Tales of hearts: "Colour me red" (full story)

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Written by A.S. Adaora

Title: "Colour me red"

The rain touched down earth, it hit the roofs fiercely and a noisy wind blew past the atmosphere, the flowery curtains flew in the air and lightening lightened the dark environs. The sweet scent of chicken pepper soup filled the air.

I struggled to get out of my wet clothes... "A little something to warm you up hun..." She said to me and i smiled.

The soup was tasty and the diced chicken was soft, we washed down with a cold bottle of fruit wine, minutes later we lay on the bed side by side in the cold evening. Thunder struck and i shivered from fear and rolled into her arms in a warm embrace. Her body was soft and she scented of wild flowers "A little something to relax your muscles " she said as she tore my house robe from my body and turned me gently to lay face down on my stomach. Her hands worked magic on my back as she massaged it gently ... sensual ... I let out a moan of relief "Hmmmm.... Ohhh" she mounted me and knelt legs spread across my back. Her lips joined her hands in the service of pleasure. I felt her warm breath graze my neck softly... soft lips brushed my neck and she whispered softly ...

"Im going to eat you for dinner .." The thought of that alone aroused me and i felt my nipple harden on the bedsheets. i let out a soft moan , almost like a breath

" ohhhh....." She was killing me and she knew it. She turned me around to face her, she hovered above me and smiled, her smile was wickedly sexy ... Thunder struck ; loud and lightening brightened the room. The rain became heavier and threw heavy punches on the roof. Her lips came down to mine, inches away... I wanted her so badly but she teased me with her breath. I raised my head trying to catch her sexy lips in a kiss, but she denied me and kept smiling seductively,in an instant her lips found my nipple and i moaned, almost too loudly
"Yeeeeessss... Oh yes ..." I heard the car horn honk at the gate and immediately i jumped up ...

"Relax hun" she said trying to keep me to the bed but i wasn't listening

"Look Kamsi just wait, Uche told me he's coming by seven pm" her mood dropped low and she cursed

"Shet!" She stood up from the bed, stormed out of the room and banged the door. She was really upset as usual, but i knew we would settle later.

I quickly wore my house robe and went to get my boyfriend; Uche from the car with an umbrella. Once we were inside the house, he swept me up in a tight warm embrace

"Oh baby ... Ive missed you " he whispered rather loudly into my ears

"I missed you too honey ..." I replied him. He had been away for three weeks on a business trip to France and even skype didn't keep me from missing him. "Baby, after the rain we have to get some things i got for you from the car ..." He said and my heart burned with Joy, i hope he got my jimmy choo shoes like i asked

"By the way where is Kamsi ? " he asked, my heart skipped, after all this months my heart still skipped from fear that he may find out our secret some day ....

"Oh she's in the other room, probably taking a nap or something. You know how she loves to sleep " "Oh well, i got her stuffs too ..." Uche didnt finish his statement when i heard Kamsi clear her throat from behind ...

"Hmmm Eve so you dont want to give me my sturvs ba? You want to hoard it? Kole werk " she said to me and came to hug my boyfriend.

Let me do a proper introduction; My name is Evelyn Azu, my boyfriend is Uche and my "best friend" is Kamsi.

I cant wait to finish this soup and eat you up" he said while eating. He paused the food to kiss me briefly, I smiled back. I looked at Kamsi, there was deadly jealousy in her eyes ...

Colour me red :03
The cool breeze from the windows grazed our skin ... I lay in his arms and he kissed my lips passionately
"Eve i missed you so much" he said and i smiled. He kissed me again, this time deeply and our tongues were entwined in the french dance. He moaned "Mmmmm..." And his arms roamed my body. I felt his hand creep in between my legs and his fingers grazed my cli*t down to the opening of my pu*sy
"Ahhhhh.... " i let out a soft light moan, almost like a breath. He stopped kissing me and looked into my eyes with surprise "What?" I asked him and he replied
" so you miss me this much? You're as wet as the Ocean" he said the last part slowly and quietly and he rolled over on top of me.
I was wet yes, but it was mostly from Kamsi's touch, i didnt wash up earlier on, i just hurried to go welcome my man. Guilt swept through me... His palms owned my breasts and his lips sucked from my nipples...i felt his soft breath on my skin
"Yes ... Yes Uche ..." I moaned from pleasure. The moan drove him crazy and he stood up quickly. The next minute his clothes were scattered on the room floor. He smiled and my heart sank, how i loved him ... He rolled me over to lay on my stomach and he began rubbing his pelvic against my ass as he kissed my earlobes softly. His soft breaths tickled my skin and i heard him moan
"Oh baby ... Yes ..." His voice was soft and bold all at once, but i stopped him
"Baby ... Condom..." I said and he sighed dejectedly, he didn't argue because he knew he wasnt going to win this argument. He stood up and got the condoms, he wore one on his massive d*ck and came from behind me... He grazed my pu*sy surface with his hard rod and moaned
"Damn baby, i love this ass ... I own it ..." I smiled sheepishly and wriggled my ass to tease his c*ck... He was about to slide deep inside me when we heard a loud crash from the kitchen and Kamsi screamed like her life was at stake... Uche stopped and panicked
"Whats it ? Hope she hasn't hurt herself, lets go check on her ..." He said and pulled on a robe. I lay frustrated on the bed because i knew nothing was wrong with Kamsi, she was just jealous ....

Colour me red: 04
"What is your problem Kamsi ? Why are you always so dramatic?" I shouted at her in anger but she kept her cool, came towards me and cupped my chin in her palms
"Im so sorry hun, you know i love you and its hard watching him Share you with me .." She kissed my lips and my heart melted...
"Lets go to the room" she whispered in my ears but i was still kinda angry with her "Not now Kamsi" i replied. "I cant wait for the day it will finally be you and i " she said , i wanted to reply her "never" that it will never be just the two of us. I wasn't ready to be a lesbian all my life, i wanted a man for a husband and i wanted children of my own, but i decided against it. I was still very much in love with her and i couldn't break her heart this way, at least not now. Rewind to how i met her and how this beautiful seductress almost switched my sexuality. My school boyfriend of three years Osas just broke my heart.... Kamsi was my neighbor in the private hostel i lived in during uni days. I never really payed attention to her and i never wanted to even associate with her because i felt she was a bad girl. Her room always smelled of cigarettes and she wore really short stuffs around which exposed the tatoo on her laps. She liked loud reggae music and empty liquor bottles were stacked at the corner of her front pavement. That fateful day, Osas walked out of my room and i followed him crying .... "Please Baby ... Don't leave me" i pleaded with him in the compound, i didn't mind that everyone was watching, i didn't care about the shame, all i wanted was for him to come back to my life, but all he could say was "I'm sorry ... I didn't plan it this way ...."

