romoke,a story by swankmee
Romoke ,episode 10,by swankmee
Romoke!!!
XI
Martha walked briskly into the market, she kept
on looking up to the sky as thick dark clouds
were starting to form. She hugged herself so as
to stop the chily breeze from making her cold.
Her condition had gone worse ever since oga Ade
officially threw her out of his house, she had
been putting up with Sule, oga Ade's gatekeeper
without his knowledge and the stupid hausa man
had been constantly satisfying himself with her
every night despite seeing her already bulging
stomach. She hissed, she was always thankful
whenever he sneakily open the gate for her so
as not to alert their Boss. However he changed
some nights later as he began demanding money
for rent or sex in place of money. on some cold
nights she always cried as he would have heavily
taken the local herb called "burantashi" and he
would constantly thurst his "long cane" with no
mercy. She rubbed her stomach, she only pitied
the poor foetus cause as far as she is
concerned, she has been a dirty latrine a long
time ago. She halted in front of a large building
with lots of people shopping in it
"BLESSING STORES ". this was her friend's shop
space but the shop was no longer there. She
walked around the building for some minutes, she
could remember asking her friend when her shop
was just getting full with plenty of goods and
now the shop has been extended to stores? She
shook her head and wanted to confirm if it was
really for her friend.
"excuse me ma, what do you need"? She was
brought back from her thoughts by a small fair
lady she knew it was an attendant cause she
wore the same uniform as the cashier. She
smiled to herself
"is your madam around"? atleast if blessing really
own this place, then she should be able to help
her.
"no ma'am, what do you need I will take your
message and let her know when she comes back
"
" no, don't worry yourself I will sit here and wait
for her", she made to sit on a bench as she was
stopped by the small attendant.
"no, you can't wait for her, she went on a trip
and won't be back until weekend ". blessing is
supposed to be her friend, and she's supposed to
tell her everything so why is she hiding stuffs
from her? well she isn't even sure if she is the
owner of the store. She smiled at the small
attendant
" well please let me have her number, I am her
sister and I really need to see her". The small
attendant suddenly smiled and told her to sit.
"actually Madam told us that one of her relative
will come to the shop but she doesn't know the
way to the house so she wrote the house
address on this paper here ", she brought out a
paper with an address on it and scribbled down a
number on it.
" ohh thank you dear, have really come from far,
you can do me well by.... " Martha paused and
looked around hoping her cover will not be blown
since the small attendant was not wise enough.
".... by getting me two loaves of bread and some
fruit juice as well" she said looking around the
shop to see what else she could ask for as she
didn't want to ask for too much or else she
would be caught.
"ah, Madam had asked me to get fast food for
you at an eatery and have done that she even
gave me some money to give to you for your
upkeep. till she gets back from her journey. I will
be right back. " she disappeared into the store,
while Martha stood up to check round the store.
She needed to leave the store before she gets
caught, she saw that he thick dark clouds in the
sky where already producing some tiny droplets
of rain, she hugged herself again.
"here it is ma'am,.. By the way you and madam
look look alike o" she smiled and gave Martha a
black polythene leather. She muttered a "thank
you" to the small attendant and rushed out. She
walked out of the market and ran under a
building as the rain became heavy. She opened
the leather and smiled as she removed a plate of
rice and chicken with chilled fruit juice, she
checked further and saw something wrapped in a
small black leather, she opened it and she shook.
It was money, only God knows how long she has
seen fresh money last. She counted the crisp
wads of naira note, it was #50 thousand naira.
She screamed, at least no one would hear her
since it was raining. She divided the money and
hid some in her bra as she wouldn't want Sule to
know she has money when gets home. she was
still contemplating on where to hide the
remaining money when she heard
"oya! Surrender that money or your life! ".
********************************************************
Romoke couldn't believe her ears, how could
Bola ever think like this? She was perplexed,
tears dripped down her eyes. Bola had dragged
her out of the house with only towel on her and
she had only managed to take her phone with
her. Neighbours were already trooping into the
compound to check what was happening. an
elderly woman was already asking her what
happened as her friend was already throwing out
her things. Tears poured down her face as she
remembered what transpired between them in
them earlier.
Bola had already dressed for work and had baded
Romoke goodbye. Romoke in turn had proceeded
to take her bath in the bathroom and on coming
out, she met Emma who had not wasted time in
pouncing on her, however his luck ran out when
Bola had come back into the room and met him
on her but instead of taking sides with her, Bola
had termed her a seducer.
"you betrayer, shameless LovePeddler! Husband
snatched at least I caught you red handed today!
Leave my house!" Bola flung some of her friend's
clothes at her which scattered in different
directions.
"Bola what have I done to deserve all these? You
saw clearly what happened when you came in"
she paused to pick some of her clothes.
"look you her a prostitute, a local one at that so
please leave. You have overstayed your welcome
in to house. Romoke cried, she moved aside as
she put a call to one of her friends at the office.
"ashewo! Local tramp like you. You just like
snatching everything good from me. Eeeeehhh
prostitute, everybody I caught her in bed with my
fiance". She clapped her hand vigorously
shouting and jumping as she kept on throwing
Romoke's things out.
She had only stopped shouting when she heard a
familiar masculine voice even Romoke was
shocked to her bones, as she wasn't expecting
to see him, till she collapsed what she kept on
hearing was
"what is going on here"?
