WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 11 – 20

EPISODE 20

The next morning Dami came into her room carrying a bucket of hot water, Jane tried standing up but she felt so sore all over her body, she couldn’t move so she laid-back down on the bed.

“It’s already 5 am, you have to stand up and get ready before Mr Okafor wakes up”

“I can’t, all my body aches badly, he raped me”

“It’s always like that the first time, but you still have to stand up”

“Wait you knew he was going to do this to me, you knew and you did nothing?”

“There’s nothing I or Peace could have done, he does same thing to us every other night”

“He what; how come no one has done anything about it?”

“Soon you will understand why we can’t do anything”

Dami went into the bathroom and kept the bucket of hot water, she came out of the bathroom and went to Jane on the bed, pulled off the sheets she was using to cover herself.

“Come on let’s get you cleaned up, you will be fine once you have a warm bath and take some pain killers”

Jane burst into tears, Dami placed Jane’s head on her laps and tried soothing her.

“I don’t want painkillers, I want to go back home I want my mother”

Dami felt the little girl’s pain, she felt so too when she arrived here for the first time. She didn’t know what to do or how to go about it back then.

“I know, I wish I could go back home too but I can’t, none of us can; so my dear we have to accept our fate”

Dami led Jane to the bathroom and helped her to clean up and get prepared for the day’s business, before they left for the supermarket; she gave Jane some pain killers and an after morning pill.

“I know this red one as a painkiller but what is this other one for?”

“It’s an after morning pill”

“What’s that; what does it do?”

“It’s to prevent pregnancy”

“Am I going to get pregnant? God please I don’t want to get pregnant”

Jane broke down into another episode of tears. Dami pulled her into a hug and patted her back.

“No you won’t get pregnant”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, now take the pills”

Jane took the pills obediently. By 5:55am the girls were assembled at the sitting room waiting for Mr Okafor to come give them directives for the day.

By exactly 6 am Mr Okafor came out of his room fully dressed and ready to go to the supermarket. The moment Jane saw him; she remembered everything he did to her last night, her first instinct was to lunge at him, thankfully Peace was standing by her side and quickly noticed what Jane was about to do; she stopped her in time.

Mr Okafor acted indifferent to her, he acted like nothing ever happened.

“Is everyone ready? Jane you will be going with me to the supermarket at the main market, the rest you know where to report”

“I don’t want to go with you, I don’t want to be any where near you; you disgust me”

“What did you say?”

“I said I don’t want….”

Jane wasn’t done when she received a hard $lap on her cheek.

“That wasn’t up for a debate you idi©t, the next time you talk back at me, you will be getting more than just a slap on the cheek, I’m sure you know what I mean”
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“That ba$tard rapped you? What the he.ll!”

It was a Saturday afternoon; Jane and Jeffery were sitting in his gazebo by his swimming pool enjoying some fresh air while Jane told him of her encounter at the Okafors.

“Jeffery please calm down”

“Calm down, did you just say calm down? A man rapped you and you are asking me to calm down? I can’t believe this”

“You see, this is the reason I never wanted to tell you in the first place”

“Well thank God you did; because I’m certainly going find that son of a bch and kill him myself”

“Woah, so much for promising to protect me against those who are after me”

“But babe that’s exactly what I’m doing; protecting you”

“No it’s not, this is you digging up the past, taking revenge and then having it come back to haunt me”

“But babe I ..”

“Please stop already, please…. I beg you”

Jeffery couldn’t understand why she wouldn’t let him fish out the ba$tard who rapped her and deal with him accordingly, at least he deserves to have a taste of his own medicine. He believes no rappist should ever be allowed to live, why should you force yourself on a woman when there are a million and one women out there who would be willing to have sx with you at little or no cost.

“Jeffery! Have you been listening?”

“Yes babe what was it you said?”

“Promise me you won’t do anything about what I just told you”
Silence

“Jeffery?”

“I will pretend I didn’t hear anything you just said”

“Jeffery please”

“Baby ask me for anything, a car, a house, a vacation to any part of the world, or a shopping spree, anything but not this, it’s a no no”

“Don’t you even want to hear the rest of the story before taking any action?”