Colour me red: 05
I locked myself inside my room and cried my eyes out. I wondered why things had to go this way, i gave him my everything and this was how he could pay me? I chocked on my tears and i started coughing, i ran to the bathroom and spat out the mucus from my mouth. "Knock knock" someone knocked at my door and i hissed rather too loudly when i saw her standing at my door way smiling
"Can i come in?" I was too tired to argue so i let her in. I wondered what she wanted with me.
"Lovely room" she started "hope you are good?" Why was she asking ? I wanted to tell her to leave my room but instead i bursted into tears. She held me in her arms while i sobbed into her sweater.
"You will be fine" she whispered into my ears while laying me down on the bed.
That night she made her signature chicken pepper soup for me and tucked me into bed. We watched "Sound of music" together for the millionth time and i was surprised to see that we loved the same things. Her cigarette scented room became normal to me as we bonded.
Days went by and we became really close, she cared for me in ways no one had ever done and this endeared her to me further. Sometimes when i thought about Osas i cry and she comforts me with kind words and food, she never bothered to ask me what caused our separation until one day. We lay on the bed side by side and she threw the question to me
"What happened between you and Osas?" She asked, i was hesitant in answering but she urged me
"Tell me Eve" she said drawing me closer to her on the bed(females are generally touchy so i never suspected anything). Tears filled my eyes
"He impregnated someone ..." I said and collapsed into her chest in tears. Osas was my first, he took my virginity, he was the only man i ever loved...

She wiped my tears with the back of her hands and shifted to seat on the bed. She told me to sit and i did.

"Eve i will tell you my story ... I was in love with a man just like you. He was my everything, i loved him more than life itself, but he hurt me" she paused for a while, i saw pain in her eyes for the first time, but she continued...

"He took my virginity, he took my money, he took my heart and lavished it all ..." This time i could see that the tears was really close to her eyes, but she swallowed it and continued talking.

" i was nineteen when he got me pregnant, i told him and he asked me to abort it. I was really broken... This was a man who promised to marry me, i gave the broke ass all of me because he kept claiming he was hustling. I stole my fathers three hundred thousand naira just like he asked and gave him to invest in a business that will fetch him double the amount in two weeks and he promised to pay back immediately" the tears flowed freely from her eyes , i tried to comfort her but she restrained me from coming close to her, she wiped her eyes and continued

"He took my money and left me. I didn't know he put something in my drink that made me miscarry the baby and loose my womb" this time she smiled wickedly, yet she continued, i could see the deep pain in her eyes

"Eve, i can never love any man, my father and i aren't on speaking terms till date because of Lanre and i can never carry a child of my own" She broke down into tears and i came to comfort her. I held her in my arms as she sobbed into my chest. I felt pity for her. No wonder she drank and smoked a lot... She raised her face to look into my eyes, our eyes met .... It was like the birth of new chemistry, her face came down towards mine ... She kissed me. It felt wrong, but it felt comforting too ... I hesitated... She kissed me again and this time around it was uncontrollable... I kissed her back, that was how it all begun ...

February 12

Ma, Miss Kamsi is here to see you " my secretary opened the door of my office to inform me and i told her to let Kamsi in. "Ermmm... Yemisi you can take your lunch break now" i relieved her.

I was the principal in "Brights high school" somewhere in Ikeja Lagos, and No I'm not as old as you picture. I'm just twenty eight years old. Kamsi stood looking Sexy as she entered my office and shut the door behind her. She came over to my table and kissed me on the lips.

"Come on stop, this is an office" i said to her, i don't know why she had to be so damn sexual all the time.

"I missed you Eve .. Two days seems like two years without you" she walked around to stand behind my chair. She spun the chair around and bent over me seductively. She tickled my ear with her tongue and i felt wetness escape my pu*sy. I moaned in protest

"Ohhhh... Kamsi stop ... " she laughed lightly and continued saying

"You know you want it ... Moreover all the students are in class by this time... Relax" she unbuttoned my shirt , reached inside and cupped my breast in her palms while kissing me passionately. I lost all my senses, it didn't matter that i was at work ...She moaned ...

"Oh baby ...Dubai was war without you ..." Almost immediately she went on her knees in between my parted legs and raised my skirt, i tried to protest but she shut me up with a kiss

"Shhhh...." She said and started teasing my legs with kisses. Pleasure vibrated upwards me and i released a silent moan "Yes baby ..." All my life, no one has ever loved me like Kamsi did, no one had ever touched me like she did, her touches sent shivers of ecstasy all over my body. Her lips found my cl*ts and she began to work her magic with her tongue sliding in an up-down motion. The pleasure became uncontrollable, i spread my legs in the air and moaned "Yes ... Yes ... Baby" while pinning her head to my pu*sy with my hands.

We didn't notice the door open ... Disaster ... Uche stood there jaws dropped and freaked out like someone who had seen a ghost...

February 13

"Forget him, we would find someone else" Kamsi said trying to console me, but it wasn't working. I wasn't supposed to fall in love with Uche, i was supposed to be with him and keep milking him of cash until I and Kamsi saved enough to travel abroad and live our lesbian lives together as spouses abroad, but Uche was too loveable. Uche showed me love in ways i couldn't explain, he erased all Kamsi's brain wash about how terrible men are from my mind and i fell in love with him.

Ever since he walked in on me and Kamsi making love in my office two days ago, he walked out and refused to pick up my call or reply any of my text ever since. "I'm here for you Eve, you know how much i love you " she said while cuddling me, i didn't know when tears escaped my eyes

"Just stop it Eve, why are you crying over a man? Am i no longer enough? Don't tell me you are falling for him..." She said and i shook my head to mean "No". I dared not tell her about my feelings for Uche, Kamsi was a jealous lover and would cut the relationship immediately! " its my fault for allowing you do this Eve, i know how fragile you are ... I'm sorry.." She said and hugged me tight. We lay in each others arms till my phone rang.

I jumped up to answer the call, it was Uche, my voice was shaking as i picked up and said

"Hello ..." There was silence on the other end of the line for some seconds before he spoke

"Hello ..." There was silence, i didn't know what to say and he wasn't saying anything either...

"Meet me at home right now" with that he hung the call. I convinced Kamsi to allow me go so i dressed up and took a cab to Festac.

He let me in without saying a word and we sat there for minutes without saying a word. Then he broke the silence

"Eve, i love you too much,i cant leave you, but i also cant forget..." I wanted to interfere but he signaled to me with his hands not to. "This is what I've decided.." He continued. "I want us to be even, that's the only way we can move on from this .... I want a threesome with the two of you as my valentine gift !" The words rolled off his mouth like a sudden bomb ...

February 13

"Lets just do it baby..." Kamsi kept trying to persuade me but i wasn't having any of it. I love Uche and couldn't stand to see him with another woman, especially not one who i love. Tears trickled down my face, Kamsi had a certain hold over me, she was a part of me.

"Eve why are you crying again ... Don't tell me you are in love with this dude" her look changed from soft to suspicious, Kamsi must never know how i really felt about Uche.

"No baby, i just cant stand to see you with another" i said to her. Her suspicious look changed to her loving look.

"Aww baby ....its ok, we can just dump him and pick someone else to hustle, heck i can even do the hustle this time, your fragile heart have tried" she said and then cupped my face in her palms and kissed me lightly on the lips. She tasted of apples and red wine, i smiled ... My heart beat for her but i wasn't ready to let Uche go just yet.

"We have put in much hard work here, lets just finish it all here ..." I said and mounted her on the chair where she sat. I stood above her legs spread across her waist and cupped her head in my palms, her seductive red lips smiled and exposed a set of perfect white teeth, her eyes invited me to feast on her body. i kissed her deeply and she grabbed my hair... Slight pain, but i liked it.

