The Ghost Republic

 

The Hunting House and the Ghost Republic

By Wahab Raofi

 

 

Let me give you a quize. I a posh neignorbor hood of a region or a country there is a house some for its mysterious past the “hive of bees” other calle it the “grave yard of impiires” but it was then now occupied by a poor family who has many children, ruming around the boys in the neigborhood trowing ston, causing disturbing, the girs are kept home and the neighnors seldom see them to leave the house. Its said that the father is absent and the family believe that his goast is around because they hear him somethims issuing warning and otherwise treatining dectates how the family should behave and what to belie on who to believe and how many times to pary. The boys don’t shave their beard and not take shower for they can’t afford it and the dress is unwashed too. It smell of fastfood in vicinity of a wast treatment

The hous has broking windows, the grass are not kept in good shape. The main door is broken. Grfity all over the walls, the wast runs to the side of the building which make whose who pase it to cover their nose to repel the pogint smell. There is no constant electricity the lighs flickers once or twice in 24 hours to provide light for the family. The painting is faded. Eadch wasll has a different colors. A free trees sourning the house seems to be aging for lack of maintance.  

Neighbor hear loud noise, shoutings, beatings and crying, some negigbor call the hous house ghose house warning their children to avoid and take an alternahetive route

Every year or so, they aske the neigbors and other outside the nighnorghoos to help them because they need money for basice who don’t face retribution. The neihnor are fed up with this family but can’t do much. The only way to get the occupant of this hous in their side is to bribe them eather to not distube or use their alliance to use against a rival , a majfia style deal. If you want me to break ones boons or nek, we can do it for you

Most of the time they fight among themselves for power or materials, some members argued that the big brother takes all. The result is broken legs and arms, running noses. The female mambers no voice and they are only to keep the men satisfied by doing the hous chors and breing children

Resistance or challenging the family rules is severely punished. They believe that they should continue to carry the tradition. Adopting any thing outside of tradion was severely  rejected and sometimes the eldery was the guardians of their sacret way of life. However they would use the lattes cellphone that their boys grabbed from a passing by stranger whor dare to be in neigborhood. The survived by carrying out others ill wils and by intimidation oar all sore of illicit deeds. But when the going got rough they, would first ask the neghnors for assistance, when the neighnors agreed, they would put term on how they wanted to be assisted. It should be based on their culture and customs. For their culture o not allow women to deliver the help because women should cover their faces. When a female member of the family is sick, and there is no female doctore, they bring the pations back home let her die from pain in agony.

The occupant of the house doesn’t pay their bills and the city in mood to knowed on their doors

But the ogony of this daungty house is that its located in a good neighborhood. The price of the property goes up. Neighbors have eye on the property however its delapidated but it can be fixed it. however this seem unlikely for it has been tried in the past and the result was cantatropy. Neighbors fear and covit.  To Those who covet is for the houses future and it’s good lookation. If the occupant agree to sell it. they buyer believe can make money, this who fear thing that this house is causing problem, the boys days and night rum in their nigborhood, stealing asking for job, committing all kind of trouble, they fear thea this hous can give sancurary to outlaws, vagabans and drug dealers, they try not to provoke them.