THE NIGHT AT THE HOTEL

part 28

After Martin sent the text he said we had to
move, because the police might trace it, dragging
me up to my protest, he pulled me to my feet
from where I had remained on the floor drowning
in my sorrows at having lost Sean

“Get up b---h…we need to leave now..don’t let
me hit you”, he pulled me up but I slumped to
the floor, if there was a possibility of us being
found, I had to find a way to delay us, he sighed
and went to the other door to lock it, when he
turned I held the knife I had fetched while he
was away from the room, the knife pinning my
picture to the wall…he stared at me

incredulously
“Now what are you going to do with that?”he

dropped the bags he was holding, to say I was
scared was an understatement, I had never held
a knife before, except to cook of course
” Stop..don’t come close..I ll use it”I managed to
say but he walked closer to me, and stared me
in the eye when he got within an inch
“go ahead..do it”

The knife began to shake in my hands, he took
the knife and threw it away, grabbing me by the
shoulders to my screams he dumped me on the
bed, I bounced on it as he came on top

“You want to play uh..I’ve always imagined you ll
like it rough” he took my hand and bent it
backwards, I kicked at him as we fought on the
bed

“No…please..stop it” I kicked and scratched at
him as he tore my top, we both paused at it…
“I think I was right” he said with a leer and came
close again, I decided there and then that it was
a do or die affair, I wasn’t going to go down

without a fight, I was tired of being seen as weak
and taken advantage of, my innocence was what
brought me here in the first place. I went
between his legs and grabbed at the knife,
placing it on my neck
“I’ll kill myself Martin. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it
more with a dead body”
“‘Come on..you know you’re not gonna do
something stupid like that.. I promise I ll be
gentle..”he snapped his fingers at me” I do not
have time for this Emilia,” When I didn’t respond,
he cracked his neck and stood up, his glare at
me was evident, he stretched his hand
” let me have the knife “he said calmly
“Martin I swear if you come close.. I ll kill you” I
discovered I mearnt it
He stared at me “I’d like to see you do that…do
you know what it means die in the arms of your
lover”he said with a smirk
“You’re sick”I said
He scratched his face and moved forward “yeah
I am, now let me have it…..LET ME HAVE IT
EMILIA!”he shouted then laughed “this girl thinks
she can…threaten me”he speed walked towards
me but when he got close the knife went through
him, at first we both couldn’t believe it, as I
looked at the blood pooling, then he grabbed at
my neck and flung me on the bed, he removed
the knife, weaker now as he looked at me with
venom in his eyes, I looked around for something,
anything..my eyes landed on a bottle he had
been drinking from on the floor of the bed…he
got back on the bed and gave me a dirty slap,
my face burned as he dragged me down, he was
more angry now and determined more than ever
to get what he wanted, I pushed at him in
protest and got another slap, My head was
spinning and my eyes were black with tears, I
was almost giving up but knew I couldn’t, I
couldn’t give up, I had to be strong, I had to
remain strong, kicking between his legs I
reached for the bottle and broke it on his
head…he fell back with a shout, but I wasn’t
done, I grabbed at the knife and stabbed him
again..then again and threw away the knife….he
tried to get up but laid back…I knew then I had
to go..
I went towards the door, weak, broken and in
pain
” Emilia.. Emilia…I love you “he said stretching
his hand toward me, I looked at him for long,
then opened the door and went out.
The first thing I saw was nothing, it was a
deserted place, I had no idea where I was, but I
knew I had to leave soon, because I had only
stabbed him to weaken him, he might get up in
no time, closing my torn top the best I could, I
began to limp along the lonely road lined with
bushes, glancing back severally to see of he was
following, I didn’t see any house or human for
ten minutes before I saw a house, but it was
deserted, it was obvious I was in a village, but
where.. there was no one again for another five
minutes as I kept walking, stumbling and looking
back to see if he was coming, he wasn’t, if he
didnt get help, he might die of internal bleeding
but I so did not care.
I continued on my journey, not looking back as I
finally saw someone coming towards me, he was
an elderly man, he looked at me skeptically
” helo sir..please where am i ?”I asked in my
local dialect
“Idumwina..”
“Uh..?”
“Just keep walking, you ll see the main road” he
said, I nodded and continued on my journey
getting weaker as I hadn’t eaten for days….
I finally came out to the main road and
discovered I was close to school after all, I had
been kept in one of the communities in Ugbowo,
Idunmwina, no one would have thought to look
for me there, it was too close to school, he
hadn’t taken me far at all, I had been right under
their noses, limping towards a girl who looked at
me weirdly, I didn’t want to reason how I looked
like right now, I begged for her phone, I dialled
Sean’s number which I had memorized but he
didn’t pick, I decided to try Serena, I should have
called my parents or Rebecca but I had one
thing on my mind throughout my kidnap, and it
was Sean…She picked on the second ring
“Hello..”she sounded skeptical
“Is Sean gone?”
“Emilia?” I almost cried at hearing her voice
again, but I needed to know something which
was more important to me than anything else
“Emilia, where have you..”
” Is he gone?”I asked…
I feared her answer when she became quiet then
said
“Yes…he’s gone we can’t find him and..” I cut
and kept the phone. I felt my world had fallen
apart, Martin had succeeded in his game, I knew
I caused most of it, I never should have led both
on but…why does it have to end this way?
“Are you okay..do you need help?”the girl asked
as I discovered I was crying, I nodded then stood
up from where I had squatted…
” I need to..”I began but stopped as Sean stood
there staring at me, he looked down me at my
torn clothes and hair, with bare feet, I didn’t
care, I just ran into his arms as he held me close
to him..I squeezed him tight in tears, he
caressed my hair
” I thought I’d lost you “he said inhaling my hair
” me too…I’m so sorry”
“I need to see the bastard, you need to take me
to him”he said looking me in the face, I leaned
and kissed him
” I have you Sean….that’s all that matters,
nothing else matters” I hugged him again.
*********
*so arrgh she’s safe..but who can guess how
Sean found her.?