WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 21 – 30
EPISODE 25
She finally gave up on trying and just when she thought he was going to kill her with blows; she heard a loud thud. She opened her eyes to see Mr Okafor’s son lying on top of her, Dami was standing above them holding a fire extinguisher in her hands. Jane pushed him and he fell to the floor. Dami helped Jane to her feet, she stood up groaning in pains.
“Thank you”
“What happened why was he beating you?”
“I think I killed Mr Okafor” Jane replied.
“How do you mean, where is he?”
“In my room”
“Let’s go see him”
Dami bent and picked up the bloodied knlfe from the floor before following Jane back into her room where Mr Okafor’s lifeless was body lying. Dami looked him over then she turned to leave the room.
“Is he de.ad?”
“Yes, we have to leave this place immediately”
“Don’t you think we should rush him to the hospital or something? I don’t want him to die”
“Jane he is dead and even if he wasn’t; what do you think will happen to us if the police gets a wind of this?”
“I will tell them all that has been happening of course”
“It will be your word against theirs, besides have you forgotten Mr Okafor has lots of connection? Any chance you have of winning a case against him is going to be ruined if his family uses any of his connection”
“Dami I don’t want to be tagged a murderer” Jane started to cry, Dami walked closer to her and placed her hands on Jane’s shoulders.
“Jane please this is not the time to start crying I beg you, we have to leave this place as fast as possible”
Jane saw reasons with Dami and followed her out of the room. They walked past Mr Okafor’s son who was still lying unconscious on the floor. They went to Mrs Okafor’s room and knocked on her door, she usually takes sleeping pills every night for her to sleep, so they had to knock really hard before she finally opened the door.
“What is it?”
“We need you to walk us to the gate and tell the security men to allow us out of the compound”
“Are you out of your mind? My husband will kill me if he finds out I did such”
In response to her question Dami took out the bIoodied knlfe she was holding and pointed it at her.
“That should be the least of your problem, you are a good lady therefore I wouldn’t want to hurt you, so you are going to follow us to the gate and then tell the security guards to allow us to leave the compound”
Mrs Okafor must have seen the seriousness on Dami’s face for she obeyed immediately without any further question. Jane and Dami directed her to follow the back door so she doesn’t see her husband’s corpse or her son lying on the floor.
When they got the gate Mrs Okafor told the security guards that she wanted the girls to go get something for her outside.
“Madam by this time? Can’t it wait till morning? Besides oga told us never to allow them go out of the compound by themselves”
“Are you questioning my instructions? I said allow them to pass they will be back soon”
The guards finally allowed the girls out of the compound not quite understanding what Mrs Okafor wanted them to get for her by that time of the night.
The moment they stepped out; they waited for the guards to close the gate and the girls took to their heels immediately. They kept running and never looked back.
When Mrs Okafor got back inside the house she met her son at the door, he was holding his head in his hand.
“What is the matter are you alright?”
“Where are those ba$tards hope you didn’t let them out?”
“They came threatening me with a knlfe asking that I let them go, besides they needed to leave anyway so I let them”
“Mother what have you done? Those bches killed your husband!”
“How do you mean?”
“Go to Jane’s room and find out for yourself” her son ran out of the house and went in pursuit of the girls. When he got to the gate he told the guards of the happenings and they quickly went after them.
WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 21 – 30
When they got to the major road, Jane was tired so she stopped to rest. The usually busy road was quiet; there were no cars passing.
“Dami please let’s rest I’m tired”
“Jane please just try, let’s keep going we can’t afford to rest now, we might get caught”
“I’m tired I need to catch my breath, besides we have gone far from the house they can’t catch us”
“Jane please”
Dami wasn’t done speaking when they heard approaching footsteps.
“I have seen them”Someone shouted.
The girls started running again, the men chased after them, just then they saw a car approaching, Dami started to flag it down. The car stopped and the window was wound down.
“Hey girls are you in the mood for a threesome?”
“Yes we are please open your car door fast”
“Wow hasty I like”
He opened the back door and the girls quickly rushed in, just that moment the guards got to where the car was and were rushing towards the door of the car.
“Drive!! They both screamed.
The confused man reared the engine to life and sped off as the guards tried chasing after the car.
After they have drove out of the vicinity the driver turned to them and asked;
“What was the meaning of that?”
“You girls aren’t hookers are you? I might be tipsy but I can tell with a closer look at you both that you aren’t hookers”
“You are right sir we aren’t hookers but please don’t drop us yet; those people are after our lives”
Dami said trying to plead with the young man.
“I really don’t understand what is going on here, first of all who are those guys, second of all what did you girls do to them and why is her face bIoody?” He was referring to Jane who hasn’t said anything since they got into the car. Her face was beginning to swell from the blows she received from Mr Okafor’s son. She noticed her ribs hurt whenever she tries to move or speak, she silently prayed to God for none of her ribs to be broken, her lips were already broken that can heal in no time but not a broken rib.
“Sir we will explain everything to you but please just keep driving, drive as fast as possible please”
“Where are you girls going?”
“No where, but you can drop us at the outskirt of town”
“You expect me to take you to the outskirt of town by this time of the night? There is no way I’m doing that”
“Alright no problem, drop us at Zungeru road”
“That is way too far, here is what I can do for you; I lodged in a hotel nearby I can take you both with me to the hotel and lodge you both in a room for the night and by tomorrow you can find your way to wherever you are headed”
“That will be nice, thank you very much sir”
The young man drove them to the hotel where he lodged, Dami got down from the car and went to Jane’s side to help her out of the car. It was a Jeep so she was finding it difficult to come down.
