Chapter 28

We had arrived japan three hours ago and Unknown to me, Sufy had a house there. He assured me that he explained to his mum and Anwar about our escape because they knew all about the Benj brothers. What baffled me the most was that Tariq was alive all this time but had hidden it from me. I curse the day I had a brother.

"Heza someone wants to speak to you" Sufy passed me his phone and the voice I heard brought tears to my eyes.

"Heza my love, I'm sorry about all I had caused you. You have to stay in japan now, it's not safe here in Nigeria. Just trust sufyan because that boy loves you allot and I know he'll protect you no matter what" My fathers word brought tears to my eyes.

"I love you dad" I said.

"I love you too princess" my dad said. I sniffed before cutting the call.

"Do we have to run away?, are we cowards?" I asked Sufy in tears.

"We are not coward, The Benj brothers are all over the world. Except from here, they were not able to get the people of japan to join them. Heza I'm sure you know I love you and I would do anything to protect you from them, I don't want you to die" He said. I could see tears in his eyes. Sufy was crying.

"Sufy why are you crying?" I immediately hugged him tight.

"Because they'll kill you mercilessly if they find you. I don't want that to happen" he sniffed.

"It won't, I promise. I'll protect myself for you and Dads sake" I said.

"I love you Heza, And I know you love me too. Right?" He asked and I nodded.

"Let's get married. It's not right for two unmarried youth leaving together" he said. I smiled warmly at him and asked "Is this a proposal?" I winked. Trying to make him forget about the Benj brothers and everything.

"Yes" He said. "Then of course I'll marry you, but what about our lives back in Nigeria. Are we truly never going back?" I asked him.

"Yes heza, it's for the better. The moment you step into the airport you'll be killed" He said. I swallowed a lump. Am I truly leaving my life behind me. This all feels so scary, all the people I love and have prayed for. All gone from my life. What would I do?.

"Okay. But can our families come and see us?" I asked.

"Maybe" he simply said. I couldn't help but began to cry. I felt scared. I have lost everybody and now I'm going to be all alone without my dad and Saafa. I'm going to miss them all so much.

"Look at me Heza, I want you to forget about everything. About the Benj brothers and about Nigeria. I love you and I promise to always make you smile no matter what, got it?" He asked and I nodded.

"Come. Let's go out, i what you to meet my friends" he said. I held his hand and we walked out of the duplex which Sufy owned. We drove in his fine ass porch to a huge mansion which I only see in movies.

The big gate was opened for Him and he drove in. He spoke Japanese to gate keeper and the drove in. We alighted I front of the big mansion and Ambulated towards the door. It was opened by a Nigerian lady who looked in her twenties.

"Sufyan" she immediately hugged him tightly.

"Hanifat, how are you?" He said to her. "I'm good brother" she smiled at me.

"Heza this is my fathers daughter, Hanifat. They are also running away from the Benj brothers" he said to me. I soon realized that this Benj brothers are not to toy with. We walked into the mansion and a boy of about Sufy's age walked over to us. He was also Nigerian.

"Sufyan welcome" He Gave Sufy a bro hug. The boy greeted me and I replied him back with a greeting as well.

They took us to the sitting room and we all sat there. "Heza can you see that we are not the only ones running away from them. Even My fathers Children do not want them to kill them, The Benj brothers are dangerous and would do anything to make you breath your last breathe" he said. I huffed.

"But I thought you said your dad would never let them harm his family" I said to Sufy.

"My Dad is a very strange person" Sufy simply said. "Well this Hanifat, and that Kabir. They are my siblings" He said.

"Wow, nice meeting you both. Are you the only ones living here?" I asked.

"No. Our mum leaves her as well" They both responded.

"Oh That's nice" I managed to say.

"Well I and Heza here would love to get married soon" Sufy said. They both looked at us in awe.

"Why So soon?" They asked.

"The real reason I want to marry Heza is, If dad finds out she's my wife. He won't hurt her" Sufy explained. Now I understood why he wanted to marry me real quick.

"But isn't that too sudden?" His sister asked.

"It is, but it's for our own good. Our father will kill Heza if we don't take that step" Sufy explained. They all then nodded agreement and we all decided that Sufy and I get married in two weeks.

After staying there for about an hour, we left for sufys house. But stopped in front of a river, he took me over there and made me sit close to it.

"Heza" he called my name softly.

"Yes Sufyan" I called his full name.

"I love you" He said.

"I know, and I love you too" I said as well.

"Do you want to know all about me?" He asked.

"Of course I do" I said.

"Okay then, today I'll tell you my story and how I ended up like this"