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Aideyan Daniel<br />
Passenger 13E<br />
‘Oh! So after killing my son in a plane crash, you want to turn his younger brother into your<br />
house-boy abiiiiiiii?’ A female voice interrupted, You want to turn a married man into your<br />
house-boy, Kelechi? Ehn?!?’ The woman thundered, the black wrapper she tied around her<br />
waist loosening and about to fall <strong>of</strong>f her as she advanced menacingly towards Kelly. She<br />
was in combat mode.<br />
Obinna pulled back his mother, not because he wanted to protect his sister-in-law<br />
but because he could see from the spark in Kelly’s eyes, a readiness to fight back if<br />
approached and he wasn’t ready to get caught up in a cat-fight, at least not when the<br />
elephant fight over properties was still to come. There were more important things at the<br />
moment than two fighting women and the key to the Lexus Jeep was one <strong>of</strong> them.<br />
So this is where dead people end up?<br />
***<br />
Utter darkness.<br />
He tried to peer through the darkness but all he could see was more darkness, no pearly<br />
gates and no burning pits, just utter darkness.<br />
His thoughts raced wildly, like the eyes <strong>of</strong> a seventeen year old boy on the pages <strong>of</strong> Playboy<br />
magazine for the first time, but the picture in his mind was unflinching - his wife and twin<br />
boys. Kel, as he fondly called her. “My Kel.” “She must be so distraught now. And my boys.<br />
My boys. My dear boys”, Emeka laments hopelessly.<br />
Death had come suddenly and even though he had not penned down a will, he was glad<br />
to have taken his younger brother Obinna into confidence regarding his business. At least<br />
he was confident his brother would take his wife through the processes <strong>of</strong> the business and<br />
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