"Tomorrow then?" She said and i nodded. That was the only way to keep my love,moreover it was a one time thing after which i decided to let go of Kamsi for good and live my life in peace. Fact Is i love Kamsi, she was like oxygen to me, but i found another way to survive in Uche. I wanted what every woman wanted, A normal family and to carry my own child, but Kamsi didn't know it yet. My conscience pricked me for breaking her heart this way, i know she loved me, she even quit smoking for me.

Her fingers found my nipple and i moaned softly

"Ahhhhhh...."

February 14

Rolling heads and turning rooms ... Red wine and strawberries in cream. She dipped the berries in the cream and bit a part of it seductively, it left a stain on the corners of her mouth.

"You've got something ...." He said, She smiled and moved close to Uche. He licked the cream off with his tongue. Jealousy swelled inside of me, i gulped down my glass of red wine and filled it up with more... She came towards me and kissed me passionately, she tasted so sweet, almost like imaginary honey, we laughed lightly and continued kissing. Her fingers roamed my body and pleasured me in unexplainable places, i moaned

"Ahh... Yes ...." We continued, almost forgetting that Uche was present, but she beckoned to him seductively

"Care to join ...?" Like a tiger on heat Uche pounced into the middle of our romance...

Red lingeries and naked man, kisses and touches... Our fingers toured the fine hard muscles of his manly figure and he moaned from cloud seven

"Oh my god ....yeeesss ...." I kissed him deeply... He kissed and fondled her breasts while i took his over erect d*ck in my mouth and teased it with the tip of my tongue. I could tell that he was going mad from pleasure from the way he moaned loudly and pinned my head to his pelvis.

"Oh ...Eve baby you are so good ..." I covered half of his massive d*ck with my mouth and began sliding it in and out, while squeezing his balls lightly with my palms, he groaned from pleasure

"Oh ...fuck yes ..." Then i stopped and took one of his balls balls in my mouth, i sucked it gently while dishing massaging his dick already wet with my saliva with my hands. He almost screamed "Eve ....damn baby ... Ooohh... Yes ..." He was sucking Kamsi's huge boobs and fingering her, she moaned lightly

"Oh yes ...yes ..." Then he said

"Come sit on me..." but he was telling her not me ...

So on the blue velvet sheets we practiced the forbidden art of triple pleasure... He turned me over and penetrated my wet pu*sy with his hard rod, as he slide into me it felt like the world would end ... The pleasure was uncontrollable ... Especially since Kamsi had done the perfects job of eating my pu*sy so good minutes ago .... He pounded my huge ass from behind and i moaned from extreme pleasures ...

"Oh yes ... Baby you fvck me so good ...." I could feel the rush, it was about to take over me, that moment of wild passionate ecstasy ... Yes ... It was near, but he pulled out.. Kamsi lay on the bed and spread her legs wide like a rumor. He slide his d*ck into her and i saw her face, her expression was that of someone on cloud nine, she moaned almost like a whisper as he slide into her

"Damn ... Uche ... You're so sweet ..." Then he began pounding her fast, almost merciless... Her breasts bounced carelessly in the air ... She was like one gasping for breath ... As she kept moaning from pleasure, yet she didnt abandon me. Her fingers found my pussy and began sliding up and down its wetness, it played around with my cl*ts and then she dipped one finger inside .... I moaned...

"Yes baby, screw me ... Just like that..." She dipped another finger inside to make it two, then she began sliding her fingers in and out ... Crazy sweetness spread all over me, she kept screaming

"Yes Uch ... Fvck my brains out ..." Harder thrusts and pleasurable feelings ... Climax ... We collapsed on the bed beside each other ... Too tired to speak...too high to be ashamed

When we woke in the morning Uche was gone .... I panicked...

The valentines threesome happened and things got back to normal between Uche and I. Kamsi travelled to Dubai to buy the gold she sells as usual and i took the free time to bond back with my man.

He forgave me and things went smoothly, but that was the beginning of my dilemma. "When is Kamsi coming back" he asked me for the millionth time that fateful morning over a breakfast of pancakes and coffee. My head sparked, i dropped my fork and it made a really noisy landing on the China plates

"Bia Uche what is it self, every time where is Kamsi, where is Kamsi... When did you guys become friends?" He apologised and kissed me on my forehead, everything went back to normal. One fateful day my laptop was acting up and i decided to borrow his, i needed to reply mails sent to me by the parents of my students during the weekend and Uche had gone for his usual football games with the boys.

I switched on the system and entered the password which was my name. I smiled to myself, how did i get so lucky ? I was in love with a tall, dark , handsome and well to do man which was every girls dream. I saw a folder named "cravings" and i smiled to myself, i knew Uche was a porn freak and i wanted to see his new collection but i ended up seeing the shocker of my life.... Uche had downloaded all of Kamsi's Facebook pictures and saved them in that special folder named "cravings". I needed to investigate further so i opened his mail box which he never logged out of and received another shocker ..

He had been sending loads of mails to Kamsi asking her when she was returning from Dubai but she had replied none of his messages ....

My heart cracked, Tears trickled down my face .... I heard his car horn at the gate...

"Why are you giving me emotional blackmail ? Did you see any love message i sent to her ? Who asked you to use my laptop ? Why wont you respect my privacy ? Why did you touch my laptop?"

He screamed at me, i have never seen Uche this way since we met and started dating...

"Really? Is that all you can say ?" I asked admist tears and he just ignored me, took his laptop and stormed out of the house.

I cried throughout the day and times when i wasn't crying, i was busy trying to call him, but his phones were switched off.I slept off with tears.

Someone kissed my head and woke me up, it was him... I checked the time it was about 10:32 pm

"Baby I'm so sorry for reacting that way, please forgive me" he pleaded with me. I was too tired to quarrel, i didn't want to raise more issues so i just nodded and he hugged me tight.

Some where in my mind i had a million questions to ask him about why he saved Kamsi's pictures, why he was mailing her asking when she will be back, if he still loved me or if he craved for me less but i just let the sleeping dog lie.

That night we cuddled and slept off in each others arms, he held me tight in a warm embrace under the sheet and i snuggled onto his chest, he didn't attempt to make love to me ...

I picked Kamsi up from the airport and the taxi dropped us off at my house. It felt awkward having her back.

As soon as we dropped her bags, she walked over and held me in her arms, she kissed me lightly on the lips and i stiffened "Whats wrong baby? You didn't miss me?" She said and i smiled, i did miss her, but i was tired of this childs play, i wanted my life back so i decided to pick a quarrel instead "When were you planning to tell me that Uche had been messaging you?" She looked confused at first, then she burst out into laughter

"Oh ... Is that the case? Did he also tell you that i didnt reply any of his messages ?" There was silence then she continued

"Listen pretty, i dont do men and you know, ive told you times without number that men are dogs, yet you choose to fall for one, especially one who should be your food, one who you were meant to milk dry , but hey ...I'm not jealous, because i know he will hurt you and you will come running back to me..." She laughed, her laugh was evil and anger built up inside me. She walked towards me and cupped my face in her hands ....

"Look Eve, just do this job so we can relocate to the united states like we planned and live the rest of our lives together, loving each other ..." She said. I didnt know when the words slipped out of my mouth

"No Kamsi !" It sounded like a whisper, her eyes opened wide and she asked

"What did you just say?" "I said No Kamsi! " i dont know where i got the boldness from, usually i cowered in her presence but somehow i was bold this time around

"Kamsi, i want kids of my own ..." She cut me short

"There we go again, we have discussed this many times and i thought we were past it. There are many options, artificial insemination, adoption ..." "No Kamsi, I'm done with you, i want a normal family ... I'm going out now, when i return i want you to be gone ...." She stood there staring at me... Petrified; like someone who had just seen a ghost, she wasn't believing her eyes... I stormed out of the house ....

