Episode 6
, … you should know Ronald by now….he and Perry are a bunch of boring idiots so you don’t expect him to get along so well with you my dear”
“Oh really!… you and my Dad are too different yet you have been together for all these years”
“My dear, something’s you just pretend to be OK with them just to get what you want, getting and marrying a promising young politician back then was not something easy, you will understand this one day and that’s why you my three children will never bring in some opportunist in the names of a boyfriend or a girlfriend and expect me to accept them…..that will never happen not even when I’m dead”
“Then why have you allowed Ronald and that girl to continue, Dad made it clear before he left that when he gets back, their engagement party will hold and I don’t think you and I can ever do something about it when that time comes”
“Doing something to stop it will never be necessary by then because when that time comes, there will be no Ronald and Melanie”
“Will you offer her money to leave him alone”
“Not every problem gets to be solved the same way, I will just present your father and brother evidence and this relationship will be history”………..
Perry is seated on her brother’s bed waiting for him to get out of the shower so they can talk, she lands on his phone and realizes he has been calling Mel for more that three times and all recently but doesn’t understand why he is in a foul mood, she wonders if they argued or something, she’s still wondering when Ron finally comes out of the shower looking all fresh and wrapped in a towel, he jumps on bed with her and she gets out the phone
” Is this what you wanted us to talk about…. you two are fighting aren’t you”
“Yes it’s what I wanted us to talk about Perry but nope, we aren’t fighting but Mel is hiding something from me, she’s started lying to me”
“Wait, I’m not understanding this clearly” she gets out of bed and gets the keys to his study room, the room is just across his bedroom but it’s more private, for someone to actually eavesdrop in on any conversation going on there, he or she needs to first enter his bedroom, so Perry knowing their younger sister and mum so well, locks the bedroom door and leads Ron to the study, they settle on the top tables
“Now tell me”
“You’re a woman perry, you know how women get”
“For how long have you been seeing this”
“Today, she told me a very white lie that even an infant would know it’s a lie but you know me, I just left”
“What exactly did she say”
“I had called her to inform her I was coming to pick her up in thirty minutes time, she was excited and told me she was actually waiting for me but when I got to her school, she was on phone, I packed and came down to open for her only for her to tell me she still had to finish something, I left after she even told me not to wait for her”
“But that’s not a big deal”
“You think so?…. well that’s not all, I received a call from her just ten minutes into driving, I was furious an refused to pick it,after that I felt bad and I called her back not once Perry, not even twice but three times but she refused to pick, after the third call she had the guts to switch her phone off…can you imagine, she switched off her phone on me” Perry rubs his back
“You know me too well, I’m just trying to change, to be a better man for her because I don’t want to go back to how I was before…. no one will like it”
“It’s OK… this hasn’t gotten into that, tell me something, how far have you taken the relationship, just be so honest with me” she looks into his eyes
“Believe me Sis, I have done a lot of unforgivable things in the past but I have not touched Mel… Melanie is too precious for that, I can’t Deny a few times I have been tempted to go beyond but believe me I haven’t gone past kissing her…..I want her to be the one to give me the go ahead, when I said I loved her, I wasn’t playing with her”
“Here is my advice to you Bro, chill she’s still a young girl, you’re probably her first boyfriend and you know how it is….Mel is not someone who can easily lie but I beg of you, don’t do anything yet, let me call her and handle this” she takes her phone and calls Mel’s number several times but it’s just switched off
“The number isn’t going through”
“You see, I hope she isn’t out with someone”
“Calm down it’s not good to assume, just relax and sleep….you will pass by her home on your way to work” she’s able to convince him and they end up talking about so many things and also their upcoming project of visiting an orphanage to see the vulnerable children, so in the end Ron is able to forget his problem and goes to sleep soundly……………..
