Episode 31
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FLASH BACK
In a farm where Mrs Williams was
cultivating cassava, several ridges could be seen in rolls. She was
a woman in her middle twenties looking beautiful. She tied a
wrapper across her chest and another on her waist. As she bent
down, hands startled her from behind, so she turned swiftly-that
was Dike.
"Dike, what's the meaning of this" Mrs Williams frowned. She had
a machet in her hand.
"What do you think is the meaning of this?" Dike threw back the
question with a smile. He had a wrapper hung on his shoulder
while another on his waist. "Listen Rose, you are acting as if you
don't know what i want.."
"Have you forgotten I'm your elder brother's wife" Mrs Williams
interrupted.
"Who made u my elder brother's wife? If not me, you wouldn't
have been accepted in our family. So you have to cooperate with
me. Listen, my brother's property is my property. So, legally, you
are mine too" he moved closer to touch her but Mrs Williams
raised the machet up.
"Don't you dare come close to me!"
"Muwa.." Dike beat his chest.
"Yes, giwa" Mrs Williams gathered her farm implements. Dike
watched her as she briskly flung her buttocks home.
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At Dike's resident, Williams visited him at night. There was a
hurricane lamp on the centre table. Dike sat opposite his brother
then listened attentively
"Dike my brother" Williams began.
"Some thing have been going on in my life these days. I see
things about the dark forest of our land"
"Things like what?" Dike queried.
"I can't tell. The only thing that is
preventing me from going there are my children"
"You mean you are trying to enter into the dark forest when you
have twins as children. Never you try it brother"
"Then what do you expect me to do?"
"Just forget about whatever u are
seeing"
"But the dreams get so intense" Williams bent his head
thoughtfully as silenc took over..
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Williams returned home that same night. He told his wife about
his conversation with Dike which she wasn't insupport of.
"Nnayi, i don't like the idea of telling your brother what you just
told him" the wife frowned in the bedroom.
Williams looked at her critically. "Why shouldn't i?" he asked but
the wife kept quiet. "He's my brother, so i suppose to tell him
some certain things"
"I don't just trust him. You need to be careful" the wife laid down
in sleep while the husband wondered why she had to say that..