Lights out
It began as a practical joke, but at the end, no one was laughing. It seemed innocent enough at first because Ama and I have a history of playing pranks on each other. But we had never really considered playing pranks on a group of people, or family members. Well, not until this morning. The day started off normally, when I mean normally, I mean the day was freaking hot as hell. So, yeah, it was a normal Saturday morning and Ama came over to my house which was close to his. My parents knew him, so he could come up to my room whenever he wanted. My mum had just returned from Mass. Apparently she had been having nightmares about her elder brother who died a few months ago. She didn’t tell me about the nightmares that morning. She welcomed Ama and ushered him upstairs. Ama and I wanted to go visit the family of my deceased uncle; which meant my four cousins and their nanny, their mum had travelled. “Wake up sleepy head”, Ama said, dragging my pillow from under my head. “Must you be vio