A Fight For You – Episode 44
A Fight For You
(The Black Girl)
By Hossana Isaac O.
(Hossy High School Series)
Chapter 44
Unugwa
We arrived home in the company of one of the policemen Mr Lewis brought. Andy would be to taken home and a trusted doctor would be appointed to take care of him.
Anibe: I feel hungry
Me: you always feel hungry
We climbed the facade and entered the front door. The policeman had followed us in and mom was surprised to see us with him. Maybe she thought we caused some sort of trouble
Mom: any problem?
Anibe : no, they just accompanied us back
Mom: what about the guards?
Me: long story
Mom: what?
Anibe : mom calm down
Policeman : since you both are safe here, I will be going now
Anibe : thanks for your help
They shook hands
Policeman: well, take care
He left and I sat on the cushion chair
Mom: what happened there?
Me: that my friend, gunmen came to attack him too
Mom: what?
Anibe : and they are from the same Daniel’s dad, I recognized one of them
Mom: what is the problem with this man? Is he insane? And why would he attack your friend?
Me: when dad removed him, I think he replaced him with Andy’s father. He’s just trying to take revenge
Mom: he’s a psychopath. A real psychopath. Wasn’t he the one who stole from us in the first place?
Anibe: mom you said dad is on his way?
She rubbed her forehead then sat down
Mom: yes. He’s already in the plane. He’ll be here in a few hours
Anibe : I’m hungry
Mom glared at him
Mom: don’t go and fast. You’re surrounded by enemies who want your hand and you’re thinking about food
Anibe: if I wasn’t the son of a rich man I would be safe
Me: I can’t imagine you being the son of a poor man. You’ll eat him up
Mom : the both of you should just go upstairs and wait for dinnertime before you come down
Anibe: so now we’re under arrest in our own house. It’s not fair
He stood up from the chair and pulled me up
Anibe : let’s go. We have something to talk about
He then pulled me up the stairs like I couldn’t walk on my own
Daniel
I paced around my room.
In my whole life I’ve never been threatened. Instead I do the threatening
Dad threatened me to either bring Unugwa to him or I lose my mom. I know it’s weird but I can’t lose that woman. She means a lot to me now. She’s innocent and doesn’t even deserve to be behind bars
What I’m I going to do?
Certainly I can’t bring Unugwa to him. First, how will I even do that? She’s still very angry with me. Secondly, even if I succeed in convincing her to come see me, will I have the heart to see her taken away by my father’s men. Thirdly, do I even trust this father of mine? What if he hurts her? What if he kills her after receiving the ransom?
No no. I can’t comply with him. I can’t
I fell on my bed, regretting why I came back to the Philippines in the first place.
Eden
Me: have you made up your mind?
Daniel: I’m sorry dad, I’m not going to allow you hurt Unugwa
Me: okay. So you’re choosing to not bring her to me
Daniel: yes
I nodded and picked my phone. I dialed a number
📱 hello, detective. I want you to eliminate Rebeca Manois. Don’t let her see the light of tomorrow. When it’s done, I’ll pay you
Then I hung up. Daniel’s face spelt terror
Daniel: dad please don’t! Please! Don’t hurt mom again. I’m begging you
Me: so you beg? I’m sorry, it’s too late.
I began to walk away from his room
Daniel: fine! I’ll bring you the black girl. But just tell your police friend not to ki*ll my mom
I smirked
Me: that’s my boy
I dialed his number again
📱 don’t do it again. I changed my mind
I hung up and he breathed in
Me: you have two days
He nodded and I left the room
I got word that my men didn’t succeed in killing Mr Lewis son. One got shot dead and the other was arrested. They’re going to try and get words from his mouth. But I’m always one step ahead of them
One of my policemen has already taken care of him.
Unugwa
I was filing my nails when my door just opened
Anibe : dad’s back
I jumped down from the bed and ran out of the room. Anibe and I raced down the stairs and quickly stood in the living room.
Anibe : I’ll go welcome him in
Me: I’m scared
Anibe : don’t be. He’s not Eden Alberto
I chuckled and he kissed my forehead and went outside. I calmed down. Whenever Anibe kisses my forehead, I feel calm because it means he cares.
Mom and Chubi came down the stairs
Mom: your dad is back?
Me: yes
I sat down and Chubi sat beside me. Mom began to walk towards the door
Chubi: I know you’re feeling bad. Because you feel this is all your fault. But it’s not, you just wanted to help and he just had bad plans from the beginning. I know in the end, good always defeats bad
Me: sometimes I thank God for you. You’re a darling
Chubi: sometimes
I laughed and hugged him then kissed his forehead
Chubi: dad!
He jumped down and ran into dad’s arms. Dad carried him up in the air
Dad: ahhh you’ve gained weight. You’re getting bigger
Chubi chuckled and dad dropped him. I stood up
Me: welcome dad
I was fondling my fingers
Dad: when did you start welcoming me at a distance of three metres?
I smiled shyly and walked to him then hugged him
Me: welcome back dad
His strong arms encircled me
Dad: I’m glad you’re safe dear
I disengaged from the hug and smiled.
Dad: I’ll go and shower first then we’ll talk.
I nodded. Mom took his luggage from Anibe and handed it to a maid who carried it upstairs while mom and dad trailed behind her with arms around each other.
