Chapter 05: The discovery

I walked into the house at the proposed house for the frat party, I looked around, tried to blend in with the rest of the college students, took a drink and emptied it into my mouth once then Jamal spotted me and walked in my direction, I smiled

"Hey K.C!" he yelled over the music

"What's up??!" I yelled back to him

"Let's go to the pool side and talk" he took my hand and I smiled

" So how do you like the party??" He led me to a bench

" It's good" note to self: never attend frat parties again.

"So I wanted to tell you something" I looked at him and I felt butterflies in my stomach, what the heck is wrong with me??

"I'm listening" I smiled

"I like you" he took my hand, the butterflies were flying from side to side, I like you too but I'm sorry we have to play hard-to-get, when I say we, I mean I and my sub-conciousness.

"That is so cheesy" I giggled. He was silent

" I'm sorry, I'll be serious now" I wiped the smile off my face literally, he came closer, my stomach again

" What are you trying to do??" I moved back

" Kiss you ofcourse" he came closer

"I think I'm gonna puke" I got up and moved to the well-groomed plants and vomited, as I walked back to the bench everything turned sideways and well...I blacked out.

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"Good morning" I opened my eyes to see Jamal sitting on the couch next to the bed

"Morning, where am I??" I sat up and rubbed my eyes

"My apartment" I looked at him with wide eyes

" What happened last night??" I asked holding my head, then it all came rushing back

"Oh my gosh!" I was embarrassed

"It's okay, you vomited on your clothes too so I got you out of them" he nodded to the duvet covering me

" Did you undress me yourself??" I gulped

" Yes, but don't worry, I can't take advantage of a drunk girl, that wouldn't be right" he walked towards me and bent over, our lips almost touching

"You owe me this" he locked my lips with his, my eyes wide open for a moment then closes, hmmm...my first kiss is amazing though I don't know what to do

He runs his hand through my hair, that is my wig

I put my hands around his neck and he pulls back suddenly

"I'll bring breakfast" he stood up

"Why did you kiss me if you planned on spoiling the mood??" I mumbled. He smiled and walked out of the room

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As I took a cab to my aunt's place, I kept thinking about the kiss, I know what you are thinking and no i wasn't touching my lips and looking upwards like they do in kdramas

I'm from a country that fairytales don't exist... Nigeria, we take things as they come

I walked into my aunt's place and met her with Uncle James playing and giggling

"Looks like someone's having fun" I cleared my throat

"Kelechi, how are you??" My aunt stood up

"I'm good, thank you" I walked to Uncle James and greeted him with our secret handshake

"K.C" he ruffled my hair and I chuckled

"I'm a kid, okay??" I laughed and walked into the kitchen

" Anything edible??" I opened the cabinet and found my bag

" Yes!" I brought out my garri and poured it in a bowl, added sugar, little salt, powdered milk, and water and yes I'm giving you tips on how to make drinking garri, no need to thank me

"You didn't take it??" I walked out of the kitchen

" Wait!"

" I forgot something" I poured groundnut into the garri

" This cuisine here is called cassava flakes with floating peanuts" I said to Uncle James

He laughed and walked out when his phone rang

"Take a look at this video" I passed her my phone and as she was laughing, I picked up her phone to play games.

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Some hours later...

"K.C" Uncle James called out to me

"Let me drop you off" he offered, I agreed and collected the car key as he went to tell aunty Jane bye

"I got my ticket for the long way...." I paused as I saw a phone stuck under the driver's seat, I picked it up and turned it on, it was unlocked, I looked up and there was no sign of him so I decided to see who it belonged to.

I tapped the messages icon and scrolled through till I saw my number and the threatening message I got the other day

No, he must have confiscated this, it can't be his

Then I saw a message sent to Josh telling him he killed Jenny and that he was going to kill him too sent the night he died!!!....

Then I saw Uncle James walking to the car with aunty Jane, hand in hand

I switched off the phone and threw it back under the seat

There are millions of questions going through my head right now...