Chapter 20

The second part instructed me, in carrying out the first task, to whisper certain incantations that were already on the sheet of paper. The last instruction, which I considered to be the weirdest, was for me to be at Rumuokoro junction by seven o’clock. 

The instructions assured me that upon reaching there, my body would be invisible to anyone in that vicinity. I was still walking slowly on the dusty road while feeling I’d memorized the incantations and the three instructions.

The thought of engaging in this kind of ‘exercise’ till seven o’clock made me queasy. I felt the envelope which was still heavy without the sheet of paper in it. Looking at the sheet once more, I saw something beginning with ‘NB,’ instructing me to burn the sheet with the lighter that was inside the envelope. Carefully, I extracted the lighter and set the sheet of paper and envelope on fire while squatting in a secluded area.