One Wrong Turn

Episode 41

The sound of those
words fell on me like a
bomb. My heart
became heavy, my
limbs grew weak, i felt
like dying. I ran up to
Ehis and knelt down
beside him, crying and
pleading.

I kept trying to explain
that things were not
exactly the way they
seemed, i was here by
accident and i wanted
to escape before he
came in.

I swore on my life that
i had nothing to do with
mesode. But the bra in
my hand, and my rough
appearance made
everything i said seem
like a lie.

Mesode simply stood
and watched, without
corroborating my story.
Ehis tore my hands
away from himself and
walked out of the
room, closing the door
behind him.

I remained on the
ground feeling lost and
disconcerted, i was like
a woman in the early
stage of madness. I
sprawled on the floor
weeping. I was yet to
count my loss. Mesode
was busy sipping wine
from a glass cup, and
paid very little
attention to my sobs.
“so shall we continue
from where we
stopped.? ” he asked,
trying to hold me up
from the floor.
” leave me alone, get
out” i screamed, and
pushed him away from
me. I got up without
his help and reached for
my bag. I folded my bra
in two and sq££zed it
into my bag and
headed for the door.
“come back here my
friend, where do you
think you are going? we
are not through”
mesode ordered.
“i’m through with you,
you just ruined my life”
i replied, as i continued
towards the door.

“look here, you can
settle you issues with
my cousin later, that’s
non of my business,
just let me enjoy the
worth of my money,
don’t you know how
much your friend
charged me?
I stopped in my tracks
and turned around, i
needed to understand
his last sentence, i
hoped it was not was i
was thinking.
“what do you mean? ” i
asked with an air of
seriousness.
” don’t ask me dirty
questions, i paid your
friend thirty thousand
naira for this runs, so
let me enjoy myself”

At that point, reality
set in. Hannah had sold
me to a man like a
cheap prostitute_. And i
instantly began to feel
like one. Regret joined
my broken heart, i was
deeply grieved.