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Chapter 31

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Two hour ago

3:55 am

Fisayo looked at the ceiling in thought while laying on her mother's bed. Her mother's prayer was for her to sleep so that she can join her too. "The last time i stayed awake because of you was when you got sick in SS2" "I think it's SS1, I barely get sick"

"Yes but you end up getting sick each session. SS2 was when you had typhoid, I had to stay awake and watch you" "I'm sorry"

"It's nothing, I guess there's no off duty in the job description of a mother, Abiyamo. Every woman will go through it, if Jesus tarries"

Fisayo smiled at the thought of being a mother. She didn't say a word, the old Fisayo would have waived the thought off but this time, she found herself imagining herself with children playing around.

She shook her head reduced it to two children in her imagination. Haba? Plenty children in today's economy, am I running an orphanage?

She pictured Bassey being the best husband and father one could ever ask for. A whole future awaiting her but then Benefit was there threatening her sanity. "Mommy.... If I can make it out of this alive" "Kini oro pala pala to n ti ẹnu e jade
(What kind of rubbish talk are you saying?) That's a rubbish thing straight from the garbage bin, leave it in the bin where it belongs"

"I'm serious Mom, If i can make it unscathed, if God can save me cause I know I don't deserve his mercy"

"No one does, our righteousness are like filthy rags before him"

"Mine has to be like the filthiest of them all" Tears poured down. "If I make it out alive, I'll strive to make a difference in the world Mom, I'll start up a business, I'll get married, have children, I'll give you the grandchild you've always wanted"

Mrs Ogundele arced her brow in surprise, "So you Fisayo can open your mouth and say you'll get married and have children." She paused and sh laughed, "I'm seeing visons already" "Opoor! Topic that you don't even want to hear about. Emi naa, (me too), I've given up, I've always thought Tanimola will be the one to give me a grandchild first from that American girl he's dating"

"When life hits you hard on the face mom you start to lose some perspective and gain newer ones."

"Pele oh, motivational speaker"

"Shey? Emi naa I'm wondering gan, is it me that's talking like this?" She asked and they both laughed over it. "Mummy, I've gone through a lot" She buried her face on her mother's chest, "Mummy, iya ti jẹ mi! Suffer has used me to eat lunch, breakfast and dinner, I'm suffer's Oúnjẹ ajeku (leftover)"

"O ni je ounje ajeku ni oruko Jesu! Ma fi enu e so isọkusọ (You will never be suffer's left over in Jesus name! Don't use your mouth to proclaim rubbish)." "It's an analogy in context to how I feel. Mom?" She called out and her mother rolled her eyes, will she just sleep already?

"I love you" "I love you too"

"Mom?"

"I'll hit you on the face oh, if you don't know the importance of sleep, I know the importance cause I'm sleepy already"

Fisayo laughed, "You will not do and go and meet your husband abroad before he marries a white woman. He said the only thing that will be bringing him back is my wedding" "Ko o buru (Not bad)" "Dad is as serious as hell Mom, he's not coming back oh"

"Nigeria is my home, where I raised my children and as long as I still have you here, I'm staying oh. So now, assuming I was there when you got mad, how would I have appeared the time I did. Who will take care of you when you finally give birth? I have my use"

"Well Dad misses you too" She winked at her mother who instantly slapped her on the arm. Of course she knew she was implying sex. "Oniranu! Look at this your rubbish mind" "Ouch!" She groaned and her mother hissed.

Benefit wore a red jump suit with the back zippers left open then she applied red lipstick on her lips while Jeff left trail of kisses down her neck and she shut her eyes trying hard to resist the temptation. "You look hot on red" he complimented in a sleepy tone then he pulled her close and she felt him hard against her.

"Jeff" She cried out, almost like a whisper, she didn't want him to stop but at the same time she had to execute all her plans. "But you look hotter without anything on" he reached out to unclasped her bra but she turned towards him shaking her head, "I need to go, I need to execute my plans"

"I don't want you to go, let's just stay together, spend the day alone" "I can't. I'm sorry"

5:02 am

Yemisi cried out in pain in her room, she couldn't stand or sit up. Her whole body began to hurt, she couldn't even breathe well. "What's going on?" She asked now urinating in bed. That one was accompanied by another wicked pain on it's own.

