THE PREGNANT VIRGIN

THE PREGNANT VIRGIN (EPISODE 1)

THE PREGNANT VIRGIN -

Written By (MUHAMMED H.O)

EPISODE 1

I woke up to violence in the compound, everywhere seems chaotic with one of the neighbor, Mrs Lara holding on to her husband's trouser demanding detailed explanation about why he did not sleep over at their apartment last night.

Other neighbors gathered to watch. Many got chairs, sat down at the corridor waiting patiently for the Husband to give reasons about why he did not sleep over at his apartment - like it was their business. No one cared to comfort the woman or make her see why she must not do that to her husband in the presence of all neighbors but it seems they all seem to want to know about what happened last night.

Unknown to many, i knew the husband was at home throughout the night, infact, he slept in the compound overnight but not at his apartment with his wife. I knew where the husband was in the night, what he was doing at 2:am and with whom - but it's really none of my business and speaking the truth has never been my talent so I kept it all to myself.

While I was still forming "Mr Know All", Mrs Lara stood still, telling us all to keep mute while acting like a detective who just found a bomb. We joined Mrs Lara on the detective mode hoping to sense what made her want silence at that hour and funny enough, she heard a familiar ringtone from the next room.

it seems some neighbors understood the Point Mrs Lara was trying to make as they all look directly at Room 4 in unison after which they gazed at Mr Lara who seems to want to know what his wife was thinking about.

While I was trying to understand the whole process, Mrs Lara dashed her husband a sounding slap, couple with some revolutionary punch and kicks as she burst into tears claiming her husband had cheated on her by sleeping with a neighbor.

The caretaker has been inside all these while but he seems not to be too bother about the compound war but he came out after the neighbors had started shouting and throwing bombs and banter at each other. In a bid to promote peace, he separated the fight asking why there was a fight in the first place.

Mrs Lara broke into another version of tears, she laid on the ground crying like she has been denied entry into Paradise. She cried for minutes expecting that some neighbors would console or comfort her not to cry but none of the neighbors moved close to her or attempted to comfort her.

Mrs Lara sensed that no one was willing to come to her aid anytime soon so she sat up to explain what she has been going through in her home and the inability of her husband to act like a man. Specifically, she talked about how her husband promised her some money last night but refused to sleep in the house overnight which has never happened before.

Speaking further, Mrs Lara said she suspected that her husband is having an affair with a neighbor because she heard his phone ring from other room. Mrs Lara Didn't finish the statement when Her husband, Mr Lara interrupted, stressing that he had been with his phone all day and that the ringtone which his wife heard from the other room wasn't from his phone because he has his phone with him.

The caretaker interrupted, ordering Mr Lara to bring out his phone from his pocket.

Mr Lara dips both hands into his pocket but he couldn't reach his phone. He attempted to go outside the compound in search for his phone but he was stopped midway by his wife who now loosed her wrapper, tied a piece of it to her husband's belt to prevent him from running.

Mrs Lara followed her husband round the compound in search for his phone and all neighbors followed them with keen interest. Everyone seems to be jobless in this compound as they have always been interested in other people's affairs rather than focusing on their personal matters.

Mr Lara was unable to provide his phone despite the effort of all neighbors to help find his phone. One of the neighbors, Mr Femi suggested that he should put a call to Mr Lara's phone to know if the phone is within the compound. But sadly, after many attempts, Mr Lara's phone was not picked and it did ring out like before.

However, many neighbors who claimed to have heard Mr Lara's phone ring from the other room suggested that they go to the room to search or confirm if Mr Lara indeed slept over in another neighbors room.

The caretaker agreed and all neighbors marched to Room 4, banging and knocking on the door. This continued for 3 minutes but everyone remained there, the door was not locked from the front and those inside acted like they didn't hear people knocking on the door. But still, the neighbors belived that someone was inside.

The neighbors, especially Mrs Lara was determined to do everything possible within her Power to get to the button of the issue. While everyone was thinking of the best way to make whoever was inside the room to open the door, Mrs Lara gave the door a revolutionary kick and the door Immediately gave way.

I stayed back, watching the neighbors forcs themselves into the room, shouts and screams followed and I wondered what could have happened and why some some neighbors were shouting. I found myself walking into room 4 and suprisingly, I found my church pastor in the room with Miss Felicia.

Just last week, the youths had contributed a thousand each for the pastor to embark on a 7 days trip to a neighboring state to represent the church in an annual event. This was just 3 days ago and here is the same pastor who is meant to be out of town protecting the church's Interest.

I needed to be sure about who I was looking at, so I brought out my phone to check for my pastor's Picture and compare it with who I saw in Miss Felicia's room to be sure of what I saw before taking any action.

I wasn't sure of what to do so I Immediately took some pictures and videos as evidence incase my pastor troes to denies this Incident. Just when I was about leaving the room to prevent the pastor from seeing me, someone pushed be from behind, pleasing that I get the Attention of the pastor so that he could see me and be sure that I caught him in the act.

I looked back and realized it was my roommate, Kola. Kola has never liked my pastor, he has never for once closed his eyes during prayers in church or contributed anything to the development of the church. Kola is someone who doesn't actually believe in God but he follows me to church every sundays to keep my company and peep at the choir Mistress, especially the pastor's daughter.

Kola had tried to get the attention of the pastor's daughter many times but her father, the pastor has always protected her daughter and warned Kola each time he tries to ever attempt to talk to his daughter.

Almost Every sunday, pastor preaches about a******y and infidelity in church and uses kola as an example of the devil in god's house but kola would always laugh it off saying a day would come where he would score more point and have something to use against the pastor which would give him the grace to put him in his place.

Looking at the pastor in Miss Felicia's room, kola locked his lips, brought out his phone to take pictures and record video of the pastor begging and saying it was the work of the devil. Only I and kola knows who the pastor was, other neighbors thought he was just an ordinary person or probably a customer - we all know what type of job Miss Felicia was into.

Kola left the room to the backyard for reasons best known to him. Minutes after, Mrs Lara and other neighbors exited Miss Felicia's room after realising that the ringtone was not from her husband's phone. But Mr Femi decided to give it a last try and put a call to the phone to know who has it or where it was.

This time around, the phone rang at the backyard and all the neighbors raced to the backyard hoping to find the phone this time.

Upon getting to the backyard, Kola was seen playing with the phone but before he could say anything to anyone, Mr Lara moved close to him, giving him a sounding slap, followed by other neighbors who started hitting Kola with planks and other things they could lay their hands on.

The caretaker who attempted to stop the neighbors from further attacking Kola was slapped and pushed to a side. Fortunately enough, neighbors from other compound came to Kola's aid and he was Immediately rushed to the hospital together with the caretaker who slumped after he was slapped and pushed aside.

There was nothing I could do to have stopped the neighbors from attacking Kola, I knew the type of neighbors I had. I love kola as a friend but I love myself and my health more. I could die from a blow.

I was angry that kola had to go through all these because I believe he had no hand in the phone.

I was glad I had installed a CCTV camera at the backyard and with that, I was going to get to the button of the matter and reveal who the real Culprit is. Mr Lara wouldn't be spared in anyway because I was sure of who I saw with Mary last night and the voices I heard at 2:am when I was returning from the club.

WATCH OUT FOR EPISODE 2