CHAPTER THREE

Jaynie hardly slept the whole night, the joy of going to school clouded her heart. She work up as early as 6:am said her morning prayer and made her way to the bathroom. She took her bath, got dressed and got prepared for her Departure, she went over to her sister , and woke her up"Steph get up you are going to school" she said. Stephanie turned restlessly on the bed and sat up "you are dressed already?"

"mhhmm"

"bet you can't wait"

"I can't girl" she said and chuckled get ready quick

"okay" she said, said her morning prayer and prepared for school. she took her bath, dressed up and left for the living room with her sister.

"Good morning Dad good morning Mom" the two chorused

"how are you" they replied

"fine"

"let pray for Jaynie so she can leave"

"okay mum" Stephanie said and a prayer was said for Jaynie by their dad and Jaynie set to leave with her dad.She hugged her younger sister who was close to tears then pecked her.

"bye bye "Stephanie said and tears rolled down her face

"come on now do you want me to cry too, I will call you don't be late for school"

"I won't"

"bye mum"

"bye, be careful my dear"

"ok mum she said and left with her dad".

"Stephanie finish up so we can leave together"

"ok mum " she said and left for their room, shortly, they left the house.

Stephanie came back from school and open the door with her spare key. She went inside , dropped her bag on the chair and change her cloth. " Am missing you already sis Jaynie , everywhere is so quiet. She went into the kitchen, prepared noodles and ate and settle down to her assignments.

She ran to the door when she heard a knock ,she opened the door joyously and hugged her mum

"welcome mum"

" how are you " she said and entered the house locking the door behind her

"fine"

"how was school too"

"cool as sis Jaynie gotten to school?"

"yes why don't you call her"

"no airtime"

"take money from my purse and get" her mum said undressing

"okay what of dad?"

"he his on the way ,have you eaten"

"yes" she replied and left to get airtime.

TWO MONTH LATER, ON A FRIDAY MORNING

The family dressed up and prepared to leave for work, Stephanie came out of the room and bayed her parent good bye" I will leave first am having test this morning"

"hope you read ?" her dad asked

"trust me dad"

"okay dear"

"Steph, did you speak with your sister yesterday night" her mum asked with a worried face

"no her number wasn't going through and she didn't come online maybe it was network and she was too busy so she didn't come online bye"she said and left.

" I couldn't speak to Jaynie yesterday dear am worried"

"her phone was switched off maybe they had light issue stay calm"

"okay your phone is ringing , maybe she is the one"

"I will get it " he said and stood up" hello, yes it me, what!" he shouted and the phone dropped from his hand

"dear what Happened " his wife said and move closer to him"talk to me dear, you are scaring me dear please"she said shaking him anxiously

" ah ah" he said bent down his head and starts to cry

"ah sweetheart talk to me now" she said with fear

"Jaynie friend spoke to me now"

"okay so what happened" she said shaking

"she said Jaynie hung herself"

"okay so have she been rescued" she said with a shaky voice

"she was found dead this morning alongside with a guy"

"ah yeh yeh my baby ooo it is a lie Daniel , a huge one my daughter cannot kill herself. It is not possible" she said and wept uncontrollably.She kept on, saying to herself"it is a dream", but time just went by without her waking up from the terrible dream. "my baby, my angel , my first joy ,my one in one may you rest in peace". she said and wept again and again. Her husband buried his hand in his palm and wept.Their first happiness is gone.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 4 O'CLOCK

"Stephanie , Steph" a girl called out to her

"yes Esther " she said and walked up to her

" I was expecting to see you on bike"

"I just decided to do some exercise by walking I need to loose weight you know"

Which weight are you loosing, your stature is ok"

"no I want to be slim like you" she said and chuckled

"Good luck" she said and they both laugh

"let go" Stephanie said

" wait, I want to tell you something"

"what is it?" she asked with curiosity

"an ambulance just drove into your compound with police too"

"why what are they looking for or did they miss their location "

"no your sister passed away in school, they said she hanged herself"

"are you alright? Know the kind of Joke to crack" she said angrily

" am serious they said she killed her boyfriend and hanged herself"

"her boyfriend?" my sister doesn't have one" she said with a trembling voice

"and how would you know?"

