MY HUSBAND AND I PART 18

The night was dark as the moon
went to ‘sleep’, the crickets were
busy screeching away, there
were occassional cooes from
some forest birds.
Each time a hooting sound was
made, it reminded Lara that Deji
and her fetish oldman would be
there any moment.
Slowly she walked to the
window, peeped outside- there
was light enough for her sharp
eyes to see clearly. After several
attempts, she jumped out
through the window- escape on
her mind.
She tip toed gingerly away from
the main building…
“Not so fast”
she felt a gun noozle on neck.
She froze for a moment, different
plans flooding her mind.
“so you want to escape? Ehn?” a
masculine man asked, his gun
still on her neck.
“No” she whispered turning to
face him.
“I actually came to see you…” she
said quitely.
“See me?” he chuckled.
“yea, I..erm..erm…nee d..to talk…
to …to..you.” she stammered.
“hmn.” he grunted
“you are not smart, get back
inside!” he ordered.
“please…” she edged closer to
him, making the gun slip off her
neck.
“I..errm…you know…I might be
killed tonight…” she said slowly
placing a hand on his shoulder.
He pushed her hand away, but
she brought it back to its place.
“I just want one thing from you.”
she said sweetly.
“I’m sorry…I don’t ‘do’ pregnant
women.” he protested trying to
push her away.
“Don’t mind my bulging tummy,
just…let’s..jus t…savour…some…y
ou know….” she let her fingers
run on his broad chest.
Lara smiled to herself as his
breathe became faster, she
edged closer to him, her
protruding belly pushing against
him.
He held her close,their face
touching.
Lara held him with one hand
while the other hand worked out
her plans,caressing and
weakening him as his heartbeat
increased.
Cunningly, she let him drop his
gun, she kicked it far away from
them with her legs.
Just before he recover from his
gust, she gave him a sharp jab
between his legs, her knee cap
devoured the ‘position’.
He collapsed with a yelp.
Lara turned swiftly, and ran as
fast as her pregnancy would
allow her.
She ran blindly into the forest,
she knew one way or the other
she would escape.
She heard several gun shots, they
were coming after her, she
increased her pace.
The gun shots came closer, she
knew they would overtake her,
so she decided to hide.
She looked around her, no where
to hide.
She scrambled up a tree not
minding the sharp pains on her
waist.
Just as she relaxed on the tree,
she saw them, many of them.
“That daughter of a b-itch!” one
of them cursed.
“I’ll kill her with my barehands.!”
Lara held her breathe, she put
her hand around her mouth. Her
Baby was fluttering violently, it
kicked hard against her that she
felt like screaming.
A sharp pain below her abdomen
almost gave her away.
“Ouch!” she said.
“Did you hear that?” the
kidnappers asked themselves,
“She’s around here, disperse and
look for her, I’ll wait here” one of
them suggested.
They all dispersed in different
directions, except for the one
standing beside the tree.
Lara’s eyes widened with terror
as she felt something crawl on
her legs. She sat still and bit her
tongue. Snake! She almost
fainted.
“Haaaaa!” she screamed as she
fell off the tree.
She landed on the man under the
tree, he served as a cushion.
“Snake o! Snake!” the man
screamed in terror as the snake
wrapped round him.
That gave Lara the oppurtunity to
crawl away under some bushes
to hide. She was in deep pains,
she wondered if she would die.
The pains around her waist
increased in momentum.
“Wetin happen?”
the group asked rushing back.
“e be like say that girl don turn
snake o” the man exclaimed in
terror.
The whole group stared at the
dead snake in fear.
“Make we go call Baba” they said
before running away.
Lara hid herself properly under
the bush, her face washed with
tears.
“God please help me.” she wept
silently.
Thunder rumbled loudly with
lightening flashing.Lara looked at
the sky with fear, it was dark and
pregnant with rain.
“Yekpa! Rain? Not yet please.”
she muttered.
The rain poured heavily, Lara
thought she would die. She wept
and prayed as long as she can.
“God please, not for my sake…but
for this baby…please.”sh e
shivered under the rain.
It seemed God answered her, the
rain stoped.
Lara began to crawl farther into
the forest in pains, she could no
longer stand up.
She wondered what part of the
world she was.
“help will come” she muttered to
herself. She had faith in God.
Somehow, she suddenly felt; she
won’t die in the forest…
...watch out for Part 19... The conclution....Another story Titled "my first work after NYSC" coming up, lifted from a friends wall, if u ave red d story b4