Wednesday 27 February 2013

ATONEMENT (THE BOOK) PAGE 3

Information has reached us that a fatal accident occured last evening,close to Iba some few kilometres away from Agbara,two persons dead,one identified,a car parked at the middle of the high way was said † have been the sole cause of crash,experts say as at.....
Flora stood in front of the TV set mug in hand,wearing a red robe her curly hair in a bun,she continued to stare at the screen with disbelief, that was her Toyota Camry how on earth did it get on that lonely road,she scanned her brain as she continued to stand there motionless. Then she felt a lurch in her stomach she placed a hand on her abdomen then it moved once more,the sound of the door bell startled her dragging her out of her reverie she walked towards the door clutching her stomach her face contorted in pain..she swung the door open carelessly and saw two men wearing police unforms one short with a large frame and the other much younger with close cropped hair,bushy eyebrows and a few inches taller than the short man who raked her from head to foot with piercing dark eyes.
"Goodday m'am" the short man apparently the spokes person of the two addressed her the younger officer only nodded at her direction. "May we come in"he finally whispered in a conspiratorial tone. Flora stood blocking the entrance then she noticed Seyi her neighbour the man who occupied the house across the road he stood in front of his front door waving at her smiling, she waved back as she quickly ushered the men in,hoping that no one had noticed them.....

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