GHOST PART 1

The dream was getting closer to becoming a reality. It is just fourteen hours to the blessing that would change Peter’s status from single to married. But the ghost in the past has started showing up again. It was as if the feeling he has agreed to overcome was now overwhelming than before. He walked out of the crowd in the sitting room into his room like he was tired and shut the door. The joy of the next day has brought friends and families from far and wide into the city to celebrate with the Adebanjos. Souvenirs were packed in and the caterers were constantly making food for the non ending visitors.

 He pulled off his clothes from the hanger and changed into it. He looked at himself in the mirror and the Marks and Spencer suit was a mess to him. The first thought was for him to hang himself with the tie but he brought a razor blade and started tearing up the suit. It was the first cut on his leg that created a shout. 

The door was forced open and his Jacob saw Peter in his own pool of blood torn up inside the cloth he was supposed to wear for his wedding the next day. The ghost has returned his dad said and in minutes he was in Dr Humphrey’s hospital getting stabilized.

Helen was surrounded with friends from work and school. The hair dresser was slow in fixing her hair. The makeup guy came inside her room to test some colours on her face to know how to combine his colours the next day. All the aunties in her families have advised her on how to be a good wife. It was auntie Vera’s turn she thought as she opened the door. She slowly walked inside and it was at this point she noticed there was some form of crying going on in the sitting room. She swiftly got dressed and told the hairdresser to stop work a little. 

She hurried there and saw her mum and two other guest crying. Some were petting them to stop and she was wondering why some people were grieved and some were strong enough to console. Her dad was not in sight and that was another fear. She called Mrs Benji and asked what happened. She said go back to your room Helen I’m coming to explain to you. She was scared and confused but she retreated into her room believing it was all going to be well.

When Mrs Benji entered, she started crying also and in a feminine way. She told Helen that “we just got news: Peter’s madness has taken over him again. He has cut himself up with razor blades and now he is too bad for tomorrow’s occasion. When Helen heard that she fainted. In minutes also she was in a ward in Dr Humphrey’s hospital  

Part 1

 It was inter-house sport in Berinda College where Peter was known as one of the best sprinters in his young age. He had trained tremendously for the events and everyone was waiting to see him perform those miracles with his long legs. Other schools came and parents were in attendance. The field and long distance races started the events. The climax of the events was 100m (senior). John was in lane1, Joshua in lane 2, Michael in lane 3, Peter in lane 4, Kingsley in lane 5 and Femi in lane 6. It was a contest between Peter and Michael. During the heat; they both had the fastest run. Now it’s the final. They were all dressed to represent the house they were and the supporters were chanting their names in echoes.

On your marks ……..

Get set……….

And the whistled was blown. The sprint began with Joshua leading the first ten meters, but Michael caught up in the next ten and at this point Peter was in the sixth position. It was fifty meters before he picked up and like he was pulling everyone back he moved beyond everyone. The last ten meter was a space of jogging as he was obviously the winner. Immediately Peter crossed the line something happened. He did not stop running as he kept on circling the big field. It was his second circle that called attention to him as teachers and parents pursued him to catch him. He kept running faster and lastly when he was caught he just was screaming……..

Dr Humphrey had given him two doses of Lagatin to calm him down and when he narrated his story he said “a ghost was pursuing me”. Thus it was the pursuit of the ghost that even helped him come first in the sports. Now who is the ghost that is pursuing Peter? It took Dr Humphrey two weeks to clear Peter off this ailment and told his parents not to leave him alone for long. He should be kept in the midst of people he said. The ghost never surfaced again till his second year in the university.

It was a long night and an interesting one. From school to his hostel off campus with Bianca beside him, he felt like a king. After their light dinner, Peter had been very agile till early hours of the morning. He felt the sex like it was his first time. But that was the second anyway. He woke up and saw it was bright already. Slowly he turned to Bianca and what he saw was a ghost dressed in rags with a scary face. He ran out of the room till he got to the streets. It was at the street he discovered he came out naked. By passers came to his rescue and followed him into the room to see the ghost and sincerely it was Bianca that they saw. Peter was the only one seeing the ghost and in minutes he was in Dr Humphrey’s hospital getting stabilized.

Same incidences repeated itself around Wendy, Merida, Naomi and now Helen. To Peter, there is a ghost but sincerely there is none.