Chapter one
The breeze is bringing an echo that soothe the ears, while filtering through the skin like a needle,the ocean splashing the shores with shouts of calmness and the aura of temerity, fencing the land as a giant with flat embarkment protecting the shores and the ever present white sand of the alanani beach is the beauty of the Atlantic ocean,which is a re-occuring sight to the inhabitants of this ancient and developing town.
The family of El bravo,a decent hard working lineage of the bravo dynasty known for its passionate businesses which includes a drinking hub,mini mart and delivery services.
El bravo,elegant, strong willed and tenacious in his believes and faith,has been married for three years to his charm of inestimable value,has he often call his dear wife.
El bravo's decision not to marry a second wife even though his wife was slow to bear him a child was seen as extraordinary.A rare hero has he was called by his people because he was the only one in alanani community not to be polygamous.His decision caused a stir in the family and this animosity was pioneered by El bravo's uncle Danaioli who was of the opinion that El bravo is a man and as a man,he is licensed to marry as many as possible citing his case but this was never accepted by El bravo.El bravo was loyal and faithful to his dear wife no matter the qualms they faced.
As a man El bravo was sometimes worried about the increasing hostility among his family due to the lack of kids,on several occasions he had advised them on the danger's of hypocrisy,the thought of so many things, El bravo said aloud can drive a man mad.How I wish my wife can give me a child so that my dear wife can be at peace.My only fear is that the society is moving away from it's traditional values and ethics,which has in turned dented the character of my priceless wife and that this may cause an obvious evil to befall us one of these days,the reality was El bravo was not far from the truth.Mireila, El bravo's beautiful wife is loosing sight of her home due to her unending quest to bear a child for her husband,in line with with the intruding social awareness known as "faciality"which has become extremely infectious to the society positively and to a large extent negatively and the latter affected mireila,because she now learns and adopts every iota of information on faciality.A situation that worried El bravo to the bone,because his wife was loosing her way to the norms of faciality.
While in the midst of his thoughts,at that instant his wife, mireila came out;my dear husband,she gasped,how dare you sit outside with this freezing harmattan wind blowing over you? your health has deteriorated very much this past few days,this cold will only make things worse.I implore you to into the house and warm yourself.
My beautiful charm of inestimable value, replied El bravo in a trembling voice,our elders say the old man, though be weary, still has some blood running in his veins,it is true my dear husband, but age is now telling on you.our elders say that the place of a woman is by the side of her husband whom she should nurse and care when he is weak,tired and old,said mireila suiting the word to the action.
I do rather be left alone to think over a few matters bothering my mind.
At this juncture, mireila ignoring her husband's wish was almost pulling him up, please let us go in;the harmattan is at it's worse today, El bravo soon yielded and followed his wife into their room.
Help!help!help!my husband,help! I'm lost, what is wrong?demanded El bravo,half awake and turning on his bed to hold his wife,why did you shout, mireila?
As if she didn't hear her husband's questions, mireila got up from her bed quite hysterically and prostrated herself a few pace's away,she cried out loud muttering incomprehensible phrases to invisible powers in a pleading tone.El bravo, very alarmed by this unusual attitude and behavior,jumped up and kneeling beside his wife tried without success to know what was wrong, mireila continued sobbing.
I do not know what this is all about,mireila, can't you tell me what is wrong and why you are crying?
Mireila,now regaining her self control,got up from the floor and El bravo helped her to sit on the bed,
Please my dear charm,tell me ,he persuaded,tell me why you are behaving this way,
My dear husband, answered mireila in a feeble voice,I have had a terrible dream,I saw our family drowning in alalani's ocean,as I tried to save myself, I was taken away by an unknown force in the ocean,I could not trace the origin of the voice while struggling and so I shouted for help.
El bravo tried to laugh as if he were highly amused,this dream,he explained,it is nothing but the working of your mind,he insinuated.
Women have their natural intuitions and mireila was not an exception,she was not easily convinced by this explanation,she wiped her eyes with her hands and looked her husband straight in the face.
My darling sweetheart, mireila called on the husband,I have in the most inexplicable way become very nervous,I agree that there's no particular reason why i should be,but our elders say a road does not run in the afternoon without reason,I am all of a sudden filled with and possessed by a most unaccountable presentiment of an approaching danger,I fear that Chaos may set in to destroy us if we are not careful.
El bravo was aware that the Same fear of the unknown was haunting his thoughts especially the faciality inferno, was also disturbing his wife but he tried as much as he could to assure her that there was nothing wrong to worry about.
Right in his mind he knew that the dream could be visible, therefore he hoped to do everything possible to prevent such an occurrence.
It was night day break and the thin rays of the sun were streaming into their bedroom through tiny openings in the roof of the house, El bravo and his wife overslept as a result of the interruptions they had during the night.