Chapter 8
Day 2/3
Julie could see as he shook from head to his toes, to the extent the dinning table began to vibrate.
“Jack, please calm down”
“Ok, I’m down..I mean am calm now”
He muttered but his body system betrayed his lies.
“Jack you’re still shaking”
She pointed out.
“Oh, Am i?”
He replied as soon as she dropped her words.
“So how did you get in here? Like how…how did you appear from nowhere?”
He asked, praying so hard that she don’t respond with what the dreadful part of his mind whispered.
“Simple logic Jack. I am dead”
That was the word he feared she might say.
His system doubled the fright and he shivered even more.
“You…you are…you are dead?”
He swallowed hard and broke out in hot sweat.
“So am not dreaming, am seeing your ghost?”
She nodded to his question and stood up.
“Jack just calm down, I’ve been around for sometime now. Who do you think put your messy house in order? Oh and who cooked the rice you’re eating now? I did dummy”
Instantly the delicious rice turned sour in his tummy. The thought of eating from a ghost made him nausea. He threw up.
“Ewww…come on Jack, put yourself together. You are a man”
She was getting tired of his timidity. Although she understood what he was going thru, she was perfectly sure that if she was in his shoes, she would not just pee on her pants, but would be thrown into comma for approximately 3years.
“Jack…”
She paused, she felt telling him straight to his face that he has to fall in love with her in less than 30days, was way too embarrassing. She literally had that as a second thought now. Now she has to make sure he doesn’t end up dead like her.
“Yea..? But Ju…Julie before you continue, I didn’t kill you did i?”
“No you didn’t”
“Then why did you choose to torment me”
“Jack for the love of God I am not tormenting you”
He paused when she held her head in frustration. He instantly felt he was talking too much. His next thought was she might decide to strike him with a strange disease or something.
“Jack, it’s normal to talk to me”
He chuckled in fright.
“Yea…of course, talking to a ghost is completely normal”
She shot him a stern look and he quickly apologized.
“I’m sorry”
“Jack, Siera is not who you think she is…she had me murdered. And I’m pretty sure she wants to do same to you too”
He was quiet, and she couldn’t tell if he believed her.
“She came around to the house, looking for a document that held your finger print”
She didn’t know if going towards him was wise, but she had to check if he was still a part of the living.
“Jack?”
“Can you give me time to process the fact that I’m not going mad?”
He requested and was careful in being polite.
She hissed and made him believe she had gone when she went invisible.
“Jesus”
He muttered as he stood up. She attempted to help when he almost lost balance but decided and retraced her steps.
He looked to the time, it was past 8pm. Quickly he snatched his car keys and hurried to Frank’s apartment.
“Frank, I’m going mad”
He blurted out the moment Frank opened up.
“Jeez bro, you are shivering”
“My brother, how I was able to drive here, is a miracle”
He took off his jacket and sat on bare tiles, panting heavily.
“Ok what’s up?”
Frank questioned now, when Jack refused to share a glass of wine with him.
“I saw her…”
“Who?”
“Ju…Julie”
Frank eyes went wide, he drop his glass of strong wine and took time to adjust before he asked.
“You found her?”
Jack frowned at his question.
He replied in whisper.
“Her ghost. She is dead”
Frank paused for a minute and took another look at him before he questioned with a concerned look.
“Bro, I think you need a psychiatrist”
Frank didn’t believe him and it only drove him mad.
“You think I just made this up? I saw her man! She talked to me, we talked for more than 2minutes”
He was sweating profusely, with his eyes protruding in fear.
“Ok calm down, calm down…tomorrow we would see the doctor”
Frank advised.
“What are you saying Frank!”
“I am saying ghosts don’t exist brother, after death is judgement! No ghost bro, it must be malaria or something disturbing your brain. I insist we see the doctor”
Jack held his head in frustration, Frank was the only pillar he had left. Now even his safe place, wasn’t safe.
“You don’t believe me?”
He questioned again, hoping Frank would rethink”
“Jack just relax, we would see a doctor…”
“Don’t tell me that rubbish! I am perfectly fine! and I know what I saw. You know what, forget it. I am out of here!”
Jack Interjected and started towards the door.
“Jack?”
He paid a deaf ear, but just by the door he remembered his house was off limits. What if she appears to choke him at night. The thought sent shivers down his spine.
“You know what? I’ll crash here tonight”
He turned and ignored as Frank laughed and assured him its just as a result of malaria.
The next day he was out before Frank heard the cock crew. Straight to his pastor’s office.. There is nothing God can’t do.
He rushed in and poured out his plight to Pastor Dayo.
“It’s a familiar spirit brother Jack, kneel and let’s pray”
The prayer was intense. One that prompted pastor Dayo to remove his big coat to rain the heavens down to earth.
Suddenly he got that confidence, Julie was surely finished, with this kind of prayers, he was certain she had been dissolved to dust, never to plague his life again.
