BEHIND THE SMILE
Episode 19
She turned on her car ignition and drove off
She kept driving until she got to a secluded building on a bushy part.
She parked at a distance, looked around to make sure that no one was following her.
She went straight to where she kept her prisoners.
Geni saw her coming and stood.
“How’s my prisoner? She asked with a frown
“She is in the cell where you put her. Geni replied still standing.
“, Good, you need to keep a close look because your life depends on it…” Bianca said while patting Geni on the shoulder.
She walked past her and went straight to the cell.
She brought out the key to the cell door, unlocked and went inside.
Dorcas startled the moment she entered. She sat up from the tiny bed on the ground where she lay with a long chain on her ankle which was locked to a standing pole
“, Bianca, please…I need a medical attention. I don’t feel so good. I already informed Geni but she said she can’t do anything until you come over. I’m seriously sick… please. I’m pleading…”
Bianca laughed out sarcasticallly.
“Then your de3ath is quicker than I intended. I was already planning on what to do with you. I was thinking of bμ|let or p0!søn but with this update of yours I don’t have to stress it again. I will only watch and wait until whatever you’re suffering from k!lls you faster.
Dorcas pleaded as she kept shivering.
“You can cry, scre3am out your lungs nothing will happen because no one can hear you. If I can’t have Benny then nobody…I repeat nobody will have him. If you want to still be alive for a longer period then do everything I tell you or your dëäth will come sooner…”
Bianca kicked a plate with half eaten food out of her way as she walks out.
She double locked the cell, put the keys back into her bag before walking towards Geni who was still standing.
“Listen, your only work here is to put eye on her. Take care of that w¡tch and don’t try anything funny or your entire family will go down six feet. I will hurt your mother, father and siblings. I’m glad that you know what I’m capable of. Try not to messs with me Geni… you’re also my prisoner but with a job, taking care of another major prisoner is your task, do it well and I may make life fair to you..”
She winked at Geni with a smile before walking out, straight into her car and zoomed off.
Immediately she was gone, Geni rushed to Dorcas to speak with her from an open hole on the wall of the cell.
“I’m sorry ma’am. what did she say…did you inform her that you are not feeling fine? Bianca is de3adly and I really don’t know what she intend to do with us. I’m afraid for my family. I don’t want any harm to come to them. I’m equally afraid for you ma’am…I don’t want Bianca to hurt you more than she already did…”
Dorcas looked at the high window and asked Geni what day it was
“This is the third week, almost four weeks that you have been here. I know that Bianca changed location because police maybe tracking her…”
“God, how did I get myself into this. Why did I not see it coming. God, please…if you can get me out of this, I promise to be a better daughter to you, a better wife to Benny and I will rededicate the rest of my life serving you. Please…I need to leave this place…”
Geni gave a resounding Amen.
Dorcas continued
“Who am I kidding, I’m really sick Geni..I don’t know if I can make it out of this place alive but I will fight hard. I want to see Benny again…I don’t know how he is dealing with this whole thing. Who knows the lies Bianca had feed him. The other day she brought pictures of her nakéde self and Benny in a hotel room. I don’t believe anything that she said. If all of those pictures of Benny having an affair were all photoshopped then anything is possible. That girl is capable of anything. I just want to get out of here alive. Oh my poor Benny, if only I can see him now and tell him how sorry I am to have doubted him. How stúpîd I was not have seen the whole truth staring at me….I…”
She began to weep.
Geni who couldn’t get to her could only console her with suiting words.
“Is not your fault ma’am. Anybody can easily fall for Bianca’s charms. Her Smiles and innocent face is decisive. She is a perfect match for wolf in sheep clothing or snake in a green grass. Her smile and innocent face is a camouflage. Those pictures appears very real and if you know nothin about picture you won’t dictate that they’re fake. I’m sorry that I agreed to her madnesss. I was one of her first practical that she used to get to Prof Benny. I needed the money, and agreed to play her game. I regretted everything and I never knew you were prëgnånt ma’am. I’m sorry you’re in this whole mess. Even though we’re in it together but I deserve it all but you don’t deserve any of this ma’am…”
Dorcas was quiet. After sometime she said.
“Is okay Geni. You’re a good girl and I misjudged you and thought Bianca was the saint, now everything is more clear and by God’s grace we will survive this. I’m hungry can you get me something to eat and maybe an aspirin?
“Yes ma’am. I still have some food left but I don’t have any aspirin and Bianca is not ready to supply any. But I will talk to her. I will tell her that my head aches badly.
“Thanks Geni. Your words gives me courage. God will rescue us from this dungeon just like he did during the time of Daniel…”
Geni nodded affirmatively before saying.
“Several times I had you praying in here and you sometimes sing. I was hoping to ask you to tell me about God. Well, I’m not much of a believer but I want to be. Listening to you when you pray, how you include God in our talk, bring up this hunger in me. I wish to know more about him if you don’t mind…”
Dorcas agreed and told her they will start the next day.
After another week past, Dorcas became more illl.
She wasn’t sure what was wrong with her until another week came and went.
She called Geni and said to her
“I think I’m pregnant. I wasn’t certain before but is becoming clearer. My body is reacting to many things at the moment and most of what I feel is just the same symptoms I get each time I happen to be pregnant. I’m afraid that I maybe pregnant…”
Geni was shocked.
“Pregnant…oh my God. You can’t be here…I need to find means to get you out of this place. Jesus… you’re really pregnant? How…I mean when…I..I don’t understand. please don’t take offense ma’am… I’m only shock…”
Dorcas relaxed back to the wall with a heavy sad sigh.
Her only prayer is that help comes soon otherwise Bianca will harvest the baby out of her womb.
How did she even get pregnant. She can’t really remember when last she met with Benny.
Because she had been angrry with him.
Even the day to their anniversary that they had a long talk
“,Oh yeah, that must be the day. Oh my God…it was that day.
She was very mad at him the following day when he came back with the news that the person that supposed to vindicate him was shott.
She never believed anything he said and refused speaking with him again until she found herself in the mess that she was presently in.
She was not interested in getting pregnant again after the last one and even if it has to happen definitely not in this condition.
No phone, no power, no human noise heard around.
How will she get out of here.
Bianca must not know of the pregnancy or her death will come quicker.
“God, how did you allow this to happen to me. Why do you want to punish me with another pregnancy? How exactly am I supposed to survive this whole ordeal with pregnancy. How… just how. Or maybe is not actually pregnancy…is just some symptoms. I have been ill for weeks, it could be the illness…it can’t be pregnancy. i don’t easily fall pregnant. It takes months and even years. This can’t be…no it can’t be…”.
Benny only touched her once during this whole trouble.
Her body doesn’t work that way so there is every possiblity that she is not pregnant.
Dorcas prayed and hope that what she feels is just some normal illness otherwise it will be very bad.
Bianca will skin her alive if she finds out.
