The Wishing Well – Episode 6
EPISODE 6
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WRITTEN BY NATHANIEL ANUMA
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FLASH BACK
The forest did not only endow itself with weary sound of the wind but also creepy sound of dangerous animals. Even the sound of a flowing river with a high current circulated the arena as the sky poured down heavy rain.
By the side of the river laid unconsciously a very beautiful girl. Her whole body was not only wet but also stained with sandy soil. A golden necklace rested on her neck as an addendum to her beauty. That was Kiana.
Suddenly, a man approached to the river. He looked at her lustfully like a man imagining how sweet a lady could be in bed. Though he saw the outline of her bra and half na.ked she was, but his attention was mostly drawn to the golden necklace. Therefore, he bent down, took the necklace and carried the girl up like a mother, breastfeeding a child. That was Mekus, carrying Kiana after the accident. :
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CONTINUITY
Kingsley was not just a stubborn being but also a fearless one. That gave him the guts of approaching the policeman that held the golden necklace in his hand. However, Kiana had been wondering how the necklace got to the police, likewise Juel and Anderson. Of course if the police should know that the gold belongs to her, she will be held hostage and automatically becomes a prime suspect for the death of Mekus. Therefore their secrets might be traced from there.
Nevertheless, just before Kingsley got to the policemen, Mr Chuks came out from one of the buildings shouting and pointing fingers at him, “Who allowed this student into this school premesis?! How many times has the security warned you never to step foot here?! Security!!”
His voice attracted attention and suddenly made the young boy to stop, wondering what he did wrong. Even Kiana and co became confused. Though the policemen stopped for a while, but continued leaving the school environment because they believed whatever the problem could be, it didn’t concern them. One of them put the necklace inside his pocket.
“Where have I gone wrong?!” Kingsley spread his hands.
“Security!” Mr Chuks kept shouting.
Kingsley turned to see Kiana staring at him as if she set him up. Truly, she didn’t do such a thing, but she was smart enough to stay out of it even if he was her boyfriend. Just as she watched the security carried Kingsley away, Juel and Anderson stood beside her.
“Won’t you do something?” Anderson whispered to her.
“Wait, Mr Chuks isn’t stupid” Kiana replied.
“Whatever he is doing, we must not tell him our secret” Juel warned.
They sighted Mr Chuks, walking to them as students gradually dispersed.
“Let’s hear from him first” Kiana whispered back.
Juel exhaled heavily. “Here we go” he adjusted his school back. Just then, Mr Chuks approached them with a hand inside one of his pockets.
“Now, i just saved your ass from the police, miss Desmond. You have an explanation to do coz those policemen came to my office, looking for the owner of the necklace which I souly recognized as yours.”
“Where did they get it?” Kiana found her voice.
“In Mekus pocket after discovering his dead body on the road” he moved closer and lowered his voice without minding the presence of the two guys. “The last time I checked, you wore the necklace before the accident occured and Mekus wasn’t with us in the lorry. So how come the necklace found refuge inside his pocket?”
Hearing the convincing apprehension, Kiana looked at the two guys in way that shows: I HAVE TO LET HIM KNOW. Juel understood and never wanted her to do that. Therefore he spoke up saying, “Sir, Kiana lost consciousness after the accident. She has no memory of how…”
“Yes, i have” she interrupted.
The two guys stared at her surprisingly.
“We have to let Mr Chuks know what’s going on” she added, while Juel glanced at Anderson for the second time, giving way for the tranquillity to yield a better understanding among them.
“Three of you, to my office, now!” Mr Chuks walked out.
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He seated in his chair like an excellency while the students stood before his table like ones caught in an exam malpractice. The nature of the door to the office reduces any sound that could come from outside thereby giving it an absolute tranquillity.
“Sir, before we start, could you please call the security to release Kingsley?” Kiana broke the silence. Just as Mr Chuks carries out the demand, she also text her boyfriend to wait for her at her lodge.
Mr Chuks dropped the call. “Now let the lion out of the forest” he said.
