7 The Ridiculous Threat

SKY's POV

"You need to know all this before you go. It's such a tempting world out there. The peer pressure and all," my mum, Madam Nessa said as she followed me out of the house. Even in her morning clothes, she walked with so much elegance. Her hair was tied in a messy ponytail and she had a small brown box in her hands.

"Mum, I already told you. it's not necessary. I know all these things and I can handle myself. Besides I can look it up on the internet," I said as I placed my suitcase in the trunk of the ford explorer.

"Take this," mum said as she handed over the brown box in her hand. I looked inside the brown box and it contained a dozen condoms.

"You can call for more when it gets finished," she said, giving me a wink, as her lips curled into a smile. My mum was such a free-spirited person. Even as the CEO of PRETTY, she still made time for her kids and interfered with our sex life as much as possible.

"Mum, I don't need them. So don't expect my call. I'm never having sex. And-" I said, peering at mum as her chestnut brown eyes peered back at me.

"Right she's not. She's never going to have sex while I'm alive," Michael said cutting me off. He had a suitcase in his hand. He wore black shorts and a blue shirt that hugged his body. "Mum, can you give me another one. I think two boxes wouldn't be enough"

"eyyyyy," mum and I said in unison as we peered at Michael.

Mum turned to me and said; "Avoid post-pill as much as you can. Use the condoms instead. Okay?".

"Yes, mum," I said, squeezing her tight in a hug.

Denzel and Jasmine brought the last suitcases and we were all set for the trip. Denzel and Jasmine walked us to the main entrance. Denzel hugged me so tight. It got so emotional.

My dad, Mr Boateng had something important going on so we could not meet him. He was supposed to drop us off today, but unfortunately, he was a part of the jury selected to give a verdict on a case today.

I tucked my fish and turtle at a safe place in the car and our car moved.

"Sky. send me a lot of money and airtime too" I heard Denzel and Jasmine say as we drove off "You guys should visit us in school, okay?", "Bring a lot of food" and "Be sure to come, we want to show you guys off".

Unlike Michael and I, Jasmine and Denzel were going to attend the same high school and they were pretty much excited about that. High schools were reopening next month and they probably wanted to show Michael off. Yeah, their big brother was a famous model who attended high school in the state. Who wouldn't want to show that off?

It has been two hours already and we still haven't arrived at Deluxe University. On a normal day, Deluxe University was just a 90 minutes drive from home and I was getting car sick. Cape coast was beautiful but the view from Cape coast to Accra was even more beautiful. We passed near the ocean, Valleys towered by Mountains and beautiful plantation.

Michael has been asleep since we left home. He was still ignoring me because of our conversation yesterday about that idiot. The idiot who intentionally almost killed my hex of England.

As much as I hated him, I was curious about him. I had the same dream again today. His eyes were still sad and it broke my heart. I suddenly wanted to know who he was and why he kept appearing in my dreams. And I felt the yearning to see him again. It's been ten minutes already and our car wasn't moving.

The traffic was terrible here, the buildings were very tall, there were billboards everywhere and the street was packed with so many luxurious cars. Without looking through a map, I could tell where we were at. We were finally in Accra, my childhood abode, the place I spent all my life until after the accident.

As our car stood still in the traffic, I felt uncomfortable. My body was in so much discomfort and I felt anxious for no reason. I looked out the side window and a strange man stood there. He was staring through the window. He kept staring at the tinted window as if he could see through it. As if he could see me.

My gaze met his and I couldn't shift my gaze. I wasn't in control of my body at that moment, something else had taken over and it was sucking the life out of me. I started to suffocate, but my body did not respond since I wasn't in charge. He gave me a devilish grin and I could feel it pierce through my soul. Then all of a sudden, he disappeared into thin air.

"Skkkkkkyyyy! Sky! Skkkkkyyyyyy! Sky!" Michael called out. I heard Michael but I couldn't move my body. I had no control, some sort of energy had taken over my body and it left me paralyzed.

"Are you okay?" Michael asked.

