Peace And Rose

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Peace And Rose

The four guys chorused Raymond’s name on sighting him.
Ayomide rushed to him and hugged him that same minute, he was very happy he could see him again.

“How have you been?” He asked as he hit him slightly.
Raymond stared at him and his other friends.
“Good day.” He greeted them casually.
“Ray, how far now?” Lawrence also walked to him and shook him.

Raymond was in a confused state as be looked around, he still couldn’t recollect anything as his friends even stood beside him.
The four guys had started wondering why he behaved the way he was, Paul was about asking him why he couldn’t smile and make them happy for seeing him again when Maria cut in.

“He’s suffering from one kind of amnesia.
Don’t feel embarrassed or insulted, I don’t think he can remember you guys.” She said to them.

“Amnesia? Is that not memory loss or something?” Ayomide faced Maria as he asked.

“Exactly, according to the Doctor, he said he hit his head against something during the course of the accident.” She expansiated.

“This is going to be tough. Raymond, it’s Ayo.” Ayomide held him.

Raymond stared at him for a while and glimpsed at the other friends before he sat down.

“He still can’t remember, this amnesia of a disease is a bad thing oh.” Cynthia said sadly as she stared.

“How did you get here?” Ismail asked Cynthia.

Cynthia kept mute for some seconds before she replied.
“I just came to pay a visit to Maria, she’s my cousin.”

Ismail and Paul also walked towards him just staring at him.
“Ray, how are you?” Paul asked him.
“I’m fine.” He replied as he bowed his headracking his brain.
“I think just asking him this won’t solve this issue, we have to return back to Ibadan with him.” Lawrence spoke.
“That’s necessary.” Ayomide added.
“So you guys are just five, what of the other guys who were also involved in the accident with him?” Maria asked.

The guys glimpsed at one another.
“Which guys again?” Ayomide enquired.

“The guys are dead already, they were also involved in this accident.” Maria replied.

“We don’t know any other person, maybe he just helped them here.” Lawrence mumbled.
“All the same, we really appreciate you, Maria. Like, if not for God and as well as you, what would we be saying today? Maybe singing dirge..” Ismail uttered sadly.

“You are welcome, you shouldn’t thank me because I did it for God.” She smiled.

“Anyways, we should get going.” Ayomide said quietly as he placed his hand on Raymond’s shoulder.
“You can’t just leave like that, the Doctor said he has to be coming for check up regularly.” Maria said.

“Check-up again? Alright, no problem. What do we do now?” Paul asked.

They were all glimpsing at one another, no one could respond.

To Be Continued…