Chapter 118: The Fish Smell

                     ***THE FISH SMELL***

Now he stood up with a smile on his face as he walked majestically into the sea leaving me on the ground where I did nothing but stare at him in confusion. The man walked majestically and carefully into the sea and he kept going until he disappeared into the sea, I do not know if he dissolved and became the water of the sea, or he just vanished. It was after I could see him disappear into the sea that I woke up from my sleep and the dream.

I woke up to the sun that illuminated my room, I looked up to the ceiling and realized that it was a dream, I quietly stretched myself using my legs and hand to make a rumple on my bedsheet before I got up, when I got up, I walked to the mirror, something that has become a routine to me since I started noticing the rashes on my body. When I got to the mirror, I stared at my reflection, I looked deep into my blue eyes, and with my hand, I brushed my gold hair and whispered to myself:

"Gold...rich..." 

I did this to know if I could still get the feeling I got in the dream, but I didn't, it truly was a relief to know that all of that was just a dream, looking in the mirror, I expected to see the man in my dreams, but I only saw my handsome self who was gradually turning into a water monster, yes, I'm truly turning into a water monster, I just dont understand such allergy, I have searched the internet severally but could not find any illness or allergy that could have such reaction, I only kept seeing pictures of mermaids, those cute creatures that mom hated, I wonder why someone will ever hate mermaids, if I had my chance, I'll make friend with one, but it is not like they even existed, mermaids are myths. Do you know why I said that I was turning into a water monster? Ok, I'll tell, at that moment, I noticed that when I inhale I will perceive smells, not just any kind of smell, I meant smells that could be related to the smell of fish.

After seeing the mirror and all the scales that I have grown lately, I walked myself into the bathroom to clean up before mom will come knocking, I knew she will come because we were supposed to go out early today to the native doctor somewhere in Dutse.

It was just a few minutes after my entrance into the bathroom that I heard mom bang at my door.

"Wake up man, we have somewhere to go. Mrs. Paula must not be the one to wait for us."

So she said by my room door still banging at it, she banged till I had to open the bathroom door to tell her that I was up already and that I was even in the bathroom already before she came with her knockings... Yes, I had to talk to her, else, she will not leave the door, and when I responded to her, I made sure that I shouted, I had to shout at the top of my voice, yes I had to, else, she won't hear me, that was the way my room was, I could hear almost everything from my room, but people find it hard to hear me when I am inside, I just dont know why maybe its because I have a sharp hearing ability. I accept that my room is weird, yes, it is weird, why I said this was that, except I am reading or listening to music, whatever that is discussed in the sitting room is as it was discussed in my own room.

So after the shouting mom left and I continued with my bathing as I kept on contemplating about the unusual dream that I had last night. Who could that man be? Why does he look like me, and why do I feel like I know that man, and why do I feel like the name is mine? Goldrich, do the name even exist? What is actually happening to me? Now I cant tell mom about this dream. Never, I can't, I just can't tell her that I had a dream and I saw myself around big beach-like water, she will just take it beyond the ordinary dream that it was. My mom apparently has issues with water and fish, no wonder we do not eat fish in this house. But why will someone hate water, someone like me, if it wasn't for this reaction, I could even sleep in the pool, I love swimming, just quite a bad thing for me that I happened to have an allergy to one thing that I love.

Thereupon bathing, I quickly looked for something to wear, I couldn't put on anything with a short sleeve, the scales will be visible, so I had to put on something with a long sleeve. Yeah, I indeed wore something that I never wanted to wear, I still Tucker it, I made sure I looked good, one thing about me is that my handsomeness will not allow me to dress without a fitting.  After dressing I went out to the sitting room where I found mom sitting so anxiously, I thought I was early, but I found out that I was far from early because mom was already done when I came out, it was like mom had already bath when she came knocking at my door. She wore a very light makeup, that was unlike her, normal mon that I know, will not leave the house without making sure that she had dabbed her face with enough beauty accessories, even her dress was a little too casual, she just wore that orange-colored gown with a violet flower and a purple shoe.

"Hmm... My boy, all dressed up like a professor."

This was her word when she saw me, she tried to hide her anxiety when she saw me but I could still smell it... 

"Dee... Damian my boy, Im sure that you already know where we are about to go, and I know you will be wondering why I will even agree to that after all the teachings I have given you. But my boy, ill like you to know that what we are about to do is for the better, for your safety my love, safety first. Do you remember what I told you yesterday? That after all these will be done which I have faith that it will be soon, we will discuss about all that is happening, and I promise to give you answers to all your questions, I will not like to break this trust that we have for each other. I'll like us to continue with the same manner and way that we had been before this distraction of a thing, I call it a distraction because that is what it truly is, they want to distract us so they can take you away from me, but they can't, our bond is ticker than theirs, or do you have any bond with them?"

My mom said, she ended her talk with a question. My mom really knows how to throw me off balance, who are the people that she was asking if I had any bond with? If she had asked me the question now, ill know what to answer, but as of then, I sincerely had no clue about anything that she was saying.