C7 SEVEN

MONTH LATER

It been a month and many things happened, part of it was me visiting my inlaw's house.

Aliyu only decided to take me to the house after much persuasion from my mother in-law.

He kept acting as if we were happy couples and are in love with each other.

After spending 30 minutes in the house, he told me to get ready, that we were going back home.

I got up to get ready when his mom said I was going to spend my day in the house.

"Come pick her up after work" she said to him.

He had no option than to leave me in the house, he got up and said his goodbye before walking to his car.

My mother in-law told me to escort him which I did, the way I was acting she could sense something was wrong.

When we went out he warned me not to say a word to her about our marital life.

"Okay" I obeyed like always. "good luck"I said.

Without waiting for his reply, I walked back inside because I knew he wasn't going to answer me.

On getting inside, I met my mother in-law on a phone call, I waited for her to finish and when she was done we greeted each other once more and she asked me questions.

She wanted to know if Aliyu was treating me well, if I love him bla bla bla. And as expected of me, all the answers I gave her were positive,I dare not say anything negative otherwise I should consider myself dead.

We talked about everything and nothing, she even asked me if I was in touch with my parents.

Honestly, only after her question did I remember my parents were still alive.

"I don't have phone" I spoke the truth this time.

"I'll talk to Ali to get you one or am coming just a sec" She said picking up her phone to call someone,

"Which phone do you want sweetheart?" She asked me.

"Anyone will do" Honestly I didn't even know what to choose. I could have said Tecno, or something.

Believe me when I say my mother in-law is the nicest human being on earth, it was my first time visiting her since I got married and she was extraordinarily nice.

She treated me like every mother will treat her daughter.

She kept asking me if I have any problem and if Aliyu was treating me well.

"Indo" She held my hands as she spoke " I am sorry for interrupting your life, and getting you married at this age. Things must have been hard on you but I have hope in you, I believe you will be able to reform my son. I know you are just 16 but luckily your body looks 23 already, all I want to say is you can do this, with love you can make this work. Please save my son" she begged.

"Please help me make him a better person" she went on her knees to beg me.

I quickly grabbed her, and put her back to her seat. I tried so hard not to cry but my emotions betrayed me, few seconds later I felt tears rolling down my cheek and splatter onto my lap

It was hot tears, tears of pain, tears of sorrow, tears of distress, tears of agony and sympathy.

My cry became louder,I was beyond hurt, I was tired of everything,I was tired of the marriage and torture.

She hugged me which made me feel my pain subside for that time, it felt motherly.

"It's going to be okay" She said

I promised her to do my best even though I know how distant he was from me.

Aliyu didn't come to pick me till after isha prayer, before we left his mother gave me a phone, and many different gifts, his father also gave me gifts, he too was a lovely man.

I just wonder where Aliyu got his bitterness from.

On our way back home we stopped at a plaza, he went out of the car without saying a word to me.

I kept asking myself if I should follow him inside or not, I decided to just stay in the car since he didn't tell me to follow him. I want no problem.

I waited for almost thirty minutes in the car but he wasn't still back.

"Is he buying the whole plaza?" I wondered to myself.

The car was getting hot and the windows were closed,I had to open the door before I suffocate and that was when I noticed a car parked beside ours.

I just sat in the car with my hand on my chin thinking about different things when I heard someone opening the car parked beside ours.

The person looked at me and smiled and I smiled back, you know that feeling when a stranger smiles at you and you smile back.

"Hello" He walked up to me and greeted.

"Hi" I greeted too.

"What are you doing in the car?" He asked

"Waiting for someone" replied

"Your brother?"

"No"

"Oh, he must be your boyfriend. Someone as beautiful as you must surely have one"

"Beautiful" I Screamed in my head, as a blush light up my cheeks.

"Thank you" I smiled, well I never thought I will be able to smile again in my life.

"Well, beautiful. It's not allowed for someone to stay in an already parked car here"

"Oh, sorry. I never knew"

He was very jovial, he kept saying funny things and I kept laughing and smiling forgetting my worries.

