Must Read: Fighting Back! - Season 1 - Episode 54

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Must Read: Fighting Back! - Season 1 - Episode 54

‘From all indications, Oladimeji you’re greatly in
lust with me and I really tired. This whole
nonsense has stop because I don’t lust or love
you.’
‘No …no …no.’ He said.
‘Marriage is not by force!’ She was irritated and
released her grip on him .

‘I don’t care, I need you in my life …please. ‘ He
looked up at her.
She became furious and let go of him.
He staggered, felt his neck while breathing
heavily through his mouth and nose.
She took few steps backward.
She gather momentum, came closer and sent
her kneel to the midsection of his back.
He lurched and fell flat on his face and sprawled
forward. He groaned heartily, coughed and spat
blood mixed with sand. He writh in pain.
She stoop. ‘Oladimeji go fishing for your own
kind of fish. I can’t be yours, no matter how
hard you try.’
He looked at her, his face smeared with sand.
‘You …you belong to me. Nothing can …can
ever change that. ‘
‘What a dark ambition, so you call cold murder
nothing? ‘ She gave him a cold stare.
The shock registered on his face, he opened his
mouth but he couldn’t talk.

‘You’re a murderer and you want me to marry
you. ‘
He shook his head and a moment passed as he
mustered strength. ‘You are mine and there is
nothing you can do about…! ‘
She didn’t allow him finish as she stood and
register a kick on his side.
And another,
And then another.
Ethel observed that each kick was delivered
with more powered than before.

Oladimeji wailed, begged and cursed.

She pulled him up with both hands. He
staggered, all dusty and smeared with blood,
saliva dripping from his mouth. ‘This is for
Osagie. ‘ With a hand clutching his collar of
shirt, she delivered a blow to jaw and he
slumped passing out.

If Hester did notice his presence, she didn’t
show it as she walked to the men facing the
wall angrily. She pat one on the shoulder.

‘Stand. ‘
Ethel knew he himself wouldn’t such an order
laced with so much bitterness.
Scorpion stood face to face with her with an
incredulous expression and a bloodshot eye.
She was the reason half of his body was scared.

‘I believe you’ve not forgotten this face.’
‘So! ‘ He was boiling with rage.

With the back of her right palm, she sent a slap
hard across his face.

He tasted blood as his vision became blurred.

He lurched, his leg hitting a plank, he fell hard
on his butt0ckz groaning.

She had knew this day would come when he
had started smoking like a chimney and had
encouraged others in the car to do so via the
voyage from Kenya to Nigeria.

Scorpion struggled to his feet and both hand
clenched into fist. ‘Are you crazy! Is something
…’
Ethel was about to advance a warning when he
saw a rope covered the distance between them.

Scorpion screamed.

‘Next time you will be more careful of who you
pull the trigger at.’ She gave him another swing
of the rope and didn’t stop until he fell to the
floor trembling in pain.

She picked the guns and looked at rather
baffled Ethel. ‘Let’s get out of here.’

She began running.

Ethel followed suit.

He approached the swimming pool and halt in
his steps when he sighted her seated on a vinyl
chair with her head buried in her palms.

He continued his strides her rather slowly and
lowered himself to the seat beside her and
waited.

It was few hours after they returned.

‘Hester, can I please talk to you? ‘
She lifted her head but didn’t look at him.

‘You know you can talk to me.’ He was
concerned.

‘I know but there is nothing to talk about .’ She
heaved.

Ethel allowed the silence to stretch.

She fiddled with her fingers. ‘I could have killed
Oladimeji today, I could have killed Oladimeji
today. I wanted to …I just wanted to …to end it
all, to pay him back in his own coin for
everything …everything Ethel. I just wanted to
…’
‘Hush …’ He gathered her in his arms. ‘I know
that feeling … I wanted to too. ‘ He exhaled and
glanced at the cloudy sky . ‘Life is not all us
about us deardarling, it more about what God
wants or better still need from us.’

Hester sighed. ‘So God approves all that has
been happening to me.

‘His ways are not our way neither are His
thoughts ours. A hair of yours cannot fall to the
ground without his permission. Your life is
graven upon the palms of his hands. ‘ He felt
her tremble. ‘Life is not all about us dear
darling, it is all about God. What he approves,
no matter how hard it maybe. ‘

She heaved. ‘Maybe if I had a big bro, things
will be different. ‘

Ethel chuckled and helped her up. ‘I’m baby
sis. you wanna back or come on my shoulder. ‘

She smiled shyly before covering her face with
both palms. ‘Shoulder. ‘ She whispered.

Ethel lifted her to his shoulder and head
towards the house for dinner.