WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 21 – 30
EPISODE 26
THE PRESENT
Jeffery was still cradling Jane on his laps as she told him the story of how she escaped the Okafors.
“So what happened after the gentleman promised to take you both with him?”
“He kept to his word and took us with him to Enugu, it was a two days journey as Enugu was far from Kano state where he found us”
“So what happened next?”
“He took us to his house to live with him, he has a factory where he produces plastics in Enugu so he was doing pretty well for himself; apparently he was in Kano state to open a new branch there when he found us. He sent me to school and paid for my tuition until I graduated”
“Did he ever report the issue to the police?”
“No he didn’t, we all tried to put everything behind us, but I couldn’t as I kept having nightmares of Mr Okafor’s son catching up with me, so uncle Emeka; that’s the name of the man who rescued us, he decided to take me to see a therapist”
“Was that the therapist who ended up rapping you?”
Jane nodded
“Did you at least let your uncle Emeka know?”
“No I didn’t we had a lot going on at that time so I didn’t want to add to it”
“How do you mean?”
“Uncle and Dami later fell in love and they got married. Few months later she got pregnant and miscarried at the end of the first trimester, we were all mourning the unborn child when this happened so I felt it was best to keep it to myself”
“Jane.. Jane you need to learn to put yourself first sometimes”
“I know, I was more ashamed of myself”
“Why?”
“Well for one; Dami was moving on just fine so why couldn’t I do same? Instead I kept allowing myself to be haunted by those nightmares and then needed to open myself to a total stranger believing he was going to help me overcome my nightmares and fears”
“Baby it wasn’t your fault, you were traumatized, honey people deal with trauma differently”
“I shouldn’t have let myself to be vulnerable like I did, probably I gave him mixed signals may I should ha..”
“Baby stop, stop it wasn’t your fault the idi®t rapped you and it’s okay to be vulnerable we all are at some point”
“Thank you”
“Enough with the thank yous, what about Dami is she the one you call your sister?”
“Yes, she and uncle Emeka became my family, they have a little girl together”
“Do you guys speak often?”
“Not really, we haven’t spoken in three months now”
“Why is that I thought you both were close?”
“Yeah we were but ever since I came to Lagos, we haven’t been talking much”
”Why is that?”
”Well they weren’t so happy about my coming to Lagos, but I didn’t care I needed a change so I took the money I saved up from my youth service and moved down to Lagos”
”Just like that?”
”Yes, uncle Emeka was kind enough to give me money to rent a place with the agreement that if things go awry I will head back home”
”Do you have something against your sister?”
”I don’t know, sometimes I feel I do”
”What is it about?”
“I can’t help but think that if she didn’t hand me that knlfe that night, I wouldn’t be a murderer today, I know she was trying to protect me but I just think it was her fault sometimes”
“Is that all?”
“What do you mean?”
“Is that the only reason you resent her or is there still more reasons?”
“I didn’t want to go see a therapist but she insisted her husband took me to one and I ended up adding more trauma to my list”
“Do you want to hear the truth?”
“Yes by all means please”
I will but first I need to get water to drink, want some?” He carried her from his laps and placed her gently on the bed.
“No I’m good”
He got up and took out a bottle of water from the mini fridge which was by the side of the bed. He opened it and took a drink and placed it on the bedside table.
“The truth is your sister was only trying to protect you, giving you a knlfe that night was what she thought to be best at that time, you killed Mr Okafor because he was mole$ting you, the mon$ter was going to gang rappe you with his son for crying out loud. He deserved to die. And as for that excuse of a shrink raping you; it was neither your fault nor your sister’s. The ba$tard capitalized on your weakness and used it. Stop blaming yourself or your sister”
“I really want to but I can’t”
”Have you thought about what would have been your fate if Mr Okafor kept rapping you? He gang rapped you with his son the first time and you passed out, and barely two weeks later he was back to gang rappe you again, what do you think would have happened if he succeeded?”
”You have a point, I don’t want to resent her but I don’t know how not to”
“Forgiveness, that’s how you do it. You forgive her, you forgive yourself too and tell yourself none of what happened was your fault nor was it your sister’s”
“I will try”
“You remember God doesn’t hear our prayers if we don’t forgive our neighbors right?”
“Look who is preaching, I didn’t know you to be a Bible person?”
“I read my Bible too baby-girl”
“Wow that’s nice, I keep learning new things about you Jeff”
“I love it when you call be that baby, only my girlfriend is allowed to call me that”
Jane getting his hint; got up from the bed to put a distance between them.
“Didn’t you hear everything I just told you? I’m damaged goods you can’t get nothing from me”
He stood up from the bed and joined her where she stood.
”And I want nothing from you”
”I am not good for you”
“I am not good for myself either, baby I meant it when I said it’s you I want and I am sticking to my choice so quit trying to chase me away because I am going nowhere”
“Oh Jeff I can’t lo.. ” Jeffery didn’t allow her to finish her statement when he sealed her lips with his, at first she tried protesting but finally gave in and open up for him. He placed a hand on the wall she was leaning on and used the other hand to frame her face. When the kss was becoming intense and Jane was beginning to yearn for more, he pulled out. She groaned in protest.
“Tell me you didn’t feel that and don’t even think of lying to me for I know you felt it the same way I did”
“I am not going to deny it”
“Then what is the problem?”
“I don’t know how to love I am scared I am not good enough for you”
“And I have said it time and time again, you are exactly what I need”
“I don’t know how to love you”
“Then let me teach you”
“You remember I killed someone right?”
“I heard you the first time you said it Jane and I am still not backing out”
“Are you sure?”
“Absolutely”
“Okay”
“Are you out of excuses now or do you still have more to give?”
“No”
“Good so will you be my girlfriend now?”
“You know I am not in your class right, like I am way out of your league?”
“Oh not again, here I was thinking we have crossed all the hurdles of excuses”
“No it’s not an excuse I’m just pointing out an obvious fact”
“I choose who is to be on my league or not and right now Jane I am choosing you to be on this league. Any other excuse?”
“No but I have a request?”
“By all means please do ask”
“Kss me again”
“With all pleasure my lady”
He kssed her so senseless that when they both pulled up for air; her eyes were dreamy, her lips were slightly swollen from the kss, she had a smile on her lips.
He looked into her eyes and asked; “How about that?”
“Yes”
“What?”
“Yes I will be your girlfriend but there will be conditions though”
“I don’t mind about the conditions, so long you are my girlfriend that’s all that matters”
WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 21 – 30
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