He Made Me A Prostitute

Chapter 12 MY STORY

I and Doris spoke to each other as if we've been friends for a long time. I stopped her from calling me ma'am but to call me by my name Peggy. She took me around the house, Her room, the kitchen, the beautiful garden in the backyard and the Redah's rooms. It was like a prince's room. I helped her to sweep and mop their rooms. I also helped her to tidy the sitting room and everywhere in the house she was indeed trying.

"Are you the only one doing all the works? don't they have another house help?", I asked her." We were previously two but the other got married and resigned so I'm the only one doing the job for now but they promised to bring someone else to help me", she replied.

After we were done, she told me a story of herself and I told her mine. she was sorry for me. Anyways I don't need anybody's pity.

In the evening, the Redah came back. At that time, I and Doris had already prepared their dinner and we were in the sitting room seeing a movie. The movie was so interesting that we kept as serious face,we were hardly moving. Indeed we were hardly breathing this was how much we loved the movie.

"hello", we heard Almond say. Immediately we stood up. I didn't even realize that they were back. "Good evening", Dories greeted them facing the floor. "Good evening", I greeted them too. They looked surprised. Immediately they went upstairs,Doris ran to the kitchen and I sat down to continue seeing the movie. In less than 20 minutes Doris served the food and the Redah came downstairs. Just like the previous dinner,we ate quietly. After having my dinner I went to the sitting room and the Redah joined me.

"so you are Peggy from Nigeria?", Almond asked. "yes", I replied. " Do you mind telling us about yourself and how you came to Italy?", Almond asked. I didn't say anything I just stared at him. The fact that I spoke to them this morning didn't mean that I trusted them.

" Tell us I promise we won't hurt you", he said. " We will love to help you in any way we can", he added. I sighed and looked down." I lost my parents when I was five. They died on their way back from a wedding. I had to live with granny till I turned fourteen. After she died, I started living with my aunt. At that time my cousin George was not in Nigeria, he was schooling in Canada.

He graduated when I turned seventeen and he came back home. One day, when I came back from school, he, he r***d me", I said and pursed. I looked at the Redah,they were all staring back at me with a surprised and pitiful look. I sighed and Continued my story." my aunt found out but didn't do anything to him because he was her son. She warned me not to tell my uncle or else she would make me regret it. I had to keep my mouth shut knowing fully well the kind of aunt I had.

My cousin George took advantage of the fact that my aunt didn't do anything about it and he kept assaulting me. I couldn't take it anymore so I stabbed him when he was bathing". Now the Redah looked more surprised."I don't know if he died or if he's still alive but I ran away for fear that I will be arrested. I ran into a guy named Stephen and he promised to bring me here to continue my education. I was stupid enough to believe him. He brought me here for prostitution and I felt betrayed and trampled on.

Once, I escaped and ran into the hands of a guy named Kelvin. I told him everything about me and he promised to help me save some money to take me back to Nigeria and I stupidly believed him", I said and gave a faint smile. " That night he r***d me and the next day he brought Angela and Stephen to come take me back to the syndicate. I found out that he was one of them. She had stephen and three other men r**e me and she threatened to make it worse if I tried escaping again.

I had to accept my fate until my best friend Amanda who had been in the business for two years died. She was killed by one of her clients' wife. I became scared so I planned on escaping but then I was caught. Angela almost had her men r**e me to death,I really did thought that I was going to kick the bucket but I woke up and saw doctor Beryl and one young man. And here I am now, telling my story to four strange men whom I know nothing about", I said .

The Redah were quiet, they didn't say anything for a while. "Aren't you scared we might be worse than the people you've encountered?",Raymond asked. His voice was calm and deep. I loved it. I looked at him, he was staring at me with a serious expression on his handsome face. His brothers looked at him with raised eyebrows. " Whatever you guys plan to do to me wouldn't be new cause I've experienced them in the hands of others so I'm not scared", I said.