Chapter 195: Something Fishy

So, at the table, I was already sitted, as I sat, I perceived the bad smell of dead fish, though it was well seasoned, but the stench was very intense, no amount of seasoning of spice could outweigh the disgusting whiff. I quickly opened the place before me to see what I had been served. It was just white rice and stew, with beef in it, there was no fish in it, so where then is the stench coming from, so I thought. I was tempted to open the dishes of others, but it is actually bad to do that, so I composed myself and endured the odor until everyone had settled at the table where I had already sat. Cynthia came to the table looking at me like one who saw a waste product, I was so heartbroken, it really breaks my heart to see her look at me in such a way.

As we all sat, just before the prayers, I decided to take a little place into the mind of Cynthia, yes, since I am leaving here tomorrow, let me just take the last read on her mind, but of a fact, If I had known earlier I won't have even tried it, he mind was so bitter about me, there was a huge hatred and disdain against me in her mind. "Just look at him, evil, a living devil, he can and seduced me into falling for him, thank god that I am reed of all that curse called love, my only fear is that I already had sex with him, what if he had deposited some toxic in me? I really need cleansing and prayer, I wonder what they have done to mom, why she will still be seeing a demon as a normal person, well I have been told, if nothing is done, if they don't leave this week, I'll tell dad about them and especially that Devilson he will definitely throw. out of this house. That is what u k ow for sure. Just look at him giving me that evil stare of his, hey Mr. Demon, it doesn't work on me anymore, you can't hypnotize me as you used to anymore, Jesus got me." So she said in her mind, I was seriously disappointed, and it wrecked my heart.

So, after the prayer, the dishes were opened, and immediately they opened them, the smell oozed, it quickly ran around the whole house. Immediately I perceived this, I almost threw up, I quickly took a grab at my own food and quickly ran to my room.

"What is wrong with him?"

Me Bright asked. Even as I left there, my mind was connected to Cynthia's so, I still heard her thoughts even though I was not there. When her father asked this, she quickly responded in her mind, what else? His ogbanje people are already calling him." So she thought.

"Oh my God! He is allergic to fish, even the smell can make him sick, even watching dead fishes on the television makes him sick sometimes." 

Mom said.

"Really? And you were in the kitchen with me all these while, and you never thought it wise to tell me? I only knew that he don't eat fish, the was the only thing that I know? Oh my God, poor Damie."

Aunty Paula said expressing her disappointment in mom.

"Sorry Damie, I don't know about this."

She said shouting so I could hear her since I was no longer with them.

"How will he eat fish, do dogs day dogs?" So she thought again.

"My dear, I wanted to tell you, but it slept my mind, you know that I have got a lot in my mind already, things kept slipping off my mind carelessly." 

So mom said. Now Aunty Paula saw this as an opportunity to let out the discussion she had with mom.

"Aha, am talking about a lot in the mind, honey, Damian's father asked that his son should be brought to him since the place was bad, he was actually here earlier but you were not around, he is quite a nice person, he heard about the troubles so he asked that both Damian and my friend should come to stay with him in his house."

So she said

"At his place, but, I thought that you said that..."

Honey... Forget what I said, he is a nice person."

Aunty Paula quickly shut her husband who was about to bring in some objection to the conversation.

"Hmm, but... Ok, so he stays in Abuja?"

He asked looking at mom, the question was directed to mom and not aunty Paula so she had to stay calm, at least, she had already laid the carpet with which mom was expected to stride on.

"Yes, he stays in Gariki."

Mom responded. 

"Hmm, I don't know... You know what, tomorrow I won't be going to work, I will have to stay back home so I can see him, he will be the one coming to pick you, right?"

The nice Mr. Bright said. He was actually concerned, he can't force us into staying in his house, but he was concerned about us leaving to somewhere else. Aunty Paula had earlier told him that my dad was a bad person who abandoned us to marry someone else. You know, aunty Paula was earlier also convinced that Mr. Matt was my father just as the Me. Matt was as at then convinced too. So, the nice man was concerned that his wife's words already had contractions, so he had to wait to see the man for himself to be sure that we are safe, that was very nice of him.