love happened a story by rose akpabio
Episode 3
‘Please sir, you don’t have to do this, I can buy
your lights, you don’t have to take us to cell’
Sophia was still in shock. He’d slapped her, that
had to be enough, but this? This isn’t how she
planned to spend her night.
‘Sir, you called us’ one of the men spoke to
Lekan.
‘Ah yes, Sergeant, I did, I came shopping and I
parked my car safely outside, I didn’t violate any
parking rules, but I came out here and found my
car in wreck, these two miscreants are behind
that and I want them to pay for it, so keep them
in cell till I return with my lawyer’ Lekan
explained.
‘Ah, officers please have mercy on us’ Sophia fell
on her knees.
‘Officers don’t listen to him, we would pay him’
Kachi hated the man she’d admired minutes ago,
in fact, she hated all men.
‘You can take them away’ Lekan chuckled darkly
and dialed his driver to bring the other car.
‘Don’t you think you’re being too hard on them? I
like the fat one, the Christmas Turkey’? Eleona
rubbed his shoulder as the police officers took
them away.
‘Honey, I just want to teach them a lesson, no
one dares Olalekan’ Lekan replied silently.
‘Sure baby, no one dare you’ Eleona kissed his
face and they both stepped into the car as the
driver opened the doors for them.
***
‘Why are you not talking to me’? they’d been
placed in the back of the police van with one
scrawny looking officer.
Sophia wouldn’t talk to her friend, fine, the
handsome stranger had slapped her but was that
enough reason for Kachi to be so rude?
‘Look Soph, I had to step in, I hate it when
people treat you so badly and you look so
helpless, yes we did him wrong, but he didn’t
deserve to hit you like that, where’s his dignity’?
Kachi hated it when Sophia ignored her.
‘I can do fine by myself, I can take care of
myself, he hit me cause I bumped into his car,
you shouldn’t have talked that way to him, he
wouldn’t have called the police on us’ Sophia
replied.
‘I am not going to apologize if that’s what you’re
looking for, I did the right thing and the least I
expect is a ‘thank you’, why I’m I even here with
you? I told you we could call one of Oscar’s
friends, I also told you to drive slowly so don’t do
that, don’t try to manipulate me into feeling bad,
don’t try to play the victim, cause that’s what
you always do’ Kachi remarked angrily.
‘I am not playing the victim. Fine! I give up, you
warned me, I didn’t listen, but you should have
stayed away from that guy’ tears had welled up
in her eyes as she remembered the way he’d
humiliated her.
‘Oh God, I can’t believe this, you know what?
Next time you have a problem, don’t bring me
into it’ Kachi stared fiercely at Sophia.
‘Make una keep quiet, I get headache’ the officer
cautioned them.
‘Sorry Oga’ Kachi murmured.
She just couldn’t understand why Sophia had to
be difficult.
‘Kachi I’m sorry, it’s just, I feel terrible and
frustrated, I am sorry I sounded that way’ Sophia
wiped her face , she’d angered her friend, Kachi
was right, what the stranger did to her wasn’t
right.
‘Whatever, I am not talking to you’ Kachi ignored
her.
‘Have you seen my phone, I should try and call
Oscar or his friends, or I could ask Barbie to go
over and check on him’ Sophia searched around
nervously.
‘Barbie?’ Kachi scoffed, Why was Sophia like
this? She trusted her sister totally.
‘Uhmmm, anything wrong’? she asked Kachi.
‘No nothing, I haven’t seen your phone madam’
Kachi shook her head.
‘We don arrive, Oya move’ the van came to a halt
and they both climbed down.
‘Kachi, what have we gotten ourselves into’?
Sophia shifted closer to her friend.
‘I’m still not talking’ Kachi replied.
‘Who dem be?’ A female officer behind the
counter asked as they both walked in.
‘Dem jam the car of his excellency o, na him call
us that time, and dem bin try to escape’ the
scrawny officer explained.
‘Ah, even dis fat one wan folo escape, car idem
inside jaire, Olori buruku’ the woman hissed.
‘But that’s not true, we weren’t trying to escape’
Sophia spoke as the officer pushed them roughly
forward.
‘Tah! Shut up, fatty bom bom, enter the cell
make mosquito bite you small,you fit slim down
overnight’ the man mocked.
‘God punish all of you for this Nigeria, yeye
police men’ Kachi hissed loudly as the man
walked away.
‘I am so sorry Kachi, this is all my fault, I should
have listened to you’ Sophia begged tired of her
friend’s silence.
‘It’s Okay Soph, just try to listen to me another
time, we’ll get out of this, I promise’ Kachi
rubbed her shoulders.
They were still unaware of the presence of three
more ladies in the cell.
‘Una wehcome o, so una no fit greet’? one of the
dirty looking girls called towards them.
