Ok I was not exactly trapped in the real sense of the word but i had no other choice than to be in the house at that period ...it was my only option so it was as good as being trapped.....
I walked to the giant gate, I had just gotten this job and this was where i would be staying. The job came earlier than expected so there was no time to sort out my own accomodation, I was lucky this good samaritan , whose sister I had known from way back decided to take me in.
I didn’t know whether to press the bell or knock on the gate. I eventually did both, silly you would think but logically I pressed the bell at first for what seemed like ages and got no response so I had to knock.
After what seemed like eternity she walked up to the gate and opened up for me. Tall and fat, she can be described as huge. Her face was expressionless and I didn’t know whether she was happy to see me or not. Her low cut revealed some grey hair, this was my second time seeing her but I still saw new features in her.
she led me into the giant house after walking through the pathway in the massive compound. She told me to feel at home while she disappeared into the house. The house was really big, our voices echoed.
As I wandered through the sitting room, I wondered why just one person lives in such a big house. She reappeared minutes later and told me she was going out.
She showed me the kitchen which was like miles away from the sitting room, she showed me the room I will be staying as well and I dropped my luggage. The room was upstairs, close to hers. I discovered there were three other sitting rooms , one was even bigger than what I thought was the main sitting room.
Not long after she left, an heavy rain began. I started getting an eerie feeling, that creepy feeling you get when you are in a strange big house all alone. I was told earlier that she lost her husband the previous year, I remembered the story of ghosts, I started having bad thoughts.
I quickly shooked this off and encouraged myself.
My stomach began to rumble, then I remembered i'd not eaten anything all day. I found my way to the kitchen but there was nothing to eat in the big kitchen. I remembered the noodles I had in my bag , i rushed to get it. I started to cook, I went back to my room upstairs to get my phone and I returned to the kitchen in what seemed like a journey.
Back inside the kitchen I felt like I heard voices, I looked around, saw nothing then concluded it was my imagination. I continued again and heard another echo. Voices, was I hallucinating? I began to panic just as I walked past the entrance I saw wet footsteps. Someone had come in. I became scared and immediately I panicked. Who was in this house with me? was she back? The rain kept falling heavily.
As I rushed upstairs to check , I entered the pathway leading to the ironing room. Yes, there was an ironing room too...
I suddenly ran into two young girls, it was sudden and shocking. They screamed! I was in between screaming and fleeing but then , realization seemed to dawn on them first. On realizing that I was the new visitor they were expecting , we all burst into laughter. They were the maids, they had been told about me but went to the market to buy foodstuffs and had been caught in the rain.
I wonder why I was never told about them.
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