Ebu, Le bubume.2

The voice on the phone continued narrating the event with excitement. "I remember clearly you were trying to leave by crawling under the table,but then Brian stopped you and you guys started talking. Then you started drinking. After the third shot, you were so drunk you couldn't walk straight. I'm sure you couldn't see either. It looked like you were passed out. So Brian pulled you against him and started fondling you, but then he stopped and pulled you up on your feet. Then he got up supporting you with his shoulder. You were barely awake but walking clumsily and he was taking you in the upper part of the bar. Before he could get to the stairs, Jones just popped out of nowhere. I still can't understand it myself because I was sober as ****, but I don't get it. It was like magic. It was unbelievable, and he was pissed. Brian didn't even get a second to understand what was going on before he got a fist in his face. He fell back and Jones caught you and put you down in a chair, then pinned brain to the floor and started to beat his ***. But people stopped him before he could do any damage. So he carried you away in his arms."

Enyeko had literally frozen on the other end of the line. "Hello?" Came the voice. "Hello are you still there?" the voice asked again. "Ye... Yes..." came a shaky reply. Upon hearing that the voice continued. "My name is James, by the way. I hope you are okay." "I am", she said. "Thank you for the information. I hope we can be friends. I'll... I'll talk to you later. Bye." she added and ended the call. She looked at lois and blinked. 'Should I tell her? Or does she already know and is pretending?'

She turned away from her and walked out of the room and slamed the door. She stood behind the slamed door for some minutes. Her brain had gone blank. She didn't know what to do. She just stood there and stared into blank space. She stoped staring into space and begun to walk. She walked and continued, not really sure where she was going. She kept walking and walking, unaware of her surroundings till she got to a forest. She stopped and found a clearing, then she sat down in the grass and sighed then looked up at the sky. It was late and the moon was nowhere to be found. There were no stars either.

The sky was pitch black. "Just like my life now", she sighed again and said, " Hmmm. Mom, dad, I hope things got easier for you,cause it didn't for me. She closed her eyes and listened to the insects and birds chirping and the whistling of the breeze. The air was cold, so she zipped up her hoodie and crosed her legs, put her hands in her hoodie's pocket and relaxed her shoulders. The evening was perfect for her to forget about problems. She puffed out air and begun to sing.

"Thought I found a way

Thought I found a way out

But you never go away

So I guess I gotta stay now

Oh, I hope some day I'll make it out of here

Even if it takes all night or a hundred years

Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near

Wanna feel alive, outside I can't fight my fear

Isn't it lovely, all alone

Heart made of glass, my mind of stone

Tear me to pieces, skin to bone

Hello, welcome home"

She stopped as she heard the sound of laughter; disturbingly scary laughter. She looked around frantically trying to figure out where it was coming from. Fear gripped her and she begun to shake. She didn't know what to do. But the laughter continued. "Am I dreaming?" She slapped herself as hard as she could. "Wake up!" She slaped herself again as she felt a huge hand sliding onto her shoulder.

"WAKE UP!!" Her shaking got worse, then she begun to freeze as she tried to calm herself down. A wet, slimy tongue came out of nowhere and licked her face slowly, sliding from her neck up her cheek then disappearing above her. "No no no no no no no no. NO!!" "Yes", came a sinister voice above her. " Yes yes yes yes yes yes." "It not real. It's not real. It's just your mind playing with you. It's all in your head." She closed her eyes. "It's all in your head."

The laughing begun again and it was louder. She closed her eyes with all the strength she had. "I will open my eyes and it will all be gone. It will be over, cause it's all in my head. None of this is real." She took a deep breath and she felt the air get lighter. Her shoulders relaxed and everything went still and strangely peaceful. With all her might, she opened her eyes and blew out air in relief. She laughed at herself a little and got on her feat.

Then she held her chest and bent over laughing feeling she had freaked out too much over her imagination. Then she turned around. But she screamed and doubled back, tripped over nothing in particular and fell to the ground, landing on her butt. Immediately, she saw a monster. Its head was the shape of a man's but its eyes were like burning flames. It had three horns; two on both sides of its head and the third one poking out of its forehead. Its skin was coal black and it was grinning wildly, revealing long shark-like fangs. It opened its mouth and said, "Boo!"

NB: The song is not mine, so those who recognize it, please don't bite my head about it. But those who don't, it's Lovely by Billie Eilish. I recommend listening to it if you are depressed. It doesn't help with the situation, but it's touching.

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