VIOLATED: THE AGONY OF A GIRL Part three
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Three
The phone rang for all eternity before someone picked it up. It was a woman. Soft. Calm.
"Hello, please who is on the line?"
I hadn't expected to hear a woman's voice. Has my daddy also gotten himself another woman to replace my mother?
"Can you hear me", the soft voice at the other end asked, patiently waiting for a response.
"Hello, good afternoon. I want to speak with Mr. Thomas."
"Who might you be, please?"
"I am his daughter".
"His daughter?", she intoned with sudden alarm.
"Yes ma... Toyin".
"Oh...Toyin".
There was a long pause. Perhaps contemplating whether to tell or not where my father is at the moment.
"Well, Toyin...I...em... am sorry he is not available right now".
"Where is he ma? I really need to speak with him. It is urgent".
There was another pause before the line finally went dead.
I dialled the number again but it was switched off. Fustrated, I paid the pay phone operator and headed home, wondering what could be going on? I don't even know who the woman is? Has my father remarried? Could there be something that is not clear to me here?
I have been hit by another heavy blow. As it is now, no one wants me! The two people in my life that I thought I could share my ordeal with are faraway. My mother is acting like a witch and my father is God-knows-nowhere! What is really happening here?
It was around 11:45 pm that I was rudely woken up by the beast. As soon as I saw him, terror filled my eyes. I sat up trembling with the memory of last night.
"What happened to our agreement", he bellowed with a deep frown that sent my heart racing widely.
" I didn't tell her", I pleaded unsure of what else to say.
" I see but she came over to do what?", he was closing in on me while I was trying to keep away from him.
" I was scared", I said with tears forcing their way into my eyes.
"Scared of what exactly ?", he asked with a devilish smile that tortured me deep into my soul.
"We are going to do it tonight", he said unbuckling his belt. I wanted to scream but the small knife he brought out from his back pocket made me thought better of it.
He grabbed me by the waist and carried me to the bed. I tried to fight him off but he showed me the knife making it touch my neck threatenly.
I creamed when he forced himself into me. His free hand was quick to pick the pillow to cover my face. It was choking me and I struggled for breath. When he noticed this, he removed it and used his palm instead.
In between sobs and pains I pleaded for leniency for a crime I did not commit but the beast on top of me is completely deaf. When his palm slidded off my mouth, I begged with tears.
" Uncle Tade, please don't do this to me. We are family".
He let out a wheezing laughter that ended in a frown.
"I am not your uncle", he thundered with a million veins showing on his neck.
I swallowed hard, temporarily forgetting the fire burning between my legs. Wondering whether his last outburst came as a result of the untamable lust in his musles and veins or the naked truth.
He continued his manic ride more ferocious than ever. Until finally reaching the zenith, he collapsed on top of me. His weight nearly choke me as I wriggled myself from under him totally exhausted and almost fainting.
He fell immediately into a sleep afterwards, snoring as usual. An idea struck me like a flash. Why not stab the rapist at once and put paid to my nightly misery?
I thought of the idea over and over again but I couldnt bring myself to perform it. What if I killed him, I could be caught and labelled a murderer!
The thought of it choke me with fear. I don't want to add murder to my misery.
I sat down on the floor crying and wishing I had died at infancy. I wondered if the woman who calls herself my mother is really who she says she is. What if I go in search of my daddy on my way to school? Wouldn't it be better to run away than to return here? But how was I going to get money? I had exhausted all the little savings I got before we left my dad.
My eyes reverted to the beast on the bed and an idea came to my mind. I smiled at the new discovery and waited patiently for the new day.
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