married episode 11 & 12

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Episode 11
©Miriam Edem

I was so scared as I hurried off and looked back at intervals thinking someone saw me as I left the church. I tried as-suring myself I did the right thing but my daughter face was all I saw, then I looked down to see i was with my bag that also contained her clothes.
“I didn’t drop her clothes? What if she catches cold? I thought and turned to go back hating myself I did that when a bus st©pped and I was pushed in by some guys while my bag dropped on the road. I struggled in the bus with them as they covered my mouth but I saw the other guy giving the one who held me a handkerchief and everything bec@m£ blackout.

I woke up and saw myself in an empty room where I saw 3 other girls of my age with me and I confusedly looked at them wondering how I got there,
“Where…… The door opened interrupting me and I recognized the one who handed a handkerchief to the one who held me. The girls there were so scared as they looked at him while I waited to see what is going to happen next,
“Are you finally awake? He asked referring to me.

“What am I doing here? How did I get here plea-se? I asked.
“Someone wants to see you, get up! He shouted holding me up while I struggled but he gave me a deadly look that made me behave.

That was when I knew I was in a very beautiful building as I was taken out, everywhere was sparkling as i looked around but what I saw shocked me and I weakly looked at the guy who dragged me there,
“But I don’t know him na, plea-se let me go, I said.
“Shut up! The guy shouted.

“Is she the girl you found yesterday? The so called old man with scary white beards asked.
“Yes boss, we found her at night on the road, the guy replied.

“plea-se you’re mistaken you carried the wrong person, I have a 7 months old sick daughter I went to get drugs for, i was looking for a pharmacy plea-se let me go, I cried knowing I’ve been hearing scary things that happens in the city but I never imagined it will happen so quic-k.
“Will you shut up! You only speak up here when you are permitted! The guy shouted and landed a sl@p on my face.

“Leave her, but its too late, you’re alre-ady in my house and I can’t let you go, the old man said and i knelt down,
“plea-se sir I am begging you, I have to take Care of my baby, I cried.

“But you are a baby yourself, let me take Care of you okay, take her away, the man said.
“No! plea-se sir I am begging you! I shouted as the guy violently dragged me and threw me back to the room he carried me from. I ran back to the door hitting it shouting and begging,

“you’re wasting your time, one of the girls said to me.
“What is going on here? I asked.

“The man you saw is the boss, very rich, but what he does is sleep with us, one of the girls replied and my eyes bulged out.
“You mean he will sleep with me? I weakly as asked as I leaned on the door.

“I wish it was only that, but there’s more, the other girl replied.
“What? I asked with my heart beating fast.

“He’s a demonic person, his man-hood is strange and it stings inside you. Most girls don’t survive it long and One died yesterday morning that is why he asked for a replacement, she replied and I looked at her hoping that replacement is not me.
“But I don’t un-derstand, what are you saying? I asked.

“Don’t worry until you get to his room, the last girl who didn’t voice out harshly replied.
“How did you survive that? I asked the first girl who spoke up and she lifted up her go-wn and I saw irritating green veins all over her l@ps,

“What’s that? I asked as she covered it back.
“I won’t last for long, the more he sleeps with us he inflicts us with strange things that su-cks us daily, those who are not strong dies instantly or last for 2 days. This is my 5th day here and I don’t think I can bear it any longer, the girl replied and I couldn’t feel my feet anymore. Chinenye mother voice hits me ha-rd as I shook my head with tears pouring down freely.
Was my mother right? Why did I even run away for me to die such stupid death in the first place? I asked myself and the door opened with f0rç£ which hits me ha-rd because I was leaning on it.

“Will you get out from here! This time was a different guy who shouted on me as if I was a chicken who wanted eating his rice.
“You, over here, he said and pointed at the girl who raised her go-wn for me and she was very scared as she looked at us.

“Don’t waste my time! He shouted and she struggled to get up which he harshly held her on her hand and dragged her out shutting the door behind. God knows my spirit flew away when I heard ‘you, over here”. I thought it was me as I folded myself catching severe cold.

