Engaged To The De@d.
Episode 6.
… I still stood there shivering and then managed to open my mouth.
“The water! I spilled the water!!” I exclaimed, pointing at it.
The ghost was still there staring particularly at me. I became so confused about what next to do. I turned and looked at the man with my mouth agape without even knowing what to say, and he in turn stood there with his head bowed. I turned looking at the mirror, Jerry’s ghost still stood staring at me without blinking, and then I let out a very loud scream. All of a sudden, I heard the word “congratulations” from the ghost, and then it disappeared as soon as it said that. My heart skipped. I rushed to the spiritualist and then stood behind him, grabbing his both arms firmly from behind.
“Sir… did… did you hear what he said?” I quizzed in stutters, peeping from behind.
He let out a heavy sigh and then shook his head.
“Indeed, it’s congratulations” He said, and then shook his head again.
As soon as I heard that, I came out of hiding, now standing before him but I was constantly turning and looking back at the mirror.
“I don’t understand” I said
“You see, according to most traditions, when a bride enters her new home, they either sprinkle water on her feet which signifies welcoming her into her home, or the water can be poured on the roof of the house if not on the feet, which also means the same thing.” He said.
“I don’t understand what you’re talking about sir” I said, shaking my head at the same time.
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“Well, in this case and to my understanding, it means just one thing” He said raising a finger in the air.
“Which is?” I quizzed.
“He’s welcoming you to your new home” He said.
“Who is welcoming who to his or her new home? how? ” I queried.
“Your lover of course” He said.
“Sir please, just speak in a language that I will understand. I don’t get all these parables you’re speaking in”
“What don’t you understand in all of these? Are you a baby?” He barked.
“Look, just go home and go back to your Pastor, maybe he can handle your case” He added.
“But, you told me you could handle it” I said already so teary.
“I can no longer handle it. As it is now, your case is way beyond me. Please run home to your mother before it’s too late. Let her look for another means before it’s too late” He said and then turned to leave the room.
“But sir”…I said and he paused.
“You haven’t explained what you spoke in parables to me” I added and he walked out of the room.
“What’s going on?” I asked myself in whispers.
“Can this man truly handle this kind of case? I doubt. But Mom mustn’t find out that I sneaked out to this place” I added, picking up the ring from the floor. I hurried to my bag, opened it, and then kept the ring back in it, and I left the man’s house without even a farewell.
Mom was already before the house pacing up and down with a hand under her jaw and with her gaze fixed. She raised her head all of a sudden, and on seeing me by the gate, she hurried towards me as I stood there startled like a mannequin.
“Ajifa, where have you been?” She quizzed now standing before me.
“Uhm… Ahhh… I went… to see another pastor. I’m so sorry I didn’t tell you” I said already shivering. She reached for my hand and grabbed it. I thought it was going to be a round of spanking, I was already shielding my face from her cos Mom sure knows how to fix multiple slaps on someone’s face if you disobeyed her orders. She took me inside the house still holding my hand in a tight grip, and she finally made me sit on a couch in the living room, and then she sat on a chair directly before me.
“Look Ajifa, don’t think maybe I don’t care much about all these things happening. If you keep visiting other acclaimed men of God over this same issue, some of them will end up scamm!ng you or even taking advantage of you. Let’s just be patient till the Pastor returns, I’m very sure he has a solution to this” She said.
I was in tears, I was just sc@red of the unknown. I still didn’t know what the water that splashed on my feet meant, and I couldn’t talk to Mom about it cos she wasn’t even aware of my recent movement.
That night, I was drowning in my own tears till I finally slept off.
The next morning, I woke up to people wailing in the living room. I rushed to Mom who sat on the bare floor crying profusely. I put my hand around her shoulders and asked her why she was in so much tears but she didn’t respond. I looked at everybody present but they all sat there crying with their gaze fixed.
All of a sudden, Jerry’s ghost appeared in the middle of the room with his hand stretched forth…
“Come, my love, let’s go to our home” He said…
To be continued!
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