chapter 17-who will protect us

As she watched on,she could see her husband taking the life of his brother right in front of her eyes.he had turned in to a beast,he repeatedly punch and kicked him until he finally took his last breath.she assumed that he would stop and realised that he was now in big trouble but he did not stop.even in his death he was not hesitant to grab and crush him on the floors.

When he was finally satisfied,He looked at his wife and ordered her to dress up.she wore her clothes as quick as she could have,quicker than normal.on normal days she would take an hour or two to get herself ready and whenever her husband would complain she would always have something to say back at him but this time around she was as quiet as a mute.she did not not even what to dare to respond.

He took a plastic bag and covered the body of his late brother.He took spades and shovels and gave to his wife who was left puzzled and scarred.he ordered her to dig in their backyard whilst he dragged the body to her location.she dug alone over and over again whilst her husband insulted her in all the insults he knew.she cried so hard like a widow on her loss of a husband and that frustrated him more hence slapped her on her face.after she had dug up a hole enough for the body to be buried,he slide it on and they both began to cover it up.

He cleared the evidence and demanded that this issue was to be never mentioned to anyone.just as she thought she was through with it she soon realised that she was pregnant after a couple of weeks.she was never a fan of abortion hence she did not consider it at all.she decided to keep that baby who has now grown to became Lisa.

The husband never knew about lisa she kept it's a secret but the husband changed alot after the incident ,he no longer trusted his wife.he would beat her up when ever he suspected something from her.and the rest of the family would watch on as he bruised her all over.they longed for peaceful nights but they were none.

Since Lisa's father was furious at his wife he then refused to be intimate with her,he preferred other females than his wife.at least they did not owe him anything.she would beg and beg him to satisfy her desires but he never did.At times he would be angered by the thought of her longing for intimacy of which in his mind he concluded that he longed for his late brother.

Lisa cried as she told me the story,I was very sad for her.i was scarred of the truth ever coming out.how could he take it,who would calm him down since the people he most trusted had already betrayed him.As I was thinking about her narration I soon had a question.who had revealed to her about her identity.

She narrated to me that on one of the nights in which her father had beaten her mother to the point of not being able to walk for a while,she had called her to inform her about what had happened.she requested her that should she pass away she should run far away from home no matter how much her now then father looked for her she should not dare come back since she would be putting her life in danger.

I comforted my dear friend Lisa as she shared her sobering story which left scars in her heart,I could tell that she was hurt.she loved both her parents so much and her father loved her too.he would normally brag that she looked like her.what was I to say,I had never been in such situation.i felt useless to her as the only words I could say to her was sorry.

I gave her time to cry until she was fully satisfied , luckily for her I always carried tissue on my purse no matter the occasion or destination.i gave it to her to wipe her face enough to look presentable as we would pass through some people before we could reach our rooms.

She was thankful to me for listening to her and comforting her.she felt a bit relieved from her burdens which haunted her.she soon fall asleep on her cabin and I headed to mine.the turn of events kept on replaying on the back of my mind as I undressed to sleep.

Lisa's father had neglected his wife before the incident hence causing her to take action and try to find an alternative for her to be happy which ended up blowing up on her face.Now he neglected the fact that he started the whole drama and ended up putting the blame to his then wife.rather than finding a way to move forward and fixing their marriage ,he murdered his brother and continued to ignore his wife even more.

The only option I had was for me to pray for them and rest.I still had another day tomorrow.There was still alot on the way and I wanted to be of great help to Lisa since she had also helped me alot,and now that I knew what she had been going through I felt like I owed it to her to empower her,to show her that she is not alone and she could always count on me .

After I have had a chaotic night with a lot of bad dreams I was finally awake and looking forward to the next morning which was bright and sunny.i dressed and wore my green dress which was very good for the weather.i wanted to bring in goodness and happiness on that day.i wanted both me and Lisa to put aside our problems and have the best fun there could be.