DANIELLA✔

Chapter twenty-four

Dedicated to DaraAdetula and Ummulkhair1234. Thanks for the support.

I know I wrote in chapter thirteen that we should learn to accept people the way they are for a better world... Tell you what, you don't have to accept people, just mind your business! — Yours truly.

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"Shit!" Uncle Henry cussed as he quickly jumped out of my bed and scrambled to the door. "That's my wife. What am I going to do?"

"Just go." I said in between quiet sobs. I had really lost every ounce of respect for uncle Henry. He didn't deserve it. He was such a monster for trying to forcefully sleep with me. Now I could only hope that aunty Caro wouldn't find him in my room, unless I should consider myself dead.

Uncle Henry slowly and gently turned the door handle to open the door. He peeped outside the room to see if aunt Caro was close by.

Just then, aunty Caro's voice was heard from a distance again. "Honey!"

"Love you." Uncle Henry blew an invisible kiss my way before quickly exiting my room and shutting the door behind him gently.

I immediately stood up from my bed, trotted to the door and locked it.

"Hey sweedy." I stopped to eavesdrop as I heard uncle Henry's voice. "I'm here. Why are you up by this time?"

"Same question I should be asking you too." Aunty Caro said.

"Oh me, I just wanted to get water from the kitchen. I was really thirsty."

"Where's the water?"

"This one you're questioning me, are you sceptical? Do you think I'd be lying to you about coming downstairs to get water to drink?"

"Not that I doubt you or anything like that. It's just that you said you wanted to get water from the kitchen and I don't see any with you now, so it's only normal for me to ask."

"Well, I've drank it in the kitchen already." Uncle Henry replied and from where I was, I shook my head and curve my lips downwards. He was such a pathological liar. "So you, why are you up by this time?" He asked.

"I had a terrible nightmare." Her voice was fading away and I heard the sound of footsteps treading the stairs.

"A nightmare?" Uncle Henry asked worriedly, his voice also fading away.

"Yes, I dreamt that..." I wasn't able to get whatever she said next. They had probably gone upstairs to their room.

I sniffed, wiping the tears off my face as I made my way back to my bed. I tried to get some sleep, but I couldn't. The thought of what uncle Henry attempted to do to me kept replaying in my head. What if aunt Caro had not called him? He would have slept with me. I would have lost my virginity to my aunt husband! Appalling!

🎶Mama... Where are you?... I need somebody I can talk to... Mama, there's no one around... Mama where are?🎶 I sang quietly as tears trickled down my eyes.

I sat up on the bed, rested my back on the wall and folded my arms around my chest. How can I put a stop to uncle Henry's act? I thought. There was no way aunt Caro was going to believe me if I told her what uncle Henry had tried to do to me on two nights now. Then what could I do? The answer is nothing. Nothing! I cried the more as the thought of not being able to do anything came to my mind.

I stayed up all night crying and singing that song, mama where are you?

The minaret blared as the muezzin called for morning prayers, indicating that it was already five o'clock. It was usually the sound that woke me up everyday to get started with the chores before preparing for school.