Woman Of Color ( on hold)

19: Back to square one!

..Everywhere was filled with the early morning mist, from the trees to the bare ground twigs, were fully drenched with water particles.

The Driver parked near the Babban kogi river, The river into Tana village, for Simone to highlight.

Ayo said to Simone,
" I guess this is the river, your aunt died in.

" Yes" Simone replied emotionally.
Ayo came down from the car and opened the door.

During the 2 hours journey to Kaduna, Ayo had decided to hire a Taxi and paid for all the car seats.

"I must confess that I have never met anyone like you before, with you I felt secured, loved and fulfilled.
I will always come back for you Simone, no matter what, and I promise to take your Unborn child as your own.
He take her phone off her hands,he then type and save her number and gave her a hug.

He then tossed it into her bag and give her a peck.

Ayo removes her two luggages from the booth and began to offload it into the Canoe.

He then count some amount of money and give it to Simone, Simone at first resist to collect it

" No!! Thanks.

Common collect this money 'omo mola'

He said to her as they both burst into laughter.

" Bye" Ayo said to her as he enter into the car.

The care, the words everything he did and said to her is what Simone had never experienced in her life.

In a world that she thought love was extinct.
He proved her wrong.

There was this exquisite burning desire in her heart that even brought uncontrollably tears as she watched the Car brisked through the express.

"Ka kai ni Baki kogin. Simone said to the Canoe as he begin to paddle across the river.

Tana village.

Yakubu was in the village square along with his Male acolytes and chief elders.

The whole people of Tana were also
I deep tears, all of them wailing at the dead body of Amira.

Simone was walking her way into the city, with the help of one of the crowd she walked closer into the midst of the people.

Yakubu began to speak;

" People of Tana, This is not new to us that the Babban Kogi river claim the soul of one of us every year,

So Today the priest Gaburu will sacrifice her and spill her blood round village.

Simone ran straight to the body, fell down and started crying, she continiously raise her  head back and forth and screamed.
One could see the tears, the pain, Simone was left alone to her undying fate in this wicked world.

" You can't do this, Yakubu Saanu"
She called out his name begging him.

" You have to stop this, her corpse deserve to be treated in a memorable way.

Yakubu didn't even listen to her, He kept quiet as if she was throwing a Tantrum.

He hand signals his acolytes, and they immediately carry Simone off the ground, and safely escorted her to Yakubu's Chambers.
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Natasha babe, how are you doing,
Fine oo Super daddy, Natasha said as she grinned.