my village prince and I - Season 1 - Episode 18

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my village prince and I - Season 1 - Episode 18

Continues..

AFAMEFUNA POV continue
I got to lagos very late in the night and saw no
sign of Amarachi or even Victor, I asked the
gateman if anyone came by to look for me that
day but he gave me a negative answer and this
made me worried more, I wouldn’t sleep as I
wait for Victor to come home since his number
wasn’t connecting, I wasn’t worried about him
because this wasn’t the first time his number
won’t connect, it happens when ever he has a
late meeting or work dinner, and I don’t have
his business line.
I opened my eyes to see Victor standing close
to me, it was already morning, didn’t know
when I slept off.

VICTOR: Afam, this one you are sleeping on the
sofa in the sitting room with your clothes still
on, hope you are fine, did everything go well, I
mean with Amarachi.

AFAMEFUNA: that is the problem, she is not in
the village, she is in lagos.

VICTOR: wow, how come.
AFAMEFUNA: it’s a long story.
I told Victor parts of the story I know, he was
shocked to hear it.

VICTOR: Jesus, does that still happen in this
century, what about the police.
AFAMEFUNA: I should be the one asking you
that.

EMEKA: am so surprise.
AFAMEFUNA: see, that is the least of my
problem now, Amarachi is no where to be
found, with all indications it shows you haven’t
seen her.

VICTOR: no I haven’t, have you asked Musa.
AFAMEFUNA: I did, he too haven’t seen her, no
one came to look for me or you yesterday.
EMEKA: then where could she be.
AFAMEFUNA: I don’t know, I don’t know, am
losing it seriously.
EMEKA: calm down ok, we are going to see
her, why don’t we go and check the car parks
around the city.

AFAMEFUNA: yes, every car parks in lagos, she
might have dropped in one of them.
EMEKA: okey let’s go then.
We left in search for her, we checked every car
parks in lagos which we continue everyday but
still no sign of her and this was getting me
worried and scared, I was brought out of my
thought when Victor called my name.
VICTOR: Afam, you have to stop.
He sat down opposite me.
VICTOR : you haven’t had anything solid to eat
from the pass two days now, do you want to
kill yourself.
AFAMEFUNA: am scared, what if she got into a
wrong bus and…

VICTOR: nothing has happened to her, she is
fine, if you are thinking maybe she is dead,
come on, think positive.

AFAMEFUNA: I am, what do you have me do.
VICTOR: lets go to the police station and file a
missing person report.
AFAMEFUNA: why didn’t we thought of this
earlier, that will be better.
EMEKA: ok, you have all her personal details.
AFAMEFUNA: I know her name, her age, where
she is from.

EMEKA: and her photograph.
AFAMEFUNA: about that, I have one.
I brought out my phone and showed it to him, I
remembered when I took this photo, she didn’t
know, she was laughing so hard about a joke I
said, I took that picture so I could always see
her laugh, now I do realize I missed her so
much and I will go mad if I don’t see her soon.
EMEKA: this will do.
AFAMEFUNA: ok, so can we go now.
EMEKA: if you want, I will just go and drop my
brief case.
AFAMEFUNA: ok .

I stood up why he left to drop his brief case, he
came back few minutes later and we head out
to the police station.

*******************************
AMARACHI POV
it has been days now since I started working in
the restaurant, yes I got the job, the interview
wasn’t that difficult because they were
desperately in need of someone, and i
happened to come just in time, the life in the
city wasn’t that pleasant but still i thank God
for providing for me, i so much missed my
mother, and i pray she is happy where ever she
is right now.

Sometimes i wish i could go back in time to
change everything but that was impossible,
how i wish i had never meant the prince maybe
things could have been more better than now, i
know my life wasn’t a pleasant one but it was
more better than this because no matter how
hard i try to feel happy i still find myself feeling
lonely, thought i will get use to it by now but
that wasn’t happening.
The restaurant wasn’t that big but was
patronized by a lot of people because it’s in
the center of the lagos market, we close very
late in the night only on weekends but during
the week we close very early, we were seven
girls and three boys in number, and my boss
name was called Big mama, she is marriage
with no kids with her current husband, as i
heard she had three children with her first
husband, both of them are in their late 50s, Big
mama is a very nice and easy going person and
generous too, she was the one that helped me
with accommodation when she heard my story,
so i was living with them, but i can’t say same
for her husdand uncle Joe as i normally call
him, i don’t know much about him but i knew
he was not a good news and i have observed
the way he looks at me when ever he is around
me so i always kept my distances, won’t want
any trouble, i just needed a little time so i will
be able to save enough money to rent my own
accommodation.

Samuel who is also a worker there was the
only friend i had, though i do talk to the rest of
my co-workers but Sameul was the only one
that i was really close to and knows my story
too, he is a gentle guy and hard working too,
peole at the restaurant started having the
thought that i and Samuel might be having
something going but that didn’t affect our
friendship, i had nothing to fear because
Samuel already have a fiancee who he loves so
much and won’t cheat on her, he was more like
my big brother and many times has helped me
from the men that tried to harass me sexually
at the restaurant, evrerything was working well
for me and i was happy but never knew my
happiness will be cut short soon enough.

********************************
AFAMEFUNA POV
I was already going crazy looking for Amarachi,
it has been a month now since I and Victor
made a complain to the police but they haven’t
called to give me any good news, I even
promised any one who could find her
whereabouts One million naira as Victor told
me that the people will do anything for money
but yet no news and I was growing impatient,
Victor was not at home, he had gone out to
see his Aunty from his mother’s side, she stays
in another part of Lagos and owns a restaurant,
she is married, he offered I came with him but
I just couldn’t, I prefer to use my free time to
look for Amarachi.