“Babe I’m sorry, please go on with your story”

“On the condition that you won’t go looking for Mr Okafor’s family?”

“Fine”

“Jeffery?”

“I promise, I won’t”

“That was too easy, I don’t believe you”

“I cross my heart”
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WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 11 – 20

*TEN YEARS EARLIER*

“Jane for the last time take off your clothes now!”

“Mr Okafor please you need to stop this thing you do to me every night, it’s not nice I could be your daughter for all you know” Jane said amidst tears.

Mr Okafor burst into laughter.

“Are you done talking? Now for your information you are not my daughter, I can never have a wretch like yourself as a daughter. Now stop stressing me and take off your clothes”

Mr Okafor got closer to Jane; she kept moving away from him till she got to the door of her bathroom; she ran inside and locked herself.

“Jane! Open this door now”

“No go away, please leave me alone”

“Jane open this door now, if I force it open myself I’m going to punish you severely”

He kicked the door severally but it won’t budge. After several minutes of trying fruitlessly to open the bathroom door, he finally gave up and left her room.

Jane was glad to be left alone, it’s been two months since she started living with the Okafors and Mr Okafor has made it a point of duty to have sx her at least 3 nights in a week sometimes even more. She was only free the nights he was sleeping with any of the other girls.

When she asked them if his wife was aware of his actions, the girls confirmed she was very much aware but couldn’t do anything about it because there was a time when she got fed up and reported him to the police; he got her father kidnapped and t®rtured severely until she dropped the charges against him. So she just plays along to avoid any harm befalling any member of her family.

Jane slept on the cold floor of the bathroom that night, at least she had peace for that night whatever the consequences of her actions were she was going to face it in the morning, but first she needed to sleep.

WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 11 – 20

The next morning Jane woke up to someone banging at the door of her bathroom, at first she was scared of opening it for she thought it was Mr Okafor, until she heard Dami’s voice.

“Jane open up, it’s Dami”

Jane opened the door only a fraction and peeked to see if Dami was alone.

“It’s just me, come out”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, I think that should be the least of your problem, Mr Okafor is threatening fire and brimstone, the last time he was this angry was when his wife reported him to the police”

Jane came out from the bathroom shivering with cold from sleeping on the cold tiles of the bathroom. Dami led her to the bed for her to sit.

“What happened last night?”

“I didn’t allow him to sleep with me”

“You what, was that why you slept in the bathroom?”

Jane nodded.

“My God, Jane why would you do that? Nobody says no to Mr Okafor”

“Dami I got tired, I’m tired of all of this, aren’t you?”

“I am, but there’s little any of us can do”

“What if we run away? We could talk to one his customers at the supermarkets one of them might be able to help”

“Run away to where? Mr Okafor is highly connected, we won’t be gone for long before we get caught. The last girl who tried being friendly with a customer, got killed in her sleep”

“What? You are joking right?”

“No I’m not, we woke up to see she has been stabbed on her neck, it was a silent message to the rest of us”

“There must be a way out of this Dami, we have to find a way to get out please”

“And we will, I promise we will figure something out, but for now you have to think of a way to face Mr Okafor”

“I really don’t care, he can kill me if he wants to, I’m already dead anyway”

“Shhhh…..Don’t say that, there’s power in your tongue”

“I’m just tired Dami”

“I know dear I’m tired too, everything will be fine. Now go take your bath and prepare to face Mr Okafor”

“I will but first let me come and..”

“Don’t worry about helping with the chores, I and Peace can do them, go take your bath and put on some warm clothes”

Jane took her bath, had her clothes on and joined the girls to assemble in the sitting room by 5:55 am like they always did. By 6:00 am Mr Okafor came into the sitting room fully dressed, he gave everyone directives for the day and dismissed them. It was evident he was angry, yet he said nothing regarding last night’s incidence.

By the end of the day; when they done selling at the supermarket, Mr Okafor hasn’t still said anything regarding what Jane did the previous night.