Burn Again

Episode 11

Tuesday came faster than I had imagined. This was not
meant to mean anything to me actually; considering
that I had now lost any form of interest to continue
with His Resurrection Power Assembly. But just at the
start of the last weekday, I had received a call from a
member of the church. The voice was familiar as it was
one of the ones I kept hearing when they were still
bothering to get me to visit them. This time, she said
she wanted to remind me of the appointment I had with
the Assistant General Overseer of which they were very
certain I would not miss. I was totally puzzled to say
the least as I just could not tell the lady that I was not
interested in coming. She even offered to send
someone over to my place to accompany me if I cared.

But as usual, I refused. I told her it was not necessary
and that I was going to make the appointment. The trap
had caught game once more. I had just little that could
stop me from attending the meeting after that.
After I had completed all my schedules for the day, I
began making preparations to leave. I had had a very
decent day businesswise as most of the wears I had
showcased in my wheeled truck was easily bought. I
instantly thought that I needed new supplies. And that
meant I was going to travel sooner or later. Chidinma
was all over me as usual and I began seeing why I
needed to keep her at arms length. She was obviously
interested in seeing me keep her as my girl but I knew
how distracting that had been for me the times I had
tried. I was always going to be required to give
commitment which I did not have. I felt I would always
be better alone. I would always attract the girls to F**K
whenever I needed to as I had the looks. But I was
never going to get into anything long-term.
It was five minutes past 4PM when I walked into Pastor
(Mrs.) Elizabeth’s waiting room. I had been directed by
one of the church staff who I had found downstairs at
the church hall, cleaning. The pastor’s office was on
the first floor and I was greeted with a handful of other
supposed new converts when I walked in. Not long after
my arrival, Elizabeth stepped out of her office.
“Good evening everybody”, she started after she had got
our attention. She was on a black pencil skirt that had
two slits on the sides. It stopped just on her knees and
made a perfect blend with the brown flowery blouse
she had on top. She was ever radiant!