CHAPTER 26

I had always had dreams about my mum every single time I shut my eyes to rest. But this time i couldn't understand why mum was crying bitterly in my dream saying absolutely nothing to me. I still referred to her as mum even though she wasn't my biological mother. I shut my eyes that evening,ten mintues deep into my sleep and this was mum standing 5 inches away from me crying bitterly , her tear drops were strong dropping as ice and breaking into pieces once they reached the ground. She was holding a book with lots of old pictures, opening it one after the other showing me each picture on each page of the book, some of them were old black and white pictures, some were coloured pictures but half, with the looks of things somebody kept cutting out one particular person from each picture she showed me.

What is this? And why do you keep showing me this pictures saying nothing? I confusely asked. But she didn't reply.

She kept flipping through every single page till it got to the last page and the last teardrop fell to the ground as my eyes followed it to watch it smash into pieces,I woke up in shock.

What could be the meaning of this particular dream i asked myself panting slightly,cold and looking very   confused. I heard a noise behind me, when i turned it was Kelvin who walked into the room with a glass of cold water in his hand for me.

Good morning Toria, he gave me the glass and supported his greeting with a cold kiss on my forehead. 

Kelvin, i called out his name to reach his attention which i already had even if i hadn't called his name. I don't know but mum keeps coming to me in my dreams i said scratching my hair still looking at him. 

Hmm, why would Elena be coming to you in your dreams? He asked looking at me like he was suspecting i was drunk this early in the morning, with the looks of things he had forgotten so soon about my mother in Northern America for him to think i was talking about Elena. Kelvin, i am talking about mum, the one Mr Ronald murdered in North America. Immediately i mentioned that, I saw his mood change. He really loved her with the looks  on his face.

What could she want and why does she keeps coming to you? I taught she was resting in peace with her ancestors? What could be wrong? He asked all these questions resting on my shoulder as a tear rolled down his chin and dropped on my hand. I knew he was really hurt knowing that mum wasn't happy were ever she was. 

She had a book with her, a very big book containing thousands of pictures , but each page had a person separated from each picture in that book because the same garment tips with a particular bead on the left hand kept surfacing  at the edge of every picture even if the person was separated from the picture, i couldn't tell if it was a male or a female. She kept crying but her tears were iced and breaking as they got to the ground, she didn't say anything to me the whole time but with the looks of things i trust there is a problem somewhere. I narrated to Kelvin who was now sitting upright starring at me.

We really need to know who that person is, I think she is trying to pass a message across to you Toria. Kelvin added as he kept sniffing in his running nose. I hugged him and reminded him about those times i stole mums amazing dishes for him.

( Chuckles).....

Toria, he shouted my name whipping his tears and cleaning his nose which was really running forgetting him behind. I equally reminded him on how he encouraged me acting like it wasn't called stealing just because he loved every single meal mum made. 

He chased me laughing as i ran away into the field to cheer him up. I kept running in the midst of the beautiful flowers which surrounded the garden at the back field of the temple, I stood at the front of the ancient water fall starring at every single little fish swimming inside of it. I watch the little innocent fishes jumping in and out of it, still starring at a little orange fish which i think tried to show off his nice stunts and fell to the ground right in front of my feet. I picked it up and dropped it into the water.

(Chuckles) hahahhaha hahahaha,,, that was Kelvin releasing a loud laughter behind me which echoed in the field. Crazy skills you think huh, he said as i laughed together with him.

That's exactly how you tried to flaunt your skills when you dislocated your knee in the basket ball pitch during the the final year basketball training , I reminded him and ran away as he chased me laughing till he finally caught me.

We both laughed really loud as he starred into my eyes and held my waist really tight reminding me on how much he really loved and appreciated me especially my smile. I was really flattered hearing every single word he spoke. I rubbed his face and smiled brightly at him.