I Will Wait – Episode 36

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I got into the car and asked the driver to speed off, I was really angry and I knew the only way out now was to accept the proposal that I had at hand.

 

‘Where to Madam?’ the driver asked

 

‘Mika lodge.’ I said

 

Since we were already in Mtendere, we got there in no time. I got my phone and called the person I was going to meet.

 

‘I am in the yard.’ I said still angry

 

‘Come to room A06.’ He said

 

I got some money from my purse and gave it to the cab driver.

 

‘Should I come and pick you up Madam?’

 

‘I will call you if I need you.’ I said my voice trailing with the banging of the door I walked my way to the rooms, I was very familiar with this place because I had spent many nights here with my lovers.

 

I got to the room number and knocked on the door lightly.

 

‘It’s open.’ He yelled

 

I opened it and got in.

 

‘Please lock it, I will be with you in a moment.’ He said not once looking away from his laptop

 

I offered myself a drink and sat comfortably on the bed

 

‘Jeez, what has happened to you?’ he asked looking at my outfit

 

I was not at all offended, my day had been ruined already and nothing at this point could make it any worse.

 

‘Life happened.’ I responded gulping down the last contents from the glass. ‘You need to take it slow.’ He said

 

‘As if I care about the bastard.’ I responded standing up to grab the bottle I was just about to open it and he asked me to put it down.

 

‘Why? I asked fidgeting with the cork

 

‘Because this my dear is your meal ticket and you need to make sure you keep the bastard safe.’ He said kissing my belly

 

I looked at him in shock.

 

‘You underestimated me Esther, not all of us like to show the demons within us.’ He said

 

 

I put the bottle down realizing there was truth in what he was saying and I couldn’t risk anything going wrong with the pregnancy.

 

‘Ever heard the words nothing more beautiful than a pregnant married woman?’ I rolled my eyes at him and without warning he slapped me causing me to fall on the bed.

 

‘Now listen you whore, I am not here to play games with you. I asked you a question and I expect an answer.’ He demanded kneeling before me

 

‘Yes I have heard those words before.’ I said holding on to my cheek where his hand had landed

 

‘Good, so you couldn’t be a good girl and keep those legs closed right?’ he asked I didn’t know what to say or if responding would be the right thing to do. ‘Unless you want me to keep hitting you, you will answer my questions.’ He said his eyes piercing through my insides

 

‘I thought so.’ He said after a moment of silence

 

‘Tell me something, you grew up in a Christian home. Your parents are responsible people, what went wrong with you?’ he asked

 

Silence

 

‘Damn it Esther I asked you something!’ he screamed ‘I don’t know.’

 

This is not what I had expected, he had persuaded me into coming here because according to him he had a plan to help me get back at Wane and Yolanta and now here he was torturing me.

 

‘Your sisters are all good people, it’s either you are a black sheep or maybe your parents didn’t do enough to raise you right.’ He said

 

‘Well it seems all you will do is keep quiet, but you my darling is lucky because I have a soft spot for you. I helped you get rid of something.’ He said standing up ‘What did you do?’ I asked with fear

 

‘The world needs less evil parents, by the way your child doesn’t need evil grandparents.’

 

‘What did you do?’ I asked again

 

‘Relax my love.’ He responded

 

He poured whisky into two glasses and walked back to the bed.

 

‘You will need this for what you are about to hear.’ He said forcefully giving me the glass

 

I was shivering as I gulped down the contents, I had wanted the drink badly but now I just wanted to know what he had done.

 

‘Good girl.’ He said smiling wickedly

 

 

He walked to one of the closets and removed a grey foil paper throwing it at me. With fear and trembling fingers I opened it, the first thing that hit me was an awful scent.

 

‘What is this?’ I asked

 

‘Open it.’ He said

 

I got the pair of scissors that was on the head board and cut through the paper. ‘You monster!’ I screamed

 

How could one person be so ruthless, staring back at me were three fingers. One had a ring and I knew exactly who it belonged to. They were also two eyes and some toes, also was a photo of my father’s remaining body parts. ‘How could you?’ I asked getting weak in my knees

 

‘Hush my baby, the world is just free of one monster.’ He responded patting my back

 

‘Let me go.’ I cried softly

 

‘I am here for you, no one will hurt us anymore.’ He said kissing my forehead ‘You just killed my father, the man that gave life to me.’

 

‘I just did you a favor, he killed you softly everyday by raising you the wrong way.’

 

I couldn’t hold back the tears, my father had done his every best to raise me the best way possible, it is I who had failed him.

 

‘You were supposed to be a virgin, to keep yourself until marriage. But because your father didn’t give you the right principals here you are. Carrying a bastard.’ He said holding me closer

 

‘You killed my father.’ I said again not believing him ‘Hush.’ He whispered

 

‘We will never again know pain, this is just the beginning. Everyone will pay for what they have done to us.’ He said

 

***

 

The gate was open when I arrived, I had removed my waist trainer because it was suffocating me and now my pregnancy was visible. The crying from the compound was enough to tear me apart. I had loved my father and I just couldn’t believe that he was gone just like that.

 

One of his sisters who had recognized me came to me and cried on top of her voice upon reaching where I was standing.

 

‘Mwana wandi ba wiso naba tusha (my child your father has left us).’ She cried I dragged my legs into the house and settled just next to my mother.

 

 

‘Ba Esther someone is here to see you.’ One of my cousins said after I had settled in

 

I walked slowly to where she was leading me and there he was, the man that had taken my father with his fiancé.

 

The lady came forward and hugged me tightly.

 

‘I am sorry for your loss.’ She said her voice sounding genuine but I hated her ‘Hush.’ He said lightly when he hugged me too. ‘I will make you pay for this.’ I said in a whisper

 

‘You just became a single orphan, don’t tell me you want to become a double orphan already.’

 

Those words made me sick to the stomach.

 

‘Thank you for coming Yolanta.’ I told her realizing she was just a victim in all this

 

‘We never got along but I understand your pain.’ She said with a weak smile

 

I watched them walk away and I didn’t know what I would do to make her see the kind of man she was getting married to; just then my phone rang. I was hesitant to pick up because it was a private line.

 

‘Don’t do anything, his downfall is coming soon. But before that he will make you suffer, protect your child.’ The voice on the other end of the line said before it died.

 

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Tbc

 

 

 

I WILL WAIT