The Story of My Life – Episode 11

It suddenly occurred to me as I stood there that while  Sheila could see me,  Roland couldn’t. Hmmmmm, This was indeed the beginning of my life after death mission on earth where I would  be faced with realities and superstitions.Sheila thought it was just Roland and his usual disregard for me. She  ignored the question and walked out on both of us.
To her, she had left me with Roland, probably thinking I would confront him over Paula’s matter. Roland on the other hand just sat on the sofa and switched on the TV to relax himself as he waited. At that moment, I wished I could snatch the remote control from him and slap him with it.
Instead, I watched as he sat comfortably, watching television. Again, the reality of being dead came back to me. Why should I be dead in the first place? Then Kelvin came to mind.  My supposed friend/neighbor who had dragged me along with him. He actually was the one who caused my death. If it wasn’t for him, I would have been alive now and would have been able to kick this idiot Roland out of Sheila’s life for good.
I really should be confronting Kelvin and not Roland. As I thought about confronting him, it was like a switch went off and suddenly, I found myself standing right in Kelvin’s house, where he was sitting on his bed with his whole body shaking.
Another strange thing, he was able to see me. He began screaming and running away from me. I wanted to confront him, not to do him any harm. The more I tried getting close to him the more he ran away from me. Until eventually, he ran out of his room.
Maybe this was not the right time for me to do the confrontation. My lifeless body was being arranged to be placed in the morgue. However the doctor needed to contact a family member of mine before doing that. He took my phone which was earlier had been from my pocket and decided to call the last person I spoke to before I died.
It was Sheila. The Doctor talked with her briefly.
“Good day madam” said the Doctor.
“Good day sir, how may I help you?” Sheila asked.
“Well, I am from Amazing Grace Regional Hospital. Can you please come by for a moment? We got your number from one Mr. Ben’s phone.” The Doctor said.
“Sir, I know him, is anything the problem?” Sheila asked.
“Come by the hospital, then we can talk about it” the Doctor said.
“I will be there right away Doc.” Sheila said.
She quickly got cleaned up and headed for the hospital. Meanwhile, I was just standing by and looking at my dead body. The more I looked at it, the more tears came down my eyes.
Sheila came in and was directed to the doctor’s office. After explaining a few things to her, the Doctor broke the news of my death. She couldn’t believe it because she had seen me just about an hour ago, yet the Doctor claimed I had been dead for more than 3 hours now.
To confirm, she came to see my body at the ward. I was also standing by but I stayed out of sight. She came in with the doctor and saw my body right there. This time around, she didn’t even see that I was standing close by. She fainted immediately she saw my dead body on the hospital bed.
I heard someone banging a door from a distance and it was very noisy. All of a sudden, I woke up; on my bed, in my room.
It was all a dream. I woke up sweating and my bed all wet. I was so scared I began touching my body to see if I was really alive.
Indeed, I am alive and I’m grateful for that.
The banging of the door was, however, not a dream; it was real. I stood up to check who it was and there was Kelvin from my dreams. He wanted me to go with him to see a friend who owed him, just the way I dreamt it. What should I do? Shouldn’t I take precaution because of the dream I just had?
I just stood there not knowing the answer to give him.
As scared as I was when I woke up, I felt it was just a dream. But Kelvin’s presence  at my house on the same mission and wearing the same attire, just like I saw in my dreams, put me in a dilema.
Apart from the fact that I had dreamt about this whole thing, nothing really had changed. I was still supposed to meet with Paula and Sheila as planned and I knew that Sheila was most likely already waiting for me to show up.
Kelvin however kept demanding that I should join him. I really owed the guy a lot. I felt that his request was peanuts compared to what I owed him. It was just peanuts and it was the least I could do for him now that he needed me. Again, what excuse will I give him? That I had a dream “blab la bla” or I should tell him, “I’m on my way out?”
I really didn’t want to go but I just couldn’t also say no to him. What if he eventually starts asking for his money and I can’t pay him? The cheque I was given by my dad came to mind and that gave me some relief, I could actually say no and easily get enough money to pay him off if he asked.
“Kelvin, I can’t go with you, I really have to be on my way for an urgent meeting.” I said.
“Urgent meeting? I came to meet you lying comfortably in your bed. It doesn’t seem like you have anywhere going.” Kelvin insisted.
He was bent on me going with him. It was Sheila’s call at that moment that saved me.
She called me right in Kelvin’s presence and asked me if I was already on my way to her place.
I heaved a sigh of relief.
I hung up and told Kelvin I had to run, to keep my appointment.
When he said ok and told me he was going, I decided to see him off.

watch out for episode 12