One Pick Up Too Many!(2)

(You may want to read the first part of this article before reading part two here)

‘How long have you been picking girls up on Broad Street?’ She finally asked.

‘One month,’ Tony responded but seeing the expression on the girl’s face, he quickly corrected himself ‘Six months’

Tony had never been a Wimp. He was Five feet, eleven inches in height and he was sturdy. He had been into sports and weight lifting since his High school days and now he had taken up martial arts.  He had been in a few fights on and off the mat and he was proud of his achievements.

But nothing he had been through could have prepared him for what happened next. Right before his eyes, the lady before him was transformed into a haggard, toothless naked old woman!

Tony could feel something warm and wet on his laps and then down his legs. He didn’t need to look down to know he had wet himself! His mouth went dry as he began gasping for breath.

“I should teach you a valuable lesson,” the old woman said, speaking slowly

‘Please ma”, Tony begged.  In a moment, he was out of the car, flat on his face. He hit the wet dirt before realizing that he was in a puddle of water. The smelly puddle of water all over his white shirt and dark blue pants was not important

“Please ma, please ma, please ma. I will not do it again ma” He sobbed in Yoruba

“Your father died two years ago. Your death will devastate your mother but frankly, that is not my business!”

The woman was still in the car but her voice was ringing in his head!

Tony burst into tears! His father had indeed died two years back! He wasn’t surprised at all that the old woman knew. By now he knew he wasn’t dealing with anything human! So this was how it would all end?!

He thought of running into the bushes nearby but he couldn’t move any of his legs! To say he was scared would be an understatement as wild thoughts ran all over his mind.

Then he remembered his twenty -year-old cousin, Ama who had warned him about the  consequences of his lifestyle.

Ama was a committed Christian and she was quite fond of him.  He often teased her about getting a boyfriend and she always warned him about the consequences of his amorous ways.

She had told him times without number that sex was more spiritual than physical and that it was dangerous to engage in casual sex at all, not to talk of picking strangers up for casual sex!

There was no way he could have imagined anything like this though. Ama had spoken to him several times about committing his life to Jesus Christ but he had always laughed at her. As far as he was concerned only frustrated people needed Jesus.

Now this was to be his end? But he didn’t want to die.

If only he had listened to Ama. Now he could see that the girl knew what she was talking about!

“Do you think casual sex is harmless?” The old woman’s question jolted him back to his predicament.

She was standing about two feet away from him. He hadn’t heard her opening the door of the car!

“You think there is free sex?” she asked in an eerie voice.

“I am sorry ma”. Tony whimpered

With his eyes firmly closed and his face half submerged in water, Tony lay prostrate expecting the worst.

A few minutes passed and Tony realized everything had gone quiet. The sound of cars passing in the distance and crickets in the woods had ceased! You could almost hear a pin drop!

Slowly, Tony opened his eyes.

Nothing!

Still on the ground, he looked all around but there was no sign of the old woman!

He moved his legs and discovered that they were now mobile again. Rising to his feet cautiously, he moved gingerly towards his car.

That was when he heard the blast.