Nelly was scared to the teeth but she still did her best to maintain her composure. The figure in the dark alley began getting closer.
No way! There were two figures moving in the dark, whistling and coming close to Nelly as she squatted. They kept whistling, as if they were trying to make her scared. Nelly was beginning to sweat more profusely, not because of the exercise she did but because she was so frightened. Nelly was almost four months pregnant, even if she decided to run, she could not outrun the men. Nelly could only sit there and hope they were not harmful or bad people.
One of the men, very hideous with a large scar on the left side of his face, came out and stood before Nelly. She looked up to him, he was up to seven feet tall, if not more than that.
“You’re the pregnant American girl in the neighborhood, huh?” He spoke good English. From his question, it was lucid to Nelly that he knew her, he had been keeping his eyes on her for a very long time.
The second guy came out. He was much younger and physically appealing than the first. Nevertheless, he too was ugly but his face was free from any scar unlike that of his colleague.
“Please, do not hurt me,” Nelly said in a squeaky voice. She was nervous and shivering.
“How can we hurt a pretty damsel like you? We would rather lick you all over than to hurt you.” The second guy said to Nelly.
They both laughed as they watched how terrified she was. The first man attempted to feel her face with his hands but she quickly moved her face away.
“Come on, we know how your hormones rise during pregnancy and you have no man to tend to your needs. All we are trying to say is that you should let us help you, we want to attend to your nocturnal needs.”
They let out an annoying laugh just to terrify Nelly the more.
“I have no needs, I do not know you.” Nelly got on her feet, attempting to run away.
The men ran after Nelly, grabbed her and pulled her close to themselves – one stood behind her and the other was standing in front of her. Nelly struggled to get away from them but their grip, together, was just too strong for her to break free.
“We’ll take good care of you, American girl. We’ll make sure that after this night, you’ll get addicted to this. You’ll even look for us and ask that we do it to you again.” The one with a scar on his face smacked his lips. He was too ugly for Nelly to even look at him.
Just when they started pulling Nelly into the alley and used their hands to gag her mouth, Amon showed up. He stunned the second guy from behind, knocking him out with a clean punch. As for the first and ugliest among the two men, he effortlessly took him out, with three blows at least.
Nelly was so relieved. She didn’t even know when she hugged Amon and clung tight to him, refusing to let go even when he tried to pull her off his body so he could assess if there was any damage done to her.
“Please, I beg you, take me home. I want to go home.”
Amon knew she was scared, he needed to take her home to rest. Moreover, the longer they stayed there, the more dangerous it became for them. They didn’t know if the men belonged to a gang and if they would be attacked by them.
“Let’s go, come on.”
Nelly could not walk on her own. Her feet were trembling and she was finding it hard to breathe after the attack. Amon had to carry her so they could get home faster. If he decided to let Nelly walk, she could end up delaying them.
Amon brought Nelly back home. Amanda came out and was surprised to see Nelly in such a state. Firstly, she was surprised to see Amon carrying Nelly, and secondly, she was surprised to see that Nelly was looking worn out, scared and her wrists were bruised.
“Did anything happen?” Amanda asked.
Amon told her exactly what happened and Amanda was so thankful that Amon came there when he did. Who knew what could have happened if he didn’t? Besides, Amanda had been a victim of such a situation before, she didn’t want Nelly to experience what she had to go through; the trauma, the pain and the disgust, Amanda would never wish for any girl to go through that. She was getting the feeling of what happened that night between her and her boss.
“Cone on, Amanda. Now isn’t the time to get worried about yourself, you have to think about Nelly. She’s the one who deserves the attention now.”
Amanda brought some water to wash Nelly’s feet and to place on her head. Nelly became calm a few minutes later. She could not stop thanking Amon for saving her from the hands of those miscreants. For once, Nelly thought they were going to have their way with her. Her heart has almost jumped out of her mouth.
Amanda excused herself so she could prepare warm water for Nelly to have her bathe. More so, she wanted to give Nelly and Amon some space so they could discuss.
Once again – “thank you Amon, I can’t tell what would have happened to me if you hadn’t showed up.”
“You don’t have to thank me, Nelly. I’ll always be here for you whenever you need me…as a friend.” Amon smiled and Nelly smiled back at him. She had never been this comfortable with someone of the opposite sex in a long time.
“How did you manage to pull that off? The skills in fighting?”
“When my dad began hurting me and my mum more frequently, especially when I grew into a teen, I knew I had to do something or else…”
Amon wasn’t able to finish what he was saying when Nelly grabbed her stomach:
“Ahh! Ahhh!”