The Black Indigo
Runs girl
Episode 43
I got to my lodge and locked myself
inside my room.
I didn’t want any disturbance from
anybody be it a sympathiser or friend.
I had quietly offed the engine of my jeep
and tiptoed to my room to avoid
drawing the slightest attention. Even the
girl in whose room I slept didn’t know I
had come back.
I quietly went into my room and locked
the door. Then I sat on my bed to think
of what to do.
I had enjoyed life and money to the
extent that I had lots of flashbacks
rolling back and forth in my mind.
Top on my list was the Dubai travel.
It was simply awesome. From abu d’habi
this to abu d’habi that, we explored. The
names sounded so unfamiliar that I
couldn’t remember them. Not to talk of
the hotel built in the middle of the ocean
where me and senator clifford spent
one night. There were lots and lots of
goodies on sale and senator clifford
really tried for me.
Then the thoughts of stella, my former
roommate filtered into my mind. She
was probably still in business and I felt
cheated.
I felt cheated by nature. I felt cheated by
destiny.
My plans of purchasing a piece of land
and starting off the foundation of my
new building had turned out to be mere
figments of my imagination. I shook my
head in bitterness.
What was more? My academics.
I hadn’t talked much about my
academics because there wasn’t much
to talk about. I sorted all my courses at
the slightest opportunity and slept with
as many lecturers as were willing to give
me marks.
I was among the happening babes in
campus and sponsored as many female
cult groups as I could count.
The first day I drove to school in my new
jeep, the whole faculty was thrown into
chaos as everybody hailed me at the top
of their voice.
I introduced ten babes into the business
that very day. Babes who wanted to
hammer jeeps the way I hammered.
I shook my head as the vivid images
flashed across my mind as though they
happened yesterday.
Then the image of Ray, the client of mine
I murdered in cold blood, came to my
mind and I shuddered with fear.
For the second time I looked round my
well furnished room and trembled.
I heard a noise sweep across my room
and got up to know what it was but
saw nothing. The noise swept across
again for the second time and this time
behind my back and I turned and saw
nothing.
Then a female voice began to laugh
inside my room of which I couldn’t still
see anybody.
I zoomed out of the room instantly
without looking back or thinking twice…
Runs girl
Episode 44
I ran to Mirabel’s room for the second
time in two days.
This time, Mirabel was really worked up.
Mirabel was the girl in whose room I
slept that night.
“What is it again?” She asked staring at
me angrily.
“That same ghost,” I replied trembling.
“But you said you will inform me when
you get back, you didn’t inform me
again,” she complained.
“I’m sorry dear,” I apologised. “Had lots
of things in mind and didn’t remember.”
Mirabel stared at me for some seconds
before sitting down on her bed. I sat
along with her still trembling. She
cleared her throat and began.
“Do you mind telling me what exactly is
happening?” she asked nodding her
head in emphasis. “I mean how exactly
did all these come about? I mean when
did all these start? I mean how did all
these start and who did you say is
pursuing you?”
“My dear I don’t know,” I lied in the bid
to save face. “It all started that night I
ran to your room for no reason in
particular.”
“So tell me about it,” Mirabel pressed on.
“I had come back from fellowship,” I
lied. “Had my bath and sat on my bed to
apply cream on my body but on
squeezing the cream unto my palm, I
saw blood and at the same time a
woman’s voice started laughing at me
and I ran to your room immediately.”
Mirabel kept mute after listening to my
story.
“You need to see a man of God,” she
advised after the short silence. “Let’s go
now if you’re ready.”
“Yes I’m ready,” I replied springing to
my feet.
We drove to the man of God’s place
somewhere around town and luckily for
us, the man of God was in his office
when we came.
He was a middle aged man in his late
forties and wore a dark suit.
“You’re been pursued by too many
spirits,” he revealed pointing at me.
“And the whole lot of them are out to kill
you.”
I and Mirabel froze with fear as the man
of God made his pronouncements.
“Say these prayers alone when you get
home,” he directed scribbling some
bible verses on a piece of paper. “Say it
alone.”
After that he stood up and handed the
piece of paper to me.
We stood up and left afterwards but not
without first putting our offering in a
large bowl on the table. He blessed us
and we left.
We got to our lodge and I went to my
room to do the prayers. Mirabel went to
her own room as well.
I unlocked my door and fearfully went
inside.
“Return my five hundred thousand naira
or you will never know peace,” an
unseen voice declared as soon as I
locked the door.
The keys I had in my hands fell off and
my legs wobbled. Then my phone began
to ring. My phone hadn’t rung for the
past two days and I even forgot I had a
phone. I glanced at the caller and behold
it was senator clifford. I picked the call
immediately.
“For the past three days I’ve had this
severe each at the tip of my p€nis,” the
senator complained as soon as I picked
the call. “Why didn’t you inform me that
you had veneral disease?”
“Hah senator,” I replied nervously. “I
don’t have any veneral disease.”
“Shut up you liar!” The senator barked.
“You infected me with gonorrhoea and
you still have the audacity to lie to me?
We shall see!”
I shook like a leaf as the senator ended
the call. My entire world was crashing
before my eyes and I didn’t know what
to do. The duplex he promised to buy
for me he didn’t even talk about it but
was rather threatening me for infecting
him with gonorrhoea.
