ONE WRONG TURN
EPISODE 18
He attempted to take off my clothes, when a knock on the door interrupted him. He got off me and walked towards the bed, trying to fetch something. The knock on the door worried me, I remembered what happened to Hannah, if there was going to be someone else in this room, I can’t tell what could happen.
I looked around, this felt like the perfect moment to escape. I snatched my underwear which were lying on the floor already, his move was just too swift that I loosed control of my own self not realizing he has stripped me half-naked already.
I took them up from the floor and ran towards the door, hoping to push whoever was behind it away and run to safety. The plan was very much simple to me, until I got to the door. I turned the handle round repeatedly, but the door wouldn’t open. The person on the other side must have noticed the struggle. He turned the handle with enough force to send the door flying. I stepped back a little to avoid being hit by the swinging door. As the door opened completely, the giant frame of a man stood at the entrance. In my state of panic and confusion, it seemed as if the person in front of me covered the entire door. I never bordered to look up at him. I kept my face to the ground and ran towards him, hoping to push him out of the way as I had planned. He caught me by the hand, and called out my name. The sound of the voice shocked me, it was familiar. In fact I could tell who it was, without looking up.
I lifted my head up slowly, to confirm the figure standing in front of me. My heart melted away when I saw the shock and disbelief on Matthew’s face. He gave me a cold hard stare, sending shock waves all over my body. I tried to speak, but words didn’t come out. There was no plausible excuse for my presence here. Matthew pinned his gaze at the underwear in my hand, it was very obvious to him that I had engaged in some sexual activities. He let go of me and walked towards Folorunsho. I turned around and looked at Folorunsho, it was at that moment I recognized the face. He had a striking resemblance with Matthew, infact they must be related. I stood by the door in a state of confusion, I had no idea whether to run or just wait and explain it all to Matthew.
Streams of tears began to roll down my cheek. I knew I was in big trouble.
Matthew simply walked up to Folorunsho and handed him something from his pocket. Probably an ATM card.
My attempt to abscond coupled with the unusual chemistry between me and Matthew must have surprised Folorunsho.
“Whats going on here? Do you know her? ” he asked, alternating his gaze between me and Matthew.
Matthew looked at me with disgust written all over his face.
“Yes, she was my girlfriend” he replied as he turned his eyes away from me and walked towards the door.
Those words really struck me at that moment, I felt like collapsing at that particular moment cos I knew no amount of explanation made at that moment can amend things. Was this how my relationship end with Matthew or did he took time to hear my own part of the story and make things up with me?
The sound of those words fell on me like a bomb. My heart became heavy, my limbs grew weak, I felt like dying.
I ran up to Matthew and knelt down beside him, crying and pleading. I kept trying to explain that things were not exactly the way they seemed, I was here by accident and I wanted to escape before he came in. I swore on my life that I had nothing to do with Folorunsho. But the underwear in my hand, and my rough appearance made everything I said seem like a lie.
Folorunsho simply stood and watched, without corroborating my story. Matthew tore my hands away from himself and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. I remained on the ground feeling lost and disconnected, I was like a woman in the early stage of madness. I sprawled on the floor weeping. I was yet to count my loss. Folorunsho was busy sipping wine from a glass cup, and paid very little attention to my sobs.
“so shall we continue from where we stopped.? ” he asked, trying to hold me up from the floor.
“Leave me alone, get out” I screamed, and pushed him away from me. I got up without his help and reached for my bag. I folded my underwear in two and squeezed it into my bag and headed for the door.
“Come back here my friend, where do you think you are going? we are not through” Folorunsho ordered.
“I’m through with you, you just ruined my life” I replied, as I continued towards the door.
“Look here, you can settle your issues with my cousin later, that’s non of my business, just let me enjoy the worth of my money, don’t you know how much your friend charged me?
I stopped in my tracks and turned around, I needed to understand his last sentence, I hoped it was not what I was thinking.
“What do you mean? ” I asked with an air of seriousness.
“Don’t ask me dirty questions, I paid your friend sixty thousand Naira (#60,000) for this runs, so let me enjoy myself” At that point, reality set in. Sarah had sold me to a man like a cheap prostitute. And I instantly began to feel like one. Regret joined my broken heart, I was deeply grieved.
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