Dora And The Water god.
Episode 7
… On seeing the stretched arm, I lost total control of myself and I began to walk to him.
“Come” He said with a gesture.
I walked slowly to him and he took my hand, and we both started sinking deep into the water.
Now deep inside the water, we swam for a few minutes and we arrived at a place with a very beautiful house. We both stood before the entrance door and he opened it, and we walked in.
“Welcome to my house” He said with a smile but I turned and looked at him, and then looked away.
His house had a very beautiful interior made of raw gold. He had portraits of a beautiful light skinned woman and a dark and chubby man on the wall that I kept staring at but I was unable to utter a word.
“Sit” He said pointing at a very beautiful white couch with a gold top.
I walked slowly to the couch and I sat uprightly on it, staring forward. He looked at me, smiled and then shook his head. He walked to me and then touched me on the shoulder , and like someone jerking from sleep I jerked up all of a sudden and started to look around.
” Who… Who are… you ?” I probed in stutters staring at a handsome, fair complexioned man standing and smiling right in front of me, with very long hair. I had never been so afraid before that I stood there trembling!ng
“I’m your friend” He said with a hand on his chest.
“No, you can’t be my friend. What am I doing here?” I quizzed looking around.
“Wait, isn’t this water?” I probed with popped eyes.
“Yes, you are in my kingdom ” He said.
“What? The marine kingdom? No! No!! Get me out of here ” I said and started to scream.
“Wait, I don’t bite. it’s not what you think and I can explain ” He said but I ignored him and continued to scre@m and I ran toward the entrance door and started forcing the locked door open without the key in the keyhole open.
“Somebody hellppp” I screamed.
He hurried to me and wanted touching me but I dodged him and continued scre@ming.
“Ok, just calm down. My name is Odu, your hunter friend “. As soon as I heard that, my jaw dropped in awe.
“What? No, you can’t be Odu” I said in a trembl!ng tone.
“Believe me, I am” He said with a smile and started to remind me of the encounters we’ve had together.
Well, I felt a bit relaxed and we soon started talking like friends. With his gestures and the way he spoke, I was convinced that it was indeed Odu my friend.
We talked for a few hours and I asked him if he was the only one living in the water and he said yes. He lost his parents when he was growing up and has since been living alone. He pointed at those portraits on the wall and said that they were his parents, with a smile.
I asked him why he disguised as Odu and he told me that I wouldn’t have accepted to be his friend with his looks.
He made something for me to eat and ensured that I was very comfortable. When the sun was beginning to set, I told him I wanted to return home but he blatantly refused, that I wasn’t going to see my stepmother and her children anymore, that we should start living together in the water away from the t0rture.
I told him I couldn’t and that I didn’t belong there that I needed to go back home but I promised to be coming to see him from time to time and he agreed after much persuasion.
“Ok but, not tonight, please stay till tomorrow” He said.
“But, my stepmother…”
“Shhhhh…Don’t worry about her, you will return a totally different person” He said.
“But how?” I quizzed.
“Until then” He replied.
By Blessing-Enejo Abrahams Elleywrites.
I was in the water till the following day and I had so much fun swimming around with him. I asked him how come I could swim without dr0wning and he said it was because of him.
I didn’t leave the following day, I wanted to stay a little longer but the fe@r of my stepmother?
That night, Odu came to me and started k!ss!ng my neck but I immediately knew what he wanted and I withdrew myself.
“Please” He said.
“I’m sorry, I can’t” I said, already feeling so uncomfortable.
“Don’t worry, I’m sorry” He said and he excused himself.
Well, the following day when I decided to leave, he gave me a tiny gold necklace and asked me to always wear it for protection, and I nodded.
I arrived home and saw my stepmother seated before our house with her children.
I greeted but none bothered to answer, and when I was about going inside the house, my stepmother pulled me back and asked her daughter to bring her a cane. I was flogged but I felt no single p@in. I was so shocked and surprised, and I stood there watching my stepmother still flogging me with all her strength.
All of a sudden, she staggered back and began to pant, now holding her hand.
“W!tch, you want to k!ll me. ” She said still panting.
“Wait, is it that the strokes of the cane didn’t p@in you or what? This one you’re standing unbothered” Her son asked.
” This girl, what have you gone to do this time? p@in relief charm?” Her daughter asked but I turned and looked away.
I already knew it was Neon’s handwork. After being insulted by all, I left their midst and I went inside the house. I could hear my stepmother saying that if she chased me out of the house the villagers would call her w!cked.
A few hours later, it began to rain heavily and my stepmother and her children rushed out to put containers in the rain, rejoicing that they wouldn’t go to the neighbouring village to fetch water the following day. But guess what? The rain exempted our house. It rained in the village but our compound was totally left out…
To be continued!
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