The whistling sound from the kettle served as a reminder for Dami because she already forgot she was boiling water. She just finished buttering a loaf of bread that would serve as breakfast for her entire family. It was a Saturday morning, and she was happy that another weekend was staring at her, eye-ball to eye-ball. "The work of a woman is a great one" She told herself, as she raced to unburden the gas cooker. Her plans were intact, and she had everything planned out for the day. First, she would prepare breakfast as early as possible, and then see to the kids to do their domestic works. As for other tedious domestic works, she planned to do them later in the day. "By 9 O'clock, I should be back on the bed." She told herself again as she checked the time on her phone. She saw a Whatsapp notification from one of the groups she belonged to, and she yielded to the temptation of reading the chat. "I'll just read the chat. I won't reply it." She promised herself just as many do before they spend hours glued to their phone. Before she could finish reading the chat, an Instagram notification came in. "Omosexy is now following you". The notification flashed through. Out of curiosity, she opened the notification to see who it was. She checked through the person's picture and profile, and found nothing that showed she knew the person. Without her consent, her hand clicked the "Home" icon on Instagram, where she was led to series of pictures and videos. Dami got carried away by checking one picture or another video. "Good morning mummy" A voice came from the kitchen door, jerking Dami out of the world of Instagram. "Good morning Kenny" Dami replied. "How's your sister? Is she still sleeping?" She asked. Kenny replied with a nod to mean that her sister was still sleeping. Dami resumed to the kettle to prepare tea for her family. She fried some eggs, and it was just when she was through packing her husband's food in his lunch box that he surfaced from the kitchen door too. "Darling, are you through?" He asked. "Yes. Right on time." Dami replied, nodding her head at the same time. Her husband grabbed the lunch box and headed out. "Jude !" Dami called out. "Yes darling!" Jude replied, looking back. Then, he remembered he was forgetting something, and Dami simply called him back to remind him. Hence, she wouldn't have called him "Jude". Jude moved closer to her, and sealed her lips with a very tender kiss. "I love you" He said. "I'll think about it." She replied with a big smile coming from the left corner of her mouth. Jude could not help but smile too. He knew he married a very amazing lady, who liked to be chased and wooed almost every second, and he, was also good at wooing her too. He moved closer to her, and whispered, "Let me know when you're through thinking about it." Dami let out a heavy laughter that made her dimple deepen the more. "Get outta here." She said, smiling and pushing him out of the kitchen. Even after Jude was gone, Dami continued to smile as if she just won a lottery. She sat on the deep freezer in the kitchen to count how lucky she was. "A good and loving husband, a set of gender-balanced twins, a good job for herself and her husband, and a house of our own." She recounted as she considered herself the luckiest person on earth. "What more can a person want in life?" She asked herself. She picked up her phone again, and replied two Whatsapp messages. Again, she was interrupted by voice. "Good morning mum" Taye greeted. "How are you my dear." Dami replied, as she opened her arms for Taye to hug her. Taye fixed herself in her mother's arms. "How was your night?" Dami asked. "I'm fine mummy." "You will need to relax your hair today oooo" Dami suggested. Taye gave a disapproving look before finally accepting. "You know what? Set the table for you and your brother. I need to rest now." Dami said as she picked her phone, and left the kitchen.
The tree was a very big one, and Dami could not help but shout and scream as the tree gave her a hot pursuit. She tried to run, but her legs could not move as fast as she wanted. Soon enough, the tree chased her into her father's house, and she ran away again from her father's house. As if that was not enough, she found herself in her matrimony home, where she felt she was already safe. But when she looked out through the window, she saw the tree coming towards the house. Cold fear ran through her spin as the tree came closer to the house. Immediately, she had a very loud sound. She didn't know where it was coming from. That was when she woke up, and discovered that her phone was ringing. Before she could pick the call, it ended, giving her enough time to think about the weird dream she had. "What kind of dream was that?" She asked herself. "When did I even sleep off?" She asked again. She simply slept off while pressing her phone, almost immediately she got into her room, after leaving Taye in the kitchen. "It must be out of stress." She told herself, as she gave an excuse for such a horrible dream. Her phone rang again. But this time, the call came in on her 2nd line, and the call was from a number that was not saved on her phone. "Who could it be?" She asked herself before picking the call. "Hello... " She said as she picked the call.
(c) 2016. Austus Ofmat Nwanne
When your phone rings, what comes to your mind? Before you pick a call you don't know the caller, what comes to your mind? Do you always avoid picking calls you don't have the number saved on your phone? Or, do you pick all calls that come in on your phone? Dami's phone rang... She picked the call... and her life was never the same again. Welcome back from the long break, and I welcome you to this very mind-blowing story. Believe me when I say, you don't want to miss any episode of this story. The story is A PHONE CALL, and I'll surely come your way with the next episode.
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