Tobi has no idea what is happening to him or who this woman in front him really is but what he can tell is that she is almost naked, stripped and left only in her underwear with her bra also unhooked, her slender body on the bedcover looks so inviting and she is extremely beautiful, he felt the sexual urge even more, so it wasn’t really long before he strips stark naked, he didn’t need any female touch to awaken him because he was already awaken, he felt a very strange power as he climbs the bed and separates this helpless girls legs wide apart, she instantly jerks upon his touch and tries to sit up but he over powers her, he forces her down and uses his knee to keep her legs apart, she tries to scream but in his ears the screaming is just a beautiful melody, he rips her panty and throws the pieces on the floor, he needed not to unhook the bra because it was already done but he rips it in to pieces anyways…….he forces his erect penis into her dry and tight Virgina as she let out a very sharp scream….he could hear some voices coming from outside like people laughing, it went on for sometime and the voices suddenly stop, he continues to mount on this helpless girl who cried and cried until she couldn’t anymore, she’s passed out cold but he’s not done yet, he can’t remember how many times he has poured in her but all he knows is that he isn’t tired yet……
Melanie remembers the incident where her nose was covered with a piece of cloth, but she doesn’t remember anything else because she has been sleeping, she has no idea where she was until when she was woken up by a touch, she’s used to her mother taping her to wake her up every morning but this wasn’t her mother’s touch and more so, she was still trying to gain consciousness when someone pinned her down, it occurred to her that he was a man by the force he used and the fact that she was naked, she was sure and aware nothing was done on her body yet apart from the fact that she was naked…..her vision wasn’t still clear so she couldn’t clearly tell the face but he must really be a man who has power and money given his strong perfume, she tried and struggled to free herself from his strong grip but he overpowered her, she became fully awake and conscious but the following experience is what she doesn’t want to remember all her life, the man tore her panty and bra, she felt his strong member opening her tight self with a force she wishes she never experienced, she tried to take all the pain in but it was unbearable, it tore her heart into piece and broke her body beyond repair, his every touch was so disgusting and it left marks all over her body, she struggled to breath and cry, she cried herself until when she couldn’t do anymore, she thought love making was such a beautiful experience one can never get to forget but she was wrong, all the beautiful stories she has been reading and watching about love making were all nothing but lies, all lies, she has no idea why God chose to punish her this way, when she thought she had the best boyfriend who has never violated her body, just when she thought his family loved her and their relationship was progressing, today she’s hit by the painful truth that it was all nothing but a dream, how will she be able to face Ron after this, how will he even believe her awful story, how will she start narrating her painful experience…. she cried and cried thinking someone would come to her rescue or the beast mounting on her will show mercy but all in vain, it was all as if her crying was just music to his ears, she can’t tell how long he lasted on her because she passed out after a long struggle…………
It’s 6am in the morning, Tobi who has been sleeping suddenly wakes up with a banging headache, he tries to sit up but he falls back down, he gathers strength again only to realize he’s very weak like he never had anything to eat the previous night, he tries to open his eyes but they are all swollen and heavy, he wants to call the kitchen and ask Lisa to fix for him something and bring to his room asap so he can get rid of this hunger, he tries to reach across to the nightstand where he normally keeps his cellphone and it hit him, he was not in his house, he sees someone lying next to him in a pool of blood
“Jesus…” he jumps up and it’s only then he realises he’s totally naked, he’s trembling
“What did you do Tobi” he wonders aloud and with trembling hands, he climbs back to bed and checks if this girl is someone he knows, he shakes his head at her sight, she’s definitely Someone he doesn’t know, he takes a closer look at her and a tear escapes his eyes as the event of last night unfold in his head, he remembers everything from how he left home to how he got here, this a place no one knows him in, his friends are truly devils, he checks her pulse to see if the girl is still breathing and luckily she is….he looks down where their clothes are lying and realises he ripped all her undergarments, he’s shading more tears and he wonders if she agreed to this arrangement, if she was part of those evil friends of his but then he remembers she was still a virgin, someone who has never been with a man, he slips into his trouser and shirt, he checks if his wallet is still intact and it’s there , he opens it and gets out all the notes in there and put it next to her on the bed, he’s still trembling and wonders what he is going to do next, a part of him wants him to go to the police station and hand himself over but he remembers his poor mother who would die not only of shame but the disappointment, he has no idea what he is going to do next but he gets out of the room anyways, he walks in the corridor with Everyone who spots him whispering in ears, he could tell what they must be taking about but that’s not the worst thing he feels here, he could see the women flirting with him with their eyes but he just walks passed fighting his tears back, so ashamed he finally comes out of big hotel and enters his Lamborghini, he drives out of the gate and bursts out crying almost immediately, he packs the car somewhere not knowing what to do or where to go next, but one thing he knows is, he’s not leaving this area until when she comes out of there…………..
Melanie has no idea what time it is until when she feels something cold on her body, she jerks up and sits up immediately, she feels pain all over her body but she realises the cleaner just poured cold water on her, she probably came in to clean the room, her head is so heavy and her eyes swollen, she hasn’t forgotten the event of the night as her tears start to fall freely yet again
“My friend get out of here…you wanted money so you think it comes so easily, a young girl like you doing this huh….I pity your parents” the cleaner says and Mel wants to start explaining but she’s reminded that her stay there is over
“If you don’t get your stinking smelly ass out of here…you will end up leaving all these notes here” this was when she realised the man actually dropped some few notes
“You have two minutes to get out of here” Mel realises she has no panty, no bra yet she only has two minutes, she curses the person who did this to her and swears he’s going to pay, she slips in her dress anyways and takes her slipper in hands, her hair scattered like a mad woman with her phone and bag no where to be found, she collects the few notes because she can’t foot home in her condition and doesn’t even know where she is to start with, she struggles to walk amidst laughs and mocking she received from people around, she could not fight the tears anymore that she bursts out openly, she was ashamed and embarrassed in the worst way possible, she comes out of gate and everyone who looks at her could tell she was just laid, she was so Lucky to find a taxi after two minutes of standing so she hopes in and heads home…….
