Episode 13
SAME EVENING
Before Daria came out from the bush,
Ebube had already left. She glanced at
the paper once again, folded it and took
on her heels. Grasses flung on her legs
continuously as she kept running
straight to their house. But she suddenly
stopped, thought for a while and took
another road that led to the new
resident of Ebube.
:
On the other hand, Ebube just entered
his house in a hurry and gently placed
his sword on the center table then
collapsed on the couch. One could see
his chest moving up and down caused
by an external respiration. Suddenly, he
heard footsteps outside then grabbed
his sword swiftly. He gradually moved
towards the window where he open
and saw Daria at the gate. So he hurried
outside angrily and stood at ease with
the sword well positioned in his hand.
When Daria saw him, she adjusted
backward.
âWhat are you doing here?!â Ebube
shouted but Daria didnât say anything
rather began to move forward. âNot a
step forward!â Ebube commanded
before she stopped.
âI guess this is yoursâ Daria showed him
the paper.
Seeing that, Ebube put back his sword
on itâs shelf and moved forward
heroically. His shoes were big as that of
soldiers and his muscles as that of
wrestlers. Without fear, Daria stood
firmly waiting for him until he finally
came closer to her. Ebube stretched his
hand for her to hand over the paper to
him and she handed it to him quietly.
After collecting it, he turned walking
back into the house but suddenly
stopped and said, âLeaveâ
âWhy do you need that name?â Daria
approached forward.
âI said leaveâ Ebube repeated.
âYou are hurt insideâ Daria kept moving
forward.
âDonât come close to me. I said leave me
alone!!â Ebube shouted and brought out
his sword then Daria ran away.
With the same anger inside the house,
Ebube began to break anything he saw
in the sittingroom. âNooo!â he shouted
in a loud voice at the center of the
sittingroom with his face up and hands
stretched upward too. He gradually
brought them down again breathing
heavily, then tears began to drop from
his eyes through the mask.
**
Meanwhile, at the kingâs palace, his son
who lives abroad had been calling to
come back home but the father kept
given him one excuse or the other. Just
before king Lucas sat on his throne, a
guard brought his phone saying, âYour
highness, the prince is on the lineâ
The king took the phone and said,
âHello, sonâ
âFather, i have made up my mind to
come back tomorrow. Iâm tired of these
funny excuses!â
âSon, you have to listen to me, this
kingdom is not yet stable for youâ
âWhy?â the king kept quiet. âYou see,
you have no reason. Father, whatâs
going on?!â
âJust do as Iâve sa.. hello.. son?â the line
had gone dead already then the king
exhaled deeply.
âMy kingâ the wife walked in, in an
expensive gown and a crown on her
head. âWhat troubles you?â
âOur son has insisted on coming back
tomorrowâ the king replied.
âYou should have told him to come back
in the next three days since the seven
men will come back in two days time to
drive Red out from that houseâ
âHe wouldnât listenâ
The queen exhaled deeply too. âWhat
are we going to do now?â
âNothingâ the king concluded.
**
Darkness had totally took over the
atmosphere when Daria reached home.
She refused to disclose to anyone even
her parents what she passed through
that evening. She only wondered why
Ebube had their kingâs name with him.
âThere must be a reason for that. I
guess he needs help and i must help
himâ she concluded in thought and slept
of.
*
THE NEXT DAY
Only a day remained for the seven men
to return as expected by the people of
Obioha. One could see Odem carrying a
big bag on his head and a bottle of wine
still under his armpit. When Lana who
was heading to Dariaâs saw him, she
smiled and said, âThe Wine, where are
you going to?â
âIf you have the eyes of palm wine, you
will see and know where Iâm going to
and why Iâm going thereâ Odem replied
staggering at a spot.
âI know you are running away because
of the battle between Red and the seven
men tomorrowâ
âNow you are talking like a normal
person like meâ Odem began. âBetter
followed me otherwise, when rock will
jam rock.. donât say i didnât tell youâ
âYou can go, let me get my bag tooâ
Lana walked out smiling.
âIâm waiting for you oh! Anyways, if the
battle starts now, we will be on Redâs
side because i donât want to die young
and leave palm wine behindâ Odem
concluded.
**
Before Lana got to Dariaâs house, Daria
had secretly left to Ebubeâs. When Roland
and Henry saw her hurrying up on the
road, they ran away then Daria
wondered why. She didnât even care to
know why until she got to the resident
of Ebube. She slowed down at the gate
and adjusted her skirt up with a hand.
She quietly entered and stood at the
door leading to the sittingroom. Her fear
increased, as well as her heartbeat. One
could see her hand shaking as she
raised it up and knocked at the door..
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