BELINA (Tender Beauty)
*****EPISODE 11*****
I woke up few minutes to 7 and I was glad that I was not feeling much pain. I knelt down by the bed and thanked God so much for everything he did for me.
After and lengthy prayer, I went to the bathroom to take my bath.
Thank God that I had struggled to wash my gown yesterday
despite my aching body cos I didn’t like putting on other people’s clothes no matter the
closeness. I had worn Prisca’s nightie yesterday but that was different. As I showered, I noticed that my feet were still
sore but I paid them no heed.
I came out of the bathroom and put on my blue gown, thanks to the light material it
was, it was already dry. I took my bag and started going through
its contents, I was surprised when I saw the envelope that I was given in d concert first. I
opened it and when I counted the money, it summed up to 20,000 Naira. I was happy that at least, I would have money for some clothes. I can’t resume
work on Monday with my gown,
I thought with a smile. I searched d bag and met everything intact, including my purse, ATM card etc.
Prisca came in and was surprised to find me awake.
“Woow, I thought you would still be asleep, I would if I had gone
through what you did”, she said with a smile.
I smiled and leaned on the bed dramatically, “I could go back to sleep if you want, I don’t mind
being pampered”, I said feigning tiredness although I felt a little bit weak.
She laughed,
“who would pamper you? Abeg stand up joor, lets go and eat”
“What of mumcy?” I asked
“Dad and mum are both waiting for you at the dining. I explained everything to them and if I hadn’t
insisted otherwise, mum would be here now, although, they
were not happy that I sneaked out of the house”, she said winking at me.
I smiled and got up from th bed, held her by the waist and playfully pushed her towards the
door, “well, lets go then, I could eat an elephant”
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Tunji arrived at Boruwa lane and looked around happily making sure that he was not being
followed. He got to d footpath and stopped his car. He locked his car and went through the
footpath on foot. When he was about getting to d building, he looked back to be totally sure he was not being followed before he entered the building. When he
entered d building, it was totally quiet and he thought they might be upstairs since it was a
one story building. After
checking all the rooms
downstairs, he climbed d stairs and upon arrival, he still did not see anyone. He was not finding it funny so he took out his phone and called Tolu.
“Oga mi, good morning, I am already on my way to-“ Tolu started saying.
“shut up now”, he ordered,
“I am at d location now and I can’t
find anyone. Are you playing games with me?” he said yelling.
Tolu was taken aback,
“NO… I dare not…. Please let me call the guys maybe they had to change
location for some reasons”
“hurry up, I am losing my patience”, he said and hung up.
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Richard was surprised to find out that he had actually fallen asleep yesterday. He had gone
back to Deji’s room and found him sleeping soundly and the sleep seemed to be contagious that he went back to his office
and slept like a baby.
His office was a very big one which included a toilet and bathroom so he went in, had his bath and wore another cloth
which he had brought from home. He wore his suit and made for Tony’s office to give him the
goodnews and find out the
outcome of his outing yesterday.
As he was going he saw Adewale coming towards him and was happy.
“Good morning doctor Richard”
“Good morning Adewale, it is
good to see you looking fresh”
Richard said stretching forth his hand for a handshake.
“Deji’s parents just left this place so I decided to see you to know how he is faring”
Richard smiled at Adewale and said, “you can relax now, he is out of coma”
Adewale jumped on Richard and he almost fell down. “I am sorry”
he said leaving the doctor alone.
“thank you Lord” he said and faced Richard, “Thank you doc, I… I am so greatful”.
Richard laughed,
“Thank God not me, I only did my job, God heals”
“I would go and inform d parents”, he said and rushd out of d hospital. Richard smiled and went into Tony’s office.
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Tunji walked from one end of the building to the other, matching
furiously. Just when everything seemed to be working, those
idiots had blundered it. He looked at the time, it was almost time for his flight to take off and
he was still here waiting for the fools that Tolu of a boy sent to get Belina.
He left the building cos
bushy area was beginning to scare him so he headed towards
his car. He met Tolu, Spanner and Sparrow coming midway coming
towards him and his anger multiplied when he did not see
Belina with them.
He charged forward and tried to calm his nerves cos those guys may be dangerous and it would be one against three.
“Where is Belina?” he asked through clenched teeth.
Spanner opened his mouth,
“I…she… ehm…”, he stopped as Tunji
moved towards him, sizing him up like he was an ant. He was
short so he had to look up to Tunji but that was a mistake cos as soon as he looked up,
Tunji sent him crashing into a nearby bush.
To Be Continued