I went straight to Uche's place and on getting there i collapsed in tears in his arms. He comforted me and i felt safe

"Whats the matter" he asked when i had finally calmed down and i told him i had broken things off with Kamsi.

"Its OK baby, you will be fine" he said and held me in his arms. That evening the weather was unusually cool and the whole house smelt of fried chicken. After a sumptuous dinner of chicken and jollof rice i wanted him so badly.

I kissed his neck and my hand roamed his body under his shirt. "Wait baby, I'm watching this news..." I wondered why i always had to share my man with CNN. We went to bed and he slept off. Ever since we had the threesome Uche hadn't touched me, he always had one excuse or the other whenever i tried to initiate intimacy. Did he love me less? Was he no longer attracted to me or what ? I decided to get to the root of the problem that night. I cuddled his from behind as he backed me on the bed and my hand slid into his pyjamas to find his warm sleeping d*ck. He let out a deep sigh as i massaged his d*ck. Then i removed my hand and wet it with a little saliva. I slide it back into his pyjamas and began jerking his d*ck in an up-down motion, it stood erect and he moaned. He turned to face me, he was smiling but his eyes were still closed ... I was happy so i pinned my body to his and kissed his lips softly, he enveloped me in his arms and i kissed him deeper, entwining my legs with his... His eyes opened and his manhood became soft... Erection gone! I sat on the bed angry, What sort of thing was this ? "Baby I'm sorry" he apologised, but i wasn't ready to listen. "What exactly is the problem ? Ehn Uche? Why did you stop loving me?" I asked... Tears trickled down my face and he held me in an embrace

"Eve, i still love you, i love you so much,But i want to confess something to you..." I sat up and separated from the embrace "Ever since valentines day, i feel different. I love you more,But a part of me still wants more of that threesome, some part of me longs to have Kamsi , just one more time ...." He said.

I felt dizzy ....

I felt dizzy .... The room spun, i stood up from the bed and staggered like a drunkard to the bathroom. My head pounded from serious headache instantly , my heart was pumping blood way too fast...

"Calm down Evelyn..." I said to myself, as i locked myself inside the bathroom. I turned on the shower and sat underneath, the water was cold on my skin but it felt hot. Warm tears trickled down my face as he banged on the door.

"Baby please come out lets talk this out" i wondered what he wanted to talk about ? I couldn't go back to Kamsi, i couldnt share my man with another. Why was everything coming back to bite me in the ass ?

"Eve you're getting me scared open the door please..." But i sat under the shower sobbing my sorrows away. I heard a loud bang like someone was trying to force his way in through the wooden door... Three bangs and the door opened ajar ....

"Im so sorry ..." He said as he cuddled me under the showers , i clung on to his neck as he carried me to the room. He removed my wet clothes, dried me up and lay me on the bed. "Im sorry Eve, i love you ..." He said as he cuddled me and kissed my tears away, i sobbed into his chest.

"I dont know what came over me ...forgive me please.." He lifted my chin up with his fingers and kissed me passionately ... I kissed him back and the whole hurt disappeared under his touch. His arms roamed my body and his lips took my pain away.

"Im so sorry i hurt you baby ..." He moaned as he slide his hard rod gently into me. He held Me tight as he thrust in and out of me slowly, pleasure took over me and i moaned "Yes baby .... Yeeessss..." Then the thurst became faster ... And faster ... "Baby im gonna cuuummmm...." He moaned.

Surges of sweetness swept through me, climax ... Satisfaction. We lay in each others arms exchanging glances of love and kisses of passion....

Im sorry Eve, i cant do this anymore" those words dropped out of his mouth like grenade ....

"Im going to work now, kindly leave before i come" i sat there like Olumo rock as he took his briefcase and headed to work. This was one week after the threesome request. I sat on the sofa, day seemed like night to me, i didn't know where to start from. I took my phone and dialled his number but he wasnt picking. Thirty minutes later i heard a knock on the door, it was Mustapha the gate man

"Madam you no go vex, oga say make i lock door ..." Shock surged through my body like electric current

"Mustapha are you okay?" I shouted at him but he stood there quietly apologising. Anyways it wasn't his fault, he was acting under orders.

I took my things and called my cab man to come pick me up, i couldn't afford to take a bus and embarrass myself with tears in public. I wept like a baby as soon as i entered the cab and the nosy cabman kept asking "Madam wetin happen, abi oga beat you ? Tell me who offend you make i call boys, make we go arrange am" i smiled admist sobs and told him that i was ok, it was just a minor thing.

"Ah ... Fine woman like you ? E no good make you dey cry ..." He concluded and continued driving. I paid him off and he drove off, i sought the keys to my house grateful for the privacy to mourn alone now that Kamsi was gone. As soon as i put the key into the hole, it was unbolted and there she stood staring at me, expressionless... I entered the house quietly and went straight to my room, i didnt utter a word. I shut the door and collapsed into tears, where had i gone wrong ? How did i deserve to be dumped? I did everything he asked, yet he decided i wasnt good enough anymore ? Uche used to love me ? Why did he stop? Minutes later the beautiful serpent came lurking at my door ...

"What do you want Kamsi, why wont you just leave me alone ?" I shouted at her, but she kept her calm and sat at the edge of the bed. "Eve... You know i care about you and i love you more than words can explain, i don't care what happened, heck you don't even have to tell me, just let me care for you..." She said moving close to me gradually until she held me in her arms. Kamsi was like my bane, i was always clueless and unable to stand my ground when it came to her, i allowed her hold me.... Her warmth was comforting. I sobbed directly into her bossom and she stroked my hair and whispered "You will be fine" countless times into my ears. I couldnt contain it much longer, i felt like i was going to burst, i raised my head, looked into those eyes that loved me and whispered

"He left me .... He left me Kamsi ..." I expected her to say i told you so but she held her cool and held me tight. That evening she made me her signature chicken pepper soup and tucked me into bed after serial glasses of red wine. I lay on her chest, feeling slightly better , she stroked my hair and finally asked

"Baby if you don't mind, can you tell me what happened ?" I didn't want to tell her, but i decided to tell her. I dont mean to sound dumb, but our relationship was kinda Pinky and Brain-ish, she was the brainy smart pants and i was the regular girl with a soft heart. Kamsi would know what to do to get I and Uche back, even if it was for the cash. Especially if i gave her hopes about our Future together, so i started.

" he didn't tell me why... He just said he was done. About a week ago he asked for a threesome again and i declined .... He just ...he just ...." I sobbed and she held me in her arms...

"Do you love me Eve" she asked and i nodded in affirmation

"Do you trust me ?" I nodded in affirmation and then she said "I know what to do ... Dial his number...."

He didn't pick my call, but he picked hers, she put the call on speaker

" Uche wassap ..." She said and he replied that he was fine. She asked if all was well between us and he replied that all was fine.

