UNCLE FELIX
2️⃣
I attempted pleading with him but they all fell on deaf ears. He fõrcefully went ahead to penetrated me on his bed with his puff that was over 5 inches in length and the bleeding worsened. You know the agony of itching a healed wound? That was exactly what I went through. I felt afraid at one point and due to his constant threats, there was nothing I could do other than to just lay on my bed crying and groaning in pains.
I rushed to my dad’s room the next day when he was about going to work, I told him that I’m having fever. He was quizzed. “Jesus! Elohor why is it now that I’m about going to work eh! You couldn’t inform either me or your mother yesterday? It’s okay, sha, it’s never too late. So how does your body normally do you?”
“Daddy, it’s. It’s my… It’s my…” I began stuttering immediately I sighted Felix as he rushed over. “Elohor what is it? What are you doing here by this time, are you not supposed to be sleeping?” He muttered, pointing at me as he entered inside.
“Felix it’s okay. She’s my daughter let her talk. She has every right to come to meet me whenever she needs help. She was telling me about something… Elohor go on I’m listening.” Dad confronted him and sat down to give me a listening ear. “Daddy I…, Daddy can I talk to you alone because you’re always busy with work.” I said covering my face with both hands to avoid Felix threatening looks.
“Elohor you’re wasting my time. I have a meeting to catch up with. Felix is your uncle. Say whatever you want to say I’m listening please don’t waste my time.” I stood there speechless. I was feeling unease after noticing that the new pant I wore when I woke up had got drenched with blood.
Dad swiftly got to his feet and handed me a thousand Naira note to give to mum so she could assist me get some medications for myself.. He carried his suitcase, shut the door and walked away and uncle followed him. He advised me to hold off on telling him anything until he returned from work. Throughout that day I couldn’t summon the courage to walk up to him again because of Felix.
During that week, mum’s manager misplaced some of her business money so she wasn’t really herself. I would sob in my room for days during the bleeding. The pains were so terrible that I was unable to go out and hang out with some of my classmates with whom I completed secondary school. He was the one who normally checks up on Rhuno (my junior sister) and I had been praying all through hoping that God would help me to expose him someday.
Felix kept assuring me that he’d buy me this and that.. Although he had bought me ice cream numerous times, even cakes. As of then I don’t have a phone. He bought me some of my skirts, even the pink bra I was using he orchestrated it and bought it for me. He tried every means to brighten up my face but the wounds he had inflicted on me remained.
The fifth time I got penetrated was one particular afternoon (around 2pm)that I was bathing. Meanwhile, my elder sister went back to her school in the morning after mum had successfully gave her some foodstuffs like Rice, garri, beans, and some of the yams she had bought from the market. I was the one whom helped success (my elder sister) to carry the two sacks to the roadside.
After everything was done, I returned to the house to serve some of the rice that Success had prepared, finished eating. I relaxed on the couch for a while and went to the bathroom to take a bath because I was sweaty. I never knew that the devîl had been monitoring me the entire time. While I was bathing, Felix quickly bumped in stark nãked. I screamed in fight, but he quickly covered my lips and slammed the door.
Mummy heard my screams and hurried over to the bathroom, opening the door and standing a few feet away. She was curious and Felix had crept behind the closed door by my left. He had already threatened me as usual to compose myself.
“Elohor, what is it! Why were you shouting? Could you believe I abandoned all the beans I was selecting just because of you!”
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To be continued.
Story was written by Nicholas Stephen
