My reverend's son 6

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PART 6
"MY REVEREND'S SON"
©️ Opeyemi Akintunde
Inspired by the HOLY ONE.

" You no hear me? I say no be your Reverend pikin be this?" ( Are you deaf? I am asking, Is this not your Reverend's son?) My brother Peter screamed loudly in my ears

"Yes! Yes! Yes"  I replied in fear.

My brother Peter was not someone you kept waiting whenever he asked you a question.  You needed to supply the answer immediately especially whenever he was angry.

"Tell me their house address fast"  He asked without expecting a refusal.

I knew my Reverend's house address but knowing my brother, going there would be catastrophic in nature. He was going to destroy everything.

At this point, you should expect me to also be angry, possibly mad and want to kill Ademide but I was confused.

I loved my twin brother no doubt but I also had a soft spot for Ademide. I had developed the love for him in my heart for so long to just hate him all of a sudden.

" You dey Mad? abi na Mad dey worry you?" ( Are you nuts ?) My brother screamed again as he sensed my reluctance.

" You dey try cover your Reverend Pikin? You no wan tell me their domain?" (Are you protecting your Reverend's Son by not telling me where their house is?)  My brother slapped me hard after asking me the question.The slap was enough to reset my brain but I kept mute...

" You no go talk?" (Are you going to say something or not ?) My elder brother asked and simultaneously he was removing his belt to whip me hard.  I knew how that would end. My entire body would tell the story. 

" Gra..Gracious Estate" I stuttered.

" You dey Mad! You for no talk" ( You are crazy! Thank you stars you spoke) 

"Move! Were! ( Mad Fellow)" My Brother pushed me violently. My mother wailed more. Brume also followed us.

On getting outside , my brother sighted my neighbour's tricycle .

" Where Chuka dey?" ( Where is Chuka?) Peter asked

" E dey sleep?" Someone replied

" E dey sleep when my brother die! Call am!" ( He is sleeping when my brother is dead) 

Chuka rushed out in no time after someone called him ...

" Na lie oooo, Na lie, Wetin do Henry?" ( It's a lie, What happened to Henry?)

" Leave question for Jamb Student...I need you to drive me to Gracious Estate, na there Henry killer dey live" ( Stop the questioning, I need you to take me to Gracious Estate. That's where Henry's Killer lives.)

We got into the tricycle and the journey to that place , though it was a 45 minutes drive, it felt like 45 long hours as I kept thinking about what was going to happen there.

On the other hand,  Peter had busied himself with the task of sending the video to as many people as he could.

It had been rumored that my brother belonged to a fraternity,  but I never confirmed it. However, on that day in the tricycle,  it was beginning to look and sound true. 

I began to hear names and slangs that I had never heard before. 

Strange words kept pouring out of my brother's mouth...

He was saying things like "Brother, meet me for Gracious Estate, an uninitiated don chuk me for back"( An uninitiated has stabbed me in the back).

I really wanted to plead with him to please calm down,  but a part of me wanted the person who killed my twin brother to suffer,  so much he would regret it. 

Well another part of me was asking me ' Who is the killer? Is it not Ademide your love?" 

By the time we got to the estate gate,  young boys looking brutal and rugged had flooded the front of the Estate.

The Estate security had been outnumbered and they had smartly shut the gate not letting anyone in or out!.

It was obvious they were already calling the police to come intervene when we got there.

My brother alighted from the tricycle faster than I did and as he walked up to the security man, the boys started hailing him while others were singing the popular dirge ...

" Oro nla leda, eeee
Oro nla leda...( You have wrecked great havoc)

"Officer, we are not here to cause problem, I am here to see the Reverend that lives here.. his son killed my brother last night, so oga just open this gate and let us enter we need to have a dialogue with him or else we will burn down this place and burn you as well." My brother said Madly...

" Ha! My brother, please help me, I will lose my job if I open this gate for you. Abeg...( please)"

"Your Job? " My brother was very irritated at the Officer...

 "Boys... We rough it in"( Boys, we storm in)

Like a tsunami, they pushed down the gate and went in like a horde....

To be continued...

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