The next day which was a Saturday, my uncle finally got
married to his fiancé just like that. It all happened so fast I
couldn’t believe it. Surprisingly, I saw Esther, my aunty and
my cousins at the wedding even though it wasn’t a big
wedding. I was surprised because they had told me that they
wouldn’t be able to make it for uncle cheatmaster’s wedding
but I guess they really wanted to surprise me. I couldn’t
stop smiling when I saw them. I hung out with Esther who
had added weight and my cousins. They looked so bright
and happy. I was happy to see them and to see that they
were really happy. Even though at the end, Esther became
really sad. She had almost cried that she missed me and
our parents. I felt really bad because I couldn’t help her.
After the wedding, they made them stay over at one of our
distant relatives’ home. They were going to be heading back
to Port Harcourt the next day. I also joined them, just to
leave the newlyweds to themselves for the night and spend
some more time with my sister. I kept smiling and trying to
cheer Esther up while catching up with what’s going on in
her life. I had spoken to her few times on the phone but you
know it would be way different when in person. So we talked
about a few things and later allowed her to rest since they
had to leave the next day.
The next day, I said my goodbye with tears in eyes and hurt
in my heart as I watched them leave the house in a Taxi. It
was time for me to go back home so I was dropped off later
in the evening. Thankfully I didn’t have an exam the next day
until two days later so I could rest from the whole drama. I
got home and met uncle cheatmaster and aunty Jennifer on
the couch relaxing and watching tv. Then I greeted them and
went straight into my room.
In order to cut things short, three weeks later, I ended my
junior WAEC. I had just Lagos state exams left. By this time,
everything was normal at the house. Funny enough aunty
Jennifer was really nice. Initially, I thought she was going to
turn me into her personal house maid like what happens in
the movies. Most especially because she was recently
married to a man that has his niece under his and now, her
care but she was just a really nice person. Maybe she was
just pretending, I thought to myself several times because
she was just too nice. She cooked most times, cleaned
sometimes and bought me things. I started to see her as a
loving mother. She was quite young but she acted like a
mother with experience, so loving, mature and wise. I
started to think less of uncle cheatmaster and feel really
happy for her and her marriage. The fact that I got to meet a
wonderful woman instead of what I thought would be of me
when uncle cheatmaster gets married made me happy too.
One night, uncle cheatmaster snuck into my room and came
to lie with me. I was very shocked as to why he was in my
room by the middle of the night after two months of being
left alone. He suddenly started kissing me all over and tried
to take off my clothes but I refused. I refused to let him
touch me and was whispering a ‘No, no, no’ so no one
could hear, then he got angry. He said I didn’t love him
anymore and filled my tiny head with lies that made me feel
guilty and so I allowed him sleep with me. After he was done
using me as his sex toy, I didn’t feel the same way I did like
the other times he had laid with me. I felt different, I felt
horrible and guilty. I felt disgustingly strange. I felt like I had
just betrayed aunty Jennifer which got me really disturbed.
Now, he kissed me goodnight and was about to stand up
when we heard aunty Jennifer call out uncle cheatmaster’s
name.
I was suddenly so scared because what would be his
explanation If he was found in my room by the middle of the
night. He left my room immediately and I quickly adjusted
my nightgown before pretending to be asleep. I heard uncle
cheatmaster say something about him going to check if
there was light so the generator could be turned off. I’m
sure she would have been confused because it was
Mohammed’s job and not his but the liar that uncle is,
would have come up with something else to remove any
trace of suspicion.
I didn’t see uncle in my room again after another week.
Probably because he was trying to avoid getting caught like
he almost was the other night. Although, he always texted
me, whether I was in the same house with him or not. I
didn’t say a word to aunty Jennifer about the other night as
guilty as I felt. She didn’t have any suspicious look either so
things went on normally until the day things got worse. I had
just finished all my exams for junior school and uncle
cheatmaster hadpromised to take me out. I was actually
excited and couldn’t wait to spend time with him just as my
uncle and nothing more. It wasn’t only because I wanted to
spend some time with him but because I was happy that I
was finally done with junior school. I had managed to carry
my phone to school that day even though it wasn’t allowed.
This was because uncle cheatmaster said he was going to
text me before he comes to get me since I already told him
what time my last paper was going to end. I waited in
school for about an hour and didn’t hear from uncle
cheatmaster. Another hour went by and all the jss3 students
that had been running around all happy and excited that
exams were over were already leaving for their homes. It
was getting late so I decided to go home disappointed in
uncle cheatmaster than wait till it got really dark. I got home
and no one was home yet. I checked the messages I had
sent to uncle cheatmaster and not a single reply yet. I
decided to change and have my dinner while I wait for him
to come home.
I was in my room when I heard someone come in so I went
out to see who it was and found aunty Jennifer. I greeted
her and she asked about my wellbeing, my exams and even
Uncle cheatmaster. I told her everything was fine but that I
hadn’t seen Uncle cheatmaster. She said ‘okay, my dear’
and left for her room. But before she left, I asked if she was
hungry and she said not to bother myself, that she would
eat when she was hungry so I went back into my room. Just
five minutes later, I heard a scream. I jumped up from my
bed and rushed out to see the reason for it. I found aunty
Jennifer on her feet standing by the dining table with a very
sad look on her face while talking with someone on the
phone. Before I could even ask what was wrong, she told
me to go get her car keys. When I came back with them, she
told me that we were heading to the hospital because uncle
cheatmaster had just been involved in a terrible accident
while trying to escape some armed robbers.
To be continued……..
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