"Stop!" I said, and he looked suprised at the sudden action. "why?" he asked me.
"What is your name sir?" I asked. "oohh yeah right!!" he said as he face palmed himself.
"I forgot to ask what your name is!, Am sorry what's your name?" he asked. "You do not know my name and you want to help me?, I don't know if I should trust you to not do me harm if I should follow you inside sir, And I asked first" I said.
He looked at me surprisingly and said "But you decided to follow me despite the fact that you do not know my name, so therefore we are both on the same page dear, And since you asked first I'll tell you, My name is Edward Steve but you can call me Eddy ok, So what's yours?" he said smiling at me, "Akira...Akira Houston, but you can call me Aki" I said mimicking him.
"Aki! hmm, what a nice name you've got, never heard of it" he complimented me "yeah I know it's pretty rare my grandma named me after her mother, it's a Japanese name" I said, "Really, your Grandma is Japanese?" he asked curiously, "No" I replied, "she was given birth to there" I continued. "Wow, do you know the meaning?" he asked genuinely interested in the name, "it means sunlight, something very bright, my mom says it suits me because I was born on a very sunny day." I concluded.
"Yeah the name really does suit you because you are a very bright kid, not very very but very hahahaha" he said complimenting me at the same time mocking me.
"So, shall we go in now?" he asked, "yes I think we should" I replied, He then unlock the door, As soon as he did so he stepped aside for me to enter first, but I didn't, when he noticed my hesitation, he smiled and said "you are safe with me, I promise" his tone was genuine and that made me calm a bit.
As soon as I took three steps in, I was wowed because the inside view wasn't really what I was expecting, it was so beautiful and looked nothing like the outside, it was as if it were a newly wedded couple's new home, the furnitures were arranged neatly, There was an open kitchen around the right corner of the living room, the whole surface was painted in yellow and there were flower designs all-over it.There few artworks hunged around the walls and they were beautiful, there was a flatscreen TV opposite the door and a shelf filled with books below it, there were two small flower vases on top of the shelf and in the middle of those flowers vases was a CD player, The room had a sweet scent like honey.
Infact I didn't even realized I was inspecting the whole room with my mouth opened, Salivating at the simple beauty of the living room, Infact it was as if everything had a lady's touch to it, Mr Steve noticed my reaction to the room and laughed out loud, "Why do you look so surprised eh?, you thought I'd have guns and knives like a terrorist or a psychopath? He asked and laughed again.
"No." I defended, "I thought this room looks More like a lady's room than a Man's room" I continued, "oh really" he exclaimed, "yes" I said, "Well it's no surprise you could say that, My wife designed the everything actually", "You are married?" I asked surprised.
"Yes I am" he said smiling, "Really!, where's your wife?, do you have kids?, How many kids do you have?" I flooded him with questions.
He laughed at my neverending inquisitivity "Woah! haha, easy there why you so curious?" he asked "I just want to know, Is there a problem with that?" I replied, "No not at all, actually my wife is ummm....Dead" he said. And immediately he did. The room suddenly went silent.
"Am so sorry" I told him, "Nahh!, it's been a long time actually Soo....." he trailed off, "What happened!" I asked him, He seemed hesitant at first before speaking, "It was cancer of the heart, We did everything we could but,...she didn't survive it, well it's okay now, hehe" He said smiling but I could see the bitterness in the smile. "May God rest her soul" I said, "Amen" he concluded.
"You have to wash up now, or you'll stink worse than you already are" he said laughing Changing the subject entirely, "yes, you are right, I've got to get these off me" I said disgusted, "stupid fools" I hissed as I remembered those kids, "They did you pretty bad I must say, but you tried.
It was good you fought back, despite you being at disadvantage there" he praised me and I smiled. "The bathroom's over there" he said pointing to a door just beside the Television while heading over to the kitchen, "Okay I replied" and went over to the door.
When I got there, I glanced back at him somehow hesitant to go in, "Do you still believe am gonna do you any harm?" he asked when he saw how hesitant I was to go in. "No I don't" I replied smiling. When I opened the door. I saw that their were three other doors along the hallway.
One by the right, Two by the Left. "The bathroom is the first one by the left side!!" he called from the outside, "OKAYY!!" I replied loudly.
I went inside the bathroom which I must say is really cool and beautiful just like the living room, I wished our bathroom was as beautiful as this, I smiled sadly at the thought.
The thought of my house made remember my family at home, they'll be extremely worried for sure right now, I had to hurry up. I took off my raincoat and boots, Turned the shower on and started to wash the spilled milk off my hair.
It took me a while to get it all out, And when I finally did I sighed tiredly, I washed the raincoat also and as soon as I was done, I left the bathroom hurriedly.
And as soon as I step out into the Hallway, I noticed the room in front of the bathroom and curiosity hit me hard like a punch, just a sneak peek and I'll get out I told myself, who knows he might be keeping something bad and dangerous in there.
I used that as my silly but still reasonable excuse to see what's in there, I glanced at the entrance, before opening the door and entering the room. It was a bedroom.
The room was no different from the living room, Everything neatly arranged that I couldn't help but admire and wondered at the same time why it looks the opposite on the outside "hmm nothing unusual." I said to myself.
I was about to leave when I noticed a framed photograph on the bedside table, I strolled towards the table to take a good look at the photo, And I saw it was Mr Steve's wedding photograph, he and his wife looked very happy in the photograph.
His wife was looking very beautiful in her white wedding dress, she looked so healthy and happy, i felt so sad for him.
I was about to drop the frame back on the table when I felt someone standing at the entrance, As if shocked I quickly turned my head around, And there was Mr Steve standing at the entrance with a towel in his hand, "What are you doing there?" he asked.
"uh oh... he caught me," I whispered to myself..