Episode 6
â Happy, if anyone doesnât believe me, you should, There is no big thing I do, that I donât tell youâ Nneka said over the phone
â I know, I believe you , I know you couldnât have done it, but those words you spoke that day at the back of the toilet were too powerful and implicating. You said you have bulldozers who work for you. If Darasimi or Christabel mentions that to the police , it could be concluded that you hired someone to pour the acid on Christabel on your behalfâ I said but I noticed Nneka was panting hard like she was running fastâŠ
â Happy, That was just an empty threat, I was just bluffingâŠâ Nneka said still panting hard
â Nneka, where are you and why are you panting?â I asked
â I am being smart, I am running away, before the police gets to my place, Joke called to inform me..â Nneka said
âRun? No ⊠Nneka that makes you look guilty⊠You donât run in times like this, you quickly contact a lawyer and tell him your own part of the storyâ I said in apprehension
â Really?â She asked as she sounded obviously confused
â Yes, right now do two things , First go back to your house now, Donât let the police get there before you and secondly call a lawyer, preferably call the church Lawyer and explain all you know about the caseâŠMake sure you are 100% truthfulâ I said
â Ok, I will do that! Are you sure I wonât be imprisoned? Oh my goodness, to think I was just joking over this Apostleâs matterâ Nneka said
â Joking? Babe you did not sound like you were joking and for the past one month with your change of dressing and perfume, you have not been acting like you were jokingâŠ
Donât try to tell that lie, just remember to tell the lawyer, the WHOLE TRUTHâ I said before hanging upâŠ
I followed her up, made sure she called the lawyer.
The case ended up been messy as it made the headlines and Christabelâs family members were not ready to let Nneka go unpunished.
Nneka was detained in the police station for a week under serious torture to confess to the crime but she kept saying she was innocent. When there was no concrete evidence against her, she was eventually released.
After she was released, Nneka told me she was leaving the Church as she could no longer worship there again. She relocated to Enugu.
Christabelâs family also flew her abroad to have her face worked on.
In the midst of this, I realized I was happy within my heart and a part of me kept saying â2 down , more to goâ. I would always silent that voice whenever the thought crept up in my heart and head.
Then the unexpected happened; One Fateful Sunday, I was invited by the marriage committee for a meeting. I suspected what it was, I suspected it had something to do with Julius changing our Engagement dates. I walked towards the marriage committee office shamefully, but surprisingly I met the usual frowning faces SMILING at me.
That was NOT normal, but I suddenly remembered that was exactly how my mother was smiling sheepishly at me that morning on our way to churchâŠ
â Mummy, Whatâs with this smile and this look you have been blessing me with since you woke up this morning?â
â Nothing oooâ Mum had said
â Now, I know there is something, because whenever you add âoooooâ to your âNothingâ it shows there is actually somethingâŠMum spit it out. You are hiding something â
â Well, I am just amazed at the wonders of GodâŠAll I can say is God is good⊠I wonât say anything moreâ She had increased the music in her car to tell me the conversation was over.
Dad and Mum were not members of Apostlesâ church, but Mum followed me once in a while when we had special programs. Surprisingly that day was not a special Sunday, so I was a bit surprised when she told me she was going to church with me.
Therefore, seeing the exact smile I saw on Mum that morning on the faces of the marriage committee members, my instincts told me something was upâŠ
After exchanging all the pleasantries, they went straight to the pointâŠ
â Blessed are you amongst women, Sis Happyâ said one of the women and immediately my eyes widened, my heart started racing at 150kmâŠ
âLike you know, ever since the ugly situation between Sis Nneka and Sis Christabel, the entire church has been praying seriously for the Apostle, for God to give him a woman that will take the place of Pastor Maggie in his life to avoid more casualties among the single ladies in and out of the church.â
âOk now, how this one tey concern me?â ( How does that concern me?) I instantly started thinking in pidgin, my knowledge of English went on sabbatical leave as I stood looking like a zombie listening to a foreign language that had no meaning to me
âDuring our prayers, Your name came up and the Apostle also confirmed to us by mentioning your name as the name the Lord had given Himâ said the only man in the committee
â He said the Lord told him, He is sending HAPPINESS into his life and we believe that is YOU, Sis Happy, knowing how unserious your fiancĂ© has been, we want to let you know that God has chosen you to step into Pastor Maggieâs shoeâŠâ An elderly woman concludedâŠ
I stood like a robot that had been glued to a spot and then suddenly I ran out of the office and I just kept running and running. I knew I heard people calling my name and chasing me⊠I knew I heard my motherâs voice, but I couldnât stop my legs from runningâŠ. I stopped a taxi and jumped inâŠ
â Where madam?â
â Anywhere, far from hereâŠ.just get me out of hereâ. I screamed at the Taxi driver
This had to be a dream, God forbid!âŠ
I would never enter Pastor Maggieâs Shoe.. It wasnât going to be my size, it wouldnât fit me one bitâŠ.Julius was my perfect sizeâŠ.I refuse to enter her shoes and get killed with all the acid pouring and silent rivalry in the churchâŠ
â God, Please if this a joke, abeg ooo, I am not smilingâŠ.I reject this shoe in Jesus NameââŠ
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