Anibe chuckled and walked past me whispering ”wife sweet wife’
I hit him and he laughed out and went to sit on the cushion chair facing the huge television. He turned it on and changed the channel to a Nigerian station
I sat on the cushion chair I was sitting before dad arrived
Me: why do you like watching Nigerian shows?
Anibe : cause I wanna know how life is there
Me: isn’t it boring?
Chubi: not all. Some are quite interesting. And funny
Anibe : do you know that place is filled with drama and memers?
Me: I don’t know
Anibe : I wish we could travel there sometime
Chubi: me too
Me: I don’t
They looked at me
Anibe : prodigal daughter
I chuckled
***
Anibe had played the recording for dad and he began to think. Everyone was silent and to me it was awkward
Finally dad spoke up
Dad: so he’s trying to deal with me using my family? Impressive
Anibe looked at me then back at dad
Dad: I’ll have to take you guys back to the USA then?
Me: what?
They all looked at me
Dad: do you have a problem with that?
I didn’t answer
Mom: you didn’t even want to come here in the first place. You should be glad to leave
Dad: that’s right. I wish I had even listened to her. We shouldn’t have come here
I bit my lip and looked at Anibe to help me. He cleared his throat
Anibe : but dad, do you think it’s right for us to run away? At least give him a Fight. Report him to the police and thank God you have enough proof
Dad: you’re right. But this place is his land. We have no right here. He can manipulate anything to his favor. We can’t risk our lives. I’ll remain here but you all will have to go
It’s fruitless. I can’t persuade him to let us stay. He has already made up his mind.
Mom: I’m coming. I have to go and check on Chubi
She stood up and left
Anibe : I thought she just put him to bed. Why is she going back to check on him?
Me: he’s her heartthrob you know
We were silent for a few minutes before mom rushed back with tears in her eyes.
Mom : they’ve killed him. They’ve killed him
We immediately stood up
Dad: killed who?
Mom: Chubiyo. They’ve killed him
Then she screamed and slumped
Me: mom!
We rushed to her
Dad: Gracious! Oh my God
He took out his phone and called the ambulance. I hurried upstairs with Anibe to Chubi’s room.
He was lying down with a knife in his heart and was covered with blood all over his face. I screamed loudly and refused to move forward.
Anibe ran to him and gave a huge sigh of relief
Me: what? What?
Anibe : it’s not him. It’s not… him
I walked to him and saw the face. It was a type of big doll. Then where is Chubi?
Anibe : there’s a note
He picked it and I took it from him and read it
this would be him if you don’t do as we say
I looked at Anibe
Me: we’re in big trouble
Eden
I groaned as the two ladies beside me touched me and caressed my body. I was going to have a swell night with these whores.
My door opened suddenly and the ladies screamed. I thought I closed that door
Me: why barge in on me?
Daniel: dad! Why the little boy? I thought I told you I was going to bring his sister? Why did you bring him here?
Me: what’s your problem?
Daniel: you’re my problem!
Me: then get rid of your problems
Daniel : dad! Let’s do this the way we planned it! Take that boy back!
Me: how did you even know that I took him?
Daniel: is that your business? Just take the boy back! If you keep acting this way I’m going to back out of your hideous plan
Me: okay, I’ll take the boy back. Not because you asked me to though
He looked me over and huffed as he walked out not even closing the door
One of the ladies asked me
Lady: which boy is he talking about?
Me: it’s about our family. Now forget about that and one of you, go close that door
Unugwa
I got a text early in the morning from Daniel begging me to forgive him.
I was feeling less angry with him but now that my younger brother is nowhere to be found and my mother is somewhere in a hospital, I feel terribly angry. But a part of me is saying its not his fault. Maybe he has no idea what’s going. If he had known, he wouldn’t be bugging me and he would have known that I can’t come out freely anymore
And I don’t think anyone knows that we have a recording that is strong evidence. I’m sure Mr Alberto doesn’t know that we know he’s the one after us.
I heard a knock on my door and I sat up hugging my blanket. Anibe opened the door and looked in with his head
Anibe : good morning
Me: morning.
Anibe : we’re going to see mom together in the next one hour. Get ready
Then he closed the door. I got out of bed and took a shower .
Soon we were driving to the hospital to see me. It wasn’t the same hospital Andy was admitted. This one was a government hospital and it was heavily guarded. If you don’t have a pass you can’t enter
Mom was still unconscious and the doctor said she would be fine. That she just suffered a panic attack
Not long after we settled down, the Del Solo’s arrived. I was surprised to see them. And Andy looked better and stronger. He was wearing a loose baseball cap to cover his bandage
Me: how are you doing?
Andy: well I’m fine. Except that I keep having nightmares
Me: don’t worry you’ll be fine
My dad came into the room with a nurse and he saw them.
Dad: oh Lewis
They shook hands
Lewis : we had to come when we heard what happened
Dad: thanks for coming over
Lewis : and this is my wife and son
He pointed to them
Lewis : your daughter and my son are good friends from school
Andy: good morning sir
Dad: good morning son
Since, his mom has been looking at dad with furrowed eyebrows. Dad looked to her side
Dad: Lenita?
Her eyes then lit up in recognition
Andy’s mom : Samson!
Andy looked at me
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To Be Continued
Written by Hossy