**My Tomato Jos**
Episode 19.
It was on a Saturday evening exactly one week to the resumption of a New term at school. I was glad because earlier in the day my tomato Jos had visited Me to help in some of the house chores. It is beautiful when you see a beautiful girl grounded in well character and behaviour. I gave her some money before she left, well that was 3hrs ago. I sat on my bed, as usual there was no traces of light except for my reading lamp whose brightness was faint. I reminisced on how far I and my tomato Jos had gone, it all started like a play, it all started like a comedy, yeah an ‘E******n’ comedy but now it was getting serious. Love is the best feeling, that is really true. My mind shifted from the beautiful thoughts of Caro to Amaka, some times it is annoying how the mind plays its trick, I was having a beautiful thought which just shifted to a Ugly and annoying one. I thought of how Amaka came into the game with her black mail, love is an emotion, it can not be seen or felt, it can not be bought, it can not be forced to be felt, just like you cannot force someone to get hungry that is how you cannot force one to love you. I had played a fast one on her by getting her Nudes, thereby keeping her silent for sometime, I knew she would not give up without a fight, so I had made sure I printed the pictures from my phone, I also saved the pictures too in a flash drive. I knew it would not be safe to keep those items with me so I gave it to a close friend of mine. My mind was still wandering away in thought when Ada bagged in as usual, I had failed to lock the door. Ada on the other hand had changed, she found a new guy in the neighbourhood that she liked so much. The guy asked her out and they started their love affair. Since then she had stopped making passes at me. I could wish for nothing less that the freedom I have gotten from Ada’s pressure on me to ‘appreciate her’. Well as the saying goes nothing last for ever, patience is the best way out of any circumstances.
Ada: Bros Ck why you no lock door.
Me: Ada, How far, how work.
Ada: Fine ohh
Me: I been forget.
Ada: Wetin you dey think about.
Me: Nothing jare.
We talked from normal gists about our landlord, tenants, our love affair. I had already told her about Caroline, she was I support of our relationship in her words ‘ Do anything that makes you happy’ . we talked for 3hrs, the time was already 10:15pm I still did not want her to leave until we had a bang on the door. It was Four huge and hefty men with masked face and guns.
Man 1 : Lie down flat, you too
Me: (scared) yes sirr.. Please Dnt hurt us
Ada: (crying) yesss sirrrr, abeg na only me my mama born, she never reap the fruit of her labor.
Man 2: Without wasting much time where are the pictures.
Me: Which pictures
Man 3: Are you mad, do not act dumb, I said where are the pictures.
He kicked me so hard on my tummy. I immediately knew that Amaka must be the one who sent this guys. She was serious with her threat, she must be a devil.
Me: (groaning) please Dnt hurt me, the pictures are in my phone, Its….look at my..phone on the table.
Man 1: ( Takes the phone) Good boy, !!!
Man 2: Now we would deal with you and taste this your babe wet dey here.
Ada: haaaaa noo please do not harm me please.
They gave me the beating of my life , to make matter worse they raped Ada, the four of them, I could hear ada crying, wailing, begging but there was nothing I could do, after they were done, they all left with my phone.
Ada: (in pains) ouccch ouccccccch pouch
Me: Ada am sorry, are you okay.
Ada: Nooo, please take me to ….
I quickly dressed up, then took Ada to a hospital, she was bleeding from her private part. I paced round the hospital the whole night. Amaka wants to destroy my life, what have I done to deserve this. Is it a crime to say the truth or should I live my life in false pretense. I also reported to the police about the whole incidents, my neighbours said they heard the sounds in my room but were to scared to come out. I gave the inspector the name of my suspect as Amaka, I gave him her address too.
To be continued
