HER

RUNAWAY

He came closer to me, now I was on the verge of tears! He was looking at me in a way I’ve never seen before, the hunger, the need, the want and I knew now there’s no escape from this! I’m done for. He started touching me and pushed me back further on the bed and now the reality of the situation dawned on me, I was about to be r***d!! Again!!! “Please let me go! Pls Stop!!! My screams were muffled by his hands covering my mouth!!! Nobody could hear me! No one knows I’m in there! No one knows i came to his apartment! All i could do was just lay down and let him have his way after trying so hard to wiggle myself out of his strong grips! I was teary and sweating, it felt as if my whole world was about to come down but I had to stop struggling, the earlier he gets done the better it is for me to be free from him… Suddenly, I heard a knock! He paused! Trying to figure out if the knock was at his door or not. Then he heard the knock again and jolted up, told me to stay quiet, as he got up I quickly gathered myself , I just had to thank God for that moment again because whoever was knocking just saved my day.

He went out and left the bedroom door open, I quickly bolted out after him, he asked who was at the door and I heard a very sweet voice respond him back , seems she said her name was Anita or something, I wasn’t bothered about that. All my thoughts was on how I’d get out of this predators house! He looked back at me with a pleading and scared face before opening the door “ Hi babe, how’re you!?” I heard the lady say as she came in , she hasn’t seen me yet and I wasn’t even in the mood for pleasantries at that moment! I just walked past her and ran for my life while thanking God for saving me again.

When I got to a further distance, I stopped running to catch my breath and think about what happened few minutes before, I’m sure he was shocked to see whoever knocked, like I was going to say something but that wasn’t even my major concern that moment, all I could think of was how to get out of that place.

The whole situation was scary and I was shaking from fear while going back home , I didn’t even know how long I was there for but Mama T wouldn’t be back till late evening or night so I wasn’t bothered about that , only for me to get back home and see Mama T’s car outside.

I broke out in a cold sweat, why did my day have to turn worse ??? I was thinking about what I could do , what will I say ? Where was I coming from ? Why did this woman have to come back early today? Did she not go to the party ? I had so many questions, so many with no answers and I’m sure I’ve been hours out of the house , I didn’t know when she came back so there was absolutely nothing to say or any lies that could save me.

I’m sure she’ll kill me , I can’t escape it. I couldn’t summon the courage to go inside the house, I just leaned against the wall deep in thoughts and feeling pity for myself. I was still in shock from what I experienced at that wicked Uncle TOLU’S place and now this, I really didn’t get a recovery time. My heart was beating so fast and my body was weak, I couldn’t go inside , I don’t think my body can handle any kind of beating today, I just stayed outside there thinking about my predicament.

I raised up my head in time to see Mama T coming towards me, eyes filled with rage. I ran!!!

The adrenaline kicked in and I ran , I didn’t wait , I didn’t look back or listen to anything else, I ran away from the house as fast as my legs could take me, I could hear her spewing all sorts of curses after me and asking me where I was going to and that I shouldn’t plan on returning back home as I ran away but I wasn’t even planning on it , I ran and ran and ran, tears in my eyes and all but I just couldn’t stop! I had to get faraway from home.

I got to one abandoned church far from home and sat down to rest and think about what I just did, I started asking myself why I ran and what I was going to do next, I was confused and tired with no idea on what to do. If I decide to go back home now , Mama T will kill me. I don’t have any friends and there’s no other family member I could go to meet. I decided to stay at the abandoned church till night, I slept for a little while but couldn’t sleep well because I was scared. It was already late in the night and i calculated I’ve been at that church for hours so the time would have been around 10pm or 11pm, I stood up and decided to wander around and just think about what the outcome of my actions will be, I thought about what happened to me at Uncle TOLU’S house and what’s going to happen whenever he sees me at school , I thought about if I should report him to the school authorities but I decided against it because I wouldn’t be able to convince anyone he told me there was a special lesson for some students, I was just just confused, weak and distraught.

I was lost in my thoughts while walking back towards home and thinking about where I could sleep for the night when someone grabbed me from behind, I screamed and looked back to see ……