After a few minutes of waiting that seemed like eternity, Tobi finally sees her open the gate and painfully steps out of the gate in tears, his heart broke up into a thousand pieces and he also wept, a part of him wanted to run out and go confess but he just trembles, he watches her from a far until when she hoped into a cab, he decides to follow the cab, he wants to know where she’s headed to……
To be continued
Episode 7
Melanie greeted Ron with voice full of fear not knowing what she’s going to say next or how she’s going to starts explaining herself in case he demands answers, but still she managed to ask him a question “What are you doing here Ron” “I came to pick you up for school like I always do” “I’m not going to school today” I can see that already” he was still talking to her standing by the door, he finally shuts it and walks over to her small bed, he sits down next to her “Mum said you were not feeling well…what happened, is it malaria, do you have fever” he reaches to touch her face to feel her fever but she jerks at his touch, she shifts away from him….he couldn’t miss her response “What is it beautiful… talk to me so I can help, do you feel pain and where” he meets her cold stare just, it’s the first time she’s looking at him with no emotion of feeling ever since they started dating, she used to have sparkle in her eyes and they would light and shine every time he looked into them but today, they are gone, they are only replaced by a cold stare, he reaches to touch her face again but he’s met with the same rejection “Mel, have you been crying…. you’re eyes are swollen” she finally looks away “Talk to me baby, what’s going on” “It’s nothing Ron” “Do you realise that you’re not the same Melanie I fell in love with?…. it’s only the second day of this your attitude but it’s already wearing me down….just a while ago your mum was hot with me thinking we spent the night together” Melanie now turns her back on Ron “You do realise that we have got to talk right?…. you owe me this explanation and as your boyfriend I demand to know why you lied to me yesterday and still continue to lie to me” she gets up again and faces him “Please Ronald, I promise I shall tell you everything you wish to know but not now….I need this rest, and I swear I never lied to you, I just didn’t know how to tell you why I couldn’t come with you” “So where did you put up for the night, with who and in whose house tell me…..I hope you’re not cheating on me” “I remained in school and spent the night there in the hostel, with Jackie” “Which Jackie….you don’t have a friend by that name, the only friend in that school you have is Soni she doesn’t stay in the hostel” “Well you don’t know Jackie….” Ron studies her face and could tell she was hiding something much bigger from him so he pushed further. Then why weren’t you picking my calls, I called you so many times but you refused to pick, after so many countless times of calling and no picking, I finally called again but your number has been off ever since….since when have you started ignoring my calls” “I didn’t ignore your calls, I called you but you didn’t pick up, Susan’s room had no power and my battery was running down so I plugged it into the next room thinking it was off… I guess I forgot” “If so then how did it end up being switched off” “Maybe the power finally ran down” “While charging???…. and wait, who is Susan, didn’t you say that friend of yours was called Jackie?” she knows she’s being caught red handed and there is no escape and she goes mute again “Can I see your phone” “Huh…” “The phone” she battles within herself whether to come clean with what really happened to her or not, a part of her urges her to so she tries to sit upright “OK..I’m going to tell you the whole truth Ron” “Well I’m listening” “Would you believe me if I tell you it was your mother I was talking to when you arrived to pick me up from school” she asks starring directly in his eyes “My mother??…. she always tells me when she is going to call you or after calling you” “She called immediately after your call telling me she was somewhere close by and asked if I was still in school and I said yes…she said she wanted to have some word with me so she would pick me up” “Melanie….who is teaching these things, this couldn’t have been true, if truly you were speaking with my mum, I definitely got to your school when you were still on phone, i left you there and came straight home without branching anywhere” “Didn’t you say you wanted to hear the whole truth, then let me tell youNo Melanie, you tell me how my mother, the very one I found home not in her room but playing card with my sister perry who confirmed she had been home ever since she got back would probably calk you to tell you she was somewhere close and wish to speak with you, that’s crap..I bet you were going to say you also spent the night with her out somewhere” his sarcastic remark really cuts her deep “So go on ahead, did you and my alleged mother finally meet” he fires her the question “She asked me to wait for her at the junction to the school, we had agreed I would call her once I reach there because she told me she was nearby but….” “But nothing Mel, that’s enough no more of this pure lie, you’re nothing but a liar” tears fight to come out and they truly did “That’s enough, I don’t want us to have this discussion anymore and this should be the last time you ever bring my mother’s name into such baseless accusations….you want me to believe you, get me the phone and show me what you’re talking about” “I’m sorry Ron”she speaks while crying ” I’m so sorry for lying to you, I’m so sorry but if you could only listen and let me finish ” “That’s enough…. I don’t want to hear any if this, if I’m not leaving you, it’s because I don’t want scandals but I assure you, it will be a very big challenge for me to start trusting you again” he leaves the room in huff without a goodbye or even telling her where their relationship stands at this point in time…..Mel is not even sure if she really wants to continue with this anymore, it would even be better if she could take her own life, because living has become really useless for her……… Monica stands in front of her mansion, with her eyes fixed on the gate to see if