"Can I have your digits?" he asked

I was about to tell him that I'm a married woman, when I noticed Aliyu Looking at me from a distance, and from all indications he have been standing there for a while looking at us..

"Oh my God! Can you just leave here" I said.

"Is everything okay?" He asked

"Just leave..right now, please"

"Alright, you better wait outside the car before the securities drag you out beautiful"

"Leave..." I almost shouted

Without thinking twice he entered his car and drove away.

Aliyu walked majestically to the car withsomeshoppingbagsin his hands, he started the car without saying a word to me,I knew I was in for it today.

"Swwosh" he drove us home.

"Open the damn gate" He threw the keys at me. Oh I almost forgot that I was the new gateman, woman sorry.

He drove in, as I closed the gate and walked to the car to get my gifts.

By the time I finished packing and entered inside the house he was already in his room, so I entered my own room, performed ablution and prayed.

I had a hot shower then came out with a short towel tied around me.

Not expecting anyone in my room, I was about to untie it when my eyes beheld Aliyu sitting comfortably on my bed,

He was looking at something on his phone like his life depend on it.

My heart flew to my stomach when I saw him in my room,I was already shivering with fear when he looked at me with his red scary eyes.

"Come here" Aliyu said.

"I am sorry, that man was only trying to warn me about staying in the car"

"Come here" he shouted enraged.

I walked over to his place fear engulfing my whole life,I stood a little bit far away from him waiting for the worst to happen.

"What's this distance for. Come here" He said with authority.

I didn't know when I ran to him out of fear.

"Here I am" I sobbed.

"You shouldn't be standing there, you should have stood on my head" he said with anger in his voice.

I quickly went down on my knees.

"A..am..s..so..sorry" the words were choking me out.

He pulled me from the tiled floor and threw me on the bed, my small towel betrayed me and revealed my whole naked body,

I closed my eyes and prayed for Allah's mercy on me today.

"Turn " He said.

I quickly turned my back because if I disobeyed him or wasted his time he will punish me for it.

I felt a sharp pain on my back, which made me shout.

But Aliyu didn't stop what he was doing,he pierce my back.The pain was so unbearable,I had to gather the whole strength left in me to push him away.

I quickly got up from the bed and ran to the door but, I was too late because he was an inch away from me and the door was locked.

"How dare you? Are you out of your mind" He said slapping my face as he pronounce every word. "I swear even your mother dare not do that" he said with heavy breath fanning my face.

My subconscious was telling me to apologize but, my stubborn heart was against it.

"how dare he insult your mother" my heart said.

"Well, she brought this upon herself" my subconscious said.

Aliyu pulled me away from my train of thought by slapping me hard on my face again.

"Arrgh!" I shouted.

He covered my mouth before I could cry out one more time, he dragged me to the bed throwing me like garbage.

"Please stop,I beg you in the name of Allah please forgive me" I said in pain.

He didn't even listen to me, the next thing I saw him doing really scared me.

Aliyu was removing his belt I closed my eyes and used the sheets to cover my naked body adding up with the pillows I was ready for his belt, may be the pain I felt wasn't good enough for him.

Contrary to my toughts he walked up to me and dragged me away from my Saviors.

"Aliyu please ...please don't hurt me" I said with my eyes closed.

"Open your goddamn eyes" He shouted.

I quickly opened them only to find naked Aliyu standing before me. I quickly closed my eyes, for I have never seen a naked man before, but here stood Aliyu in front of me, naked, with no shame in his eyes telling me to look at him.

"Open your eyes" he shouted again.

I quickly opened my eyes and lowered my gaze, He slapped me hard again which made me looked at him in the eyes without being told to.

He pushed me back on the bed and laid on top of me, I felt a pain on my back due to only God knows what he did on my back.

"I said u should f**king look at me and if you close those stupid things you call eyes, I am going to kill you" He said without mercy.

I got scared with what I heard from him, so I quickly opened them and looked at him in the eyes.

"Nonsense" He muttered under his breath.

He continued staring at me and later on hissed.

I felt a sharp pain on my private part which made me shout with all my energy, before I could recover from the first pain I felt another sharp pain worst than the first one....He raped me.