The Angel Amongst us

asn't bad one bit. Chiamaka was still asleep and was snoring pretty loudly. She smiled and stretched, sh

dresser, Danielle must have left it there. She wen

elf a cup of tea as she went through her laptop by the kitchen counter, she heard footsteps

said hoarsely,

, "Good morning, how's the headache?

relief groan and mouthed a 'thank y

m her pocket, "my phone is dead, and I need to call someone to give me a l

water dispenser, you can use it," Danielle said without looking up,

I'd appre

for the stairs, "I'll be down in a few. Let me

a then she heard a deep whisper ca

image of a man pass into the living room, she shoo

e room to the balcony, she saw Niola picking up th

e cup just slipped," she assured,

he sneered. "finally she wakes." She added a

s the stairs with sleepy ey

brow sarcastically. "And

I mean, yeah, I alw

st thought there was a truck with

awled on the couch in the li

p, she pulled over by the shoulder of the

iscuss something with you," Daniel

, "really?... Alright," she sat back in the ch

u to model for my fashion brand..

ddenly got short of words. "I'll think abo

." Danielle gave a warm smile and added, "Could you write me the address of your studio

Niola

e couch and then went to the kitchen to take a glass of water. Her phone chimes, then she glanced at it on the counter

l an Uber, between an hour she got to the studio

ting," she apologized

ze, good to see you, I just got here any

cted. "Good morning to yo

the camera, she had to take a clear shot of him so she could get enough detailing

tatue, but it was all clear no sign of it, none of this made any sense. One minute it was here, then

venteen, he just finished secondary school and he has a passi

" She walked over to the desk and drop the camera. "Tell your son to follow me on Instagram and subscribe to my YouTube channel, the

nks a lot, he

mal which was quite a relief. She sat before the computer to print the picture then

mother continued in

, at all, I was just speechless and ov

r Studio… you need to

a sighed, "I'll

hey quarreled. Ifadahunsi didn't want them to leave, but Tolu wanted a change for all the things that happened to her in that town and a fresh start, not just for her, but for her daughter too. Oke-Osa was a local area, she didn't want Eniola to grow up in a village, she wanted one of the best upbringings for her, but Ifadahunsi didn't look at it that way, he was so angry and all he kept saying was 'you are leaving? after all, I've done

m got to Eniola's studio, she told her the whole story ab

" Niola asked afterward, "

y years, I can't just call him all of a sudden,"

have his n

to just call him out of the blue, it's not appr

miled and pick up the photo to start a sketch then she saw something in the dark corner of the picture ba

vement toward the corner. "Did you see a cockroach?

of the photos; it all had the Statue in each one of them. "Mom! Look at this,"

la, "Of course I see it, that's some weird ugly sculpture there, w

hat's exactly what I've been telling you, I didn't

it closely, then stood up

ot here!

ck a lock of her hair behind her ear, "Yes it

s, " calm down sweetie," she said. "look at me, I'm g

going to be fine, nothing is going to happen to you, n

? Promise me yo

urse,

you know, precisely I

l be better if I go alone first, I have no idea what I

er said, " I'll be fine, I

ease

at before her computer trying to search for everything about oke-OSA on the internet, and all she came across was their festivals and springs. Everything she saw o

from the Reverend and an address in Osun state which she wrote down. Her mother was leavi

nt to bed, she was stuck in her

her

he carried a lantern and was barefoot as the

d with cloudy smoke fa

e of

g, she had no idea why she was running but she had the urge to. She paused at a point her feet wer

as if the hand grabbed her, she glanced at the time on the digital clock and it was almost

kly and suddenly jumped out o

print from the h