it will open the next minute, she has been there for minutes now and yet no sign her son….she had called the gateman from Tobi’s other house and the man let’s her know that it has been weeks ever since Tobi paid a visit there, she calls Jane his personal assistant only to be told that Tobi was not in the office and he was last seen on Monday evening “And I last spoke with him yesterday in the morning but he assured me he would be in office today yet no sign of him” “How about his friends” “Oh you mean David and the other two, they are all in the office already. Where could this boy be…please Jane, I trust you but please don’t tell anyone we have no idea where my son is, think of something tell them he’s taken up or something, let me fix this” “You can count on me Madame” Monica ends the call and starts to blame herself for what is happening, if she had not been pressuring her son to go out and look for a wife, all this wouldn’t have happened… she surely shall die if anything bad happens to Tobias….. the workers in the house become so concerned for her health and they are all out watching her every move…..just then, she sees the automated gate open wide, her car and Tobi’s are both connected to the gate and it opens by itself if it’s any of them but for the rest the askari (gateman) has to open…she sees the Lamborghini drive in and sighs a huge sigh of relief, she walks over to the car but can see the person driving isn’t really Tobi, her heart skips a bit fearing for the worse but the unknown driver comes down “Good morning mum” he greets her as a sign of respect but Monica ignores the greeting, she’s so furious as she sees Tobi struggling to get out of the car, he finally puts his two legs onto the ground but falls facedown on the tiled compound “Oh my God what happened to him…what did you do yo my son” Monica and maid Lisa run over to his side but Tobi doesn’t want any of them to touch him “I don’t want a woman’s touch… get away from me” he barks at them and the two women back away from him….he struggles to sit and he Does, his mother could tell his shirt was not properly buttoned, and he was a big disaster with traces of tears still in his used to be handsome face….Tobi struggles again to stand up with a support being his car, he finally stands and looks around to see everyone looking at him with shock all over “What happened to you” Monica asks as calmly as possible coming to him but he tells her the last thing he wants is for her hands to touch him “Mother stop asking too many questions and pay this man here fifty thousand shillings…. I owe him that”….. Monica ignores him and orders Lisa to settle the man but runs after Tobi who screams at her to not follow him, they all stand and watch him scrawling up the stairs like a baby…Monica can not stand there and watch her so ever upright son, who has been brought up with good morals turn into something else, something she has no idea what it is she runs back to the guy outside ” I demand to know….what did you do to my son ” “You’re son is not sick, he was not beaten but he’s only drunk….he asked me to drive him home which I did for free by the way…so settle my bill for the drinks he took and I go” Monica looks at this man from head to toe and it’s still so hard for her to believe Tobi would go to this man’s bar. How could my son end up in a place a man like you works in” “Well you will have to ask him that when he gets sober but right now I just need my money, Lisa comes back with the money in hand and hands it over to the man, he leaves Monica just shakes her Head unbelievably……….. Tobi gets into his room finally, it hits him the alcohol isn’t doing anything on him, he wanted to forget the ugly experience but it’s just stuck into his head like a movie displayed on a projector…. he tries to sit down on his bed, the bed he had made before leaving last evening, this was how Tobi’s life was….very neat and orderly and ever the perfect gentleman…..this breaks his heart even more, he falls to her knees and cries to God asking for forgiveness, he asks God to take him away so he can pay for his brutality…. he cries and realises nothing was working for him and he spots the dressing mirror, he staggers towards it and stands, so afraid to see himself, he finally gathers courage and does but he doesn’t see himself, he sees her face yes the woman he brutality raped, her tears so painfully flowing and she’s begging him not to continue, he hears the voice clearly but they because too many, the same person having too many voices saying different things and cursing him…. he tries to cover his ears so he won’t hear them but it’s only worse, he doesn’t know how he did it but with all the strength he could master, he smashes the glass with his new Samsung galaxy note and the sound the broken mirror made was like the clear water he needed to get him out of this bondage, all the crying and trembling stops, he stands still unstable though but vows to come out of this strong, he will do the right thing and he refuse to cry again…….. to be continued
Episode 8
It has been five days ever since the ugly experience took place with no one apart from Tobi, Mel and Tobi’s friends only been the ones who know about it……Tobi had spent the rest of the week at home with his phone broken, he couldn’t communicate to know how the office was running, everyone who wanted to talk to him would call his mother but he made it clear to her that he didn’t want to speak with anyone and it so happened like that……he was locked up in his room all this while with maid Lisa serving his barley touched food in the room……so today is Monday, Monica is seated at the dinning for breakfast all by herself like it has been lately but all of a sudden she feels Tobi’s presence when his perfume filled up the dinning room, she looks up hopefully and just as she imagined, Tobi who has become a shadow of his old self, is slowly descending the stairs with his bag in hand, Monica didn’t know how she did it but she quickly rose to her feet and walk over to receive him, she takes the bag from him and pulls his chair, she feels his head “How do you feel now” she realises he really doesn’t have fever “I’m fine mother…Where are you going with this bag” “To the office…I need to take care of my company and there are things there I need to solve” “Can’t you wait till when you’re fine…I mean we should call the doctor home to come check you up before you do this” “I’m not sick mother….. if you’re saying this because of what happened the other day just relax, it won’t ever happen again” “Do you wish to talk about it?” “About what…” “What really happened that day, where did you spend the night that day, what made you drink yourself like that” “Mother, have you ever heard about something called past?