MY HUSBAND AND I (Part 18)

The night was dark as the moon went to ‘sleep’, the crickets were
busy screeching away, there were occasional Coles from some forest
birds.
Each time a hooting sound was made, it reminded Lara that Deji and
her fetish old man 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 quietly.
“See me?” he chuckled.
“yea, I..erm..erm…need..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..just…savour…some…you
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 bare hands.!”
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.”she 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.   POWERED BY MECHEZEDEK