The Other Side

Episode 5

Day 1.
Bernice didn’t give Julie the chance to express herself in distress and shock. She varnished to thin air, leaving Julie so clueless as she watched Jack in his drunk state.
“Oh my God, what do I do? Where do I start from?”

She was totally confused. She approached him and picked up his drink to see what he had gulp down his throat.

He raised his head and startled Julie who still held the glass cup.
“Hmmm, my cup is flying…”

He pointed out, trying to examine the cup.
Julie gently placed the cup back to the Table and attempted to give him space when he called out.
“Julie?”

She froze and slowly turned.
“Julie is that you?”
Wait, he could see her? She stopped and walked up to him, waving her hands before his drunk eyes.
“Why are you waving your hands at me you bitch?”

She withdrew in shock.
“You…you can see me?”
She paused, he wasn’t staring in her direction. She wondered what was wrong, it took her another 1minute to realize he wanted to throw up.

He fell to sleep immediately, after he had soiled his sitting room with beer.
She thought of the last time she had a good night rest. Now she couldn’t sleep, ghost don’t sleep, she’d figured out.
She could move things now, so she moved him to his bedroom. It was a two bedroom flat, a perfect fit for a bachelor.
She looked to his kitchen. It was in a mess.
Though she was classy and all that, she mustn’t forget that she grew in a poor home, and there alot of stuffs she can do.
She tidied up the kitchen, his room and virtually the whole house. Next she search to see if he had foodstuffs. Gracefully, he had a few. She quickly made jollof rice. She was careful not to make much noise. Good thing is that, he was drunk. So she was certain he would not hear a thing.
The next morning Jack woke up late. She wondered if he didn’t have a place to go. She thought wrong.
“Jesus!”

He sprang up and dashed into the bathroom.
He didn’t notice the room she put in order at first. And she could only mutter
“Ungrateful bastard”
He was out from the bathroom when he began to take note. His pace became less, till he finally stopped to observe his room.
“Hmm, strange”
He walked to the next room, to the sitting room. Julie followed with smiles on her face.
“What’s going on here? maybe she came around yesterday”
He concluded and Julie couldn’t believe what she heard.