3 HOURS LATER
Bolanle: I never knew i wasn't important to my parents untill today, for the past 3 hours they failed to come home; what kind of a parents are they? I swear I will make them pay for this…Ayomide! Aren’t you done cooking? Please hurry up so you can present the food to them.
Ayomide: (comes out of the kitchen) big sis, I don’t think I can take this food to them, the jollof rice taste very nasty; gosh online chef tutorials are the worse! What am I going to do now? I thought they will call me for being late but still I didn’t hear from them…
Bolanle: that’s their problem, if you don’t know how to cook jollof rice then go the restaurant and take dad credit card, is not your fault you didn’t know how to cook but mom’s…
Ayomide: are you sure I can take it?
Bolanle: Oh please hurry up now, they must be starving! (Suddenly her phone ring) hello who is this? What!.......... What happened to them?
Ayomide: (worried to see her reaction on the phone)
Bolanle: accident! (she fell on the ground immediately) which hospital? We are coming there now!! (she sadly drop the phone from her ears as she break down in tears panting heavily) no this cant be happening! This cant be!
Ayomide: (scared) sis what happened? Please speak up what happened to mom? (she yelled at her) I said what happened to our parents!
Bolanle: (she tried to speak as tears continue to flow down her eyes but she lost her voice due to the shock)
Ayomide: (she sit next to her) please I hope nothing bad happen to them? (her sister didn’t respond to her questions which makes her yell at her) what happened to our parents!
Bolanle: i…I …. Mummm………..dad…. had an …. They had an….acci..
Ayomide: (she fall on her knees and break down in tears) no!!!!!!!!!!!! this cant be happening! I still have a long way to go in my life, i have so many dreams to achieve in my life and my parents are the only one to make that dream come through noo!!!!!!!!!!! Are you sure its our parents? Speak up!!! (she yelled angrily)
Bolanle: (she nodded in tears and continue with the explanation) they said my mom passed away instantly the accident occurs because she hits her jaw at a trailer leading her jaw bones to break and half of her face is brushed off by the trailer and and (break down in tears) and lost her two legs leading to her sudden death ( she began to roll on the floor crying bitterly) noooo!!!!! This cant be true this cant be happening…. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Ayomide: (she fall on her feet instantly) no! mummy cant be dead! Noooo! (she began to scatter her hair and clothes) this cant be happening right now…noooo! Not mummy…
Bolanle: (she quickly get up and embrace her) its ok we need to be strong, they said dad is still alive but severely injured and he has lost his sight, we need to be strong for dad right now, so please don’t cry… (she console her in tears)
Ayomide: (she angrily push her away) don’t you dare touch me! you are the cause of their accident and you are the cause of mom’s death! You always think you are the princess of the house and mom’s treasure till you use your stupidity to land them to their dead, I hate you for this and I will never forgive you for what you’ve done (she sadly wipe her tears as tears continue to flow down her eyes)
Bolanle: am sorry but I never knew this will happen am sorry, we are both In pain and I never want this to happen please… forgive me.
Ayomide: I will never ever forgive you for this and I will forever hate you till am no more (she angrily push her hand and put on her head tie) whats the name of the hospital? (she ask crying bitterly) take me to the hospital now!!
Bolanle: (she wipe her tears with her clothes as she get up) lets go…
Ayomide: oh my God! Why is this happening to us? Our poor sister is at the hospital trying to survive now our parents? What have we done to deserve this?
Bolanle: lets go Ayomide! Don’t cry please wipe your tears.. we need to be strong for her… lets go.
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Later in the evening
Mubarak: (enter the house) am home honey!
Mustakeemah: (leave all she is doing in the kitchen and pick a race into the living room to welcome him) welcome sir (she quickly take his bag from him and off his jacket, remove his tie and shoes and hurriedly take them to the room, she open the door for him to enter and remove his socks) the shower is ready sir.. and your food will be serve in 2 minutes..
Mubarak: you didn’t ask how my day went.
Mustakeemah: oh am so sorry sir, how was your day? I hope it wasn’t stressful sir?
Mubarak: well yes it was so stressful and someone got me annoyed at the office.
Mustakeemah: (lost in thought) oh my God! Who is the devil that got him annoyed? Now he will lay all the anger on me, what should I do?
Mubarak: (snap his fingers) what are you thinking about? Am talking you and you are thinking something else?
Mustaakeemah : no sir! I was just thinking of how to make you happy and forget all what happened at the office that’s what I was thinking about, so sorry sir..
Mubarak: oh really? In that case….. you need to satisfy me on bed tonight, that’s the only solution you can give today so get yourself ready for me, (he get up) what are you waiting for?
Mustakeemah: oh sorry sir (she move closer to him and off his shirt an trouser) there you go sir (she place them in the laundry room)
Mubarak: (he put on his towel and head into the bathroom) you know what to do next.
Mustkeemah: yes sir! (she open his wardrobe and bring out his night wares and put a clean palm by the side of the door… she also makes sure there is no stain in the clothes then she head back to the kitchen to serve him his dinner) please taste delicious in his mouth oh, I don’t want to be bath with you this night… here I go (she lift the tray of food and head back to his room)
30 minutes later.
