Mrs Lanre glanced at her bedside clock and
realized that was some minutes past midnight so she decided not to disturb her
daughter whom she assumed was fast asleep. She would tell her everything the
next day, she was tired of keeping the secret that was threatening to crush
her.
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Maya sat up abruptly on her bed, she glanced at
her bedside clock and it read 2: 14am. That was the 3rd time in three days that
she was waking up at that time, all after having terrible nightmares about her
sister. She decided to visit a pastor to explain the situation and seek
spiritual advice. It baffled her that her twin sister whom she had loved as
much as she loved herself could cause her such sleepless nights. Early the next
morning, she set out for the Church, the pastor was just about stepping into
his office when she accosted him at the door and they went in together.
Pastor: “Bless you my sister. What can I do for
you this morning?” The pastor knew everything about how she had lost her father
and her sister at the same period and so he felt that her visiting had
something to do with the circumstances surrounding their death.
Maya: “Pastor, I need help. I have been having
days of sleepless nights for a while now. Each time I close my eyes to sleep, I
see my late twin sister beckoning me to join her where she is. Sometimes, I see
her crying and other times I see her holding a sharp knife as if she wants to
stab me. I am confused. Sometimes I see myself in the river with some people
beckoning at me”.
Pastor: “God forbid that you join her where she
is. It is not a good omen for the dead to call on the living, but the there is
nothing prayers cannot do, all will be well”.
Naya: “Also, I will like to ask, pastor. Is
there anything wrong with me falling in love with my late sister’s boyfriend?”
Pastor: “First of all, I condemn in totality
every relationship that is not built on the word of God. And it is morally
wrong for you to go into any form of intimate relationship with a man that was
your sister’s boyfriend”.
Naya: “No wonder!”
Pastor: “No wonder what?”.
Naya: “Pastor, I will not hide anything from
you. I know that you see beyond the physical and so there is no need hiding
anything from you. I fell in love with my sister’s boyfriend shortly after she
died and we started a relationship. We tried to get intimate more than thrice
and in all cases, he…he…”
Pastor: “He what?”
Naya: “He lost erection”.
Pastor: “Hmmn, I will not condemn you because
we are all sinners in one way or the other. But you see, our bodies are temples
of the Holy Spirit and we should treat them with respect. Premarital sex under
any guise is wrong. Oh thank you Jesus, thank you Lord, thank you Holy Spirit
of God for this revelation”. He busted into praises and prayers and speaking in
tongues while thanking God for the revelation that he was seeing. Naya also got
on her knees and began to sing and pray. She hardly prayed but whatever it was
that was making the man of God to pray was also enough reason for her to pray
as well.
“My daughter, where is your mother?”he suddenly
stopped and asked her.
Naya: “I left my mother at home, sir. She was
still sleeping when I left the house this morning”.
Pastor: “I will like to see your mother and the
young man in question, please. Can you arrange a meeting to that effect
tomorrow evening? Some prayer warriors and I will be interceding on behalf of
your family from now till tomorrow evening when the meeting will hold”.
Naya: “I will do just that”, she thanked him
and left after some prayers and praises section.
====
Florence set out to meet Chief in his hotel
room from where they would proceed to the airport. She was in high spirit and
had taken her time to dress well. Chief was still in his white singlet and
boxers when she got in.
Florence: “Ah chief, you are not dressed yet?
Don’t come and make us miss this flight o, as you are seeing me so, it is my
body that is here, my spirit is in Dubai already”.
Chief: “Common, we still have about two hours
before the flight. Besides, the pilot won’t even fly if I am not on board”.
Florence: “Okay, get dressed now, I am here
already”.
Chief: “Not until we have had a hot quickie”.
Florence: “Oh chief, we would have all the time
in the world for that in Dubai”.
“I want it now”, he drew close and began to
kiss her. He raised the micro mini skirt she was wearing and bent her for a
doggy when the door to the hotel room was yanked opened and his wife Nene
stormed in holding a little jar.
Chief: “What is this woman? How on earth do you
get to track my movement?”
Nene: “Stay out of my way, I didn’t come for
you”, she turned to Florence who was shivering like a chicken beaten by a heavy
rain. Her skirt was still raised up exposing her thigh and her bare boobs.
“After all the beating and warning, you still have the guts to come close to my
husbaand right? Let’s see if he will still want you after I finish with you
today”. She charged at Florence on the bed but her husband stood in-between
them.
Chief: “Not again, Nene. I won’t have you
embarrass me like this again”.
Nene: “Stay out of my way, chief”. He tried to
catch hold of her but she pushed him with all her strength, he fell backwards,
hit his head against the iron post of the bed, slumped and died immediately.