‘Goodmorning, sorry good evening’ Sophia
stuttered.
There were three women in the cell, one looked
fierce and she stared directly at them, it scared
her.
‘U nko, u no fit tok’? the girl moved forward.
‘Abegi, cari your wahala go dat side, see me see
wahala, wetin concern me and olosho’ Kachi
hissed angrily.
‘Ah, who u dey call Olosho’? the dirty looking girl
charged towards her.
‘Shakira!’ the fierce looking woman called after
her.
‘Boss I hail, sorry I bin vex,’ Shakira steadied
herself.
‘Skakira or Beyonce, biko, find your level, I wan
sleep’ Kachi wondered why the lady wouldn’t let
her be.
‘I go ignore you for now, no be wetin my boss
over there send me to do, anyways, follow me go
dat corner, my boss tok say she like you and she
for like taste you tonight’ Shakira licked her lips.
‘Excuse me? What do you mean by that’? Sophia
stepped in to defend her friend.
‘Madam, who invite you put for dis mata? Amebo’
Shakira stared darkly at Sophia.
‘I don suffer, taste me how? Taste me say I be
meatpie? Abeg find your level’ Kachi was getting
scared.
‘No, my boss has to taste you, weda you like it or
not or she go use force’ Shakira dragged Kachi
up.
‘Lord save me from this’ Kachi prayed.
‘Get away from my friend or I’ll punch you in the
face’ Sophia rose to her feet.
‘See dis one o, u feel say because you gather
ikebe, I go fear you? Sit don jare’ the lady
ignored her while the others watched silently.
‘Sophia please do something, she’s choking me’
Kachi coughed.
‘Alright then miss Shakira’ with one heavy lift she
brought Shakira to the ground and the others
burst out laughing.
‘I warned you but you wouldn’t listen, now go
over there and sit down else I beat you into pulp’
Sophia was amazed she could do something like
that.
‘God punish you, thunder fire una too, winchi
winchi’ Shakira felt humiliated and returned to
where she sat with the other too.
‘punish you too and your whole family’ Kachi
hissed.
‘Thanks so much Sophia, thank you’ Kachi
hugged her friend.
‘It was nothing Kachi, I almost laughed though, I
thought you wanted being a lesbian’? a smiled
played on Sophia’s lips.
‘No, I change my mind’ Kachi pressed her hand
on her chest.
‘Be careful what you wish for next time’ Sophia
chuckled.
‘Please sir, you don’t have to do this, I can buy
your lights, you don’t have to take us to cell’
Sophia was still in shock. He’d slapped her, that
had to be enough, but this? This isn’t how she
planned to spend her night.
‘Sir, you called us’ one of the men spoke to
Lekan.
‘Ah yes, Sergeant, I did, I came shopping and I
parked my car safely outside, I didn’t violate any
parking rules, but I came out here and found my
car in wreck, these two miscreants are behind
that and I want them to pay for it, so keep them
in cell till I return with my lawyer’ Lekan
explained.
‘Ah, officers please have mercy on us’ Sophia fell
on her knees.
‘Officers don’t listen to him, we would pay him’
Kachi hated the man she’d admired minutes ago,
in fact, she hated all men.
‘You can take them away’ Lekan chuckled darkly
and dialed his driver to bring the other car.
‘Don’t you think you’re being too hard on them? I
like the fat one, the Christmas Turkey’? Eleona
rubbed his shoulder as the police officers took
them away.
‘Honey, I just want to teach them a lesson, no
one dares Olalekan’ Lekan replied silently.
‘Sure baby, no one dare you’ Eleona kissed his
face and they both stepped into the car as the
driver opened the doors for them.
***
‘Why are you not talking to me’? they’d been
placed in the back of the police van with one
scrawny looking officer.
Sophia wouldn’t talk to her friend, fine, the
handsome stranger had slapped her but was that
enough reason for Kachi to be so rude?
‘Look Soph, I had to step in, I hate it when
people treat you so badly and you look so
helpless, yes we did him wrong, but he didn’t
deserve to hit you like that, where’s his dignity’?
Kachi hated it when Sophia ignored her.
‘I can do fine by myself, I can take care of
myself, he hit me cause I bumped into his car,
you shouldn’t have talked that way to him, he
wouldn’t have called the police on us’ Sophia
replied.
‘I am not going to apologize if that’s what you’re
looking for, I did the right thing and the least I
expect is a ‘thank you’, why I’m I even here with
you? I told you we could call one of Oscar’s
friends, I also told you to drive slowly so don’t do
that, don’t try to manipulate me into feeling bad,
don’t try to play the victim, cause that’s what
you always do’ Kachi remarked angrily.
‘I am not playing the victim. Fine! I give up, you
warned me, I didn’t listen, but you should have
stayed away from that guy’ tears had welled up
in her eyes as she remembered the way he’d
humiliated her.
