?POW£R
GAM£?
( Survival Of The Fittest… )
EPISODE 03
By; Sommy Pearl F.
‼️COPY AND FACE UNBREABALE WRATHS‼️
★ ★ ★ ★
“You alright?” He asked, and she blinked.
“What are you doing here?” She asked instead.
“This is the gents room?” He replied.
“Oh” She gasped, already gawking at him.
The 2 men cleared their throats loudly and walked away from them.
Marshall sighed and came closer to her.
“Don’t!” She hurried said in a pretty loud voice.
Marshall halted immediately.
“What wrong?” He asked.
Leah swallowed hard and tightened her hand around the brush she was holding.
“I smell pretty bad. I stench of pee” She said, quietly.
Marshall sighed.
“Work is done for the day”
“What?” Leah gasped and checked her wristwatch.
“d@mn! Why’s time so fast?” She asked no one in particular.
“Forgotten the idiom which says time waits for no man, huh?” He smiled.
“Wait a minute. Gerald. Did he leave?” She widened his eyes and tried to leave but Marshall stopped her.
“He’s waiting for you at the desk. I bribed him with lots of snacks so that he would stay put” He told her.
She looked down and then at him.
“Marshall…” She called, calmly.
“Huh?” He raised his brows.
“Thank you,,, but I would appreciate if you don’t bother us again. I don’t want you getting into our matters. You wouldn’t like the outcome later. People would talk and gossip and you won’t be comfortable. So,,, Stop acting nice to me and my elder brother. Thank you again” She whispered, looking down.
“Leah? You don’t still know why I’m doing all this?” He bit his lower lip.
Leah took her eyes up.
“Why…are you doing this?”
Marshall blinked his eyes a hundred times.
“Never mind. Just leave on time. Don’t stay too long” He said and left.
He came back and dropped his black thick jacket on the sink.
“Wear this after having a shower. Bye”
“Wait” She said but he was gone.
****
Karen looked at the huge opened window in her apartment. She was watchung the powerful city of I-town.
“Cute” She smirked and placed the wine glass against her lips.
Her stomach grumbled and she sighed.
“Here we go again” She rolled her eyes and took her purse. She was off to the market to get things she would use to prepare a single dinner.
***
“Its quite heavy” Karen struggled with the black poly bag as she walked on the paved road.
She suddenly stopped and hid by the wall. She was close to an orphanage now. She stretched her neck a bit and peeped through the face.
“My baby…” She whispered.
“Mum is sorry,,, Bella”
Bella is Karen’s only daughter from her 1st husband out of the 3 she married.
She gulped, tightened her hand on the wall and sniffed in her tears.
“Don’t worry. When things get right. I…will come back for you like I promised. Just you…wait for me…for a very short time,,, I prokyse” Karen breathed and walked away.
“I really need to sign up for hand sign class. How am I supposed to communicate with Bella?” She thought.
Bella, her daughter was taken to the orphanage at the age of 4. She must be 9 by now.
Bella was taken to the orphanage because of Karen’s sudden divorce.
She remarried and her 2nd husband was against Bella.
Left with no choice, She dropped Bella in the orphanage but made a promise she would be back for her
Bella was born mute. She couldn’t talk, but she could hear well.
***
Helen slowly walked through the road. She stopped by the pharmacy store, inhaled deeply and entered after staring at it for so long.
She went to the shelf and took a pregnancy test.
She went to the counter and met with the pharmacist.
“Ring this up” She told the pharmacist.
The pharmacist nodded and gave her the bill. Helen paid and the item was wrapped up, then given to her.
Helen left quietly, went to the nearest market and got few food stuffs for dinner.
She strolled back home and went in after unlocking the door.
“Gavin isn’t back yet? Why am I even surprised” She thought sadly.
“A jobless man like him shouldn’t be roaming around with girls in clubs” She almost sobbed.
She inhaled deeply which held it in. She went to the kitchen and prepared dinner which she later arranged on the dining table.
She went to her bag, and took out the pregnancy test. She walked into the toilet, locked it and slowly pulled down her skirt, then her underwear.
She sat down on the toilet seat and looked at the pregnancy test. She sighed and placed it underneath.
She bit her lips as she felt her urine touching it. Seconds later, she was done.
“Please…” She muttered and brought out the pregnancy test.
She slowly took it to her face and she saw just a red line.
Tears ran down her eyes. She sobbed loudly and held her mouth.
“He pulled out…again” She inhaled.
She heard a knock and quickly dressed up and cleaned her face. She discarded the item and went to the door.
“Hunny” She said and hugged him.
She smelt alcohol on him.
“You back?” She looked at him with a forced smile.
He nodded. Then, walked in.
She rolled her eyes and closed the door.
“Gosh. I’m hungry…F*ck! Food! Thank goodness!” Gavin giggled and went to the dining table.
He started eating immediately. Helen walked to him and sat down, across him.
She slowly ate her meal in thoughts.
“Helen?” He called with mouth full.
“Yes hunny?” She looked at him.
“I need money. The one you gave me has finished…”
“Huh? So fast. That was a lot and it was just 2 days ago” Helen muttered.
“Huh? What did you say?”
“Nothing. I’ll wire you 100 bucks”
“Awn! C’mon. Make it 200” Gavin Mõ@ned.
Helen swallowed.
“On one condition” She cooed.
“What’s the condition?” He took the last boiled egg into his mouth
Helen blinked her eyes.
“Let have s*x tonight”
“Okay then” He nodded.
“I’m…gonna be on top” She whispered and Gavin looked at her, deeply.
“I’ll make it 500 bucks” She said.
***
Rowen stopped in front of Tasha house and they looked at each other with bold smiles on their faces.
“So,,, What the big news you wanted to share with me?” He stroked her hair.
Tasha rubbed her stomach.
“Rowen. A part of you now breathes in here”
Rowen looked into her eyes.
“I’m pregnant for you, Rowen” She whispered.
“Oh my!! Really!?” He gushed.
“Yeah” Tasha nodded, joyously.
Rowen quickly hugged her close.
“I’m glad to be a father and I’m very glad that I have you in my life”
Tasha giggled softly and hugged him.
“I love you Rowen” She whispered.
“I love you most, Tasha” He replied.
***
Tasha entered the apartment and looked around. She sat on the huge bed and took a small framed picture from the table.
“Grandma..” She whispered.
“Are you seeing this from where you are?…I’m 7 weeks pregnant for the man who truly loves me and I love him too”
“You wanna hear the child’s heartbeat? Go on” She kept the picture on her stomach.
“Cute,,, huh? I wish you were here to witness this” She dropped the picture and opened the cupboard.
She took out a can of medicine and looked at it.
“Grandma medicine really looks like that doctor’s medicine. It really is it. Does it mean- She gasped.
***
“Darren” Rowen smiled and kissed his forehead.
“Dad!” Darren gushed.
“How are you feeling now?” Rowen asked.
“Fine…” Darren smiled.
“What of your mother? Where’s she?” He asked.
“The kitchen” Darren replied.
Rowen nodded and left his son to continue watching the cartoon showing on the TV.
“Wifey” Rowen smiled and back hugged Lucy who was slicing onions.
Her eyes were red and teary…maybe because of the onions or actually maybe because of the clues she had been receiving based on Rowen’s unfaithfulness.
“Careful…” Lucy whispered, and sniffed.
“Huh?” Rowen muttered, suprisedly.
“I’m holding a very… very…very sharp knife” She whispered again, clenching her fist around the knife handle.
TBC
