Must Read: Behind The Veil

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Must Read: Behind The Veil

If by now this surprises you then you don’t know anything about Vanessa. She is an attention
seeker. She would do anything for the media to talk about her. She enjoyed it. Her whole life is
centered around thrill and drama. That’s what makes her THE Vanessa. And without these she
will be irrelevant to the media and being irrelevant means no one is talking about her and that to her is an apocalypse!

“Thanks for accompanying me to school even though you don’t have lectures today.” Jennifer to Kross as they made for the lecture hall.

“It’s okay. I didn’t have anything doing anyways. You saved me from boredom in a way.” he replied.

She smiled and held him close on seeing a familiar figure ahead, sitting at the garden with
someone else.

Kross had assisted Jennifer in reviving her career. He knew someone who knows someone that knows another someone in the industry which Jennifer was into. So it was easy for him to ask for favor on her behalf and it was granted. It wasn’t as huge as her previous one, but it was a stepping stone to what Sadiq and Vanessa had taken from her by tarnishing her image.

Talking about Vanessa, the figure Jennifer sighted sitting at the garden was Vanessa. She was with her course mate and they seemed to be flipping through a bulky handout. It was the first time she was seeing Vanessa since the fund raiser.

Almost as if Vanessa could feel the presence of Jennifer permeating the air, she raised her head
and behold she saw Jennifer accompanied by same guy she had seen her with days ago. Now
she was convinced that they were a couple.

“Isn’t that your friend?” Kross asked Jennifer, referring to Vanessa.

“Who told you we are friends?” she asked.

“Everyone knows that.” he claimed.

Everyone knows that?” she asked infuriated.

“Does ‘everyone’ know how she connived with someone else and they destroyed my career?

Does ‘everyone’ know this?”
“No. I didn’t know that.” he answered surprised.

“I didn’t think so. Don’t ever call her my friend again. Ever!” she ranted, eyed Vanessa who was looking at their direction and pulled Kross with her as she increased her pace
“O…kay.” he replied, jerking forward.

Back in the city of Kano.

“I had one of those dreams again.” Humaira said, feeling feverish. “I could have sworn that the buildings in the dreams looked familiar, like i have been there before.”

She was at the balcony with Sadiq who had taken a break from the book he was working on.

A subtle breeze blew across their faces, giving them a relaxing feeling which was far more
relaxing than the nightmare Humaira had last night.

“Do you want to talk about it?” Sadiq asked concerned.

“Of course.” she replied. “It was an unusual dream just like all the others I had that came true. Very surreal, eerie and blur. I couldn’t see much except the sky which was covered by mist,
almost like a thick smoke from a huge fire. And I was being carried by someone. It was so
terrifying because i couldn’t see the person’s face. The only real thing my sight got hold of was one building, I can’t remember the description, but it looked very familiar. I can’t remember where I’ve seen it before.” Sadiq was shocked.

“Did anything else happen?”
“No. I didn’t let it. I woke up immediately and couldn’t go back to sleep. I was petrified!

My legs seemed disabled like i couldn’t walk with them, as if I use clutches.” she explained.

“Does this means you dreamt of what will happen to you?” he asked, trying to figure his dream relationship with hers.

“No, that’s how my dreams come whenever I dream about what is about to happen to someone else.

The only thing I know now is the girl is a disable who uses clutches but i don’t know the
person carrying her. If only I can remember where I saw that building I think I may be able to stop this dream from happening.” she said, thinking and trying to replay the dream in her head.