With confidence he entered his apartment and to God be the glory, the first person to welcome him was Julie.
“Welcome home Jack”
He burst into tears.
“Oh my God, God why….”
Chapter 9
Day 3/4
Julie completely understood how he felt, like who wants to be tormented by a ghost? Although she wanted to help him secure his life and whatever inheritance he had in store, but for now, he doesn’t understand. She watched him sit on bare tiles, questioning God.”God what have I done? Why is this happening to me, ok I wished her dead but I really didn’t want her dead…why is she tormenting my life now?”
He was completely ignoring her and crying to God. For a moment there she had to laugh.
“Are you serious?”
She had to question him.
He looked to her with red, tearful eyes.
He discovered she was still around. His cry went intense
“God she is still here ooo”
Julie couldn’t bear, she burst into laughter.
“Jack just calm down, I am stuck with you whether you like it or not”
She allowed her words sink into his subconscious mind before she continued.
“Don’t worry, it’s just for a few days, I would let you be, for now, I said earlier, your life is in danger, we have to work together, unless you want to be a ghost like me”
He was quiet now, he sniffed in and started to sit on his cushion, the suddenly realise that even God had decided to let this ghost hang around him.
“So Jack, what do you say?”
He looked up to see her close to him, he was still a little shaky but he composed himself, and with a low tone he muttered.
“You are the reason my mother died, you locked me up for days,and made me lose my contract, you called me trash…now I should work with your ghost? You expect me to believe you”
She stood up and felt his words sting her. His head was still bowed, he dare not look to her face.
“Jack listen, I am sorry for all that, but…”
“Sorry? Just sorry?”
He was becoming rational.
“Listen Jack, it’s in the past, Siera is out to kill you, don’t you get?”
An uncomfortable silence gained access and stood in between them, and Julie was going to speak up when she perceived Siera approaching the house.
“Listen, I can permit you to tell Frank about me, but don’t you dare tell Siera”
She disappeared before he understood the scene, the next minute Siera’s voice rang from outside.
“Baby!”
He rushed and opened up, hugged her tight and quickly brought her in.
“I have something important to tell you”
He froze for a minute and tried to see if Julie was anywhere visible. Well, she sat at the dinning waiting for him to try and spit it out.
“What is it? You don’t look settled”
“Yes yes…it’s…it’s…”
“It’s what?”
Jack discovered he couldn’t breathe the words out. He pushed to his limits until Siera grew fed up.
“You know what? Just forget it”
“No no, hold on, it’s…it’s…”
Julie held his tongue from spitting the words out.
“Jack please, Just let it go, tell me about it later”
She beckoned in haste and pushed with a cover question.
“Have you eaten something?”
Before he replied she quickly chipped in with the real reason she came around.
“Emm, baby, remember that document that carried your thumbprint”
Jack grew suspicious immediately, but was smart not to show it.
“Which document? I can’t really remember”
He replied her and started towards the bedroom like he wanted to help find it.
Julie was glad he didn’t reveal it. She followed to the bedroom just in case he changes his mind.
“What do you want to use it for?”
He stylishly asked while he searched.
“Oh yeah, I want to open and account for you where I can chip in little packages”
She winked at him, hoping he would fall for it. He didn’t, but was smart to act like he did.
“Wow, thanks baby…”
He hugged her tight and kissed her. Julie simply rolled her eyes in disgust.
“But why my thumbprint? What is my signature for?”
He chipped in a nervous laugh before he continued
“I mean, my signature is not for fancy or is it?”
She came prepared, she knew he would ask a question like that.
“Yeah I know, but I don’t want a situation where I would always call you to come to sign in some confidential documents used in preparing your special account, so your thumbprint is better, it would be scanned and used on all the documents”
He wanted to remind her that a signature can be scanned and used too but he thought it wise to agree to her suggestion, so she wouldn’t notice he had his suspicions.
“You know what baby, I would settle down and look for it, when I get it, I would bring it to you”
Siera knew he wasn’t going to be true to that, but before she made a protest, her phone rang and demanded her presence back at work.
She ended the call and pecked him on his lips.
“Alright baby, I gotta bounce, duty calls”
He was certain she was gone before he called out.
“Julie? Julie?”
She was right behind him, and scaring the daylight out of him was her plan.
“I’m here”
She startled his skin from his muscles.
“Jesus!!”
He yelled and jumped to almost touch the ceilings.
She burst out laughing.
“Oh it’s funny right? Please don’t ever do that again”
He beckoned amidst panting.
“So you called me”
She reminded him while she sat, crossed her leg and waited for him to state the obvious.
“Siera is up to something”
He said what she wanted, but it wasn’t complete.
“And?”
“And as much as this sounds, like it’s abnormal, not humanly possible…”
She rolled her eyes and interrupted him.
“Jack? And?”
“Ok I believe you, she is up to something”
She smiled now.
“So we work together to discover this right? Are you in?”
She needed his consent first.
“Yeah, am in”
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