…..I don’t wish to talk about that experience, not today, not tomorrow and not ever” “But you were in a very bad state” “You think I didn’t know that?….maybe I made a mistake coming down for breakfast, I should have grabbed something on my way” “I’m so sorry son…..but I don’t think that woman you’re seeing is a woman you should be with……. she’s a very bad example, she couldn’t even come see how you were doing all this while” Tobi now is quiet because he just knows his mother will not stop no matter what he says, he concentrates on his breakfast on silence till when he is done, he gets up from his seat and wishes his mother good day without their usual kisses, he leaves……….. Melanie wakes up very early but she’s just so tired of staying locked in her room all these days, everyday has been sleeping and waking up, the longest trip she has made must be the bathroom…. her mother has begged and begged her to tell he what really happened to her but she has been able to keep her ugly encounter from everyone, she intends to keep it that way, she had contemplated reporting her ordeal to the police but she knows no one will even believe her story after all she has nothing to prove her allegation…. and what’s important is that she’s still alive….she just feels so broken and bruised, she wishes to forget that night but she wakes in the middle of the night just feeling his touches and hearing his voice of satisfaction……. now she can’t be locked up in here forever, she has to pick up her broken pieces and move on…….Ron has gotten over his anger and visits her everyday, she’s not sure if she wants this relationshipanymore but she just doesn’t have the heart to break Ron’s heart after all that he has done to her…. for the very first time in five days, she finally steps out of the house feeling so light and weak, her mother was pealing, sweet potatoes in front of their small kitchen, Ofelia drops the knife down on sighting her “Fina….” “Good morning mother” “How do you feel now” her mother asks and she sits down next to her, she forces a smile from the corners of her dry lips “Getting better mum” “What really happened” “I just ate something that really didn’t agree with my stomach” “Did you have a running stomach” “Yes, it was terrible but I’m fine now” “I think we still need to see a nurse” “No mother, we can’t….Ron already got me some tabs” her mother smiles “Ron…that boy will make a very good husband for you my daughter, he loves you a lot and I’m so happy you will not have the ugly fate your mother here had” Mel looks aside “I think you should give him a call to tell him you’re OK finally” “No mother, he will come I’m sure” “You should take a walk, you can’t be stuck here all day” “I shall do that in the evening” she sits there and suddenly goes quiet, just starring in space her mother watches her as million things run through her head………….. Mrs Pope sits in her beautiful flower garden and wonders why things are not going according to plan, those boys had promised to send her the incriminating pictures immediately and yet they have not fulfilled their part of the deal and this relationship is going on like nothing ever happens she’s so worried because in two days time her husband will be back and the engagement will hold….she suddenly gets up and paces up and down with her phone in her ear, Perry who has been watching from a distance wonders what her evil mother is up to, she can swear to God that her mother is up to no good but really can’t tell what she’s planning, she intends to find out……….. The works in the big offices are going on so wonderfully well even in Tobi’s absence, few staffs have been asking questions and wondering why their boss wasn’t in office all these days but Jane doesn’t get tired of saying he is on a trip, yet deep down, she’s also having her own worries about why Tobi is not working, they sit for their morning departmental meetings and after thirty minutes, they settle for the head meeting in the conference hall to plan for the week since it’s Monday…… Tobi drives up to the front of the big tall building in a break neck speed, he packs the car well and grabs his bag in hand, it’s the first time he’s walking past everyone without saying hello, first it was the gateman and now the receptionist, he gets up to the reception desk and the lovely lady gets up with a smile “Good morning sir” she greets him but he ignores her greeting, he looks around to see if Jane was there waiting for him in the reception area like she always does but she’s not there “Where is Jane” “She’s for a meeting in the conference hall” she says still with a wide unending smile “Welcome back Sir” he walks away faster than the speed he used for coming in and the Lady is so shocked, Tobi continues to walk like he still has a long way to go, every person he passes greets him with so much respect and happiness still he doesn’t even reply any of them….. he finally gets to the conference and opens the door ajar, everyone turns to the door and they are all surprised “Good morning Sir” they all echoed and got no response from him “Jane….come with me” that was all he said and Jane quickly collects her files and takes on her heels, she catches up with Tobi in the corridor “Sir, we did pretty great since Wednesday last week, we were able to get two new orders and one new investor…. you were supposed to meet with hajji Badru on Friday but the appointment was cancelled and rescheduled for tomorrow, but today, you have…..” “STOP…” he turns abruptly and she also stops “I’m so sorry sirCome with me and don’t talk” she nods and she follows him in silence just, they reach the entrance of his office and at this point, Everyone is watching them and whispering from ear to ear, Tobi must have