BACK TO THE DAY OF THE ESCAPE AT THE BAR.“Don’t worry, the scary man will never find you, you are safe with me now,” Walter said to Gabby who was frantically looking behind her back to see if there was any car following behind them . She was seated at the passenger’s seat with Walter while Android was at the steering driving like crazy.They have been driving for more than an hour now and there was no suspicious car behind them, soon gabby’s worry began to subside.“Thank you for helping,” she said to Walter. “It’s no problem at-all, I am very delighted to help. Do you want to tell me about the man you are running away from?”“I can’t tell you, am sorry, at-least not now, please try and understand,” gabby pleaded.“It okay my lady, you can take your time. Is there anywhere in particular where you can hide from this man?” Walter asked and Andre shot him a daring stare through the rearview mirror which Walter ignored.“I have no where to go,” she replied, but I will sort it out as soo
You must be starving,” Walter said as he noticed the way Gabby was downing the food.Gabby was embarrassed by his comment, thinking she must have been eating ravenously because that was how she normally ate until the whole etiquette thing with Mr Shepherd's maids started.“Am sorry, was I chewing loudly?”She asked, wiping her mouth with a tissue paper.It was just the both of them on the dining, Andrew was eating on one of the large chairs in the sitting room.“I mean, it’s not ladylike to chew like that, I get that you might be hungry so it okay,” Walter said chewing his food and smiling.Gabby became nervous and conscious of how she ate the remaining food and wondered why these rich men always wanted everything to be so controlled.“Am done eating, I feel heavy-eyed and would like to go to bed,” Gabby announced after she was done with her food.“So soon? Walter protested. “Come on stay a little while longer, I promise not to bore you at all, there’s this scary movie I like to watch
“When are we going to get there? Is it still a long way?”Gabby asked in a Walter who was matching effortlessly in front of her.“If you want, I can carry you on my shoulder or I’ll make Andrew do it,” Walter stopped in his tracks and turned to Gabby to tease her with a smile.“No thank you, I can walk very well on my own,” Gabby replied squinting her eyebrow at Walter and folding her arms across her bosom as a barrier to deter Walter from making do with his threat.“Hmm, I see you don’t like to be carried, but don’t ever say I didn’t do anything for you.” He said before he turned around and resumed on his way with Gabby behind him and Andrew following behind Gabby. They walked through a hilly path covered by tall green trees and bushes, birds could be heard chirping away on each of their sides, and the sun was beginning to sneak its way out of the sky but even Andrew began to grumble despite the serenity of their surroundings.“Ahh, look, we are here! Walter exclaimed, pointing down
It was late by the time Walter decided he had soothed his inner child enough and was ready to stop torturing everyone and go back to the mansion.Gabby was a mess, she was famished, tired, dirty, and hungry but she had just had the very best day of her entire life. On their way back to the mansion, she walked closer to Walter. As a person who could count the number of times she had smiled in her life, Walter had made her not just smile but laugh till her ribs hurt. Even now while they walked home with nothing but their torch to light the narrow way back to the mansion, he was still making dry jokes in the hopes of getting a chuckle or giggle out of her.“You have been so silent Andrew, are my jokes that dry? Why can't you be like the good lady Gabby over here and fake a smile or two, doctors say it is good for your health. Sometimes I think you should pay me for bringing some kind of color into your life,” Walter said to Andrew who held the torch ahead of Gabby while he followed car
It's Andrew, open up”, Andrew whispered from behind the door. Gabby walked over to the door smoothly and opened it swiftly. What's going on?” she asked wide-eyed at him.Andrew was fidgeting and unstable, he looked scared.“I have to get you out of here, if he finds you here, you're as good as dead. Come on,” a panicking Andrew said, trying to keep a bold demeanor.He grabbed her on her wrist and just as they were about to run down the stairs, the fast racing footsteps coming towards them on the stairs stopped them in their tracks. There was no way to bypass them. It was just a long hallway that led directly to the stairs.“Go, go, go back inside, hide but don't lock the door,” he said, shoving her back into the room.Gabby frantically removed everything in the room that may be a giveaway that she was in the room into the wardrobe before thinking of where to hide. She could hear arguments going on in the hallway and the voice of a crying girl. She heard the door next to hers open and
Grabbing me by my wrist, one of his hands held my throat with his palm so I couldn't breath, it was so tight my belly almost exploded."Ughh.." I mumbled, trying to catch my breath. His eyes red as it traveled all over my body.I didn’t do anything to deserve this, to be treated this way. I held on for my dear life while my stomach bulged and my intestines dared to run out through my mouth.He looked at me to give a reaction, to beg him to stop, to plead and cry and pray to him for mercy, I refused, " I need to be strong! Yes you'll get through this!" I thought to myself as it It dawned on me that if I showed fewer emotions maybe this would be the last time because it seemed to me he got his satisfaction from seeing me break down, from driving me to the very edge until I became unable to hold it longer. His hands tightened around my throat with more force, squeezing tight. "He wants to kill me, oh no. At least he will be satisfied now!" I said in my head, trying to force the tears aw
Something walked into me, or maybe I walked into it, my head had been held down to conceal my swollen face for anyone who bothered to look, gossips who always had something to say and whores who would jump with glee to mock the virgin.“Would you watch where you are going?, are you blind or what?”I roared, taking a few steps backward from the force.I looked up at his face, having to tilt my head higher than I normally would, maybe because it was night or maybe because he was really tall. It didn’t matter, whoever this bullhead was, he was standing in my way to the chemist shop and worse of all , had bumped into me, and maybe he had no sense because he was still standing there in my way.“Little woman, show some manners now, you should apologize, you bumped into me,” he retorted, his voice more manly than my dad’s.“I’ll stand where I am, let’s see what you can do about it,”he dared. I looked up even more now, this man was asking for it , maybe even begging for it.The cigarette in h
My father's eyes were shining in the dim light, glittering even, just for the sight of that cash, he might have given me away for free.I stood still, refusing to acknowledge what I knew to be going on.“No! Bindo you can’t do this to our child,” my mother was pleading profusely at the feet of my father, speaking in all the tongues that she could to get Bindo to change his mind. It was all to no avail.Even now I refused to beg my father, I only felt pity for my mother.“Here, she’s all yours,” my father nudged me in one of the guard's directions. My mother followed behind me but was restrained by my father. The guard held me to my shoulder with a gun pointed at my neck. It all was happening so fast. It wasn’t news that some rich men kidnapped girls for trafficking but it would be news that one was bought and the buyer was known, it was to be no secret because no one was going to come for me, no one would care that I would be laced with drugs and forced to fuck anything fuckable un