The only thing I heard in that room was my cries and I don’t even know what exactly I was crying for. Was I crying for my sick daughter I don’t know if she was taken by a good person? Or was i worried about my mother thinking how she will be so sad and disappointed I left her that way? Or should I cry for the fact that I used my own hands to sign my death warrant by running away from home? If I had remained in the village I would have avoided such predic@m£nt, now I’ve lost my daughter when I don’t know where I am or if I will ever leave this place alive. Everything broke me down that I wished I left my daughter behind at least to give my mother comfort and not leave her that lonely, but then I ran away because of her but I was so wrong.

“She should be back by now, I heard the other girl said and I sat up where i la-id.
“How did you know? I asked them.

“Its more than 30 minutes since she left, she must be dead, the girl replied and immediately the door opened. Hey God! It was as if that door should not open for life, let it remain close that way because whenever it opens my heart skips. We were shaking as we looked at them but he drew a stretcher in,
“Say hello to your friend, he said with no human conscience and the girls closed their eyes ti-ght but I did not. I stood up from where I sat to the door to take a look at her b©dy, but I saw strange things on her,

“What are you doing to her? I asked the guy and he smiled.
“Don’t worry questioner, another person will equally ask the same question for you, bye, he replied and pushed me, drew the stretcher back and shut the door and I looked at the girls.

“What is that on her b©dy and why did she change color? She looks like someone who has died for days when she just left us few minutes ago, I asked and the other one began to cry.
“I don’t know why they are treating us like this, what kind of punishment is this? The girl asked crying but that was not the answer to my question as I staggered and got up to return to where I sat before. Is it really true the man injects things into them by just slee-ping with them? Is this some kind of rituals or something? Hey Sharon so like this now you’ll suffer both r@p£ and rituals at the same time? I wondered.

The room was so quiet but I was seriously thinking ha-rd and looked round the room. There was no window that can make us escape but I knew I have to do something, Sharon can’t die this way or suffer another terrible and painful r@p£ when I haven’t healed from the first one.
“St©p thinking, it won’t help you, the harsh one said, maybe she noticed the way I was looking round but I ignored her. I stood up and tried to remember how the outside was when I was taken out, and I looked at the girls,

“If I’m not mistaken, this room leads to an outside right? I mean its like there is a kind of bushy feild just outside this room right? I asked and the harsh girl smiled.
“You’re right, the feild where the girls are buried, where do you want to escape? The girl replied and I looked at her feeling so useless and stupid.

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Episode 12.
©Miriam Edem

I breathed out and paced round knowing I can’t give up now,
“I don’t know about you but its very necessary that I leave this place, I told her.
“What’s your name? The harsh one asked.

“Sharon, I replied.
“Sharon, st©p dreaming because you can’t leave this place, she replied.

“Well good for you, i angrily said and went back to the wall to lean on it but it made a sound as if I hit my head on a wood.
I ru-bbe-d my hands on it and knocked and it gave a resounding sound, not like that of a wall,
“There’s a wood here, if we can break this then we can escape, I told them and they managed to get up from where they sat and met me confirming what I said.

“If we can leave this room we can escape, the harsh girl said.
“But you said the field is where the girls are buried it may be fenced, the girl said.

“When I tried escaping yesterday when the guys was returning me to the room, I ran to the door and I don’t think the area is fenced, its only protected and it must lead somewhere, but we still have to do something, the girl replied while I used my eyes round the room searching for something to break it but it was very clean.
“When are they coming back here? I asked.

“This night, the boss has just eaten, the harsh girl replied.
“Is he a human being or an animal? I asked.

“Thats not important what are we going to do? She asked back.
“We nee-d something to break this, at least a stone can do but then I hope they won’t hear the noise, I replied but the girls went back to their normal position and sat down while I looked at them.

“Did you un-derstand me at all? i asked going to them and the door opened.
The guy who took me out pushed in plates of good jellof rice with big l@ps of chickens and bottle water that my eyes bulged open as he shut the door back.

“Ewo! Is this what you eat here? I asked them.
“They have to feed us for their money, I knew they were coming that’s why we left the place, the girl replied and took a spoon from the food.

“What are you doing? I asked but she went to the corner i was sitting before I left and that was when I saw an iron on the wall which I don’t know what it was for,
“Let’s start with this, because they will soon go out to hunt for a new replacement, the harsh girl said carefully using the handle of the spoon to lose the bolt that held the iron. Despite the rice was entering my eyes, I took a spoon also to loose the other end while the other girl sat down eating.