realised this because he suddenly grabs Jane’s hand and pushes her in to his office and shuts the door closed, Jane still fighting for her breath is even more stunned “Sir…. what’s going on” “Too many questions Jane…..too many questions” Jane stands still “Sit….sit don’t talk but listen” she obeys “I don’t want to know how things have been running here, I do need that report but not now….. is David and his friends in their offices” “You mean Clement and Edmond” “Damn…which other friends” “Sorry… yes they are in” “Go get them and don’t come back here until when you see them leave this office… and tell those nosy staffs that unless any of them is so ready to loose his or her job…they should mind their business that’s making my offices run….no one, I mean no one is to cross the door of his or her office….understood” she doesn’t know what is happening but she sure can predict what’s coming up for those three pretentious guys” she exits his office as everyone asks her what’s going on but she just repeats Tobi’s statement that they might loose their jobs if they are not careful, they all back off and she proceeds to the three……….. Tobi sits still but one can just tell that he’s unsettled, these guys are taking forever to get here… he continues to impatiently wait and finally he sees them come all smiling from ear to ear, he’s maintaining a strick face though “Buddy….you’re finally back” David who sits on the table says to him “We have been calling but your number mysteriously wasn’t going through… what happened, how did it go…. tell us because our ears are itching” all this while Tobi is just looking at their faces and he can finally see they are nothing but devils in disguise “That damsel…oh men! you really had so much fun” “Where did you find her fromShe’s a student of royal institute, we just wanted to proof your manhood…we have been doubting you for so long now but men!… we were so wrong” “Can I have your tags please?” the three are surprised and more so is David who has been doing all the talking “You tags…and I need all those projects you are working on to be handed over to Jane….” “Meaning” Eddy finally asks and this question gets Tobi off his seat “Meaning all of you are fired” he leans closer to David “Hahahaha…..you can’t do this to us, you can’t fire us” Clems says “Sure it’s my company and I decide who should and shouldn’t work for me so at this point, I don’t need your services anymore….” “You won’t get away with this Tobias Akankwasa” “Neither will the three of you….I know the policy of my company here, I’m the one who is terminating your contracts and you shall get all the compensation but I don’t want to have anything to do with any of you, I don’t want to see you three ever again” “Are you truly doing this Tobi” David asks “I should have done this a long time ago but it’s not too late” “Oh really?…. why? just because of a useless girl you don’t even know… we all don’t know her and there in no reason to get all emotional over a cheep little bitch” this angers him and it earns David a very heavy blow in the face “I curse the day I met the three of you, I’m going to correct this huge mistake I made and I’m starting with you three” “You don’t even know her…let’s just pretend this never happened and move forward with life” “You stand here and have the guts to tell me this nonsense, get out of my office and my company right this minute” his voice is getting higher and they are about to get physical with David but the other two restrict them getting in the middle”Let’s leave this loser, he’s not worth our energy” Clems says but the other two swear that’s not all, Tobi will pay for this humiliation “I’m not afraid of you three, you have betrayed me in the worst way possible and still have the guts to threaten me” “What are you going to do…you can’t report us to the police because you have no evidence and instead we have something against you, so be careful Mr Tobi because we are watching you….let’s go” they leave his office throwing the tags in his face but Tobi is not moved, he’s not afraid of them and he shall do the right thing…… to be continued
Episode 9
Tobi spent the whole day in his office practically doing nothing after making it so clear to Jane that he didn’t want to see anyone and no client should be told he’s in office and Jane really covered up so well for him, the time for closing office came and everyone of the staffs closes their offices for the day leaving only Tobi and Jane in the big building, she really wanted to go home but couldn’t because it’s not advisable for a personal assistant to leave the office before the boss does….she so impatiently sits in the waiting area of the reception and continues to check he phone after every single minute but no sigh that he was coming out soon….she remembers her sick mum at home who needs her attention because time for her medication is fast approaching so she wants to go ask for permission in his office yet she just can’t go because he’s not in his best moods, she sits still and just then her phone begins to ring, she checks the collar’s ID and on seeing it’s her boss, she just takes to her heels instead of receiving, she gets in the office in no time “You called me” “Yes but not like this…I called your cellphone” “I was close by so I just decided to come here” “Or run over here….sit” this was the last thing she needed right now but who is Jane to question her ever gentle boss, Tobi might have seen her sudden reluctance so he has to say it again “Sit Jane….. which part of that didn’t you understand” she finally sits and he faces her “Do you have a boyfriend” the question took her by surprise so she doesn’t know how to even answer him and Tobi had to raise his eyebrows and wave his hands to get her attention “Hello…. do you or do you not have a boyfriend” “No I don’t have…OK Jane… I’m going to ask you something and I need you to be very honest with me” “OK…..” “Would you forgive someone who has hurt you so much but unintentionally” “Boss…” “Answer me” “Well it depends” “On what” “On what exactly the person did” “What if he or she seeks you out and tries to explain what really happened…would you give him the chance” “Of course how would I know why or how he did what he did if I can’t hear him out…wait why