Chapter 28

CHAPTER 28

(One of the men noticed the way Sola was trying to move and raise up and he felt something is fishy. He kept watching her…)
STRANGER 2 : hey....!
STRANGER 1 : what's that?
STRANGER 2 : she's trying to do something...I think she wants to take something from her pocket.
STRANGER 1 : (looks at Sola)....is that true?
SOLA : no...I....I didn't...(Removing her hand immediately)
STRANGER 2 : let's search her nau...
SOLA : how can you search me? You're men...
STRANGER 2 : come o, Sarku, I hope say no be phone she dey try comot...
SARKU : hey, that's true! Where's the phone?
SOLA : no, I....I don't have...
STRANGER 2 : (starts frisking her)...where is the phone...
SOLA : please, don't frisk me...
(Bolu did not like the way the stranger handled his mother, so he reacts…)
BOLU : (hitting the stranger’s hands)...leave my mummy alone!
STRANGER 2 : hey shut up...(He finds the phone and brings it out)...you see! Phone dey her pocket!
SARKU : Egoh, give it to me!...(Collects the phone and throws it out through the window as the vehicle is still moving)...you guys should use the blind fold on her nau...(Looking at those close to Sola)
EGOH : that's true...(He brings out some pieces of clothes to cover Sola's eyes)....
SARKU : Egoh keep an eye on her.
EGOH : trust me....(Tying the clothe on Sola's face)
SOLA : where are you people taking us? What have we done?
EGOH : (laughs)...you will soon know.




(Susan and Stan are on a date. After having dinner at a prestigious restaurant, they decided to spend some time in one of the clubs on the island.

After having so much to drink, Susan excuses herself from Stan to use the ladies. As she was leaving, she saw Andrew and Ken at a corner with some girls. She got to the ladies anyway, hoping to come and say hi to them later.

As soon as she entered into the ladies, she started hearing voices, one of them was sobbing which attracted her attention to the discussion. She enters into the toilet to hiss herself while listening to their discussion...)

VOICE 1 : you have to pull yourself together...please stop crying.
VOICE 2 : he's such a bastard Tomi, look at him dancing away like nothing happened. He drugged and raped me repeatedly and he is there dancing and drinking carelessly…(Crying)...He threw some money at me to go take care of myself like I'm not human...like I am a prostitute...(Sobbing)...I wish I could strangle him.
TOMI : but Toyin, that was the first time you'll be having sex, did you go to the hospital?
TOYIN : no. why will i?
TOMI : but you should have gone…
TOYIN : but I can’t let anyone know what happened to me…the doctor may want to report to the police….
TOMI : but that’s better because you really need to sue this guy, if not, he will keep doing this to some other girls...moreover the psychological trauma...
TOYIN : (cuts in)... I can't...(Crying)...I can't.
TOMI : why? Of course you can…
TOYIN : (cuts in)...no I can't!...because, he's the son of the former Minister for petroleum and gas. Those people are powerful, they always win any law cases they have with their money...I'm a nobody, who do I have?
TOMI : but you have a lawyer you can talk to, who will fight for you...
TOYIN : no I don't want to. Moreover he must not even hear about it...(Still crying)...and the bastard threatened me that I should not try it...(Crying)...
TOMI : he did?
TOYIN : yes. When I called to accuse him of what he did…
TOMI : son of a bitch...it’s okay, please stop crying...
TOYIN : God will punish him...because I thought he was serious about me, that was why I went to visit him. I didn't know he had other plans....(Crying)...he messed me up Tomi...
TOMI : it’s okay Toyin stop crying...to think that I brought you here to forget about the whole thing, I didn't know he will be here.
TOYIN : please let's go home...
TOMI : alright...(Leading her out)

(Susan who's being listening to all they were saying, heard their footsteps coming out of the toilet. She also decided to come out in order to see their faces while moving to the mirror, acting like she didn't hear what they had said at the same time, trying to look at both girls through the mirror.

She later goes back to Stan after the girls left. She decided not to say anything but kept watching the girls and then Andrew and Ken at their corners.

Feeling uncomfortable with Andrew and Ken in the same club with them, she told Stan she would love to go back home. Stan agreed while taking note of her mood. On the way home, he decided to ask what the problem was..)

