CHRONICLES OF A MAN
EPISODE 4
I joined the confraternity of black axe for the sole purpose of protecting my relationship with Debby. I was never going to let anything come between Debby and i, not even a scumbag like Sam and his notorious gang. We caused several mayhem on campus most of which include stealing, rapes, harassing students and even lectures.
Debby understood that my new found affiliation was simply in servitude to our requited love affair. She was as supportive as a newly wedded bride would support her groom in times of trouble. Infact, i doubt that any legitimate couple ever had a more fulfilling relationship.
It was well after noon on a tuesday that Debby informed me that she was being harassed by Sam and his crew on a daily basis. I acted recklessly, picked my gun and went straight to Sammy's apartment intending to end his miserable life. On getting to his apartment, i met a measly creature five or six feet tall. It was as if an amateur sculptor had hurriedly slapped clay on a framework intending to finish the job later but had lost faith in his creative ability. He went straight for his gun, but i shot him in self defence.
I was already in a feud with Sam but things were about to get worse since i just killed his brother. I knew that Sam would come for his own pound of flesh but i never knew he would go after my Debby.
It took place on a friday evening after we got back from the hospital. ( for she was pregnant with my child). We met Sam in her apartment with a gun in his hand. I quickly went for my own gun, but not before Sam took Debby hostage with his gun aiming at her head.
He was going to kill Debby right before my very eyes, so i took an excellent shot which hit him on his shoulder. His hand convulsed, drifted back toward the trigger of his gun. I do not know if it was the last superhuman effort of a man who was just a second away from eternity or if it was Gods own way of punishing an unjust sinner like myself, but to my greatest astonishment Sam pulled the trigger which sent Debby on a swift journey to the afterlife.
Once i was little, i travelled to new Zealand with my parents. The memories i spent there with them are among the few good memories i have in my life. We went to a hill in a small town and heard about the legendary story of the town. The inhabitants believed that only by driving of the dead from the hill into the sea can their soul attain eternal rest.
At this moment of my life, i am also standing on a steep hill. It is sad to realize that the place for my exhausted soul to return to is this steep hill, but the memories i spent with Debby will forever comfort me.
THE END