I held my sheets frightened as the strange voice greeted. I really wanted to bury myself in the heavy duvet beside me. The voice was so deep that I even prayed for death.

I had just alighted from the car as the urge to read the newspaper burned within me. I had hurried to our bedroom, slammed the door behind me, took out the newspaper and slided in between the sheets ready to read when the lights went off and the familiar scent caught my nose off guard. I struggled to cover my face with the bed sheet but the voice couldn't stop.

"I'm here to do good Shan, take it easy!" the voice went as I stared in the empty space waiting for my death to strike. "I know you really want to know the reason behind my visit right?" I noded and made a sigher though the dark couldn't show my response.

My heart yearned for an explanation. I wanted to know the secret behind the strange word and many others. Why just me!

"Choose between the two, do you want to know the truth behind the closet or the the meaning of my sweet word?" The voice went again as a sudden shiver made it's normal travel through my body.

I had to break the dilemma but how? The secret behind the closet was what I had been longing for but the strange word had been worrying me too. I had to give Clane an explanation about the word but who would disclose the other??

I ran a hand across my face, cleared my throat then struggled to speak. "Emm...eeeh....I would like to know..." I stopped on this as the voice interrupted.

"Remember Shan, what you choose will either leave you yearning for more or bring you
tears and sufferings in future!"

Sufferings! What was this all about? My heart made it's nervous beats as my mind tried to figure out what to choose. I recalled the boring lessons while still in high school and my heart sank. My English teacher had taught me how to break and solve a situation like this but my forgetful mind couldn't recall anything.

I had a lot of time to give my ears to my stranger. Clane had made a business trip to Nakuru the previous day and I had the beautiful room all to myself. He had promised to cut my head into pieces and feed to his hungry dogs if I made an attempt to open his closest or didn't come up with an explanation of the word.

"You have two minutes to choose girl! The voice spoke. I made a yawn,wiped my face with a corner of my sheet then sturmered.

"The word.... mmmmh...closet....eeeeh... the... word".

"Hahaha! Don't do it for your filthy husband, do it for yourself!" The voice shook.I kept my mouth shut and waited.

"Word or closet?" The stranger made a repeate of his question.

"The word", I mastered some courage and answered.

A throat was cleared and the voice spoke in a monotone. "Let's come to an agreement before my revelation. I would request you to demand an explanation from Clane for my tremendous combination within a week"

Clane! How was he connected to this word? Was he the inventor? I nodded in acceptance knowing clearly how difficult this was.

"This word is a combination of two names",he stopped for a maximum of five seconds. My heart skipped as I waited. "valu and Glenda", He talked.

Was this the Glenda I knew or some Glenda secretly hidden somewhere else? I was lost for words.BI struggled to digest as something else hit my mind. Valu! Clane's wife? I raised my brows as some waves of fear traveled through my eyes.

How will I start asking Clane? If looking at him was a crime, what of airing my demand to him?
I wish I couldn't have agreed.

"Remember Shan, what you had promised must be fulfilled", the strange reminded.

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