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Episode 11
©Miriam Edem
I was so scared as I hurried off and looked back at intervals thinking someone saw me as I left the church. I tried assuring myself I did the right thing but my daughter face was all I saw, then I looked down to see i was with my bag that also contained her clothes.
“I didn’t drop her clothes? What if she catches cold? I thought and turned to go back hating myself I did that when a bus stopped and I was pushed in by some guys while my bag dropped on the road. I struggled in the bus with them as they covered my mouth but I saw the other guy giving the one who held me a handkerchief and everything became blackout.
I woke up and saw myself in an empty room where I saw 3 other girls of my age with me and I confusedly looked at them wondering how I got there,
“Where…… The door opened interrupting me and I recognized the one who handed a handkerchief to the one who held me. The girls there were so scared as they looked at him while I waited to see what is going to happen next,
“Are you finally awake? He asked referring to me.
“What am I doing here? How did I get here please? I asked.
“Someone wants to see you, get up! He shouted holding me up while I struggled but he gave me a deadly look that made me behave.
That was when I knew I was in a very beautiful building as I was taken out, everywhere was sparkling as i looked around but what I saw shocked me and I weakly looked at the guy who dragged me there,
“But I don’t know him na, please let me go, I said.
“Shut up! The guy shouted.
“Is she the girl you found yesterday? The so called old man with scary white beards asked.
“Yes boss, we found her at night on the road, the guy replied.
“Please you’re mistaken you carried the wrong person, I have a 7 months old sick daughter I went to get drugs for, i was looking for a pharmacy please let me go, I cried knowing I’ve been hearing scary things that happens in the city but I never imagined it will happen so quick.
“Will you shut up! You only speak up here when you are permitted! The guy shouted and landed a slap on my face.
“Leave her, but its too late, you’re already in my house and I can’t let you go, the old man said and i knelt down,
“Please sir I am begging you, I have to take Care of my baby, I cried.
“But you are a baby yourself, let me take Care of you okay, take her away, the man said.
“No! Please sir I am begging you! I shouted as the guy violently dragged me and threw me back to the room he carried me from. I ran back to the door hitting it shouting and begging,
“you’re wasting your time, one of the girls said to me.
“What is going on here? I asked.
“The man you saw is the boss, very rich, but what he does is sleep with us, one of the girls replied and my eyes bulged out.
“You mean he will sleep with me? I weakly as asked as I leaned on the door.
“I wish it was only that, but there’s more, the other girl replied.
“What? I asked with my heart beating fast.
“He’s a demonic person, his manhood is strange and it stings inside you. Most girls don’t survive it long and One died yesterday morning that is why he asked for a replacement, she replied and I looked at her hoping that replacement is not me.
“But I don’t understand, what are you saying? I asked.
“Don’t worry until you get to his room, the last girl who didn’t voice out harshly replied.
“How did you survive that? I asked the first girl who spoke up and she lifted up her gown and I saw irritating green veins all over her laps,
“What’s that? I asked as she covered it back.
“I won’t last for long, the more he sleeps with us he inflicts us with strange things that sucks us daily, those who are not strong dies instantly or last for 2 days. This is my 5th day here and I don’t think I can bear it any longer, the girl replied and I couldn’t feel my feet anymore. Chinenye mother voice hits me hard as I shook my head with tears pouring down freely.
Was my mother right? Why did I even run away for me to die such stupid death in the first place? I asked myself and the door opened with force which hits me hard because I was leaning on it.
“Will you get out from here! This time was a different guy who shouted on me as if I was a chicken who wanted eating his rice.
“You, over here, he said and pointed at the girl who raised her gown for me and she was very scared as she looked at us.
“Don’t waste my time! He shouted and she struggled to get up which he harshly held her on her hand and dragged her out shutting the door behind. God knows my spirit flew away when I heard ‘you, over here”. I thought it was me as I folded myself catching severe cold.
The only thing I heard in that room was my cries and I don’t even know what exactly I was crying for. Was I crying for my sick daughter I don’t know if she was taken by a good person? Or was i worried about my mother thinking how she will be so sad and disappointed I left her that way? Or should I cry for the fact that I used my own hands to sign my death warrant by running away from home? If I had remained in the village I would have avoided such predicament, now I’ve lost my daughter when I don’t know where I am or if I will ever leave this place alive. Everything broke me down that I wished I left my daughter behind at least to give my mother comfort and not leave her that lonely, but then I ran away because of her but I was so wrong.
“She should be back by now, I heard the other girl said and I sat up where i laid.
“How did you know? I asked them.
“Its more than 30 minutes since she left, she must be dead, the girl replied and immediately the door opened. Hey God! It was as if that door should not open for life, let it remain close that way because whenever it opens my heart skips. We were shaking as we looked at them but he drew a stretcher in,
“Say hello to your friend, he said with no human conscience and the girls closed their eyes tight but I did not. I stood up from where I sat to the door to take a look at her body, but I saw strange things on her,
“What are you doing to her? I asked the guy and he smiled.
“Don’t worry questioner, another person will equally ask the same question for you, bye, he replied and pushed me, drew the stretcher back and shut the door and I looked at the girls.
“What is that on her body and why did she change color? She looks like someone who has died for days when she just left us few minutes ago, I asked and the other one began to cry.
“I don’t know why they are treating us like this, what kind of punishment is this? The girl asked crying but that was not the answer to my question as I staggered and got up to return to where I sat before. Is it really true the man injects things into them by just sleeping with them? Is this some kind of rituals or something? Hey Sharon so like this now you’ll suffer both rape and rituals at the same time? I wondered.
The room was so quiet but I was seriously thinking hard and looked round the room. There was no window that can make us escape but I knew I have to do something, Sharon can’t die this way or suffer another terrible and painful rape when I haven’t healed from the first one.
“Stop thinking, it won’t help you, the harsh one said, maybe she noticed the way I was looking round but I ignored her. I stood up and tried to remember how the outside was when I was taken out, and I looked at the girls,
“If I’m not mistaken, this room leads to an outside right? I mean its like there is a kind of bushy feild just outside this room right? I asked and the harsh girl smiled.
“You’re right, the feild where the girls are buried, where do you want to escape? The girl replied and I looked at her feeling so useless and stupid.
TBC
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