Romoke!!!
XI
Martha walked briskly into the market, she kept
on looking up to the sky as thick dark clouds
were starting to form. She hugged herself so as
to stop the chily breeze from making her cold.
Her condition had gone worse ever since oga Ade
officially threw her out of his house, she had
been putting up with Sule, oga Ade's gatekeeper
without his knowledge and the stupid hausa man
had been constantly satisfying himself with her
every night despite seeing her already bulging
stomach. She hissed, she was always thankful
whenever he sneakily open the gate for her so
as not to alert their Boss. However he changed
some nights later as he began demanding money
for rent or sex in place of money. on some cold
nights she always cried as he would have heavily
taken the local herb called "burantashi" and he
would constantly thurst his "long cane" with no
mercy. She rubbed her stomach, she only pitied
the poor foetus cause as far as she is
concerned, she has been a dirty latrine a long
time ago. She halted in front of a large building
with lots of people shopping in it
"BLESSING STORES ". this was her friend's shop
space but the shop was no longer there. She
walked around the building for some minutes, she
could remember asking her friend when her shop
was just getting full with plenty of goods and
now the shop has been extended to stores? She
shook her head and wanted to confirm if it was
really for her friend.
"excuse me ma, what do you need"? She was
brought back from her thoughts by a small fair
lady she knew it was an attendant cause she
wore the same uniform as the cashier. She
smiled to herself
"is your madam around"? atleast if blessing really
own this place, then she should be able to help
her.
"no ma'am, what do you need I will take your
message and let her know when she comes back
"
" no, don't worry yourself I will sit here and wait
for her", she made to sit on a bench as she was
stopped by the small attendant.
"no, you can't wait for her, she went on a trip
and won't be back until weekend ". blessing is
supposed to be her friend, and she's supposed to
tell her everything so why is she hiding stuffs
from her? well she isn't even sure if she is the
owner of the store. She smiled at the small
attendant
" well please let me have her number, I am her
sister and I really need to see her". The small
attendant suddenly smiled and told her to sit.
"actually Madam told us that one of her relative
will come to the shop but she doesn't know the
way to the house so she wrote the house
address on this paper here ", she brought out a
paper with an address on it and scribbled down a
number on it.
" ohh thank you dear, have really come from far,
you can do me well by.... " Martha paused and
looked around hoping her cover will not be blown
since the small attendant was not wise enough.
".... by getting me two loaves of bread and some
fruit juice as well" she said looking around the
shop to see what else she could ask for as she
didn't want to ask for too much or else she
would be caught.
"ah, Madam had asked me to get fast food for
you at an eatery and have done that she even
gave me some money to give to you for your
upkeep. till she gets back from her journey. I will
be right back. " she disappeared into the store,
while Martha stood up to check round the store.
She needed to leave the store before she gets
caught, she saw that he thick dark clouds in the
sky where already producing some tiny droplets
of rain, she hugged herself again.
"here it is ma'am,.. By the way you and madam
look look alike o" she smiled and gave Martha a
black polythene leather. She muttered a "thank
you" to the small attendant and rushed out. She
walked out of the market and ran under a
building as the rain became heavy. She opened
the leather and smiled as she removed a plate of
rice and chicken with chilled fruit juice, she
checked further and saw something wrapped in a
small black leather, she opened it and she shook.
It was money, only God knows how long she has
seen fresh money last. She counted the crisp
wads of naira note, it was #50 thousand naira.
She screamed, at least no one would hear her
since it was raining. She divided the money and
hid some in her bra as she wouldn't want Sule to
know she has money when gets home. she was
still contemplating on where to hide the
remaining money when she heard
"oya! Surrender that money or your life! ".
********************************************************
Romoke couldn't believe her ears, how could
Bola ever think like this? She was perplexed,
tears dripped down her eyes. Bola had dragged
her out of the house with only towel on her and
she had only managed to take her phone with
her. Neighbours were already trooping into the
compound to check what was happening. an
elderly woman was already asking her what
happened as her friend was already throwing out
her things. Tears poured down her face as she
remembered what transpired between them in
them earlier.
Bola had already dressed for work and had baded
Romoke goodbye. Romoke in turn had proceeded
to take her bath in the bathroom and on coming
out, she met Emma who had not wasted time in
pouncing on her, however his luck ran out when
Bola had come back into the room and met him
on her but instead of taking sides with her, Bola
had termed her a seducer.
"you betrayer, shameless LovePeddler! Husband
snatched at least I caught you red handed today!
Leave my house!" Bola flung some of her friend's
clothes at her which scattered in different
directions.
"Bola what have I done to deserve all these? You
saw clearly what happened when you came in"
she paused to pick some of her clothes.
"look you her a prostitute, a local one at that so
please leave. You have overstayed your welcome
in to house. Romoke cried, she moved aside as
she put a call to one of her friends at the office.
"ashewo! Local tramp like you. You just like
snatching everything good from me. Eeeeehhh
prostitute, everybody I caught her in bed with my
fiance". She clapped her hand vigorously
shouting and jumping as she kept on throwing
Romoke's things out.
She had only stopped shouting when she heard a
familiar masculine voice even Romoke was
shocked to her bones, as she wasn't expecting
to see him, till she collapsed what she kept on
hearing was
"what is going on here"?
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