Must Read: Twine (A Drama Series)

7 years ago

Must Read: Twine (A Drama Series)

Joseph kissed me softly on my lips, i opened my mouth a bit welcoming his hot tongue. His hands fondled my b.reasts in a light caress. I pulled back, we were necking in the sitting room like two horny teenagers. I don’t know what it is about him that makes me lose my senses.

” What is wrong?”
” Joe we are getting careless! Vicky or Linda could walk in on us!”
” When will you stop acting this way Maggie? we are two consenting adults for christ sake! and they would understand! Yes i loved their mother but i am a man with needs!”

” Is that the only reason you are with me?”
” No my dear. You know that i love you and i want to marry you.”

Why doesn’t he understand? Jennifer was like a sister to me, she had rescued me from a life of misery. How could i betray her trust? How will the girls even look at me?

” I can’t marry you. the girls……….”

” The girls! The girls! It is and has always been about the girls! how about me Maggie? ” he snapped angrily.

” Please give me some time.”

” That is all i hear from you” he walked out of the room.
I loved him. He was the first man i ever loved and he was the first man to treat me right. He was so sensitive to my emotions and needs. He was a good man.
” Auntie i need your help with something ” Victoria said, she stood on the stairs.
I wondered if she had seen us. Thank God I came back to my senses when i did if not she would have surely caught us red handed. i groaned inwardly.

” I am here for you”
” What is the name of the hospital i was born? ”
” Why do you ask? isn’t it on your birth cert?”
” Dad can’t find the certificate. ”

” What do you need it for
She shrugged. ” I am only curious to know”
” Mercy hospital. It is located in Mende,Maryland”
” Why wasn’t i born at the hospital Linda was born? Afterall it is our family hospital. ”
” My dear your late mother will be in a better position to answer that question. ”

” Thank you Auntie ” she turned, and walked back the stairs.
Obviously she had too much time on her hand. If not why was she bothered about something so trivial? When i was her age i was hawking on the streets of Lagos. Thoughts of my past make me moody for days. The most unpleasant part of my past were my last days in the orphanage. Mother had suddenly turned against me when i refused to participate in weird fun. I went for days without meals and i was made to do everyone’ s lundry and all the back breaking work. She also started coming into my room every night, i tried for so long to fend off her repulsive touch but in the end i gave in. I would lay so still and pale like a piece of paper while she had her way with me. She would revert back to her old loving self afterwards but the nights i refused her touch brings me punishment and hunger. Her soiled hands on my body made me harbor a deep hatred for my fellow women. I thought they were all like mother superior. Until i met Jennifer.
The year i turned fifteen, i broke into Mother’ s study, i borrowed some money out of the money reserved for our upkeep. I took enough money to last me, when the opportunity presented itself, I left the orphanage without a backward glance.
I was able to secure a room in a seedy motel but the money soon ran out, i was turned out and once again i found myself destitute.

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