Tears of an Orphan
Episode 18
© Mary Francis Solomon
In Lagos, Caleb was very diligent in working for Brian. Everything was going well for him until something disastrous happened.
One day, Caleb was so drunk that he couldn’t see the road clearly. He was staggering from left to right, front and back. He was obviously heavily drunk and had no idea where he was going.
He didn’t hear the sound of the horn of the oncoming car. He just entered the road carelessly, and the car was coming with so much speed that before the driver could slow down, bam! The car hit Caleb, and he fell to the ground immediately.
He was badly injured. The driver quickly parked beside the road, came out of the car, and rushed toward Caleb, who lay lifelessly on the ground.
People gathered around the scene. Some pitied him, while others began to speak ill of him.
“Hmm, youths of nowadays na so them dey behave. Na only to take beer them sabi. Now see wetin e don cause for himself,” one man said.
“Don’t mind them. When we dey tell them make them go look for better thing wey go help their life, they no go gree,” another woman chipped in.
When the driver got closer to Caleb, he greeted the crowd respectfully, carried Caleb up gently, and informed them that Caleb needed urgent treatment because he was already losing a lot of blood.
Immediately his wife saw Caleb’s condition, her heart melted. They had a first-aid box in their car, so she quickly dressed his wounds while her husband drove.
“Babe, it seems to me that he is drunk ooo,” she said, shaking her head. “I can perceive it on his body, and it makes me wonder why a young and promising boy would want to waste his life with drinking.”
“Yeah, I understand what you’re trying to say,” her husband replied. “Some of them are influenced, while some start drinking because of what they are passing through. But before I explain further, I feel led to adopt him as our son.”
“Hmm… indeed the Spirit is one,” Peace said softly. “Immediately I saw him, I felt the same thing. I didn’t want to move by emotions, that’s why I wanted to pray about it first.”
“Thank God for that. I was thinking about how you would take it,” he said as he drove into the hospital premises and parked.
Pastor James carried Caleb into the hospital. The nurses quickly collected him and rushed him into a ward.
He told them to start treatment immediately while he went to the cashier’s office to make payment.
After some minutes, he informed the nurses that he would be coming back later to check on Caleb because they were already on their way to a church program before the accident happened.
Pastor and Pastor Mrs. James were the parish pastors of The Redeemed Christian Church of God.
They had been married for three years but had no child yet. However, just recently, Pastor Mrs. Peace found out that she was four weeks pregnant. They were overjoyed and thanked God for remembering them with the fruit of the womb.
As they drove into the church premises, they saw something that shocked them.
They were both dumbfounded. It felt like a heavy blow landed straight on both of them.
To be continued…
Inspired by the Great Teacher.
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Written by Mary Francis Solomon.