The desperate daughter-in-law

In his hotel room

Donned in black jeans trousers and black blouse, She stepped out of the elevator and walked hastily along the hallway where she could see different rooms with tags.

With a black scarf around her face, and black sunglasses shielding her eyes, she had disguised perfectly to avoid arousing suspicions from the public.

She heaved a sigh as she stopped in front of the room with a tag, 406. She could feel her hands trembling as she tried to knock on the door. Was she really ready for this? She asked herself. Maybe she could just turn back now before it’s too late, she thought as she heaved a sigh.

What if this was the only way out to free herself and Daren from the agony they’ve been through? She asked.

She took a deep breath and knocked on the door slowly. She waited patiently with her heart pounding so fast. She knocked again and a grumpy male voice sounded from the room.

“Come in,” the voice sounded in her ear and she gulped and opened the door slowly.

The smell of cigarette and alcohol filled her nostrils as she walked into the spacious luxury hotel room. She held her breath for a while as her eyes fell on the huge fair skinned man lying on the bed, wearing only blue jeans trousers over his bare sweaty chest.

A smirk appeared on his oblong cute face as he saw her staring at him. He stood up from the bed and gulped his drink as he walked slowly towards her with one eye fixed on her body.

“Wow, Melisa Taiwo, the beautiful daughter in-law of Selina Taiwo,” he said with a smirk as he moved closer to her.

She took a step back as he stood in front of her, his whole body oozing cigarette and alcohol. She looked away from his face and her eyes darted across the room where she could see a few bottles of whiskey on the floor. Her heart skipped and she wondered why Rita would get her such a man.

“You don’t talk?” He asked as he took a step closer to her.

“You weren’t supposed to know my identity,” she said in a rather high tone and he scoffed.

“Really? You are a Taiwo, and you don’t expect your identity to be hidden,” he said as he bit his lips seductively.

She saw him gawking at her body and it irritated her so much. She sighed in frustration and looked away from his face.

“Let me help you with this,” he said as he tried to remove her scarf.

“No..it’s fine. I..I will do it myself,” she said as she grabbed his hand and pushed it away slowly.

He scoffed and walked to the bed. He gulped his drink again and turned to look at her.

“Care for this?” He asked and she shook her head as she walked to the bed slowly.

She sat on the bed and he jumped from his position to her front. She shrieked and her body pulled back slowly as she saw his huge body in front of her.

“Let’s get it done,” he said exuberantly as he unzipped his zipper.

“Hol..hold it,” she motioned with her hands and he stopped and took a step back.

What am I doing? She asked herself as she heaved a sigh of frustration. She had lost interest immediately when she saw the guy. Not that he wasn’t her taste, but she couldn’t imagine such a drunk crazy kind of human getting in between her legs.

She thought about Daren. He was the only one who had ever got in between her legs and it should remain so forever, she thought as she pushed her hair backwards.

She saw him moving closer to her and he reached for her arms immediately and began to caress her skin.

“Stop it!” She voiced in a rather high tone and he stopped immediately.

His brows gathered as he stared into her anxious face and he scoffed and shook his head.

“Why are you wasting my time, woman? Aren’t you ready for this job?!” He barked.

“No, I..I don’t want to do this any longer. I want to go home,” she said as she stood up immediately and grabbed her bag.

He scoffed and shook his head in disbelief.

“You wanna go back home? To that incapable husband of yours?!” He mocked and she frowned.

“How dare you talk about my husband in that manner!. I can’t believe Rita gave out so much information about me to you,” she said angrily.

“And what about my money?” He asked angrily.

“I will transfer the money for your time wasted,” she said and he sighed and rubbed his palm on his dark hair.

She brought out her phone and typed a few words before handing it over to him.

“Drop your account details,” she ordered and he flung the phone from her hands with his eyes on her face.

“Done,” she said after the transfer was made.

He took a quick glance at his phone and then he looked at her face.

“ Great,” he said with a smirk.

“Oops,” she breathed as she turned to walk away.

