Episode 2
I zoomed off into the night oblivious of what it held for me but determined to succeed this night. I sat straight with my head almost peering through the wind shield, I looked at the back seat and Ada sat down probably wondering why she was out at this odd hour. Soon after I got to a T- Junction and I took the left turn, I felt something was off few minutes into the road. This was the beginning of my ordeal.
Immediately after that thought I met a couple of young men at the middle of the road, I paused and honked for them to clear from the road . They stared at me and two of them approached my car and demanded I rolled down my window. I refused and gesticulated with my hands that I was passing through. They smiled and said something to another man that seemed to be the boss. He approached me and his mean face made me shiver.
“What is happening mom? Who are these men?” Ada asked from the backseat.
I was terrified but my mama instincts came on and I looked back and smiled at her replied with assurance
“Everything would be fine dear, they are just doing their job”.
“What kind of job?” She asked.
I asked myself same question.
This time the boss was standing beside my window and asked me to roll down my window. He raised a wood to show me that he was going to break my wind screen if I refused. I thought of reversing out but a few of them surrounded my car already. I rolled down my glass and I broke into pidgin.
“Oga Good evening sir”
“Madam good evening” He replied
They are armed robbers or kidnappers , run for your life my mind seem to tell my head but fear gripped me.
“Bros, Good evening sir, abeg my sister dey hospital, na emergency”.
He looked at me and smiled and said “Madam come down from the motor, we need to used am this night”.
I unhooked my seat belt and I retaliated to pleading.
“Bros , abeg my sister dey hospital and they need my attention “.
“I don hear that story before na, na beg me dey beg you too, I nor wan tell my boys make them slap you o”
Slap??? I just had one and my face still tingles from the slap Uzor gave me earlier. I hurriedly got down from and car and they entered and zoomed off.
I started screaming “my daughter o”, Ada o. I sprinted after the car but was soon out of breathe and I sat on the tiled road crying. It soon started raining and I felt so lost . I asked God to take my life. My only source of joy is gone. How do I begin to look for Ada.
In that moment I saw light and I felt my prayers to leave the world was answered. I didn’t pay any mind if the car was going to crush me. I looked up and the light was so bright but I recognised the car and I saw a little girl get down from the car. The car sped off and I recognised my Ada. She ran towards me. I held on, never to let go.
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