STAN : Baby...(Looking at her briefly)...what's wrong with you? You've being like this even before we left the club...
SUSAN : I saw Ken and Andrew at the club before we left.
STAN : who are those?
SUSAN : my old schoolmates.
STAN : so why the moodiness?...I can remember we were together throughout, can't remember anyone saying anything to you.
SUSAN : remember when I went to the bathroom?
STAN : yes...
SUSAN : I saw two girls there talking about someone. One of the girls said a guy had drugged and raped her some weeks ago.....She was a virgin...
STAN : (cuts in)...ouch…he's such a bastard! How could he have done that? He took advantage of the girl?
SUSAN : I tell you....
STAN : but how? What happened? How did she get involved with such a guy?
SUSAN : I really don't know and I didn't ask her either, but I could see she was really affected by it. In fact, I think her friend had brought her to the club so she can stop thinking about what had happened.
STAN : too bad…
SUSAN : it’s now clear Andrew was the one that did it.
STAN : that did what?...(confused)
SUSAN : Baby, we have to talk seriously now. Someone's got to stop this guy before some other girls really get hurt...maybe you should park.
STAN : we're almost at your place. We'll talk when we get to your house.
SUSAN : okay...(She brings out her phone and dials Bukola's number)...hello?
RECEIVER : Suz…(it’s obvious she was busy sleeping)…its late…can’t it wait?
SUSAN : Bukola, if only you know what I heard this night?
RECEIVER : what happened?
SUSAN : Stan and I went out on a date....(she explains everything to her)...
RECEIVER : are you sure it was Andrew the girl was talking about?
SUSAN : yes. They didn't see me. They were in one of the toilets when I entered and heard them discussing. The other girl told her to sue him but she said no, that it will be futile because Andrew had threatened her and that his father is the former minister of Petroleum and Gas so he can't ever go to jail.
RECEIVER : damn it!
SUSAN : if I had not seen Andrew at the club, I wouldn’t have believed it, or I would have thought she was talking about someone who is trying to pass himself off as the minister’s son.
RECEIVER : hmm…that’s true…and since we all know that Andrew has no brother…
SUSAN : exactly…I really pitied her. She said Andrew had so messed her up that she couldn’t go to the hospital.
RECEIVER : but why? Shouldn’t she have gotten some treatment or whatsoever?
SUSAN : if she goes, the doctor may want to get to the end of it. You know it will be obvious that it was a forced entry…
RECEIVER : that’s true…but all the same it’s still dangerous…what if she gets pregnant?
SUSAN : I hope she doesn’t…
RECEIVER : I hope so too, because having a child from such an incident will be disastrous…
SUSAN : someone's got to stop that guy I tell you.
RECEIVER : you see now? Have you told Stan about Jide?
SUSAN : I haven't, but I'm going to talk to him this night.
RECEIVER : better do, before Andrew takes down more girls.
SUSAN : I definitely will.
RECEIVER : alright. Get back to me afterwards...
SUSAN : alright...(Hangs up as Stan pulls up in Susan's compound)
STAN : so what is this you have to tell me?
SUSAN : sweetheart, I want you to calm down and listen to what I want to tell you, because someone has got to stop that guy before someone else gets hurt again....
STAN : (adjusts on his seat)...tell me...
SUSAN : (Takes a deep breath)....it’s about Carol dear.
STAN : hmm mm...Tell me...(Looking at her seriously)
SUSAN : that day she died, she had gone for Andrew's birthday party. Andrew was her boyfriend then...
STAN : (surprised)...she had a boyfriend?
SUSAN : yes she did. Though, I wasn't at the party, but I heard all that happened at the party from those that went there.
STAN : okay...so tell me..
SUSAN : they said they were looking for Carol and one of the security man had made the announcement...now, during the announcement, someone had said he saw Carol last with Andrew. And they said when they finally found Carol's body, they had found Jide lying unconsciously beside Carol. They had to pour water on him to wake him up...
STAN : (surprised)...he was unconscious?
SUSAN : yes he was...
STAN : that's weird...
SUSAN : what's more, they said the door was locked and they had to force it open.
STAN : hmm...(Thinking about what she said)
SUSAN : they said when Jide woke up, he said he wasn't the one that did it that he had seen Andrew and Ken at the door or something like that. He claimed he was framed....now it’s this same Andrew that had raped this other girl mercilessly.
STAN : but are you sure?
SUSAN : that it was Andrew that raped the girl or what exactly?
STAN : yes.
SUSAN : Andrew is the son of the former minister of Pet 'n' Gas....just like the girl had said...
STAN : (takes a deep breath)...hmm...
SUSAN : if only there's a way to prove it.
STAN : so what you're saying is that it’s possible my sister's killer is actually out there enjoying himself while an innocent person is paying for the crime?
SUSAN : exactly. We all know Jide while in school. Andrew and Ken have always being after him.
STAN : really?
SUSAN : yes. He's from a very poor background and...
STAN : (cuts in)...how then did he afford...
SUSAN : (cuts in)...he was on a scholarship.
STAN : okay.
SUSAN : so Andrew and Ken have always being at his neck...
STAN : why then was he invited to the party? Was the whole thing pre-planned?
SUSAN : his Mum was working as one of the cooks in Andrew's house, so he went to help his Mum out...
STAN : oh...(Shaking his head)
SUSAN : someone's got to stop those guys before someone else gets hurt.
STAN : (sighs)..okay, I know what to do.
SUSAN : (smiles)...thanks dear.
STAN : (smiles at her)...you don't need to thank me, I have to do this for my sister too...
SUSAN : hmm...
STAN : (looks at the time)...now you have to go in. It’s getting late.




