MY HUSBAND AND I (Part 18)

  

      The night was dark as the moon went to 'sleep', the crickets

were busy screeching away, there were occassional cooes

from some forest birds.

Each time a hooting sound was made, it reminded Lara that

Deji and her fetish oldman would be there any moment.

Slowly she walked to the window, peeped outside- there was

light enough for her sharp eyes to see clearly. After several

attempts, she jumped out through the window- escape on

her mind.

She tip toed gingerly away from the main building…

"Not so fast"

she felt a gun noozle on neck.

She froze for a moment, different plans flooding her mind.

"so you want to escape? Ehn?" a masculine man asked, his

gun still on her neck.

"No" she whispered turning to face him.

"I actually came to see you…" she said quitely.

"See me?" he chuckled.

"yea, I..erm..erm…need..to talk…to …to..you." she

stammered.

"hmn." he grunted

"you are not smart, get back inside!" he ordered.

"please…" she edged closer to him, making the gun slip off

her neck.

"I..errm…you know…I might be killed tonight…" she said

slowly placing a hand on his shoulder.

He pushed her hand away, but she brought it back to its

place.

"I just want one thing from you." she said sweetly.

"I'm sorry…I don't 'do' pregnant women." he protested

trying to push her away.

"Don't mind my bulging tummy, just…let's..just…savour…

some…you know…." she let her fingers run on his broad

chest.

Lara smiled to herself as his breathe became faster, she

edged closer to him, her protruding belly pushing against

him.

He held her close,their face touching.

Lara held him with one hand while the other hand worked

out her plans,caressingand weakening him as his heartbeat

increased.

Cunningly, she let him drop his gun, she kicked it far away

from them with her legs.

Just before he recover from his gust, she gave him a sharp

jab between his legs, her knee cap devoured the 'position'.

He collapsed with a yelp.

Lara turned swiftly, and ran as fast as her pregnancy would

allow her.

She ran blindly into the forest, she knew one way or the

other she would escape.

She heard several gun shots, they were coming after her,

she increased her pace.

The gun shots came closer, she knew they would overtake

her, so she decided to hide.

She looked around her, no where to hide.

She scrambled up a tree not minding the sharp pains on her

waist.

Just as she relaxed on the tree, she saw them, many of

them.

"That daughter of a b-itch!" one of them cursed.

"I'll kill her with my barehands.!"

Lara held her breathe, she put her hand around her mouth.

Her Baby was fluttering violently, it kicked hard against her

that she felt like screaming.

A sharp pain below her abdomen almost gave her away.

"Ouch!" she said.

"Did you hear that?" the kidnappers asked themselves,

"She's around here, disperse and look for her, I'll wait here"

one of them suggested.

They all dispersed in different directions, except for the one

standing beside the tree.

Lara's eyes widened with terror as she felt something crawl

on her legs. She sat still and bit her tongue. Snake! She

almost fainted.

"Haaaaa!" she screamed as she fell off the tree.

She landed on the man under the tree, he served as a

cushion.

"Snake o! Snake!" the man screamed in terror as the snake

wrapped round him.

That gave Lara the oppurtunity to crawl away under some

bushes to hide. She was in deep pains, she wondered if she

would die.

The pains around her waist increased in momentum.

"Wetin happen?"

the group asked rushing back.

"e be like say that girl don turn snake o" the man exclaimed

in terror.

The whole group stared at the dead snake in fear.

"Make we go call Baba" they said before running away.

Lara hid herself properly under the bush, her face washed

with tears.

"God please help me." she wept silently.

Thunder rumbled loudly with lightening flashing.Lara looked

at the sky with fear, it was dark and pregnant with rain.

"Yekpa! Rain? Not yet please." she muttered.

The rain poured heavily, Lara thought she would die. She

wept and prayed as long as she can.

"God please, not for my sake…but for this baby…please."sh

e shivered under the rain.

It seemed God answered her, the rain stoped.

Lara began to crawl farther into the forest in pains, she

could no longer stand up.

She wondered what part of the world she was.

"help will come" she muttered to herself. She had faith in

God.

Somehow, she suddenly felt; she won't die in the forest…

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