Allow Me To Focus

Lanre took of her shoe and turned back to face the woman again. The woman was already being taken back up. She told Christian to give her a minute and rushed towards the woman. She used the heel to beat the woman on her neck. She did it as though she was only paying heed to an instruction like a soldier in war.

The girls tried to hold Lanre back.

“I will arrest the two of you as well for being an accomplice. Or will the both of you tell me you did not see her use wire to whip Chidinma’s back?” Lanre turned her attention to the two girls. Then she told the woman to get her money ready before three days if she does not want to die. But that was only a threat Lanre would want to leave to nature. Beating the woman was enough for her.

Satisfied with what she has done, Lanre went back to meet Christian. For a moment there, she got scared thinking something bad had happened because Christian sat on the staircase looking lifeless.

“Jesus! Christian!” She yelled as she rushed to him. He immediately told her to be careful so she doesn’t trip. She halts her step.

“Get up jhare! We are going to the hospital”. Lanre said to him. He asked her if she would still have lunch with him. She told him yes. So they left together.

He drove them to a pharmacy and got some band aid. Then he went back into his car and drove off with Lanre in it. “I thought you were going to treat it inside?” Lanre asked him. He told her he did not want to waste her time.

“Stop this car Christian! Can’t you see you are bleeding?” She almost let out a cry.

“For one second my heart got into my mouth thinking you will get hurt when what woman pushed you. I’m glad I was able to stop that”. Christian said to Lanre. She told him it was foolish of him to save a stubborn girl like her.

“Despite your telling me to stop, and carried on with the fight. You should not have saved me”. Lanre said. Christian did not reply her words, and this felt frustrating for Lanre. She poked his arms while he drives. Still he did not reply her.

“You should go to the hospital”. Lanre said fiddling with her fingers. His words made her shut up.

“I will kiss you if you keep on talking. So you better allow me to focus”. Christian said to Lanre.

After driving for what felt like centuries to Lanre, they got to a citadel estate. Lanre gasped. Could this be where he lives? The houses in this estate are very expensive.

“Did you bring us to your house?” Lanre asked Christian who told her to get down from the car rather than feeding her curiosity.

They both got in and Lanre almost believed she had stepped into the paradise people talked about.