THE MASQUERADER by Princewill Chika Nkisa

   PROLOGUE

A compound. It is night time. The silence is punctuated by the chirping sounds of crickets. The air is tense. A woman's voice is heard in the background, softly wailing. Almost immediately, her wailing turns into a scream. A man runs out of the house in the compound.

"My wife, I'm coming. Let me call the midwife. Please stay strong"

He runs out of the front door as her scream pierces the air again. Just then, a figure crawls out of the shadows behind the house. It is a woman. One can tell from her silhouette. She looks left and right and steps into the house.

The woman is pain raises her head upon seeing the stranger.

"Who are you? Are you the midwife? You don't look like her. Or have you got lost..." Her sentence is interrupted by another pain.

The stranger laughs wickedly.
"I've been trying to find a way and now I have. Your husband should have been mine. And you got him"

"What?", the woman in labour asks weakly. "What are you talking about?"

"Shut up! I will have your husband now that you'll be dead and gone. He was mine from the day I laid eyes on him. I have been called names and I'll show you how capable I am of wickedness..."

Just then, the woman in pain screams again. By instinct, she pushes and the cry of a baby rends the air. As she tries to reach out, voices fill the air from a distance. The stranger reaches out her hands and presses on the stomach of the woman who is in pain and too weak to fight back. Soon afterwards, she gives up the ghost.

The stranger runs out through the back door as she laughs to herself.

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ABOUT ME

Princewill Chika Nkisa hails from Obrikom in Rivers State, Nigeria. He was born in 1988 to the family of John and Mrs Alice Nkisa(Both late). His passion for writing and acting knows no bound. He's the author of A Bolt From The Blue, The Quest For True Love and The Masquerader his latest publication. He will turn 31 this year, 2019.

Princewill has taught students in both primary and secondary schools in Rivers and Lagos States respectively. One of his favourite quotes is:

"The Darkest Board Of Life Is Ignorance. And the only chalk to write on it is your awakened mind ".