"because she is my sister and there is nothing about her that I don't know" she said shaking with fear " it is not possible no it is not"

"you can't tell"

"quiet just shut up my sister won't do such this is hilarious"

" they said the guy name is what ooo" she said and held her head, trying to recollect the name " right" Esther shouted and clap her hands" Charlie that is the guys name Charlie"

"Charlie Charlie" no it is not possible it can't be"Charlie, my sister no" she said and ran home like a mad girl her bag dangling side to side. she got home and met people outside her house lamenting. She got inside and met her mum crying with someone of their family. Her dad was sitting weakly on the chair with a redish eyes, two police officer sitted on the chair with some ladies and a guy.

"Steph you are back" her aunt said and walked up to her"

"where is my sister?" she asked

"Am sure you've heard "

"that what?"

"Jaynie" she said , paused and continued

"she is gone"

"where"

"out of the world Steph"

"I thought Esther was lying maybe some sort of misunderstanding you know and now...." she said and broke down in tears"

"oh my sweetheart it okay" her aunt said and hugged her"

" is it true she hanged herself?" she asked amidst tears

"oh sweetheart" her aunt said"

"She did not Just kill herself , she also killed her boyfriend someone else's child" one of the police officer said and she turned to face him. She loosed herself from her aunt's embrace and walked up to the police officer.

"quiet" she shouted

"what are we age mate" the police man said and stood up angrily , her aunt walked up to them and held her back" Steph mind your manners I know you are pained, but still be careful" she said

"age mate" she scoffed " find their killer , isn't that your duty, they were mudered can't you see"

"That is our conclusion as officer"

"who gave you the right?"

"government"

"my sister and brother Charlie weren't dating"

"so what was she looking for in his house? that is where they were found" said, the second police officer.

"then isn't it your duty to investigate it"

"what investigation ,we have concluded the case so it is a closed case.

"are you trying to cover it up or what I don't understand, I said they weren't dating they were closed friend"

"how did you know ?"

"because, she is my sister"

"they were dating" one of the lady sitted with the police officer said

"who are you" she asked

" am Nini, your sister's room mate, they were dating"

"they were ?liar just say you assumed they were"

"Stephanie is okay leave them, let them say what they want" her mom said

"where is her body aunt?"

"inside but I won't allow you see her"

"please aunt let me bayed her good bye, I won't see her again" she said and begins to cry again

" later Steph later"

" I will fight with my soul, I will fight with my life and punish that bastard that did this to you, that did this to us no no I will kill the bastard and feed the bastard flesh to animals" Stephanie said with pain in heart, she held her chest and groaned in pain. She needs an explanation, but everybody is crying and saying sorry"why why" she said and broke down in tears, crying profusely.

"sorry dear, take it easy ,the Lord will comfort you" a woman said hugging and patting her , Stephanie wept uncontrollably , her best friend is gone, her gist partner, her beautiful angel, her everything

" I will avenge you " she said.

The next day Jaynie was laid to rest at a good cementry. The family sat down in the sitting room sadly, some family members also stayed with them.

"Stephanie should I prepare a meal for you?" Her aunt asked

"am not eating"

" come on , even Jaynie wouldn't want you to be like this"

" those police officers lied"

"I know my dear, the Jaynie I know wouldn't do such a horrible thing so eat"

" I can't believe Jaynie Is dead aunt, I can't believe I won't see my sister again, my lovely aspiring surgeon , she said and tears rolled down her face.

" Stephanie that is enough"

" I want to sleep aunt so I can see her in my dream am sure she will come visiting, I bet she will

" without eating?" her dad asked

"yes dad"

"okay go to our room"

"I will sleep in our room"

" no Steph that is were her body was laid, it needs cleaning"

"okay"

"lay the bed ooo" her mum said in a sad tone

" Ok she said and left. She sat on the bed and brought out her phone and went to her gallery.She clicked on her sister picture and rubbed it with her thumb." I miss you Jaynie , visit me in my sleep please" she said and sobbed quietly.

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