The Story of My Life – Episode 9

“Sheila, wait till your father hears what’s actually going on with you two” He continued
Sheila smiled as Roland angrily left my room, banging the door behind him.
“Ben, I’m very sorry about what happened” Sheila said.
“Oh don’t worry, you know we got this worked out already.” I said.
“I have to go now, don’t forget to be on time. Paula will be there as early as 7am” She said as I went to see her off.
Paula was to meet us at our father’s house. Roland and our father would have been there by then.
I spent the rest of the day trying to figure out how Roland was going to react when we finally showed up with Paula. I slept late that night and woke up very early the next morning. I took a quick shower and set off to my father’s house.
As soon as I stepped out of my door, I saw Kelvin, a very close friend of mine and a neighbor as well. He was like a real brother, helping me in difficult times. Apparently, he was really upset that morning and was on his way to see someone who owed him a lot of money.
He asked me to accompany him. I initially refused but he insisted and I had no option than to go since it was going to be a quick one. Well, I also felt I owed him a favor.
Upon reaching there, it was a different story all together. Their conversation got heated up and when I got in the way to try and separate them, Kelvin angrily pushed me so hard that both the guy who was owing Kelvin and myself fell to the ground. The next thing I saw was blood running down the guy’s neck.
He just laid there motionless. I stood up and to my greatest surprise, Kelvin had already taken off. I called the guy several times, no response. This got the attention of the neighbors who all came in to me and the guy.
The picture wasn’t a good one, it looked like the guy was dead.
Oh my God! What have I gotten myself into? The next thing I heard was a big bang on my face, someone had just landed a fist blow on my face. Suddenly, the crowd was on me, beating the hell out of me.
My voice got faint and all I saw was blood all over me. I couldn’t count the people there, neither did I recognize any of them.
They kept beating me and I tried to run for my life but my legs couldn’t carry me. I fell down again and this time, I didn’t see anything again. I blacked out. The rest was history.
Meanwhile, Sheila kept trying to calling my phone but no answer. After several attempts, the phone went off. Paula by then had already met Sheila and was waiting for me to show up. Sheila needed me there more than anything else that morning.
Somehow, she felt something was wrong. Her instincts told her this wasn’t a case of me blowing her off.
Roland had not yet arrived to meet with Sheila’s father. Sheila, however, was not even bothered whether Roland showed up or not. All she needed was for me to show up so she’ll stop feeling weird about my whereabouts and shake off this thing that didn’t allow her feel at ease.
Sheila began shaking, like she knew what was actually happening. She felt very helpless and her unease soon became obvious to Paula who was also sitting close by.
“Are you ok Sheila, is something wrong? Paula asked.
“I’m fine, don’t worry.” Sheila said.
She stood up anxiously and started pacing tup and down the room. She then went to check through the windows to see if I was coming.
“Sheila, I know I’m the last person you’d want to confide in but you’re really making me nervous. Please what’s wrong? Why do you look so worried?” Paula asked when she couldn’t stand it any longer.
“You know Ben wass supposed to be here even before you arrived. I know he is a man of his word and he wouldn’t disappoint me for any reason. Honestly, I feel there is something wrong. I need to do something.” Sheila said, opening up to Paula.
“Have you tried reaching him on his cell?” Paula asked.
“Yes. Initially there was no answer but now his phone is switched off. That’s even what’s making me feel more worried” Sheila said.
“Let me also try calling him to see if it will go through, you know how our networks can mess up. Let me try” Paula said.
She picked her phone from her handbag to call me. She tried several times but it was the same story. They couldn’t reach me. Sheila was freaking out at this point.
A very strange thing happened after I blacked out. I saw myself standing right beside my body. I didn’t know what had happened. I could see my motionless body lying down in a pool of blood. However, nobody could see me standing there, all they saw was my motionless body.
What was happening, why can’t people see me or even hear me? I tried holding my body which was lying on the floor but I couldn’t. Just like air, my hand passed through my body.
That was the moment the police came in and took my body away. I followed them, even though they couldn’t see me as well. I was literally following my body, as they rushed it to a nearby hospital.
The situation there was the same. All the nurses, patients and everyone present didn’t even notice me. They took my body to a ward where about 3 nurses attended to me. All this while I was watching from a distance, not knowing what the hell was going on.
A doctor came in, ran some checks on me and then covered my whole body with cloth. That was when I noticed that I was dead.

…. To be continued.