Defiled chapter 2
Defiled (episode 2)
It’s quite sad when bad things happen to good people that don’t deserve such ill fate. When good people suffer, it only makes one wonder why life can be so unfair and unjust. What on earth did Belinda do to deserve such brutal encounter in the hands of the armed men that robbed her matrimonial home?. She wasn’t only raped by one of the robbers but all 4 of them and the most shattering thing was the fact that she was raped in the presence of her beloved husband. Can you just pause for a minute and imagine the pain in the couple’s heart to have experienced such a tragic encounter. Of a truth, the pain is incomprehensible and no one deserves to go through such a haunting experience; talk more of couples!
As Sam drove his wife ‘Belinda’ to the hospital that night, his hands were shaking due to the boiling rage in his heart. All he could find himself doing was scre-m at the top of his voice as tears fell uncontrollably from his eyes. He was broken beyond words can say and his wh0le world felt as though it was coming to an end. So sad!
Immediately Sam arrived at the hospital, he rushed to the back seat and carried Belinda on his hands. Without wasting a second, he headed for the emergency ward and was almost out of breath when he got there. Immediately the nurses saw Belinda lying lifeless on Sam’s hands, they quickly instructed him to lay her on the bed. Instantly, the nurses began to administer treatment on Belinda and Sam was politely excused and asked to wait at the corridor.
For over 30 minutes, Sam waited at the corridor for a good news about Belinda but none was forth coming. He walked to and fro and panicked all through. Those minutes Sam waited for the doctor’s feedback was probably one of the toughest moments of his life. After waiting for a while, a doctor finally showed up.
“Doctor please how is my wife doing?” Sam asked in haste immediately he saw the doctor. The doctor held his shoulder and smiled warmly; “She is responding to treatment and would be ok, but for the meantime, let’s talk about the fact that your wife was raped and harrassed. What happened to her and why are you bruised as well?” The doctor curiously asked. There and then, Sam explained all that happened to the doctor. He narrated the robbery ordeal and left no stone unturned.
When Sam was done narrating their ordeal to the doctor, there was brief silence in the atmosphere. At that moment, the doctor was devastated and broken on their behalf. He emphasized with Sam and immediately put a call through to the police so that a statement can at least be written that night for prompt investigations to follow up. When the police came to the hospital, Sam explained everything to them and wrote a statement as well. Luckily, he was able to describe all 4 robbers and this gave the police officials an idea of what they looked like. After the police had gotten a handful of information, they promised Sam that they would bring justice to him and Belinda and left afterwards.
Immediately the police officers left, Sam was ushered into Belinda’s hospital room so he could see her. One look at his beloved wife and tears began to fall from his eyes. He moved closer and held her unconscious hands. “Babe I am so sorry for everything. I’m sorry for not protecting and shielding you as your husband. I’m sorry for bringing you to a home that caused you pained few days after you moved in. I’m sorry for being the reason for your pain and I believe we are going to scale through this crisis and come out stronger. Please be alive for me” he soberly said.
All through that night, Sam couldn’t close his eyes for more than ten minutes for fear that someone would attack them again. It’s safe to say that he had been scarred and was now traumatized. On the other hand, Belinda was able to sleep because she was placed on sleeping pills. It was such a tough night for Sam especially because he couldn’t get his mind off the image of his wife being raped by 4 hefty men. It was traumatizing beyond words can say!
Finally, morning came and some nurse came into the room to run multiple tests on Belinda to know her health status after being inform that she was rapped. They wanted to be sure she was free from any form of infection. Belinda was quickly given a contraceptive to help prevent any unwanted pregnancy from those evil rapist. After series of tests were conducted to ascertain that she hasn’t been infected with any form of infection, she was discharged after most results came out negative.
Being free from infection gave a little sense of relief to the couple. Sam helped Belinda walk to their car by holding her wa-ist and hand. She was still in so much pain so it affected her walking steps. When they got to the car, she was made to sit on the back seat so she could relax better. He ensured she wore her seat belt before driving off.
The ride back home was so traumatizing for the couple. Belinda began to tear up as she quietly sat on the back seat. She sobbed gently till Sam saw her from the car mirror. He wanted to console her but didn’t know how he was going to effectively do that without crying too. All he could say at that moment was “Babe it’s ok”. When they arrived home, he carried her on his hands and took her in,side the bedroom. Immediately he laid her on the bed, she scre-med out in despair; “Noo!! Take me out of here!! Take me out of here please!! Please take me out!!” She cried out.
