Roommates 5: Episode 7

The Unseen



‘Oh my God!’ Georgina screamed. ‘Blood.’ She turned to Gloria amongst her haemorrhage arm, oral fissure agape. ‘Blood, Aunty, blood!’


‘Red blood!’

Gloria left her in addition to ran into the kitchen to select direct maintain of a slice of cloth.

Abuchi charged toward Segun at once. ‘Are you lot okay?’ He seized him. ‘Are you lot mad?’

As the 2 buff men struggled in addition to exchanged blows, Georgina, who at nowadays looked to receive got taken the chore of a word reporter, turned to Gloria’s husband: ‘Madam, sorry, Oga, they are fighting.’

With a blood-stained finger she touched Mr Iyke, who seemed likewise stunned yesteryear the whole province of affairs to demo whatsoever motility at all. ‘Oga, he threw a dagger at me in addition to at nowadays he is fighting my husband.’

‘A dagger, Oga, dagger!’

Gloria appeared amongst an former napkin.

Georgina looked 1 time again at the 2 fighting men in addition to thence turned dorsum Mr Iyke. ‘Oga, are you lot merely standing there? Are you lot merely standing at that spot doing nada field he kills me in addition to thence kill my hubby too?’

Gloria stood even thence for a few seconds earlier coming over in addition to taking Georgina’s haemorrhage arm.

Finally, Mr Iyke appeared to receive got gotten himself in addition to began scrolling downwardly his contact listing immediately. He dialled off a number.

As Gloria tried to comprehend the cutting amongst the napkin, Georgina looked yet 1 time again at the blood stains on her fingers in addition to thence turned to the fighting men. ‘Aunty, did you lot see what is happening now? They are breaking things, Aunty!’

‘Turn this way!’ Gloria said. She grabbed Georgina’s wounded arm in addition to finally turned the napkin circular the cutting to unopen the wound.

All the while, Georgina rambled on. ‘They are breaking things, Aunty. They are breaking things!’

Finally, the gate human being answered Mr Iyke’s telephone telephone in addition to inwards a thing of seconds he’d flown into the room.

And it was him, this thin-bodied, late-middle-age-looking human being that eventually separated the fight.

With Abuchi’s help, he was able to pivot downwardly the intruder in addition to they tied him up.

***

The novel individual hospital on Ogbunike Street saw an influx of patients yesterday.

Not likewise long after a classy middle-aged adult woman inwards labour was wheeled in, a LASTMA van brought inwards 2 haemorrhage accident victims.

Though the adult woman inwards labour had pose upwards quite a chip of drama, the agency she seemed to a greater extent than interested inwards her pilus in addition to makeup than her contractions, but it was the example of a missy haemorrhage at the arm that drew the most attention.

‘He stabbed me in addition to even thence had the guts to struggle my man? He volition see!’ Georgina continued to curse. ‘He should merely pray that nada happens to me, otherwise—heey! Otherwise!’

She shook her head. ‘He should merely pray that I did non exceed away here, otherwise! In fact, fifty-fifty if I exceed away that would endure the worst for him because my ghost volition haunt him. I volition brand certain I haunt him till he runs mad. He volition see!’

‘Georgina, that’s okay,’ Gloria said. ‘You volition non die. And you lot receive got no demand to line of piece of job concern yourself at nowadays amongst whatever happens to Segun. The men receive got driven him to the station in addition to I’m certain the officers volition bargain amongst him accordingly.’

‘Madam, operate out English linguistic communication o. Leave English linguistic communication to rest. Did you lot non see what happened? Did you lot non see it all? He stabbed me in addition to blood was rushing out. And thence he went ahead in addition to started fighting amongst my man. Did you lot non see?’

As Georgina continued to groan in addition to curse, the classy adult woman inwards labour did a sort of waving in addition to murmured in addition to said: ‘Oh, delight tin someone larn that stupid daughter to endure repose for once?’

Unfortunately, Georgina heard this. And she stopped in addition to turned dorsum to the woman. ‘Madam, what did you lot merely say?’

The adult woman adjusted herself inwards her wheelchair thence that her protruding belly appeared to bob. ‘You are making a hell of noise, immature lady! This is a infirmary in addition to every bit you lot tin see I am close to receive got a baby!’

‘So what if you lot are giving nascency to the following Jesus Christ?’ Georgina said. ‘Is that the argue you lot volition telephone telephone me stupid?’

Strangely, this adult woman seemed cook for trouble. She waved. ‘Oh unopen upwards already, volition you? Who else makes this variety of racket inwards a infirmary reception if non someone rattling stupid in addition to vacuous?’

With 1 hand, Georgina snatched the grip of the wheelchair from the nurse belongings it in addition to rolled off the adult woman downwardly the gleaming hallway.

‘Georgina!’ Gloria screamed.

Everyone’s eyes savage broad opened upwards inwards shock, including the administrator attending to the woman.

As she sped downwardly along, the meaning adult woman kept on crying: ‘Oh Christ! Oh Christ! She is mad. She is insane! Oh Christ! She is insane!’

Finally, in addition to quite luckily too, the nurse chasing after her caught her halfway from the following wall.

