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My feet couldn't stop. I just kept running. There were a thousands of doors but they all brought me back to the same place. The heat was making me dizzy, stabbing pains had seized my stomach. And from somewhere off in the distance,I just couldn't stop hearing the voice. The cause of all my pain. The laughter bursting through my ear drum and threats tearing through my heart. Painful threats. If only I knew who it was.

"Jaye! Jayeiola wake up!!" I woke up to see my mother, worry stapled to her face.

"The nightmares again?" She asked
I just nodded my head in response

"Would you be able to go to school today?"

"Of course mummy. I cant be absent on the first day of school" I replied

"Okay honey, I'll just leave you to get ready" she said standing up and giving me a peck on my forehead.

When she left the room,I realized why she was so worried. I was drenched with sweat. I has the nightmares frequently but the problem was I didn't know what they meant. I sat down on my bed replaying the voice I always heard in the dreams.

You made me this way and you'll never see peace! I'll make sure all the people you love and admire die before your own eyes. Then I'll kill you!

"Jay do you have a razor blade or something" that was my brother barging into my room without even knocking

"Number 1 I've always told you to knock before you enter my room, what if I was naked. Number 2 I've told you to stop calling me Jay" my brother always called me Jay since we were little and I hated it. It sounded like a boy's nickname.

"What is even there to see if you're naked? I've seen better. Besides, I'm your older brother so what are you hiding from me"

"With two minutes! You're only older than me with two minutes!"
Daniel and I are twins. He came out two minutes before me and now he thinks he's my ' older brother '. He's so stupid

"Na you know. Why are you even sweating like this na"

"It's none of your business. Get out of my room!" I snapped back

"Girl chill na...if I don't want to go nko?"

"Mom!! I want to bathe and Daniel won't leave my room!" I screamed at the top of my lungs so my mum would hear from the kitchen.

"Daniel get out of there and go pack your box" my mum yelled back

"You heard that? Now GET OUT!" I said,a smile of victory forming on my face.

"Shut up joor.... Jay!!" He said running out of my room so I wouldn't kill him

"That son of a ...I told you to stop calling me Jay...just lemme catch you o" I said very sure he wouldn't hear that last part anymore

I checked my box again for the one millionth time to see if I had all I needed for the term.

I and Daniel were enrolled to a school where it was compulsory for all the students to be in the hostel,though our house was only a thirty minute drive from school.

I checked my self in the mirror for the last time and I just had to stop to check myself again. Everyone always told me how beautiful I am and how beautiful my hair looked because I was a half cast, but I didn't just feel beautiful. I felt ugly. I felt like someone was watching me and that made me feel ugly.

I'm a half cast,yes. My dad is a Canadian. He's also the owner of the most renowned gadget company in the world so we were quite rich. He was also never at home.

"Jaye come downstairs na" Daniel called me

"I'm coming" I said taking my bag and rushing downstairs

When I got downstairs,Daniel was already seated on his chair in the dinning room waiting to devour his food. I'm sure he was already giving me a mental curse cause my mum wouldn't let him start eating until 'everyone' was present at the table.

"Daniel you and food ehn?" I teased him,taking my seat

"Abeg shut up joor, me that I'm hungry. Mummy can i Sha start eating?" He said facing my mum

"Of course" she laughed

After a short prayer, we started eating. We were having bread,eggs, two sausages and a glass of hot milk for breakfast. My mum was probably giving us a lecture about how we should behave when we got to school like she did every term, but my mind wasn't there at all. I just couldn't seem to forget those words.
I'll make sure a the people you love die! Then I'll kill you!!
It gave me the chills.

"Are you even listening to me the both of you" my mom asked jerking me off my thoughts
I nodded but Daniel was already far away, his eyes still glued to his precious iPhone he was forced to leave at home due to stupid school rules. I already handed mine to my mother the night before.

"Ifeoluwatofunmi!" That was my brothers yoruba name but only my mother called him that

"Ma" he said pulled out of his mental trance.

"Are you listening to me" my mum continued

"Yes ma" he lied
She knew it was a lie but arguing with Daniel was a waste of time. He'll always win in the end.

"Good"
Once we finished our food, the maids helped us carry our boxes to the car and we were ready to leave.

"I'll come visit the both of you on your birthday okay?" My mum said as we entered the car
It was going to be our fifteenth birthday in some weeks.

"Okay ma" we said in unison

My mum gave our driver some last instructions and with that, we drove off.. I looked back at our mansion. Damn I was going to miss this place. Especially my queen sized bed.

But for the next three months, I was going to be in Damien secondary School,Lagos.,
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