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Blood 4 Blood

*Episode 56*

There is a saying that at the moment of death your entire life flashes through your eyes and you recount all good and evil deeds altogether to present a reasonable account of either a wasted or an impactful life….
Am not one to tell lies!!!, i went through none of that because all flashing through my eyes right now was white incoherent light,
it was all the sanity left in me….
The white light…….. Then the images started flooding my eyes….. I could see Trigger laughing at me with someone nearby, yea!!! that was Cigaro no doubt….. They were laughing their heads off and pointing down at me…….. I didn’t know for a fact if I was dead or alive because I was sure something would be really wrong if Cigaro was still alive..
I tried to muster my vocal chord to speak but trying as hard as I did!!!, not a sound left my lips…… That was when I concluded that I was dead….. I was now bewildered as I could see another figure laughing with them, it was me!!!……… That was when my eyes snapped open!!! I was still alive!!! Thank God!!!…….. Immediately I opened my eyes…….
I reacted to the bright light by lifting my hand towards the source and closing my eyes…… was I still unconscious???, The light was too bright!!!…….. when I finally mustered enough ability to open my eyes just barely..
I could see a gun clenched tightly in my hand which was now shielding my eyes from the bright light…… It was only then the memories started flooding my nervous system……. the informant who had died at my hands, the traffic jam, the power bike, my house, Sophia’s scared face, the angry mob, Alice’s house and finally the heavy hit on my head……. something was wrong with this whole sequence……. Alice wasn’t here……. It was pitch black outside and the light inside was given by a very bright fluorescent lamp on the table……yea!!! I remember Alice sitting near the fluorescent lamp when I barged in.
Just then, the reality hit me, whoever had hit me must have taken alice……. ”so you'r finally awake”……. a voice said from across the room.
I looked across the room with strained eyes cos I had a big headache pounding in my head right now and I could spot a built guy who had the same stature as I did……..
My eyes weren’t deceiving me!!!……..
A broad smile swept across my face as I recognised the face……. He had a remmington 35 calibre pistol clenched in his gloved hands and a cowboy hat perched on his head……..
His eyes shone bright as a sinister frown hung on his face……. i looked down to see three bodies strewn across the floor.
Finally he broke the silence looming across the room…….. ”you know I used to think you were my most careful protégé right until now, your coming here alone was a very careless mistake”, he barked at me. I was staring at the floor with my head hung in shame but deep down, i was more than glad to see him……

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