(Episode 12) A Letter from Jail … Life sucks beyond words

November 18, 2016 AdeLove AdeLove Stories, Today's Trending...., Uncategorized 96

“What is keeping this girl from opening this door. You want this shit to come out shey?” What kind of embarrasment is this, walahi. Alhaji complained and mistakenly pushed the door open. My heart jumped to my mouth as what Alhaji’s reaction would be flashed through my mind.

I did not know the door was unlocked, I looked behind, Moses still laid there, half naked. Alhaji came in holding his pants, was about to rush to the guest toilet when he saw Moses moving on the floor, shocked

Alhaji: “A’uzubillahi…! Wayo Allah na! Shiber…who is this akuya (Goat) standing naked in our fallow (parlour)? Young man, dan iska, what are you doing here? Naked man answer mana or you want me to call the folis (police)? Shiber, why are you too naked? What is happening po (for) here?”

Me: “B…bbb…baby, he is my friend…I…I…” I kept quiet, seeing Alhaji’s trousers wet.

Alhaji: “Why Shiber, why? Am I not enough for you? Why bring this black skeleton to our house? Why ? Or is his thing sweeter than my own? Don’t I satisfy you enough? Shegiya kewai. I though you said mine was the sweetest? Or are you saying that I am no longer man enough for you after you got admssion?”

Me: “I am sorry Alhaji, it was…”

Alhaji: “Shut up! You want to blame the devil? You are the devil Shiber. ” he came closer to me, I took some steps backwards.

“Let me call the folis! A bastard is here tapping from my Shiber yoghurt. Armed robber in my house, raping my Shiber…shikenan!”

Me: “Please sir, no sir. Please…”

Alhaji: “Oh you now call me Sir? Me, Alhaji Mohammed Yahaya Abdullah, Sir? God will punish you wallahi” he stretched his hands to hit me, Moses interrupted

Moses: “Don’t you dare touch her!” he stood up to stop Alhaji.

“Are you not ashamed? This girl is young enough to be your grand daughter…”

Alhaji dropped his hand, held his trousers in shame and left the house; I was scared, what was he going to do next, I asked myself.

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I had not heard from Alhaji for weeks, I went to his office to apologise several times but his receptionist would not let me in. Distracted, I did not bother going for lectures because I did not know what plans he had for me. Meanwhile, Moses had been acting so weird, he would return from school and wouldn’t check on me; I decided to go see him. He was not home, I met him arguing about politics in the school cafeteria

Me: “Sweety, you and politics. I checked, you were not home. I just knew you would be here” I smiled

Moses: “Can’t you see I’m busy and what ‘s that sweety I just heard you call me? I told you to use such pet names only when we are together. Why did you have to come all the way here, you should have waited at home” he whispered, pushing me out of the cafeteria

Me: ‘But I barely know when you are back. I haven’t seen you in days. We need to talk, baby please” I followed him out

Moses: “let us meet at home, I am busy discussing something important with my guys. Why are you so rigid?”

That was how he discharged me that day, he had clearly shown me that our relationship meant nothing to him. Loneliness sapped me dry; Alhaji had not replied my letters to him, I could not figure out what he was going to do to me. I also did not have any friend to talk to, I was devastated, waiting for Moses to get back to his senses, I took one of my notebooks and began to write, the things I had gone through- I knew it would made me feel better.

“Where is that prostitute, where is she, danbanza!” I heard Alhaji’s voice from the gate

Running as fast as I could, I began to grab my treasured accessories. He came in with two huge men, dragged me by my hair; my body swept the whole floor as I screamed for help.

Alhaji: “Shameless prostitute, I didn’t even know I would find you here. Where is that armed robber you call a boyfriend, why don’t you call him to save you from this shame?” he looked at the men

“Have your share and throw her body in the streets where she belongs to. I am done with her!” he ordered the men

One after another, the men took turns; Alhaji watched as I bled and screamed for help. Finally, the dark skinned man turned me around and stuck his thing in my anus, the memory of Mr. David began to fly in my head, once, I saw his face, the vision was blurry, and my whole body was on fire…

Alhaji: “Good job young men. When she gets to the other side, she would tell them this story. No one toils with the heart of a Kaduna Man!” he announced

Those were the last words I heard, in fact, they were the last words I thought I would hear on earth.

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Moses: “You have to wake up o. I don’t have money to take you to the hospital, what kind of trouble have I gotten myself into like this…” I heard a familiar voice

Then I opened my eyes slowly, the sharp pain from my pelvic region held me down as I tried to stand up to know what was happening and who was holding me.

Moses: “Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. You almost stopped me from attending the SUG meeting, now I’m late. That Alhaji must be so mean. See how he messed you up” he dusted his shirt and left his house.

When he returned and found me where he had left me, he told me what had happened. After Alhaji and his men had had their time, they dumped me outside the gate naked. It was with the help of the gate man that he brought me in; Alhaji had thought I was dead. Nothing surprised me more than the way Moses made it a big deal; he had stressed the fact that he had to bathe me and clean me up. He lamented like I was not his girl friend but a stranger. Exams were approaching very fast, I could not go to the hospital to treat myself; Moses was broke and Alhaji had taken everything he had given to me.

The smell oozing from my anus was worse than the smell from newly hatched chicken eggs, it was the fluid coming out from there I guessed; whenever his friends came around the house, he would open the windows and spray the whole house with his room freshener. It was so bad that I could perceive, I knew I was rottening inside me; he came back from school one day and let his heart out

Moses: “Shiber, this smell has chased my friends. I have a suggestion o” he declared

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Me: “What is it, my darling? “ I asked, folding his boxers

Moses: “Why don’t you go to any of your sisters or friends for now, until you are better. You can’t keep staying here. My mother is coming next week, even my dad too, and that my niece I told you about. They are all coming to stay for like three months. They can’t meet you here…I’m sorry”

Moses knew I had nobody, he used to tease me about that; he also told me he was like me and had no family. Were his parents coming out of the dead? I asked myself. I dropped the last boxers I folded and quickly knelt down, holding his trousers

Me: “I don’t have where to go, please give me till the end of this semester then I would find my way…please sweetheart” I pleaded.

He looked away and frowned,

Moses: “I feel for you. I have made so much sacrifice, I cannot continue. Please leave, Shiber” he pulled his leg from my hand and walked away

I knelt there with my head buried in my palms

“Where do I go from here?” I asked

Will Moses reconsider his decision? How will Shiber overcome the awful smell? Will she survive?

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