[STORY] Road to Nowhere (Episode 03)

Road to Nowhere By Success Adegbite

Episode 03.

“Kidnappers! Kidnappers! Kidnappers!” , The voice shouted.

“Kidnappers? What am I going to do? ” Dammy asked herself as she retraced her steps.

Fear of been kidnapped and being used for rituals gripped her so much that she couldn’t run away. She was very scared.

Dammy lived in an estate with her parents. Her school was also in the estate, but, the security of the estate was not tight enough, so, evil doers were able to penetrate into the estate because no one could notice them.

As Dammy tried to hide behind a flower tree in front of someone’s compound, she saw a young lady being whisked away by the kidnappers.

“Oh my God! Blood of Jesus! “, She kept repeating to herself till they were gone. Dammy was behind the tree for twenty minutes. When she was sure that the street was clear, she moved away from the tree and walked hurriedly to her school.

Dammy got to her school compound breathing heavily. She was totally disarrayed. The classes had started already when she got to school. As she entered the class, she saw her class mates writing a test.

“Oh my God!, Physics test! What would I do?” , Dammy said to herself as she entered the class.

“Good morning, Dammy. Why are you late today?”, Mr Philips said as Dammy entered the class.

“Em, Actually, I had…, I had …, I had a delay,” Dammy said stammering.

“It’s okay, dear. You can still write the test. Have a seat and bring out your test note. The questions are on the board. I’ll give you an extra ten minutes for your test”, Mr Philips said.

“Thank you very much, sir” , Dammy replied as she rushed to her seat.

Most of her classmates were staring at her and wondering why she came late. She always arrived early to school, but, that day was an exception.

Dammy sat down and looked at the test questions. Dammy was a very intelligent questions and the questions were also simple, but, she was in a complete disarray. She couldn’t write anything. Her hands were visibly shaking.

Some minutes later, the other students submitted their test notes, but, Dammy had not written anything yet.

She decided to calm herself down and write something, but, surprisingly, she wrote Blood of Jesus.

Mr Philps walked towards Dammy and wondered why she was sweating despite the temperature was cool. He was surprised to see “Blood of Jesus” written on Dammy’s script.

“Dammy, what’s wrong?”, Mr Philps asked.

“I don’t know sir. I think I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. Everything has just been going against me. I…. I….”,

Dammy said and broke into tears.

By now, Dammy’s classmates had started concentrating on Dammy and Mr Philps.

“You know what?, See me by the break time. I would love to know what happened to you”, Mr Philps said.

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” I was nearly kidnapped while coming to school today”, Dammy broke out.

“What? How did that happen?” Mr Philps asked concernedly.

Dammy explained everything that happened earlier that day and Mr Philps was shocked beyond marrows. He was surprised that such a girl from a rich family was trekking to school daily. What shocked him was why Dammy still came to school after her experience on that day.

As if Dammy was reading his mind, she replied, “Sir, my mom would have killed me if I didn’t come to school. She doesn’t care about anything that happens to me.”

“No, dear. Your mom cares about you. She loves you.”, Mr Philps said.

“No, Mr Philips. She treats me as an enemy. She doesnt have time for me. She doesnt take care of me. All she does is to insult me, give me strenuous house chores and punishment. And you call that love?”, Dammy said as she broke into uncontrollable tears.

Right in Mr Philps office, Dammy narrated to Mr Philps some of her ordeals with her mom .

Mr Philps couldn’t say a word, he just kept staring at Dammy. After some minutes, he broke the silence.

“Dammy, calm down. I’d like you to stop crying. I’m going to try my best in handling this. Everything will be fine”, He said as he patted Dammy’s shoulders.

The school was closed for the day. Dammy decided to take a bike home for security reasons. She found solace in the words Mr Philps had said to her and she hoped everything would be better soon. Unfortunately as she entered her house, she got a great shock of her life.

Her mom was seated on a sofa in the living room with three long whips in front of her. Dammy was very scared. She quickly did a reasoning of what she did wrong, but, she couldn’t find any. She wondered if it was because of the bike that brought her home, but, she was sure her mom didn’t see the bike man.

“Oh my God! What have I done again?” Dammy thought to herself and she was very scared. She had always been scared of her mother’s reaction.

As Dammy’s mother stood up from the sofa she was seating, Dammy’s heart raced high.

“You are welcome, fool, idiot, dullard, animal in human skin. Just come here and kneel down. I wouldn’t like you to stress me at all today while I’m punishing you. Your teacher called me when I was coming back from my super mart today and told me that you couldn’t take your test today, because you were having some psychological and family problem. Is that what I’m sending you to school for? Tell me! Is that what I’m wasting my money for. Most of your mates are out there doing all kinds of menial jobs. You have the opportunity to go to school, yet, you are taking it for granted.

Actually, your teacher told me to take good care of you and spend some time with you. I have figured out the right way to do that and thats what Im about to do. These whips would bring you back to your senses; I got them for you while I was coming back from work. I wouldn’t like to shout this evening, come over here and allow me to discipline you the way I want to” Mrs Ololade said as she drew Dammy to her.

“I’m sorry, mom. I… I….. I was nearly kid……” Dammy tried to say but, her mom wouldn’t hear anything from her.

“You are trying to give me excuses right? Unfortunately for you, I would not listen to any of your excuses. Even the Bible says we should bring up a child in the way he shall grow and he would never depart from it. The Bible also taught me not to spare the rod. I wouldnt watch you get spoiled. I sent you to school to learn, not to tell your teacher that you are experiencing a physiological problem”, Mrs Ololade said as she started whipping Dammy.

Amidst of the whipping, all Dammy could do was to scream and cry. There was nowhere to run to. Her dad wasn’t back from work yet, so, there was no one to appeal on her behalf.

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Thirty minutes after, Dammy was in her room. Her body was filled with different marks and stripes. Her eyes were already swollen and red as a result of weeping. Tears ran down her face. This time around, she was not crying as a result of the beatings she had. She was crying because of her mom’s attitude towards her.

To be continued……..

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