Ron continues to drive in a very terrific speed with every pedestrian jumping out of the way for dear life, his tear is about to blarre his vision, he has never really cried out loud till today, he recalls his happy days with Melanie when they first met, the few beginning weeks were real fun, he would pretend that he borrowed his friend’s car just to come and see her, he would feign hunger and Mel would look for solutions to get him something to eat, he recalls a moment when he one time called her and lied to her that he was terribly sick and had no money for treatment so Mel had to go look for some work, Washing for some rich woman for two days and brought the few notes to him so he would get treatment….she completely took his heart by storm and he loved her more than life itself, he wonders why this had to happen “Why did that bastard ruin my life like this….. my life was a mess before Mel came into it and just like that, everything was again taken back from me when she was violated…… why didn’t I say yes, why did I humiliate her in this manner…. I’m even worse than that man who did this, I’m going to hunt you down you good for nothing moron and I will kill you” he continues to drive to no where in particular as he continues to get drunk by his own tears, he could hear his phone ring but he just doesn’t want to talk to anyone, he continues to ignore the calls but they won’t stop, he finally switches it off and continues…….. Melanie can’t believe what just happened to her today in front of God, she removes her shoes andruns out of the big church barefoot only holding her disturbing gown, everyone is just taken by surprise so they really can’t act but there is only one person who gets up to follow her, her tears have began to fall by now and she can’t even tell where she’s going and the means she’s going to use but she just wants to get out of there and disappear or even die….she gets to the door to meet only with the reporters flashing their cameras and taking her picture from very angle, she’s trying to hide her face but it’s so difficult to do “Miss Melanie what do you think could be that reason behind what Ronald junior just did” one reporter fires her the question “Is it true you’re expecting but he’s not the father…. do you think it could have made him to humiliate you and run away” “And how could you have had a secret relationship aside from the one you had with the minister’s son” “Was it all for that money” these media guys are truly heartless, Melanie is not getting away from them easily and no one seems to be coming to her rescue, she’s all alone but all of a sudden, there is a crash and some wrangles ensue, it’s Tobi fighting one reporter grabbing him by the throat and finally getting his camera, he smashes it into piece, Mel takes this opportunity to escape, she jumps onto a bike she found available, the bike man must have also come fro the wedding, he asks her where he should take her to “Just anywhere far away” ….Tobi grabs another reporter, he’s not a violent man and neither did he ever think he had half of the strength he’s having now “Give me that camera…. hand me the damn cameras, are you guys crazy, are you so insensitive at all” he grabs more cameras and destroys all of them and it was at this point he got to realize she’s gone…..people have started gathering but no one could really tell who this man is because by the time they got out of the church to witness the commotion, he was already in his car driving at a terrific speed out of there….. Everyone is so shocked to see only destroyed cameras and a few bloody mouthed reporters…….luckily he took the right direction because he can see the bike man with Melanie behind him, he follows behind not wanting to go past, it was after twenty minutes of following and driving the bike man finally stopped “Where exactly should I take you Madame…. we can’t be riding around town without knowingwhere you want to go” “Just continue….I want to go for away, don’t you get it” “Sorry, you will have to find another bike because I’m stopping here and it’s so obvious you’re not going to pay anyways so get off my bike Melanie doesn’t have a choice but to, she realizes she’s even barefooted, she sits by the road side as those voices come again ” You deserve what happened Melanie…… hahaha you brought it on yourself and it’s all your fault,, don’t blame anyone but yourself it’s your fault,, it’s your fault ” she shakes her head continuously and covers her ears with her palms saying no no, Tobi who remained in his car just shading tears continue to look at her……… Mel remembers her moments with Ron,, those happy moments she remember him promising her marriage and forever and ever happiness…..she remembers his words in the church today, the voices start again “You’re completely broken and bruised so the best thing you can do is just to end it all, end it all and take your life so you will not have to face this humiliation” she touches her tummy and wonders what would happen to this baby if she chose to live, how will she explain to him or her that his or her dad is nothing but a rapist…..she’s finally decided it, she’s taking her life,…..she remembers her poor mother and this just brings in more tears, she looks around and finally spots a bridge…it finally hit her that she’s at river enyau where she can jump in and drown in there without much pain, she walks slowly to the bridge and stands just at the edge……. Tobi gets out of his car and follows Mel, he can tell her mind isn’t there but in the water and could jump any minute from now, he walks to her and stands behind her, he wanted to tell her not to jump but realises this can easily make her fall given she’s not expecting anything of this sort…..he quietly gets closer as quietly as possible, he can clearly see she’s with closed eyes, he suddenly holds her by the waist and throws himself backwards with her falling on top of him….Mel was so shocked something like this just happened, but she quickly gets up “Don’t come close to me”she’s trembling and Tobi gets up too ” I couldn’t let you do it”No let me do it, let me end this cursed life and forever rest in Peace” “Then you have to push me in the river first or I won’t let you do it” “Nothing you say can change my mind”she’s just crying ” Let me die and don’t interfere please” “No Melanie…. unless if you’re willing to answer to God that I took my life and jumped in to the river with you because you refused to see reason” just to show how determined he is, he walks over the spot where she was and stands there spreading his arms “Come on Melanie… let’s do it” Mel’s heart skips “Please Sir don’t do it, I beg of you” people start to gather and Tobi walks over to her and whispers “Then you follow me and I take you to the ends of the world where you won’t be able to face his humiliation…. didn’t you say you wanted to get far away” she backs away from him and looks suspicious “Look, I’m harmless and here is my car with my name on it, I just want to help” he wants to show it to her but she says it’s ok “So are you willing to trust me and come with me? I swear I won’t harm you” she nods and he leads her to the car and they drive awayRon