A CRAZY NIGHT IN THE MONTH OF APRIL

I sat on my couch few days ago,reminising on some past crazy events of my life.I then remembered what happened to me and my family sometime in the month of April few years ago.

On that faithful night,I was having a nice time with my siblings,nephews,my aunt and my Mom.We were watching a nice 🎥 movie.Then my Dad was somewhere within the country on a business trip.Suddenly,my mom's phone began to ring and when she picked up the phone to identify who the caller was,it was one of our tenants;we had just two tenants.The other tenant travelled earlier that week with his family to the village on an holiday.But was surprised my Mom most was that the tenant was a 👩 who lived just a few steps away from our house and she immediately reacted by saying"Ah!Why is Mrs Johnson calling me at this Ungodly hour of the night?"My mom picked the call and said HELLO.Just almost immediately,the woman(tenant) said in a scared voice"There are armed robbers in the compound".Immediately,my mom sprung up from the couch and instantly told me to turn off the TV and with a noticeable degree of fear and panic in her voice,she asked everyone to go round the house quietly and switch off all the lights in the house.By this time, we were still trying to figure out what was wrong.But just then,my aunt asked my mom what the matter was but my mom replied in a loud whisper "there are armed robbers in the compound". At that moment,i could feel my legs go wobby.My heart skipped a million and one times  and my head spun beyond control. 

Wild thoughts ran through my mind,but I was brought back to reality when my mom tapped me and asked me to lay flat on the floor.She crawled with my little brother and my nephew to their room and asked them to gently climb into the bed.She told them not to utter a word until she told them to do so.While that was going on,my siblings,aunt and myself has been trying to reach my Dad,my Elder sister and anyone else we thought could help but their numbers were not just reachable at that moment.On my own part,I was scared to death.

I thought to myself,"So this is the kind of feeling one gets knowing that he is on the verge of death".They weren't even inside the house or even threatening to kill anyone but yet I felt like I was already dying.So what would I have done if they actually got into the house?

 »Back to reality»I crawled with the rest of the family into my mom's room and that was when I noticed Mrs Smith(the tenant who called my mom to inform her about the Armed Robbers) doing something which I termed STUPID at that time.Both she and her husband were screaming at the top of their voices praying to God and I wondered while I haven't heard any gun shot from the Armed robbers or maybe they didn't come with guns(so I thought).Meanwhile,we were still trying to get in touch with the other family members not present at the house at that time.Minutes later,my Mum was able to get in touch with my Dad.She reported the situation to him and he asked if we were sure.But in cases like this,whether we were sure or not,every necessary precautions must be taken.We assured him that it was true.

He told us not to panic that we should all lay low for just a few minutes that he would call his company's security officials to come over and access the situation.Well,at that moment I just started imagining a situation where the Armed robbers would come into the house and shoot me.This really got me scared.I became really afraid and I thought that my end has come.I started pleading to God to forgive all the sins I had committed.I thought of the fact that I was still in Secondary school and I have not experienced life at all.

At that point,I just looked at my myself and told myself that Is this howbi would die unfulfilled.I did not even consider or imagine that the robbers would just rob us and go away peacefully.I just thought about the negative aspect because I was extremely afraid.A call from my mom's phone brought me back to my senses.It was Mrs Smith again.My mom's phone was on loud speaker so I heard all what she said.She said in a trembling voice"Mrs Joseph,they are forcing my back door open.They are making so much noise.What should I do?" My mom replied and told her that that was bad.That just increased our fear.

Moments later,we heard my Dad's company security eventually showed up.The surrounded the compound and searched every inch of the place.But they found no trace of anyone's footstep or signs to show the had gained any access into the compound.After the search,the head of Chief started asking Mrs Smith some questions but we couldn't hear any of it because we were watching from the window.After the questioning session,the head of Chief went to the back door and checked for any sign of weapons or equipment the robbers were trying to use to get into the house through the back.But still yet,he found nothing.By this time,we had all come out of our house to get more knowledge of what was going on.The police officer then thought of the whole thing then he asked the lady again,"Are you sure it was Armed robbers you saw?".Mrs Smith got infuriated and shouted at the officer telling him that he doesn't know how to do his job.Then she turned and faced my Mom and told her"Mrs Joseph,you know am too old to lie.There were really in the compound.They were heavily armed with guns.I heard their footsteps.Am sure,they were about four.They were banging heavily on my door with all their strength.My husband and I heard the noise.

After all was said and done,the police left.My mom called my Dreams told him what happened,he was so angry that it was a false alarm.What pained him more was that he will still have to pay the police that came to our house.

That is not the issue now.The issue is that the next morning,Mrs Smith came to our house and requested to see my Mom.Then I called my Mom and started eavesdropping on their conversation.After they exchanged pleasantries,I quickly left there to check on what I was cooking.By the time I came back,the door was wide open,so I just walked into the room pretending to look for something.All I heard was Mrs Smith apologizing for what happened yesterday.She said she kept on hearing that same sound early that morning.Then I stood up to really see if it were armed robbers.But as soon as I opened my kitchen door,what I saw surprised me.Then she said,I saw three giant rats trying to force their way through my burglary proof.I felt so stupid for raising such an alarm. 

Right there,I just wondered what was going through my mom's mind.And If my Dad find out that he paid the police men for waste,I pondered on what will be his reaction.
As for me,i was so angry inside thinking that I was on the neck of death yesterday.
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