Adaobi Episode 15

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Episode 15


We went into the water, stripped down to our inner
wears, holding each other, we basked in the euphoria of
past memory, the pleasure, the laughter, the pain and
the happiness. Love triumphed above all else, we were
with each other and that was all that mattered, there
was no fears, no regrets, just our love for each other
and it was in quantum.
Inside the water we found peace and calm, we bonded
in a way neither of us could explain, we didn't want to
leave the water, i wished we could stay there forever.
We were soon out of the water,we dressed up and went
deeper into the bushes, we needed solitude.
"Why did you come looking for me" she asked me after
we had been walking silently for some time..
"I missed you, i thought i was going to die if i didn't
see you "
" I missed you too, i wish i never left but i had to "
" I understand "
We sat on a felled tree and i cuddled her to myself. We
were silent for a long time, not because we didn't know
what to say to each other, we cherished the silence to
whatever word there was to say.
" Where is your father? " she asked
" At the Palace "
" waiting for the governor? "
" yes"
"Hmm, the marriage won't hold"
"Why do you say that? "
" Because i'm the bride to be"
It flew past my ear like a little fly. Maybe it was
because of the causal way she had said it, maybe its
because i thought it the most impossible thing that can
happen.
"What do you mean you are the bride? " i asked, pulling
her up to face me
" I'm the one the governor is going to marry".
"How?, that's not possible, your age, Ada don't joke like
this "
" I'm not joking " she was crying "i know i'm too young
to marry him but my father doesn't care. He saw me as
a commodity and he sold me" she cried and i held her. I
was hurt, devastated to say the least, i didn't know
what to do but i knew what i wouldn't do and that
would be stand aside and watch someone else take her
away from me, i was not going to let her go again and
definitely not to marry a man few years younger than
her father.
"What are we going to do? " i asked her
" i don't know, few hours ago, i had decided to resign
myself to whatever life and fate threw at me but now
that you are here Quincy, i'm not going anywhere
without you, i would rather die than do that Quincy "
She gripped me tight and sobbed. I wasn't saved the
emotion, i realized my eyes were wet, i didn't want to
cry, i just wanted to be strong and console her.
" We are here now, we won't go where they would see
us, they can't find us here and when they are done, they
can all go to hell and burn" she said, a firm
determination had replaced the sorrows that had littered
her face, but the tears were still there and were still
falling. I wiped her face and held it to my chest and
closed my eyes.
A glance at my watch placed the time at 2pm. I picked
my phone and called my father.
"Hello where are you? Are you still coming?"
"No dad"
"Why? "
" I want you to come home, i need to tell you
something"
"Quincy don't be silly, i can't come home now, the
marriage rights will soon commence and i need to be
here"
"There won't be any marriage "
" Why, what do you mean?"
"Come home first"
"What, Quincy are you alright? " he sounded worried
" Come home " i said and dropped the call before he
could say anything else. We were on our way back. Ada
had decided she wasn't going to run anymore, it was
her life and nobody was going to make her decisions for
her. She was going to go home and tell it to their
face....


To Be Continued