Woman Of Color ( on hold)

28: Self -Peril.

Gwarimpa.

Natasha and Carolyn seated by a separate couches close to each other.

Carolyn looked at Natasha and smiled,
"I wonder why you brought up this discussion."

"Carolyn,you know i brought you here, so i need you to tell me the honest truth about everything i want to ask you."

"You can go ahead". Carolyn replied.

"I have been noticing some unusual behavior with you, one of these days, and i want to ask you, Are you pregnant?

Carolyn took a quite indifferent look at her for a while before she was finally able to say something.

"I am not.....

"But what's it with you, you have been vomiting, and pale, refusing to even work.

"Abeg no disturb me", Carolyn said in a fuss, "i am human, i can get tired, i just decided to take a breath."

As they conversed their conversation is cut short as Tajide interrupt.

"Make una no vex, Carolyn i need to see you in private.

Carolyn immediately walked up to meet Tajide, in the midst of flocks of girls that stood waiting for the time they will get paid for their body services.

Tajide immediately took Carolyn to his bedroom and immediately placed it on a lock.

"Wahala don happen oo" he said to her.
Carolyn at this point was infuriated,  "Tell me what happened she asked inquisitively.

"The test result is out, You are pregnant".

Carolyn  broke down in worry, see where all the bad girl antics, see where it brought her to.

"How is she going to explain? to everyone especially Motunrayo the boss. All of this crossed her mind.

   In ten years in the business of prostitution, Carolyn has never gotten pregnant.

" My life cannot end this way, I am surely going to abort this thing. She said to Tajide without any ounce of guilt.

"Please don't do this", Tajide said.

"Then what do you want me to do?" She asked him in paranoia.

"I want us to find out the baby's gender male or female, if its a male please keep it, i promise to make it  worthwhile, But if it's a female you can do whatever you want.

"So what is wrong with a female child?" Carolyn asked.

"Nothing is just that i need someone to carry on my name.

"So a female child cannot carry your prestige, is that what you are insinuating?"

"No follow me talk nonsense now, let's sort this issue on ground, I will transfer 100k to your account, and take you out later in the day.

Please make sure nobody else hear about this.

"Okay" Carolyn said faintly.

She was about passing through the door exit, before Tajide held her by the waist, "lets play".

"Play what! Common will you get your hands off me? She said to him and walked out.

He then pushed her to the bed, she tried resisting him, but later succumb because his strength overshadowed her's.

****

Suleja.

Simone was in the house doing the chores as usual,  but this time around with more caution than ever, due to the incident that had happened; how she was caught with Alhaji kissing.

Zainab had pretend not to see anything but has been dying silently in pain and anger. She had even make sure she avoided setting her eyes on Simone for any unnecessary reason.

This particular day as Simone cleaned up, Maryam walked in  with her sisters Risikat and Taibat. Without any proper introductions, or word of challenge, they began to beat up Simone  till she had no strength left.
  
  The beating became intense when they start smashing objects on her like table, remotes  on her.
It got the climax when Taibat the youngest of the sisters smashed a glass-cup on Simone's head. Simone began to bleed as she passed out in an unconscious state.

Two hours gone, Simone was laying lifeless on the ground, Yusuf had come to her rescue by constantly wiping her head with warm water and placing some ice. He also helped her to massage it with some analgesic.

Simone regained consciousness, as she repeatedly coughed couple of times.

"Me ya faru"? (What happened?) Yusuf asked his sister.
  Simone was just sobbing, how could she explained to her younger brother what she had done.

She felt guilty, "i have implicated the young boy with the levity of what i did".

Simone stood to her feet, and immediately saw that from her lower abdomen downwards, was drenched in blood.

She immediately ran to the toilet  and cleaned up her self. She soaked the cloth in a bucket and immediately washed it.

She then came back to Yusuf who at this point was playing with her Son Hamza, she had decided to name him after her late father, in honor of him.

Simone walked out and met the doorway to outside widely opened. She tried to put it ajar maybe someone was about to step in, she thought.

But to her surprise she met all her luggages, and that of Yusuf.

Zainab immediately came screaming at her, she also held Yusuf by the ears and walked him outside of the house.

Simone went on her knees pleading,
"Don Allah" she said to Zainab.
Zainab replied with a huge scream in her dialect.
"Karuwa" she placed her hands on her mouth to make a mockery sound of Simone in the typical hausa chant;  Ayilelelelelele!!!

"Get out of my house, with the help of her sisters she threw all them out, leaving them outside to the dark.

Simone immediately massaged poor Hamza's head he happened to have fell due to the whole pandemonium that occurred.

Simone then placed him on her back and hold Yusuf by the hand they both pull their luggages as they began to walk sideways each other.

Unable to find a vehicle, they had no choice than to walk for 2miles, heading straight for the bridge of the University of Abuja Campus 2 domain.

   They climbed the stairway and went to the top,
She then laid two separate bedsheets, one for her and the other for Yusuf.

"Let's lay here for tonight", she said to him.