(It was dark as the men took Sola and the Kids to a house in the outskirts of the city.

Henz's brother, Henry had gotten a contract to build a hundred bungalow estate some years ago along Lagos/Ibadan expressway, in order not to sleep over at the only guest house in the area (which is about ten kilometers from the site), he had bought a plot of land and built a 3-bedroom bungalow about one and a half kilometers from the Lagos/Ibadan express road.

Henry finished the contract over two years ago and the house had being neglected for a while, without anybody staying there. Although, a community is about seven kilometers from the main road, but the bungalow is situated in a secluded area, far away from the community. Consequently, there are no houses around and the road to the house is quite crooked and dusty.

As they drive on the road, the car joggles them due to the rough and untarred road. Sola holds her children tight, even with the blindfold, trying to cover Bola's nose from the smoke emanating from the cigarette their abductors are smoking.

When they entered into the compound, the men removed her blindfolds and brought them into one of the rooms in the house and dump them there as Sola pleads for hers and her children's life.

Two of the men tie them up there and went to discuss with the others...)

SARKU : Timo, where's my phone, let's call the Boss.
TIMO : (bringing the phone out for him)...take...
SARKU : (dialing)....hello sir?
RECEIVER : hello. How did it go?
SARKU : the man was not at home sir.
RECEIVER : what! He wasn't?
SARKU : only the wife and kids were there sir.
RECEIVER : shit!...(Thinks for a while) but you took them right?
SARKU : yes we took them sir.
RECEIVER : okay...very good! It’s not bad.
SARKU : what next sir?
RECEIVER : just keep them there. I'll call you tomorrow, its late now. Moreover, we need to leave sometime so it can be obvious they are missing.
SARKU : okay sir.
RECEIVER : I'll call you tomorrow.
SARKU : okay good night...(Hangs up)...
TIMO : how far?
SARKU : he say make we leave them here till tomorrow.
TIMO : okay....
SARKU : Egoh... you and Janu will be in charge of them. Be watching them.
EGOH : how then do we sleep nau?
SARKU : you guys can’t sleep yet o. when we get here tomorrow, you can sleep...where is Janu, sef?
EGOH : he went to the toilet....I go tell am.
SARKU : I will go and get food and any other thing that we need. I will come back tomorrow. Make sure nothing goes wrong.
EGOH : trust me nau, haba...abeg just get me a good dry gin to keep me awake for the night.
TIMO : which night? Who will come back here?
EGOH : other nights nah...(Smiles)
SARKU : Just don't do anything stupid.
EGOH : haba nau, I won't.

(Sarku and Timo leaves. They kept Sola and the kids in the same room and Egoh goes there to keep an eye on them.

Sola has always been the type of woman any man will look twice, despite her age. Right from her university days, she had always won the most beautiful and most attractive female awards in her hostel. She is a beauty to behold. She's got the perfect figure even after two kids. Her hips, beautifully rounded in proportion with her tiny waist with a flat tommy. Ever since he frisked Sola in the car, Egoh had noticed her beauty. He could not get his eyes off her.

When the kids were asleep he goes outside to talk to Janu..)

EGOH : you no see that woman, omo, she's hot o.
JANU : hmm...you better don't start thinking nonsense o...
EGOH : forget that thing joor...when I was trying to take the phone from her pocket, I really enjoyed what I touched. She's got some backside.
JANU : you don dey craze....(looks at his wristwatch)..abeg I wan sleep small...)
EGOH : okay, I'll stay and keep watch.
JANU : sure you're okay to watch them alone?
EGOH : yes nau, trust me. Moreover the children don sleep.
JANU : okay.

(Egoh went back inside the room where Sola and the kids are but couldn't get his eyes off Sola...)

EGOH : (in his thoughts)...chai, this woman is beautiful....see her curves...she has a slim waist, big rounded hips and corresponding boobs...just the way I like my girls to be....(Looking at Sola seductively)....she's turning me on already...(He looks at her)...maybe I should quickly have a taste before everybody comes....if I have to wait, they may end up releasing them before I will have the chance to do anything, Sarku said they will not spend too much time here.....(Thinks again)....or should I wait till tomorrow?.....(Thinks about it)....no, what if they don't allow me stay with them tomorrow night?....I can quickly do it before they suspect, because they may not want me to do it....(Looks at Sola again)...look at her, she will be so sweet....chai.....

(After sometime, he couldn't hold himself he walks up to her...)

