EPISODE 7 ❣️🌹
I finally kept away my fears and prepared soup and stew for him. Emmanuel however stayed with me in the kitchen, cracking silly jokes as i cooked.
At exactly 6pm, after i was done cooking and resting, i rose up to leave,
“I have to start going” I said to a surprised Emmanuel, who quic-kly drew close and held me.
“Why the rush? I thought you are spending the night here? Tomorrow is still sunday” he murmured pleadingly,
“I know but i just don’t want to spend the night here” i replied with a frown. But before he could insist, someone knocked on his door.
“Who could it be?” he asked. I scoffed and rolled my eyes,
“Who are you asking eeh?” i asked him. He smiled, walked to the door and opened it.
I felt a funny s-en-sation as soon as he got to his door which made me walk up to him. I got beside him and stared at the door way, there stood Stella standing with her baby in her arms.
I froze with surprise and shock, while the girl stared at me coldly,
“I never knew you are still around” she said to me coldly. I breathed de-eply, forcing out a smile.
“Oh yea, i’m still here” i replied, gr@bb£d Emmanuel by the w@!st and rested my weight on him. She shifted her gaze to Emmanuel who was yet to mutter any word.
“Too bad because i have no where to spend the night and my little daughter is hungry” She added seriously. Emmanuel instantly looked at me while i shrugged. I knew the unfortunate girl was out to make trouble, but i wasn’t in the mood to oblige her, moreover every decision was on Emmanuel to make.
“Won’t you guys let me in?” she asked curiously. I rolled my eyes, bit myl-ips and returned to my chair. She shoved Emmanuel aside, and entered the sitting room, using her baby as a shield.
I stared at the young girl speechlessly, clueless on how to follow her up, while Emmanuel walked up to her with a drawn face.
“I don’t know your plans, but you are not spending the night in this ap@rtment” he said to her. But she simply scoffed and smiled.
“May God protect you from yourself, you are now deceiving this young girl the way you deceived me. Anyway come and carry me out if you can, i’m re-ady for you” she dared him br@vely. But unfortunately her eyes betrayed her with tears.
“St©p being obnoxious and uncivil, it isn’t going to get you anywhere” i advised her with a frown.
“Stay out of this, it’s none of your business” she fired back furiously,
“It’s my business dear, because i f0rç£d him to invite you” i replied. She scoffed, dropped her child on the floor and advanced towards me.
“You want to make it your business right? So shall it be” she threatened murderously, while i shook with fright. It was very obvious she was extremely angry and dangerous. Judging by how furious she was, i knew i was no match to her.
Emmanuel instantly c@m£ forward, gr@bb£d her from behind and dragged her towards the door. She shoved and resisted but Emmanuel’s grip was stronger. With a last minute ferocious move, she levelled her two legs against the wall as soon as Mike got her to the door, using the wall as leverage to s£nd him backwards.
Emmanuel staggered backwards loos£ning his grip a little, which gave the angry girl an opportunity to bite his hands without mercy.
He screamed with surprise as he felt her bite, flunging her away from his b©dy, before descending on her with two sl@ps, which brou-ght out a loud scream from the fighting girl. But instead of backing out, she launched yet another attack, di-ving forward with intention of j£rking him throu-gh the mid section. A very silly move which earned her a knock out punch from an angry Emmanuel.
She fell backwards, gr-abbing her jaw as tears freely flowed down her eyes. Her little baby began crying that moment, moving my fragile heart and getting me more confused, as i contemplated on going for the child or not.
Emmanuel advanced towards her again to render more finishing b!ows, but i sprang up and held him.
“I will have none of this Emmanuel, what has gotten into you?” i asked nervously,
“I’m merely defending myself from this witch, don’t you see she could have easily taken me out?” he answered angrily.
“You la-id your hands on me Emmanuel? You guys don’t know me yet, i will be back shortly” The angry girl threatened and left the house, leaving her baby behind.
A cold shiver instantly ran down my spine.
“What’s she up to?” i wondered fearfully. I knew Emmanuel also asked himself the same question.
What was her plan?
“What do we do dear, what do we do?” i nervously asked as i picked up the crying child.
“I don’t know my dear, i guess we have to wait for her to come for the child, hope you ain’t planning on leaving me here alone?” he asked fearfully.
“Of course not, how do you think i will leave this child with you” i answered. He heaved a sigh of relief.
Anxiously we waited for Stella to show up, the clock soon struck 7:00pm, but she was yet to return. 8:00pm i got very worried and anxious,
“What if she isn’t coming for her baby?” i asked Emmanuel who simply shrugged with confusion.
