Elvira's Return

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oon as I parked in front of the place, I saw my wife. She was carrying our daughter

!” I s

y. She ran to the car and got

o get you

ere coming. Are you sure you

s come up, but we cannot talk about it in the car.

no pr

we got into the house, a heavy downpour began. We made sure all the wind

, but I want to tell you that I have be

Instead, she remained calm. I couldn’t understand her. That was not the reaction I

am talkin

been meeting a ghost. It is not a strange th

u know?” I was co

talk, yo

hat kind o

e. She said my predecessor was one strange-looking woman. She said she could bet her last naira on the fact that she was a ghost. She explain

ut Elvira all this while and kept quiet? What kind of a woman

t is why I didn’t object much when you said you wanted to invite a friend of you

my g

s the cause of it. That is why I called her an angel of darkness. I was just intriguing her. I

with a ghost, and you weren’t afraid? What kind of a

red, honey. I am not a ghos

like me. I have gotten married to a woman who sees interacting with th

riage wasn’t a coincidence. There was a purpose for o

you mean

tried to enchant me but she didn’t succeed. Also, I think that whatever we have has als

, I

does that

g some of these things clear to me. Now that we are aware of everything,

same neighbour who told me about Elvira has a

t her myself. There are qu

nd told me that the neighbour and the house help had come to see us. I wen

ur name?” I

ra,

ld are

ente

me here, what

schooli

you been a hous

It is my f

essing, no inviting of friends to my house, especially male friends. Do not carry information from the house to someone out

So, I assumed that since he hadn’t come to deal with me, then, he had finally seen his wife. So, I assumed all was well

ver since Tyra came, my daughter started crying every night. I noticed that each time she cried, and my wife went to the guest room to get

wife came running to me. In her hands we

hy are you carrying Malo’s cl

yra has done to my daughter’s clothes. Can you imagine t

o you? How can such a thing be possibl

he said, shoving the d

after the other, but I didn’t see anyth

g on the clothes. They all l

you mean I

that, but take and

dresses. There were no bloodstains on them. They had all become normal again. Since Gift had no evidence to prove to me that the dresses once had stains on them, she decide

rved as the bedroom for her and Malo, and I heard her distinctly talking to

ing you want, S

else is in

ir

else is in

nobody. It’s ju

alking to some

wasn’t talki

ying that I

t that sometimes,

hope so. Now, come an

lo on the bed and laid beside her, thinking. I thought of what my wife told me and became very uncomfortable. She said there was something peculiar about us.

n made sure that Malo had eaten, I laid on the bed and drifted off to sleep. I felt someone touching me and opened my eyes. It

re all alone, Tyra?” I

s slee

do you

ou to kis

elp, Tyra. We shoul

a kiss won’t

won’t.”

othed, dancing with Tyra and kissing her passionately. As we kissed, I realized that the taste of her mouth suddenly

The worst part was that she did not look like the Elvira I had always known. Now, she lo

. Leave me alone.” I shou

g I did was to run to Tyra’s room to make sure Malo was okay. I went

knees and prayed fervently to God for the protection of my family. As soon as I got on my

oke.” Who am

lvira’s husband. I

CONT