I felt gashed from bubbly outgoing parent as they ensnare me into Linda's crook as a house keeper. When they introduce me, every single person in the family turned at me to gawk and sneaked away. Linda stop looking mother and papa and sigh disgustingly before ordering the gateman to pack me as easy as a b c. I dropped everything and followed him up-like a hungry ghost. Mummy and papa earlierleft in a strop, both heels click-clacking. The sole aim of this errand was to blind a character in Yvon, Linda's daughter. Mother wanted me to marry Yvon that she's made rich after mum testifies frequently on church pews.

Papa was not interested, he always insisted to know the outcome of her wealth but as eve enticed Adam; mum enticed papa and papa tempted of poverty, yielded and dance over...…..

After the gateman had showed me my private apartment, I heard the sound of a moving car, entering into the compound yard. Through the sash window I peeped and picture a face that look like Linda's daughter and Linda from the dining table screamed out, almost to cuddle –her long-heeled shoes stumble and supine. Yvon chokes and chimed in with memoirs of late elder wilder forte and began to sob, calling on help from the gateman's concrete sidewalks.

I heard the smirk,

I perceive the smog

Of the wounded fumes, I rose up, so I was facing the door–flange and strut out. Yvon believed to see me in haste, running onto the foyer outer rug, where her mum supine.

"Can I help? I shared.

"Who are you? She altered.

"Don't bother, I'll tell you-him later" Linda interrupted, smiling sheepishly.

Yvon eased and walk over to her car. Sinking into the car, she opened the boot, and came back to where she'd laid. Yvon took in her mum with her elbow and tiptoed into the house parlor. The boot was open, so I shivered in my skinny pajamas. As my eyes adjusted to the rear-view mirror, I saw safe of condom on the second–sitter, as she ordered I upgrade it into the warehouse, crept over ajar and pause on the brink. The long, fair-haired chair which Linda sat upon was blanketed in obscurity, while Yvon on a dormer stool gazing at the dampen breeze as it lifted the red gauzy curtains, making them dance like restless ghosts. I squat inside, held my shoes, pressing bare –footed. Linda reminded her daughter as I step inside, about me as I swung over to greet her. I witness when she unleash my name to her as things dim and macabre. I witness when she told Yvon that my name is mfon –meaning good. I witness when she said, I was born foundling, and brought under slavery. I wondered if I had dream, the horrors of last night. I felt a hole of hurt. All these witticisms, overexcitedsagas smack down my mind, flooded and brimmed my scull with runs. I just ignore and let out some garlic of admiration. She notice, I was upset, standing in a deadline. Part of me was dying to sit beside Yvon.

In the kitchen, Yvon was call, Linda had prepared a steaming jug of tea and saucepan of egg. I was called to go into the kitchen and arranged the food, in a wider tray, and serve them on a dine. I cowered but they didn't notice. I took in the food as they said, and serve them. During the serve, Yvon called me to dine with her, tap Linda by side and pretentiously smile. I knew it was a sign to nap me in a bowl, my mind was racing as fast as my heart, and I didn't want engagement. For the sin they'd committed against me and God: for the lie her mother had struck, for the business she'd engage. She wasn't aware, I've seen the type of business she's up-to in United States of America. She wasn't inform that Linda her mother had just been lying to people, that, one and only daughter is a criminal and born again in Nigeria. Linda haven't heard that, what overwhelm Yvon's Jeep–boot is safe of condom and not food stuffs.

I didn't know, while I spun through the dining table searching for a lie to tell for I was satisfy, she'd been gazing away from the food. Then I flung onto the sofa, trying to hinder my teeth from clattering through slough of despond. Linda stood up from the dog-tired daughter and scram sharply to the supine position where the grand piano was, and sat, beginning to jubilate over a phrase note. I was lost, half–eye and dangling as well. Though she didn't present it well, but my shaggy body from the sofa's heeled cartwheel.

