Must Read: A man

7 years ago

Must Read: A man

Pemisire left the Doctor’s office and waved at
Uche and Jay, telling them she was leaving
that night. It was past eleven in the midnight,
she felt Helen might be uncomfortable without
seeing her and besides, she would sleep and
be able to bring Richard something to eat, the
next day. “Let me go and drop you off.” Jay
said pushing Uche back. :Monitor everything
that has to do with blood transfusion and
getting blood from the bank.” He told him.

“Your help won’t be needed, I’m really alright.”

She told Jay that was already approaching her
with a smile.

“You are a lady and besides it’s very dark out there. I can’t thank you enough, you are just like an angel God sent to us. By the way, what is your name?” He asked.

Pemisire smiled. “I’m the unknown, you can’t know my name for now.”

“You are beginning to scare me. Don’t tell me you are really an angel from heaven or
probably a ghos..” He smiled.

“I’m none. When it is time, you’ll know me
better but for tonight, i have to go home now.”

“I’m serious with this, you can go out there all alone this night! Let me help!”
Pemisire chuckled. “Alright, thanks.” She
concurred.

****
Pemisire entered into the room and took off
her sandals. She stretched and yawned before
she reached for the brown towel hung near the
wardrobe to take a cold shower. Helen had
slept off before she disturbed her with creak of
the door, she was sure going to explain
everything to her after having her cold shower
that night. “I’ll be back.” She informed as she walked out of the room.

Helen sat up and yawned. The sleep had been
disturbed already, she wasn’t sure if she would sleep soon again. She picked up her phone and started punching some buttons there until Pemisire returned into the room.

“Won’t you sleep again?” She asked her as she enteted into the room.

“Sleep? I don’t think I can do that for now. By
the way, what kept you this long? I think we
should buy a phone tomorrow so that we can
communicate properly.”

“Alright, maybe you should do that while I
rush to the hospital tomorrow. I quit the job.”

She informed.

“Quit? Where have you been?” Helen asked.

“I ran into the guy I told you about and we
went to the hospital to donate kidney for his
sister but unfortunately, the lady died before
the surgery.”

“That’s sad! The guy must be totally apart
now.”

“That would have been better but he went
ahead to stab himself! It was a bad day.”

Helen shook her head. “The guy shouldn’t
have done that. So, good samaritan, you left
your job because of him!”
Pemisire laughed. “It was meant to be, not my
own fault.”

They continued discussing for a while till
Helen remembered Michael called her. She got
Helen informed about her and his wish to
come and greet them.

“And are you sure it was Michael?” She asked.

“Em.. Sure. Though his voice has changed but
all what he said was real. Why did you ask?”
“I am not comfortable with that call.

Something in me tells me that wasn’t Michael.

My… diary! Your mobile number is in there.”

She remembered.

“No, get this now, even if they get the mobile
number, how did they know Michael? I don’t
know why you are always afraid.” Helen
laughed.

“I wrote something pertaining to the three of
us inside that diary, even close to where your
mobile number was written. I am not sure we
are safe any longer.”

“We are. You’ve written many implicating
things too, I should be careful of future calls
then.”

“You’ve sent the address already, why couldn’t you reason that it might be me they tried to trace? I’m sure it wasn’t Michael.

The last time we spoke, he said he was traveling to Ghana for some years.”

“Maybe he just returned, who knows?” Helen
added.

“I know you are impervious, I pray he was the
one.”