The Darkest Hour - Season 1 - Episode 2

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The Darkest Hour - Season 1 - Episode 2

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THE NEXT MORNING.

Sunny came out from his room with a chewing stick in his mouth. He tied a wrapper across his waist, and a white singlet could be seen on his body. Immediately, he climbed down his stairs, he saw Udoka sitting on a small stool in front of their room. So he removed the stick from his mouth, spat out particles of it, looked into the sky and said, “God, why must you allow this girl to be the first person i see this morning? For that reason, I’m going back to bed” he turned to go.

When Udoka heard him, she glared at him and said. “Oga Sunny, hope you’re not referring to me”

Sunny turned. “Who else except you?!” he asked.

“Meaning?”
“Meaning you’re trouble itself. So, you, being the first person i see this morning means I’ll encounter trouble throughout today”

“Not only trouble, even badluck” Udoka hissed.

“That means you’re also a badluck” Sunny matched forward a bit.
“I took after your father who’s the oracle of badluck”

“Chei…!!” Sunny exclaimed.
Hearing them, Mrs Williams came out. “Bia, this girl, what’s it this morning?”
“Mother, he started it oh”
“Sunny, what?” Mrs Williams looked at Sunday.

Just then, Monica came out with a tray of plantain on her head, yet glowing in beauty. “Oga Sunny, you’re quarreling with my sister again” she said smiling. “It seems like both of you will fit in marriage oh” she laughed climbing down the stairs while Udoka disdained her.

“My dear Monica” Sunny began. “If i dream of it, after i wake up, I’ll fast for 40 days” he said thereby making Monica laugh the more, even Udoka smiled. Therefore the whole thing looked like a joke. Then Mrs Williams entered inside the house.
“Udoka, follow ur sister!” her voice echoed.

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1:15am AT NIGHT
Mrs Williams la!d with her daughters on the family bed. All covered up with wrappers. The room was dim due to th light from a hurricane lamp which was gradually going off due to insufficient kerosene. Suddenly, Monica’s whole body began to move. She was actually dreaming.

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DREAM
Monica found herself on an unknown land. Bushes and darkness covered everywhere. She stood at the middle of it observing things. As she stood, a very narrow bright ray of light began shine from the ground at a distant. So she moved forward to know why and where the light came from. As she moved, she saw a man by the side who said, “It is the secret of the unknown”

“What do you mean?” Monica asked only to find out that she asked the question physically..

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REALITY
“What do you mean?” she repeated the question moving her legs but finally woke up. She glanced all over the room, her mother and sister who were still sleeping then gently covered herself and went back to sleep.

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8:50am
It was Saturday, so there was no hawking of plantain as instructed by Mrs Williams who had gone out very early that day to buy food stuffs against the next day which was Sunday. Monica sat on the edge of the bed thinking about her dream. As she thought, Udoka entered with a soap and detergent in her hand..

Udoka paused when she saw Monica’s mood to be dull but suddenly moved to her bag to bring out dirty clothes. One could see her round butt in a bomshort and also the shape of her pant as she bent down. “What are you thinking about?” she asked selecting the clothes without standing straight or looking back at her sister.

Monica exhaled on the edge of the bed and said, “I had a disturbing dream last night”

“Nightmare?”
“No”
“So what’s it all about?” Udoka asked still without looking back.

“Hum.. It was more like a reality. I can’t really tell” Monica untied a wrapper she covered her body with. One could also see her in a bomshort and top. Her nipples were seen clearly through it.

“I’m listening” Udoka’s voice sounded.
“I saw myself in a dark bush” Monica began. “And in a short while, i saw a bright light coming out from the ground. As i wanted to go check what it was, a man told me that it’s a secret of the unknown”

Udoka turned in a way she faced her sister with clothes in her hands. “Did you see the face of the man?” she asked.
“Hum.. No” Monica replied while Udoka headed to the door without saying anything. “Well, won’t you say something?”

“What do you want me to say other than your dream is as a result of maleria” Udoka replied then Monica smiled coz she knew her sister to be like that.
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