She wore a dark sunglasses. I told mama I loved her glasses;
asking her where she got it from. I walked closer to check the brand on it and
jokingly I pulled the glasses to check the authenticity with a smile of “mama
you are too much”. As I removed the glasses mama closed her eyes all through,
then I knew there was problem. I now cannot see the eyes I was told to look
inside. I replaced mama’s glasses and decided I’ll call the Ijebu father, to tell
him about the new development.
The drive home was splendid and loving. Patrick bought ice
cream for me; a habit he had soon lost. I was happy but a little bit guilty. I felt
like telling him how far I’ve gone to restore this marriage, but something kept
telling me I shouldn’t do that. That night was better than our wedding night,
it was a great reunion.
The next morning I told Betty about the development, and we
called Ijebu father together. I narrated the whole incidence and how she closed
her eyes. The man now told me that, mama was told not to look into my eyes;
else the juju they gave her would expire. Thus he just told me what to do to
neutralize, but now he wants to neutralize it from his place.
He called back after a while and told me to buy a white cock
and give mama. I hurriedly went to Utako market to purchase the sacrificial
cock, and drove to mama’s place. On getting there she was planning to go out. She
hurriedly wore her shades again as I greeted her. She said she is going to the
hospital for checkup. What happened mama? She said: doctor told her not to be
eating chicken again, and she did, so she’s feeling a little down. How would I now
give chicken to her after complains she has given. I walked her to the car and
waved as she left.
I and my husband were getting back but a re-occurrence would
be worse than this. I got home that night with the chicken and gave the
security men to kill and share it. When I entered the house; Patrick was
sleeping and I wondered if this young man would know the battle being fought
because of him? I woke him up after a while and discovered Patrick wasn’t moving.
I tapped him more and more until it became done on me he wasn’t moving. I touched
his palm and legs and it felt cold. I didn’t want to think and shout. I rushed
to the kitchen and brought a bowl of water; sprinkled it on him and nothing
changed. At this point I have started crying. I called Baba immediately to
report the situation. He said I should put my mouth in his ears and shout his
name. I tried the first time it didn’t work. It only called the attention of
the securities. The second time was louder and with a push, he woke up from the
deep sleep shouting mama why now. I gave him some water to drink and pet him.
He asked why I was crying but I couldn’t talk. I begged him
to rest as he narrated his dream to me. He had a confrontation with mama in his
sleep. Mama was forcing him to marry another girl saying, I was a witch. He did
not agree though. Immediately he finished, mama called my phone……. Hello mama,
hello my daughter. Please tell Patrick to go back to sleep I want to talk to
him. I felt I didn’t hear what she said before. I asked her again what she said,
and she repeated it. I held the phone away from my ear and told Patrick mama
said you should go back to sleep she wants to talk to you, and the idiot was
about laying on the couch to sleep again. That was when I brought to bucket of
water.
Which sleep? You will never sleep in Jesus name. My first
vigil was kept that night with two slaps. With the help of the securities, he couldn’t
bruise me. When it was dawn around 6 am; a car horn was pressing at the gate,
so I sent one of our securities to check who was there. Stupidly he came back
with the person and to my surprise it was Baba. He came to calm Patrick’s nerves.
That was the beginning of the end. When Baba entered he shut me up with his
fingers and put out a rod to touch Patrick. Suddenly all his nerves became
calm. He washed his face with some kind of water and he came back to his
senses. As Baba was explaining the whole situation to him; I heard a bang at
the gate. When the security man opened it, mama was coming with so much fury
and Baba laughed ………. Then
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