are you asking me all this” “You don’t need to know Jane, at least not now but tell me something, am I really a very horrible person” “Hahaha Sir, if you are asking this because of what you did to those three idiots this morning, then you should not worry, I would have done worse if you had given me the opportunity, their stay here has been long overdue in fact I would have flogged them before firing them so stop torturing yourself” Tobi quietly observes this Charming and funny side of Jane he has never seen before, this twenty year old girl is truly something else and she looked innocently beautiful when she demonstrated how she would deal with those guys, Tobi couldn’t hold back his laughter and he bursts out finally and Jane suddenly realises she’s talking to her boss yet Tobi can’t stop laughing “That was so funny Jane….. hahaha” “I’m glad I finally made you laugh” “Yeah you did” he suddenly tries to look serious and Jane asks if she can go home now and this gets Tobi to check the timeOh my God! it’s getting late and I made you over stay here…. I should drop you home and don’t say no” she wanted to decline this offer but knowing him so well, she didn’t say anything and they just leave together…….. after fifteen minutes of driving in the busy street, they arrive into the small but average neighborhood where Jane stays, she invites Tobi in for coffee but he declines saying he would the next time……Jane gets out of the car after saying goodbye and goodnight but turns catching Tobi off guard, she looks him in the eyes “Tobi you’re a very good boss and a very marvellous person, I’m sure if you ever hurt anyone it would be by mistake or it would be because we are only but humans, you’re so incapable of hurting any one intentionally so don’t let whatever it is that you’re going through or you have done to paralyse you…get out of it and correct your mistake by doing the right thing and seek for forgiveness if necessary…. be cheerful and happy always, if you ever wish to share whatever it is with anyone or need help, I’m here….. I still want to work with the old Tobi so take care and drive home safe” Tobi is so bewildered, she was so on point and he wish he could just tell her what he did but he’s afraid that’s going to change the image she has of him………… “Can I at least get a hug from you” he says to her and she gladly gives him the hug “Thank you my friend” he whispers and watches her walk away, he then starts his car and heads home…….. Ron had paid Mel a visit but he only spent a few minutes since it’s getting late and he needed to be home early, he was happy finally Mel is out of bed though she’s still the shadow of her old self, she’s a little cheerful today except she goes silent sometimes in the middle of saying something and it bothers him, she has refused to see a doctor insisting she’s very fine…. today they talked a lot in his very brief stay but he made it clear to her that he needed to start planning their marriage….. she walks him over to the car but then hopes in with him, he drops her by the market that’s just across the street and he leaves, Mel steps into the market to purchase a few vegetable for dinner, she’s greeted cheerfully by her customer venders who were all concerned she disappeared , she tells them she wasn’t feeling well by now she’s OK….. after purchasing what she came for, she heads direct home because she still feared to walk or be alone in the night even though the market was just next to her home, she felt as if those guys guys who kidnapped her are somewhere close by Ready to grab her, she’s so sure the people who kidnapped her were so different from the person who violated her she still has those panic attacks and those nightmares she would give anything to forget, she walks faster this time timing herself that in three minutes time, she should be next to her mother at home………….. Tobi pulls his car near the route leading to the small home, he doesn’t know why he even drove here instead of going home but he just couldn’t stop himself, he needed to see how she’s doing…. he’s about to get out of the car when he sees someone come, he sits still and tries to make the face in the darkness, she looked familiar and when she gets closer, he was able to tell it’s trulyher, she’s holding a paper bag in hand, and walking home, he freezes, he just continues to stares at her, he could see she still walked with fear and she’s frightened he wonders if she told anyone about her ugly fate that night, he wonders how much the young girl must be carrying in her heavy heart and yet try to appear strong and brave, he wonders if she even seeked medical help… he watches her till when her back disappeared in the darkness to her home and he finally lets out his tears even after promising he would not cry again….. to be continued
Eposode 10
Tobi gets home to find his mother waiting for him in the parlor, he
could see her when he drove in and knew she must be there for two things one
is, thinking he’s going to come back home drunk again and secondly the news of
him firing those devils must have reached her and now she wants to hear more
yet he has no answer for that particular topic, he gets out and says hello to
the workers around and walks over to her “Good evening mum….” she gets up to
check if he smelt alcohol or not “Relax…I’m not drunk” “I can see that but what
took you so long” “To do what” “To get back home” he checks his watch and it’s
still coming to eight “Let’s go in” he leads her inside “You need a cellphone,
I was stuck all day not knowing what to do because I couldn’t reach you yet
that stubborn PA of yours couldn’t connect me three to your office, why don’t
you get rid of such incompetent people” “Jane is the best personal assistant I
could work with mother and you know that, aside from the fact that she’s so
disciplined, she’s the only person I have worked with longer” he sits down and
she sits next to him “Now tell me about those three guys you chose to fire
without consulting me first” “Not now mum” “Then when, very time is just the
same for you saying not now but I’m telling you, I don’t need stories I demand
answers that’s still my company With all due respect mother, that company is
running because of my ideas and efforts but I’m not talking bout that now”
