Jasmine - Episode 3

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Morning came and I headed for class, and the test was not too bad. I tried my best, considering
the situation. Immediately after the test, Kemi and I decided to visit a restaurant and treat
ourselves to a nice meal. On getting out of class, we met Samuel under the tree just in front of
my class. He had apparently been waiting for a while . When I saw him and remembered the
picture he sent the previous night, I wished I could be invisible. With great calm and confidence,
Samuel called me aside and said we needed to talk.
“Did you see my message?” he asked. He didn’t even bother to greet or ask how I was doing.
“Yes I did; and what is the meaning of the picture, what am I supposed to do with it?” I asked,
pretending not to know anything.
“Don’t tell me you are this dumb, you are the best student in this faculty so I expect you to be
intelligent enough to know why I sent you that.” He said.
“I don’t like to jump to conclusions without confirming first.” I said, growing impatient.
“Well for your information, that picture is just one out of many pictures that I took. I knew you
would still be acting hard to get like you girls do, so I took those pictures as collateral should
incase…” he said and gave me a knowing look.
“You lured me to your room, drugged me and raped me, and now you are threatening me

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you know the gravity of what you did to me?” I asked him.
“What did I do? You can’t prove anything, you have no evidence and no one will even believe
you anyway.”
“I should have reported you to the police, rape is an offence under the law, you know?” I said.
“Which law, which police? Since you know this, why didn’t you report when it happened? You
can’t even threaten me with police and any law Jasmine. Mind you, this is Nigeria and not
Canada.” He smiled and continued,
“No one will believe you or fight for you; they will rather blame you and stigmatize you. If you
don’t believe me, you can try reporting me. Just try it.” He said and laughed cynically.
I just stood there dumbfounded. I knew he was right as we were in a country where Justice was
not often served, a society where the victim can suddenly become the culprit. And since I knew I
had no substantial evidence that could put him behind bars, I thought there was nothing I could
do.
Pushing my thoughts away, I became determined to end the conversation and go back to my
friend.
“So what exactly do you want from me?” I asked firmly, though I was getting nervous.
“All I want is you Jasmine, nothing more nothing less. I promise to love and adore you with the
whole of my heart” he said and looked serious.
I just stood there and couldn’t believe my ears. “Does he even know what love means?” I
wondered.
“You don’t love me Samuel. If you love me as you claim, you wouldn’t do what you did to me,
love isn’t selfish, love doesn’t think of itself but of the other person, love is kind and patient,
love doesn’t take things by force, love doesn’t steal. You don’t love me and you are the last
person I would want to be with. As a matter of fact, if you are the last man on earth, I would
prefer to remain single till I die than to marry you” I said with a note of finality and started
moving away, but his words made me stop.
“Wait, Jasmine. I am not that bad, you know, it is my love for you that is making me do some
things that I never imagined myself doing. It’s just like the story of Dinah and the prince of
Shechem in the Bible; though he raped Dinah, he loved her enough that he was willing to go
through the pains of circumcision as an adult. Think about it my love, if Dinah’s brother had not
taken law into their hands, Dinah and the Prince would have been happily married with kids.” He
explained.
“Since you are very conversant with the Bible, though I doubt you even know God, let me
remind you that death was the end result of the two rapists that were recorded in the bible. The
Prince of Shechem and Amnon the son of David were both killed for the crime they committed.
So, get ready for the wrath of God”, I rose to the challenge him. “Let God deal with me, and let
me deal with you too. If you continue to say ‘No’ to me, then you are playing with fire Jasmine,
it will cost me nothing to send those pictures to all the WhatsApp groups on campus, and even
post it on other social media platforms if you push me further away.” He declared, looking
visibly angry.
“Is that a threat? Are you seriously going to continue to make my life hell on earth?” I asked
him.
“You can call this anything you like, I don’t care. All I want is you.” Samuel replied and put his
hands in his pockets, apparently waiting for me to say something else.
But I was tired of talking about the issue.
I knew arguing with Samuel would not change anything. I had finally realized that Samuel was
bent on destroying my life. I knew I had to be wise before saying anything to him. So I told him
he should give me more time to think about it.
I had to try to buy more time to think about the next step and see if I can get out of the situation.
Samuel agreed and left reluctantly, but only after reminding me of the consequences of not
picking his calls.
Kemi and I went out as planned, but she couldn’t help but notice I was not myself. My mind was
occupied with so many things. I was still thinking about telling her the full story when I heard
her question.
“What is bothering you Jasmine? You don’t seem to be here with me, please tell me Jasmine.”
she looked at me with beseeching eyes and pleaded.
“Nothing to worry about”. I said simply, though bothered.
“Don’t tell me it is nothing! I know something has been wrong for some couple of days now; this
is not you, Jasmine. Something is different about you though I can’t place my hands on what it is
exactly. So please, can you tell me?”
I knew Kemi wouldn’t let me rest and continue to pester me until I talked, but I wasn’t sure I was
ready to confide in anyone. I was fast running out of excuses to tell my friend.
Samuel continued to threaten me and remind me of the repercussions of telling him ‘No’.
He made sure he sent different nude pictures of myself to me every day, telling me to give him a
‘Yes’ as soon as possible or else he would release the pictures to the public.
At a point, I had to check the pictures more closely to see if it is was an edited photo, but the
more I studied them, the more I was sure the pictures were real.
But I was certain I couldn’t accept his proposal and assume everything would go well. I knew he
would probably continue to abuse me sexually. If he could abuse me when we were just friends,
then he would probably continue to do so once we were engaged. Lost and confused, I turned to
God again and whispered a prayer, “Lord, give me the wisdom to solve this problem”.
Immediately the last word was off my mouth, my phone rang and it was Samuel calling. I
hesitated and thought about it before I picked the call.
“Hello Jasmine. How has been your day?” He spoke first.
“Fine! what is it?” I asked impatiently.
“So have you made your decisions about what we talked about, and did you see all the pictures I
sent to you?”
“Yes, I saw all the pictures, but I am still thinking about the proposal. I still need more time” I
replied. “You can’t keep thinking forever, you know? I am not a very patient man, Jasmine and
the little patience I have is fast running out. So, think fast or else I will do my worst.“ He added.
“Okay. I will think fast.” I tried to assure him,
“Okay then. As you take your time to think, can you come and visit me in my hostel this
evening? I really do miss you.”
I was shocked at the request. “Is this guy well at all?” I asked myself.
I echoed my thought and asked him out loud, “Are you serious? Do you think I will ever step my
feet in your room ever again? You must think I’m a fool!”
“What do you mean? Don’t you dare say ‘No’ or else I will send the pictures to your family
too!” he threatened.
“What?! You don’t have to go that far, Samuel. It is better you repent now, maybe God will have
mercy on you and reduce your punishment” I appealed to his reasoning.
“Story for the gods! I won’t stop until I have what is mine!” He shouted over the phone and he
ended the call before I could even say another word.
I called him back and he refused to pick up, he later sent a text saying that I should be in his
hostel in nothing less than one hour or get ready to face the consequences.
I picked my bag and phone and stormed out of the room, "I needed to do something before
Samuel add more salt to my already painful wound" I said to myself.

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    Jasmine is not acting wise at all
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