She finally managed to sit up to see blood on the bed. Could it be her urine or maybe she just lost her baby. "Mommy" She called out weakly, she could even raise an alarm.

Dare whisked eggs and flour in preparation to make pancakes when his phone rang in his pocket, he moved away from the kitchen area before picking up. "Mummy good morning" "Good morning. How are you?"

"I'm fine. This one you're calling so early in the morning, did you dream about me?" "I did oh, I had a confusing dream"

Dare chuckled, "Let's listen to this one" "I dreamt you were shaving off your hair" She answered and he laughed hard this time, "So I had afro and I decided to take it off" "Shey if it's that one, will I fretting? You were bald and I saw a woman, I remember a woman putting the this thing to your hair, clipper!"

"That's crazy"

"The same thing i thought, even in my own dream, you still didn't have hope of having hair"

Dare laughed and she hissed, "You're laughing, it's not a laughing matter, this woman starting putting this clipper and I shouted and shouted for her to stop all to no avail. Till she was tearing your head, I couldn't watch again, I said God forbid! Not the son I gave birth to"

"Okay.... In summary what does it mean?"

"One. The might use you today, one bad customer might want to gbaju you and collect money, touch you with magic ring until you surrender all the properties in your father's house... Or... Something bad will happen. This year is coming to an end and you know that people ate looking for money everywhere to do Christmas. I already said I will not bury and I shall not be buried."

"I'll pray about it"

"Hm hm" She disagreed, "Okay now, what should I do?"

"Come to the house and stay with me here, let me see you with my eyes, funny story Rev Banji will be coming, he has been asking about you" "Mum, I have things planned out for today" He replied referring to his renovation plans, "Clear your schedule then"

"Mom"

"Please. You know I will not beg you if I wasn't scared. You have been through a lot in life to go through another a lot. Olorun maje! (God forbid)" "Fine, I'll be there"

"Say God"

"Mom! Shebi I already said I'll be there"

"Come early oh, i don't want to suffer heart attack"

"Yes Ma" He nodded smiling then a message from Ema popped on his whatsapp.

Good morning Baby

He laughed responding to the message.

Good morning Baby? You must be in a good mood. Did you dream about me like Mom did?

Yes I did, I dreamt of a future without Benefit in it

God when oh??? 🙏
😂🤣🤣. Like for reals Babe, I can't wait for her to fashi to one side so I can start executing all these plans I have.

Fashi?

In American English, "Go to hell" 😂. I love it when you're at peace just like the meaning of your name without your witchy sister selfishly benefiting from people's unhappiness.

Hm

Did you see what I did there? 'Peace' and 'benefiting'😅

Yes

Why are you using monosyllable. Just drop voicenote if you're too lazy to type. So.... Did you dream about our 10 children??

How was your night?

You cannot even send LOL, no emoji, nothing nothing? Not even fuck you... Wow. Are you okay?

No. I've been in a bad mood. We haven't been able to sleep since 3, it's been raining fire and brimstone. The window is stuck, water keeps entering from there.

Jeez!

The ceiling is leaking, the bed is soaked, worst! There's no light

Not like there's no light... a spark came from our room so we had to turn off the light from the switch. Can you help us check it out?

How do you know I can check it out? Have you seen me do electric work before?

Dare I'm frustrated, I can't answer questions

Sorry. I was suppose to meet Mom today

Oh..... But you can come right?

Yes. I promised her that I'll come, I didn't say anything about the time so. Don't worry, I'll be there

Bring your tools

How do you know I have tools?

Duh? Every guy has tools🔨🛠🔧.. Or🍆

😂🤣 Well they are not in the house at the moment, except one of the tools listed there so I might take time a bit.

See ya soon😘

Sure

Benefit held Ema's phone grinning, "You're my bait Dare, if plan A doesn't work because of you mom, Plan B will" She muttered dropping the phone in the bucket of water then she vanished. Ema and her mother walked into the room with a bucket each in their hand and a torch light. "God forgive me but fuck this rain to hell, I just had to swallow my pride to ask for bucket"

"Did you die?"

