Story: The Spirit (Episode 6 to 7

THE SPIRIT

EPISODE [7]

I nervously opened my door and came
face to face with the hostel president, a
policeman in uniform
and the SUG president. I stared at them with panic.
“please can we come in?. The officer has
some important
questions to ask you” the SUG president
explained while
my heart froze. My guilty conscience was at its worst that
moment.
I fearfully allowed them into the room, my
heart pounding
furiously as the policeman took a sharp
look round my room before settling down on the only look round my room before settling down on the only plastic
chair i had, while the two students with
him stood and stared at me. I
knew they all noticed my nervous
behavior.
“I’m here to question you as a result of the body discovered in your lodge. The
dead girl found
under the stairs” The serious looking
officer said to me as
he brought out a small notebook which
he opened. “so what’s your name?” he asked. I
breathed deeply and looked at the hostel
president who nodded to me in
agreement. I slowly murmured my name,
repeating it twice.
“you saw the girl’s body right?” the officer asked. I swallowed hard and nodded.
Nneka’s image
quickly appeared in my head.
“yes i saw her” i answered weakly,
“do you know her?” he asked, sending my
heart flying with the question.
“um no, not at all” i replied,
“are you sure?” he asked again,
“yes i’m sure” i answered,
“you mean you have never ran across her
even in school premises?” he asked.
“yes i’m sure, i havn’t seen her anywhere”
I answered a bit boldly. He marked
something in his book,
closed it and stood up.
“thanks for your time, but i may be back” he grinned before leavin“thanks for your time, but i may be back” he grinned before leaving.
I locked my door, fell on my bed and
covered my head with a pillow.
“liar, damn you liar” i heard NNEKA’s
voice scream in my
head, sickening me. I laid awake all night, scared and afraid. I
was scared of NNEKA’s ghost, scared of
the police and scared of being
discovered.
A very terrible wind equally blew that
night as if rain was about to pour, but there came no rain, instead the wind kept
making strange noises on my window
which seriously terrified me.
Early Tuesday morning i packed some of
my clothes in a small bag and headed to
my friend Gideon’s lodge. I just couldn’t stay all alone in my
room anymore.
Unfortunately Gideon and his neighbors
were all too eager to hear the dead girl’s
story, especially how she looked, who
was being suspected and so on. They wanted to hear everything without
knowing that they
were upsetting me with their questions.
The more i managed to answer, the more
questions they
asked to the extent that i almost lost the remaining part of
my mind.
Early wednesday morning i headed home
to be with my surprised parents who were
very astonished to see me return home in
the middle of the week. I managed to mutter some lousy explanation which I
believed they never
truly bought.
But then it was as if the devil had so
much interest in my case, because by
8:15am the next day, the hostel president called me on phone, asking me to show
up at
the lodge.
“The police needs to search your room” He said ___

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