“Tell me why you fired your best friends” “Because they were incompetence” “I
don’t believe you” “Well that’s your problem” “You disappoint me Tobias…. so so
much, you surprise me every day with your attitudes… the woman you will marry
in future will truly see no happiness” he gets up “I know where this topic is
headed to mum but listen carefully because I’m not going to repeat myself…. you
should start getting used to the fact that there will not only be no
girlfriend, but no wife too…. I’m not going to hurt my self to please others,
if you want grandchildren be one for your friends grannies” he walks out on her
leaving her to shallow this bitter pill………… Several days have passed and it’s
now a month ever since melanin’s life took a new twist, she has managed to live
through everything but she still finds it a bit difficult to get comfortable
with Ron like they had been in the past, she has finally gotten to know and
realise that the only people in the minister’s family who truly accept her
relationship with Ron are only the minister himself, Perry and Ron but the
other two, mother and daughter are just acting along,she doesn’t share with Ron
because she knows he will never believe her…..the relationship has been made
public and their engagement party is scheduled to take place in three days
time, the media people have gotten involved in all of this and it’s like her
private life has been taken away from her and she’s so afraid they might learn
about her ugly past….she tries to look cheerful and happy with all this
arrangement yet in reality she’s not…………… Tobi one morning settles for
breakfast with his mother in the parlor when the paper man delivers their daily
news paper, he normally buys the papers for the business columns for the tips
and to know who is doing what in the business arena…..he puts the paper down so
ready to flip through the pages when the front headline caught his attention,
he reads with the tea cup on his lips….. ‘RONALD POPE JUNIOR SET TOBE
INTRODUCED BY HIS BESTIE FINA MELANIE’ he sees the big picture on the front
cover and she’s starring at him with a forged smile, all of a sudden he drops
the cup and the tea spill all over, Monica who was busy reading looks up to see
what’s going on “Are you OK” she asks and he nods saying itd was only
accident…… he gets up to go to his room and read the details thereSo you’re
called Melanie and you’re dating that Ronald!…. what a small world” he reads
through everything and realises indeed she’s a student of Royal institute, he
wonders how he is going to ask for her forgiveness with all those powerful
people around her, he’s thankful for one thing that’s the fact that she has the
best man by her side to protect her…………… Two days later Perry drives Melanie to
the saloon to have her hair fixed and every other thing for tonight, they
decided to settle for a low key engagement party because they have a plan of
having the wedding in two weeks time after Mel is done with her papers, it’s
now Perry taking care of all the organisation with patience and their mother
finally declaring they can’t be part of this whole thing, Mel is a little sad
but Perry assures her that those two are nothing but just bad elements, she’s
fixed for the day and they get back home to wait for evening………. Evening comes
and the few invited people start flocking the minister’s home, Ofelia is given
a big recognition as the mother of the Bride, everything is going on well, the
music is on point, the foods and drinks so available and Mrs Pope and her evil
offspring are even making a great effort to appear cheerful and happy at least
in front of the camera…… the party started with bride price negotiation in the
home of Ofelia who had to send a message to Mel’s uncles who had abandoned them
years ago yet they shamelessly came but now the party in the mansion is only by
invitation and people really had a lot of fun….. the party moved and ended so
well with Mel and her mum both spending the night in the mansion………. The
following day, Mel wakes up feeling feverish as if she’s going to have malaria
or something, she tries to assure herself it’s because of yesterday’s busy
schedule but then she remembers she has been feeling like this of late…….she
leaves her mother still sleeping in bed and walks to the big guest bathroom…..
she tries to brush her tooth but she felt so irritated by the smell of the
Colgate…. she sits not even easing herself and then walks back into the room,
she checks her phone and realised she got a message from Ron already wishing
her a blissful day ahead and reminding her that he loves her, she’s not even
happy about the message but she texts him back thanking him…….after an hour,
everyone comes down for breakfast except Mel, minister is so quick to ask why
and Ofelia let’s them know she’s not feeling well but asked her not to tell
them, Ron is furious and leaves the dinning to go talk to Mel but on his way to
her room, he makes a call to their family doctor to come quickly…….he enters
her room and finds her covered in bed though not sleeping “Mel, why would you
hide being sick from everyone” “Ron….. I’m not really ready for this and
please, let me be I won’t let you be until when the doctor arrives and checks
you up thorough and assures me you’re fine” “You didn’t need to call her here”
“This time I did and she’s on her way so don’t even move from here” they
continue to chat until when the doctor arrives, she asks Ron to excuse them as
she does her examination….. but on the first look at Mel, she could tell what
her sickness was “When was the last time you had your periods” “Oh my God!!….
this can’t be” “What can’t be……. look a number of factors trigger missing
period and for your case it’s understandable you have been stressing yourself a
lot lately, getting married to a rich kid is no joke” Melanie is just starring
at no one in particular as the nurse does her examination and checks her urine
she asked for….she tests it and finally it’s confirmed “Congratulations
Madame…. you’re going to be a mother” “What did you just say???”… Ron asks the
question, they had no idea he was in the room and Mel fearfully looks at his
direction, she knows this is the beginning of the end for them……… to be
continued
