Burgundy

Episode 34

She was troubled, she started walking up and down not knowing what to say.

She later sat down and said so calmly and even looks like she will cry.
“Please, Sandra…please unlock the door let me leave here. I don’t want any more trouble, I have had enough. I want to go home. Sandra…please. Mart, tell her to let me out.

I was mute and did not say a word. Sandra turned to Ireti and said.
“Ireti, you still have time to tell us who is responsible for your pregnancy before the doctor and police men gets here because I’m not letting you out until you tell us. And if it belongs to Mart is all good, we will know how to handle that but you have to speak up now. By tomorrow, you will be locked up and may even give birth in prison if you don’t open up now. This is not a joke. it will be your second arrest and you will be so sorry for trying to outsmart us with your pregnancy. The doctor just sent a message that in the next 30minutes him and the police men will be here so Ireti you still have enough time to think about your life in prison. Think of how hard it will be carrying your pregnancy and parading in the prison yard and it will be a double offence if at the end you are not pregnant, you may spend up to three years in prison….think deep about that….

Ireti couldn’t hide her discomfort. She wiped her face, got up and looked out of the window. She began to scratch her hair roughly. I guess she was thinking of screaming for help but nobody will hear her. Even Musa will not answer her. She sat back down and looked at me with a pleading look, I quickly look away and stationed my eyes on the television as Sandra was doing.

Ireti began to talk calmly with a pleading voice. This time as she speaks there was tears in her eyes.

“I’m sorry, please. I’m very sorry….i don’t want to go back to that police cell. I hate the thought and smell of that place. Please open the door so that I can go to my house. Mart, I’m sorry, I lied. The night you got drunk…nothing happened between us. I actually try to make you do it but you were too weak to corporate so I staged the whole saga by going naked and taking your clothes off but nothing happened and I’m not pregnant. I just did not want you to leave me and the moment you told me that you were moving on with Sandra I couldn’t bear it so I grabbed the opportunity of staging the pregnancy thing. I’m not pregnant…I know I may lose you at the end to Sandra so I wanted to do anything possible to keep you close by. I’m sorry. there’s no pregnancy…please. Sandra I’m sorry, you are more difficult than I thought. Please forgive me and open the door so that I can go before the doctor and police gets here. Please let me go and I promise not to ever trouble you or Mart again. I’m so sorry. I’m ready to abide by any rules you lay if only you will let me get out of here before the police arrives. I’m begging you…