As she tossed and turned, her leg kicked someone lying at a corner of her bed. With so much sleep in her eyes, she touched the person and it felt like a baby, Oh, mousse, she thought. She wondered how her little niece, Mousse as she fondly called her, came into the room without making a sound and even climbed her bed without waking her, Hulu was such a light sleeper that even a drop pin would wake her, besides the last time she checked Mousse was sleeping in her mother's room. Without giving it much thought, Hulu carried Mousse quietly, being careful not to wake her as she laid in a better comfortable position. Something seemed off, Mousse didn't feel like Mousse, she was quite bigger and taller but she brushed off the thought because she felt that her sleepy eyes were playing tricks on her and went back to sleep.
A few minutes later, after so many failed attempts to get the thought off her mind, she turned the 'big baby' and realized that it wasn't Mousse, after all. Alarmed and a million thoughts running through her mind, she decided to tiptoe and check on the real Mousse in her mother's room first before waking the strange baby. Hulu! why are you tiptoeing? Her mother's voice stopped her in her tracks. Ssshh, there is a strange baby in my room that looks just like Mousse, I want to quietly check if Mousse is okay. Her mother was confused, she left Mousse in her room and Hulu wasn't making any sense. But she nodded in agreement, to see what Hulu was up to, so both of them tiptoed to the room and was relieved to find Mousse still asleep in her mother's room.
What do we do now? Who is that baby and how did "it" get into my room? Hulu asked. Let me see "it", her mum replied. So they went into Hulu's room, but they were shocked to find a light-skinned, good-looking young man on her bed and no sight of the baby. Hulu? Her mother turned to her suspiciously. Mum, I swear, it was a baby... I left a baby here. Her mother sighed and walked away, shaking her head in disappointment. She knew what her mother was thinking, that she brought one of her boyfriends to the house. Mum!Hulu continued behind her, look at him, he's not even in my age bracket, he's way younger than me... Maybe he's one of Matt's friends, let me call him*. Matt was their teenage help who was orphaned at birth. Hulu found him sleeping in the living room, she tried to wake him up but he was a heavy sleeper. Matt! Hulu called and dragged him up. Did you bring any of your friends into this house?. No Matt answered sleepily. Come and see if you recognize the boy in my room. Hulu said, dragging him behind her.
As they got to the room, the young man was no longer there. Alarmed and scared, they went to her Mother's room, He left the room!! She screamed at her mother. The trio started a search hunt in all the rooms and found the young man in one of the rooms, on the bed, sleeping. Why are going from room to room? Who are you and how did you get into our house? Where is the baby that was in my room? Hulu screamed at the young man, hitting and waking him up. Hulu, stop, he doesn't look well. Her mother said as she felt his pulse, Get him something to eat, we'll ask the questions later She said. In the midst of the noise, the stranger never spoke a word. Hulu noticed that the stranger's shirt was wet, she opened his chest and saw a pool of orange water coming out of his entire chest area and neck, it created bubbles around his body, it looked as if the water was boiling on his skin but it was cold, not hot. Wtf! Matt, clean him up, give him food if he's hungry, he is leaving now! Hulu instructed and left the room.
Mum, we need to talk. Hulu said to her mum as they both walked into her room. She tried to shut the door behind her but she couldn't. The doorknob is bad, take the keys from the dresser and lock it instead Her mother said. Hulu did as she was told and locked the door.
Matt is cleaning him up and he is leaving immediately. Hulu said, pacing back and forth. So soon? We need to make sure he strong and healthy before letting him go. Her mother replied.
I can't believe this, Mum. Are you even considering our safety? How did he even get past our locked gate, and our locked doors into my room? Matt says he doesn't know even know him. And the baby? What happened to the baby I saw in my room? Hulu said.
Are you sure you saw a baby? You were sleeping so maybe you were dreaming, Hulu and it was this young man all along Her mum said.
Mother, I swear it was a baby, I carried "it" to lay "it" in a more comfortable sleeping position, I even touched "it's" pampers Hulu said trying to convince her mother.
Are you saying he killed the baby? But there is no sight of blood and besides you left the room in what? a minute? It's such a small time to kill a baby her mother said.
What if he has magic? What if he is the baby and he transformed? Hulu said. Mum, there was a pool of orange water on his chest area, it was bubbling like boiling water... Okay, let's forget about the baby, can you explain how he got into our house when everywhere was locked? Hulu said as she looked at baby Mousse still sleeping.
Okay, he will leave, her mother said. Mum, we don't know how he got into our secure house, everything is strange about this. The baby, the young man, the orange fluid, I have a bad feeling... We are are not safe, let's leave here and spend the night somewhere, he might be a spy and might come back to carry out whatever plans he has... Let's find somewhere safe, especially for Mousse, Hulu said.
Nothing will happen, we will question him and let him go but we won't leave our home for anyone, her mother insisted.
I'm done!!! Matt called out to them. So they rushed out to question the stranger.
Who are you? Hulu asked the stranger but she got no response.
Let me handle it, her mother said. Hulu's mother sat down the stranger and in a bid to make him feel relaxed, she held his hands gently and proceeded to ask all the questions she could think off but the stranger never said a word. He just kept staring at them like a lost soul.
I think he is deaf and dumb, Matt whispered to Hulu.
Or he is pretending, Hulu replied.
After failed attempts to get him to speak, they decided to let him go. But Hulu had that gut feeling that he was pretending and they were not safe.
Mum, As Hulu started to speak...
Hulu, no!* Her mother stopped her before she could say a word. We are not going anywhere and that is final. The young lad is gone, go and wake Mousse and prepare dinner...
To be Continued.