On seeing that Belinda was having a mental breakdown by being in the same room she was raped, Sam immediately carried her out and lay her on a couch in the livingroom. She folded her body on the couch and closed her teary eyes. It broke Sam to see his wife go through such emotional torture and the worst of it all was the fact that he was helpless. Unable to think properly at that moment, he just laid on the couch with her and wrapped his arms around her. It’s so heartbreaking to see such a once happy couple become sad overnight. If only they could take back the hands of time and prevent the robbery incident, they would have done that. So sad they were now stuck with such ill fated reality.
It’s been a week after the robbery incident and the rape details of what went down that night was still concealed from extended family members. Sam wanted to protect his wife’s dignity and didn’t want people to gossip or look down on her. He purposely chose not to disclosed the rape information to the rest of the world because he didn’t want their healing process to take longer than it would have taken if they aren’t constantly reminded of it by third parties. This was kinda a good move by Sam because the world we live in can be very cruel and insensitive. That was the best way he could protect their sanity and happiness. As at then, only the police and doctors knew about Belinda’s rape incident and it was better that way.
Life after the robbery incident was very tough for the once happy couple. Their home had sadly become a place of bitterness, anger, unhappiness and frustration. Sam tried as much as possible to put himself together and be a strong man for Belinda but she made things extremely difficult for him. She was mentally affected by the rape incident and had not recovered from it since then.
There’s no day that goes by without Belinda crying, scre-ming, laughing or talking to herself. She was always indoors because she was scared of the outside world. Ever since the robbery incident, she had not stepped foot in their matrimonial bedroom. It’s apparent she was still traumatized and scared of being in the room everything went down on the robbery night. She now stayed at the guest room and always locked the doors.
Days, weeks and months passed by but nothing had changed in the lives of the couple. For over three months after the rape incident, Sam had not touched his wife at all; not even to k-ss her. It’s safe to say that he only touched her during their honeymoon period since they got married. This was another level of frustration for the newly married man but in everything, he tried to be understanding, calm and empathetic.
Gradually, life didn’t seem fun and worth living for Belinda so she wanted to end it all and rest from the emotional and mental torture she was going through. She waited for Sam to leave for work one fateful day before carrying out her plans to end her life.
Just like every other day, Sam made breakfast and lunch for Belinda and dropped the tray of food on her door front. He knocked to inform her that he was leaving for the office just like he always did. Belinda waited for a while till she was convinced that her had left the house before opening the door. As she stood in front of the door staring at the lovely food her husband made for her, she sat down on the floor and began to cry bitterly. While crying, she saw a sticky note on the tray which read “You are not alone, I am with you till the very end. I love you my wife”.
Immediately Belinda was done reading the note, she cried the more and began to have a rethink on weather to end her life or not. She cried bitterly as she walked round the kitchen looking for knives but couldn’t find any. Unknown to her, Sam hid all the knives and sharp objects in the house for over two months now. She wasn’t aware because she hærdly left her room all these while. On seeing that there was no knife in the house to execute her mission, she cried even more and laid on the floor.
While crying, it dawned on Belinda that she had some rat poison in the kitchen cabinet. She secretly prayed that Sam hadn’t thrown it away but to her greatest relief, the rat poison was still there. Without hesitating, she went to the fridge, opened a wine and poured into a glass cup. Afterwards, she emptied the poison into the glass of wine and began to stare at the glass afterwards.
As God may have it, Sam forgot an important doc-ment in the house and only realised halfway to his destination. He wanted to let go of the doc-ment but had this strong urge to go back home for it. Without debating with his instincts, he turned back and headed home. When he arrived home, he opened the front door and rushed to his room but was quick to notice that the guest room was opened, which have never happened before. He looked in,side but couldn’t find his wife. Curious to know where she was, he began looking for her till he found her lying down on the kitchen floor with foamy substance coming out of her mouth. Without being told, he knew she has taken a poisonous substance.
Shocked to the brim, Sam rushed to where Belinda laid and began to check her pulse to ascertain if she was still breathing. With his heart beating fast, he voiced out in a shaky tone; “Babe please don’t leave me!!”.
End of episode 2 😉
Stay tuned tomorrow to see what happened next.
✍🏼 Written by Sonia Okehie