I come back alone from the library at night. And I feel exhausted as I throw myself into my bed, at once, the lights go off as soon as my head touches my pillow. It’s not strange though, we’re used to temporary blackouts here.

I can’t hear anything in this dark room until someone knocks at my door and I speculate it’s Merisa behind that knock.

I blindly grab a match box from my wardrobe and light up a stick which helps me see the direction of my brown door.

I go open it and I see a dwarf old woman standing on my door mat, smiling like she knows me, she flies a grin at me, unveiling her black gums and she coughs up dust so my match stick loses its fire. It gets dark again, making me nervous afterwards and I feel a small hand touching my right shoulder, I lose my nerves and scream, “Haaah!”

Luckily, the lights come back on and someone says, “Hmm Belinda, it’s me Merisa… I’m here to check on you.”

“Huh, bestie, you freaked me out.” I breath out. “Come in.”

We step into my quiet room and Merisa gets rooted on her spot in front of me. “Bestie,” she says, staring into my opened wardrobe. “So someone shared you tomato sauce?”

“Yes, Nangi did,” I reply, “she even gave me that full bottle.”

“Wow, sounds like you two had a good time.”

“Yes, and she said she’ll see me tonight,” I speak with my proud eyes. “I think she wants to befriend me.”

“Hmm, really? That’s freaky.” Merisa looks puzzled as she turns to me. “Nangi wants to see you tonight for what?”

“To chat with me I guess.”

Merisa tosses a braid over her cold flash face and stutters, “W-h-a-t did she say she wanted to see you for?”

“Come on Merisa… Nangi only wants to be friends with me.” I take it easy, chuckling. “I remember she joked that I owe her my blood for her tomato sauce, she’s so funny.”

“Heh, that’s dangerous!” Merisa screams on top of her voice. “Nangi sounds evil, no wonder she isolates herself.”

“What?” I begin to shake as fear engulfs me. I hardly swallow my saliva as I get close to her. “Merisa, don’t scare me.”

“No, you should be.” She hugs me as my blood runs cold.

Tears flood into my eyes in a tick, I’m extremely frightened, without Merisa I couldn’t see it that way and I ask her desperately as she locks the door, “So what should I do?”

She hugs me again. “I’ll ask our prayer team to come and pray for you tonight.” She embraces me whilst I sob louder.