Ema looked around, "Where is my phone?" "Check where you kept it" "I kept it that..." She pointed at a mini shelf, "Where the rain will not touch, abi...where did I keep it. Mummy call my number"

Fisayo opened her eyes in bed then she walked out of the room.

Jeremy woke up from a dream, then he tapped Blessing. "Baby, baby" He tapped her again. "Baby! Which kain sleep enter your body today" "The weather is cold, cuddle me" "The weather Is not cold, it's a dangerous weather, you better wake up let's pray, you are talking about cuddle, wake up" He tapped her and shensat up angrily, "You can't even be romantic in this weather"

"Baby, I'm not playing. We need to pray, the weather is dangerous, it's coming with sickness and death. The wind that is blowing is not ordinary and God just showed me in a dream"

"Seriously? Are you speaking in parables or what?"

"Let's just pray. Please, and you'll follow me to church"

Blessing rolled her eyes, "What about work?" "I love you more than work!" "I love you too but of what use if you also get fired from work. All we'll have will be two jobless people." "I don't care now, let's do the needful"

"I told you yesterday, I have laundry from Sunday to Monday cloth, I don't even want it to exceed today, you know how I hate washing plenty clothes and I have an interview test to prepare for tomorrow"

"You were trying to dry your clothes when you stepped on wire from, maybe the pole, I don't know how it got there but it fried you"

"That's can't be me"

"Yes! Let's pray and make sure of it. Just chill in church until I feel it has passed. I don't want to lose you"

Ema tapped her wet phone severally on her palm, she was angry and trying to control her anger. Her mother wasn't helping issue, "Ema drop that phone lets clear this water first, or put it a bag of rice. As you're looking at that phone like that, will it come to life?"

"How did my phone get into the bucket?"

"How am I suppose to know? Na so I take wicked reach way I go carry your phone put for water" "I wasn't blaming you! Mommy just leave me alone, let me mourn my phone in peace"

"You might want to change the cloth you're wearing to black so that it can be complete" She hissed squeezing water from the water into a bucket.

Now....

"Hey Kwams, what's up?" Bamidele asked, "Hey, I'm fine" He replied but he knew he didn't sound fine. He's definitely far from fine! "You don't sound fine" "It's um Yemisi..... She has been admitted in the hospital, her condition got worst. She was bleeding"

"Fuck!" He cussed exhaling loudly, exactly the dream he had! "Jesus... The baby?"

"I don't know. Thank God her mother came into the room just in time to rush her to the hospital. We arrived almost at the same time. I'm scared, she was almost lifeless when I saw her"

"She'll be fine"

"Can you let Amazing know.... My hands are kind of shaking, I can't think straight" "Just pray, there's nothing God can't do and don't ask questions like where was God when all this was happening. Please don't"

Kwame paused in awe, it was almost as though he read his mind. "How?" "Don't ask" "But it's the truth Bamidele, we've been praying about this. All we want Is to be happy, Is that too much to ask from God?? Is it too much?" "No. Here's what you're gonna to do Kwame, you're going to go down on your knees and pray to God, hand over your baby and Yemisi to the one who is more than able to deliver. The devil is trying to use the strategy of unbelief to win this battle and it won't work"

"What are you saying?"

"I had a dream Kwame. Just find a place and pray against death. They shouldn't administer any treatment to her, not even something as simple an injection must go into her system." "I don't understand"

"There's no time to explain Kwame, just trust me and Trust God. Today won't be turned into a freaking funeral not on my watch" He ended the call then he called Amazing.

"Did you forget to tell me something?"

"Yes. Remember I said our conversation felt like a fucking déjà vu?" "Language" "Sorry, I'm really tensed" "Take a deep breath BamBam, what's going on?"

"I had a dream where this line up of tragic events occurred. When you called, the things you said, they were the same" "God reveals himself through dreams too, did you say tragic events?"

