PART 24
“NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY”
©️ Opeyemi Akintunde.
As Inspired by the LIVING WORD.
I prayed like I had never prayed In those three days that followed Reuben’s accident. His mother would not leave his side. For those days, she didn’t eat nor drink. She turned it into a fast, praying round the clock. It was therefore a good influence on me… We prayed together, or better put I followed her in prayers, because she didn’t acknowledge my presence most of the time.
“Je…ss…sus!” We heard the word faintly…
Reuben’s Mum and I looked at each other before looking back at Reuben.
“He is alive! Thank you, Jesus!”
He flickered his eyes and gradually opened it. I fell to the ground worshiping God. I was happy he didn’t die on my account.
“Mum” he said on seeing his mum…
“My son…”
“Where am I? What happened?” he asked but apparently, he quickly remembered.
“Oh the car! Yes, I lost control… Did I have an accident?”
“Sh… Sh… Yes you did, but God has restored you”
“What of Nwala? I am sure she will be worried sick… I need to call her, because anytime I get back from her school , I call…”
Right where I laid on the floor, I couldn’t help my tears. What kind of man was this?
Mum was right! He was a whole man…
“I am here” I replied before his mum did… I rose from where I laid…
“Nwala… How did you know?”
I explained all that had happened and he was in shock when he realized he had been in coma for 3 days.
“Guess, I am resurrecting like Christ. The resurrection power of God brought me back to life…” he joked…
“Can you help me sit up?” he said…
“Ok… let me call the nurse” I said as it occurred to me that we should have called the Doctor & Nurses’ attention to the fact that he was awake.
“Thank you…”
The Doctor & Nurses came in very excited, but in the midst of the excitement, I saw a worried look on Reuben’s face. He tried to hide it, but I saw it… As the Doctors were leaving, he said…
“Doctor, can I have a minute with you alone?” he said giving his Mum and I a pleading look…
That didn’t sit well with me, but we had to obey him. I could see tension in his mother’s eyes.
From where we stood outside the ward, I saw the doctor listening to Reuben intently, and I saw the doctor touch one of his legs, and I saw Reuben shaking his head in the negative in response to the touch… I watch how the doctor touched the second leg and Reuben shook his head in the negative.
I didn’t need any doctor to explain what was happening. I saw Reuben touching his waist and shaking his head.
“God, is Reuben paralyzed from his waist down?” I screamed in my heart.
To be continued.
This is truly inspiring
So Nwala confirmed from Daniel that he was responsible for Reuben’s accident and she did not deem it fit to inform both her parents and his parents so that legal actions could be taken against him or better still get the idiot locked up
well it is a story