Sekemi and her city adventure 2

On getting to the city sekemi stayed with her aunt for a week because her aunt was back already,with one other girl from their village,it was her first time of leaving the village to the city,sekemi was simply overwhelmed and fascinated by the sights of coloured storey buildings and tarred double carriage high ways. All these were structures she was seeing for the first time and in her heart she thought Lagos must be very beautiful. Aunt Tola said"Lagos is a land of opportunities,but the smart and clever ones take advantage of such opportunities and become rich" .

Sekemi and bola get ready because am taking you out to where you will be staying for the main time because I will be traveling soon again,you will be staying with one of my friends,.

Soon they got to the bus stop in surulere where a rich looking woman was waiting by the side of the road. "That is my friend mama eko by name",aunt tola said pointing to the woman standing by the side of the road and she stopped the car near where the woman was standing.

"Hello Tola,how was the trip"? Mama Eko asked.

" It was cool" Aunt Tola said turning to face sekemi and bola to come down from the car and go with Mama Eko,don't worry girls when I get back I will come and pick you up.

Sekemi and bola followed mama Eko and aunt tola drove off

Sekemi first night at mama eko's joint was full of many remarkable experiences. The name of the joint is planet hotel,it attracted a large customers of upper class night crawlers, among some of the services offered was traditional and continental dishes, lodging accomodations and a number of undercover transactions. By 8pm cars of different types was driving towards the hotel. Mama Eko took bola and sekemi to meet other girls,she told them to eat anything they want and feel at peace. But sekemi was not at peace with the area.

"This is not what my aunt promised me when she took me away from the village" sekemi said.

" Whatever they want me to do I will do because I don't want to go back and suffer in the village" bola said.

After a week aunt Tola came back to visit them at the hotel, when sekemi saw her aunt she rushed to hug her and her aunt gave her the hug too. "But this was not what you promised me aunt,you promised to send me to school" sekemi told her aunt. " Yes you will surely go to school, just make sure you work and earn money here,you will soon go to school" her aunt said.

Her aunt was there till 11:45pm and sekemi was wondering why a married woman will still be at the hotel by that time of the night,she was hearing her aunt's voice and mama Eko's voice too, because they were talking not too far from the room they gave the girls so sekemi decided to tiptoe and hear what they are saying since other girls are fast asleep. On getting to the door,she opened it and placed her ear on the entrance to hear what her aunt was saying.

"But the girls are not giving any trouble" ,tola said.

" So far so good, there has not been any trouble from the girls,and from what am seeing they will be good girls,how old is sekemi? ",mama eko said.

She is just twelve years old,aunt tola said. Wow she looked 16,and she is beautiful,she is already attracting interest,Mama Eko said.

Mr Tom wants to employ sekemi,mama eko said

And how much is the pay? Aunt Tola asked

The pay is 1.5million naira,mama eko said

That's too small,let him make it 2million naira,you know mr Tom is a rich man. Aunt tola said.

Sekemi was dazed where she was standing and quickly rushed back to her room, so my aunt wants to sell me out and make money, isn't this child trafficking,I can't do this I have to go back to the village tomorrow from the money Mr Tom will give me,I will go back tomorrow morning. After that sekemi slept off and woke up the next morning.

When Mr Tom came,he gave her some money and they told her to prepare and follow him, while everyone was talking,she tiptoe through the back and ran outside, stopped a bike and told the bike man to take her to the bus stop going to her village,she got there and enter the bus and alighted at her village,her parents were surprised to see her and she told them everything,she promised to study law and fight against child trafficking and prostitution.

Her parent thanked God that their daughter escaped from the claws of evil ones. They promised never to allow anyone take away their children without getting to the place first and knowing the exact reason.

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