"Uche, i wont pretend, Eve told me all thats going on... We need to see, to dicuss ...." But he cut her short

"Look Kamsi, I'm only picking this call out of respect for you, i don't want to see that witch in my house or in my life!" Those words were like acid to my ears, what was the cause of all this? Witch ? How did it get to this ? Tears rolled down from my cheek and i felt my heart crack... She held me tight in a warm embrace and asked him

"Errmmm... Ok Uche, will you meet me instead ?" There was silence on the other end of the phone but she persuaded him further "Please Uche... For old times sake" finally he agreed and they fixed a date at a fast food beside his office in an hour time. "Look Eve, if you ask me not to go i wont, but i just want you to be happy even if its not with me ..." She said. Truth was a part of me didnt want her to go, but a part of me was to desperate to be with Uche that i could try any option, i loved him like he was life, so i agreed to let her go. Kamsi may want me so bad, but i know she loved me and couldn't bear to see me sad.

About thirty minutes later she left the house. I sat in the cold shower, the afternoon was hot and the sun was as gloomy as my mood. I wondered where i went wrong ? We made love two nights ago before he began to act strange. I had just washed my hair and applied conditioner so i needed to comb it out, my big comb wasn't in the usual bathroom closet, Kamsi must have taken it to the other room. I switched off the shower and tied a towel around my body.

I didn't see the comb on the mirror stand so i tried checking the wardrobe but it was surprisingly padlocked. Normally id give up and go rinse out my hair, but something pushed me to break open the padlock... There it was ... The shocker of my life ...

Air was becoming scarce to find, the whole world rotated around me and i felt unable to control it. There it was, my big comb sitting on a white cloth, my hair tied with palmfrod and a paper stood in the middle. My name was written as far as possible from Uche's name and a small padlock was placed in the center of all this. I needed no one to explain things to me, this was live voodoo in my house! I contemplated on what to do, should i pack it and throw away? Call Pastor Godwin ? How will i explain things to him ? I didn't have any anointing oil ..... I wondered if this was staged, but decided against it. I decided to call the police, after all it was my house. I went to the nearest police station and bribed two policemen to follow me home and wait for Kamsi. "Eve baby ... "

She said as she entered the sitting room, but she was met by policemen... "Madam you are under arrest ..." She looked stunned as they cuffed her " Eve... What is this ? Whats going on?"

She asked but i stood there looking at her tears rolling down from my face. I knew the genesis of my problem with Uche, it was all Kamsi and her voodoo ways. I know the police will set her free, but i needed to scare and eject her from my house. Later in the evening i packed something's and went to my sisters place, i was too hurt and scared to stay home alone

The cab parked in front of Nkiru's house and i paid him off. "Eve baby ... This one you are visiting us today, hope we are safe"

She joked and i smiled and hugged her "Nki don't vex for me jare, its work that takes up all my time" "I don hear you " she said as she helped me carry my bag inside. Nki was my elder sister, she seniored two boys before me and she was happily married with three kids. "How your husband nau ..." I asked after and she told me he went to work. After hours of eating and relaxing it was finally night and her husband Tony was back. We came to the visitors room where i stayed and sat on the bed. "Wont you go and meet your husband ?" I teased her but she merely smiled

"Eve, I'm your elder sister and i know something is wrong with you, open up to me and let me know what to do " i wanted to tell her that all was well but i broke down in tears, how do i begin to explain the fact that Kamsi and I were lovers ? My family would be so disappointed in me. I didn't have any friends either, Kamsi wouldn't let me have any. I decided to open up to her without telling her the lesbian part.

"Sister Nki...." I sobbed

" my wardrobe .. Kamsi .... I saw voodoo .... Separating Uche and I..." I collapsed in tears into her arms and she held me tight.

" ozugo nwannem, we will get to the root of this, i have a great God and a good pastor, we will call pastor Godwin tomorrow morning"

She consoled me and went to her husbands room.

I sat there weeping all through the night. At about 1.00am i picked up my phone to call Uche and surprisingly he picked up... "Hello ...." His voice warmed up my heart ..

I stayed on the line speechless for some seconds, i wondered if Kamsi's visit with him came through. "Hello Eve ...." I cleared my throat and said

"Hello ..." I wish i never made that call, i heard the words of my life ....

"Evelyn how could you be so wicked ! How, Kamsi called me from the police station, this was a girl who hours ago came to plead on your behalf ...." Tears flowed freely from my eyes, things had gotten worse. I tried to defend myself "But Uche ..." He wasn't ready to listen to me. "Eve you are just like the Eve in the bible, you are a witch sent to destroy my life ... How can i make love to you and dream that you are chasing me about with cutlass in the dream only for me to loose my job the next day ?" I was speechless i didn't know weather to speak or keep mute, i wasn't understanding any of this at all. "Uche please hear me out, you are under a spell ..." I tried to convince him but he laughed really hard

"Yes i know, that is why i sent you out of my life .... You are a possessed witch Evelyn and i curse the day i met you. I've bailed Kamsi from the station, she told me about how you planned to dupe me and run away to america. She has been the one stopping you and telling you that she cant be a lesbian forever, she wants a life unlike you! Shameless woman! Your house keys are under the flower pot as we have moved her few things from your place, don't ever call my number in your life or ill arrest you with the police! Evil girl!" "Poom..." The call ended.

I struggled to breathe but chocked on my own tears and had to run to the bathroom to clear my airways, i was trying so hard not to scream and wake the family... It all seemed like Nollywood to me....

"Annointing that breaks the yoke, let it fall upon me .... " we sang in unison with the Christian brothers and sisters that came to sanctify my house. After minutes of prayers and singing the pastor called me out and asked me to kneel in the middle ... "Hmmm young Lady, who is this Lady to you ?" I decided to lie to the pastor, i told her she was my best friend. "Hahahaha" he laughed and i became scared. I remembered the story of Annaniah and his spouse in the bible that died after lying to a man of God.

"That lady is your enemy my dear, but the lord has delivered you from the Egyptians today, that lady does not want you to have a life or a man, you have been under her bondage for years, but when the Lord wants to set you free, no man can stop it!" He laughed loud again and they went into heavy prayers, i knelt there scared as they fired prayers for minutes before it came to an end

"Amen" they chorused.

They kept singing christian songs as they packed the voodoo and burnt them outside. My sister held my hand and reassured me that it was over. When Pastor Godwin was about to go, i offered him some money but he declined saying.

"My sister thank God, not me... You can come and give thanks in the house of God if you choose" i thanked him and he left. Fear did not let me stay in my house alone so i followed my sister Nki back to her house. Two weeks passed by, one month passed. I didn't hear from Uche or Kamsi. I hated Kamsi like i never did before and memories of everything we ever did became disgusting to me. Sometimes i cried, and sometimes i just thanked God. I became constant in Church, not really born again, but i started going to church more often. One evening my phone rang, i picked it up to see the caller, it was Uche... My heart sank! What did he want ? I picked up the call "Eve ...." His voice brought back a flood of memories ...

