Blue flame
(Evil beauty)
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By: queen nikky
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Episode one
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Under a mango tree some men can be seen
discussing and from the look on their face it seems
they were friends. One of them just came back
from Lagos to celebrate Christmas with his parent
and the others were happy to see him before they
started talking about a beautiful maidien called
Emilia.
“ Emilia is the most beautiful lady I've ever set my
eyes on I swear she always make my heart flutter
anytime I see her” wisdom the guy who just return
from Lagos said and others laughed.
“ what do you think? Each time she come closer
and I see that beautiful big eyes I always forget my
mind elsewhere ” osei another one said.
“ Osei you forget your mind I always forget my
body and soul, I can't count the time Abena and I
fought because of Emilia but the thing is none of
us can even get closer to her because we are too
scared” Tutu an hardworking farmer with three kids
also pour out his mind.
“ here she comes ” wisdom announced sighting
Emilia from afar.
There she is swinging her hips that were decorated
with beads, her footsteps look like those of the
ancient English queen. Her small “ adire” dress
flowing like no one cares in the windy footpath.
The men loose their minds sighting her with her
two maids carrying two baskets of banana. They
are probably coming from the farm, she always
wear a smile no matter what happen.
She have a lot of male friends and wisdom is sure
among them. It is obvious from the look on her
face that her eyes always trail the young educated
man but she is too shy to let anyone know of her
feelings.
“ hi Emilia ” wisdom called and she smiled flashing
her set of teeth that define white snow perfectly.
“ hi wisdom I guess you are having fun with your
friends?” Emilia replied shyly.
“ of course can we see for a moment?” wisdom
requested.
“ no not today o, mama will be angry if I come late
” Emilia rejected.
“but you can wait for me under the udara tree
there tomorrow morning ” she whispered in his
ears then she start going swinging her hips and
her beads didn't stop making noise.
“ congratulations wisdom you need to take me to
that dibia that do that jazz for you o” osei said
jokingly.
“ I don't have any dibia anywhere” wisdom said
and they laughed.
“ the great goddess of beauty Emilia talk to
wisdom? Seriously I don't know what to say” Tutu
said and they laugh again.
After talking about men's things for a while they
leave for their respective homes.
Emilia get home that day smiling as usual but
there is something different from this smile.
Her parents were average people in Akunta. They
are not too poor or rich but they were respected in
the society.
Emilia since she was little love hearing tales about
the city especially the one they call Lagos, she
dream of going to Benin, aba, Enugu, Lagos and
the famous big city Ibadan.
She long to follow her mates to Lagos especially
her best friend mazi udo's daughter onyin.
Onyin never fail to tell Emilia tales about the
strange cities.
She told Emilia about the cars the tiled road and
the night's sun( lol light bulb) which serve as sun
in the night for lagosians.
“ so you mean there is actually a sun at night in
Lagos?” Emilia asked when onyin came to visit her
one day.
“ of course not only one sun but many, every room
in my uncle's house has its own sun and you can
even control it by pressing something like plastic
on the wall” Onyin said licking the udara Emilia
gave her earlier.
“ hmm? You can control the sun? Chai one day you
will take me to Lagos one day” Emilia said smiling.
“ you know in Lagos there are many types of
strange things, eh? U see there is a what can I call
it? Don't worry I will tell you whenever I remember
the name, you can see white men on it waving at
you if not I will miss you I will have stay in Lagos
and finally go to school and become educated like
wisdom ” onyin said and Emilia sigh.
“ I want to go to school too but my parent are not
rich like yours and we don't have anyone in Lagos
that I can stay with you are so lucky onyin, I want
to be like you but I can't ” emilia said sadly.
“ you are saying that ? Well life is never unfair you
know? God knows all that before he gave you your
beauty maybe you will find a prince charming like
wisdom who will take you to lagos” onyin said in a
gossip manner.
“ what? Hey my friend stop that o I don't want
trouble o beside I like the village sef I just want to
go to those cities to see what you are telling with
my own korokoro eyes” emilia said and they both
laugh.
“ you will soon find your wisdom like this Lagos
song, I'm looking for my johnny ” onyin said and
the two friends laugh.
“ which johnny are you looking for? The palmwine
tapper bah? Mazi udo will kill you” Emilia asked.
“ oh I wish I have your beauty” onyin said and
emilia frowned.
“ you know onyinye be careful about what you wish
for sometimes, not all that glitters is gold” Emilia
warned.
To be continued
Why did emilia warn her friend like that?
you see I'm not going to post this thing with the
way you guys are behaving
for you to now like is now difficult don't worry
keep it up I wee not talk