“Easy Jane, here place your hands on my shoulders”
“Why does the car seem so high, every part of my body hurts”
“It’s a Jeep madam, now you can complain, when you were jumping into it to escape the Okafors it wasn’t high then abi?”
Jane tried laughing but couldn’t because of the pains in her ribs.
”Are you okay, do you need help?” The young man asked as he watched with concern the way Dami assisted Jane to get down from the car.
“No it’s fine, I can handle it” Dami replied. She helped Jane out of the car and they both walked with the young man into the hotel. Jane was behind as a every movement she made was accompanied with pain so she had to calculate every of her movement.
When they got to the reception; Jane and Dami both took a seat at the reception while the young man went ahead to ask the receptionist for an additional room for Dami and Jane.
“I’m sorry sir we are fully booked for the night”
“Oh no, don’t you have any rooms left at all?”
“I’m afraid not sir”
“Alright thank you”
He walked back to where Dami and Jane were sitting and told them about the new development.
”I’m sorry but there is no room left”
”Sir please help us, my sister is badly hurt she needs somewhere to rest only for the night I really don’t mind about myself”
”Hold on I never bargained for any of these I left my friends at the club because I needed to get some work done before my meeting tomorrow, why I even stopped to pick you girls I still can’t fathom”
”You thought we were hookers”
”Excuse me?”
”You stopped because you thought we were hookers”
”And you think there are no hookers in the club where I’m coming from?”
”I’m sorry, all that doesn’t matter please just help me get somewhere for my sister to sleep for the night, I promise we will be out of your hair by morning”
The young man thought about Dami’s pleas for a while, he didn’t know if to help them or not, for all he knows they could be criminals and wanted by the police. He turned to look at Jane; the little girl who was looking malnourished and unkempt was in severe pain, she held her hands to her middle and was bent over on the chair she sat. Her whole face was bIoodied, her lips were broken. When she looked at him he could see pain in her eyes. Her sister a bit looked older, she has been the one doing all the talking since he picked them up. She was looking malnourished too but you could tell she was a strong girl with the way she spoke and acted. Her undernourishment did little or nothing to hide her beauty, he could see there was a lot of pains in her eyes too.
“The only option left is to spend the night in my room, the bed is big enough to accommodate two people I will take the couch, are you both in?”
“Yes no problem” Dami answered without hesitation, she was ready to agree to anything so long it has nothing to do with her returning to the Okafors.
The young man looked at Jane who hasn’t said anything, he wanted to know if they were all on same page. In response she nodded.
“Alright come with me then”
They all took the elevator to his room which was on the 3rd floor. When they arrived; he opened his room and they all went inside.
The room wasn’t so spacious, it had a large bed in the middle, it was actually large enough to contain three people. There was a bedside table with a bedside lamp on it and a chair beside the table. On one end was a mini wardrobe and a small couch which had a shirt hung on it. There was a door on the other end which led to the bathroom.
“So now tell me what it is that made those guys to be chasing you both by this time of the night?” He asked as he pulled the chair closer to where Jane and Dami sat on the bed.
“It’s a long story” Dami replied.
“Well we have the whole night don’t we?”
WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 21 – 30
Dami went ahead and told him of their ordeal, all they suffered at the Okafors and how Peace ended up dying. She deliberately left out Mr Okafor’s death to avoid him asking further questions or wanting to report the case to the police.
“We have to report this matter to the police, how can a man be so callous and cold hearted?”
“No you can’t do that!” Dami screamed.
“Why not? After all he has done to you girls you still want to protect him? I don’t get it”
“You can’t report this to the police, please”
“Why not? He needs to be punished for what he did, if you are scared of him coming after you, I have friends who are highly placed in the government so you need not fear, you are safe with me”
“It’s more than that, you won’t understand”
“Then make me because I really don’t understand why you will be protecting a monster like that”
“It’s because he is dead, I killed him” Jane replied crying.
He was quiet for a while probably trying to process what he just heard. After a few seconds passed, he finally spoke.
“Was that why those men were chasing after you both?”
They both nodded.
He stood up from the chair he was sitting and started to pace the room, the look on his face unreadable. They couldn’t tell what he was thinking.
“So what are your plans, where do you plan on going from here?”
“Anywhere but here, we need to leave this city before Mr Okafor’s son and his men find us”
“Do you know anyone somewhere that you intend to go and meet?”
“No we don’t, like I earlier told you;Jane and I are both orphans”
“This is really complicated, I actually came here for a business meeting, it will be over by tomorrow morning and I will be going back to Enugu state, it’s where I’m based will you like to come with me?”
“Yes we will” they both answered in unison.
“Fine then, we will leave once I am done with my meeting tomorrow but first we need to get you cleaned up and taken to the hospital so they can have your injuries examined”
“No I’m fine please don’t take me to the hospital Mr Okafor’s son might find me there”
“You need not worry I’m taking you to a friend’s private clinic”
“No please I don’t want to risk it please”
“Alright fine I will ask him to come examine you here”
“Thank you” Jane said heaving a sigh of relief.
WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 21 – 30
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