"Are you okay?" Michael asked this time tapping my shoulder. Like a broken spell, as soon as Michael tapped my shoulder, the energy left me. I could move again, I was finally free.

"Are you okay? Are you sick?" Michael enquired concerned "driver, please stop the car".

"Huh?" I said when I became conscious of what was going on around me. My teeth were clenched, my body was freaking hot, my heart was racing and I could feel sweat gliding down my face.

"Did you see that?" I asked with tears in my eyes.

"See what?" Michael asked with a concern written all over his face.

"The the m..an"

"Which man?"

I'll probably sound crazy if I described what I saw, so I kept it all to myself.

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Michael walked me to my apartment and kept asking me questions like "Are you okay? Are you sure?", "You can come to my place when you feel sick again, okay?" A lot of people came out from their rooms just to sneak peek. Michael was not an ordinary teen, he was a celebrity and he was with a girl. Who wouldn't want to sneak peek?

"Michael, I think you should leave now, I'll come and see you later. There are too many eyes on you right now" I advised. "And please don't forget to feed my fish and turtle."

"I'll. Take care Sky, bye" Michael finally said and left. People kept staring and judging with their eyes after Michael left. I wish I could just scream PLEEAASSSE, YOUR SO-CALLED MICHAEL KLEIN IS MY BROTHER and DAMN HE'S MY TWIN. We were fraternal twins and as a matter of fact, very good looking in our unique ways. I bet I'm better looking than Michael though and Denzel could testify. Klein was my mom's maiden name and a lot of people knew my brother as Michael Klein.

I rummaged through my bag, searching for my keys when I felt a gentle tap on my shoulders. I turned around and a girl stood behind me. She was gorgeous. She wore a black basic tank top and blue shorts, which hugged her curves. She had a bright smile on her face and she gave me the warmest embrace.

"Michaela Boateng aka Sky," she said, still hugging me "Where have you been?". Wow, she knows my name. Not so many people knew I was called Michaela.

"I've missed you so much. It has already been two years since we lost contact and you decided to show up now? How can you do this to your best friend?" She said, staring at me with her eyebrows arched.

"I have a best friend? OMG," I muttered to myself.

"Why did you stop using your number? And you never even called to check up on me. Do you know how bad I felt in high school without you?" She kept ranting.

She seemed like a good person but this was getting annoying. My medical records stated that I didn't suffer from any head injury or anything, my memories just disappeared. So how was all that even my fault?

"Honestly, I don't recall a lot of things. I got into an accident and I don't even know who you are" I said. I turned away from her to my bag as I rummaged through it for my keys.

"I'm Daisy Akoto, your ride and die. I know everything about you. Your favourite colour is black. your favourite food is water and you want to be the world's greatest artist and also tour every part of the world. It was our Dream, Sky" she said.

She paused for about three seconds and continued: "I asked you why water was your favourite food. And do you know what you said? You said it was neither sweet nor sour, it was neither red nor yellow. It could be in any form you want, liquid, solid or gas. And it could be hot or cold. It adapted to all environments and it wouldn't change for anything. You also said you wanted to live your life like water. You wanted to flow through every path and go astray sometimes but all in all, you wanted people to need you just for who you are. That was when I realized how free-spirited you are. And how much I wanted you to be my best friend".

I looked at her in awe. She knew a lot about me. Not even my parents knew that. Water was so perfect in my eyes. And I got emotional. I embraced her and it felt so natural. I felt like a found the one.

Daisy helped me pack my things and we bonded instantly. This girl knew everything about me and she told me a lot about herself too. She was exactly the type of person I would have taken as my best friend.

We did a few tiktok dances and it was so fun.

I heard a knock on the door and went out to check who it was. It could be one of my two roommates. I went out to check and no one was there. I scanned the hallway and I realized there was a pink envelope right in front of my door.

I opened up the envelope and there was white cardboard paper in it. I took it out and read what was written on it; "don't you ever again kick Jamal in his crouch". This was the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in my life. From Cape coast to Accra, this was ridiculous.

I examined it and read it again "don't you ever again kick Jamal in his crouch".

So that idiot was called Jamal.

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