Why me?

Chapter 2

The morning hit, the sun braces hit my skin from the window and the door banged open. I had finally fallen asleep.

'Wake up!' The guards eruptly said waking us up, and they took us to the bathroom. 'Go inside and bathe yourselves, there are visitors.' One of the guards said.

What?

'Excuse us, how do you expect us to bath with our hands tied?' I found the audacity to ask, but I think my tone went too strong. 'Next time, watch your tone.' The guard said, and he untied us.

As we entered the bathroom, we were happy to see Gift and Makhi alive.

'So, what do you think is going to happen to us?' Makhi asked, and I lifted my shoulders up. 'I'm just clad you guys are safe, even though...you know.' I said as my mind fleshed back to Noma being killed.

We were forced to wear long white probably vintage dresses with old recklessly designed sandlas, and they took us out. A lot of men were seated outside, and we set before them. Yet, another unknown people but this ones looked like they're British, their accent. As we sat precisely before them, Richard was seated on our side with a maid holding him an umbrella above his head, and a few of his guards beside him. His eyes shone light in the sun, like the sea at night. He sat precisely like a gentleman, his head straight and arms on the lap.

A random guy who also looked young like Richard's agemate from the men who were guests kept pointing his finger at me while whispering with the other men beside him, until he stood up and ended up right before me. I had my head bent, not  feeling like I really want to know what's going on.

'Richard, I'm taking this one.' The guy said, and my eyes toiled to look at my friends.

'Unfortunately,  that one is off the choice.' I heard Richard say as he stood up from where he sat and approached me, standing me up and stood me behind him.

'Choose from the rest, not this one.' Richard continued,  and I heard the guy scoff.

The guy looked around as I stood still behind Richard, his scent reached my noise in a way that I felt like I was in the shower with him. The guy picked Gift from my friends, and my friend, she had always liked standards, she looked excited rather than scared.

'Good choice, Desmond. All the best.' Richard said, and this Desmond guy walked away with Gift as they looked like they were getting along already.

'Gift!' I yelled her name as it looked like I was the one who cared, and Richard held tight to me and I watched my friend wave back at me and walk away like everything happening was a plan.

I ended up turning to Richard, on his chest, crying my heart out. Gift was the closest to me in our friendship of seven, since she was also my neighbor. What if I never get to see her again? That's the thing I feared.

'You married her off.' I yelled at Richard's face, as I tried hitting him with my fist but he slightly held my fist in his hand.

'I had no choice, plus you saw for yourself. The girl is happy.' Richard said as he left me there and walked inside, but I could see from the side of his eye that he was still looking at me.

I looked around, we were outside. Run away? There were a lot of guards, like everywhere. I looked at Faith and Makhi, and I sighed as I approached them.

'I don't get why didn't she refuse to go, she thinks all of this is just a silly game of dating. He is going to marry her and make her his wife, she will have to bare kids for him.' I said as I sat down and played with the soil, drawing I don't know what.

'You know Gift, she is a risk taker but I'm sure she'll be fine.' Makhi said, and I looked at the direction Gift and the rest of the people took.

As we were seated outside, we started to wonder of what was going to happen to us who are left. Until I felt a little spark inside me, and a fluid discharging through my vagina and I widened my eyes.