I felt like a hag and Yvon pick me up. Linda always wanted it to be so but forgot that I was called a slave. I didn't know when she held me by her uniform hands and kiss my spotty cheek. I was amazed to awake and found her garment on my bed, coiling round my privatee…. like a lover, and like a scorching spaghetti. The day was dark and room light switch off. She was snoozing, snoozing like a dreamy bird. I was afraid for I wasn't ready to pregnant a woman whom I haven't paid bride-price. It was a sad thing to say: my wife is pregnant while it's a mistake. When she woke up I almost bite her into torn –the con and dom was what protected her from menace.

I forgot that Yvon wasn't a little girl, for her to tint my garment, she'd once fuck at middle age. Before Linda appeared on a sophisticated form, on a well-dressed black trench coat and high heeled antediluvian shoes, I'd smell the body-blow shadow of her foot and whisper unto her daughter's ear to find a solace den. This was the only way I'd save my life, because I've spied her interacting with a man who'sgoing to marry Yvon on phone. And if peradventure she sees this, she's get madden.

Yvon was under my bed as she came and left, telling me to take care of the house, watch and protect the little spaniel as it flew into den. Yvon heard the message and smiled over it. As she came out, the splashing mascara on her eyebrow skipped to find libido. I knew that was an opportunity for her to tear down my life into uselessness. I took a permit as she stood to cuddle my tiny body, for am up to bathroom. From bathroom to toilet, and from toilet to spaniels' coop, and from spaniels' coop to the gateman's lounge, and hide my face at the dome behind frangipani garden.

I slept over there, and found myself in a sky-blueflora and fauna, and found that in commonwealth short story competition, the speaker announced me –the overall winner. They called out myself, and I stood in middle of kings, timber and caliber with huge of crowns –then I welcome mother and father with a sinewy phone-call and all jubilated, in ecstasy.

All this while, the little spaniel had been hitting me with its claws but couldn't notice until I opened my eyes completely and notice that it's a dream. From the garden I pictured Linda's homecoming, I knew she was irk of me, because she'd been calling my name for an hour. I finally came out, switching from passageway to portico, scuttling into the booms parlor –with spaniels neck truss. She caught me and fetch me out. I went and pleaded, pleaded inasmuch that Yvon implore, too.

While Yvon was imploring, Linda notice that something is wrong and insisted to know. That was a more excuse for her to forgive me and ordered me to go into the kitchen and prepared afternoon lunch. I went in as she said, but left an ear at their discussion. All what she scream ahead of as Yvon entail that she's inlove with me, every in-formats spews down to the place I was. Linda was telling her of a man who'd betrothed her from birth –as played by Hausa ethnicity.

I finish cooking the food. An hour to before I serve the food on the dining table, the betrothed spouse arrive. Linda welcome him sweetly and offer him a chair. Yvon greet him but left angrily to her room. During the discussion, the whipping process was to be carried out. The betrothed spouse was to be thrash by the gateman, as Linda told him so. Yvon was to witness the way her husband will cry in future. But she wasn't interested. The betrothed spouse was afraid to receive the five stroke of cane if Yvon hasn't showed identity. Therefore, Linda ask for the presence of her daughter and I the slave went and fetch her. She came but refuse to sit near him even as the mother shouted. Fakely she shook hand with him and began to gist. Getting to the tournament of proposal, Yvon went into the latrine, promising him to be back soon, instead highjack a vessel of skinned water, and showered it upon him. Whereby, Linda shouted and aggressively laid a hot whack on her face. Linda sob behalf of the betrothed spouse, almost to apologize –He stood up in rage, spank the wall, leaving a word that will never trim there. Yvon felt she'd missed a foul spirit –Strews into the kitchen, held me by my hand and embrace me.

I wanted to reject the embrace, for the dream I'd, God may've tabulated me in a shortlist. But couldn't, maybe someday, in some days it may displeased her.

In next seconds, Linda scathe through our premise.

"What such of nonsense was that, do you know you condemned me? Linda utter and paused.

"Mum, that was the only means to get rid" Yvon retort.

"What do you mean to get rid, didn't I notify you earlier? Linda recap.

"You did! But, there's a man in my life, a man I love much, a man that makes joy exist in my heart –He's just close to. Yvon stammered.

She turned to me and ordered me out...…. As a slave as she said, I obeyed and moved out.

