(FINALE)
The night was still,the silence so profound you could almost slice
through it with a knife,cool breeze blew forth from the airconditioner
tenderly stroking my snoozy face which was deeply asleep,all was nice
and calm until suddenly when I thought I heard a cackle of giggles
sounding like the devilish mirth of salem witches followed shortly after
by a slow and depressing undulating rhythmic tune synonymous with
burial ceremonies,I suddenly felt a flush of heat sweep through me as I
turned on the bed to allow some breeze cool my back which was wet with
trapped dots of sweat creating a huge map of dampness on my pajamas. I
kept drifting in and out of sleep,my eyelids sleepily fluttering as the
tune of horror created nightmarish images in my head,I woke up with a
start,feeling my immediate surrounding on the bed for Hamz in the thick
darkness of the room,my fingers hitting his parted lips which was slimy
with drool,I felt his face all over,rubbing his
stubble just to be
sure it was indeed him whereupon he moaned sleepily,shoving my hands off
and changing his sleeping position,I sat up on the bed,waiting
patiently to hear the scary tune again just to be sure I had indeed
heard something of sort as I reached for my phone and punching a button
to check the time,the phone lights came on,it was quarter past three am.
I
sighed as I punched on my phone keypad,responding to chats that had
popped in after I must have gone to bed,my eyes squinted almost to a
close from the bright rays of the phone lights flashed directly unto my
face...Few minutes later as I began to doze off,my head sleepily hitting
the air,the devilish giggles echoed through the room again, startled,I
sprang up,whispering "la hilaha illalau" the name of God,I turned to
face Hamz and slapping him awake,I told him we needed to pray as I was
hearing some strange sounds,he frowned his face waking up,hissed then
turned around to sleep again,I went to the chest of drawers by the
wardrobe to pick up a copy of the holy quran,my phone's torch light
turned on,I quietly opened the door and tiptoed gently out of the room.
