I SHALL FIND YOU

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Authors: Ony Bond
smacked her. But what did that pathetic wimp do? Worked long hours to support a loose girl and give her space to sleep with other men in the house. It’s strange how Rose looks just like that woman. They could even be sisters.”
    “I understand now why you don’t like her. Her fault’s resembling that woman in your story. Or is there more to your dislike? Are you challenged by her education, confidence and the money she earns?”
    “I simply don’t trust her. Hope you never chase her too like these men who act as flies around a heap of compost. Under that veneer of decency, she’ll hurt a man, start sleeping around. Men better stay away from her. She’s dangerous.”
    He guessed what Rose wanted to ask him. Realized James might come to the house tonight. That way he would meet Rose. He wondered if he was trying to scare Godfree away from her by telling him she was not to be trusted. He told James he planned to visit a classmate and would not be home this evening just in case he thought of dropping by for a game of chess. 
    “No problem, mate. We’ll have our game another time. Besides I’m busy this evening. Got something really important I must do. Going to pay someone I know a visit.”
    “Huh, a girlfriend at last.”
    He winked. “Maybe it’s a girl or a man. I’ll leave you guessing.”
    “A man? You’re a secret homosexual?”
    “Nowadays you can’t tell, huh?”
    “Think it’s a girl.”
    “Sshh. She’s married.”
    “You’re seeing someone’s wife?”
    James laughed. “Don’t believe everything you hear.”
    He left earlier than Godfree and sped off in his car leaving him wondering whether he was going to see a girl. As he recalled they had not spoken about girlfriends much. When James inquired he had told him about his ex-girlfriend. In turn the Englishman had said his one-time girlfriend had died when she was young. After that he had just lost interest in girls. Maybe one day he would meet someone else. 
    In under half an hour Godfree was home and caught a bath.
    He checked the time again. With ten minutes to go before five, he had just settled on the sofa to watch news when the doorbell buzzed.
    It was Rose. She was still in her work clothes.
    “Come in.”
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

CHAPTER 7
 
    Her curious glance swept the room.  At the novels, electrical engineering textbooks in the book shelf, guitar and the sofas. Moved close to the framed graduation certificate on the wall.
    “Mm. You graduated with a first.”
    “Yes. Have a seat.”
    She stepped towards the bookshelf, pulled out a textbook, flipped through the pages, put it back and took out another. Stopped by the wall and looked at his graduation certificate again before sitting on the double couch. Her eyes were direct.
    “James said you were tortured.”
    “Did he?”
    “Yes, and that you have scars on your back.”
    “Why would he tell you that?”
    “You almost died, were in hospital for months. That’s why you left.”
    He shrugged his shoulders. “Maybe I lied to him.”
    “Thought of what you said at the machine graveyard. That some refugees are running away from persecution.”
    “So you came to find out if it’s true? Maybe see the scars, huh?”
    “James said he saw them, and they were horrible. I don’t think he was lying.”
    “So why did you come here?”
    “What really happened? Why were you tortured?”
    “Did your dad send you here?”
    She shook her head. “No. He doesn’t know I’m here. Just want to know first- hand what occurred.”
    He watched her for a few seconds, then decided to tell her. Went back to the past, when he joined the main opposition political party with Aaron. The rally, and attack by Moto and his thugs. Waking up in a smelly dungeon of torture tied to a table. Moto administered the beating, had electric current, knives, whips and hot irons for his tools. Godfree believed he died as he recalled seeing himself

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