"Who do you think –Is a fightable man for you, apart from the one I've provided" Linda continued.

"You just made him an exception –and you can see him a fool" Yvon usurp.

"Sweet daughter (she touches the garland of her hair) don't tell me –Mfon is the man you're dying out? said Linda.

"Of course. Mfon is, and He's all and all – is there anything wrong about? Oh no, I couldn't believe you made yes in your decision" Yvon laughs.

"I'm sorry, but the truth ought to be….. I understand mfon from its background. That boy is a thief, an unsafe criminal. He murdered your brother while riding tandem" Linda lied.

Yvon was confuse and didn't know what to do. To find out if what Linda said was true –She ebbed out to meet mfon, and hook him on his shirt.

"Don't tell me you killed my brother but tell me a truth? Yvon requested.

"What are you insinuating? Please kindly tell me, what a-hell is going on" mfon requested, too.

"Are you serious, you mean you aren't responsible for the death of my brother? Yvon recap.

"How can I lie to you, have I ever?Mfon summit.

"Mum must be nonsensical"

She hurried back to meet Linda in the kitchen. Linda had already poison a fruit juice in the fridge-freezer and was out on a chair in the sunshade balcony. She knows that the only person that do opens the fridgefreezer is mfon, and if mfon is thirsty he'd surely drink of it. What she put in a fruit juice wasn't a dead poison but a sleeping pill.

Yvon met her communicating on phone under the sunshade balcony. And when she notice that Yvon was behind, she switch off the phone. Actually, she's speaking with GOOT –Group of Ophegi thieves. It was to take place after mfon had drink a fruit juice.

"Why did you betray me of a lie? Yvon caught-in.

"You wretched! I shan't believe for nine months, I was carrying an animal. Ipresumed I'd a child that'll dabbed away ruminations of melancholies" Linda hesitated.

"You haven't answered my question, why did you betray me of a lie? Yvon continued....

"Why won't I spoke a lie to you if I'd the manner" she reply.

Yvonfelt on her laps and arose to shook, cry as loud as growl.

Linda lean forward and scribble a massage on Yvon's frumpy coat and crunch away angrily.

She was gone out to frustrate Yvon's glassy dreams, aspirations and outflank goals yet unfulfilled.

Throughout the night, Linda refused to return and when they finally phone her, she lied that she's inbetween the outskirt of her boss.

This threat was to be perfected in midnight gruesomeness, at the glimpse Yvon felt thirsty and ordered mfon to fill an empty cup with a juice available in the fridge-freezer. Mfon heeded as she said, and brought out the one-and-only-fruit-juice from the fridge-freezer and filled it in an empty cup, and handed her to drink.

She drank and was full of organic invasion –that headed her intoglaucoma. Mfon was seeing her but she was heading astray, the next thing she said was –whisper on mfons ear: BABE, take me to bed –I need some rest.

Immediately she went to bed, mfon moved round the entire stair houses, rooms and windows ensuring, its well lock. Been suspicious of the day, he flung out to spaniels cage and later to the frangipani gardened to peep for the night.

Both "GOOT" slotinto the compounds yard –the way mfonwitness their arrival seems he'd a foresight unlike. Linda had given all the report concerning this affair and like they moved and penetrated into the house, switch-on the light, mfon was trembling, pondering about Yvon –would be kidnap. Meanwhile on the other hand, Yvon had realize herself earlier –the sleeping pill had expire, she'd passed through the backdoor window pane to chain-link fence to have a hide.

"GOOT" bang the exact door and nothing was heard, they decided to enforce weight on the door and when they'd done that, nothing happen – one of them assisted in breaking the door with a hammer. He broke the door and every one of them walked in, shooting sporadically. Unfortunate to them, they wasted their bullets on non-living shadows.

When they realized, checkmating every room and corners and found none, they revolved in middle of the compounds yard to incantate.

Mfon had finally met Yvon at the chain-link fence as he scathe through the edges in dismay. She's seen and witness the presence of GOOT incanting.

"Who are these people, and what're they doing? Yvon uttered.

