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THE LIVING DEAD (PART 11)

We took a bus down to Nmeka's village.When we got to her compound,i saw a woman,surrounded by other women,they were consoling her ''its alright.Dont worry.she would be found....' I needed no soothsayer to tell me that the poor woman was Nmeka's mother.I felt sorry for her plight.I was filled with guilt."but i didnt kill her.i didnt kill her.i am innocent. I wished her daughter could just come back to life and say to her''mama its alright.i'm here" When she caught sight of us,she ran towards us and held the poor girl with me.Nmeka's roomate "where is my daughter!"she yelled.it took people's effort to let her go off the helpless girl.I should be held,not her. I heard a voice calling me.I turned and it was Nmeka.I shifted backwards in fear.I was about to run,but where to? "Tell my parents what happened"she said thrice,with a voice re-echoing in my head over and over again.She disappeared.I knew oth...

THE LIVING DEAD (PART 10)

I couldn't believe my eyes.I couldn't believe it was Nmeka sitting on my bed.Out of fear,I opened my mouth to scream but couldn't produce any sound.What could have happened to my voice.I made to open the door which i was leaning on,inorder to run away but it refused opening.I fell to the ground with a mighty thud. My heart was beating very fast. Nmeka laughed and laughed and laughed again.I stood up,leaning my back tightly against the door.I wished i could disappear through it at that point in time. "Nmeka please don't kill me please,please o,i am sorry please"I managed to speak at last. She laughed again and stood up,coming towards me.I almost fainted.I was panting furiously.I wished the ground can open up and swallow me.As she came closest to me,i closed my eyes.Trembling,i could feel hot water dripping from my trouser.I knew it was my own urine.I urinated on my body. "Open your eyes!"she commanded.Her voice at this time was ...

THE LIVING DEAD (PART 9)

What?, what's the reason for that?. Why will the police want to search my room?" i asked desperately. "they just want to search all the rooms in the lodge. According to them it's the procedure. You are not the only person, so you have to come as fast as you can or else they might break into your room when it gets to your turn" he explained patiently. "fine i'll be there" i murmured half- heartedly,breathing deeply. __ It really took me about two hours to make up my mind on returning to the lodge, because i was so scared that the police might find something in my room. A lipstick, lock of hair or anything incriminating. I feared. Though I was so sure that i wiped my room clean before travelling, but they were experts and i was scared something could be found somehow. However I finally returned to my lodge very late in the afternoon with the hope that my room has been broken into. But on the contrary it was as i left it {stil...

THE LIVING DEAD (PART 8)

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 plastic chair i had, while the two students with him stood and stared at me. I knew they all noticed my nervous behaviour. "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 murmure...

THE LIVING DEAD (PART 7)

The school SUG president soon showed up with the school authorities and the police, quickly dispersing everyone. "you can now go on with your various activities, we are here to take charge of the situation. Be rest assured that the person behind this outrageous crime will be caught. If you have any information to share please don't hesitate to bring it to our knowledge. Mind how you talk to the press or better still leave us to do the talking. You are warned" the Dean of students addressed us before we were dispersed. I returned to my room extremely scared and afraid. I couldn't imagine what the outcome of their investigation will be. I didn't leave my room all through the rest of that day. I simply stayed indoors with my conscience punishing me. I was ready to do anything for my fears to go away. Nmeka's body was taken away later in the afternoon. I couldn't help but peep through my window as an ambulance carried the poor thing away....

THE LIVING DEAD (PART 6)

If you missed the part Five(5), read it HERE!!! The sharp cry shook the entire lodge, frightening me tremendously. My heart furiously pounded. The day of reckoning finally has arrived. I waited for few minutes in my room as i tried so hard to compose myself. Just like other students, i had to check out the cause of the cry and noise coming from downstairs. I wished i had travelled, but truly it was very bright of me to stay put in the lodge instead of travelling, because i had to be around in order to follow events and plan ahead. Moreover the hostel was a large one but it never stopped students who lived in it from knowing each other's habit and as i hardly travelled. Who knows i could be suspected. Yes i was so scared that i felt every step i took could lead anyone to suspect me even though i was far from being one of the hostel terrors nor cultists who could easily be suspected as the hand behind such a deadly act. I drank a glass of water before heading out...

THE LIVING DEAD (PART 5)

I cracked my head searching for a good river but couldn't remember any. In desperation i thought of other alternatives. "A good bush will do" i concluded as i remembered a very large bush, four hostels behind mine. The bush really was at the end of the street. A yet to be developed plot. But i was very unsure of the best time to head to the place. I knew there wasn't a way i could go there without being seen by many students and my movement might draw suspicion due to the sack bag in my possession and if eventually Nmeka's body is found, tongues may talk and i could be caught. I reasoned. "The only solution was to head out of the school environs with my load perhaps towards the small mechanic village which was fifty naira bus drop away from my lodge, find a good refuse dump site and dispose everything" . _____ Luckily her body wasn't discovered that morning and so by 7:45am, i smashed her phone sim and memory card wrapped the de...