PART 19

“GHOST RUN!”

©?Opeyemi Akintunde

The next two days were worse than the first day in terms of the slaps I got from Captain. Whenever I told him I was still interested in going to Mororo, he would give me a hot slap. I wasn’t given food to eat. By the third day, I started screaming for God’s Help… I was at the brink of saying the wrong words to God, but whenever I was at that point, different scriptures will rise up within me, which made the scripture Psm 119:11 very real to me…

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee”

God’s Word I had eaten in the past three months was a defense in my Spirit.

On the third day, The lady who takes me to the makeshift rest room came to the tent where I was lying on the floor…

“ Hello…” She said but I did not have the strength to give a reply…

“ Your father will be here soon, Captain has not received your father’s money so he went to the bank in the city to confirm if your father has made the transfer.” She said

I still maintained my silence…

“ He told me I should take you to where you will take your bath in case you have decided to go back on your stand.”

I refused to say anything..,

“ Adenike or whatever your name is, you are only punishing yourself, be smart about this, Keep this Mororo vision for a later time, maybe Five years from now. Tell your father you are no more interested and Captain will release you. Return home, stay with them for a year or so and then relocate to another state, pretend like you want to start a new life. Let your parents visit you in the new place and after another two years or so, you go to this Mororo you are passionate about… This is the wisdom you need!”

“Ok…” I managed to say!

Her idea was a good one. It was a good compromise and I felt I could deceive my parents for a while and later when I gain my independence, return to Mororo.

“ You will do what I just said?” She asked very excited and I nodded…

“ Oh thank Goodness, at least you can have something to eat soon! My Goodness ! You are one tough girl though! She removed the handcuff from the iron rod but did not remove it from my hand as usual. She helped me get up and together we walked toward the makeshift toilet/bathroom.

“ Let me get you water and soap” she said compassionately..

“ Thanks, But can you take this hand cuff off, so I can wash my body well…” I said to her…

“ I am sorry, Captain did not give me the instruction to that, you just have to bear the discomfort till your father comes around. Since you have agreed to go back home, the discomfort you are feeling will soon be over.”

“ Ok thank you! “ I said as I stood waiting for her to get me water…

On bringing the water, she realized the soap was in her tent!

She rushed off to her tent and I heard …

“ Run!” I turned around to see who spoke, but there was no one…

I heard the voice again saying with all urgency. I looked and saw a pathway to my right. I didn’t know where the Strength came from, I raced off…

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I know I was running through bushes but I didn’t know where I was headed….It was getting late and I had not yet seen a main road.

“ God lead me out of here please!” I screamed out loud with tears pouring out of eyes. I was hungry and tired. The hand cuff on my hand was hurting me terribly..

I decided to take a short rest by sitting on the floor. The moment I sat, something heavy dropped on me. On impulse I had closed my eyes, so on opening them I realized I was trapped in a big net.

“ What?” I literally screamed… “Where was I and whose net was this?”

To be continued………..
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