"Yes and they played out right in my front and I couldn't do anything. Fisayo's Mom called you to tell you Fisayo is missing, Yemisi's condition got worst, the found her bleeding. That one has happened already, Kwame called already" "Jesus!!!"

"Fisayo ran mad and got knocked down by a car, Dare fell on nails, Ema got drowned, Blessing died, Yemisi died, you were devastated, you started losing hope then Benefit came in and started gloating, from the look of things, she was feeding on our unbelief. God stopped being a focus, you lost faith and fear took over"

Amazing sobbed.

"Hey Babe! Stop it"

"This is...too much to take in, in a day?"

"Didn't you get the message I was trying to pass across? We need to strengthen our faith and pray"

"Yemisi kor?"

"Everything will sort itself out, what's the essence of panicking instead of tabling this to God?" "Let me dress up, I'll meet up with you" Amazing planned ending the call.

She exhaled wiping some tears off when her phone rang while stil in bed, she didn't need to wondered why Fisayo's Mom will be calling so early, she already took a guess. "Good morning Ma" "Is Fisayo there?" "No Ma, she told me she'll be sleeping over at your place"

"Yes she did. Something happened at night so we slept together in the room, I watched my Fisayo sleep, shebi now I'm awake and she's not beside me. I've searched the whole room, toilet she's not here. The door was opened that was why I said I should call you"

Amazing shut her eyes, "I'll call Bassey. Ma'am calm down. I'm sure she's fine" She assured, "Are you sure? Her car is still out here, abi she used leg ni?" "I'm sure there's a a perfect explanation Ma. Just relax, I'll call Bassey"

"Okay now" Fisayo's mother answered ending the call. "God please step in, like you've always been doing, step in and take the glory.

She dialed Bassey's number and he answered with a sleepy voice, " Hello " " Hey dear. Sorry for disturbing your sleep, Fisayo is in trouble and I need to you to do something for me"
His eyes opened up completely, "What happened to her?"

Kwame ran into the ICU despite resistance from nurses, "Stop all treatment" He requested and the three doctors in the room stared strangely at him. The drip was already connected to her right hand. "Shit! Stop it!"

Amazing called Somto while walking over to Bamidele's house. She had a multi colored palazzo and a blue chiffon top, "Good morning Somto" "Good morning Amazing, how are you? How was your night?" "Fine, how's Nene?" "She's in bed, Mama is cooking, I was getting Nene ready for her appointment with the physiotherapist today."

"Take care of Nene, pray and take care of Nene please"

"Why?"

"There's no time to explain"

Bamidele who had been waiting for her, opened the door for her to walk in, "Just take care of her and avoid Benefit by all means" "Benefit? Amazing can you be clearer?" "No time Somto, i'll talk to you later" She replied ending the call then she exhaled, "I need to call Blessing before we start please"

Somto stared at Nene who was laying in bed, "Amazing just said I should take care of you and avoid Benefit by all means"

Nene blinked once

"Wait oh.... Jesus, is she... Is she the one?"

Nene blinked.

"Eweh! Are you sure?"

Before nko?

"Jesus! Trust no one oh, human being wicked, your own friend"

Blessing dropped her phone after a call from Amazing while she watched Jeff prepare for work. "Let's go to church" "What?" He asked and she exhaled, "Amazing just called me, she said I should be prayerful about today. Bamidele had a dream where we all died. Benefit is coming"

Jeff buttoned up his shirt, "Hei God! If I can just see that woman face to face and pour Holy ghost fire on her face" "I don't want to see her face to face, let's just go" "Are you scared?"

"Didn't you hear when I said we all died? That means I died to" "Tah! You can't die. Does she have any idea the plans God has for us? It's like looking into God's face and saying, I dare to see what you'll do and God is not a man that he should lie that is why he gives us warning ahead but if we refuse to decode the warning, it won't be his fault. I was warning you but you didn't listen, until Amazing called you. After all, spiritual sensitivity is the necessity for survival, remember that my sermon"

Blessing opened the drawer to pick a cloth for the day.