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My village prince and I
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Continues..
AFAMEFUNA POV continue
I got to lagos very late in the night and saw no
sign of Amarachi or even Victor, I asked the
gateman if anyone came by to look for me that
day but he gave me a negative answer and this
made me worried more, I wouldn’t sleep as I
wait for Victor to come home since his number
wasn’t connecting, I wasn’t worried about him
because this wasn’t the first time his number
won’t connect, it happens when ever he has a
late meeting or work dinner, and I don’t have
his business line.

I opened my eyes to see Victor standing close
to me, it was already morning, didn’t know
when I slept off.

VICTOR: Afam, this one you are sleeping on the
sofa in the sitting room with your clothes still
on, hope you are fine, did everything go well, I
mean with Amarachi.

AFAMEFUNA: that is the problem, she is not in
the village, she is in lagos.
VICTOR: wow, how come.
AFAMEFUNA: it’s a long story.
I told Victor parts of the story I know, he was
shocked to hear it.

VICTOR: Jesus, does that still happen in this
century, what about the police.
AFAMEFUNA: I should be the one asking you
that.

EMEKA: am so surprise.
AFAMEFUNA: see, that is the least of my
problem now, Amarachi is no where to be
found, with all indications it shows you haven’t
seen her.

VICTOR: no I haven’t, have you asked Musa.
AFAMEFUNA: I did, he too haven’t seen her, no
one came to look for me or you yesterday.
EMEKA: then where could she be.
AFAMEFUNA: I don’t know, I don’t know, am
losing it seriously.

EMEKA: calm down ok, we are going to see
her, why don’t we go and check the car parks
around the city.

AFAMEFUNA: yes, every car parks in lagos, she
might have dropped in one of them.
EMEKA: okey let’s go then.
We left in search for her, we checked every car
parks in lagos which we continue everyday but
still no sign of her and this was getting me
worried and scared, I was brought out of my
thought when Victor called my name.
VICTOR: Afam, you have to stop.

He sat down opposite me.
VICTOR : you haven’t had anything solid to eat
from the pass two days now, do you want to
kill yourself.
AFAMEFUNA: am scared, what if she got into a
wrong bus and…

VICTOR: nothing has happened to her, she is
fine, if you are thinking maybe she is dead,
come on, think positive.

AFAMEFUNA: I am, what do you have me do.
VICTOR: lets go to the police station and file a
missing person report.
AFAMEFUNA: why didn’t we thought of this
earlier, that will be better.
EMEKA: ok, you have all her personal details.
AFAMEFUNA: I know her name, her age, where
she is from.

EMEKA: and her photograph.
AFAMEFUNA: about that, I have one.
I brought out my phone and showed it to him, I
remembered when I took this photo, she didn’t
know, she was laughing so hard about a joke I
said, I took that picture so I could always see
her laugh, now I do realize I missed her so
much and I will go mad if I don’t see her soon.
EMEKA: this will do.

AFAMEFUNA: ok, so can we go now.
EMEKA: if you want, I will just go and drop my
brief case.

AFAMEFUNA: ok .

I stood up why he left to drop his brief case, he
came back few minutes later and we head out
to the police station.

*******************************
AMARACHI POV
it has been days now since I started working in
the restaurant, yes I got the job, the interview
wasn’t that difficult because they were
desperately in need of someone, and i
happened to come just in time, the life in the
city wasn’t that pleasant but still i thank God
for providing for me, i so much missed my
mother, and i pray she is happy where ever she
is right now.

Sometimes i wish i could go back in time to
change everything but that was impossible,
how i wish i had never meant the prince maybe
things could have been more better than now, i
know my life wasn’t a pleasant one but it was
more better than this because no matter how
hard i try to feel happy i still find myself feeling
lonely, thought i will get use to it by now but
that wasn’t happening.

The restaurant wasn’t that big but was
patronized by a lot of people because it’s in
the center of the lagos market, we close very
late in the night only on weekends but during
the week we close very early, we were seven
girls and three boys in number, and my boss
name was called Big mama, she is marriage
with no kids with her current husband, as i
heard she had three children with her first
husband, both of them are in their late 50s, Big
mama is a very nice and easy going person and
generous too, she was the one that helped me
with accommodation when she heard my story,
so i was living with them, but i can’t say same
for her husdand uncle Joe as i normally call
him, i don’t know much about him but i knew
he was not a good news and i have observed
the way he looks at me when ever he is around
me so i always kept my distances, won’t want
any trouble, i just needed a little time so i will
be able to save enough money to rent my own
accommodation.

Samuel who is also a worker there was the
only friend i had, though i do talk to the rest of
my co-workers but Sameul was the only one
that i was really close to and knows my story
too, he is a gentle guy and hard working too,
peole at the restaurant started having the
thought that i and Samuel might be having
something going but that didn’t affect our
friendship, i had nothing to fear because
Samuel already have a fiancee who he loves so
much and won’t cheat on her, he was more like
my big brother and many times has helped me
from the men that tried to harass me sexually
at the restaurant, evrerything was working well
for me and i was happy but never knew my
happiness will be cut short soon enough.

********************************
AFAMEFUNA POV
I was already going crazy looking for Amarachi,
it has been a month now since I and Victor
made a complain to the police but they haven’t
called to give me any good news, I even
promised any one who could find her
whereabouts One million naira as Victor told
me that the people will do anything for money
but yet no news and I was growing impatient,
Victor was not at home, he had gone out to
see his Aunty from his mother’s side, she stays
in another part of Lagos and owns a restaurant,
she is married, he offered I came with him but
I just couldn’t, I prefer to use my free time to
look for Amarachi.