“There is no way she could have left for the village by that hour, i have a feeling she’s at her brother’s ap@rtment. Her elder brother is a police A.S.P, a graduate in police uniform” he explained lightly. I simply stared at him, extremely shaken and confused.
“I think i still remember the house address the brother once gave me when i was settling her case with the family, i will return the child first thing tomorrow” he added with a blank expression.
“Seriously Emmanuel, how did you get yourself involved with such obnoxious girl eeh?” i asked curiously. He silently scratched his head and shrugged.
“It’s a long story my dear. A very terrible mistake which is slowly eating me up like cancer” he muttered weakly, coll@psed on a chair and sighed. My stomach growled and bit, i was very hungry but had no appetite whatsoever to eat. I knew Emmanuel equally felt the same way.
Exactly 8:38pm, we heard gentle knocks on the entrance door. Emmanuel breathed de-eply, stood up and opened his door. I instantly g@sped as i saw him leap backwards, while two uniformed policemen jumped into the room, gr-abbing his trou-ser by the w@!st, another guy on mufti gently walked in with Stella by his side.
“There she is” i heard Stella say, pointing at me, “she’s the lady that orche-strated the whole plan to steal my child” she said to the policemen. My heart instantly skipped five beats, i felt like disappearing that moment.
“What’s happening, how dare you guys barge into my house to intimid@t£ me, i know my rights” Emmanuel yelled.
“Then you have to start calling your lawyers, because you are in for a very big case”, “as-sault and battery, attem-pted murder and child theft, my friend you ain’t getting easily away this time. You can’t humiliate my younger sister and get away with it whatever be her fault” The guy on mulfi barked angrily, while the two policemen, dragged us into a waiting police Van.
My first visit to Emmanuel’s ap@rtment was a big disaster, it earned me a night at the police station.
EPISODE 8 ❣️👙👙
Emmanuel was thrown into the cell as soon as we arrived at the police station, while i was left to cool off at the counter behind the reception desk.
“I just don’t want to punish you further because just like my sister, you are equally an unfortunate victim in this whole mess, if not i would have thrown you into one of the cells as well” Stella’s brother said to me. I nodded gratefully and thanked him.
“Yes sir, thank you sir” i murmured nervously.
My thoughts kept me company all throu-gh the night as i wondered what Emmanuel’s fate would be. By the look of things, i saw that Stella and her brother were very re-ady for a tough battle. Mosquitoes however never allowed me to think properly, i kept sl@pping myself as i battled them all throu-gh that restless night. I was in a very terrible state the following morning, which luckily arrived very fast.
Fortunately for us, stella’s brother arrived the station very early, and s£nt for us. I hastily walked into his office, while Emmanuel was dragged in minutes later. He looked tired, scared and nervous, but fortunately his b©dy wasn’t in anyway tampered with.
“You know before i joined the police f0rç£, i used to be a very bad pla-yer?. I did everything unthinkable just to get down with a girl, but i never for once la-id my hands on any girl nor got any pregnant. You know why?, Because i used my head” he lectured Emmanuel with a smile, “I’m so sorry mister, but you went too far with my sister this time around, and i’m going to deal with you to the extent you end up losing your job. You know banks hate getting involved in scandals huh?” He asked Emmanuel, who instantly frowned and looked away.
“I alre-ady have mapped out my plans, first i will call the press and some popular bloggers i know, give them the story i prepared about you with the caption, “BANKER COOLING OFF IN POLICE CELL AFTER TRYING TO KILL GIRLFRIEND”, OR “BANKER TRIES TO KILL AN INNOCENT EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL IN HIS Ap@rtMENT” or better still, “BANKER TRIES TO KILL BABY MAMA FOR ANOTHER” he tilted his head sideways and poured out evily, while i g@sped.
“What do you think will become of your job after such news is made public, or what do you think the state prosecutor will do after learning of such case?” He asked with a mischievous smile. The look on Emmanuel’s face was terrible, it was very obvious he was extremely scared. He looked like someone who just saw a ghost.
“I have evidence, plus pictures of my sister’s battered face and doctor’s report” he continued.
“plea-se what is it you want?” Emmanuel nervously asked, interrupting him. The young police officer simply li-cked hisl-ips and smiled.
“Hmmmm what do i want?” Stella’s brother repeated and scoffed.
