Chapter ninety-one.
Mokunfayo Badmus:
Waking up in the arms of a murderer and feeling so ecstatic about it was not what I would have ever imagined myself experiencing in my wildest dreams if I had been asked to envisage a few years ago, and yet the strong arms that wrapped around my waist, with fingers loosely placed just below my navel, belonged to a ruthless and mindless criminal, and even though my first instinct had been to jump out of bed and away from this stranger with the incredibly comfortable grip despite the fact that my own fingers had been interlaced with his, I got to remember where I was; whose arms I was in and my body relaxed into his hold involuntarily.
Lazily maintaining my position in the king size bed, against the warmth of Mike's mostly naked body—I was equally naked myself— I let my mind wander off to the first t
Chapter ninety-one.Mokunfayo Badmus:Waking up in the arms of a murderer and feeling so ecstatic about it was not what I would have ever imagined myself experiencing in my wildest dreams if I had been asked to envisage a few years ago, and yet the strong arms that wrapped around my waist, with fingers loosely placed just below my navel, belonged to a ruthless and mindless criminal, and even though my first instinct had been to jump out of bed and away from this stranger with the incredibly comfortable grip despite the fact that my own fingers had been interlaced with his, I got to remember where I was; whose arms I was in and my body relaxed into his hold involuntarily.Lazily maintaining my position in the king size bed, against the warmth of Mike's mostly naked body—I was equally naked myself— I let my mind wander off to the first t
Mokunfayo Badmus:Waking up in the arms of a murderer and feeling so ecstatic about it was not what I would have ever imagined myself experiencing in my wildest dreams if I had been asked to envisage a few years ago, and yet the strong arms that wrapped around my waist, with fingers loosely placed just below my navel, belonged to a ruthless and mindless criminal, and even though my first instinct had been to jump out of bed and away from this stranger with the incredibly comfortable grip despite the fact that my own fingers had been interlaced with his, I got to remember where I was; whose arms I was in and my body relaxed into his hold involuntarily.Lazily maintaining my position in the king size bed, against the warmth of Mike's mostly naked body—I was equally naked myself— I let my mind wander off to the first time we'd ever made love and how pass
You are not their mother,You are not my mother,You're not a mother,You can never be a mother…Weeks after the altercation with both Mike and my nephew, of words continued to linger in Mokunfayo's head, even as hours turned to days and days to over a week.Stephen's outburst had left her severely shocked. She couldn't help wondering how long he had held the thought in his head—out of the abundance of the heart and all that. Did he think of her often? And what did Stephen take her as?Eventually the questions changed dimension. Where was Stephen's mother really? What happene
Mokunfayo Badmus:You are not their mother,You are not my mother,You're not a mother,You can never be a mother…Weeks after the altercation with both Mike and my nephew, those words they'd left in wake of their cruelty still haunted me in both my sleep, my subconscious and even my wide-eyed consciousness.I had been severely shocked at Stephen's outburst, in fact, I still was astonished, and it all led me to wondering how long he had held all those poisonous thoughts in his head. Was it because I was too strict?—not that I didn't give him his space or anything—or was i
You are not their mother,You are not my mother,You're not a mother,You can never be a mother…Weeks after the altercation with both Mike and my nephew, those words they'd left in wake of their cruelty still haunted me in both my sleep, my subconscious and even my wide-eyed consciousness.I had been severely shocked at Stephen's outburst, in fact, I still was astonished, and it all led me to wondering how long he had held all those poisonous thoughts in his head. Was it because I was too strict?—not that I didn't give him his space or anything—or was it that I was not doing the raising thing well?