"Keep silent, don't utter any word. (Mfon look at her caringly and break into tears)

This people are not ordinary, but perpetrators –killers –and destiny destroyers."

"GOOT" encircledthemselves in a queued and left in disappearance.

Immediately they left, Linda burst into the scene with her black strapless jeep as the gateman realize himself and woke alternatively. She hurried into the house, pack out load and luggage into the black strapless jeeping boot. Yvon and mfon came out suddenly from the chain-link fence and welcomed her. The way she replied and reacted to the greetcreated a rumpus shock. This was because, she thought GOOT had perfected their job as she ordered them to do and as they told her while she paid them.

As the Bible opine for the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life, Linda felt smitten with remorse but that didn't show the true color of her. She inherited a wiry sourpuss and kept sounding speechless.

Her wickedness couldn't allowed her to speak only to stare at Yvons eye for help. Yvon refused to help but I'd to, until the day am freed. I talk to her and strive to convince her not to pay back even if she wanted us 'pomp – up.'

While Yvon assisted, I left her chilling and went straight to the kitchen to prepare the necessaries.

The night was spewing into the bucketful starry-light, and was a lull before the storm.

While Linda luxuriated on the dining table with the slice of bread and jug of tea, unaware, this same GOOT came lurking round the entire building.

Linda's spaniel from the cage bark and madcap terribly. We heard and act selfishly. Where we sat, Yvon picture a-man having the head of crash helmet, strolling in and out. She move to check if it was "buchi" the gateman................

I wanted to follow her, but Linda said I'd go inside the bedroom and prepare her a sleeping pillow. I still insisted that something is wrong but she keep hastening and made it heedless.

Almost to haul, the door open, GOOT fetched in and surmount the entirety, Linda's cup began to shake, and some boiling tea sloshed over the table –there were fatalities. Linda and mfon were injured while Yvon killed.

They left, leaving an inscription on the wall. The gateman was smacked dead at the corner. Spaniel was killed and dumped in the frangipani garden. I struggle to raisea hint through the cell-phone. Ambulance arrived and before the police could storm they'd gone.

*

We were in Men's-wear transnational hospital in Abak _Eket undertaking medication when my genetical parent arrived merrily.

"Thank God, you came alive"

They led hands on my chest and memories my feelings.

"Where is Yvon? I struggle my eyes open and uttered.

My parents came in merrily, but the reaction on their faces was a sorrows.

"Where is Yvon? Asked repeatedly.

In unison they stammered "Yvon is ........dead"

"Oh God! Why must I be dead? Mfon gasped.

While we were cured, we left the hospital back home. We got Home in a mid-day seven. Linda had to book a date for daughter's burial. Before the funeral inauguration the state police officers have been investigating all motorways and valves for the suspect. Suddenly, they arrived in Linda's passage. Unknown to her, she thought her secret was concealed but revealed. The inscription on the wall exposed her intent. The inscription reads: "we were backed by Linda and the man whom her daughter disallowed. We were only sent to destroy Yvon's life."

They grabbed and frog-march she into their boot, with hands handcuffed and an interview was conducted as lately in the custodial.

During the interview she made mention of the man whom her daughter rejected and name the location where he stays. The next morning, the state police officers took along Linda and conveyed to his multifaceted vicinity. When they got there, the left-behind tenant confirmed the state police officers that he'd travelled –to black part of South Africa.

One–day–Saturday–morning, Yvon burial was conducted and buried.

While Linda in the prison, Yvon never plan to pay back but was back to pay back. When "Emediong" the man who travelled to South Africa observe and heard that matter has die, nobody was suspecting again, he came back. Yvon notice his presence and decided to balance his life with all-days chemistry. Her spiritual cane continue to whisk, thrash him until he leapt, leapt and scratch.

He leapt until he reach his compound and welcomed the tenant. Unknown to him and unknown to the tenant the state police officers were somewhere in the house. As he walk-in, the state police officers smell and perceive a frosty odor. That he was injured. Yvon had label his skin with pestilences.

He was surprise to see the state police officers putting handcuff...…

"Linda and Emediong lavished in pains until death catch by bonds"