With the last strength I had, I picked up
my bible and read one of the verses the
man of God had written for me.
I couldn’t remember the last time I
brought out that bible talkmore of
reading it.
I read psalm 121 which began thus:
“I look to the mountains; where will my
help come from? My help will come from
the lord, who made heaven and earth…”
Runs girl
Episode 45/46
“He will not let you fall; your protector is
always awake. The protector of Israel
never dozes or sleeps. The lord will
guard you; he is by your side to protect
you. The sun will not hurt you during the
day, nor the moon during the night. The
lord will protect you from all danger; he
will keep you safe. He will protect you as
you come and go now and forever…”
I fell asleep as soon as I finished reading
the psalm and had a terrible dream.
In the dream, my mother was crying
profusely over the loss of her daughter.
It was reported that the daughter died
mysteriously of an illness no one could
explain. My mother was rolling on the
floor and screaming at the top of her
voice.
Then I woke up.
My entire body was covered with sweat
and my temperature was high and I had
headache as well.
I got up from the bed and went and
drank two tablets of paracetamol.
Then I lay back on the bed.
The time was 5 o’clock in the evening
and the sun was hurriedly going down.
I didn’t know if there was a link
between my dream and my current ill-
health till baba’s words flashed across
my mind.
“…On no account should any other eye
see this soap and for no reason should
any other body bath with this soap. If
they do, all the diseases that were
washed off would return and engulf
you…”
The baba’s words were as clear as
anything I could think of; most
especially, the part that said: “…If they
do, all the diseases that were washed off
would return and engulf you…”
It was obvious that the increase in
temperature and headache I was having
weren’t of natural causes but were signs
of bigger health maladies to come.
I grabbed my bible and swept to psalm
69 in no time.
“Save me O God!” I read. “The water is
upto my neck; I am sinking in deep mud,
and there is no solid ground…”
A knock on my door interrupted me in
the middle of my prayers.
“Who is that?” I asked sitting up weakly
on my bed.
“Its me Mirabel,” came the reply.
I stood up and went to open the door
for her. One look at me and she knew I
wasn’t fine.
“What’s the matter this time?” She asked
peering into my face.
“I’m falling sick,” I replied. “My body is
hot and I’m having headache.”
“Have u taken any medicine?” She asked.
“Yes I took paracetamol,” I replied.
“Ok that’s good. You will get better,” she
said. “Just came to check on you.”
“Please stay with me,” I pleaded. “If you
leave me here all alone I might die
before morning.”
Mirabel stared at me with fear written all
over her face.
“Alright no problem,” she replied. “Let
me lock my door; will be right back.”
She left to lock her door and few
minutes later, I heard a knock on my
door.
“Come in,” I responded thinking it was
Mirabel.
My door clicked open and a fat woman
walked into my room dagger in hand…
RUNS GIRL - Episode 47
The doctor arrived around 11.00am that morning. I had waited for more than four hours before he arrived and walked past us into his office. Surprisingly, he was a male. I had expected the department to be an all-women- department but it wasn’t and I felt a little uncomfortable. Mirabel didn’t come with me to the hospital cos I didn’t want her to know the outcome of my diagnosis even though that wasn’t what I told her. I had told her that she shouldn’t stress herself that I would be fine and she agreed. I sat patiently and waited for my turn to come. One after the other, the female patients – pregnant and non- pregnant – filed in to see the doctor. It soon got to my turn and I went in to see the doctor as well. The consulting room was well arranged and air- conditioned. The doctor sat in such a way that he saw the patients walk in. “Goodmorning doc,” I greeted. “Goodmorning,” he replied with a captivating smile. “Please sit down.” The way the doctor welcomed me calmed my fears and subconsciously endeared me to him. “So what made you come to see us?” The doctor asked after I was comfortably seated. “I’m having this severe itch in my private part,” I began and narrated all my symptoms to him as he carefully put them down in my folder. After that he asked me so many other questions in regard to the symptom. Then the part of the physical examination came. “I would like to see what’s going on down there,” the doctor said motioning me to pull off my clothes from waist down and mount the examination couch. I felt shy and reluctantly did as the doctor directed. The examination didn’t last more than five minutes and I came down and wore back my clothes. “You have gonorrhoea and genital warts,” he announced as soon as I sat down after wearing my clothes. “I will write some drugs for you which you are to buy from the pharmacy outside.” “No problem doctor,” I replied. The doctor wrote the drugs on a prescription paper and handed it to me. “Thank you doctor,” I greeted and left. I bought the drugs on my way out and headed back to my lodge. “What did the doctor say?” Mirabel asked when she came to check on me later in the evening. “He said that I have infection,” I replied. “What type of infection?” She asked narrowing her gaze. “Toilet infection.” “Ok no problem,” she said. “Did he give you any drug?” “Yes he did o, they are in those polythene over there.” “Ok nice,” she commented. “Make sure you take them at the right time.” “I will,” I promised. “Thanks for your care and concern.” “You’re welcome.” With that she went back to her room. I took the doctor’s drugs consistently as the doctor prescribed but there was no improvement. Instead the symptoms increased and the itch grew worse. I also developed foul smelling sores around my genitals as I scratched to no avail. So I decided to see the doctor again…