Jeremy laughed, "You're angry already. It's well, they will bury someone's child today, that I'm sure of. People like her will end up like Nebuchadnezzar"

Yewande pulled her car in front of Nuel's school while she watched parents drop their kids off in number, some two, others three. Nuel trailed her gaze then she pressed the horn driving into the school compound. She had Parent Teacher exco meeting to attend something relating to a message she saw on whatsapp.

"You'll also like to drop me off with a sister like those people shey?"

Yewande chuckled uneasily, "Yes" "Is that why you've not been happy?" "Nuel.." "I just figured it out" "Bad timing, bad place for this discussion" "I want to have a sister too" "I've been trying to do that for the last four years now. At first when I gave birth to you, I wanted a two years spacing"

"So my sister would have four years"

"Atta boy, or three and the half depending" She exhaled wiping some tears off her eyes, "Sorry Mommy" "It's not your fault, if God says I'll end up having you alone then what more can I do than to feel fulfilled? My boy is smarter than three children combined, he has the wisdom of King Solomon and a heart of Gold"

Nuel blushed, "My sister will be like Queen Esther too Mommy" He said holding her hands and she exhaled, "Beg God for me oh" "Okay. I'm sure he'll grant the request this time" he smiled with pride and she kissed him on the forehead.

"I love you baby"

"I love you too Mummy"

Mrs Ojo talked to herself quietly at the hospital while shaking her legs anxiously while Shope cried out loud at a corner. The medical team walked over to them. "Can we go in?" He asked and the female doctor that attended to her the first time she was admitted nodded.

"We are here as professionals to plead that we carry on with treatment at least to give her strength, she is weak. She's barely breathing. We want to try our best, we have the best oncologist Sir, but you're the ones delaying. This is looking like a fast spreading cancer that I've never seen in my entire life. We have the best doctors but it depends on you we need to start preparing her towards chemotherapy."

"The baby"

"You can have many more baby"

"Just.... I can't risk losing losing her"

"You have more chances of losing her if we all sit here and do nothing" "I'll trust God to take care of her" "Mr Acquah" "I said I'll trust God"

She exhaled looking at the rest doctor then they walked away complaining about his stubbornness, "I've never seen anything like this" "If she dies.... It'll be on them" "Are you sure the guy has not used her for jazz?"

"Haba!"

Mrs Ojo looked up at Kwame, "Let the doctors do what they can do" "Ma, this is way more than I can explain" "Then explain however way you can" She busted out in tears, "I knew my daughter was hiding something, I asked but she didn't say a word just put me out of the dark. What is going on?"

Ema watched the droplets of water pour into the bucket while her mom went outside to throw the already filled bucket. "Fuck! Will this rain just stop falling?" She screamed and her money walked in. "Even if they close my eyes I won't pay for this kind of house. Even the boy's quarter I lived in that year wasn't like this"

"It was cheap and I was out of cash. My rent expired at my other house, I was paying 700 every year and I spent more than half the time in Kunle's house."

Ema mother's phone rang at the corner of the house but she couldn't hear it because of the rain. This was followed by a knock on the door, she ran to open it only to see Dare rush in, there were drops of rain water on his red cardigan.

"Omo!" He muttered and Ema shut the door while her eyes trailed down to the tool bag he held in his hands. "What are doing here? So early?" "You told me the roof was leaking, the window refused to close and you think the water has entered the switch, you guys had to turn off the light because of the spark you heard. You said you've been packing water since 3"

"I don't remember chatting you up"

Dare hissed, "Are you playing with me? I came to check it out now" He looked at the ceiling, the force of the rain had already pushed the PVC ceiling downwards. Then he looked at the torchlight illuminating the house.

"When the rain stops I'll fix in a new one. I never knew it was this bad during raining season"

"It's not raining season" Agnes noted, "The world is ending soon that's why rain has no season again. At least those days we can predict seasons that rain will fall now?" She hissed pushing a bucket almost full of leaking water for an empty one.

Ema was still trying to wrap her head around what Dare said. "Can I get ladder from a neighbour?" "Yes. Yusuf should have, the guy is completely generous" She answered, "What do you want to do?"

