The Runs Girl

Episode 32

“Jesus of Nazareth!” I screamed on seeing the black highlander jeep. “You mean this jeep is for me?”
“Yes dear,” the senator replied smiling. “The jeep is for you.”
I couldn’t hide my joy.
I ran round the jeep touching and inspecting every corner of its upholstery.
Then I opened the door to the passenger seat to inspect the inside.
“This is beautiful,” I exclaimed feeling the seats with my hand. “This is very beautiful.”
“I’m happy you like it,” the senator said smiling.
“I sure do like it,” I replied smiling back.
Senator Clifford’s driver drove me back to my hostel in the brand new highlander with me sitting at the back.
The necessity of going for some driving lessons flashed through my mind as we drove back.
My friends at the lodge were so dumbfounded when they saw me.
“Its my new car,” I announced smiling.
“Wow!” They exclaimed with eyes ogling.
I threw a party later that night in the lodge and everybody drank and drank till they were satisfied.
I soon started feeling tipsy and danced freely. One guy slipped his hands into my skirt as we danced but I didn’t mind.
I was high on cloud nine so nothing else mattered.
Around 11pm, an unfamiliar set of guys entered our lodge.
Next thing they drew out guns and started demanding for our phones and everywhere became noisy.
In the chaos, I quickly ran into my room and locked the door.
“Please don’t do this to me,” I heard a female occupant of our lodge screaming downstairs.
“My friend open it well!” A harsh masculine voice countered.
The significance of what was happening was clear to everyone – the poor girl was being raped downstairs.
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The next morning I came downstairs to inspect my jeep and luckily for me it was still in good condition.
There was no scratch anywhere nor bullet marks.
After that I went over to the room of the girl whom I had heard screaming that night.
The poor girl lay on her bed crying profusely.
She had been unlucky that night and had the guys raping her in turns.
I consoled her to the best of my ability and went back to my room.
As I got close to my room, a call came to my phone and I looked to check who it was and saw the name Dennis, my boyfriend, calling.
“You’ve been avoiding my calls,” he complained as soon as I picked.
“I’m no longer interested in this relationship,” I replied shocking him.
He kept silent for sometime before the line went dead.
Another call came in almost immediately. This time it was from Leo hotel.
“A very important senator would be needing your services this night,” the receptionist informed. “Will you be available?”
“Yes I will,” I replied without thinking.
“Alright see you then,” he said and dropped the call.
Initially I was happy for the new job till the significance of Leo hotel and the thought of Ray flashed into my mind.
My instinct told me that it was possible that they must have discovered Ray’s lifeless body and wanted to use the job to draw me out.
I was right.
I decided at that moment that I won’t show up for the job; definitely not in a hotel where I was still a fugitive.
The expected time for me to show up soon came and when I didn’t show up, the receptionist started calling my number but I refused to pick. He gave me over fifty missed calls but still I didn’t pick.
At the end, he gave up and let me be…