"Eve ... Please don't hang up ..." He pleaded with me but i kept mute, i didn't know what to say to him. Eventually i hung up, he kept calling for days but i didn't pick up. I wondered why i didn't pick up, i wasn't angry at him because i knew it wasn't his fault, but a part of me was mad at him. The bell rang and the time speaker screamed "Break time over " i was grateful for the quiet atmosphere, the kids had been making noise for about twenty minutes of the break. Now i know its strange for a young lady as young as i am to be a principal, but the school was my late grandmother's legacy and i was the only one interested in toeing the education line in the family, so i managed it and we all had the profit. The door to my office opened and there he was, standing tall ... This was real, Uche was in my office... I was going to sack my secretary today. He looked sober and apologetic ... A part of me wanted to hug and hold him tight, another part sought to cast him away. I stood up, but my knees became week, i staggered and almost fell, my hands grabbed the desk for balance, he rushed to hold me up, but i shoved him away lightly .... He looked apologetic "Eve .... baby ... I'm sorry " how dared he call me baby and bring back old memories ? How dared he show up after he hurt me the way he did , how dared he ? "Eve please hear me out .. Talk to me at least ..." I was shivering, partly from anger, partly from shock , tears escaped my eyes and i blamed myself for being Such a weak woman. He came closer and tried to hug me, my head sparked, i said gently, almost like a whisper, trying hard to keep my cool ...

"Uche please leave ...." He didnt listen, he kept trying to come close, i didnt know when i screamed "Get out ..." I saw shock and terror in his eyes ... He said "Im sorry" and walked away, out of my office ... I sank into my chair, goose bumps on my skin, heart beating fast ... I heard my heart crack ...

"Iwe gi da ju zia nwannem (let ur anger cool down my sister)" Nki said as she held my hand preventing me from storming out. She had told me to escort her to visit her friend, but as soon as she drove into this strange compound somewhere in Jakande, and entered the flat i saw Uche, standing tall ... I wanted to storm out, but my sister held my hand and prevented me from leaving, He went on his knees ... "Eve forgive me, i don't know what came over me, im sorry ..."

I had soft spot and respect for my elder sister, somewhere in me i had buried my feelings for Uche, but his tears softened the sands and it began to crawl out ... He was in tears on his knees, my sister was begging me too, i felt over whelmed and tears escaped my eyes .... My life .... How did i get to this point ? I remembered the good times we had, Uche actually loved me ... Then i remembered the times he caused me pain and i wept bitterly, he stood up from his knees and held me in a tight embrace as i wept away my sorrows in his arms, my sister decided to leave at that point. "Baby im sorry, its ok, we will be ok ..." He whispered into my ear "I love you Eve, i never stopped loving you, i don't know what happened ..." Truly it wasn't his fault, it was all evil Kamsi's fault. He lifted my chin with his fingers and staref directly into my eyes, my tears stopped, his eyes made me drunk, damn! How i loved this man ..... His face came down towards mine .... His lips were soft upon my cheek as he kissed my tears away

"Eve baby, i will never hurt you ... Ever ...." He said softly, my heart melted, my heart burned from love and my body yearned from want .... His lips were soft upon my lips when they brushed, damn he was sweet. He kissed me, i stood adamant .... He kissed me again.. Warm, light, wet kiss ... I didnt want to respond, but i found myself kissing him back...

I shouldn't be doing this, i shouldn't be letting him touch me, not after all that had happened, not immediately , but i felt powerless against his touch

My shirt gown flew off my body and landed on the ground, i was left in just my undies; his T-shirt was off and i felt safe pinned against his warm masculine frame. He cupped my face in his palms, looked into my eyes and said

"Baby im sorry ..." I drowned in his gaze, brown eyes that looked upon me with love. He lifted me off the ground and carried me in his arms like a baby into the room. White sheets , sunny day, cool room scenting of roses and Hugo Boss. He placed me gently on the bed and covered me with his body. His hands undid my bra straps and his warm hands cupped my breast,his fingers teased my nipples and i moaned "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh"

His lips teased my earlobes as his warm breath grazed my skin, then the tip of his tongue pleasured the nape of my neck. Pleasure shot through me and i wriggled underneath his mighty frame, my hands slid down his muscular back and wetness exploded inside me. Then his fingers slid down to my feminine core ....

"Oh.... You're so wet baby ..." His moan sounded like a whisper and he hurriedly took off his boxers. I felt his hardness in between my legs. Warm .... I ached for him like stomach aches for food .... "I want you..." I whispered shamelessly and i boldly took his hard rod and slid it into my wet cu*t ... Gradual ... Gradually ... Then he was fully in. He filled me up and i he Him groan "Oh Eve baby ... You're still so sweet ... Ahhhh" then he slid it out and in ... I shivered from pleasure, it was so sweet tears escaped my eyes .... His look changed from pleasure to despair, he wanted to pull out but i grabbed his butt and pinned him in "Im sorry baby, am i hurting you ..." He asked

"No..." I replied "just make love to me Uche... Love me" and with that statement he held me tight and began sliding in an out of me ... Moments of tears,emotions and pleasure ....

"Baby I'm outside" he said on the phone and i replied

"Ok" i hurried up my make up to go meet him in the car. "You look really nice..." He said as he pecked me on the cheek and i smiled. My heart burned from love for him ever since we made love. I remember asking him why he changed apartments and he said it was because of Kamsi. I asked after his job and he said they called him back, apologised and even promoted him. I was so happy. I asked how he realised that Kamsi was evil and he said he walked in on her chanting incantations in his house. He apologised and promised never to hurt me. "So where is Kamsi now ?" I had asked him and he replied saying he didnt know and he didnt care. He never made love to her or dated her. Somewhere in my heart i was grateful to God for giving us a second chance. The drive to the beach was long and he held my hands at intervals while driving "Uche biko face the road, before you kill us both ...." I teased and he said "Ok" and returned his hand to the steering only for him to hold my hands minutes later again. I was overwhelmed with joy. The wind blew my hair and the water waves were light that evening. He held my hand as i dug my legs into the beach sand struggling to walk. I almost fell and he caught my waist. We both laughed and then our eyes met, smiles and his naughty look... Our lips brushed softly. We got a tent and barbeque with champagne. Suddenly the music changed from Skally mental "dandubule" to something romantic camera men surrounded our tent, my sister Nki appeared and Uche's cousins from brazil were present. Surprise overwhelmed me, i turned to look at Uche and he was already kneeling on one knee. He took off his hat and dipped his hand into his pocket. Omg! He held up a silver ring with a huge red stone at me "Marry me ..." He said ...

Air was rushing into my lungs too fast and i tried to control it. My prince charming was on his knees begging to spend forever with me. I started again ... Tears .... I didnt know if it was tears of joy or confusion. I loved Uche but sometimes i still remembered the times he hurt me.

My sister Nki mouthed "Say yes "

Everyone around me urged me to say yes "lay my love" by Westlife streamed in the air... The water waves kept dancing and the wind blew my hair into my face, i found myself mouthing ... "Yes ...." Silently, as if unsure. Then life filled me, i realised i really wanted this "Yes!" I screamed "Yes" i repeated excitedly. He slid the ring into my third finger and hugged me lifting me from the ground, he whispered in my ear " don't ever scare me like this baby, for a moment i thought you were going to say no" i smiled and nodded, i was confused at first, but now i was sure. I wanted him same way he wanted me. Everyone clapped and congratulated us in turns

"Eve baby ... Welcome to the marriage league" my sister teased me.

We entered the car and drove off after all the celebrations and merriment. It was dark and third mainland bridge was free. I stared at the huge red stone sitting on my wedding ring,how did i get so lucky ?