"Check the light out now"

"The last time I checked, you didn't study electrical engineering or civil engineering,"

Wasn't she the one that asked her to check it our? Na wa for women, they can be modest. They'll want you to change the light bulb but are scared about you getting electrocute!

"I can't lose a boyfriend over this" "Do you have any idea what you boyfriend studied in school?" "So I'll have a boyfriend and not know what he studied"

"What did you study?" Agnes asked mopping the floor.

"Mechanical engineering Ma, there's nothing I can't do on my own, if it's possible, I'll build my own house"

Ema laughed, "Ijebu, she you're not a civil engineer. To think you went from being a mechanic to..." "To driving my own cars...emphasis on the s in the car." "What's the possibility that we would have met if you were a mechanic?" She asked moving closer to Dare.

"Maybe we'll meet in two years when you have a car cause I'm sure you'll be a reckless driver" He snapped and she laughed dragging his shirt, "Take that back"

By this time she had forgotten about the message. "I'm serious" "You would have probably gotta married" "That's if they end up leaving meme for the next oil magnet"

"Hey" Ema yelled tapping his cheek, "You Dare are an Amazing guy" "All the ginger i need to work." "Check if the guy will give you his ladder" "Sure" She answered leaving while Dare checked the window.

"I hate when all these burglary window starts misbehaving" he struggled to close it to no avail.

"I don't understand this kind of rain sef"

"Ema's phone got into water oh. She found it in the bucket"

"Jesus! How? Was it after she sent me the message?" "Who knows?" She asked looking at the dripping water from from the ceiling, "Thank God, it's like the rain Is reducing."

Fisayo walked around the street displaying lunancy in the drizzling rain while people ran away from her her. Benefit stood afar off laughing at her, "Now what's left is a car to the job." She said looking up at the heavens, you thought just because i can't use dolls and witchcraft to end their lives that i can't use other means. Well this is just is going to be easy, like giving candy to a baby. And the best strategist goes to who? Say it God, me, Benefit Oloche" She sighted a car coming then she frowned noticing it was Bassey's car.

Even better, I'll use him!

Bassey pulled over on sighting Fisayo then he pulled out an umbrella, slammed the door then walked out yelling her name, "Fisayo" "Who is calling my name like a mad person. This is one pursuing me, this one is calling my name. Abi am I owing you guys?" She clapped her hands turning back at the angry and puffed up chicken that no one could see.

"Abi did I steal this chicken's husband?" She asked running to the road when the chicken ran after her. Just as fisayo ran to the road side to save her life, her mother sighted her from afar. "Fisayo!" She screamed and Fisayo turned back and an incoming car drove towards her.

Bassey threw the umbrella away, pushed her off the way and they both landed on the floor where he pinned her down. If someone had told him he'll take a car hit for a lady, he probably would have argued it. He had no idea how he did It or when he even conceived the idea of jumping in to save her.

Fisayo would have probably been saved but him, the car would have crash at him but he could swear he felt a push. As crazy as it sounds, someone gave him a damn push! He stood there even after spraining his wrist.

"Ta le le yii? (Who is this one?) Yei! They want to rape me oh, ara adugbo e wa oh!! (Neighbours come on)" Fisayo screamed and her mother held her hands. "Thank God!"

Benefit tightened her fist staring at the scene, "You have other things to do, you'll deal with these small fries later."

Dare perched on top a ladder, checking the changeover switch in the entryway. A flash of lightning struck but its light did not reach them. For a moment he began to rethink if it was wise to check the light that moment.

The rain began raging, but not as violently as before. He heard the scuffing of feet in damp water, that sound of someone walking on water so he quickly glanced to the left seeing no one.

On the floor, his tools were already scattered, nails pointing up but his attention wasn't there.

Nails he didn't even bring out.

"Guy you no go wait make rain stop first?" The owner of the ladder said, "Na wetin I been dey reason sef oh but the room dark coupled with the weather. Imagine make nepa of all people leave light for inside rain, everybody come on light and you no come get"

"I get but safety first"

"Thank you" He replied watching the guy leave. He didn't understand why he was even there that moment, for someone who doesn't pick calls close to a gas cooker, he's being unreasonable, almost as though he wasn't in his right mind.

