ERROUNEOUS WAY TO LOVE PT15

Our love affair grew stronger from that day,
and we could have dated happily ever after
if not for David who often showed up to
spoil things, he still continued wooing me
and nothing i did to stop him seemed to
have any effect on him, instead it appeared
to make him more desperate than ever,
which truly alarmed me, that i had no
choice than to seek Mariam’s advice and
help who then suggested that we team up
with Linda before confronting him.
Against Samuel’s approval i accepted
Mariam’s suggestion and tried to reach an
agreement with Linda, but my first attempt
failed when David mysteriously showed up
and spoiled the whole thing by expressing
his feelings to me in Linda’s presence,
which suddenly made her more jealous and
suspicious that i had to flee from her room
that fateful evening.
I truly was very hurt and beaten by David’s
unexpected cunny move that i utterly
decided to give up, but no Mariam wouldn’t
accept defeat and urged me to go back and
explain things to Linda, which i did with her
by my side.
When we were about gaining Linda’s
confidence again, David appeared as usual
from no where to spoil things again for us,
even though he came this time with two
other bad boys who blocked and locked us
inside linda’s room. Only God knew his plan
that fateful day.
A bitter argument instantly ensued between
David and Linda which soon resulted to
David rendering her a sharp slap. A visibly
provoked and angry Mariam instantly
jumped up to Linda’s defence and dared
David.
In the confrontation and exchange of words
that followed, David finally revealed to
Mariam that he wasn’t going to touch her
merely because her boyfriend is a member
of his gang, which instantly stunned and
left Mariam speechless.
I had to intervene by calling him a liar, but
before he could reply my comment, Linda
angrily attacked him with a kitchen knife,
though he luckily saw her on time, side
stepped and tried to grab the knife, but he
miscalculated, and screamed as the blunt
blade cut his left finger.
We all gasped…
David stared at his injured finger for a while
before descending heavily on linda, kicking,
hitting and slapping her randomly with fury.
Linda’s cry soon shook the whole lodge
that fateful evening, making us freeze like
statues as she received David’s blows all
alone. I truly have never heard nor
witnessed anyone cry with such pain and
anguish before in my life, but instead of
rendering any help, i just stood and
watched as if i was watching a home video
Perhaps it was because my strength failed
me that moment or because i was too
scared to jump into the fight, but then
whatever it was that prevented me from
intervening that moment equally turned me
into a very heartless girl who just stood and
watched a fellow girl as she got beaten in a
fight which truly started because i
happened to be in that very room that
moment.
“Supposing Mariam and i left things as they
were, all these wouldn’t have happened but
i guess it’s now too late to be regretting” i
reasoned as i watched him beat up linda.
Mariam was still too stunned to intervene,
as she sat speechless on the bed with both
hands on her head.
After David’s revelation about her boyfriend
that fateful evening, she just coloured up
and kept to herself like an AIDS patient.
Finally i heaved a sigh of relief with a deep
breathe as David’s two friends rushed up
and dragged him out from Linda, who just
laid motionless from the terrifying blows
she got from him. The poor girl really had
given up with her struggles when her
strength failed her, yet David really was
very furious to care or even notice.
Supposing his two friends didn’t break him
away from her that moment, i truly don’t
know what could have happened.
David and his friends finally left us alone in
‘pieces’ and i was then left with the huge
task of reviving Linda. Poor girl who was
trampled upon, humiliated and beaten all
because of love.
With shaking hands, i lifted up her head
and tried to revive her….