I LOVE YOU – episode 13

I took tom’s advised and told hadizat on the phone that we should be just friends again. She was so happy that she jumped on my neck when she saw me the next day.

We started gisting, going to class together, leaving classes together. Accompanying her to the bus stop to get a bus when going home. We became  good friends again.

Soon, I started visiting her house in town. It was located around lagere. It was a typical girl’s room, with pink and white every where, even the bathroom slipper was pink.

One Friday evening, I was coming from ahmed’s house in town, and then decided to stop at hadizat’s.

It was already 5pm when I got to her place. She offered me indomie and egg just the way I loved it.
Before I finished eating, it started to rain, heavily at that. I decided to a wait a little longer.
She put on her system

Hadizat: you watch Korean movies, don’t you?
Me: sure they are my favourite. Wait!, I thought you don’t watch them?
Hadizat: well, I decided t try them out last semester, as you always talked about them. And since them, have been in love.
Me: really?( I laughed) blessing made me into a Korean addict too. City hunter was my first.

She played the movie, it was “dr jin”. I had wanted to watch the movie for so long.

After watching for a couple of hours, I checked my time, it was already some minutes to ten

Me: hadizat, I need to go before the gate is locked by 11pm.
Hadizat: ok, or would you like to copy the film to your phone?

After sending it, she put off her system to escort me.

Just then, we heard some noises from the people in the room closer to the main entrance of the villa. In less than 1 minute, someone was already banging on hadizat’s door. On hearing “open this door or I’ll tear it down” I knew the villa was being attacked by thieves. Hadizat was already terrified as she hang on to my cloth from behind.

Hadizat: “what do we do now?” She said in a low tune
Me: I think it’s better we open the door. Before they force it open themselves.

My legs shaking as I moved closer to the door, I finally opened the door, two guys( I can’t even tell their complexion) entered, pointing  torches at our faces.

Man1: both of you, lie down!!! (he roared)

Hadizat was already on her knees before he said that. I joined her. I almost pee on my body that day. I only saw this in movies. I wasn’t sure the weapon they were holding, but even their voices is enough to terrify me.

The second man ransacked the whole room, finding hadizat’s phone, laptop, power bank and 10k.
The other man came closer.

Man2: boyfriend stand up.

 I couldn’t say I wasn’t her boyfriend, but I knew he was talking to me, as I was the only guy there apart from them.

I stood up gently as I did when my father finished flogging me the other day.

He searched me from head to toe and took the eight hundred naira left on me, my wrist watch and phone, leaving my earpiece and charger.

They went out after leaving instructions that we should neither shout nor come out, while pointing the gun at my head( now I can tell, because I felt the hollow mouth and cold nature)

The raid on the villas in that area lasted about 1hr 30 minutes, and now it was already 11:20 pm. I couldn’t go back to campus. Hadizat just sat shaking on the bed.i went close to comfort her. She checked her quran and saw that her atm card was still intact.

“ I’d withdraw for you tomorrow. You can stay here tonight”
“What could I have done?”

After about an hour, we lay down to sleep. Hadizat on her 3.5 inch bed, and I on the rugged floor.

The night was chilly due to the evening rain.

she gave me a spare blanket, pink colour of course, soon power supply was cut off. She put on her emergency lamp, and we slept.

What happened overnight?