SERIES : the missing key (episode 1)

(EPISODE 1)
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--6:30am--
It happened on a  Monday. Very
early in the morning,  my dad
woke up as usual  and started to
dress up for work.  By 6.30am he
was ready for work.  He then
took his time to  sort out some
papers. I think these papers had
something to do with his work.
It was almost 7am when he locked
up his suit case and  left the
bedroom. Mum was still
sleeping when he closed the
door behind him.

In the sitting room,
he walked
straight to the exit
door,
realized that the
door was still
locked.
“Oh!” he exclaimed
and walked
straight to the
dining table
where the exit door
key was
normally kept, but it
wasn’t
there. He got
a little frustrated as
he began to
search all over the
sitting room
for the key. It was
no where to
be found. He
dropped his
suitcase on the
seat and angrily
walked back into
the sitting
room where mum
was still
sleeping.
“Where on earth
would
someone keep the
exit door key
if not in the sitting
room?” he
said to mum who
was already
half awake.
She moaned and
slowly said,
“Not everybody
wakes up as
early as you do, you
know?”
“This is almost 7am
and it’s not
early. I just need to
know where
the key is so that I
can go to
work; I have a very
important
meeting
this morning.”
“It should be in the
sitting
room, I think I kept
it there
after I locked up
last night,” she
said as she slowly
got up from
the
bed.
“You think?” he
starred at her in
disbelieve, “where
you drunk
last night?” He
asked'
She ignored him and
walked out
of the bedroom,
into the sitting
room.
He followed her.
She searched every
nook and
cranny of the sitting
room,
while my dad
watched her in
anger. But she didn’t
find the
key.
“Where else would
this key be if
not here?” she said,
more to
herself as she
looked around
helplessly. “I am
really sure I
kept it
here.
“Daddy impatiently
looked at his
wrist watch,“Oh my
God,"7:10am. what
is the
meaning of all
this?”...
John walked into
the sitting
room. He was
already in his
school uniform. My
dad might
be a huge income
earner, but
John never
looked it. His
dressing was
always shabby and
he most
times preferred
flying his shirt
with his sandals
dirty. I can’t
remember dad
or mum ever saying
something
about it. Of course
dad was
never around to
notice and
mum hardly talks.
“Good morning
mum, Good
morning dad,” he
said and
walked towards the
kitchen.
“Did you see the
exit door key?”
Dad asked without
responding
to his salutation.
John stopped
starring at them
in confusion; he was
never
comfortable around
them. They
have a way of
intimidating him
and this
makes him
somehow act guilty
around them. One
can easily
blame him for
anything because
of the way he acted
around
them.
“Key?,No dad, I
wasn’t the last
person to go to bed,
I have no
idea where the key
is.”
Dad continued to
look around
the sitting room like
John was
never there in the
first place. He
looked at the wall
clock in the
sitting room and
murmured,
“Just imagine, I
should be on my
way to the office
by now. What
nonsense is this?”
Mum was still busy
searching.
She was saying
some things to
herself nobody could
hear. She
was sure she kept
the key on
the dining
table after she
locked up last
night.
“Woman, what
exactly do you
want me to do right
now? Just
try and remember
where you
kept this key so
that I can go to
my office
and get ready for
the meeting.”
Dad said to her.
“I am very sure I
kept the key
here. Yes, I
remember opening
the door for you
when you
came home last
night. I locked
it
immediately and
dropped it on
the dining table
before going to
sleep. Linda was
doing her
home work on the
table when i
dropped it,while Ada
was
playing with her cell
phone on
the long seat here.”
She said
thoughtfully.
“LINDA!!” Dad called
my name...
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