Sarafina Sampson
@sarafinaokon256974
1 year ago
#WritingInProgress
ESCAPE TRAPPED
Psst! Psssst! Psssssst!!!
I flagged the bus down.
I was in a hurry to get to the office.
I really needed to escape from the reality that battled against me all night. My rent (180k) must be renewed in two weeks, Junior's fee (60k) must be paid a day after tomorrow, Mum needs my contribution( 200k monthly) to offset the loan she leased our palmfruit plantation just so I could get a university education.
Hmmm! She had to do it as I had a promising future according to her judgement.
Should we lose our only remaining heritage my brothers who see me as a curse rather than a blessing as the only female child will bury me alive.
My gas finished last night and salary isn't due till three weeks, no, not three weeks but three weeks and four days time, and it's just Twenty five thousand naira only hmmmm SMH!
I really need to get to the office fast. Can this driver run fast already?
Oh, pheeeeew! I'm finally here.
But wait!
Why's the gate locked? Where's everybody?
This is 8: 30 already and our first busy hours!!
Hmmmmmm.
Phone Rings:
Hello! Oh Cindy good morning!
You say? When? How? Why? How long?
If this stupid tears knew that my only escape channel has been barricaded for six months, it wouldn't dance down my face.
Why was Nora bedding the Boss? She even took in and had the heartlessness to go expose her gory self to the wife, who owns the company and house Boss lives in.
How could she allow her callousness to cost us this much?
Now Madam has stut down the office now referred to as" Prostitution Hub" pending their official divorce documentations,
at the end of which no dime will be given to oga because of the Prenup agreement Madam's family insisted he signed.
How on earth could Nora be this wicked???
She wanted to escape her brokenness and now she's trapped in that escaped of hers and she has dragged us all into her entanglement.
Hah!
God why me?
Oh universe who do I borrow transport fare back now?
Who do I borrow from?
How will Junior get home what will he eat without gas, kerosene nor firewood???
Wait! What's the light for?
It's blinding hah!
Oh!!!
Yes finally I've escaped pheeeeew.
Nurse:
Get the doctor kiki, she's awake.
Good morning Ma'am.
It's good to have you back, you walked into an oncoming vehicle and ended here.
You've been here for two weeks and we couldn't get any information across to your family because your phone and bag were crushed beyond remedy.
But you've been properly treated. Your bill is just 2. 5 million naira.
Don't worry, I know and understand that look.
We can help you offset it. Just sign here if you're sure you won't have the money to pay.
I promise we'll remove just a kidney and fortunately your recipient is the first son of Toumba whose car you coincidentally ran into.
What?
Feliz Toumba?
Junior's father who ditched me for my best friend because of my poor background?
Same man who uses all his male children to renew his sacrifices annually?
I thought I had escaped the torment of committing to him before ever knowing him?
What's Junior's fate if feliz finds out about his existence?
Oh poor boy, what has these two weeks without me for the first time in his eight years on earth been like?
What's my fate if he finds out I'm the donor.
Hah! Mother!!
Is this really the promising future you foresaw? All I see is my ESCAPE TRAPPED.
