The Death Watch — Fiction.

Well, the truth remains that nobody can run away from death, it is inevitable. And knowing that made me more worried when something happened a few months ago.

I was at a party together with my friends and associates, the likes of prog Grace in the economics department, Prof Kenny of the art department amongst others...one of us just married a third wife and we went to celebrate and felicitate with him. That was how Prof Mike, a prof of Science who was also one of our colleagues at the University of Ibadan brought out something he just bought, he explained how he got to know about it to us and all, it was a watch-like device that tells you the exact time and date you will die.

Me, I just laughed, he's a professor of science so I kind of understand him, but me with my believe in God, I felt somehow about it. He kept talking about it, showing us proofs and alI. To me, it's not possible and even if it is, then there will definitely be a comma somewhere.

Along the line, he asked if he could order for some of us... "It's costly, but I know y'all can afford it." He said adjusting his big glasses.

Well, some of them agreed and paid for it there, I told him I'm not interested and Prof Kenny who felt somehow about it too gave an excuse that she didn't have up to that amount at the moment and that she will get back to him.

The following week, we resumed work, come and see how Prof Mike is smiling up and down. I guess he has lots of years more to spend on heart, I thought as I gave him a weird look.

We had a meeting that day, and after the meeting, Prof Mike brought out the device and handed it over to those who paid.

I just didn't get the whole point of this... Am I to wake up every single day checking how many days, months, years or seconds I have left to live...? Am I to start living in fear...?

It doesn't make sense...what sort of invention is that?

Weeks later, I went to visit Prof David in his office and he was a different person, Prof David was always the alive kind of person, always joking and fun to be around. When we talked and I asked him why he had become so withdrawn and all, he pointed at the device, he dropped it somewhere on the fridge in his office... He explained things to me and I saw how the device was beeping and counting down to the days of his departure from this earth, he has less than a week left.

Even I felt disturbed, it wasn't me but I was scared... What sort of device is this.... I looked at Prof David, it's obvious he's already dead on his sit before death itself came.

Well, Prof David did died on that day and time. No one knew how and why, he died. That was when even I almost turned into something else... because tell me why you will spend your money in buying something like that. You can't have peace with it, no way. How can you have peace and sleep peacefully knowing when you're dying.... I don't get.

Assuming it can even tell you what would cause the death, maybe it will be a little better, maybe someone cns just avoid that thing during those period and kind of chest death... You know.

But then, death is inevitable. It will definitely come for everyone when it's time. No need to know when, because if you do, you start existing from that moment onward.

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