Cyber Lover

Episode 9

He handed it to Jane. “You girls should take care  of yourselves. I will keep in touch.” He bade  them farewell and walked out of the room . He looked forward to seeing Brenda again . * * * Lupe Prison was situated at an isolated  area of town. It had a very large compound  with a great wall. People dreaded being  associated with Lupe Prison, not just because  of the general impression most people  had about prisons, but because of harsh  stories told about this particular prison. The death rate for inmates in this prison was very  high mainly due to the harsh conditions inmates faced; here the convicts really paid

the prize for the crimes they committed. Most prisoners who successfully completed their  tenure in this prison always prayed that nothing ever took them back there. This was where  Nimrod James had been for the past four  years. A five-feet-nine-inches-tall fellow with  muscular physique and means looking eyes , Nimrod hated this prison with all his might . He couldn‟t wait to be free once again; to have the freedom to do whatever he liked whenever  he wanted. His body system had never  adjusted to the life in the prison despite having  stayed there for four years. He couldn't  stop praying to God, if there was one,

that time should fly so that he would be free once  again. Here he was treated like s**t by the  prison warders. He was made to eat

rubbish and subjected to hard labor every day. Every little offence one did always resulted in severe  punishment here. Suffering that could never  be compared to the offence. “Nimrod James !” “Who the hell wants to know?” “Your god  in here!” Now what?

He was chained before stepping out of his small  cell when it was unlocked, but before he could  react, a baton came crashing down on his head. “What the f***?” “That?” screamed Curtis, the prison guard on duty. “That doesn‟t even compare to what you have just done! Now move it!” And he was pushed forward, jeers ringing out from the other cells as the stoic guards fell in step behind him.Everyone knew about his exploits in Lupe, but then nobody liked getting into trouble when Curtis was on duty! The group stopped before another cell and Nimrod flinched. The prisoner within had cowered to the far corner of the small room when he saw them and Nimrod knew he had every reason to be afraid, yet he still tried to wriggle his way out of the trouble he now knew he was in. “So what have I donennow?”

Another baton crashed into his back and he doubled over. “Is he the one?” Curtis asked the terrified man inside and thought he saw a flicker of a nod. That was all he needed.“ C‟mon James…you‟ve got a date with the sun!” “But – But I didn‟t do nothing wrong! ”he tried again. “You fag…!” shouted Curtis ,kicking him with vehemence. “No one is your

girl in here!” “Wait till I‟m through with this,Sean…,” snarled his victim as he was being pushed  away. “Wait till I get my hands on you after this…!” And the young man inside the cell  cringed back the more. “You‟ll do no such thing , homo!” bellowed a second guard. “Your new  cellmate will be Sean and a camera will be  fixed on you from now on 24/7!” “What?”

Daylight almost blinded him when he was pushed  out into the open and he tried to shield his eyes with his chained hands.

The interior was always dimly lit and his discomfort  was a direct result of this. A terrible  push saw him crashing to the ground

and the guards on duty all around him erupted in  laughter. “Hey…What – What the hell you doing , man?” he asked Curtis as the no-nonsense warder proceeded to rip his standard  issue prison clothes apart with a razor blade . “What the hell you think you‟re

doing?” “Putting you back in line, big boy!

Now, get up!”

Nimrod Effiong Bassey James had to spend his  remaining free time that day under the sweltering  heat of the angry sun with nothing on  and in the glaring presence of everyone

he'd come to hate in Lupe Prison.