Episode 4
I didn’t stop running not when I was at the edge of escaping, I knew if they should get a hold of me.
I won’t even livē to tell the story of what had happened to me.
I had already committed an āb0minātion, for h¡tting my husband.
I couldn’t let them caught me.
I ran for my life, pāntìng hēāvily, I removed the grasses from the path way.
with my heart be@ting hēāvily, I jumped down , to the other side of monizull kingdom.
I stopped at the bus stops, there were alot of buses and trailer, people were entering the bus.
“ Lagos Lagos ” the driver announced, more people came rushing inside his bus.
I knew exactly, that was the bus that would take me to the big city,
I walked towards the bus,
the bus driver looked towards me
“ Lagos??” he asked
I nodded frantically “ five Kobo ” he said indicating, with his hands.
I brought out my coweries , handling it to him
“ what kind of n0ns£nse is this?” the driver asked in æñger
I was puzzled “ that is money ?
“ bush and local girl, would you leave here now ” the driver barked āggr£ssively
I jolted from my stands,
I slowly away from the bus stop, I watch as the bus take off, till it was out of sigh.
It was almost dawn, I was a bit w0rried and c0nfused.
I was still gazing at the road, when a the lady setting her food caffeine called me.
“ Good day ma ” I greeted
“ what are you doing here at this time ? don’t you have a home to return to ? ” she asked
” no I don’t ” I answered
“ you don’t have a village ? ” she asked in d¡sb£lief
“ no I….” I paused as my stomach grūmbled, due to huñg£r, It was so £mbrassing that I took my eyes away from hers.
“ I understand, you must be one of those girls who had ran away from home, my dear know that the big city is full of adventures and still it still cru£l out there ” she said adviced
but she stopped, seeing that I don’t head to her advice, she doesn’t understand would she ?
“ come help wash those d¡rty plates, and then I would give you some food ” she said.
after washing the numerous numbers of d¡rty plates, she served me rice and cold water, I quickly ate up the food.
I rested my back on the plastic chair, relaxing and same time letting the food to digēst.
after some few hours of helping her wash the remaining plates and her pots, she was about to leave since it was almost dark.
“ you need to find where to pass the night at, this place is not too good for girls to sleep, I would have taken you home to pass the night, but I can’t, my husband needs to approve of me taking a str@nded str@nge in ” she mumbled an apology.
“ I would be fine out here ” I said encouraging my self.
“ take this ten Kobo and keep for yourself ” she said opening her apron ( wallet containing money )
“ thank you so much ma , God bless you ” I thank her, on my knees
“ no no , get up ” she said helping get on my feet.
I helped her packed her pots and plate on her wheelbarrow.
I watched as she rolled away from the road.
I walked āimlessly along the road, I was still w0ndering who would help me, when I suddenly būmped on someone.
“ are you blíñd ? ” the man asked me fū”ri0usly.
“ am so s0rry Mr, ” I apologized, as I raise my head to meet his face.
The village typewriter.
“ chioma, what are you doing here ?” he asked his face all pale.
I hesitated a bit before I spoke.
“ I ran away from home ” I mumbled with my face down.
“ what?, why ?” he asked in āst0nishment
but I remained silent, I didn’t want to say anymore words.
he nodded in understanding, knowing the reason I had run away from home.
“ I fully well understand, where are you going?” he asked
“ I don’t have any place to stay ” I replied
“ this place isn’t sāfe for girls, as na¡ve as you are, come along with me ” he mentioned.
I knew I shouldn’t trust him, his eyes were staring lū”stfully at my br£āst, I knew he was no better than chief.
but I couldn’t rējected his offer cause this place wasn’t sāfe for girls.
I nodded at him, as he led the way to his house.
my eyes scanned everything looking at the whole place.
I had never seen so much cement house, only the king in our village owns a small cement house.
I had always knew we were living in b0ndāge.
The house was gray with green windows, I could not tell where the house began and where it ended, because it was joined to the other houses in the street, I had never seen such houses not even in those books I had read.
“ why does this houses looked joined ?” I asked him
he raised his brows, seemly surprised, that I know about houses or even has seen one.
“ I had seen houses in some books that I had read ” I answered his unasked question.
he nodded before he spoke
“ this house is an estate building, you haven’t seen such houses before ”.
He unfasten the keys, he opened the door into what looked like a tunnel, but it was a hall, a hall with flowers walls!
it was narrow and it seemed at first as if there were no windows, we climbed stairs upon stairs untill it seemed to be approaching the roof of the house, he opened one door and showed me into the room.
with a single bed at one end and a new settee, and a small table at the middle where book were scattered all over and a typewriting machine.
“ this is where you would live with me ” he said turning towards me.
“ you may go have your bath, in there ” he said gesturing to the bathroom.
“ follow me let me show you how things do work here ” he said as he led me towards the bathroom.
“ this the tap, and this the shower, just turned it on and off like this” he said twisting the tap Holder.
I nodded frantically, but I didn’t move.
“ okay, I would give you some pr¡vācy, but if you ever encountered any problem don’t forget to call me ” he said turning away, after staring at me for some few minutes.
been sure that he was gone, I slowly took of my clothes.
and sipped into the shower, the warm water touch my sk¡n, making me involuntarily morning in relief.
I stood under the shower for some minutes, before I driēd my b0dy with the towel and wore my clothes back.
I pull the door opened and was sh0cked to find him at the door staring at me.
my gaze were on him.
“ I…I..I was just checking on you ” he stut”tered amist his word.
but I didn’t respond, he was basically watching me the whole time naked, any man who was caught in the act, in my village is been st0ne to d£ath, it was a law that had been there since the days of our forefathers.
“ I will go check something outside”
he awkwardly walked out of the room, even before I could respond.
I gently sat on the bed for some few hours, touching and looking at any book, I could fine on his table.
my eyes trailed on the a particular book title “ Beyond My Walls ” by Kelly James library, it wasn’t only interesting but the suspense on every chapter, didn’t let me drop the book.
I yawn sleepy, my eyes were now blū’rry, I carefully place the book on his table before dosing of to sleep.
I was still sleeping, when I felt someone car£ss¡ng me, I didn’t though much to it.
the hand kept carēssing me, but my eyes flew opened when I felt someone touching my th¡’ghs.
my eyes opened from shock and it slowly turned to t£rror.
there he was half naked , staring at me intensively.
“ what are you doing ?” I asked him in a hushed voice.
“ come on, you are not a child and certainly not a v¡rg¡n, ” he spoke staring at me
“ am sorry but I don’t want to do this please”
“ am sorry, you would have to satisfy my urge, I am hū’ñgry and I need you to satisfy my huñgēr ” he spoke staring at me intensively
“ then go eat , I am not your food” I barely spoke before he pulled me into the small bēd…..
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