“You used my sister, got her pregnant, made her unmarriageable, abandoned and broke her heart, I kept quiet and never for a day challenged you.” “When my parents managed to fetch you for talks, you showed up, claimed responsibility and disappeared like a ghost, i still never bothered you”, “I took care of my sister without complaining, but i guess because of our soft nature and the way we handled everything, you thought you could do as you like, thereby further insulting my family by inviting the innocent girl to your house, so as to beat her up and snatch her baby” he poured out calmly, while Emmanuel nervously watched him like a rat watching a friendly cat.
“What do you expect me to ask for eeh?” he asked Emmanuel, who simply shrugged silently.
“I can’t f0rç£ you to marry my sister, neither can i allow you to walk away from your responsibility over her and the little girl” he added seriously.
“But this isn’t a case settled in the police station, can’t we do it elsewhere, like in your house or village?” Emmanuel asked pleadingly,
“Oh yes, but i don’t trust you, moreover my sister is the person pressing charges and i fear you might spend more time here with us” he replied with an evil smile.
“Oh goodness me! i beg of you, don’t do this to me, i can’t afford to skip work even for a day, plea-se” Emmanuel begged nervously, while i nodded in support.
“Alright, but there is still one more thing you have to do, if i’m to allow you guys to leave” the young officer added and li-cked hisl-ips.
“You have to sign some papers, it’s just like an un-dertaking which you have to accept, before i let you have your freedom” he added as he brou-ght out two envelopes, which he placed before Emmanuel.
“All you have to do is just to sign both of them, you go with one copy, i keep the second copy for myself” he explained as Emmanuel went throu-gh the papers.
“You don’t expect me to sign this cra-p do you?” i soon heard Emmanuel ask with a raised tone.
“How do you expect me to suspend my upcoming wedding, till i settle issues with your sister?” he asked angrily.
“Oooh so the wedding rumors are true??,” “yes sir, my request is very reasonable, because that’s what any sane man will do. For the sake of my family’s pride and for the sake of tradition, you have every reason to sit down and settle with us, before rushing into another marriage, moreover which church will wed you when you are yet to resolve your problems eeh?, my friend you better sign the two papers, because it’s that or nothing” the young officer sprang up and barked loudly, hitting the table with his fist. My heart skipped a hundred times over.
It just looked as if someone was b!owing an air of misfortune towards my happiness.
“I hope my girl is free to leave?” Emmanuel asked quietly with his eyes on me. The young officer calmed himself, sat on his chair and breathed de-eply as he stared at me.
“She’s free to leave, i have nothing against her for the moment, but i will be f0rç£d to involve her if we are unable to reach an agreement” he replied. Emmanuel instantly smiled at me,
“Hope you heard him baby?, you are free to go outside and wait for me” he said while i blu-shed and shook my head.
“Don’t worry about me, i think it’s better i sit here and listen to everything” I replied with a calm smile. He shook his head and stared into my eyes.
“I insist dear, plea-se go outside and wait for me, plea-se i beg of you” he pleaded seriously. I breathed de-eply, stood up and left the officer’s office without another word. I really wasn’t happy that he asked me to leave, because i was keenly following the whole drama like a soap opera. Perhaps he did it to protect me, or did it to hide something from me, time will tell.
As i angrily left the police building, i ran into stella at the entrance . She smiled as soon as she saw me and st©pped,
“HI friend good morning!” she greeted. I felt like ignoring her, but my anger overc@m£ me. I st©pped and stared at her furiously.
“What’s good about the morning?” I asked angrily,
“Oh a lot dear, today’s Sunday don’t you know?, Oh how would you remember since you spent your night in a good h0tel huh” she replied with a smile.
“Whatever you are planning, just know that bad things doesn’t last, you will be judged for your actions, better know that” i preached and made to leave, but she strongly held my right hand, which surprised and st©pped me.
“Where is your child p—–t? You want to fight me again huh?” I asked with burning eyes. She scoffed and shrugged.
“Come on babe cool off, we should be friends instead of enemies” she said with a changed tone,
“I don’t have your time, so plea-se get behind me” i yelled and turned to leave.
“Whether you like it or not, you will be seeing more of my pres£nce and i advise you leave that obnoxious Emmanuel and make something good out of your life now you still have the time, because i will make his life miserable and burn who ever stands on my way. I think i have given you fair warning my lady. Emmanuel spoiled my life and i won’t st©p until i spoil his” she threatened seriously. I froze for a while, meditated over her words and walked away silently.
A new fear erupted in my heart. I had no doubt she was serious with her threats.
“Can i stand her? what else is she planning?, is there something i’m yet to find out about Emmanuel?” i wondered fearfully, my legs shook while my heart pounded furiously.
How will this whole issh end?
We’ll find out soon!
TBC