Chased by the Red Car’s Ghost / Chapter 4: Wetin Dey Follow Us?
Chased by the Red Car’s Ghost

Chased by the Red Car’s Ghost

Author: April Serrano

Chapter 4: Wetin Dey Follow Us?

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E take time before everybody calm down. Breath dey hang for air. Nobody talk for some minutes. I hear only my own heart, dey beat like drum for village festival.

Uncle Musa collect another cigarette, puff am, talk again, "Thank you, Brother Lawal." He wipe sweat for him head with handkerchief, hand still dey shake.

"Why e dey pursue us like this?" His voice na whisper, he no even look my face.

The girl wey dey hide for Kemi hand hug herself, "We no do am anything." Her voice small, eyes wide like cat for darkness. Tears dey glisten for eyelash. Her teeth dey knock, eyes wide, she hold her mama wrapper like shield.

Kemi pat her, look me for mirror, her voice low. "Abi, e come find person replace am?" She cross herself, whisper short prayer. For Naija, if ghost matter enter, na prayer be solution.

"No be just now dem talk say accident happen for this road, the red sports car driver die for there?" My mind dey race—ghost gist dey scatter my head. Red car, accident, dead driver? Na wahala.

Kemi look me again. "Brother Lawal, you sabi wetin happen after? How many people die for that accident?" Her eyes dey beg answer, but I dey reason say make I no scare the children.

"Mummy—" The girl voice break, she hide face for Kemi wrapper, body dey shake.

Before I fit answer, the girl hug her mama waist, fear catch am. She sob small, Kemi stroke her back gently.

Uncle Musa eye Kemi. "No dey talk all those things. How many die no concern us. No dey scare the pikin for night." He use that sharp voice, the kind papa wey wan end family gist for table.

I look mirror, see as Kemi drop her head, the girl eye just dey water, fear full am. The thing touch me for chest. But as I drive, I dey feel say something dey follow us for this mountain road—something wey no get name.

The boy, Ibrahim, just press him head for window, e dey knock am as the truck dey shake, e no even send. I watch am, the way im dey lost for im own world. Sometimes, children sabi fear pass adults.

"I no too remember how many die," I answer Kemi. "But I hear say girl dey with the red sports car driver. After the crash, she just fall coma." Na old gist for this area. People dey say the girl no ever wake, some say she waka for night road as spirit.

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