Dayos POV;
I was in my bedroom working on my laptop when Temi suddenly barged in and draged my doors keys. She ran out before I could say anything and next thing I know, Esther stumbles into the room and falls to the ground.
I quickly rise to check on her. Honestly hoping she didn't fall on her stomach.
"Bukola! "Esther screams.
"You're not coming out till you and daddy settle your fight! "Bukola screams back and my eyes pop. What the?
"What's going on?" I question Esther as I sqwat beside her and pull her up.
"They think we're fighting." Esther replies and my brows furrow.
"What makes them think so? "I quiz.
Esther glances at me and suddenly becomes t
ense again and overly aware of her environment.
"I, I, I don't know. "She replies freeing herself from my grip. What is
Esthers POV; I dump my body on my bed and exhale in exhaustion. I lay on my back and closes my eyes. I suddenly recall the feel of Dayos lips on mine and this causes me to quickly sit up. I draw my fingers to my lips and touch them in disbelief. As if touching them would help me ascertain if I actually kissed one of my brothers best friends. The particular one who's older than my brother with five years and me with ten! "What was I thinking? "I question myself audibly. "Why did I do it? "I quiz again. I sit straight. Deep in thought. Dayo kissed me too. What could that mean? Why did I do it? Why didn't he yell or scream at me? Why did he kiss me too? What on earth made me do that? Is it because I need a shoulder to cry on? Is it because I don't want to loose the second pillar I have and am trying to hold h
Esthers POV; I am busy making a diary entry when I hear a knock on my rooms door. "Yes? "I call. "May I come in?" My brothers voice replies and I look down at the book before me. I'm toast if he should read even a single page of this book. "Hold on a minute. "I call before stuffing the sparkling, hard cover, pink book in the secret compartment of my drawer I made for it. "Come in. "I call once I'm done and Derrick pops his head in. "Hey, "He says as he walks in and shuts the door behind him. "Hi. "I reply with a smile. "I got you something. "He says and my forehead creases. "Unripe mangoes. I heard they are good for pregnant women. "He replies placing a white Polly bag on the study table before which I'm sitting.  
Dayos POV; I just foolishly blurted out the truth to Esther's father. We never wanted him to find out this way but in all honesty, I am more concerned about Esther's well-being than her father's temper. I bite my tongue as I look down at the worried Esther. This is most definitely too much for her to take as she soon passes out in my arms. In fear, I quickly pick her up and dash up the stairs. "Derrick, call a doctor! "I scream, making it up the stairs. Only once I'm up, do I realize I've never been up here before so I don't know her room. "Derrick where is Esther's room? " I question in confusion. "Second room on your right. " Derrick calls back and I obey his instruction. I make it into the beautiful and fairly large room. It's neat to say the least. I I rush over to the bed and drop Esther's
Esthers POV; "What? "My father questions more calmly as he makes his way to my bed and sits beside me. "You were rapped? When did this happen? "My father questions. Taking my left cheek in his palm in ever so sweet affection. I gulp before answering "Three months ago. "And he freezes. "What? "He questions in pure confussion and I look up at Derrick before answering. "I didn't know I was rapped till I tested positive for pregnancy. We then connected the dots and found out how the child came about." I reply and my father looks over at Derrick who in turn looks away. His mood is still sore. "Tell me dear, who did this? "My father questions and I watch my heart jump out of the window. "Answer me dear. "My father persuades and I look up at Derrick. Begging him with my eyes not to let me do this alone.
