"In Eight Month's Time" Weekly - 12

  


ANDY TODD RAISED HIS GLASS OF MOET UP IN THE AIR.
     “To a new era!" he exclaimed.
 They chinked glasses and drank. 'The Sky Full Of Stars'. The song plays coolly from ultra modern sound system.
     “I still don’t understand how those few words could possibly carry so much power”, Jimmy Robert said.
     “It’s the manipulation of the highest order. Levy is her brother by blood. When she said those words and, it crosses to that chambers. That tiny wispy tendril of incense recognizes it to be a mother willingly giving her own child to another and confirms it. You can do anything to that child as if the child were yours so long as it is within the conference of this power. According to Elm, there are all kinds of manipulation going on in this world but, no man alive has ever laid hands on this. We are the very first!”

on the coffee table in front of them was a pitcher with some martini dregs, a bottle of Moet, Vodka in a soup bowel with ice cubes at the bottom. Jimmy Robert walked to the table and topped up his glass.
     “Poor girl. I can’t believe I’m doing this to her. She’s so innocent”, Jimmy Robert said.
He was filled with remorse.
     “It is a sacrifice. It well worth it. Outside of the power this will bring us, it can open up a whole new vista for us, for you in particular. I have gotten wealth by virtue of what I inherited from my father. But I mean to be among the very best, competing at the highest level, satisfying my desires in the process. I can’t pass this world walking in the shadows of another man. Climbing my high mountain is all easy now”, Andy Todd said.
Jimmy Robert was like: “Hmmm”, as he put his head downward.
     “You know, we need to be cautious not to arouse suspicion from Sarah”, Andy Todd said.

THREE WEEKS HAD PASSED before Andy Todd returned to his chambers. He was on his knees, moving his hands around the exquisite floor, just close to where there was a hollow at the center of the chambers. He examined it carefully as though his life had depended on it. After spending couple of minutes observing the hollow and the two colours, he got up, motioned to the table, picked a small bottle and then walked back. He knelt down again. He unscrewed cap from bottle, dipped his finger inside and, used the red liquid on his finger to make a drawing on the floor. The outcome of his
undertaking was a drawing that had a resemblance of someone. He stared at the drawing, feeling satisfied.
     “This is the tummy and abdomen region”, he said as his hands caressed the drawing.
     “KA—SIE—RI—TIEHRT—SIEHRIT—GAN—TO—GAN – TO – LEVY!" he spoke in a strange language as his hands moved over the drawing, romancing it. He got up and turned to Jimmy Robert.
     “This will do for now, we watch and see what will unfold”, he said.
     “Yeah, we watch and see”, Jimmy Robert replied, nodding his head.

THE ALARM CLOCK RANG; Levy slipped out of the bed cover, turned on the light from the night stand by the bed side, then switched off the alarm. He slid his hand inside his pink colour pyjamas, sensed something unusual in there. He unbuttoned his pyjamas and felt his tummy and abdomen region. Quickly, he rushed into the rest room and tried to urinate but he could not.

INSIDE THE SCHOOL BUS, Levy supported his arm by the window while he used his right hand to feel his tummy. He was far from being himself. Lawrence was next to him. He was busy, trying to get Casey’s attention at the next row. Victoria sat on the front ahead of Casey reading a little history book, 'the march of civilization.' The bus arrived at the school compound, the students filed out. Levy, Lawrence, Victoria and Casey walked together.
     “Huh, I dun no, woke up this morning to see my abdomen so strong and bulky”, Levy said.
     “Bulky?” Casey asked.
     “All you have to do is let Victoria rubs her pumpkin hands around it then, it will be soft and flat”, Lawrence joked.
     “So, who I’m I?” Victoria asked Lawrence.
     “Look, Lawrence I’m serious”, Levy said.
     “Then you see the doctor after the Mathematics class. Hahaha”, Lawrence replied pointing at
Victoria.
They all laughed except Levy.