๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ?
๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง๐'๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ. ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐.
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๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป,๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ
August 5th 2010
"Mummy can i play out today?" I asked
"No." Mum said and went back to cooking
"Please?" I whined
"Cecilia I said no." She kissed her teeth
I grumpily walked away to my room and started playing games on my brothers old Nintendo ds. I eventually got bored and turned on the tv and started flicking through channels. Nothing caught my eye so I made my way downstairs to the kitchen.
"Don't ask my if you can go outside because I'm not going to answer you." Mum said
"I just came in here to get a drink mum." I pulled the apple juice out of the fridge and poured it into a cup
"Hmmm."
The doorbell rang loudly and I hurried to the front door to see who was there. My friend Junior stood there with two maggi cubes in his hand and frown was plastered on his face.
"What's wrong with you?" I asked and watched him take off his shoes
"Mum said I'm not allowed to play out today or tomorrow because I was talking in church." He walked into the kitchen and greeted my mum
"Hello Aunty Gifty." Junior smiled and handed my mum the maggi cubes
"Junior my second child." She put everything down and hugged him tightly
Juniors looked at me and I laughed. My mum began to lecture him on why he shouldn't be talking in church. When she was done, we both ran to my room and started talking about random things.
"Cecilia." Mum shouted from downstairs
"Coming." I got up and went to her
"Go and buy me plantain from the market and take Junior with you aswell." She handed me the money and I ran back upstairs to Junior
I told him what my mum had said and we bothe slipped on our shoes then walked outside. Junior kept on messing around so I told him to stop otherwise I'll go home and tell his mum what he was doing, and he instantly stopped. We carefully crossed the road and continued making our way to the market.
"Cecilia come we can cross." Junior looked left and right before going to cross but i quickly grabbed his hand
"No junior it's not safe." I held onto his arm tighter
"There's no cars Cecilia we can cross." He tried getting out of my grip
"No Junior!" I shouted
"We have to wait until there's a green man." I told him and we waited
A green man had appeared and the beeping noise let everyone know that it was safe to cross. Me and Junior stepped into the road butย Junior decided to walk slow for some reason.
"Junior hurry up!" I shouted again
"Ok I'm coming." He ran to me
We made it to the market and bought 2 Plantains. The man gave me the change and put them in a bag. I thanked him and noticed Junior was doing silly things. I laughed and went over to him.
"Come on then." I said and we started walking
Me and Junior sang multiple songs and told eachother funny jokes. We had raced eachother plenty of times and I was tired now.
"Wanna race again?" Junior asked excitedly
"No I'm tired." I fanned myself
"If I win you have to give me ยฃ5." He said grinning
"Ok. If I win then you have to let me go on your Nintendo and let me play on your wii." I crossed my arms
"3...2...1...Go."
We started racing again and I pushed myself to run faster than him and it was working. Juniors caught up which annoyed me so I nudged him slightly and carried on running. I looked back and saw that Junior had stopped running and was hunched over.
"Why'd you stop?" I stopped running and slowly walked to him
"I'm too tired." He laughed
An all black Honda Civic 2008 slowly passed us, the window rolled down and a man in a black hoodie with a balaclava on his face leaned out and pulled a gun out at us. The devilish smile on his face sent shivers down my spine. I faced Junior and saw his body shaking. I turned back to the car and watched the bullet fly out of the muzzle and into Junior's chest.
I watched his body jerk and drop onto the dirty floor.
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
That's how many times they shot him
The car zoomed off into the distance, leaving me here as I cried at the sight of my friends bleeding body.
I let out a loud scream and dropped to my knees. My hands vigorously shook. I screamed out again this time making sure that everyone could hear me. I looked to see if anyone was around or if they could help me.
"Junior! Junior! Junior!" I screamed
"Help!" I screamed louder
"C-Cecilia i-I'm ok." He choked on his blood
I nearly vomited at the foul sight
"Get h-help." He said and i nodded
I ran home as fast as I could. My hands pounded on the door. Mum opened the door and her eyes widened at the sight of me. She took the bag of plantain out of my hand screamed loudly.
"Mummy J-Junior." I pointed back outside
"Junior what?" She asked
"His blood is everywhere, Mummy he needs help." I cried
"Kwame!" Mum shouted
"Yes mum." He ran downstairs
"Go to Aunty Afia's house and tell her something's wrong with Junior." Mum ran outside and told me to take her to where Junior was
"Jesus!" Mum shouted and began crying
She bent down and pressed her hands on his chest to stop the bleeding but there was too much blood. I couldn't do nothing but sit there and sob. I watched as Junior's mum came speeding round the corner with her hands on her head.
"My Son!" She cradled him in her arms
People had popped their heads out of their windows and some had come out and watched us. We wasn't paying them any attention though.
Kwame was on the phone calling an ambulance whilst mum and Aunty Afia tried their hardest to save Junior.
Third person pov:
The paramedics began cpr on the 8 year olds body. He was slowly losing his life which had barely begun yet. Junior groaned in pain and held onto his mother's hand with a strong grip.
Both Junior's mum and Cecilia's mum began praying.
"God thank you for being with us right now. We confess that we don't understand why things happen the way they do. We don't understand why evil comes into our lives, but we do know that you walk every path of life with us. Remind Junior that you are walking with him right now. I pray that you watch over this boy and keep him safe. We trust you, and pray this in your name. Amen."
Junior's breathing became short and you could see the pain in his eyes. His heart rate slowed down as the seconds passed. Afia refused to look at her son in this state.
One of the paramedics brought out a thin white sheet and held it in their arms. A tear rolled down their face as they watched their colleagues try their hardest to save this boy. But despite their efforts Junior had passed.
It was too late
"Time of death 3:45pm."
Silence
Silence surrounded Redpitch estate
Nothing but silence
"Junior!" Afia shouted and hugged onto her son
"Junior!"
"My son! They took my son! My son!" Afia shouted catching people's attention
"Kwame is Junior gonna come back?" Cecilia whispered
He shook his head and wiped the tears that fell down his sister's face.
Cecilia slowly got up walked to Junior's dead body. She cradled his face In her hands and let the tears roll down her cheeks.
The paramedics lifted him up and rested him on a stretcher. They placed the white sheet over his body and placed him inside the ambulance.