continues to drive in a very terrific speed with every pedestrian jumping out of the way for dear life, his tear is about to blarre his vision, he has never really cried out loud till today, he recalls his happy days with Melanie when they first met, the few beginning weeks were real fun, he would pretend that he borrowed his friend’s car just to come and see her, he would feign hunger and Mel would look for solutions to get him something to eat, he recalls a moment when he one time called her and lied to her that he was terribly sick and had no money for treatment so Mel had to go look for some work, Washing for some rich woman for two days and brought the few notes to him so he would get treatment….she completely took his heart by storm and he loved her more than life itself, he wonders why this had to happen “Why did that bastard ruin my life like this….. my life was a mess before Mel came into it and just like that, everything was again taken back from me when she was violated…… why didn’t I say yes, why did I humiliate her in this manner…. I’m even worse than that man who did this, I’m going to hunt you down you good for nothing moron and I will kill you” he continues to drive to no where in particular as he continues to get drunk by his own tears, he could hear his phone ring but he just doesn’t want to talk to anyone, he continues to ignore the calls but they won’t stop, he finally switches it off and continues…….. Melanie can’t believe what just happened to her today in front of God, she removes her shoes andruns out of the big church barefoot only holding her disturbing gown, everyone is just taken by surprise so they really can’t act but there is only one person who gets up to follow her, her tears have began to fall by now and she can’t even tell where she’s going and the means she’s going to use but she just wants to get out of there and disappear or even die….she gets to the door to meet only with the reporters flashing their cameras and taking her picture from very angle, she’s trying to hide her face but it’s so difficult to do “Miss Melanie what do you think could be that reason behind what Ronald junior just did” one reporter fires her the question “Is it true you’re expecting but he’s not the father…. do you think it could have made him to humiliate you and run away” “And how could you have had a secret relationship aside from the one you had with the minister’s son” “Was it all for that money” these media guys are truly heartless, Melanie is not getting away from them easily and no one seems to be coming to her rescue, she’s all alone but all of a sudden, there is a crash and some wrangles ensue, it’s Tobi fighting one reporter grabbing him by the throat and finally getting his camera, he smashes it into piece, Mel takes this opportunity to escape, she jumps onto a bike she found available, the bike man must have also come fro the wedding, he asks her where he should take her to “Just anywhere far away” ….Tobi grabs another reporter, he’s not a violent man and neither did he ever think he had half of the strength he’s having now “Give me that camera…. hand me the damn cameras, are you guys crazy, are you so insensitive at all” he grabs more cameras and destroys all of them and it was at this point he got to realize she’s gone…..people have started gathering but no one could really tell who this man is because by the time they got out of the church to witness the commotion, he was already in his car driving at a terrific speed out of there….. Everyone is so shocked to see only destroyed cameras and a few bloody mouthed reporters…….luckily he took the right direction because he can see the bike man with Melanie behind him, he follows behind not wanting to go past, it was after twenty minutes of following and driving the bike man finally stopped “Where exactly should I take you Madame…. we can’t be riding around town without knowingwhere you want to go” “Just continue….I want to go for away, don’t you get it” “Sorry, you will have to find another bike because I’m stopping here and it’s so obvious you’re not going to pay anyways so get off my bike Melanie doesn’t have a choice but to, she realizes she’s even barefooted, she sits by the road side as those voices come again ” You deserve what happened Melanie…… hahaha you brought it on yourself and it’s all your fault,, don’t blame anyone but yourself it’s your fault,, it’s your fault ” she shakes her head continuously and covers her ears with her palms saying no no, Tobi who remained in his car just shading tears continue to look at her……… Mel remembers her moments with Ron,, those happy moments she remember him promising her marriage and forever and ever happiness…..she remembers his words in the church today, the voices start again “You’re completely broken and bruised so the best thing you can do is just to end it all, end it all and take your life so you will not have to face this humiliation” she touches her tummy and wonders what would happen to this baby if she chose to live, how will she explain to him or her that his or her dad is nothing but a rapist…..she’s finally decided it, she’s taking her life,…..she remembers her poor mother and this just brings in more tears, she looks around and finally spots a bridge…it finally hit her that she’s at river enyau where she can jump in and drown in there without much pain, she walks slowly to the bridge and stands just at the edge……. Tobi gets out of his car and follows Mel, he can tell her mind isn’t there but in the water and could jump any minute from now, he walks to her and stands behind her, he wanted to tell her not to jump but realises this can easily make her fall given she’s not expecting anything of this sort…..he quietly gets closer as quietly as possible, he can clearly see she’s with closed eyes, he suddenly holds her by the waist and throws himself backwards with her falling on top of him….Mel was so shocked something like this just happened, but she quickly gets up “Don’t come close to me”she’s trembling and Tobi gets up too ” I couldn’t let you do it”No let me do it, let me end this cursed life and forever rest in Peace” “Then you have to push me in the river first or I won’t let you do it” “Nothing you say can change my mind”she’s just crying ” Let me die and don’t interfere please” “No Melanie…. unless if you’re willing to answer to God that I took my life and jumped in to the river with you because you refused to see reason” just to show how determined he is, he walks over the spot where she was and stands there spreading his arms “Come on Melanie… let’s do it” Mel’s heart skips “Please Sir don’t do it, I beg of you” people start to gather and Tobi walks over to her and whispers “Then you follow me and I take you to the ends of the world where you won’t be able to face his humiliation…. didn’t you say you wanted to get far away” she backs away from him and looks suspicious “Look, I’m harmless and here is my car with my name on it, I just want to help” he wants to show it to her but she says it’s ok “So are you willing to trust me and come with me? I swear I won’t harm you” she nods and he leads her to the car and they drive away
To be continued…