She took some seconds to find herself in addition to thence turned to the nurse: ‘I idea this is merely a normal clinic, why didn’t you lot tell me you lot acknowledge mental patients hither too?’

‘Madam, she is non a mental patient,’ the circular nurse said behind her.

‘Oh, clearly she is. She is. What other signs practise you lot demand to diagnose her?’

‘She is not—’ The nurse’s words were cutting off yesteryear the woman’s precipitous scream.

Puffing, she said: ‘Oh God! The contractions are back!’ She did her mode of fragile waving again. ‘Please larn me into the ward already in addition to describe this thing out of me! I’m done! I’m truly done!’

She puffed 1 time again in addition to looked circular the place. ‘And why is Solomon non hither yet? How many hours does it receive got at nowadays to wing from London to Nigeria? I warned him close this! I did! I told him to larn me a surrogate. I told him! Now expect all the problem he’s pose me into in addition to he is non fifty-fifty hither to assist me bargain amongst whatsoever of it!’

‘Madam, you lot are inwards the hands of professionals,’ the nurse said, comfortingly, ‘you absolutely receive got no argue to worry.’

‘You know what? Wheel me to the airport, I tin no longer receive got this infant inwards Nigeria!’

‘What?’

‘Wheel me to the aerodrome now, please?! Mention whatsoever amount, I’ll pay you!’

‘Madam, you lot are inwards Lekki. The aerodrome is almost an hr away inwards a fast car, non to get upwards a wheelchair!’

‘So you lot intend it is non possible?’

‘No, it is not. You are already inwards labour in addition to your infant volition come upwards whatsoever infinitesimal from now.’

Finally, they were at the door of the delivery room assigned to her. The nurse pressed a button, pushed the door opened upwards in addition to eased her in.

***

Shortly after a doc came in addition to Georgina was guided into her ain ward, Apr arrived inwards a taxi amongst an unconscious Loveth.

But it wasn’t until the following morn that the 2 parties saw each other.

Georgina, guided yesteryear Abuchi, had come upwards out for some air when Apr saw them.

The infirmary reception was broad in addition to exquisite.

‘Oh my God, what happened to you?’ Apr made to touching on Georgina’s at nowadays bandaged arm in addition to she flinched away.

‘What happened?’

‘I was stabbed. Who told you lot I was here?’

‘I didn’t know you lot were here. I didn’t come upwards for you.’

‘What?’

‘I brought Loveth.’

‘How?’

‘She fainted finally night.’

‘Fainted? Why?’

‘I truly can’t say. Someone knocked on the door in addition to she went to cheque who in addition to the following thing I heard was this swell loud scream. When I got to the door, I saw Loveth on the floor, unconscious.’

‘Who did she see?’

‘Or what, I can’t tell. I saw nothing.’

‘Where is she now?’

‘Ward 19. The doc said she volition come upwards approximately earlier noon.’ Apr looked at Georgina’s wounded arm again. ‘What happened to you?’

‘Is it non that mad man child called Segun. They sent him but he failed.’

‘I don’t understand.’

‘The fool came to the line of piece of job solid finally nighttime in addition to stabbed me.’

‘Serious?’

‘Not alone that. He stabbed me in addition to started beating Abuchi, tin you lot imagine that? If non for our safety human being that intervened, the 2 of us would receive got been admitted.’

‘He wasn’t truly beating me,’ Abuchi right away said inwards his defence. ‘I had him already in addition to fifty-fifty if that guy did non come upwards I would receive got knocked him out.’

‘Story. You intend you lot would receive got beaten that animal?’

‘Why not?’

Georgina patronized Abuchi amongst a smile. ‘Abuu dear, don’t worry, I didn’t heighten you lot to endure a fighter, you lot hear. In every bit much every bit I admire your fighting for me, don’t e'er practise it again.’

‘Why?’

‘Don’t you lot know that your going on to struggle amongst him got me fifty-fifty to a greater extent than terrified?’

‘How?’

‘He is dangerous; something could receive got gone wrong.’ Georgina turned to April. ‘Can nosotros become in addition to see Loveth at nowadays please?’

‘Okay.’

***

Loveth finally woke upwards at approximately 2 p.m., when Gloria had brought Georgina nutrient in addition to left.

She kept muttering alone 1 phrase: ‘I saw her.’

‘I saw her.’

‘Who did you lot see?’ Georgina asked.

‘Her. I saw her.’

‘Who?’ Apr this time.

‘I saw her. I truly did. You 2 must believe me.’

‘We believe you, but who did you lot see?’ Apr said again.

Loveth turned gently away in addition to would non nation anything else.

They tried to press her but the nurse inwards the ward stopped them in addition to asked them to operate out the room.

Gloria returned afterwards inwards the flush to pay the infirmary bills in addition to receive got Georgina home.

When Georgina told her close Loveth she offered to become amongst her to see her.

And this was the get-go of the revelation.

Because, similar Loveth, the 1 other somebody that has encountered this mysterious adult woman earlier is Gloria—that menstruum Georgina late woke upwards from her drugged sleep.

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