Bisi slowly proceeded up to the front of the auditorium and stood next to me. There was a strange, soft look in her eyes as she looked at me and as if we had a silent understanding, we proceeded to belt out the hymn, 'Peace, perfect peace' while most of the congregation either sang along or hummed. Mama Peju merely bopped her head in tune to the song, adding the chorus whenever it was time.It was at the third verse that my chest began to tighten. My mouth remained open as she sang but there was nothing beyond a whisper.The memories were beginning to kick in.My eyes desperately sought out and found Mike smiling encouragingly at me. At the same time, Bisi's hand slipped into mine and for the first time since we were seven and five, my younger sister squeezed my hand and offered her suppor
Mokunfayo Badmus:With all the recent events going on around me, I didn't think anything anyone said could actually shock me anymore, but Mike's revelation totally threw me off guard and regardless of the fact that I'd already mentioned this over a thousand times, I knew other surprises could never hold a candle to this one.I was enthralled."I…" I didn't know what to say. I was totally dumbstruck and my swaying announced that the shock was affecting me physically as well."You should really rest your leg. You can't keep up with this position. Come, let me help you…" I didn't even know he had moved close enough until his right hand wrapped around my shoulders as he helped me steady.I wordlessly allowed him to steer me towards the seat I'd been so eager to vacate earlier and watched him carefully set me sideways on the couch, leaving my feet suspended in his hands. He only released the leg —unto is laps— after seating clo
Mokunfayo Badmus:With all the recent events going on around me, I didn't think anything anyone said could actually shock me anymore, but Mike's revelation totally threw me off guard and regardless of the fact that I'd already mentioned this over a thousand times, I knew other surprises could never hold a candle to this one.I was enthralled."I…" I didn't know what to say. I was totally dumbstruck and my swaying announced that the shock was affecting me physically as well."You should really rest your leg. You can't keep up with this position. Come, let me help you…" I didn't even know he had moved close enough until his right hand wrapped around my shoulders as he helped me steady.I wordlessly allowed him to steer me towards the seat I'd been so eager to vacate earlier and watched him carefully set me sideways on the couch, leaving my feet suspended in his hands.
Mokunfayo Badmus:I was still beyond surprised when I regained consciousness after what felt like days. But more than astonishment, I felt even more confusion.Mike wouldn't shoot me just for throwing him a birthday party even if he abhorred birthdays. There had to be some other reason.There had to be.Stop acting like you've known him all your life Mokunfayo Badmus! You've only known him for a few days. Snap out of delirium!Sigh.I finally decided to pay attention to my dressing and surroundings. I was wearing a blue hospital gown and in a room similar to the one I'd visited him in the night before, just a little bit smaller. Nothing interesting about it either; lean bed, white walls, bedside stool, single loveseat ...Trigger was asleep on the single loveseat. I was guessing he would at least put me out of my misery and explain what on earth
Mokunfayo Badmus:"Fay," he breathed out in the same amount of shock I felt.He recognised me too even if my mask was still on, my eyes were all he needed. He used to tell me how he could recognise me in a million people if he saw as least as my eyes. Turned out he hadn't been joking."The police have been searching all over the place for you!" I winced at the loudness in his tone and had no choice but to drag him to a secluded area to avoid more of the curious stares that were coming my way.I removed my mask when it was just us, making him gape for a moment before regaining composure."You've been all over the news lately." A lame way to start a conversation with someone you dumped over four years ago because she was raped. But I nodded all the same."What happened? I don't believe a word of what the media is saying." He said and suddenly encased me in a bone crushing bear hug. If I didn't know better,
Mokunfayo Badmus:Mike left for the bathroom after ordering breakfast with a clouded expression, a polar opposite of his infamous playful smirk he had on just moments ago.I could tell he also wasn't used to this whole... thing that was going on between us. It would be useless to lie to myself that I didn't feel attracted to the hot murderer in the adjoining room, however scary it was to admit it.The entire thing was scary, Richard had never calmed me down in the middle of my usual nightmares -well that was probably because I'd never slept over at his place- I'd never felt comfortable in Richard's arms to the point of craving it like I craved this man's.What is happening?! It's only been a frigging day!Well, so much had already happened from Saturday up until now, a Monday morning.And I was going to be stuck with him in the same room for God knows how long.Sigh.It wasn't going
