catherine talks

Everything froze, including the large wall clock that tick-tucked loudly in the sitting room. All eyes were fixed on me, and I just stood there stricken cold. I shut my mouth, gluing my lips together, but it was too late, the deed had been done. Right before me was the young man whom the arrow I had fired had hit, he just stood there wounded, bruised by the words of my outburst. I had done it this time and I knew it, everyone else staring also knew it. The house had been bubbling with joy as our family gathered together to celebrate Christmas, then a fierce argument broke out. Being the ‘know it all’ that I was, I took charge until this young man who was my cousin hopped in, then I said it...i said the words ‘you of all people should shut up’. Everything froze...everythng including the large wall clock that tick-tucked loudly in the sitting room. All eyes were fixed on me, and I just stood there stricken cold. Those simple words had spelt it all, they had spelt more than I had said,...

She pulled out her red blackberry, exercising her right thumb, while she dialed her husband's number; suddenly in the midst of 4 provoked tenants, my attention was monopolized to this fair plumb woman. It was just like in the movies, I paused, zoomed to rewind what I had just heard but there was no remote. ‘Honey, how can I get extra 200N, the other tenants just decided to contribute money to repair our damaged meter' I shrugged and cleaned my ears, surely I must have heard wrong. I brought out a 200N note on behalf of my flat and since I was responsible for collection, I went ahead to collect hers. ‘I don't have anything with me now, when my husband comes back, I'll see you’ she smiled, who needs a remote. ‘I didn't believe it, that statement rang in my mind. They weren’t having financial challenges, at least none that I know of, her husband was a successful entrepreneur, he was well recognized for his exploits and except for the fact that their house was sti...