Chapter five

Waking up in a stressful mood almost everyday made me lose appetite for food .

Unlike today, I woke up with a tremendous headache, for a moment, I wished I could separate my head from the rest of my body parts.

I received company and consolation from my mum but it was just for a while as she had to leave for work.

She hardly had time for me nowadays because she was always caught up in work.

She now owned a restaurant of her own and it was one of the most popular restaurants in Shay City .

We lived in Shay City, a small and half way developed town in Zarish.

Oak Restaurant was known for its indigenous recipes and as a matter of fact, mum had received two awards at the annual mid- year catering awards.

Because of this , she had no time to spare as demand of recipes were always on high.

I used to assist her at the restaurant since I was still unemployed after completing college .

I searched day and night in newspapers , watched job advertisement on television but still to no avail.

After six months of completing college with good grades, I was still at home jobless.

Keeping myself distracted and busy was what led me to assist mum at the restaurant .

As at now, my help wouldn't be really necessary since she has got quite a lot of employees.

When she left for work, I stood and looked into my window just enjoying the cool warmth of air around my body.

I listened in silence as the birds were squeaking.

Mum and I lived in a cottage in the middle of the woods in Shay City .

Whenever I'm bored,i like to peep my eyes through my windows and enjoy cool warmth air from outside.

I stood there for sometime as I kept thinking about my sudden and strange nightmares.

In the past, I used to have nightmares, and in the nightmares, I could always hear people cry out for my help but now, I feel as if I'm being hunted in my sleep every blessed day. I always wake up panting as if I was being chased, or at times; I would wake up feeling very stressful and nervous.

My bed would always be soaked with sweat.

Initially, I never paid any attention to my nightmares but now, I wake up feeling weak and my mornings are always boring and tiresome.

I couldn't seem to understand, why?

It's been days since I took up the task of finding meanings to my nightmares.

Using all resources, I found nothing but one thing I noticed was that, each time I decide to show my affectionate love towards Clinton in my nightmares, someone or something stabs him from behind in the darkness, before the lights will be turned on, I will find his lifeless body swimming in a pool of blood.

The pattern of my nightmares appeared to be so real that I could feel the reactions taking place in my body every morning.

It appeared as if the path of our love will always lead into separation

"BUT WHAT WAS IN THE DARK?"

I asked myself still in a dilemma full of questions that i had no answers to.

"AND WHY CLINTON?" Someone I barely talked to while in highschool till we completed college .

Why was he the one in my nightmares all the time?

I had barely spoken to him just once on my graduation day. Ever since then I had not set my eyes or heard anything from him.

Since he left me in a dilemma about his contact card , I had not reached out to him either, so why?

I asked myself taking a look at my reflection in the mirror.

When I could not find meanings to my thoughts , I decided to go out and see if I could get any employment opportunity from any of law firms around.

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