Must Read: Circle Of Three - Season 1 - Episode 36

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Must Read: Circle Of Three - Season 1 - Episode 36

She soon found herself and her aunt in a car
and on the way to Ikeja. Comfort’s sat back, her
quail-like load with her, while her aunt packed
the ‘Olumo rock’ part of her luggage with the
rest of her aunt’s load in her boot. Driving past
the street of Oshodi, Comfort could only catch
her fun as papers and polythene containers
danced to the frenzied speed-beat of the cars
around them. How they managed to missed the
hold-up that plagued Lagos like Malaria was a
miracle.

She found herself up, her phone been molested
by furious fingers. She was going to try and
make it count. Her ‘solution’ was the shot she
had at him.

Her hands trembled like it just survived an
attempt by someone to freeze it. But she was
not frozen, no; she was not even cold. Her
hands just acted her emotions out, for she had
the fear of Macbeth forced into her soul and the
anticipation of a cobra who just sighted a prey.
“Welcome to the New world! Welcome to……”

The MTN ringtone saturated her ears, hopeful of
getting a response. Unfortunately, she got none
of such.
“Adedayo, pick nah. Pick up please.” She
begged using English and pidgin to no one in
particular. It rang a few more times and then
stopped. She was about trying again when it
started ringing.

It was her lecturer!

Courage was distraught at her friend’s seeming
reluctance to take her warnings seriously. She
planned telling Pastor Kachi, but decided
against it. That funny man of God can begin to
lecture her about how unbelievers and those
spiritually ‘ unconscious’ view visions. She was
about dialing someone when Comfort’s call
came through.
“What’s up sister! Your mouth don do am now,
shey. My aunty don carry me comot for that
place.”
“Thank God. Comfort, no be my mouth oh!
Wetin e do for you?”
“No be you wey dey call me make I leave my
side for nobody. Anyway, I go soon travel go
Abuja.”
“Eeehen! That’s cool. Who dey host you?”
“My uncle.”
“Okay o, take care.”
“Bye.”
“Who was that?” Her aunt asked

“Good morning sir.” Her voice trembled with
anxiety.
“Cassie, good morning. How are you doing
today?”
“Fine sir.”
“Are you sure? Because you don’t sound okay
there.”
“I have a little cold sir.” She winced her face at
that quick lie.
“Okay, so what about my proposal?”
“Well sir, I am still considering it.”
“Really?”
“Yes sir. I have to consider it carefully, sir. You
are clearly older than me and there are cultural
differences to consider, sir.”
“Okay, okay, I can clearly understand. You are
still doubtful of my intentions towards you.”
“No sir, its not……..”
“There is no problem, take as much time as you
need, but remember that I can’t wait forever.”

Poom! Poom!! Poom!!! The line went dead.

Cassie looked around and started executing her
plans for the day. She was about going for a
shower when the phone buzzed again.
“Oh God! Who could be this daft person that
called me this early morning? Can’t people be
more snail-headed than this?” She moved
swiftly with the energy to blast through
mountains in order to pick the call.

She froze when she saw the person on the line.
It was…….

“Aunt, its one of my friends. She is female,
don’t worry.” The monster look on her aunt’s
face softened up.
“So?” Her voice did not.
“Aunt! Can’t I have friends again?”
“Comfort, don’t dodge the question. Who is
she?”
“She is a very good friend of mine. In fact, she
called me early this morning over one vision she
said she saw about me.”
“Tell me about it.”
“Aunty, its irrelevant!”
“Tell me! Did I say it was relevant?”
Comfort exhaled, knowing that it was bound to
drag on until heavens come down if she
continued to deny her aunt the information.
“She said that she saw us been attacked by
armed robbers back home and I was killed. She
then advised that I should leave.”
“How is that irrelevant?”
“Aunty! Don’t tell me that you also expect me
to take her advice seriously!”