BEFORE DAWN
"How did we get here, Andy?" Susan queried in fear as she found out the exact location they were.
"Calm down honey. We are only a couple of miles from home. If you will be a good girl, we should be done with this before anyone finds out we were even out the party" Andy replied, holding Susan tight in what appeared like an embrace.
"But.. . Andy, you know we shouldn't be out here alone by this time of the night. What do you want?" Susan was really terrified .
"What do I want? Oh, funny how she finally asked. I want you Susan, I want you to receive my rod in all your holes and I couldnt wait any longer." He said.
"Oh no Andy.... Please don't do this. ... Please not here. This is an enchanted evil forest and you know the repercussions of having any form of intimacy here, not to mention a rape." Susan began pleading as she tried breaking loose from his musculine grip.
"Who mentioned rape ? I want us to make love here before these spirits and let them bear witness of my love for you, Susan. Please do not make me go too hard on you. I'm trying to be a gentleman here please" Andy revoted.
They struggled for a moment the drunk lady couldn't match his strength as she landed on her back and the grasses gave way. Andy dived unto her immediately just the way a lion would attack its conquered prey and began battling with her undies as she begged and cried out for help.
"Andy please don't do this here please. Oh please stop for hell sake...." She fought but in weakness.
Okay, that's how it started and the gates of hell opened its mouth to let the dark demons out to avenge Susan's tears and the desecrated forest. Andy would have been let off his crimes if Susan had died that night but the spirits saved her.
The ugly incident that happened that fateful night would always be remembered for Susan.
"He drugged, raped me and left me to die. That bastard will eat his own flesh." Susan swore as she recounted her experience with the 'man of the people', Andrew Olu, also called Andy to her best friend, Jane.
"You will be fine honey. It could have been the alcohol taking control of him at that point" Jane defended.
"You don't understand what I'm saying Jane. I begged him to stop hurting me but instead he had his ways over and over again till I lost my consciousness and he left me there to die. Or did he hope the beasts had eaten me up?" Susan was half angry and moved by immerse pains now as she spoke, still on the hospital bed.
"I know. Things like that happen. People are controlled by different things and Andy probably had one of those things controlling him that night. It has been over a week now and I'm sure he is very sorry for his actions" Jane added to Andy's defense.
Susan was really disappointed at her friend's choice of alliance. Why would her best friend choose to defend a man that raped her in an evil forest? A man that took her virginity forcefully in an enchanted place? A man that left her to be eaten by any available beast?
Susan had a million questions on her mind but kept her thoughts to herself. She had a man to punish, unknowingly to her, she had more cards to turn on this table.
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"Words written on marbles shouldn't be read off without warnings, the pains I feel can never go away unless the man behind them is gone." Susan said to herself, staring out her window. The busy city gave it light for the night with fee cars still ploughing the road. Since she was discharged, the broken lady hadn't found sleep. The city lights became her only resolve; she could watch the city until she could number the cars passing.
On March 3rd, exactly two weeks and three days after the horrible incident, Susan took the steps that would either bring her peace or eternal doom, which ever would be the outcome, she was ready.
An elegant lady in her mid 20s and one of the best staffs in the junior team of JV consults, she has been off duty for weeks but she wasn't bothered. On this same date, given to her to resume, she would have to share the same block with Andy, a senior executive staff of same company. She would be serving under her enemy, the demon she wished to send back to hell.
"I think I'm ready to give the devil a handshake" she said, as she admired her full form in her wall mirror, licking her lips one at a time, she could taste the lip gloss she wore and she felt better. " Tastes like bood, I can't wait to have the real liquid on my lips". She sounded possessed already and still loved every fibre of her being.
"Hello Suzzy" the receptionist smiled as she waved at Susan. "We are glad to have you back" she added. Susan responded with the widest smile she could form at the moment and waved back. I'm happy to be back. I really missed work." She lied.
"Oh we missed your presence here too. Sorry Suzzy, the news of the accident was really shocking to us all. I hope you are fully recovered now though." The receptionist asked.
Susan was surprised. Who mentioned she being involved in an accident? How many persons in her workplace already had that "accident lie" in their heads? There was more to be revealed, she assured herself.
"Are you okay, Suzzy?" The receptionist asked again and Susan snapped out of her thoughts.
"Oh yes, yes I am. I have to get to my office now. Do have a blessed day" she added and dashed off.
Seated behind her desk facing her laptop and absolutely blank headed, Susan couldn't figure out why someone used an accident to keep down the truth. She was raped for hell's sake and the bastard that put his rotten penis inside her was just three floors above her, probably sipping on a cup of coffee and all she got fell colleagues was " oh sorry Susan. We are glad you survived the ghastly accident".
"There was no fucking accident, you dumb ass" she screamed in her head.
She was still numb when Jane walked in.
"Girlfriend? What's up with you ? Hey?" Jane shook her now.
"Oh hey.. Babe, oh sorry I didn't see you come in. Have you been here for too long?" Susan who was dazzled already asked.
"I was standing at that door for what seemed like eternity, knocking and calling out your name babe, what's come over you?" Jane inquired.
"I'm fine..just had some stuff in my head." Susan said and she was stopped halfway as Lucy Wells entered the office.
"Good day ma'am" Both Susan and Jane greeted.
Lucy Wells was the Personnel
manager of JV consults, and not much people liked her though. She had her mind painted black and nothing and no one impressed her absolutely.
" please save your greetings. Susan, are you sure you are fully ready to resume?" She asked, with both hands placed on the desk before Susan.
"Ehm.. Yes ma'am. I'm okay and well ma."
"I don't think so. You need more rest. I guess the accident really got to your brain. You didn't notice someone enter your office. How can you deliver your services to this company with such lapses?". Lucy Wells wasn't in for nonsense. Without much warnings, Susan found herself reading a suspension letter dated back to February 27th. She was actually suspended before she had resumed. No excuses. There was something she needed to know.
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