EGOH : hey...(Whispering to her ears)...live your son and come with me.
SOLA : what...I won't go anywhere with you...
EGOH : you won't? (Puts the gun on Bolu's head)....Then I will shoot your son...
SOLA : I'm sure you won't do that, you people kidnapped us, I'm sure you were not asked to kill us....
EGOH : oh....you think so?...(Looks around)...then I will shoot his knee and render him handicapped, telling them he tried to escape...do you want to try me?
SOLA : (with tears in her eyes, she looks at Bolu)....where do you want to take me....?
EGOH : just stand up and follow me...(Pulling her up)....

(Sola puts Bolu and Bola on the foam placed behind them and stands up....)
EGOH : (pointing the gun at her)...now come with me....
SOLA : where are you taking me?...(Walking at Egoh's front reluctantly wondering why and where he's taking her)
EJOR : just move...(leads her to another room where there's a mattress. Immediately they entered, he locks the door...)
SOLA : why are you locking the door? What do you want from me?
EGOH : now pull your dress...I want to have a feel of you....(Loosening his belt)
SOLA : (shocked)...what! Over my dead body!
EGOH : (surprised)...oh you won't?....(Moves close to her)..look, I'm used to getting whatever I want when I want it!
SOLA : hell no I won't allow you sleep with me! God forbid!
EGOH : look here, I won't threaten you at all...you know your son is there?....I can do whatever I like because it’s just your word against mine.....one more thing, I could knock you out and still have sex with you...(Laughs)...but I want us both to enjoy it that's why I'm asking you like a gentle man....
SOLA : please,..(she kneels before him)...I beg you don't do this to me...I'm a married woman...
EGOH : the more reason why I want you more....(Moves closer)....I mean, look at you, you've got a very nice body....(Running the gun from her shoulder down her breast)...even after two kids, you have this flat tummy....(running the gun down her tummy to her hip)...and the hips....damn, they turned me on when I frisked you in the car....
SOLA : (crying as she feels disgusted)...please...
EGOH : just look at it...(Touches her hip with his other hand)....you are so sexy...
SOLA : please don't do this...
EGOH : come on, try me...I can be very good...look, my girls usually come back for more...in fact, I can assure you that after doing it once you'll come looking for me afterwards....(Laughs)…hmm…..(Running his hands up and down her hips)...
SOLA : (feeling really disgusted)...damn you...(Starts crying)
EGOH : hahaha... (looks at her)....hmm...okay, I tell you this, if you don't want to do it for enjoyment, then do it to save your kids....I've told you, I usually get what I want, and if I don't..(Changes his countenance) I can be really terrible....
SOLA : (crying)....please have mercy....
EGOH : enough of the jokes...there's no time....(Removing his belt now)....quickly, remove your dress, I want to see everything....
SOLA : please I beg you...
EGOH : ooooh! Don't get me angry! I'll shoot your son, and tell them he tried to escape when I took him to pee....
SOLA : please, I'm begging you....
EGOH : damn it!...(Pushes her on the mattress)....I said remove everything....(Removing his shirt)...

(Sola thought about what to do, she thinks about it being an opportunity for her to target Egoh's gun and use that opportunity to shoot him and escape with her kids. She started removing her top....)
SOLA : okay, fine…I will cooperate but please just take it easy with me please...
EGOH : good girl.....(Unzipping, he brings the knife in his pocket out and lay it bedside the bed)...

(Sola removes her top revealing her beautiful skinned breasts in the half-cupped bra she is putting on...)
EGOH : yes baby…that's more like it...

(Looking at her body with desire. He moves closer to her and asks her to lay down while he kneels across her putting his gun on the stool which is far away from them. He starts necking her while Sola keeps watching out for the gun, thinking of how to get it.

He kept kissing her as she feels really disgusted and angry at the same time. She remembers the knife, she runs her hand down his trouser, showing her cooperation, yet thinking of the right time to get his knife.

Egoh starts enjoying the feel and he stands up to remove his trouser totally. As he was doing that, Sola gets the knife bringing it closer to her reach, while watching Egoh...)

EGOH : (looks at Sola)....Hmm you have started enjoying it...(Laughs)...I'm sure I'm better than your husband...(Pulling off his jean)

He comes back kissing her body again, and then Sola reaches for the knife and stabs him. She had targeted his chest but he saw her and dodged it. The knife enters into his left shoulder. She hits him on his crouch...)

EGOH : arrrrgh! You bitch!...

(Sola quickly takes her top as Egoh writhes in pain. She picks up her top starts putting it on while leaving for the door. Before she steps out Egoh goes for the gun without Sola noticing him...)
EGOH : you bitch!...(Trying to hold the gun as he struggles with the pain on his shoulder, he sees Sola trying to run out of the room and shoots at her....)

To be continued....