It was not easy but we had to do something, and when we succeeded to loose it after enduring the pain at the ti-p of our f!ngers, I saw that the iron was quite heavy.
“Let’s eat, the girl said to me but I shook my head.
“I have a daughter to fetch and I don’t want to waste time here, I said to her.

“Eat because you won’t see this again until tomorrow, don’t worry I’ll start with the breaking, the girl who was eating said and she stood up getting the iron from me. I showed her the place of the wood quite scared,
“Easy plea-se, I told her and shifted backward as she landed the iron on the wall. The first layer cracked which she used her hand to peel it off to reduce the excessive noise that will come from the iron,

“I’ve told you to eat so you’ll have the strength, the harsh girl said to me and I sat down and began eating as we watched her do the job. She was able to peel off the first layer revea-ling the wood, it was a small area but manageable for us to pas-s throu-gh,
“How are we sure this will lead us outside? She asked looking at us.

“It will, I think the cement was not enough and they replaced it with wood somehow, the harsh girl replied and stood up knocking on the wood,
“Its soft, give it a wound, she continued and she continuously used the iron on the wood while I almost got choked with the food and coughed.

“Easy plea-se, what if they hear the noise? I asked very disturbe-d.
“I have told you the boss has eaten, when this happens they leave and this is the only opportunity we have, the harsh girl replied.

“But the guys? i asked.
“They have gone to hunt, relax Sharon and hurry up with the food, The other girl replied as they stood together breaking the woods while I joined them later. Just as we guessed, the wall led to the outside and we took the water they gave us and pas-sed throu-gh the small opening we gave outside. I was the last, but I saw it necessary to carry the bended iron for protec-tion, because I was re-ady to use it on anyb©dy eyes who will try to st©p me on the way.
The whole place was smelling and we saw the b©dy of the girl they took in the morning at a corner,

“They didn’t even bury her, the girl said as I pitifully looked at her and we pas-sed.
“So you have a daughter? The harsh girl asked and I nodded.

“How old? Because you’re still very young, the other girl said.
“7 months, I replied and We saw a high fence made with iron bars and the girls looked at me,

“Try it, the harsh one said.
“Try what? I asked back.

“Try to see if you can climb, you’re stronger than us and we are getting weak, at least let us see the way you will put your legs while climbing, she replied. As a village girl what have I not climbe-d before? Without wasting time I threw the water over to the other side, dropped the iron I held and began to climb, but when I was at the t©p where I saw curly iron wires I heard a shout,
“Hey! St©p there! One of the guys shouted and with that shock I don’t know how I rolled over the wire and landed heavily on the ground that I heard my ankle crack.

“Sharon run! I heard the girls screamed on me and I placed my hand on the water I threw alre-ady and ran as fast as I could.
“Get them! One has escaped! I heard them shout and I thought it was risky to still run on the road though both sides were bushy but there was a clear narrow path. Since I don’t know how the building was built nor was I able to un-derstand the environment, the entrance may just be very close and I didn’t want to risk that, so I entered into the bush and hid when I heard a car coming.

I was very thirsty and gulped down the water at once still trying to endure the pains from my ankle as I breathed so ha-rd alone in the bush looking around. 2 cars pas-sed which I strongly suspect to be the guys but I didn’t want to leave the bush scared they might be waiting on the road for me.
“What has happened to the girls? Oh Sharon is this your punishment?, I fearfully said to myself not knowing what to do next.

I stayed there for a very long time and dusk began to fall on me but I didn’t have the courage to leave that place despite the cars returned. I still saw it to be a plan, because they can’t give up like that nau, they must have dropped some guys on the road to catch me when once my shadow pas-ses. Just as I thought, the cars c@m£ out again and I was still watching, and after some minutes it returned with a very big black one following at the back.
“Chineke! Is this what people uses human beings to do? I asked myself and saw it as a right time to leave, at that time, it was very very late and so dark but I never allowed sleep to cross my eyes throu-gh out that time.

I c@m£ out peeping at first to be sure the area was very clear, and that was how I took my one and a half leg and limp to wherever it led me to…………….

TBC