Narrators Narrative; Its been weeks of Esther chatting with Kunle. For some reasons he refuses to take calls, and location or even send a pic. He is also playing safe. Mr. Adebayo was given the evidence of her rape. The tape. A while back by Derrick, but has been too busy with work to check it. It's a Saturday morning and Mr. Adebayo finally decides to watch the clip. He pulls out a jotter, pen, his laptop, and then connects the flash drive to it. He sits before the laptop on his study table and takes a deep breath before clicking play. This crucial moment is one in which a father is about watch his only female child being assaulted. A few seconds into the video, his eyes widen and anger just like venom begins to boil in his guts. Esther is in her room studying. The ASUU strike has not been called off yet, but she still wants to keep her brain fre
I am standing at the entrance of our house with my bags and baggages packed. It all started like a joke this morning and it's already 8:00 p.m. Brother Derrick and I exhausted the whole day trying to convince my father to change his mind. I've been crying all day without a single break. My life has finally gone downhill. Kunle has destroyed me. I knew this was going to happen. I saw it coming. I felt it in my gut. I warrned my brother but as usual, he did not listen to me and did what he thought was best. Now I'm facing the music . Derrick had called Dayo, but he is still not here. "Get out of my house! What are you still doing here? " my father screams and I jump again in fright. Goodness knows how many times I've done that today. "Daddy please don't do this to me. I beg you. Where will I go? " I plead with my father. Crying in bitterness. "You shou
I sluggishly exit the compound as the cold night breeze harasses me. I look up at the night sky and see the dark clouds threatening to cover the moon. It looks like it's going to rain tonight. As I get to the gate, I turn around to take a look at my family's mansion. Remembering all the beautiful moments spent in it. Mostly moments that involved my late mother. She was the light of the house, the oxygen that was needed and she still remains the missing moon in the family's dark Sky.I wish you were here mom. If only she were, I may not have been facing this. Thunder strikes and I look up at the sky. I'm very scared of Thunder. Especially when I found out that thunderbolts actually hit and kill people here in Nigeria. Witch doctors use thunderbolts to fight against their targets. Striking them to death. I've also heard of thunderbolts missing their traget and hitting
We arrive at Dayo's house and it's already 10:00 pm. As he drives into the compound, I realise there's power outage. As he pulls his car to a stop, he calls for his gate man "Audu! " "Sir! " the Slender young man replies running towards us. "Turn on the gen. " Dayo command as he gets out of the car. I stare nervously at Dayos house. I can't believe I'm actually going to live here. For how long? For how long am I going to live here? I honestly have no idea what's going to happen next. I am just as clueless as can possibly be. I am pulled back to my environment by the sound of Dayos car trunk opening. I turn around and find him bringing my things out of the trunk and I swallow. This is really happening. I get down from the car and try to carry one of my bags but he stops me. "Don't worry, I can c
Narrators Narrative; "You're getting too relaxed. This was not the plan!" He screams and the lady on the sofa shuts her eyes In annoyance. "You think I don't know that? Getting married to him was never part of the plan either, yet you told me to go ahead with it. You better figure something out cause this sh*t isn't happening!" She screams at the man. Walking off the sofa and moving to his front. "Calm down. I'd figure something out." He persuades as he takes hold of her shoulders. "You'd better!" She scoffs. Freeing herself from his grip. What's going on? We'd find out soon enough. Dayos POV; "I can't believe we wasted our time!" Derrick finally breaks the silence in the room. I knew his big mouth would be the one to open first. "Are you sure you got the right address?" He questions Esther who raises a brow at him. "Of course I got the right address. Do you think it's
Esthers POV; I walk into the open Space, continuously dragging my cross-shoulder bag over my stomach. It's been a week since kunle agreed to meet up with me. He's been playing on my intelligence for the past 7 days. Even Derrick and Dayo got frustrated. I have to admit, Kunle is a very wise guy. He's taking caution. Enough caution to make me fear the success of this plan. I am in a red three-quarter, pleated dress. I deliberately chose to wear something free in a bid to hide my belly. Looking at it, one would think I have eaten a bit too much and pregnancy will not be the first thought to cross their minds. However, I don't want to take any risks. *Where is he?* I hear my brother's voice question into the ear pods I'm wearing. I know we ought to have sort for something more discrete as a means of communication, but hey, this is Nigeria. The fancy devices we see in movies are not so rampant and easy to get here. They are so rear they almost
Narrators Narrative ; "What? "Dayo screams in panic as he hears Esther screaming his name. She runs into his room dancing and shouting while Dayo is on his feets staring in confusion. Before he can comprehend what's going on, Esther throws herself at him and wraps her legs around his waist. Causing Dayo to have to hold her back to avoid her falling and him toppling over. Esther is too excited to notice she's in the air and that too in Dayo's arms. She soon realizes this and quickly releases her legs and comes down. "Oh my goodness. I'm so sorry. "She apologizes as she dusts his shirt. Unnecessarily attempting to smoothening out the wrinkles she caused it. Dayo gently moves her hands away and questions. "What happened? " "It's.... It's .. "Esther makes to speak but can't catch her breath so she points her phones screen at Dayos face. Dayo has no idea what to look for, or
Narrators Narrative Derrick looks up too and his eyes widen when they fall on Rose. She is, or was the manager of the imperial hotel. The same one they couldn't find and the same one who got Derrick, Esther and Dayo, the video they lost. "You? "He screams in alarm and Tobi just stares. Dumbfounded and confused. "Can someone please explain what's going on here. "Tobi finally speaks. Snapping the other three out of their staring contest. "Wait, she's your sister? "Derrick questions Tobi and Tobi nods slowly. Unsure of what will happen next. "Oh, thank you Jesus! "Derrick screams falling to the ground and Dayo explodes in laughter. "I can't believe this. "Dayo manages to exhale amidst his laughter. "What is going on? "Tobi questions again. This time with impatience. "Tobi, this are the guys I told you about. The ones I lost my job for. "Rose replies and Tobis eyes widen.