Uche was holding my hands again "Baby face the road ..." I teased him, but he decided at that point to place a peck on my cheek. I playfully pushed his face away. "Uche biko face road eh ..." I said to him. Just as soon as we turned our faces toward the road,we were almost off third mainland bridge, a trailer was on the wrong lane opposite us. He tried his best to swerve but we dashed directly into the wall "Craaaaaaashhhhh!" My head hit the dashboard, the air bags were out, Uche's head lay lifeless on the dashboard.... I was weak, my head spinned ....round and round ... Voices of sympathisers sounded like distant echoes ... I faded away ..

"I'm sorry ...we lost him"

I grabbed on the doctors cloth refusing to let go... I wasn't screaming like one of those nollywood movies, i just held onto his cloth. With the aid of the nurses my sister dragged me away and locked me in a ward. She stared at me from the glass door, she looked scared... I wasn't reacting in anyway, i was just seated calmly and staring into the atmosphere... I wasn't on earth anymore. I smiled to myself and i heard her ask the nurses "Dont you have to sedate her or something ?" My mind was too far away to hear the response. I sat there in the ward for hours then the doctor appeared, he flashed a tiny torchlight into my eyes and asked me my name.

"Evelyn" i replied sharply "Are you aware of everything happening around you ?" He asked and i nodded.

"Can i go home now ?" He looked unsure then he told he he was going go get back to me. I overheard him say to my sister "She is just in shock... You can take her home, but watch her closely ..." "I'm very sorry madam, accept my condolences" he said as they discharged me. I was without a scratch and my lover was dead. Who said he was dead, i laughed really loud when we got to the car "Uche isn't dead ... its just a prank " i said really loud, i saw fear in my sisters eyes

"Calm down Eve, lets go home first ..." She tried to hold me but i charged into the hospital and kept shouting "Show me his corpse ... Show me ..." The nurses bundled me and took me into a private ward, i felt the cold needle pierce my skin... Sharp pain ... Everywhere became blurry, my head spun in circles ... My breaths became slower ... I faded away ....

"From dust were we made, to dust shall we return ..." The coffin was put into the ground and his mother wailed... "Hey .... Nwam ooo...." and fell on the ground ... Everyone rushed to hold her, loud cries filled the air, my sister held my hands and squeezed them tight

"Eve be strong ..." She whispered. I was battling to stay strong, she saw it "If not for your sake, but for your baby's" she concluded.

Yes i was pregnant with Uche's child, i found out at the hospital. I haven't decided whether to keep or loose the baby, i had not even told his family and i wasn't planning to do so at any time.

It was my turn to put sand in his grave, my sister led me to the front. I shivered from heart break, how on earth did i deserve this ? Why did he have to go this way ? Why do you have to leave me Uche? I picked up the shovel and threw a little sand into his grave... Then i broke down.

My sister supported me and walked me to the car. Someone tapped me from behind. I froze, my nightmare. She stood in front of me clad in black mourning clothes and black sunshades "How are you faring Eve..." She looked apologetic, my sister stepped in for me

"Bia Kamsi, what do you want ? Why are you here ?"

"Im simply here to offer my condolences" she replied, if i didnt know better, i would think that she really cared. Either she was possessed, bipolar or a really good actress. God! She acted so well, she really looked sad like someone in mourning. She tried to touch me again but i swerved from her touch.

"Dont touch me" i said spitefully and spat at her feet. I quickly entered the car and my sister entered the drivers seat and we speed off. "Gosh! She is so disgusting " my sister said, but i wasn't disgusted, i was scared to the bones... I had to call pastor Godwin as soon as possible...

From afar we all think its not real, we feel its nollywood ... It seems unbelievable, but spiritual battles are real. I was an unbeliever, i never believed in the spiritual realm but it hit me hard and i had no choice but to believe. I faced battles, but God is merciful. I didn't abort my baby, i decided to have the baby. The nine months of pregnancy was war ... Almost every night i dreamt that scary women wearing black with long fingers were trying to take my baby from me even before she was born, i would run and fall and get injuries, sometimes the injuries manifested in real life, sometimes i would wake up sweating, or crying ... "Nne you have to be strong, God will fight our battles but you have to have faith and be determined to win"

My sister Nkiru would say to me. Pastor Godwin also didn't forget me in prayers, he was my anchor. Some nights while laying alone i would remember Uche, his eyes, his smile ... His memories filled up the emptiness i feel inside me. I felt my child grow within me, every time it kicked i would feel pain ... Followed by an unexplainable joy. Some nights i would remember my times with that devil Kamsi and what followed it was usually vomit out of disgust. I never really loved her, it was all the devils plot. My water broke that fateful night and i screamed " Nkiru come come ... " my sister rushed into the room. " its ok Eve... We have to get to the clinic very fast..." She helped me into the car and drove to the hospital, but my battles weren't over .... I laboured for over a week, Pastor Godwin was practically sleeping in the clinic.

Finally i pushed my baby out , i heard the innocent cry of my child

"Nyeee nyeee..."

" its a girl..." The doctor said to me. I was in so much pain, but it didn't matter... Joy filled my heart, it was over ... My child, my companion was here ... Uche's gift to me forever ....

"Mummy ... Where is my water bottle ?" She said tugging on my cloth that morning "Look Uche leave me alone, its in your lunch box" i replied her. I named my daughter Uchenna (meaning the will of the father) just like her father. She was as troublesome as her dad and she had brown eyes just like him. It was like her father Vomitted her from his mouth. "Mummy i dont want to be late, my aunty will not give me biscuit" At Two years old, she was way too smart for her age. I smiled and we hurried to the car, she filled the air with noise, singing nursey rhymes(funny enough her speech wasn't clear enough, but she liked to talk a lot) "Mummy why is the car tyre round ?" She asked me as soon as we got to her school. I sighed ; Uche bombarded me with weird questions all the time

"Look dear, l will answer you when you get back from school, just go on now.. I saw her little self walk to the gate, her school uniform was a bit over sized and her school bag and lunch box dragged her down. Her teacher received her at the gate and helped her carry her lunch box

" good day ma" her teacher waved at me and i waved back. My heart was filled with love for my child, i was grateful to God for her and i loved Uche more even in death for leaving me with such a wonderful gift. I drove off to my office. "Ma, don't forget the P.T.A meeting on Saturday" i said to a parent who had come to see me in the office.

"Its ok ma, i will come... Please discipline that my stubborn son for me" she pleaded with me and i promised to tell his teacher to discipline him.

I sighed from relief and sat on my desk, i had to check the stationery report and some other small things. It was about 12:31pm my phone rang, it was a video call ... Strange number, i almost didn't pick up but i decided to.

I beheld the face of the devil Kamsi, whom i had forgotten walked this earth ... And in her arms was my child... Innocently licking a lollypop "Hello dear, miss me ?" She said smiling wickedly ... Blood pumped fast in my chest ... Too fast....