His strong arms pulled her back and she landed on his chest immediately.

“Not so fast,” he said as he breathed heavily into her face.

She tried to speak but he pushed her to the bed and she fell with her back on the bed. She tried to get up but his huge body climbed into hers and his strong hands pinned her hands on the bed.

Her legs began to kick and her hands tried to fight his hands away.

“Not so fast baby,” he said with a smirk as he pinned her hands tightly against the bed.

“Let me go! Let me go!” She screamed.

“You don’t expect me to sit here waiting for you all day only to get disappointed in the face. Now be a good girl and let’s do this gently,” he said as he licked his lips.

“Let me go!” She screamed on top of her voice.

“Do you know the amount of manpower I consumed just for this job? Look at my arrows, standing so high. And you just wanna walk away?!” He yelled.

“I..I can give you money to get other girls, just please let me go!” She cried as she tried to fight again.

“Shut up!” He slammed and kissed her roughly.

“I want you. I want your body and you will satisfy my urge before you leave,” he said and gave a sinister laugh as he tried to pull off her jeans.

She grabbed hold of his hands and bit him hard. He screamed and staggered away from her. She stood up as she saw him staggering out of the bed. She grabbed her bag and dashed towards the door. She was about to open the door, when she felt a metal object on the side of her head. She froze and her hands raised up slowly. His strong arm wrapped around her neck as he turned her back to the bed slowly.

“Please let me go, don’t kill me!” She pleaded as he placed the gun on her head.

“Please don’t kill me,” he mimicked as he moved her slowly to the bed.

She tried to scream and he hit her head with the butt of the gun. She passed out immediately and he grabbed hold of her body which was slipping down his hands. He laid her on the bed and took off her clothes hastily.

*

Her eyelids fluttered as she tried to open her eyes slowly. She felt an acrid pain in her head and she winced silently. The whole room began to spin as she opened her eyes fully. The only thing visible to her was the young man sitting on the bed whose eyes were staring into her face.

Hot tears flowed down her cheek as she recalled how he had r***d her mercilessly some hours ago. The tears continued to flow down freely as she looked at his face which was staring into hers without pity.

With only his underpants on, he puffed out smoke from his cigarette which made her choke. He laughed as he saw her choking while trying to sit up right.

She dragged the duvet over her body in shame as she saw her clothes on the floor.

“No..what have I done?” She cried painfully with her head bent on her palms.

“Get your stuff and get out of my room!” He slammed.

“You will pay for this,” she cried bitterly as she looked at his stiffened face which was covered with smoke from his cigarette.

“Really?” He scoffed as he took the cigarette off his lips.

“Go, go to your husband and his family. Tell them what happened and let’s see who will be paying in the end. I only did my job, baby, right?” He asked as he tried to rub her skin but she pushed his hand away.

She stood up immediately and grabbed her clothes on the floor. She could hear him laughing as she wore her clothes and she felt like getting rid of him at this moment.

“You are so sweet, baby!” He exclaimed in ecstasy and she gave him a death stare.

She picked up her bag from the bed and gulped as she looked at his face once more.

“What? You want a second round?” He asked with a chuckle.

She shook her head in anger and stormed out of the room immediately.

As she drove along the ever busy road of Lagos, the tears continued to flow down her cheek. How did I get here? Was the question that kept on sounding in her head.

“I shouldn’t have listened to Rita in the first place, I shouldn’t have!” She yelled as she slammed her hands on the steering wheels. Her eyes fell on Daren’s portrait in front of her and her tears increased. How was she going to explain this to him, how? She thought as she sniffed.

Her phone rang and she looked at the screen. She could see Rita’s name on the caller ID and she sighed.

“Babe, I’m sorry I missed your call. How did it go?” Her cheerful voice sounded from the phone.

“Where are you?” She asked with a teary voice.

“At the shop,” she replied.

“Meet me at your place. It’s urgent,” she said.

“Babe,” she tried to speak but she hung up immediately.