THE CO - WIVES

THE CO - WIVES
CHAPTER 11
Jacky's Point Of View

I had stayed for two days without eating or seeing anyone. I was becoming weak and pale as the time flew by. Then I heard shuffling above me. "Help!!! Please help!" I shouted and I rambled the bars that hindered me from freedom. The door bust open and revealed none other than Diana, James's secretary. "Diana please help me, Jeff brought me here and locked me up. Give me some water or better some food to eat. Get me out of here dear. Thank God you found...."
"Shut up bitch! Who do you think I am? Kenya red cross? You took what was mine. You...you made Jeff die!" She exclaimed cutting me short and hitting me across my face. I was shocked beyond word. Diana? Really? I can't believe this.  I found my voice and asked her crying, "what do you mean Jeff is dead? What happened to him?" At this she drew up a revolver from her handbag and pointed it at me shooting near my left ear. "You either shut the fuck up or next time I'll not miss." She shouted as she hit me with the gun.
She then threw some breadcrumbs at me as well as half a bottle full of water. "Eat that!" She belowed. When I tried to complain, she ascended on me with her everything. Beating me up, hitting my stomach repeatedly and left me sprawled on the floor.
"What did I do to deserve this? How is my mum? I wish someone just help's me. How is James? I wish I just quit my job before all this. What becomes of me" I wondered as I whimpered. I had cried a lot, so much so that I couldn't cry anymore. I only had to wait on the Lord. Goodness, where did humanity go to? I kept wondering.
After that bad encounter with Diana I resolved to be humming slowly just to keep myself busy. In the evening the following day she came back. Dressed to kill and told me that she was now together with James and there was nothing I could do about it. She then threw a few chips my way and told me to eat. I ate  hungrily as she watched me. Then she turned around and left.
I knew James couldn't stoop too low to her level therefore I doubted her. I hoped against hopes that some help was coming my way!

Jacky's mom's Point of view

Hours turned to days without hearing from my daughter. What is happening? I can't get her through the phone and Jacky never goes mteja. I decided to go to her workplace and enquire. I found the Secretary who introduced herself as Diana and upon enquiry about Jacky, she said that she had left the country abruptly, work related. My heart was at peace then, but I wondered how my daughter couldn't at least call me and tell me, or let me know about it. My instincts told me my daughter was not well, but there was nothing I could do.
I went back home a devastated woman. I then called my friend the OCS and told him my predicament. He told me to hold on when he investigates he would get back to me. The following days were filled with sorrow, I couldn't get  hold of my daughter and something didn't feel right. I received the call that almost cost my life. It was from Jacky's boss asking me whether I had any idea where Jacky could be. He sounded distant, like a person who had been crying or who had had sleepless nights. "What do you mean? I was told that she went outside the country, work related. What are you telling me now?" He went quiet. Then hung up without any explanation whatsoever. I called the OCS and told him of the call. He assured me that someone had gone to him with a lost girl named Jacky who surprisingly had the same name as my daughter. I almost had a heart attack as he assured me that he is doing everything he can to find my daughter.