VIOLATED: The agony of a girl Part four
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Four
The sky was still dim and everywhere was quiet except for cockerels announcing the gradual breaking of dawn. I stood at the bus stop with my school bag, few of my clothes and the beast's wallet where I had counted fifteen thousand naira large enough to take me to my dad's in Maryland and with enough pocket full of money.
There were a handful of people at the bus stop when I arrived. Most were dressed in office wears with a look of seriousness and acasual but timed look at their wristwatches and the sky above as if they wanted to be sure that the time corresponds to what the sky above revealed.
The first bus that came by was nearly full. I couldn't get a seat. It was a fight of the survival of the fittest. Two more buses came but I couldn't get a chance until about 6:00am when I finally secured a seat beside a lady who kept talking to herself and cursing bitterly a certain Mojisola who lured her to a night party where she was gang raped.
I connected with her in my mind instantly listening to her bitter outburst and the unending tears that filled her eyes. Some concerned voices appealed to her to stop the tears and promptly report the matter to the police. She was not listening. She kept cursing and crying, scattering her hair in the process.
It was beginning to look serious when she laughed as she cried. Wiping her tears, crying and laughing. There was sudden fear on all of us. She suddenly yelled, demanding that the driver stop because she was no longer interested in the journey.
He found a spot ahead suitable for him to park. She came down when he stopped and began stripping herself until she was almost naked. Everyone watched with shock. But none made any to come down for fear. Most of us ordered the driver to speed away at once for fear if people noticed, they might raise the alarm that we were responsible.
I was extremely scared of what had just happened. The fear that I might run mad like the lady worried me. The only difference between us was that she was gang raped. But we both experienced the pain and the trauma of being raped.
We got to Maryland without further incident except that the matter was discussed throughout the journey. Our house stood at the far end of a close. The whole place was quiet like a grave yard. The front of each bulding were lined with colourful flowers. The fences are low that one can see what is happening inside the compound.
I knocked at the gate several times before somebody opened it. It wasn't Aliru our gatekeeper. For some seconds I was speechless looking inside of the compound with a rush of emotions. The house held for me the most wonderful memory with my dad and my mother until one afternoon when my mother said we had to leave that the house was no longer safe for us.
"Who I dey look for ", the Hausa man said snapping me out of my reverie.
"I am looking for Mr Thomas", I said with my heart racing for no just cause.
" Mr. Thomas I no libe por hiar", he said spitting a few distance away from me and and chewing the stick in his mouth. I was stunned my the information that i had just received. A man who had been listening to us from the compound came out after some time.
"Who are you looking for", he asked.
"I want to see mr Thomas", I said with a voice i didnt believe was mine.
"I don't know any body by that name. I just moved in few days ago.
"Do you know where they moved to?"
I have already asked the question before I realised how thoughtless it was.
The man shook his head nonetheless and both of them entered into the compound leaving me to my fate and to my tears.
Everything seems to be working against me. I would have thought that my pains would be allevaited when I get to see my dad but the reverse is the case.
The tears came in ceaseless flow to my eyes. Where will I turn? To whom do I go to for help? I certainly can go to my mum because I don't even know where she is living. Even if I do, I can't even think of going. The beast might look for me or report to her that I stole his money.
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