THE TEST

As I was in my living room with my fiancée I realized it was getting late so I woke her up and told her it was time for her to head home. Joyce begrudgingly got up and wore her shoes. As we were about heading out of the door to my apartment some men in black mask stormed in. They commanded I and my fiancée to get down on our knees. The men in mask were four in number. Joyce got down immediately but instead I tried to play macho man. They warned me to cool it off and stay calm or else they will bulge out my eyes. In fear of what the masked man said I immediately got down on my knees. As I hit the floor I held my fiancée tight. Their supposed leader demanded for money and a lot of jewelries. I told them I didn't have any money in the house but it was big fat lie because I had up to two hundred thousand naira in the house. Their leader pointed his gun to my head and told me that if I didn't bring out the money I had at home he would blow my head off with his gun. As he pointed his gun at me my fiancée pleaded with the gunman and told him to kill her instead. I told Joyce not to worry that the gunman was just bluffing. I told her that the gunman wouldn't kill me. As I was talking he turned the gun away from me only to point directly at my fiancée. He told me that if I didn't bring out the money he would rape Joyce. I remained adamant thinking he was just using that to scare me. Immediately he commanded Joyce to get up as he told her to lead him to the bedroom. Joyce begged the gunman but he didn't listen. Joyce begged me to give them what they wanted but the gunman laughed as he told me it was too late. After laughing he dragged her into the bedroom. I tried to save her when I saw the seriousness in the gunman's eyes. I pleaded with the gunman to spare Joyce that I had money and I would give it all to them. The shortest one among the masked men told me to calm down that his boss just wants to sample my fiancée. At this point tears began to roll down my eyes. I was helpless so I couldn't save Joyce because there three other masked men with guns in my living room. I screamed and begged from the living room that the gunman should have mercy on my fiancée but my screams proved abortive. Not too long I heard Joyce screaming and shouting from the bedroom. I felt like committing suicide at that point because it was my fault Joyce was being raped. I knew our marriage plans were over and that Joyce would hate me for life. Twenty-five minutes later Joyce and the gunman came out laughing. My fiancée told me it was all a test. She threw the engagement ring I gave her the night I proposed to her. She told me I had failed the test. The masked men removed their masks only to find out they were her brothers and that the guns were fake. She told me she couldn't spend.the rest of her life with a man who would choose money over her. Joyce was dsmn right about one thing and the one thing is I don't joke with money.