I remember the day so vividly, and I can still feel the pain and the sadness. It all started in the early morning, at about seven o'clock.All four of us woke up and ate breakfast together. We got dressed, finished packing, and then we left.We were driving down the highway on our way to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in 2000.It was in this city where everything started to change.
At this point, I was still in denial, as if I had no idea of what was about to come. The entire summer was spent talking about this, but I was still clueless.We got emails, letters, and even phone calls, so it was impossible not to understand, but I didn't, at least not completely. It was almost like we were just leaving for a camping trip or to go and see our grandparents, except we were taking two cars, and only one of them was going to come back.I kept asking him if he was ready to go, and he always said, 'I'm ready to go, just not ready to leave.' Even he didn't understand how permanent this was; there was no going back.
We all got snacks at the gas station, the halfway point there. I remember looking over at him and seeing an emotion I had never seen in his eyes: fear.He was never afraid of anything, always the one to lead the way. So when I saw this new emotion in his eyes, I was afraid as well.He saw me staring and quickly wiped all emotion off his face, instead giving me one of his trademark goofy smiles and walking away. I spent the rest of the ride staring out the window, remembering that look so foreign on his face and weird, at a point I wanted to run away, leave the car because I could tell it was the last time I would see him.
A few miles after the gas station, his brakes failed, and I saw him tumbling. Then I knew I had lost him. We hurriedly packed our car, checked, and found him not breathing anymore..
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