Chapter 5

Eve tossed restlessly on her bed that night, she had been

unable to think beyond what she had seen. She had been so

disturbed that she didn't finish her classes for the day before

heading home. "Who was she supposed to help?", she

wondered. Was it his mother? No, Mrs A seemed perfectly

fine the last time they spoke but then appearances could be

deceiving. Who or what could be hurting Mrs A that her son

needed help? Why not ask the father?! "Wait!" Eve gasped

and sat up "No way!" She thought. That was not even up for

debate, Mr A couldn't be hurting his wife, or could he? Those were the questions that filled Eve's mind and gave her

sleepless nights. She had to do something fast.

Eve got up from the bed, finally accepting the fact that she

was not going to sleep that night. Rather than wasting the

night brooding over that, she would go out there again and

find out what was going on. Checking her watch, she realised

it was almost time for "Code Red" to alert her. "Not this

time," Eve said, "I'm coming to get you". Dressed in a black

pair of jeans and a black t-shirt, Eve wore her Converse

sneakers and a grey baseball cap. If she wanted to be an

investigative journalist, she had to do it right. She took her

phone and set it to camera mode in case she needed to record

anything sinister, then she quietly left her flat.

Instead of going to the side of the house where Josh's

room was, Eve took a detour to the window further back of

the house. The window was shut tight and it was dark inside.

Thinking quickly, Eve went to Josh's window, took out her

phone and flashed the torchlight." Come on Josh" Eve

muttered when there was no movement. She did it again as

she looked around surreptitiously. Within minutes, she noticed

some movement at the window and she saw Josh put his

hands on his lips signalling her to be quiet. Eve quickly

ducked down in case anyone was with him. After five

minutes, Josh came up to the window with another note

"THANK YOU FOR COMING" he had written. Eve nodded

and whispered "The door," she said "I need to come in. Josh took out another fresh sheet and scribbled on it,

raising it to the window so Eve could read "Not that, they are

dangerous " Eve read "they"? Who is dangerous to Josh? Now

Eve was more curious than ever. Something was happening in

that house and she was going to find out what it was. Before

she could ask who the "they" were, Josh was up with another

message "they will kill her, call the police" he wrote. Eve

nearly laughed out, the child knew nothing of the Nigerian

police force. "I need to be inside, Josh" Eve

whispered loudly "Now!" she almost shouted. Josh nodded and

out came another note "Come to the back". Eve all but flew to

the back of the house where she met the door ajar. "Good

boy," she thought as she walked into the shadow of the

unknown.