MELODY

There comes a time in our lives, when we meet that one person that suddenly becomes our favorite person, and then everything that we considered to be the attribute we want in them becomes less important. Happiness should always be the ultimate goal not minding the opinions of others. Melody is a story that tells about how necessary it is to listen when the heart speaks and always trust your instinct.

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 THE BEGINNING

“Okay, so I’m going to get a few things and I’ll be back” Aisha told Toke as she got down from the car

“Aisha wait, I beg you, don’t take too long in there” Toke uttered with a pleading tone

“yeah yeah I’ll try not to, I have a couple of things to pick at the mall, just chill I’ll be back before you know it” She walked away while Toke took her phone that has been ringing for few minutes, she contemplated on if she should picked the call or not as she had no interested in what the caller has to say. Eventually, on the third dial she picked the call.

“Hello”, She sounded displeased, the conversation continued “I’m fine Uche, I’ve told you countless time to stop calling me like this, I don’t like it, every time I check my phone when it rings, it’s always you, I’m really getting pissed off with you bugging my life, this has to stop okay” while she expressed her annoyance, she saw a little girl standing somewhere a little distant from where her car was parked, she noticed the little girl was crying “I’ll talk to you later” She said to Uche over the phone

Toke got down from the car and went to meet the little girl “Hey, what’s wrong with you? why are you crying?, where are your parents?, your mom or dad?” the girl kept mute “Okay, you know what, you are going to follow me to my car and we will try to find your parents okay?” The girl nodded positively, Toke held her hands and led her to her car and put her at the back seat and then went back to sit at her usual seat, she dialed Aisha’s number hoping that she will pick the call, thankfully she did “Aisha get some pies when coming out okay and hurry”

In the next few minutes Aisha showed up, “Don’t tell me I stayed long because I didn’t” She said

“Did you get the pies?”

“Calm down now, are you that hungry? They didn’t have pies so I got burger” She immediately noticed the little girl sitting at the back seat “Toke, what’s going on?”

“Okay, let me explain, while talking to Uche on the phone, I saw her standing and crying over there, I decided to bring her here”

“Are you okay? Really Toke, a lost child, what if someone that knows her, or that knows that she is missing sees her with you, how will you explain you didn’t kidnap her?”

“I was going to take her to the police station when you come back”

“Let us start going to the police station”

“We will do that, I want her to eat first” The little girl was given the burger which she ate with all seriousness

“You don’t even know if she’s diabolic” Aisha said as Toke started to drive

“She’s just a little girl Aisha”

“Has she said anything to you?”

“No she hasn’t, she’s shy I guess”

“Hi my name is Aisha, what’s yours?” Aisha asked her, the girl stopped eating and nodded her head “Why is she nodding?”

“Maybe she doesn’t want to tell you her name not after showing her you weren’t happy to see her”

“Or maybe it’s because she can’t talk, let’s try something” Aisha checked the locker in car for a paper and a pen and stretched it to the girl “If she can’t talk, she should be able to write” The pen and paper were given to the girl “Can you tell us what your name is on the paper”

“Aisha, she’s too young to understand what you are saying”

“She’s not” Aisha insisted that the girl should communicate with them via the pen and paper, she looked at them and collected the pen and paper from Aisha and wrote Hi, my name is Melody and I can’t talk

“I told you she’s dumb, I knew it”

“Don’t talk like that”

“Please let’s start going to the police station, the longer she stay around us the more risky it is” Aisha eagerly said and Toke concurred, she started the car and drove away.

It was difficult getting a police station that was close by, they asked people the saw around and were given a description to the nearest police station.

When they got to the police station, they narrated the situation to the officers present, unfortunately, the officers said the only thing they can do is to help search for her family, the girl was too young to give them the information they needed, Toke was told to be responsible for the girl’s wellbeing until her family is found. Toke delightfully agreed to the discomfort of Aisha who considered it a risky thing to do. Toke didn’t change her mind so she made all necessary arrangement with the police officers and she was allowed to take the little girl home.

Aisha was left with no choice than to be in support to the decision Toke made, they separated, Toke dropped her at her house while she drove home in company of Melody.