The students told their stories, ranging from how they saw a wishing well and Mekus whom they figured out his wish that was the cause of the accident. They never forgot to tell Nancy’s part of the story and even Judge.
Mr Chuks stood from his seat as if it suddenly generated heat. He didn’t know whether to believe them or not but they got evidence for their story. So he said to be sure, “All your wish have to take lives before there are granted, and must not be disclosed to anyone neither must your wishes leave you after granted otherwise you die just like Mekus died”
They nodded their heads.
“And you believe Nancy is out there in space without a spacesuit or ship?”
They kept quiet.
“You kids are carrying a heavy load on your shoulders because if Dr. Danny get to know that all who died or will die are caused by your wishes, he won’t hesitate to lock you guys up in prison or worst, you’ll be killed by law”
“That’s why we need you to keep this secret with us” Juel spoke up.
“I’m already in it. So let’s see how we can protect these secrets to the end.” Mr Chuks stared at them. He could see how happy they were. “So, we gonna start from how to bring Nancy back without her being dead or before her absence is figured out by Dr. Danny and Cletus” he added.
“And also shut Judge up” Anderson suggested.
“You can’t shut the psychopath up. First thing first”
“So how do we bring Nancy back?” Kiana asked.
“The same way she went there”
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“You mean by making a wish at the well again?” she widened her eyes.
“Yes”
“And who will do that?” Juel spread his hands.
“We have to look for her boyfriend.” Mr Chuks sat back to his seat. “Why we should use her boyfriend is because when his wish is granted, Nancy automatically stays with him forever. Any day she leave him, he will die. So since both of them love each other, nobody will leave another. They will live happily ever after”
The three students nodded in agreement.
“Of course you know his wish might cause another fall of flaming rocks and more lives will be taken” he added.
“Which is why I’m very sad” Kiana sat on the floor and began to cry.
“We have no choice” Mr Chuks concluded.
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Darkness had taken over the atmosphere when Kiana went home to see Kingsley standing at her door. She could also see his angry face which made her to stay few meters away from him.
“So you had me set up” Kingsley began to walk to her.
“Listen, Kingsley, i will explain”
He gradually stepped closer then slapped her. “You stood there, watching them disgrace me!”
Kiana held her cheek. “You slapped me?” She wanted to return the slap but the young man gave her the beaten of her life.
“I give you forty-eight hours to get the necklace back otherwise I will kill you!” he left angrily, while Kiana cried on the floor.
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The next day at school, she opened her control room to work before her time would due for lectures. She didn’t look happy. Moreover, Kingsley left a large bruise on her face the previous day. She swore never to have anything to do with him again if actually he could get the necklace from the police. How possible is that?
Nevertheless, Juel and Anderson entered with Henry, Nancy’s boyfriend.
“What happened to your face, Kiana?” Juel asked her.
“Nothing” she replied without looking at him.
Juel didn’t need to ask further questions coz he had a clue of who must had designed her face roughly.
“Guys, why did you call me here?” Henry asked, spreading his hands.
“When last did you hear from Nancy?” Anderson asked him.
“Over a week!”
“That’s why we called you” he concluded.
Meanwhile, Kiana seemed to be uninterested as she was arranging papers on a table. But immediately Mr Chuks entered, she paid attention.
“Is this the boyfriend?” Mr Chuks asked. He was on a senator with a hand always in one of his pockets. He looked at Henry. “Young man, what if I tell you that your girlfriend is out there in space and only you can bring her back”
Henry chuckled. “You’re joking, sir, right?”
All let him into the secret, demanding that they take him to the wishing well to make a wish for Nancy to be his.
The young man chuckled again. “If you people said that any wish should be confidential, how will my own be when you already know what I’m gonna wish for? Secondly, that I’m Nancy’s boyfriend doesn’t mean that I’ll like to be with her forever” he substantiated, while they all remained speechless.
“What is wrong with you men?!” Kiana broke the silence. “Why are you dating her
if you know that you can’t be with her forever?” she resumed her work
aggressively. ..
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TO BE CONTINUED
