4

At exactly twelve midnight, still breezing outside, Amunsa was still awake, planning on how he would go about the night with Rosela. How he would go deeper and deeper into Rosela this night, if there would be a way for him to sneak out of the room without Dansanisa noticing. How he would suck and squeeze those little breasts.  He imagined, closing his eyes while rubbing his penis from outside the trousers. 

He scratched his head, as he imagined how it would feel like be when he goes down into Rosela. He felt excited as if he just won a contract. No matter how many times hed done it, he still felt turned on to think of what he was doing to Arthurs daughter!

Some minutes passed and he was still awake, waiting for Dansanisa to go deeper in her sleep before he could sneak out to Rosela's room. 

A while later he checked on her, to make sure that she was deep in her sleep, by waving his hand over Dansanisa's face, twice to make sure that she was sleeping. Dansanisa was tired coming back from school and sleeping late due to the huge note of lesson that she wrote before sleeping. She snored loud and that alone gave Amunsa full believe that she was fast asleep, he placed a pillow by her side in case she turned from in sleep to hold him, she could hug the pillow in place of him without noticing his absence. 

In his side of the bed position, he folded part of the bed blanket and set it straight, just like human being, sleeping. He made sure that, Dansanisa's hand was well wrapped around the pillow to avoid her waking up anytime soon. 

Dansanisa slept very well whenever she had her head or hands on Amunsa's chest. She was so into Amunsa that she couldnt even get her hands off him at night. It was always hard for Amunsa to get off Dansanisa each time they made love to each other. Dansanisa, almost every day, insisted for sex. Amunsa found it irksome at times. Didnt she get that he was into younger women?

Amunsa sneaked out of the room, carrying his slippers with his hands to avoid unnecessary sounds that could, by any chance, wake Dansanisa from her beauty sleep. He left her in the bedroom, excited that he was going to have his way with Rosela. 

He knew very well that even if Rosela tried telling her mom about it, she won't— for a minute— believe her no matter what. It was his word against that of Rosela to Dansanisa. 

He walked through the sitting room, still looking back as he walked slowly, taking one step at a time. Going further, he heard some sounds from the television set. He thought whether someone was still in the sitting room watching movies. He stood by the corner while coming out and peep from there, showing only his head as he surveyed and found nobody there. 

He took a breath as he placed his hands on his chest. Most times it was this act of sneaking in that excited him the most. It was like getting his prize after an entire night of haggling. He walked in and saw that the television set was still on at that hour of the night. He wondered who might have been the last person that left the sitting room and with the television still on. 

He sighed as he searched for the remote but couldnt find it. He kept searching for it and finally found it under the centre table. 

He sighed again, then pressed the switch-off button three times. It's wasn't responding. He turned to the back of it and noticed that the battery was not properly fixed in. He pressed it in and press the off button again and this time, it's worked. 

He switched it off finally and dropped the remote on the center table. He heard someone yawning and making sounds in the same bedroom he shared with his wife. He rushed back to check whether Dansanisa was awake already, only to find her still lying flat on the bed. He turned, holding his chest, breathing heavily. Afterwards, she went straight to Rosela's room. 

The door wasn't locked as her mother had always warned them on locking their door at night in case something happened or she felt like checking on them at night whenever she felt like it. 

That gave Amunsa the privilege to enter Rosela's room as he wanted. He partly thanked Dansanisas foolishness. He went in and foundd her lying almost naked on the bed with one side of her night wear pulled up showing her transparent and sexy underwear she wore that night.

Her beautiful legs and arms full of flesh got Amunsa's breath hitching as he thought of how it would be like tonight. She lay with her curly hair covering half of her face, showing only one of her eyes. 

She turned and changed position on the bed, still sleeping. 

 Amunsa walked slowly, pulling down his trouser. He touched Rosela lecherously, licking his lips as he ran a finger along Rosela's body. 

His touch awakened Rosela immediately. She woke up to find her step-father in her room with his trousers already pulled down. 

At first, she thought she was dreaming as she was still feeling sleepy and thought maybe her eyes were deceiving her. She rubbed her eyes to confirm whether it was truly her step-father. She did that and still saw him bending over her— in her room— so late in the night smiling. 

What do you want? she asked, voice shaking. She knew what was coming and the look in her wide eyes told it all.

When she saw that there was no point asking him the question as he was moving towards her on the bed, not minding the question she asked. She started begging him to stop but he didn't.

Be a good girl, Amunsa said, voice soft, and dont even think of screaming. That stunt you tried earlier today, I dont want to hear of it again otherwise, the whole world will know that you killed Udansifo in cold blood!

Rosela stiffened, her heart melting within her. That was it, the trap used in controlling her. Youre a monster!

Better a monster, he said. Than a killer. I hate you as much as I hate your father. But, I find solace in the fact that I can use you.

Rosela was trembling violently but, there was no way out, was there? Could she, perhaps, kill him too?