Mokunfayo Badmus:I stood before a flushed, angry lord that was panting like an overworked horse. I would only be lying if I said I wasn't nervous."M–may I come in?" I stuttered with my heart in my mouth and he seemed to snap out of some sort of daze before nodding briskly.As I walked carefully towards the bed he laid on, I wished I had picked another time to visit, a time when I didn't have to face the aftermath of a ferocious argument between two proverbial elephantsThere was no proverbial grass nearby to suffer but me.Sigh.I perched on the bedside stool tentatively, fidgeting with my fingers, terribly wishing for a hole to crawl into. Then I noticed him trying to adjust his position and rushed to help. His sharp intake of air announced that I was doing what I wasn't meant to do."I–I'm so sorry, I thought you needed help," I choked out after withdrawi
Mokunfayo Badmus:As I followed a kinda stout but short guy with a bizarre name and a cast on his arm to the suite I was so glad to leave less than four hours ago, I tried to wrap my head around what'd happened earlier.Mike had saved me, the second time in like twenty four hours. Before he had saved my dignity –which I was ungrateful for– and now he'd put his life on the line to save mine, after I defied him and escaped his prison, which was now a safer place than the public.I had thought he was being overbearing and inconsiderate when he wanted to keep me for a little longer but now that I knew I was a fugitive and he only wanted me to stay hidden and be safe, I felt stupid.I had not only disobeyed him, I had also put him in harm's way.I know disobey is a strong word for what I did but that wasn't the point at the moment, he was hurt and I was the cause.Sigh."Will he be fine?" I
Almighty Mike:My car screeched to a halt in the middle of the highway when I abruptly stepped on the brakes due to the bombshell Fuhad just dropped.Thankfully, there was no vehicle in tow or it would have been nasty.For my pretty little Audi."What?" It came out as a whisper so I tried again, "what did you just say?""She es–""Don't you fucking repeat it," I growled in annoyance."Sorry boss," A loud honk and yell from the taxi driver behind me, telling me to take my 'keke maruwa' off the road and allow people who 'know how to drive' interrupted my thought's process.Under other circumstances, I would have taught the ideal driver a lesson but my eagerness to get to the hideout and strangle the life out of someone overwhelmed that urge."Boss?""Don't you bloody boss me, by the time I get to the hi– home and she's still not back where she's ought to b
Almighty Mike:My car screeched to a halt in the middle of the highway when I abruptly stepped on the brakes due to the bombshell Fuhad just dropped.Thankfully, there was no vehicle in tow or it would have been nasty.For my pretty little Audi."What?" It came out as a whisper so I tried again, "what did you just say?""She es–""Don't you fucking repeat it," I growled in annoyance."Sorry boss," A loud honk and yell from the taxi driver behind me, telling me to take my 'keke maruwa' off the road and allow people who 'know how to drive' interrupted my thought's process.Under other circumstances, I would have taught the ideal driver a lesson but my eagerness to get to the hideout and strangle the life out of someone overwhelmed that urge."Boss?""Don't you bloody boss me, by the time I get to the hi– home and she's still not back where she's ought to b
Mokunfayo Badmus:It took all the self control I had in me not to scream and kick at the digital door after him. I was worried about getting to Bisi and all he cared about was a fucking meal?! Did I look hungry to him? Did he think I was going to eat anything he offered me in the stupid hell hole he held me captive in?!More than I was angry at him for being a total asshole, I was angrier at myself for letting him get to me. I'd woken up in his arms moments ago and I wasn't even a little bit scared even if I knew he could end my existence within the twinkle of an eye, I was comfortable instead.He was swiftly crumbling the firm resistance I had built over my emotions and I was feeling comfortable when I should be doing something about it. I didn't like what was going on, Ineeded to leave as soon as possible before things started to get out of hands.The buzzing of the digital door sliding open distracted me from
Almighty Mike;"Should I take care of her?" The question rang out the moment the door finally slid shut. I blatantly ignored the owner of the voice and walked towards the elevator.Being the pest that he was, Fuhad followed immediately."Mike?""She's not a threat." I finally stated with a tone of finality, though I had a feeling that an earful of words I didn't want to hear would follow in quick succession."Seriously Mike?, she's going to file a case, is that not alarming enough?" And I wasn't wrong."She threatened to," I amended grumpily, "a tiny threat that is useless since she's and will continue to be under my shelter as a prisoner till we're convinced she doesn't pose a threat anymore.""Get a grip Mike you're seriously losing it, when did you begin to care about people?" He scoffed bitterly, definitely disgruntled by my unusual choice of a punishment.