ANGELS OF VALE [EPISODE 3]

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If you miss Episode 1 and 2 here is the link to it:
Episode 1
https://steemit.com/fiction/@engrbrain1/angels-of-vale-episode-1
Episode 2
https://steemit.com/fiction/@engrbrain1/angels-of-vale-episode-2

Three weeks was gone,their friendship grew stronger. Chimobi was actually surprised,they were many things about her he didn’t know and he grew to like her…but he had to win the bet…he had to make his move…. ‘Do you love me’? He asked sweetly while placing a fallen strand of her long hair to the back…

I really do and you know that’ she dropped her pencil…he’d been coaching her in the technical drawing which she sucked at… ‘Then kiss me’ he commanded…

She hesitated…then moved forward closer to him and placed her mouth on his… He parted her lips with his tongue and they blended together… she had come visiting that day as his parents weren’t around…. He left her mouth and traced a fine line along her round neck with his tongue…he would stop and bite her earlobe lightly…. She moaned loudly…lost in pleasure….what was he doing to her? He trailed his fingers gently on her breast and she groaned…he went further and slipped his hand beneath her blouse but she held him back…. ‘Are you a virgin’? He asked…eyes hazy with passion….

Her mood changed swiftly….as she remembered all those nights her uncle raped her brutally and she would wet her pillow with tears….there was no one she could talk to…no one at all…her mother had turned her face away ….the woman that was supposed to protect her… ‘No’ she answered quietly…as the memories lay broken before her… ‘What’s wrong’? He was uncomfortable with her mood swing… ‘my uncle rapes me at home’ she finally found the courage to say it… then a tear fell from her eye.

I am sorry.

he whispered to her as his desires fled when he heard that Those were the only words that came out of his mouth… he was too shocked to say anything else… ‘But that doesn’t mean you should stop…just promise you’ll be gentle….promise to love me forever’ she begged him… He rose up and stared outside the window…he couldn’t bring himself to do this…he was still human at least… was the bet really worth this? Maybe he should tell her the truth… As he turned, he found her standing nude before him… he wished he could resist but he couldn’t….
She found herself singing songs of love after the time she’d spent with Chimobi…he’d showed her love and a new side of it….it was pleasurable…. ‘Where are you coming from’? Her mother asked looking upset… She was tongue tied…what was she to say? With her mother’s angry glare and her brother’s mocking gaze. ‘Lesson’ she replied curtly… ‘Lesson’? Her brother winked at her… his fool of a sister had fallen for Chimobi’s trap and now she was going to be seen as an easy lay…. ‘You’ve fallen for the bait’ was all he said and begun laughing…. She was confused….what was he talking about…
Slowly, days turned into weeks and Chimobi avoided her completely…. Even when she tried reaching out to him, he ignored her completely… She blamed herself, she cried herself to sleep everyday…she must have offended him…her big fat self must have repulsed him. Then one morning came and she stood before the mirror and noticed how different she looked…she had grown fatter and her nose was always shiny…her breasts were very tender and painful to the touch… Then her mother voiced her fears after careful scrutiny… >I said it…you’re good for nothing…you are pregnant…

That day has been the worst day of her life… her uncle quickly came out with a cane and flogged her till she felt dizzy….while her mother stood hands akimbo…. ‘I am sorry mother’ she cried… she felt helpless…she wished death could just take her….she felt trapped in that big body…her soul yearned for freedom… ‘Take me to the father’ was all her mother said…
She had been extremely terrified as she stood before Chimobi’s parents… ‘Dad…you know the only girlfriend I have is Seyi…you can ask around, I do not know this girl’ he denied her blatantly… The scales that covered her fell off…. For twenty years, she carried that pain around and she swore never to give her heart to any man…. TWENTY YEARS LATER

I present this to you, on behalf of the Department of Sales Management of Conral Limited, Miss Bella Anyebe….

Bella tried to control the tears but she couldn’t …they fell freely on her cheeks. She’d never known things could change in her life…that things could change for the better… years ago people rejected her …deserted her but right now…where she stood in the middle of the conference hall she felt love poured out in genuine quantities from her co-workers.

Words are too little to express my gratitude…I will miss you all dearly.

Her friends came around and hugged her…it was very touching …. They all presented her gifts….individually and left…. ‘What are you going to do with all these cake’? Sadiyya asked…. ‘Take it to Nigeria of course….’ Bella replied… It had been twenty years since she last set her foot in the country. Her mother had tried marrying her off to an old chief…. But she’d refused to be oppressed. Determined to find freedom, she ran away from home that night…. Then she got lost in the capital city…no food …no water…
It was a long walk and a great risk that she’d taken but luck found her that day… She’d resorted to begging just to survive… a young woman approached her and listened carefully to her story …she was greatly moved and vowed to help her… She later introduced her to a family who was in dire need of a child…she agreed to give her child up for an adoption…the child couldn’t share the same fate as hers.
On her delivery, the baby was taken from her and with the help of the family; she has flown abroad for her education…. She lived in Australia for ten years…..five years of studying and another five for working at a small firm in Melbourne before she was offered a job in South Africa. She had changed greatly within those years…. She had undergone rigorous gym activities and maintained a strict diet… No man could see her now and not turn twice….but she was done with men, she had nothing to offer them… She gave her heart to Chimobi and he destroyed her….

When do we leave for our dear country?.

Saddiya asked as she threw some pieces of icing into her mouth…. Bella was silent, there were too many memories over there…. Many things she had tried to forget…thoughts that haunted her…she was scared… ‘I understand how you feel…but you have to face this…I warned you to let all these go’ Saddiya was her best friend, they’d schooled together overseas…they shared everything …all their secrets…so she knew what it meant for her to return to the place she dreaded….

I wish the company could still retain us…I don’t like this transfer thing.

Bella complained, yes; she had grown coldhearted and very strong willed…. She had buried her evil family long time ago…the child that grew steadily in her womb…she’d given her up…she had nothing more to lose…

You know very well we have to represent the Nigerian branch of Conral…so just make up your mind….we leave by weekend.

Bella watched as her friend strolled out … she was lucky to have such a friend…Saddiya was one in a million.

Episode 4 coming soon