![black-and-white, blood pressure, blood pressure monitor](https://images.pexels.com/photos/208556/pexels-photo-208556.jpeg?w=940&h=650&auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb) ^{[Image source](https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-and-white-blood-pressure-blood-pressure-monitor-close-up-208556)} BOOM!! TAKKA TAKKA!! TAKKA TAKKA!!! The sound of gunshots sent us crashing into Arrow’s room. We had no time to knock. Shouts and cries erupted all of a sudden from a distance, getting louder by the second. My heart skipped a beat as Evelyn jumped on me out of fright. In reflex, I spun out of her reach as I made for the door, jamming my body against it while I fumbled for the keys to lock it with. “Lie down! Lie down!!” I shouted at an almost paralyzed Evelyn, dragging her down with me. Hearts in mouth, we listened to the incessant reports of machine guns, boastful shouts and cries growing louder while the pounding of our hearts was even more deafening. “Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!” Evelyn kept shouting while I struggled not to get choked from her tight grip. My initial guess was that it was probably a gang of robbers at work again but I wasn’t convinced. Nothing was worth the trouble of armed robbery here in Bori village. Besides, the whole of Yteghe was known to be very peaceful as compared to other areas where the creek boys inhabited. Yes, the creek boys. It would have to be the creek boys but what was the trouble again? The last conflict here happened long ago, before the government’s amnesty programme. It was in these fearful thoughts that I noticed my phone for the first time since we barged into the room. It was ringing and from where we lay trembling, I could see his name on the screen. Arrow was calling. With tremendous effort to free myself from Evelyn’s grip, I crawled towards the phone. “Guy, where you dey? Where you dey?!” my friend was shouting over the phone. “Your house! Your house!!” I shouted back in reply. “Stay there O! Stay there! No try come out O!”

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