I knocked my head on the floor, as tears rounded face.
I was there in the forest trembling and shivering as the result of the deep coldness. If I had known the road to pass to our house on that tèrrìble night, I would've left there and went home straight. Because everywhere was dark, I tried to swallow my fear and dreads till 5:30am in the morning.
Although, The brightness of the day hadn't shown then, but I left when I heard the Muslim's callings to prayer. As I stood up, I saw a road in the forest. I didn't even know where the road headed to but I kept passing through it. Later after walking for fifteen minutes, I found myself in an express road. I knew the road. Me and my uncle had passed there.
"Thank God" I said, cuz I thought the best thing to do was to go back to my father's state.
I stood on the road flagging down commercial busses. Five busses had passed me by without stopping to pick me.
"It seem they had being filled with passengers" I said, as I nodded.
When the sixth bus was about to pass by, I flagged down and it stopped.
"Na one person remain, Motor scarce, you are going to pay 6,500naira" the driver said.
As I was about to enter, he asked me
"Where your money? " I was asked
I searched my gown's pocket, Nothing was in it. So the driver hissed on me , entered his bus and drove away.
It was already 5:00pm, I couldn't imagine being beaten by the hot sun for hours before it was finally replaced by moon.
I begged for help but only one person help me, everybody kept saying Nigeria is hard and they don't have money. The person who even gave me money only gave me 100naira. she told me not to be àngry, that everything wasn't fine with her too.
"maybe I was destined to sûffer" I said, as I made up my mind to be going home ;my uncle's place.
As I was about to leave, A small car stopped by me. The car was filled of men, It was only one seat that was left in the middle.
"Where are you going? " the driver asked me.
"Ilorin kwara state" I replied.
"Your money is 1,000 naira oh" the driver said.
As I heard this, I felt happy. Such a cheap price.
"Please can I pay when I reach Ilorin? " I asked.
Truly, There was no one in Ilorin I would call rapidly to pay my transport fare but even if the driver would k!ll me for not paying, I just don't mind.
"No problem " the driver said, as he told me to enter.
But when I looked inside the car, The people were suspicious. They may likely be one. They look like kidnàppers with their action.
So I changed my mind.
"Don't worry, Be going" I said, as I turn back.
As I was about to leave, one of them pulled me. Before they could pull me into the car, I shouted
"Kidnàppersssssssss! Help me! " I shouted.
Immediately as they heard this, They left my cloth and drove away.
I felt relived and Thanked God.
"It's better to accept defeat than to d!e a looser" I said, as I make up my mind to go back to my uncle's place.
But before I went there, I had already strengthened myself with words and I had planned.
As I stepped into the compound, I took one of my clothes that was on the wire where it was spread, I changed my cloth and pretended like nothing happened.
As I was about to enter, I heard my uncle thundering at his wife
"If anything happened to that Girl, You're going to pay for it" my uncle said.
Then I entered.
As my uncle saw me, He cuddled me and asked where I had been.
"Where have you been? Hope nothing happen to you? " he said, as he was looking at my cloth and everywhere I might be hàrmed.
I lied to my uncle, I told him some series of lies and he believed me. I wouldn't have lied to him, But then, I was ready to play the game with my uncle's wife.
My uncle felt relived and told me to come and be watching television with him but I wasn't in the mood, Rather I started going to my room.
As I was going, My uncle's wife followed me. When I was about to enter my room, She held my room's door and asked me
"You didn't d!e still? " she asked me.
"You haven't d!ed still also? " I replied her with question.
She felt strange, and asked me surprisingly.
"Remember you're talking to me" she said, as she show a facial surprise.
"Who or what are you? " I asked mockingly.
She looked serious this time.
"What's living in you, You this smelling soul? " she asked.
"What's living in you, you this màd woman? " I responded.
She kept mute for a second, she couldn't talk.
So I told her
"Leave the door or I slam it on your hand. I don't fuckìng care" I said, showing a sign of ànger.
"Wòn bi ò da.__You dare not" she said.
She thought I was joking. As I was about to slam the doctor on her hand, She rapidly removed her hand.
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