lamented about knowing Ada as a good girl and
couldn't associate her with wanting to kill her
husband. My whole family watched in silence and
Amazement as the whole story sounded Greek to
them. I wasn't in the mood to explain anything to
them, at least not yet and it seemed like they
understood and didn't press me for details. I cried as i
kept calling Ada's number and it was always switched
off each time. Ada's aunt left after sometime as my
family surrounded my bed. I looked at my father, he
wasn't angry, he was worried, i was his only son and
nothing else mattered but my wellbeing.
I remembered there were missed calls from other
numbers asides Ada's own. I called the first one on
the list, it rang and no one picked. I called the second
time and then someone picked.
"Quincy! " Ada shouted and my face lit...


Episode 12



"What happened, where have you been?" she asked in
an excited voice
"Ada i had an accident, I'm in your aunt's hospital,
please come there"
"No, i can't come there, i killed her husband, i can't
come, i will be arrested " she said
" please where are you " i asked her
" I'm in a friends house, Quincy i want to see you "
After much cajoling, she agreed to come. As a
measure of reassurance, my father had agreed to pick
her up, she came in and ran straight to my bed and
hugged me, as we held each other, the pain seemed
to vanish from my body, all that existed was the
desire to be with her forever. Her aunt was called in,
she looked more happier on seeing her than she was
angry. She hugged her and they both cried.
Then she told her story..
The knife had always been in her room since the last
time her uncle attacked her, she knew he was going
to come again and had prepared for it. On that fateful
day, her aunt had left for the hospital and she was
alone in the house. Her uncle came back some
moments after her her aunt was gone and straight for
her, everything happened so fast, she left the knife in
his stomach and ran out of the house.
Her aunt believed her, she knew Ada wasn't bad and
also knew whom her husband was, they had lived
together for years and she knew what he was capable
of. The real untold story of his head injury also
surfaced, Ada left my role out of it, she covered up for
me and had said she pushed him down which resulted
in the injury.
My left leg was fractured, a minor one but i wasn't
going to make use of it for some time. Naza didn't
return again after the first day at the hospital and i
was worried. Her number was switched off throughout
and i couldn't check up on her due to my confinement
in the hospital. I called her number on the third day
and it went through. I waited anxiously for her to pick
and she picked.
"Ada, where have you been" I asked her
"Nowhere"
"You didn't come to see me again, why? "
" nothing "
She sounded cold and i didn't like it.
" why are u sounding like this, are you ok? "
" I'm fine" she said and sniffed, i noticed she started
to sound like she was crying
"Ada, what is wrong? Please come to the hospital, i
want to see you"
"I can't come " she said
" Why? "
" I have gone back to the village, i couldn't stay there
again, i had to leave and what you did with Janet
Quincy, it's tearing me apart" she cried and
everywhere stood still, i was dumbstruck and my heart
banged.
"You didn't tell me you were going, you didn't even
give me a chance to explain, i was sorry Ada, couldn't
you have told me?" i said as my eyes soaked.
"I didn't want to see you again, i will hold you and
never let you go if i did, i love you Quincy but i need
to be away from you, i need to be alone for now,
remember that i love you and will never forget you"
she said and cut the phone. I tried calling back but
her number was off already.
I laid my pounding head down, closed my eyes as hot
tears escaped from the shut lids..


To Be Continued