Ogechi and I - Episode 5

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very well. I typed 50 pages within 90 minutes and got
N2,500 for it. Oh, what a wonderful day! They asked
me to come again the next day, as there was still so
much to me typed. The typing lasted for 12 days, after
which I was employed as a full time staff with a
monthly pay of N5,000 only. How I wish there was
always something to type . That way, I would make
more money to rent an apartment. Well, no problems.
Half bread is better than none.
One of those days I did a lot at work and was so
exhausted. After dinner I went to my normal spot and
bought a bottle of water. I started sipping the water
and feeding my eyes, but before long, I fell asleep on
the chair I sat on. I felt a very soft hand tapping me on
the shoulder. I could tell that whoever had the soft
hand was trying to wake me up, but the softness of the
hand made it seem like a massage to me, so I lay back
and enjoyed it while it lasted. If that hand had
continue to try waking me up in the same manner it
started with, there would have been no end to my
slumber. But after a while of trying to wake me up
unsuccessfully, I heard a slap on my left chick and the
soft tone of a gentle voice screaming; WAKE UP!
Immediately, I woke up. I noticed everyone running
helter-skelter. It seemed like there was chaos, and I
started weeping

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. LORD, PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON ME!
HAVE MERCY ON ME DEAR LORD! DON’T LEAVE ME
HERE WITH THE ANTI-CHRIST. PLEASE I WILL GET IT
RIGHT THIS TIME. JUST GIVE ME ON MORE CHANCE.
"What’s wrong with you? The gentle voice which woke
me up asked."
I didn’t even pay attention to it. I thought the RAPTURE
had taken place. I was still weeping deeply and asking
the Lord for mercy, and then the soft hand that had
slapped me before did so again. Then I noticed that it
belonged to a very pretty damsel who was squatting
beside me as though hiding from something or
someone.
"What is wrong with you? She asked again."
"Can’t you see that the world has come to an end? I
replied. The saints have been taken up to heaven by the
Lord and the sinners have been left behind. Now we
will have to suffer for not paying attention the
commandments of the Lord."
"I can see that you had so much to drink today. That’s
the only reasonable explanation to this drama, said the
girl."
"What do you mean by drama? I asked.

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. Or are you so
ignorant that you don’t even have a clue what’s going
on?"
"I should be asking you that, she said. The police are
here arresting people and there you are, pleading for
mercy and begging for a second chance. Better keep
your head low before we are spotted and arrested too."
"You mean it is not the rapture?" I asked with much
excitement. "So it’s the police? Thank God!!!"
There was a great relieve within me that I even forgot
the police were on operation and nearly screamed but
the pretty damsel stretched out her arm and covered
my mouth with her palm.
"Are you crazy? She asked. Do you want to be
arrested? Well if you want to, I don’t, she said. Just
wait till I’m out of here before calling such attention to
you."
"I’m sorry," I said. And suddenly, my courage, which
seemed to have left me temporarily returned, and I
remembered everything I had forgotten.
"What is your name?" I asked her, smiling.
"Seriously?!" She exclaimed. "Do you really think this is
a nice place for that? We are caught up in the middle of
a mess and all you can do is ask my name? Are you
really that drunk? I bet the next thing you’ll ask for is
my number. Crazy dude!"
"Don’t take my wanting to know your name the wrong
way," I said. "I’ve got a perfect idea of how we could
get out of here unnoticed by the police. You know if
we keep hiding here long enough, they will find us."
"Really? Okay, my name is Ogechi"
"Now ogechi here’s what will
happen…………………………………… …."
I devised a means by which we escaped to a nearby
hotel where we hurriedly checked into a room