ROSE hugged her brothers checking to see if they're alright and kissed the top of their head. She took them inside the room Raphael had prepared for them. In less than ten minutes they were already asleep. Rose sighed and stood up leaving the room with Raphael tailing after her,she sat in the sofa hugging her legs when Raphael sat on the sofa next to her. Rose sniffed and started crying again,it obvious Nnenna's death had hit her more than he expected,she's her sister after all

"Rose" Raphael called and Rose gaze at him smiling sadly

"We lost our parents six years ago" Rose said and Raphael raise his head to see her face

" You don't have to do this" Raphael said giving her a sympathetic look

"I want to and please don't give me that look" Rose said squeezing her eyes shut,she sniffed before opening her eyes

"I'm sorry" Raphael muttered,Rose ignored him

"My parents use to be one of the big people in Lagos,my dad was also a chief in my village. We were living happily and I was about writing WAEC,NECO and SAT. I always wanted to be a doctor, I wanted to be a nephrologist because a friend of mine had a kidney disease and we lost her. I was in JSS2 then. Her death was the first death that really shook me"Rose stopped wiping the uncontrollable tears with the back of her hand

"I went to the best school then and because Nnenna is always sick she did more of home schooling,she got tired of home schooling and begged my parents to let her go to normal school,after so much begging from the both of us. My parent agreed and she started going to normal school,she was in JSS3 then and also the twins were just a year and some months One day.."Rose stopped trying to control her tears

" Nnenna and I were done with school and we waited for our driver to pick us up but we didn't see him. After standing over an hour we decided to walk back home. We met a lot of people in the compound and I got scared immediately, I practically ran inside and met my uncles and aunts in the living room"Rose said and broke down crying, Raphael came closer to her immediately hugging her

"You don't have to continue" Raphael said but Rose nodded no

" I want to let this out of my chest" Rose said and Raphael nodded resuming his former position

"I asked my uncles and aunts what was wrong and they told me my parents died in a car accident, I broke down crying and Nnenna too who heard what they said broke down and started crying. They promised they were going to take care of us and I believed. My parents were buried a week later, my siblings and I went to live with one of my uncles as requested by him. Initially he was nice to us and I started writing my WAEC. After all the exams he changed, he started raping me and tell me If I told anyone he will kill me. I'm just fifteen for God's sake"Rose said and bursted into tears. Raphael held her hands kissing them

"It didn't stop there too, his son who is my cousin. He was twenty years old then, he came back from school and started raping me too. He promised to deal with me if anyone knows about it. After sometime I got tired and ran to my other uncles and aunts. They said they can't help me and can't take me in. They sold all my parents property and shared the money between them without giving us nothing."Rose said and wiped her tears smiling sadly

" I got tired I got really tired and I was almost sixteen then, my uncle didn't plan on me furthering my education, so I took a very big risky step by running away from the house with my siblings. I already stole his money and rented an apartment, no one came looking for us and then I realise how useless we are in front of the people we called family"Rose said and rest her head on the sofa

"Nnenna's health got worst and the money I stole was almost finished, I decided to look for work so that atleast we can eat. I became a waiter in one restaurant, the pay wasn't enough because Nnenna is always going in and out of the hospital and I needed money to pay those bills. So one day I met Gold when she came to buy something from the restaurant, she's a regular customer. I told her about how the work is not okay for me and introduce me to the strippers world. Initially I wasn't okay with it but with time I get use to it and started paying Nnenna's hospital bills, I enrolled the twins in a school. I needed more money and started taking extras too, I sleep with men who were ready to pay more and that made me to be able to cover up for all my bills. I remembered I always wanted to go to school, I can't go for nephrology any longer and decided to go for nursing a course I can finish in time. I stopped taking extras too, when Nnenna find out about it. She was so angry and I have to stop it"Rose said and smiled sadly

" She's my living diary, I share everything with her. I listen to whatever she tells me and now she's gone. I'm never going to see her like my parents, now I'm left with the kids and I don't know what I'm going to do, where I'm going to start from. It's just so overwhelming and there's this pain inside of me. It's so raw and I can't control it, I can't control my emotions. Nnenna have been everything to me and I'm happy my parents gave me a wonderful sister like her but we didn't have enough time together. "Rose said and bursted into heavy tears again

"It's okay Rose. I'm so happy and grateful you trust me enough to share things like this with me, it shows how much you love me and ready to go on this with me"Raphael said and went closer to her " I'm never going to leave you Rose, I can't tell you to stop crying because it will get worst but I want you to know I'm here for you, I'm going nowhere. I don't care about who you have slept with or not. Your past is your past, it can never be your future and your past doesn't define you"Raphael said and Rose pull Raphael into a hug crying her eyes out. Raphael pull away a little and captured her lips and she kissed him back.

