BEWARE OF STRANGERS
I woke up to the
shrill sound of my alarm. Gosh! That sound could wake the dead.it was 6:45 am. What!
I had a meeting that morning with my supervisor at 8 and I also had traffic to
beat. I quickly dashed into the bathroom and did what boarders call "rub
and shine”. It simply means not having a full bath, washing just the face, legs
and veejay. Yeah, call me dirty, (whatever) I’m guilty as charged.
After my 'bath’, I got dressed up as fast as I
could .By 7.01am, I was out of my house. Luckily for me, the road was still
quite free. By 7.35, I was already in school. I walked down to my supervisor's
office which isn't far from the school gate. On getting to her door, I knocked
gently and plastered my ear to her door waiting for her usual 'come in please'.
I heard her soft voice and went into her office wearing my 'innocent' face.
Every student has an innocent face he wears before facing his lecturer. I
walked briskly to her desk with a " good morning ma'am' and remained
standing. I must have stood for almost 5 minutes before she raised her head
from the big book she was buried in. She smiled at me and said in that sweet
soft voice of hers " I'm very busy, come back tomorrow by 8.30 am, OK?”
For a few seconds, I couldn't say a word, I just kept looking at her. I mentally
dealt her several blows in the face. I even broke her nose. Satisfied with the
picture of her broken and bleeding nose, I smiled and said in an even softer
voice “OK ma’am, thanks for your time". I left her office still wearing
that smile.
I decided to go eat at the school cafeteria
since I had nothing before leaving home earlier. The cafeteria was just behind
my supervisor's office. In about 5 minutes, I was already seated in the café
and devouring a plate of jollof rice and beef with a bottle of coke. From the
corner of my eye, I saw an image. The most beautiful image I had ever seen. OK,
scrap that, I saw a guy. He had the face of Alex Ekubo, the body of Inyanya
with the height of Lynxx.He was so handsome and was coming towards me. Oh no!
Not today, I didn't even have a complete bath before leaving home..."hi,
gorgeous “he said in a baritone. "Hello" I stammered. It came out
like a frog croaking. Words can't describe how flustered I was talking to him.
We got talking and in summary, his name is Teddy, a banker who came to check on
his sister. He offered to drop me off at home in his car. Of course I was done eating.
As a matter of fact, I dropped my spoon as soon as I saw him walking towards
me. Yes, I was cool with him dropping me off at home, so we both walked down to
his car parked just outside the café. Teddy already had me under his thumb in
minutes. Don't call me cheap please. Every girl falls for a cute guy with
smooth talks.
We got into his car and he drove out of the
school. A tiny voice whispered a warning my mother gave me the last time we
spoke"...beware of strangers". I drove the voice out by telling
myself Teddy was too cute to be dangerous. More so I really needed the free
ride. Teddy drove me straight home and even walked me to my door. A perfect
gentleman. I invited him in and offered a cup of coffee for his troubles. We
talked about how good a musician the late king of afro beat Fela was and even
compared him with Michael Jackson. All of a sudden, Teddy started laughing. I checked
if I cracked a joke or something, but I was sure I didn't. "What's so
funny Teddy?" I asked. "You" he said still laughing, then, he
brought out something from his pocket and shot me point-blank in the heart.
Everything went quiet except for that tiny voice
whispering 'beware of strangers'....
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