Mubarak: (enjoying his dinner) well this food taste delicious tonight, well done my love…you deserve something good on bed tonight….
Mustakeemah: (sad face) thank you sir (standing by the door as he eat)
Mubarak: that reminds me, your aunt’s daughter called my line today, what was her name again? Bola… bola what?
Mustakeemah: (curious) Bolanle!
Mubarak: yes! Bolanle, she called me this afternoon that her parents had an accident and her mom passed away few minutes after the incident, but her dad is at the hospital in a pool of blood… so I transfer 3 million into her father’s account again, I have done my part as his inlaw.. may her soul rest in peace, so as I was saying I want you to prepare your body for me tonight..
Mustakeemah: (she fell on her feet instantly as tears roll down from her eyes) no this is not true! My aunt is dead? No!!!! she is all I have left as my family….(she break down in tears).
MubaraK: Oh please; wasn’t she the one maltreating that you had to run away from her! So why the fake tears? So you can pretend like this, I know this is all you ve always wanted for them and God answered your prayers… so that’s in the past dear… lets get back to business..
Mustakeemah: (her cries increase as she bend her head to the ground mourning her death) sir please I beg you with the name of Allah let me visit them even if is just for a week I promise you I will come back to this house, let me just mourn my aunt’s death please am begging you she is all I have left as my family please sir, grant me that favor please (she plead in tears)
Mubarak: are you ok? Are you normal? Were you deaf when I told you we will have sex tonight? And your family sold you to me long time ago! If they really want you in their lives again they wouldn’t have done that, so don’t even think I will let you out of this house! We die here together in good and bad health, so get your ass up right now and go change into something sexy.
Mustakeemah: sir please am begging you just grant me this only wish I will do what ever you want me to do please just let me see them one last time please.
Mubarak: I said no! see don’t stress me tonight if you don’t want to see blood in your body tonight! Am warning you, I said get up and change into something good for me, I wont say it again and if you make me repeat myself I promise you I will naked you right this instant and deal with you properly (he lick his hands as he continue with his food).
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Mubarak: (searching for her) Mustakeemah!!! Where are you again? Why is this girl stressing me like this? Was she deaf when I told her to change into something nice? Mustakeemah!!! (he shouted) where the hell are you hiding again? (he search the entire house).
Mustakeemah: (mourning the death of her aunt in an abandon store downstairs) ya Allah what else do you want me to do before you have mercy on me? am I not begging you enough? And sometimes I tried to pray but it is hard for me to do, atleast hear my cries like this too, when is my life going to be better? I have no one else to save me, you took all my guidance away from me, you still watch them sold me into slavery, you still did nothing about it…… I know my aunt had been so mean to me but I was hoping she would change and take me back one day, I know you provide shelter for me now am begging for freedom to decide on how to leave me life…. Save me from this monster…. Am tired of being his sex toy, am always in pain anytime he used me… now am weak am not as strong as before atleast grant me the freedom to decide for my life, I have never step out of the house for the past 4 months….and I heard commiting suicide is a big sin then please take my life and if you don’t want to then grant me the freedom to live or send an helper or should I say a savior to rescue me from this monster because am tired, I cant do this anymore (voice of cries increases without knowing until she heard his voice)
Mubarak: (searching for her downstairs) Mustakeemah!! You better show your face now or else! Mustakeemah!
Mustakeemah: oh my God! (she quickly get on her feet) I forgot he told me to get ready! Oh my God he will kill me for this, what should I do? (paniking)
Mubarak: (he put his hands on his waist as he shout her name furious in anger) Mustakeemah!! You better show your face now cus If I should find you myself you will be dead.
Mustakeemah: am dead today! He is gonna kill me for this… what should I do? Should go out of this room or still hide? But what if he find me? what am I going to say?
Mubarak: mustakeeee! (he sees where she came out from dusting her body)
Mustakeemah: (panting heavily as she began to stammers) am am sorr….sorry sir, I didn’t know you were looking for (before she finish her statement he walk up to her hand give her a dirty slap, but she doesn’t seems shock about it so she absorb the pain without moving her body) am sorry sir.
Mubarak: you this foolish girl how dare you snub me! how dare you! Since when did you grow wings in this house? You this ugly thing!
Mustakeemah: sir is not like that please (he land another slap on her face) sir please am sorry (she still try to hold her tears by absorbing the pain again) am sorry sir, I will do what ever you want.
Mubarak: am talking and you are talking back at me? eehh! Since when did you turn into this? Oh so now you want to prove to be the madam of this house as well? The house I built? The house I suffer to built? The money I suffered to make? You this unfortunate being (he drag her ears as she begged him for mercy but he turn a deaf ear and continue to grab her ears till the enter the room and he tore her dress instantly) I will continue to say this to you! You are mine, everything about you belongs to me and there is nothing you can do about it! (he continue to tore her dress till she become fully naked)
Mustakeemah: sir pleas am sorry! Please don’t naked me like this I will do as you said please.
Mubarak: oh please shut your dirty mouth! What is there for you to hide when I have seen everything now come with me (he drag her ears into the bed as Mustakeemah break down in tears because she couldn’t hold the pain anymore
Mustakeemah: please sir take it easy on me please… please for Allah’s sake (pleading on the bed with her naked body as he undress himself)