SAKADINIA - Episode 10

I was panting by the time I reached my room, the
memories of what I’d seen in the garden haunted me and
I wished I never saw them.
‘Where are you coming from? I’ve been looking
everywhere for you’?i gasped in fright as Mark neared me.
‘Whoa slow down tiger, I don’t bite, what’s with you, you
look like you escaped a group of soldiers, what’s going
on’? he asked.
My mouth felt glued, I couldn’t say a word to me, how
could I tell him that I’d seen his mother having s-x with
Nelson? How would he take it? What if he hated me
forever? I couldn’t risk it so I chose silence.
‘Are you okay Ajunwa’? he asked.
‘I am fine, I need to get some sleep’ I quickly yawned to
prove it.
‘You’re a very bad liar, and you’re not leaving here till you
tell me what the problem is’ he replied.
‘I am fine Mark, I really am’ I wished he could just leave
me alone.
‘Your phone is ringing, you should pick that’ I pointed to
his phone in a bid to distract him so I could run into my
room.
‘Okay, it’s a message’he checked it out.
From the look on his face it wasn’t something nice, I
decided to peep, that’s when I saw her picture, the one
I’d seen earlier, the one she stood with her ‘romeo’ but
that wasn’t what got to me, it was the words that
accompanied the picture that disturbed me.
‘I KNOW WHAT YOU DID, I’M GOING TO TELL’ those were
the words of the text.
‘She is really crazy, she runs off without telling me, leaves
her necklace in the garden, the necklace I got at a very
expensive price and now she’s trying to play mind games
with me, I hate her so much right now’ he was furious.
If only he knew why Grace had eloped, he wouldn’t be
that angry, I decided to tell him the truth, maybe he’d
understand, maybe he’s stopped feeling so bad but he
had to promise he wouldn’t tell no one.
‘Mark’? I called him gently.
‘Yes’? he answered.
‘There’s something I must tell you, please promise you
wouldn’t act on your feelings, just keep it to yourself
okay’? I pleaded with him.
‘Sure, go ahead, tell me anything’ he replied.
‘Your mum is having an affair with Nelson’ the words
came out in a rush.
His eyes twinkled in surprise then they dimmed like he’d
heard something of that nature before.
‘What is it’? I asked.
‘That was what led to my quarrel with Grace, she said
something like that and I doubted her and she got angry,
oh my God, she was right, how did you know this’? he
asked.
‘i…I saw them making out in the garden’ I stuttered.
‘Oh God, how could mum do this? Knowing how
important dad is in the society? I am disappointed in her’
Mark fumed and I tried to pacify him.
‘Please don’t do anything stupid, I think Grace must have
stumbled on this secret and had decided to run because
of that and because you didn’t believe her, and as she
did, I’m equally leaving’ I informed him.
‘No you can’t leave, I now understand why she pushed
me away and left me like that…’ Mark rubbed his face
deep in thought.
‘Yes, I’m so scared’ I whispered.
‘Don’t be, I promise to take care of you’ Mark whispered
to me, before I could know what was happening, he
scooped me up into his arms and took me into my room.
‘Mark? What are you doing’? I was terrified.
‘Making sure you don’t run away the second time’ he
locked the door and began to undress.
‘What are you talking about’? my lips trembled.
‘It doesn’t matter, I know Grace is gone, but I’ve decided
to love you like I did her’ he replied and forced me on the
bed. I screamed, i fought him with all my strength but he
overcame me and I felt powerless.
‘No Mark, please don’t’ I cried, but he was deaf to my
pleas.
Shock and fear were the only feelings I experienced as
Mark raped me, how could I have been so blind? How
could I have trusted him?
I vowed that moment, to bring hell to the Itas family.
tbc