I know im supposed to faint, but this wasnt the time for that. Panic ... How did She get a hold of my precious child? "Eve... You thought you could escape me " she laughed wickedly and continued

"Why do you look so petrified like you've seen a ghost ? Huh ?" "Please Kamsi, don't hurt her ..." I pleaded with her but she laughed instead

"Ok... Ill think about your pleas..." She replied, i tried to reach for my other phone but she caught me half way

"Dont! Dont piss me off Eve, or ill kill her before whatever help you are reaching for arrives" she said. I wish my child was older, i could tell her to run away as fast as she can any chance she gets, but what did the innocent little girl know? She licked her lollipop and smiled to the camera while waving at me

"Mummy when are you coming, aunty is so nice, she gave me cakes and sweets ..." She said innocently... My heart broke, i hope this witch hadnt poisoned my child. I tried hard not to cry, i didn't want my child to see my tears and panic, so i smiled instead and replied

"Soon honey, soon mummy will come get you..." Kamsi laughed and placed Uche by the side. "Kamsi please, what do you want ? Just tell me, ok ... Return Uche to school and ill come do whatever you want ..." I pleaded further, but this witch wasn't having it

"Hahahahaha" her laugh was evil "Remember when i begged you to love me, but you choose to hurt me instead? Now you are begging me? After breaking my heart and deserting me ?" Tears escaped her eyes and Voice became softer

"How do you think ive fared all this years without you ..." She wiped her tears and continued this time seriously

"Ill text you an address after this call, show up there in forty five minutes time or loose your child, dont play any pranks, if i smell anyone coming with you? I'll slit her throat !"

"Excuse me boss, you have a text message" my phone vibrated on the desk and i hurried to check the address, just a few miles from Uche's school... I wore my jacket and picked up my bag. As soon as i entered my car and sat down, my brain decided to supress panic and actually work. I picked up my phone and dialled Nkiru my sister.

"Hello sis" she picked up, but i didn't have time for pleasantries, i broke down in tears

"Nki ... Kamsi has kidnapped Uche, i cant really talk right now, but ill forward you the address... Contact the police, but be careful because I'm not supposed to tell anyone" i hung up immediately and forwarded the address. Throughout my drive i tried my best not to speed, i was also trying not to have a panic attack while on the steering. My heart pumped blood way too fast and too much air rushed into my lungs. Nki kept calling me, but i couldn't pick up.

All that occupied my head was how Kamsi got a hold of my child? Their school was very secured ... How did she get close to Uche? I decided that if Uche and i survived this i would never let her out of my sight, even if it meant home schooling her. I wondered why Kamsi had sworn that i wouldn't rest ? She kept fighting me both spiritually and now its physical ... I never deceived her, i was never a lesbian, i had always been straight but she took advantage of my vulnerable moments and fragile heart to manipulate me for all this years.

I pulled over at the given address, it was an abandoned uncompleted building and tall grasses had grown and almost covered it. There was no other house in the environment ... Immediately my phone rang and i picked up

"I can see that you're alone ... Good girl ... Enter inside the building ..." Kamsi said ... Fear enveloped me as i marched through the bush, i didn't care about snakes, i just wanted to save my child....

"Wheres my child Kamsi ?" I said spitefully "Watch your tone honey" she replied and walked towards me... I saw the shiny silver blade of the knife she wielded in her right hand, i had to act fast before the police got here

"What do you want from me ?" I demanded from her, but she smiled wickedly... Walked towards me and placed the blunt side of the knife on my lips... I felt its cold steel on my skin as it slid down to my breasts ... I shivered from fear but summoned courage. "I need to know that she is safe Kamsi..." She sighed dejectedly and said

"Move ... But dont try anything funny" she held the sharp part of the knife to my throat and led me to one of the other rooms in the abandoned building, my child sat with her over sized uniform on the floor, mouth stained with cakes as soon as she sighted me she screamed "Mummy !" And ran to hug me, she was only as tall as my knees. I ached to hold her in my arms but Kamsi prevented that "Aunty, why are you trying to cut mummy ..." My little girl asked and i almost broke down in tears ...

"Don't worry baby, we are just playing ..." I said to my child.

" what do you want Kamsi ..." I asked once again and this time she replied

"To make love to you ... To feel your wetness on my lips like old times ..." I almost vomitted from disgust! Kamsi disgusted me, being close to her alone gave me goose bumps, it was hard to believe that this same hands used to pleasure me. The police would be here anytime from now, i decided to play along "I miss you too.." I said and her knife grip loosened for a second only for her to tighten it back

"You must think im a fool right ? Eve ..." "No ... No ... I never stopped loving you, i was just scared of what the society will say ..." She was silent. I summoned courage and slide my hands up and down her thighs as she held the knife to my neck, she spun me around quickly to face her ...

When the lord wants to set you free, he makes your enemies stupid and clueless. Just like that Kamsi fell into my trap. "God Eve! You are still as beautiful as ever ...." Her lips were coming down towards mine, but the knife was still in her hand pointing at my stomach.

"She doesn't have to watch this Kamsi .." She paused for a while as if considering what i said then she agreed ...

"Uche baby... Turn around and count one to hundred ..." She said to my child

"But aunty ... I dunno it finish.." She protested

"Just try baby ..." I cut in and don't look back till mummy says so. She obeyed me, thank God! "Come here ... " She said and her lips grabbed my lips in a tight kiss, i struggled to keep up with this disgust. Where was the goddamn police ? The knife was still pointed at my stomach, i had to put in more effort in kissing her, for the sake of my life, for the sake of my child .. Her second hand found my nipple inside my bra and pinched it, she moaned "Eve baby ... You are still as sweet as ever. .." I heard movements in the bush, but she was too carried away to notice. My child kept counting innocently while facing the wall

"Twenty one... Twenty three ..." The devil struck and Kamsi stopped the kiss

"Did you hear that ?" She asked suspiciously and i replied saying it was probably the rats moving in the bush. She grabbed my ass and pinned me to her, the knife came down to the side but she still gripped it tight, the movement in the bush...again. She stopped kissing me and looked out the window... She saw the cars parked in the distance

"Stupid stupid bitch ! What have you done ?" She slapped me hard and pushed me, i hit my back hard against the wall... Pain ...

"Im going down... But you must pay ..." She dashed towards my innocent child and i jumped in between them....

She raised her hands wielding the knife high in an attempt to stab me but i caught it half way. We struggled with the knife ... God is indeed merciful... I didn't know where i got the strength from... There was indeed nothing stronger than a mothers instinct to protect her child.

I managed to turn the knife to face her, she struggled to stop me but i was strengthened by motherly love... I kept pushing till the knife entered deep inside her heart ... There was surprise in her eyes,she looked shocked... she managed to mouth the words "Eve ...." As she collapsed ontop of me ... Blood flowed as we both landed on the ground.

"Mummy ...." Uche screamed and ran towards me... Nkiru barged in with the police men and she scooped Uche who was already crying hard up in her arms.... It was over ....Kamsi had fallen by my arms ... I sat there speechless, overwhelmed by blood ... Red everywhere .... All noise was blocked out of my head, all i heard were slow echoes... The policemen carried her body away. Another one asked me to follow them to the station. They cuffed me and put me inside the black maria.

I was free at last , no one pressed charges because it was all clear. Kamsi had gotten herself employed at Uches school just to get close enough to kidnap her. After Kamsi's death i realised the heartbreak story she told was a lie ... She was a psycho who stalked her ex boyfriend and even stabbed her pregnant self just to get his attention hence loosing her womb ... Somewhere deep down i felt bad that she died at my hands, i still saw her face as she lost life in my arms, but that was life, kill or be killed. What mattered was that i was free at last.

"I will forever love you Uche , but its time for me to let go ... Goodbye my love" i said admist tears as i placed roses and our engagement ring on his grave stone. I turned back and walked out of the grave yard ... Thunder rumbled; The sky cried ...

THE END .

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