The entry way echoed with silence, except for the sound of rain and thunder. A thin breeze pierced through his cardigan puckering his skin into goose bumps. Then he saw a shadow pass by the passage.

He waited, his eyes peering towards the corner to see if someone was there but nothing. Was it Benefit he saw?

He waited....

Maybe his mind was playing tricks on him.

His phone rang and he groaned, "Oooh, Mummy sef" he pulled out his phone from his pocket then he chuckled on seeing that it was Bamidele. "Bamz, how far now? This one way you call like this, you also dream about me? This one way everybody dey dream about me so. E be like say I go soon blow oh" he laughed, "Baba where are you?" Bamidele asked and he exhaled, "Person go dey crack joke, una no go laugh"

Bamidele faked laughter, "Are you happy now?" "I think I preferred when you didn't laugh. What's bitting your ass?" "Where are you?" "In Ema's place why?"

"You need to get yourself and Ema out of that place like now"

"What's going on?"

"Benefit"

"Shit!" He looked towards the place he saw the shadow.. Maybe he wasn't imagining things. "What happened again?" "Yemisi is in a critical state. She's not smiling, she wants everyone dead." "How do you know?" "I had a crazy dream and turns out, everything in the dream has been happening."
"Like those final destination horror movies"

"Exactly. God showed me that means we have Victory but we need to be smarter than her" "How? Trusting in God to keep us alive" "Did anything happen to me?" "You fell on nails but apparently it was later in the day, i got a call that you were found at the new house but now you're in Ema's house so.... I dont know man"

He shut his eyes admitting that his mother was right... They might not be literally shaving his head off but his head was definitely in trouble.

"What about my Ema?" .

"She drowned" "There's no river here now, only bucket of......Jesus! There, 's bucket of water," " I'm sure she'll be fine. You guys need to pray, if possible meet us at the hospital where Yemisi was admitted that time"

"Okay" He replied and the whole place became cold. His heart began to beat irregularly and he cast a glance backward. He gently climbed down when he felt the need to look at the ground only to find pointy nails scattered around.

"Jesus" The skin on the back of his arms prickled in warning, and his heart almost jumped into his mouth. He carefully got down and ran into the room where Benefit was standing with a knife in her hand.

"You guys didn't mention you had visitors"

"She just walked in"

"Can I borrow the knife?" She asked and her mother moved close to her, "What do you need the knife for? Let's talk without the knife" "Don't come close Mom, this is not for you"

"It can't be for anybody, God forbid, not on my watch"

"Mommy get out!"

"I won't"

"Dare please leave," Ema shouted, "He's not leaving," Benefit pointed the knife at his direction, "Take a single step Dare and i'll kill you and everyone in this room"

"Take it easy" Dare raised his hands, "Just stop this, they are you family" "Shut up Dare, you don't tell me what I can and cannot do" She snapped and a force pushed him to the wall and he fell to the floor groaning.

"Baby!"

"Dare!" Ema and Agnes cried.

His body was beginning to mop the some water on the floor.

"Benefit my dear daughter, I'm begging you with the love of God" "Shut up Mommy, God doesn't... God doesn't love" "He loves you" "If you say another word mummy"

Agnes got down on her knees, "I beg you with the love a mother, Benefit you know I love you and your sister with the whole of my being, you know"

"Mom, this doesn't have anything to do with you, just leave. Get out! You're not suppose to be here, I was suppose to send you out using Dare, the plan was to kill Dare if you didn't step out and I knew you will do it now it's ruined but if you want to watch them die, fine!"

"Please let Dare go, I'll do whatever you want"

"I can't do that. Your boyfriend, everyone's Boyfriend they don't say nice things about me and I just don't like them. He was suppose to get a little injury from nails while you died of drowning, that was plan A and then I came up with Plan B to bring him here so I can use him and then give him a little injury"

Dare scoffed, "Wait... You sent me the message on whatsapp right?"