"What? "Esther screams when Derrick informs her about what happened earlier at the hotel. "You see! You see what dad has done? "She screams and Derrick just stares as his sister is throwing a tantrum in Dayos dining room. "Look, I don't even see the point in all this. I mean, my life had officially stopped a months ago! This child in my womb put a full stop to alot of things in my life. Why can't I just live with this? Why don't we just let Kunle be? There's no point in all this madness. We'd only make the soil on my name thicker. I've had enough disgrace for a life time. Let's just give this up. "Esther begs as she breaks down in tears. "Esther, don't.. "Derrick makes to persuade but this causes her to snap. "Don't what? Don't cry? Don't accept the pure fact that my lie is totally ruined? Don't accept the fact that I'm done for? It's over for me, Derrick! "Esther screams rising to her feet's a
Kunles POV; It's been weeks, sorry, months since I last set eyes on Esther. I miss her. Her sassing, beauty, tantrums, jokes, pranks. Everything. She used to go out of her way to please me. She has a very overprotective brother but always found a way to cut corners to be able to spend time with me. Esther is beautiful and simply unique. Truth be told, I always knew Esther was hiding something from me. She acts all badass around me but I know she's just a fragile little lily. I remember once when I took her to a pub and she requested a bottle of fanta. It took all the will power in me to avoid laughing at the expression on the bar tenders face. She quickly sensed something was wrong and requested something 'not too strong' she didn't even know what to ask for. And the other day, the other day I took her to a club, she was visibly shaking, but I acted unaware of this. I just love seeing how far she's willing to go for me.
Tobi POV; Ike's burial has been fixed. I called Ayo, Derrick and Dayo to be sure they are on their way and Derrick and Dayo told me they are there while Ayo still needs a lift. My little sister just lost her job and she's finding it difficult to stay home alone. Hence she opted to follow me to the burial of someone she doesn't even know. I'm older than Rose by a year but we behave like there's no age gap between us and sometimes, people often even ask if we're a couple. It's silly, but Rose always replies with a yes. Talk about a one of a kind sister. I remember once when she said so at a party. To the hearing of a girl I was hoping to later ask out. Long story short, I lost the girl cause she thought my sister and I were a 'couple'. "Rose! Let's go! "I scream for the third time this morning at my sister who won't come out of her room. "I'm coming. Just one minute! "She calls back. "You said
Dayos POV; "You will not raise your voice at me in my office! "The woman screams at me and anger explodes like a bomb in me. "Listen here old woman, my sister is currently going through so much pain and I will stop at nothing to help her. So if you get in my way, I shock you in ways you could never ever imagine. Do you understand! "I scream at her and the look of shock gets plastered on her face. "Derrick, "I hear my father call, but I ignore him. "Don't talk to me like that! I am old enough to be your mother! What sort of woman raised you? "She screams and for a split second, all I see is red."Don't you dare say another word against my mother with that black hole you call a mouth! "I bark at her and she jumps a bit. "Excuse you ma'am, I will not have you talk about my late wife like that. "My father replies and I clench my fist. Why does he find it necessary to explain th
Derrick POV; "Is this the place? " my father questions. Pulling up a little distance away from the Imperial Hotel. "Yes sir." I reply, staring at the hotel that began everything. The hotel where all these problems started. "Alright then. "He says as he drives towards the hotel. The gate man dressed in blue. A light blue shirt and deep blue Pants opens the gates for us and my dad drives in. In case you're wondering, I'm back from Lisas place. We came to a conclusion that our wedding would be a small secret one. One in which only our closest friends would be invited. We agreed that after having a small one, and we are legally called husband and wife, we can then proceed to having a grand wedding as her father would not be able to do anything about the fact that we are already married by then. And right now, I am with my father at the Imperial Hotel. He decided that, although Esth