“Chief!”, Florence shouted and attempted to run
to him but Nene ignored her husband, opened the jar and in one split second
emptied the contents all over Florence who screamed and passed out of the pain
inflicted by the acid poured on her.
Nene tried to run out but Florence’ scream had
attracted the attention of the hotel’s security who accosted her on the way and
arrested her immediately.
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The next day, Naya was able to convince her
mother to follow her to Church. She had also given Philip the address of the
Church so he could meet her there. She had been able to convince him by telling
him that it was a matter of life and death. Philip was already in the Church
when Maya and her mother got in. The pastor and the prayer warriors continued
praying without pausing even when they came in.
After a while, the pastor asked Maya to kneel
down for prayers to be offered for her because he was seeing the spirit of
death around her. “madam, what do you know about the birth of this lady here? I
have been seeing some revelations but I would like you to speak up first”.
Mrs Lanre: “It is a long story, pastor but I
have to talk because I don’t want to lose my only child. It happened several
years ago, when I was having one miscarriage after another. When I got pregnant
for the twins, I was afraid that I might have another miscarriage so my friend
took me to a river where some sacrifices were carried out. The river goddess
made me promise that the first twin, that is Naya would never get married in
her life and that she must never sleep on the same bed with a man over the
night until she is 25 years. That was why the goddess struck her with heart
failure and killed her that night. I couldn’t open up to anyone, not even her
twin sister. The goddess has been threatening me in my dream that she would
take Maya 7 days after her 25th birthday, reason being that Maya has altered
her destiny by going out with her sister’s ex, now her sister’s destiny of
dying has been transferred to her because they got involved with the same man
and I am sure it was the goddess that made her fall in love with her sister’s
boyfriend so that it can have access to kill her the way it killed her sister.
Help me man of God, I don’t want to die childless”. She was weeping profusely.
Pastor: “Hmmn, the spirit of God never lies. I
saw a dark cloud hovering around her when she came here yesterday and I knew it
had to do with circumstances surrounding her birth. You see, you made a
terrible mistake woman, going to that river goddess ruined your children’s
destiny. Do you think that God who gave you the pregnancy is not able to help
you protect them from miscarriage? Even if he allows a miscarriage to happen,
know that it is for your own good. You see, I feel sad for people who go to the
devil to seek for favours. Anything that God cannot give you, believe you me,
that thing is not for your own good and even if you get it elsewhere, it will
ruin you’’. Turning to Philip, he said: “My friend, while I was praying, the
spirit ministered to me to tell you to speak up and be free. I made enquiries
from Maya and I was told that Naya died in your house. Is there anything that
you are hiding?”
Philip: “Man of God, ever since her death, I
have kept this burden in my heart, it is crushing me and I have to speak up
now. I didn’t kill Naya, God knows that I don’t have a hand in her death, the
only thing I did wrong was that for fear of being branded her killer, I
connived with my friend and we dragged out her body. I am sorry, Maya, I kept this
away from you”.
Maya: “Don’t you ever touch me, you wicked
fellow. How could you have kept such sensitive information from me all these
while?”
Philip: “I am sorry. I thought…”
Maya: “Don’t come close to me. How did I even
get entangled with you in the first place? I hate you! I hate you so much”.
Pastor: “This is not the time to hate or
apportion blames, let love lead the way, I mean Agape love, that is godly
love”.
He declared seven days of fasting and prayers
for them all to break the curse on the destiny of Maya who was due to die days
after 25th birthday. On the 7th day of the fast, deliverance session was
conducted for she and her mother and Mrs Lanre sold some of her belongings and
gave it out as alms.
Epilogue
After Maya was delivered, the spirit that was
attracting her to Philip so as to get access to kill her left her and she began
to see him as a brother. Few months later, she relocated to Uk with her mother
and after her Masters programme, she got married to a foreigner and gave birth
to two identical twin girls. Her mother lives with her and takes care of the
twins. Philip on the other hand fell in love with another girl whom he had met
at the NYSC orientation camp. Nene was arrested and charged to court and
prosecuted accordingly.
Florence sustained first degree burns from her
face to her thighs as a result of the acid bath and needs 15 million naira for
surgery in India. She had to abandon her studies because she lost her sight as
a result of the acid, disfigured and remorseful for attempting to take on a
path that is not in line with her destiny, she now sits at home with her
parents who are praying daily for a good Samaritan that would provide the money
for her surgery. Her quest to take on a destiny that is not in line with God’s
plan for her led to her untimely destruction.
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