He could hear his grandpa cough heavily from his room. He made his way to the kitchen quickly and he pushed open the door. He opened up all the pots. It all had been washed. He gave up a suspicious smile. He found some pieces of cake on a tray laying close to the sink. He plunged a hand full down his throat. His eyes widen like it would pop as he swallowed it forcefully. It had the taste of sore egg.
He was hungry. If he saw more the same process would have occurred again.
"Fosa" He called as he moved through the dark passage. He thumbed a button on the wall as he got to the middle of the passage and light flooded the passage.
Deji peeped through the open door leading to his room. The look on his friends face made him startled.
"Will you two tell me what happened." He said demonstratively. Fosa eye moved quickly from Deji's hair and it stopped at his shoes. Quickly, it travelled back to his face leaving out the cross bag he had dangling a bit below his waist.
Kelvin stood off the bed and walked pass Deji almost pushing him into the ground.
"Your devilish cousin wanted to fry us." Kelvin said as he stood in the door way.
Deji nodded. His lips tightened against each other as he awaited the guy with the swollen lips to blast up.
"Dude." Fosa began slowly.
"We wanted to stay with you. You know that right."
"Stop lecturing the goat." Kelvin voice broke into the room. He sounded like he had water in his mouth.
"If we wanted to die. There are lot of bushes in the village. We would have dropped dead there. No one would have noticed."
"Are you blaming me for your problems. I told you guys not to show up. If you guys had hidden well the first day she came. She wouldn't have noticed you guys. And she would be fine now, now she his leveraging on me."
"So are we holding her down." Fosa said as he touched his lips.
"You sister, or cousin. Whatever you call her. She is laying in her room. she passed out when the smoke got to much."
"Smoke!!!" Deji repeated.
"Yeah smoke" Kelvin voice came in again. This time it was clear and loud. Deji turned around. His eyes highlighted Kelvin's tall structure as he leveraged his weight on the door.
"She wanted to bake cake. I warned her. She wouldn't listen."
"God!!" Deji exclaimed. He nodded his head as he moved closer to the foot of the bed Fosa was sitting on. His eyes moved across the room to another bed close to the window. It was well dressed with a big pillow seated on it and leaning on the wall.
"How did it happen." He asked.
"I have mouth pain. Ask him." Fosa pointed to kelvin.
Kelvin moved across the room till he was close to the bed beside the window. He sat in it and he he moved closer to the wall with his back. He carried his legs up and adjusted his seating position, making sure he was seating on his legs.
"She wanted to fry beans." He let out a weak smile and his gaze caught Deji's serious look.
"Sorry. She wanted to bake cake. Which she did, later she wanted to fry plantain chips. She was busy with her phone. The smoke was much. When she got back to control the smoke. It was out of control." "Exactly" Fosa said under his breath as Kelvin was explaining. Kelvin stopped, giving Fosa a cold stare. He swallowed the load of spit in his mouth and he continued.
"The smoke made her pass out."
"God!!! She is asthmatic." Deji said half startled. He sank back into the bed and he asked.
"Where were you guys."
"We came in later. I washed the pot, and I cleaned up the kitchen."
"God!!! You didn't save her."
"I did. He didn't." Fosa intruded.
Deji stomped out of the room and he made his way to his cousin's room.
Kelvin stood off the bed. He moved closer to Fosa and he gave him a shake.
"That was perfect."
"hmmm hmmmm" Fosa sighed.
"She would learn how to respect us." Kelvin added with a sharp smile.
©Godwin Okhuoya
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