Must Read: Sinister Affections

Episode 7 years ago

Must Read: Sinister Affections

Henry fell slowly to the ground holding his chest.



During his downward fall, he reached for his pistol and shot at the jeeps driver. It was an Headshot and the driver was resting on the steering. He quickly rolled under the presidents car to block bullets coming from the Driver that held the president hostage. Henry jumped out from the other side, aimed at the driver who held the president close to him. Henry focused on his target and released the bullet from the gun.




The bullet was buried straight into the drivers head. Henry took cover from more shoal of bullets coming from the gunmen behind him. He joined the president in the jeep and pushed the dead bodies out. He stepped on the pedal and drove madly towards Abuja closely followed by soldiers who had taken over civilians cars.



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Shindara woke up to find herself in the hospital bed. Memories of the fight with the hausa man flooded into her head. She grimaced and looked around the room. Tony was seated beside her.
”You’re awake. Thank God” He rejoiced.
”Where am I?” Shindara asked.
”In the clinic na. Bro Danladi brought you here.”
”what about my Aunt?”
”She just left. She’ll be back soon”
‘back soon? Excepts she comes to meet me in my quaters’ Shindara thought. She sat up and tore the drip from her hand. She saw a bouquet of flowers by her bed.
”who brought this?”
”Bro Henry. He sent it. He said he would have come but he’s really busy at the moment”
‘when did the goat start caring?’
”He made it? As in, he survived the attack?” She was happy as she was now squealing happily.
”Which attack?” Tony looked at Shindara like she had lost some screws in her head. Shindara too wondered what kind of game this teenager was playing with her at this crucial moment.



”The men who attacked The president on his way to Bauchi. I heard that they attacked the presidents convoy. That was why I ran into the wall na.” Shindara explained like her life depended on it.



Tony looked at her unbelievably for some seconds before bursting into laughter. He held his belly as his laughter shook his whole body. He fell from his seat and was trying his best to suppress his laughter.
”You….. You” he went into another fit of laughter again. Shindara was still looking at him like he was running mad. ”Let me guess, and Aliens invaded earth after it?” Tony started another round of laughter. ”ohhhh this is soo good!”
”Hey Hey! You this little twart! This is so importantm can’t you see?” Shindara smacked his head a little bit angry at Tony.
”I mean, you must have been dreaming.




Nothing of that sort happened. Moreover, you’re in here because your food was poisoned.!” Tony said with a straight face and the retreated to the corner of the room to laugh.




Shindara looked around her, she looked at her hand and found no cut. She was not wounded anywhere.
‘It was real. Wait. After Danladi got my number, everything happened na. But how come I was cut and now healed and wait o…. ‘ she realized something ‘I was present throughout the time Henry was fighting those those men. Gee mehn! It was really a dream ‘



Shindara shook her head at herself. Tony was staring at her all the while and he was reading her face. He burst into laughter again. Shindara took a pillow and tossed it at him.



Suddenly, someone familiar entered the room, it was Oga’s wife, Trina along with Henry. Trina rushed to Shindara who was looking at her perplexed.
‘what’s this oyinbo fowl doing here now?’
”Oh dear, are you okay now? We were worried about you!” Trina gushed.



Shindara nodded a yes and looked over at Henry who was bold enough to wink at her this time.
‘if sickness makes enemies become friends, God please, make me sick every month”
but deep down, Shindara was feeling a very bad aura oozing from Trina. Why was she feeling Trina was behind it all. She had to be careful around This white devil if she wanted to survive here. She has had this feeling once when something that almost claimed her life almost happened in the past. This feeling of DEJAVU she felt now was enough warning to stay clear of Trina and her man,Henry.