‘Oh God, I can’t believe this, you know what?
Next time you have a problem, don’t bring me
into it’ Kachi stared fiercely at Sophia.
‘Make una keep quiet, I get headache’ the officer
cautioned them.
‘Sorry Oga’ Kachi murmured.
She just couldn’t understand why Sophia had to
be difficult.
‘Kachi I’m sorry, it’s just, I feel terrible and
frustrated, I am sorry I sounded that way’ Sophia
wiped her face , she’d angered her friend, Kachi
was right, what the stranger did to her wasn’t
right.
‘Whatever, I am not talking to you’ Kachi ignored
her.
‘Have you seen my phone, I should try and call
Oscar or his friends, or I could ask Barbie to go
over and check on him’ Sophia searched around
nervously.
‘Barbie?’ Kachi scoffed, Why was Sophia like
this? She trusted her sister totally.
‘Uhmmm, anything wrong’? she asked Kachi.
‘No nothing, I haven’t seen your phone madam’
Kachi shook her head.
‘We don arrive, Oya move’ the van came to a halt
and they both climbed down.
‘Kachi, what have we gotten ourselves into’?
Sophia shifted closer to her friend.
‘I’m still not talking’ Kachi replied.
‘Who dem be?’ A female officer behind the
counter asked as they both walked in.
‘Dem jam the car of his excellency o, na him call
us that time, and dem bin try to escape’ the
scrawny officer explained.
‘Ah, even dis fat one wan folo escape, car idem
inside jaire, Olori buruku’ the woman hissed.
‘But that’s not true, we weren’t trying to escape’
Sophia spoke as the officer pushed them roughly
forward.
‘Tah! Shut up, fatty bom bom, enter the cell
make mosquito bite you small,you fit slim down
overnight’ the man mocked.
‘God punish all of you for this Nigeria, yeye
police men’ Kachi hissed loudly as the man
walked away.
‘I am so sorry Kachi, this is all my fault, I should
have listened to you’ Sophia begged tired of her
friend’s silence.
‘It’s Okay Soph, just try to listen to me another
time, we’ll get out of this, I promise’ Kachi
rubbed her shoulders.
They were still unaware of the presence of three
more ladies in the cell.
‘Una wehcome o, so una no fit greet’? one of the
dirty looking girls called towards them.
‘Goodmorning, sorry good evening’ Sophia
stuttered.
There were three women in the cell, one looked
fierce and she stared directly at them, it scared
her.
‘U nko, u no fit tok’? the girl moved forward.
‘Abegi, cari your wahala go dat side, see me see
wahala, wetin concern me and olosho’ Kachi
hissed angrily.
‘Ah, who u dey call Olosho’? the dirty looking girl
charged towards her.
‘Shakira!’ the fierce looking woman called after
her.
‘Boss I hail, sorry I bin vex,’ Shakira steadied
herself.
‘Skakira or Beyonce, biko, find your level, I wan
sleep’ Kachi wondered why the lady wouldn’t let
her be.
‘I go ignore you for now, no be wetin my boss
over there send me to do, anyways, follow me go
dat corner, my boss tok say she like you and she
for like taste you tonight’ Shakira licked her lips.
‘Excuse me? What do you mean by that’? Sophia
stepped in to defend her friend.
‘Madam, who invite you put for dis mata? Amebo’
Shakira stared darkly at Sophia.
‘I don suffer, taste me how? Taste me say I be
meatpie? Abeg find your level’ Kachi was getting
scared.
‘No, my boss has to taste you, weda you like it or
not or she go use force’ Shakira dragged Kachi
up.
‘Lord save me from this’ Kachi prayed.
‘Get away from my friend or I’ll punch you in the
face’ Sophia rose to her feet.
‘See dis one o, u feel say because you gather
ikebe, I go fear you? Sit don jare’ the lady
ignored her while the others watched silently.
‘Sophia please do something, she’s choking me’
Kachi coughed.
‘Alright then miss Shakira’ with one heavy lift she
brought Shakira to the ground and the others
burst out laughing.
‘I warned you but you wouldn’t listen, now go
over there and sit down else I beat you into pulp’
Sophia was amazed she could do something like
that.
‘God punish you, thunder fire una too, winchi
winchi’ Shakira felt humiliated and returned to
where she sat with the other too.
‘punish you too and your whole family’ Kachi
hissed.
‘Thanks so much Sophia, thank you’ Kachi
hugged her friend.
‘It was nothing Kachi, I almost laughed though, I
thought you wanted being a lesbian’? a smiled
played on Sophia’s lips.
‘No, I change my mind’ Kachi pressed her hand
on her chest.
‘Be careful what you wish for next time’ Sophia
chuckled.
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