CHAPTER 161

" Are you that too old Martin? As a matter of fact I am surprised by the fact that you have to use your guards to defend me. Where did all your guts go to?" asked Ruth laughing annoyingly who thought that by underestimating Martin's potential, he could feel guilty.

" This is not about all my guts Ruth. This is about having you right in my arms. You can now play hide and seek with them. Why are you giving me that look lady? I did not ask you to come here at the closer gates, you came on your own sweet girl" said Martin who seemed as if he was out of his mind.

" Okay! You have to understand that nowadays women's views are mostly heard rather than men's. You do whatever you want to do to me but I will make sure that you spend the rest of your life in prison singing lullaby songs and songs of sorrows" shouted Ruth at Martin angrily.

" I know that you wouldn't dare do that" said Martin as he twisted Ruth's arm which made her to scream.

" Don't be so sure. Love becomes strong when a person is ready to fight for the kind of love he or she wants in a strange manner. That is why I am not going to let you suceed. Having your way in me will not change the fact that  I love Ryan now and will love to spend the rest of my life with him. The moment you get that truth into your skull then I will be more than happy to delete you far away from my life since you will never be a bother to me" said Ruth who freed her arms from Martin.

This made Martin filled with lots of anger since by doing this, Ruth was able to escape without the three guards realizing since they were too heavy to make a quick step. Ruth decided to run towards the beggars corner since she wanted to escape through that route.

The guards and Martin followed her closely but were astonished not to see Ruth anymore as soon as she dissapeared in between the crowd that was begging at the beggars corner as they got others who had enough to give. This made Martin to feel frustruated. For once again, Ruth had defeated him in his own game. This made Martin to be filled with lots of anger who kept blaming his guards for his own loss.

He therefore suggested that three heavily built men needed to go to the cell of hell as a result of failure. This meant that Martin had not truly changed. He was still the same old Martin that he was before. 

Ruth who had dissapeared in between the crowd had not yet left the closer gates. She felt bad after she heard about what had happened to the three men. She thought of saving them but felt she couldn't since the only way to save them was to allow Martin to use her as a his own puppet and take full advantage of her. There was no way Ruth was going to allow that to happen .As much as she felt she had wronged Martin and apologized, there are a lot of things which still made Ruth angry at Martin. Those things which Ruth felt that Martin really did them. 

So, she decided to make the decision of leaving. She knew that people would realize very soon at the mansion in Mambo town that she was no longer there. It would cause them to be filled with lots of worries after everything that had happened recently. Ruth felt that it was not wiser to sneak through the fence, she hid herself so that nobody could recognize her till she reached at the gates of the closer gates.

Unluckily, the guards at the gates of the closer gates refused for her to leave. Martin had informed all the guards of the closer gates not to let her go. They therefore informed Martin that they had found Ruth. Martin quickly came at the gates of the closer gates and found Ruth standing there who seemed overconfident. It was as if nothing scared her anymore.

" Oh! This whole thing is all about you Martin. Is that not right? All about you and your pride and everything. Do whatever you want then. Make me yours however way you want but remember that I am still a qualified lawyer by law. I know law and I know what law says" said Ruth in a pellucid voice.

Ruth had a little respect for Martin left and that is the main reason why she spoke to him in a soft voice. She felt that Martin was still older than her.

" You speak like the little Ruth that I got married to. You speak like that humble girl that I first met the very first time I went to her own home. I am so sorry my darling. I shouldn't have done what I have done to you after everything that you've gone through this past few days. You are leaving.....but.....I will be the one to take you out of the closer gates to mambo town which will be your new homeland once you get married to Ryan" said Martin smiling.

" I haven't asked you to take me back home Martin. I don't understand why you always manage to make things difficult than they are. I came on my own and I am leaving on my own. I don't need any escort in my life since I am not even your wife. I divorced you a few years back without you even having an idea about it. That's the power of a woman" said Ruth feeling proud of herself.

" You know what? You've always talked about nothing but rather the power of a woman. What about the power of a man? We head the family. You get married to me but I do not get married to you. So what's all that? Women are nothing. They are like cars which cannot move when there is no engine.What does that mean? You women are like cars but we men are like engines who must drive you to greater heights in life to keep you going. It's only men who gives women the status they get in the society" said Martin laughing annoyingly.

" You seem to have forgotten everything too soon Martin. You seem to have forgotten that this closer gates belong to my family. All the comfort and all the luxuries here should belong to me and my mama. You seem to have forgotten the fact that it is my grandma who had invented the closer gates and bought the people who now live here. She never treated them like slaves. She treated them like family and that is the power of a woman" shouted Ruth who signalled to the guards to pave way for her to pass and left the closer gates.

Few people of the closer gates had gathered to listen and understand what was going on as soon as they saw Ruth quarreling with Martin. They shook their heads in disbelief as soon as Ruth left.

Martin who now realized that there few people of the closer gates had gathered there, looked at them filled with lots of anger. He knew that they had heard the truth about the closer gates and were going to spread the news to the entire people of the closer gates. This would cause everyone at the closer gates to strike for Ruth to become their leader since they hated Martin and Tere so much. 

" What are you all doing here? I suppose that you all now know the truth that I am not the owner of the closer gates. What are you all going to do? I will never hand over the power of the closer gates to that girl. None of you should tell about this to anyone. If you do, then I will hang you to death one by one. Martin has never been afraid to hurt anyone" said Martin who signalled then to leave.

Everybody left back to their homes filled with lots of fear. Martin wanted to leave but was astonished when he felt someone held his arms. He looked at the person and was astonished to find out that it was Tere. He immediately hugged Tere filled with lots of mixed emotions. He needed someone to love him at that time. 

He therefore assisted Tere by carrying her suitcase into the mansion and taking her into his matrimonial room where he fell on his bed and finally fell asleep. Tere went and sat beside him then laid his head on her thighs.

" Oh Martin! I wonder what has happened to you or what is going on through your mind. I know you have suffered alot. I have also suffered my love and that is why I have decided to escape from Haggai and come back to my own closer gates. I couldn't bear living in that abandoned house. It's time for us to love each other once again. We have nothing more to live for but the both of us. We still have a life to enjoy" said Tere as tears welled down her eyes.

Tere felt good to be welcomed with such opened arms back at the closer gates. She knew that this was her chance to get married once again to Martin. She wouldn't dare waste that royal chance ever again. The chance for a lifetime.

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN.