The Burial

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In the beginning, God created the earth, then he created man and other things. Nothing in the Bible talked about the creation of ghost, I was sure of that. My name is Tobi Alabi and I used to not believe in ghost. That is, until I encountered one.

I was thirteen years old when dad had received news about his friends death. I was playing in the garden when he called me and insisted for some reason that I would go with him to the burial which was scheduled in three days time. Even though I didn't want to attend, I couldn't say no because dad wasn't asking if I would like to attend the burial, he told me I was going to attend. It was an order.

The day of the burial came and me and dad got all dressed up in the usual black and black attire that was used to moan the dead.

When we got the place of the burial, I had quickly looked for a spot to sit, a place that was a little bit far away from where the main action was taking place. I was bored and couldn't wait for the thing to be over for us to go home when an elderly man walked up to me, he said.

“Little boy, try to live your life to the fullest because we ain't got much time here on earth, just look at me now.” he patted me on the head, the same way one would pat a puppy before standing up to leave.

When the burial was over, father had thought it wise for me to come say goodbye to his friend, so I had walked up to his grave where his picture was and to my greatest dismay, the same old man who had pat me on my head was the same man in the picture.

I wasn't able to sleep for years. I had nightmares of different kind when I tried to. I visited psychologist, yet none worked. I couldn't even switch off my light at night, I made sure they were always on to avoid anything creepy or ghost related coming to me.

The little boy who didn't believe in ghost was now terrified of it.

About a year later, I made a discovery that changed my situation entirely, the dead man had a twin brother.


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