Episode 20
My dadâs death threw my family into a new era of hardship which my mum couldnât cope with.
My dadâs relations hovered in like hungry vultures and took away the few assets my dad left behind.
They claimed my male siblings were too young to take care of my dadâs properties so they came to help.
Things became very difficult for my mum to the extent that paying my school fees became a huge burden for her.
All these increased my desperation and determination to make it via my Runz girl business.
The first thing I did when I got back to my hostel after my dadâs funeral rites was to visit the babalawo.
âYour stubbornness killed your dad,â the babalawo said as soon as he saw me. âIf you donât appease the spirits within the next four market days, youâll see what will happen to you.â
âSo it was you who killed my father?â I asked the babalawo feeling very angry and terrified at the same time.
âYour mother will soon join him,â the babalawo retorted unmoved by my outburst. âYou must do all those things I asked you to do within the next four market days and appease the spirits whose shrine you desecrated. Then you decide whether or not you wish to repeat the ritual for the âDo As I Say Powerâ you initially requested for.â
I stood up and left the babalawoâs shrine immediately.
I rallied around for money and was able to gather a hundred and fifty thousand with which I cleared the babalawoâs demands. Then I went back to my hostel to decide whether or not to go ahead with the DO AS I SAY POWER. That aspect of drinking the spâŹrms of three different men mixed together in one small bowl was the most difficult aspect of the ritual which I wasnât sure I could go through with. And then vomiting again for the second time in the shrine meant going through that desecration process again which I wasnât ready for. After going through all these in my mind, I decided to let the âDO AS I SAY POWERâ be for the time being till I was ready to cope with the requirements of the ritualâŠ
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