01/27/2026
“Hide inside this deep freezer. Your mummy is coming to beat you with a cane. Don’t come out until I open the door,” Aunty Chidera, the housemaid, whispered to 4-year-old Junior.
Junior’s eyes widened in fear. He was terrified of the cane.
“Okay, Aunty. I will hide. Please don’t let mummy catch me,” the innocent boy begged, shaking.
“Don’t worry, I will protect you. Just jump inside,” Chidera said with a wicked smile.
Junior climbed into the large chest freezer in the kitchen. It was cold, dark, and smelled of frozen fish.
BAM!
Chidera slammed the heavy lid shut and turned the key.
“Finally,” she muttered, breathing fast. “Now that the boy is out of the way, I can carry the gold and run away before that f00lish woman enters the house.”
HOW IT STARTED…
Mrs. Gloria was a very kind woman. She treated her housemaid, Chidera, like her own younger sister.
She bought her clothes, paid her school fees, and even trusted her with her ATM card.
Unknown to Gloria, she was feeding a snake.
Chidera had been planning to rob her Madam for months.
She had seen where Gloria hid her expensive gold jewelry—inside a small safe in the wardrobe.
Chidera’s plan was simple: steal the gold, pack her bags, and disappear while Gloria was at work.
But that Tuesday afternoon, things went wrong.
Just as Chidera broke the padlock of the safe and packed the gold into her bag, she heard the sound of a car horn at the gate.
Peep-Peep!
Chidera froze. She ran to the window and peeped..
It was Mrs. Gloria. She had returned home early from work because she forgot her files.
“Jesus! I am finished!” Chidera screamed in a whisper.
She looked at the bag of gold. She looked at her packed bags. If Gloria entered now, she would be caught.
She needed a distraction—something terrible that would make Gloria forget about checking the wardrobe.
Something that would make the whole house turn upside down.
Her eyes landed on little Junior, who was playing with his toy car in the parlor.
A dark idea entered her head.
“If the boy is missing, she won’t think about gold. She will run mad looking for him. In that confusion, I will escape.”
She rushed to Junior, grabbed his hand, and dragged him to the kitchen.
“Junior! Your mummy is angry! She called me that she is coming to beat you! Hide!”
The innocent boy believed her. He jumped into the freezer, thinking his Aunty was saving him.
PRESENT DAY…
The gate opened. Mrs. Gloria drove in, parked her car, and rushed toward the front door.
Inside the kitchen, Chidera quickly pocketed the key to the freezer. She composed herself, adjusted her dress, and ran to the door to welcome her Madam.
“Welcome, Ma!” Chidera greeted, forcing a wide smile.
Gloria looked stressed. “Thank you, Chidera. I just came to pick some documents. Where is Junior? I bought his favorite ice cream.”
Chidera’s heart skipped a beat.
“Eh… Junior?” she stammered, pointing towards the backyard. “He… he is playing with the neighbors' children outside. Let me go and call him.”
“Okay, be fast. I have to leave in ten minutes,” Gloria said, walking straight to her bedroom—where the broken safe was waiting.
Chidera panicked. If Gloria entered that room, she would see the broken safe immediately.
But just then, Gloria stopped. She turned back and sniffed the air.
“Chidera? Why is the kitchen quiet? Is the generator off? I hope the freezer is not defrosting?”
Chidera started sweating. Junior was inside that freezer. If Gloria opened it to check the food, she would see the boy.
“No, Ma! The freezer is fine! Don’t worry!” Chidera shouted too loudly.
Gloria looked at her with suspicion. “Why are you shouting? And why are you sweating like this in an AC house?”
Before Chidera could answer, Gloria walked toward the kitchen.
“Let me even put this ice cream inside the freezer before it melts.”
Chidera’s eyes bulged.
“No, Ma! Don’t open it!” she screamed and blocked the kitchen door.
Gloria frowned. Her motherly instinct kicked in. Something was wrong.
“Get out of my way, Chidera. Why shouldn’t I open my own freezer?”
Inside the freezer, the air was running out. Junior was knocking on the lid, crying, “Aunty… it’s cold… I can’t breathe…”
But the freezer was thick. No sound was coming out.
Gloria pushed Chidera aside and reached for the freezer handle.
TO BE CONTINUED… on Bcd Studios
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