A few months had passed and Rosewitta got accustomed to doing her job and using elevators. She was now confident negotiating her way round the capital and avoiding some of the crazy drivers in the city. At first she hated passing close to speeding cars as she feared for her life. She had to adjust quickly and soon she enjoyed going to work, doing her job and in no time had adjusted well to her new job.
One cold morning, the phone rang and at the end of the line was a male voice. Rosewitta quickly recognised that it was her head of department where she worked. “Come to my office immediately” the voice said with a sense of authority and urgency. Rosewitta panicked but abandoned everything that she was doing and rushed for the head’s office. “Office protocol,” she reminded herself.
She went past the boss’ secretary and went into the office which had self locking doors. “Sit down, sit down,” Mr Jona said in a calm, smooth and seductive voice. “Sit on the sofa Rosewitta, and relax” as he motioned the sofa, “I know these sofas are more comfortable than those you have at home.” Rosewitta sheepishly sat on the sofa not sure of what was going on. She sat herself uneasily on the edge of the sofa.
“Rosewitta, you know you are a beautiful young woman. How about you and I go out together for a candle lit dinner and later satisfy our needs. I know a beautiful girl like you got needs” Mr Jona said lifting his eyebrows and drawing himself close to Rosewitta and playfully stroking Rosewitta’s shoulder. Rosewitta became confused. Mr Jona chuckled and continued “I will give you all you need, I’ve got lots of money to spare, Rosewitta, and all I need is you to be by my side. I'm really starved of …... of …. you know what I mean, Rosewitta. I will give you all you need, money, a quick promotion, what do you say hey sweet, sweet, Rosewitta” he continued in his seductive manner and went ahead to explore and undress Rosewitta’s body with his eyes, not giving her any chance to respond. Just as she turned her head, Rosewitta saw a bank statement in Mr Jona's name on the sofa where she was sitting. She was not sure of what she saw, Rosewitta stole another look to confirm what she had seen. The statement showed a lot of money.
“You won’t have to work hard ever again in this department if you say 'yes'. Look at the famous couple in this department, the Ibwe's, they’ve been married for a couple of years now but the wife used to be a junior officer.” Mr Jona paused.
“How about that, how about booking a posh hotel tonight, so that we have a night of passion? I need you tonight” the man said licking his lips with burning desire. Mr Jona was now pacing up and down in the office. Rosewitta looked at Mr Jona and could not see anything likeable or attractive about him. “If he was the last man on earth, I would not fall for him, he is ugly, and has the features of a hippo. How on earth can he even suggest this?” Rosewitta looked lost in thought for a moment but realised that she had to think of something quickly. She quickly came back to her consciousness.
Rosewitta could see that Mr Jona was now uncomfortable in his trousers and that made her uneasy. An incident about her rape ordeal years back flashed back into her memory. She remembered how long back Goliath had raped her in full view of her sister Melissa. She remembered how Goliath had at that time pushed her to the ground with so much strength so that he would rape her. Such an incident did not easily come off her mind. “Are all men like this?” she wondered, painfully reflecting on what had happened years back, with a teary eye. Rosewitta recalled what her childhood friend Hannah had gone through all those years with Mr Chokunyanya. She felt a lump in her throat.
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