THE PAINS OF A LONELY HEART.

EPISODE 5
“Where is the money?” she asked
again, looking furious. Mrs. Johnson’s raised
voice brought Ben out of his room.
“Mum, what’s going on?” Ben asked as he
joined them in living room. “Ask her, my son,
let her answer you.” Mrs. Johnson said,
gesturing at Juliet.
“Juliet what is it?” Ben turned to
ask her. Juliet who was still in tears
answered. “Mum’s money is missing and she
thinks I’m the one who took it”. “Juliet, did
you take it? Please tell me” Ben asked.
“No Ben, I didn’t touch her money” Juliet
answered. Looking at her, Ben could tell
she really knew nothing about the
missing money. He had to intervene on her
behalf. He asked her to go to her room while
he sorted things out with his mother. “Mum,
how much are we talking about here? Ben
asked his mother after Juliet had left. “Why
are you asking me that? I don’t know why you
keep standing up for this girl!” Mrs. Johnson
responded. “Come on Mum, just tell me” Ben
asked her again. “5,000 Naira” Mrs. Johnson
grudgingly answered.
“5,000 Naira? Was that not the money you
told James to take from your purse this
morning for the DSTV subscription? Ben
asked. Mrs. Johnson’s face dropped as
she remembered that she had
actually already given the money she
claimed was missing to James that morning.
She was, however, too embarrassed and proud
to admit her error. So she decided to stick to
her story, even though she knew she was lying
and falsely accusing the poor girl. She
insisted the money she was looking for was
not the same one she had told James to
take. Ben didn’t believe her. He knew
his mother well enough to know when
she’s hiding something or lying. But he
couldn’t tell his mother that she was lying. She
was already furious. He couldn’t afford to
have her more angry than she already was.
Ben told her he was going to pay the money
and that he was going have a talk with Juliet.
He said that just to calm his mother down.
Juliet was going through very difficult times
both at church and at home. Apparently, her
foster mother had been reporting to the
church Elders how that she had been stealing
at home. Even though she was innocent,
this rumor about Juliet’s supposed behavior
had quickly spread throughout the
church. Living under Mrs. Johnson’s roof
was virtually becoming hell for her. She hardly
smiled these days. In fact, she cried every
day.
Ben was the only person that stood by her
through those difficult times. She prayed and
prayed, all day and night. It seemed like
things only got worse as she prayed. She was
no longer comfortable at church as everyone
was talking behind her back, calling her a
thief.
Soon, Mrs. Johnson and her two sons had to
travel for a 3-day church outreach. Juliet was
left alone at the house.
On the first night of their departure, Juliet
locked up the doors of the house and went to
bed. Around 2:00 am, she woke up to
hear foot-steps in the hallway. She came out
of her room to find out who it was because
She was so sure of what she heard, she then
went and check if she had really locked the
door. It was locked, nothing had changed.
She then went back to her room and within
some few minutes she was far
asleep. Suddenly, her door opened slowly and
someone who was dressed in all black with a
mask on his face entered the room. Juliet
didn’t hear anything as the person slowly
went closer to her bed. The only thing that
woke her up was when her nose was suddenly
covered with a handkerchief to prevent her
from inhaling fresh air. Within some few
seconds she become weak, it appeared that
there was some sort of a substance in the
handkerchief that made her weak, helpless
and vulnerable.
The unknown person then striped her naked
and raped her that instant. He went away
right after this, leaving Juliet bleeding
profusely. She was a virgin until that night.
Watch out for episode 6