Meeting Louis

After taking her bath, Iyare steps out of the bathroom humming her favorite song, with a towel around her chest and head. She sat on the chair beside the dressing table and dry her hair with the towel wrapped around her head.

She picked up the dryer and dry her hair before carefully combing it and Appling lotion on it. After that, she applied the body lotion on the dressing table and wore the dress she picked earlier. Then she put on her shoes.

She stood in front of the mirror to look at herself. She never thought she could be this beautiful. She parked her hair into a tight bund. Which brought out her beautiful face. She has always had red lips but she never noticed how beautiful they were on her fat ugly face.

Just when she was set to leave the room, the door was pulled open. and a tall figure stepped in. She took a look at the figure that just walked into the room.

She was sure, she had never met him before. She could not take her eyes off his handsome face. His hair was dark and long like that of a woman. She ran her eyes across his entire body.

His muscles looked firmly built like that of a sportsman. His pink thin lips look succulent matching perfectly into his fair perfect face.

She should call him beautiful because he was beyond handsome. How could a man be this handsome? she asked herself. If she thought she was beautiful some seconds ago, then she definitely has to find another word to qualify him.

She wanted to look at his eyes but for some reason, she could not. He had a small smile on the corner of his lips that made him more attractive.

Was everyone this beautiful, after death? she asked herself. Wait! who was he and why was he in the room. He did not take the courtesy to knock, before opening the door, she thought to herself.

"My name is Louis," he said as though he read her mind. "I can see you have made yourself at home" he whispers putting his hands into his pocket. Iyare suddenly had a strange feeling about the man standing in front of her. She tried to look at his eyes again, there was something about those eyes, that sent shivers through her spin. It was like she saw flames in them. She immediately looked away. There was something strange about him, he did not seem human, or were her eyes just seeing things.

"You are right I am not human," Louis said and Iyare becomes frightened. She was practically shaking but she tried to control herself. As a person who has been bullied all her life, she knew that fear was the power the oppressor used to oppress the weak. There was something about the way he spoke to her just now that scared her. This is not earth, so maybe non-humans lived here too, she assured herself and calm down a bit. But If he was not human was he an angel, she thought. Louis loves the fear in her eyes and the reaction he was seeing as she was trembling in his presence.

"I am not an angel" he answered her thoughts again. "He can read my thoughts"! She affirmed within herself. If he was not human or angle what is he, "a demon?" she whispered.

"You are getting close," Louis said, still having a small smile on his lips. He enjoys watching humans trembling at his present, the way she was.

"What do you want?" She gathers all her courage to ask but her voice came out as a whisper with fear evident in it.

"Your question should be where are you?" he answered her. What does he mean by where is she? She is dead right, and this is life after death. She was definitely in her ancestral home. Her legs felt weak like they could no longer carry her weight. If she was dead and this is not her ancestral home, then where was she? Heaven? No, it can't be Heaven this guy just says he was not an angel. Was she in hell? If she was in hell why was the temperature normal. She could not see any fire or heat. She wondered within herself.

Her hands become cold and her head was spinning like she will lose it any minute. She was so confused and so scared that she could not look at him. The temperature of the room became too hot for her and she was beginning to feel like she was really in hell, with how hot her body was feeling all of a sudden.

Louis pulled a chair from the dressing table and help her sit down. She would have thought he was a gentleman with this gesture, if not for how scared she was of the man in front of her.

"You are not in hell" Louis answered her thoughts again. "why can you hear my thoughts?" she asked in a whisper.

"I told you already, I am not human" he answered. "So what are you? And where am I" she asked.

"You are on planet earth" he answered with a smirk. He found it funny that she actually concluded that she was in some ancestral home.

"What! how can I be on earth, I should be dead right?" she asked with confusion.

"Yes you were dead but now you are alive," Louis answered. "What do you mean?" she asked more confused.

"I mean you dead in the fire, I am sure you remember that but you are alive," he said.

Iyare took a deep breath. She must be hearing things she tried to convince herself. "Who are you?" She asked again. Maybe if she knew the man's identity she will be able to make sense of the whole situation.

"You can just see me as your benefactor for now" he answered. "Benefactor! what benefactor?" she asked.

"I granted you, your dying wish and I have a deal for you," he said with a serious face. The playful smile on his lips was gone and he becomes serious and scarier to her.

" What wish? Why do I feel like making a deal with this man was like making a deal with the devil himself," she thought.

" You are right again" Louis answered and the playful smile was back on his lips. He was really enjoying the conversation with his new subject. Yes subject, to him Iyare was just a new subject he could use for his benefit.

Right again! Was he agreeing to be the devil, she thought. "Are you the devil?" She mustered her courage to ask. "Some people call me that" he answered.

"What wish did you grant me?" she asked.

"don't tell me you forget about the wish you made, while you were about to collapse," he asked drawing his brows together.

Her mind went back to her room the day she died. When she collapsed she cursed her luck and wish she had a second chance at life. A life where her current lifestyle will be different.

She wanted to be beautiful, and rich without siblings or parents. She hates the idea of a family since they were never nice to her.

Yes, she woke up beautiful, was she also rich now? she asked herself. She was dead but alive. What could be the deal he wanted to offer her she fell into a dilemma.

"You are not just rich in this life but wealthy. you can have anything you want in this life once you accept my deal," he informed her.

Yes, she wished for this life, in her formal life. It was not just a death wish but she wished for it all though out her past life. There has to be a big catch for this wish, Nothing was free. She thought to herself.

" Can I reject the deal if I find it uncomfortable?" she asked.

"Sure you can, I will not force anything on you. I will even give you 24hours to think about the deal. You see I am very generous. I told you already I am your benefactor I have no plans to hurt you. I am sure you will accept my deal anyway because we are on the same team" Louis answered.

"Why are you so sure?" Iyare asked.

"life has been unfair to you, I just want to give you a little fairness. Will you reject that?" He asked. Of course, nobody can reject a good offer but Iyare needed to be sure she was not getting tricked.

"Let's hear the deal. please I also want to know all the terms and conditions don't trick me into all this by telling me only the benefits."

"I want to know everything" she repeated. Louis nods, "I will tell you everything I have no plans to trick you" he answered looking sincere. Of course, he was going to play some tricks to make her take the deal but he could not tell her that.

He took his hand off his pocket and pulled another chair opposite hers. He sat down and crossed his left leg over his right leg making him more imposing but less scary to Iyare. He knew he needed to be less scary if the girl before him will accept his deal. He could manipulate a lot of things but he could not force her to accept his deal even if he wanted to.

He needed to convince her with his words and actions and he was prepared to do that. He has to appear like her friend even if he enjoys her scared reaction more.

Iyare was engaged in her thoughts waiting for him to tell her about the deal as she wondered what he would ask for in return for his help.