Chronicles Of A Runs Girl - S01 E25

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Chronicles Of A Runs Girl - S01 E25

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 25

“Ok. You remember Uncle China? He’s not really my uncle.”

No shit, I wanted to say.

“The man has been disturbing that he wants twins,” she said.

She then explained how she frequently fixes him up with all sorts of desires of his: very young girls, left handed girls, girls with low-cuts, virgins.

At virgins I stopped her. I wanted to know how she succeeded in getting a virgin for him.

“The girl is not really a virgin jor. You know nau. How will he know? He gave me forty thousand for that one and gave the girl fifty thousand. I collected twenty five from her.”

That Mama managed to keep all this from me was surprising, to say the least. Maybe her loudness and razzness had stopped me from seeing beyond my own preconceptions of her.

“That time we went to his house, I told him you are twins. That’s why he asked for your number.”

“You told him I’m a twin?”

“Yes. He has been disturbing me for long that he wants twins, so I told him you are twins and that your other twin is in Ekpoma.”

My mouth was ajar as I realised what she was proposing.

“Mama!”

“Stop shouting jor. He said he would give me hundred thousand if I can find him twins.”

“Mama!”

“Oh! Amaka, don’t fall my hand o.”

“Mama!”

“How will he know that you’re not twins? What did you say they call twins again?”

“Agiliga and Onyisi.”

“That Agili one is too strong. We would say you are Onyishi.”

“Onyisi,” I corrected her.

“Wharever.”

“So, what if he says he wants the two of us at the same time?”

I was surprised that I was even encouraging her by asking.

“Amaka baby, it is me nau. I already told him you are not that type of girl. I said you and your twins are decent girls so he should even forget about sleeping with two of you together. In fact ehn, I told him that if I succeed to bring you, he should not let both of you know that he has met the other one.”

“So, you want me to go and see him and pretend to be a twin?”

“Onyishi.”

“Onyisi. And then after, I will go again and pretend to be my twin?”

“Yes.”

“And he’s giving you a hundred thousand for this?”

“Yes.”

“For one?”

She hadn’t thought of that.

“And what’s in it for me?” I asked.

She called Uncle China’s number, explained to the person who answered the call how she was his niece and soon the phone was handed to her uncle who was not really her uncle. I waited and listened.

“Uncle, the girl is proving difficult o! But I have spoken to her other and she is coming from Ekpoma next week. How much should I say you will give her?…. Fifty thousand? No o! Uncle, make it hundread….Good!…My own money is for one o! You will pay again for the other one o!…Trust me nau, she will also come. Just don’t tell her you know her sister.”

“And why does he want to sleep with twins?” I asked her, fearing the answer as I did.

“You know nau.”

I did.

“For juju?”

“But the thing cannot catch you nau. You are not a real twins, abi?”

I calculated: One hundred thousand each time I saw him as a different twin. If only he wanted triplets.