Shades Of Romance đ«
Episode 43
âyou guys should quickly hide under the pewsâ Joe said quietly, pulled out his pistol, cocked and held it at ready.
âdonât tell me you plan shooting inside a chapel?â Jenifer asked, annoying me with the question.
âfor goodness sake, coolvalstories keep quiet. This man is trying his best to save our lives. Do you think what heâs doing is easy?â i quickly cautioned and silenced her. But luckily the thugs moved away after taking a look at the church. We all heaved a sigh of relief.
âthank God they are goneâ Tony breathed.
âwe wait here till dawn, then Iâll go get helpâ Joe added softly.
âthank you bro. I owe you a lotâ i said to him with all my heart.
ânow itâs time we fully settle our quarrels and make peace with each other. God gave us a second chance to live, and there wonât be a problem giving each other a second chance by forgiving and forgetting our past mistakes and fights. We are in the house of God. A very good place to settle everythingâ Jenifer suddenly said, while i scoffed.
ânot again â i breathed.
She ignored my comment, faced Tony and kept quiet for some seconds.
âiâm sorry for everything i did to you, please forgive me. Erase the bad feelings you have for me from your heart. I beg of youâ she pleaded meekly. Tony cleared his throat.
âJenifer all that happened between us is now a thing of the past. You canât imagine how happy iâm being alive. You canât imagine how lucky iâm right now. That guy would have slit my throat over what happened in Europe he never got to understand. Of course i forgive, i also forgive my pig head brother Emeka. I have nothing against anybody. Iâm so glad to be aliveâ he answered seriously, leaving me with guilt which forced me to say something.
âI donât know what to say Tony, believe me it wasnât easy being without a friend and brother like you. I wonât apologise right here but will do it in a big way when we get out of this jungleâ i said to him with respect. Joe and the chief simply listened, saying nothing to usâŠ
By 6am, we all ran to the parish house where a very shocked priest received and entertained us before driving us back to Benin city with the parish bus.
Oh we were lucky to be alive, lucky to escape from the pit of hell. It was a terrible experience. But we werenât still safe because our captor knew a lot about us and was still free out there probably looking for a means to get us backâŠ.
To be continued
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