***

Kike and Jide are currently in the police station filing a complaint, the police have asked them series of questions and promised to fine Moreni. Kike slumped on the floor and started crying, she's scared. Very scared about the fact she don't know her sister's whereabouts

"It's okay Kike" Jide said trying to console her

" It's not okay, nothing is okay. Nigeria is not even safe and now my sister is nowhere to be found. I should call my parents"Kike said and Jide sighed

" You shouldn't call them yet,it will only make them get worried,let the police do their work first"Jide said and Kike stand up from the floor wiping her tears with the back of her hand. She entered his car and Jide ignited the car engines driving out of the police station.

They successfully made it back to the house,Kike came down from the car first and head inside the house. Jide quickly removed his car key from the car and ran after her

"Kike!" He called

"What?!" Kike asked turning around

"I think we have to talk" Jide said and Kike watched him as if he had grew two horns on his head

"Talk about what? My missing sister?" Kike asked

" No, I want us to talk about us. Now that we got the time"Jide said and Kike shot him an unbelievable look

"Are you serious right now?! My sister is out there and we don't know her whereabout you're asking about talking about us. There's no us Jide"Kike said wiping an uncontrollable tears

" You have to calm down Kike,I'm sure they will find Moreni but I feel like we have to talk about this before she comes maybe we wouldn't have enough time to talk"Jide said and Kike snorted angrily

" Whatever happened between us was a mistake, period!"Kike said trying to walk away but Jide held her back, pushing her to the wall and caging her with his hands

"I know you're bottling a lot of things in your heart,can you please let it out I want to know about it"Jide said and Kike squeeze her eyes shut bursting into tears

" I shouldn't have let any of those happened,I feel dirty and I don't know... You always attract me and funny enough I fell in love with you,the very person I shouldn't feel such to"Kike said and pushed Jide trying to walk away but Jide her back

" I feel the same too Kike,I don't know how it happened but you're always in my mind,I always think about you when I do things and I know it might sound funny but I love you. I thought I loved Moreni but since the day you stepped into my life it felt like everything I believed in was a lie"Jide said and Kike watched him warily

" I don't want to hear this,I have betrayed my sister enough and also you know no matter how deep the love might be we can never be together. It's a taboo"Kike said and tried walking away again but Jide stopped her, forcefully kissing her. Kike opened her mouth to talk but it made Jide to kiss her deeper,she summoned all the strength in her and pushed him. Jide took a step back and smiled cunningly,Kike got angry and slapped him

"Don't ever try that ever again. You should focus on your upcoming wedding,you have less than three months for that"Kike said and walk away. She banged her door when she went inside and fell on the floor crying,she touched her lips still feeling Jide's lips over hers. She don't understand what's wrong with her she just want him, everything about her wants him and now she knows she have to fight against all this urges. It won't lead her to anywhere.

She stood up and went to take her bathe,she got clad on her night gown and took her phone deciding to call Favour. He is her boyfriend and she needed to set things right between them,she knows Jide is only going to destroy her life and letting him in is going to be the beginning of her down fall. She had decided to bury the fact they slept together in the back of her head.

After several dialling of Favour's contact,he picked the call

"Good evening" Kike said playing with the hem of her night gown

" Good evening"Favour replied and there was silence for few seconds

" I'm sorry"Kike said slumping on her bed sighing "I'm so sorry Favour,I know things haven't been all lovey dovey between us and I know it's mostly my fault. Things have been hectic for me and I don't know... I just...."Kike stopped not knowing what to say again

" It's fine. If you're less busy we could meet up tomorrow and we will talk"Favour says

" I'm not in the right state of mind to leave the house,I can text you my address and we will meet at my place,what do you think?"Kike asked

" Sounds good"Favour replied and the call came to an end. Kike sighed placing the phone on her chest with her mind going blank

MY SISTER'S FIANCE