22/07/2026
THE MYSTERIOUS GIFT ( Prt3cont)
A beautiful young woman stood outside wearing a white dress and smiling warmly.
The moment she smiled, she said through the door,
"Oma... are you home?"
Barbie gasped.
Only one person had ever called her Oma when she was little.
Amanda.
But this couldn't be Amanda.
Amanda had left Nigeria years ago.
Barbie slowly opened the door.
The woman hugged her tightly.
"I've missed you so much," she said.
Barbie forced a smile, but something didn't feel right.
Amanda smelled exactly the same.
She laughed the same way.
She even had the small scar above her eyebrow.
Yet there was one thing she remembered clearly...
Amanda's eyes were brown.
The woman standing before her had bright gray eyes.
As if she noticed Barbie staring, the woman smiled wider.
"May I come in?" she asked softly.
Without waiting for an answer, she stepped inside.
Her eyes immediately landed on the pink gift box.
"There it is," she whispered.
Then she turned to Barbie.
"I've come to take what's inside."
Barbie tightened her grip on the silver key hidden in her pocket.
"The box was empty," she replied.
For the first time, Amanda's smile disappeared.
She looked directly into Barbie's eyes and said in a calm voice,
"Then you're already in more danger than you realize."
Before Barbie could ask what she meant, someone knocked on the back door.
Three slow knocks.
Knock...
Knock...
Knock...
Amanda's face turned pale.
She grabbed Barbie's arm so tightly it hurt.
"They found you."
To be continued...