Angels do cry (Part 5)

   The ride to the city was one Angel would never forget in a hurry. All the travellers were cramped in the confines of an old, rickety lorry which would veer off  the roads uncontrollably and suddenly jerk to a halt with a rather deafening sound that made everyone cry out in terror. Thick dark smoke emanated from the exhaust pipes,a clear indication that the lorry had not undergone maintenance in a long while. As if that wasn't enough horror on the road,the driver would doze off ,banging his head a couple of times against the shoulder of the man sharing the front seat with him and when the alarming screams from the travellers cut into his sleep,he would suddenly wake up mumbling something incoherent under his breath,a heavy scowl on his gaunt,red-eyed face.
   Angel sat by the window,looking out as Asun soon became a far,far distance away. She cast a peek at Naji who seemed to be so engrossed in some deep,disturbing thoughts of her own. Angel wondered what was eating her up. They'd barely spoken a word to each other,and even when she tried to strike a conversation,Naji's  monosyllabic response didn't help matters. Well,she had enough on her own mind. What if Aunty Kojo didn't take to her?What if the decision to come to the city was a wrong one? A myriad of thoughts bombarded her head. She sighed and looked out the window again.
   They arrived Coral city shortly before 7pm in the evening. Everyone alighted from the lorry,glad to have finally got in safely. Naji took Angel's hand in hers and said brightly,"Coral City,here we come!"
Angel smiled faintly,holding on to Naji's hand tightly. She couldn't ignore the niggling feeling of uncertainty.
"Ease up a little,Angel. Aunty Kojo is the nicest thing that would ever happen to anyone. You will see." Naji squeezed her hand reassuringly.
"Naji!" came the high pitched voice of the woman running towards them.
"Its Aunty Kojo! See! " Naji exclaimed in rapturous delight and ran into the outstretched arms of her aunty. When they finally pulled away from each other,Kojo turned slowly to the young girl watching them from a short distance away and turned back to her neice,her expression askance.
"Mama says you should take her in and do to her as you would me ,for she shall be of good service to you here in the city. Her name is Angel."
"How do you do Angel?" Kojo smiled warmly,hugged her and then ran her eyes through the two  famished girls. "My sister will never change!" she laughed -a tinkling sound in the dark,"She always inconveniences me nicely 'cause she knows I have a soft spot for her! You are both welcome to the city of Coral. How are you darling? How old are you Angel? You're a pretty young woman,you know that?Hey,hey..let me help with your polythene bag! Is this all you brought to the city?! Well well well! And you Naji,walk faster.. My car is parked across the road...'
 Chatterbox.
 Angel hid a small smile,instantly liking the talkative woman.
They crossed over to the other side of the road and Kojo briskly preceded them to the Green 504 peugeot car. "Honey! Look who we have here!" she called out and pulled the front door open. "My boyfriend, Pachuski.." she giggled at the girls. Naji frowned. She had assumed that her aunty was still mourning her late husband whose sudden demise occurred seven months ago!
Pachuski got down and turned to them..and then like a bolt of terrifying thunder,recognition dawned  -the strange man in her dreams! Oh yes,there he was,standing right before her. In the flesh he was even taller,more handsome and possessed a certain domineering aura around him. But nothing prepared Angel for the gentle warmth in his eyes as he looked at them.
 "Welcome Naji. Your aunty has filled my ears with lots of wonderful things about you. But she never told me your sister was coming along," his baritone voice was all smooth and velvety.
"This isn't Naro." Kojo put in,stepping into her car now."She is a friend of the family and has come to live with us here in the city. Isn't she beautiful , Pachuski? Just like me,K-baby!" she giggled again and then marched the accelerator.

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Pachuski chewed on his lower lip agitatedly as the car rode past the brightly lit streets of Coral. There was something about the dark skinned girl sitting behind that irked him. He hadn't  met her before -this he was sure ... but at the moment it disturbed him that she looked quite familiar. The eerie feeling of dejavu slowly began to wash over him. He was starting to have flashes of strange vibrations run through him now,some alien sensation that rarely happened,and then he suddenly remembered the very first time it actually  did. Only this time it was more threatening.
    The young village girl in the farm from so many years ago!
 The squirming virgin whose undergarments he'd ripped and plunged hard,angry shaft into sealed hymen,pounding hard and fast in spite of her loud cry and pleas. He also remembered hitting her a couple of times till she quietened and stared helplessly at him. Then he rolled off her sprawled,still  form after the strange vibrations ceased and his breathing returned to normal. He shook her afterwards but there seemed to be no life left in her. Glad he'd got rid of the strange woman he fled and never set his feet on the land again.
"Honey,you're quiet. What are you thinking about? Are you okay? I prepared something delicious at home! You will love it..."
 It was his live-in girlfriend of three months. If only she could just shut up and drive!
But he smiled broadly and caressed her cheeks gently. "I'm thinking of you Kojo. You are such a wonderful woman."
He watched her giggle,that annoying sound that grated on his nerves. Yet he maintained the broad smile.
"Thanks honey!" she responded with gusto and finally manoeuvred the steering towards home.
Through the night Pachuski couldn't sleep a wink. The thoughts of the strange vibrations emanating from the village girl gnawed at his insides. As he rolled on the bed restlessly he vowed to get rid of her and secure his life in earnest.

To be continued.
Written by Osarhieme Okungbowa.

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