"One point to you"

"I knew it!" Ema snapped, "I knew something was funny, I just knew it! You dropped my phone into the water, what kind person are you?" "I didn't think you'll need me anymore. What does a dead person need a phone for?"

"Please leave Dare out of, he doesn't deserve it. Haven't you done enough with Kunle? Haven't you done enough with the child that was in my womb, just leave him out of this, I'll do anything"

"I'm sure that's what she wants, Bamidele just called me now to warn me, he had a dream where I fell on nail and you drowned. Everybody died in this dream because of her selfish need."

Benefit rolled her eyes, "My plans can't keep on ruining, someone must die! Now plan C, Ema dunk your head in the bucket of water just close to you or Dare feels the knife"

"Why don't you kill me instead"

"Killing you will be too easy, I want to see you suffer while you slowly send yourself to an early grave"

"Benefit" Agnes moved close, "Benefit please stop this she's your twin sister, she's not the reason everything you experienced happened to you. Benefit you were harbouring hate and I warned you but you didn't listen. Witchcraft is never the way, you can choose to be better baby, my baby girl please"

"Mom don't waste your spit, the fucking bitch already sold her heart to the devil" Ema snapped and Benefit tossed her against the wall just by a glare then she stretched the knife at her but her hands quivered as she struggled to pin it against her. The barrier was still there.

Ema whose eyes were closed in near death opened it to see her struggling, "Wait, you can't kill me, that's why you want me to do It myself, you can't kill any of us right? God is... God is truly fighting for us"

"Fuck God"

"No." Ema tightened her fists, "Fuck you bitch" She punched her on the face and she stepped back in shock, she didn't expect it, not even from her crazy twin. "That is for Kunle"

She saw the second punch coming but she couldn't move still dazed by the first, the hit was hard and painful. "And that's for my baby"

Benefit tightened the knife in her fist walking towards Dare, "You're dead"

Her mother charged towards her, "Benefit please" Ema screamed, "I'll do it! I'll do it, just leave him alone!" She knelt before the bucket. A cold, sharp pain of fear clawed at her chest.

Benefit watched her mother hang to the knife in her belly, tears ran down her cheek. "Someone... must ..die right?" She asked now shutting her eyes and Benefit shook her head, "Not you, it wasn't suppose to be you!" She screamed watching her mother fall weakly to the ground.

"Mom!" A scream worked its way up Ema's throat and ended in a terrified gasp.

Benefit stared at the blood in her hands, "It wasn't... Everything was supposed to be perfect! Everything was... Ugh! It's your fault!" She pointed at Dare, "Amazing and Bamidele !!!! I swear to everything I believe in that I'll kill the both of you!!! Once I kill them, you're all dead!" She vanished and thunder struck angrily.

Ema rushed towards her mother, she wasn't sure whether to pull the knife out or not, "Mom" "It's better this way" "No, it's not. Dare let's take her to the hospital" "I don't want to see Benefit die"

"Well I won't want to see my mother in law die either" Dare snapped carrying her in his arms while Ema cried.

Rain pounded, and the lightning lit the sky like morning. Amazing stepped out of the rain and Bamidele stretched his hands at the rain, the color was as scarlet. "This is definitely not the blood of Jesus" He teased shutting the door and they both walked into the hospital while people panicked over the color of the rain.

Amazing sighted Kwame then he walked towards them, his eyes was red and swollen from tears. "I told Yemisi's Mom, she's panicking" "Everything will be fine, God has given us victory already. Where is Yemisi?" "At the ICU still, they already started administering the IV before I came. That's why I'm scared, will it be detriment to her health?"

"Let's go" They both walked and Kwame ended up looking at Amazing, "Isn't she coming?" "No. Don't ask why"

Amazing held a nurse, "Wetin? You no go see. I say world dey end? Red water dey fall from heaven, you dey call me" "Can I get a bowl? Or anything that can contain water? " "For wetin? Madam I no get time" "There's no time too, please, I need a bowl, something I can use to fetch water"

"You want fetch the rain? As I dey look you so, e be like say you dey fetish"

"Please Ma" She looked around, "Oya!" The nurse ran and Amazing followed her.

Benefit walk into the hospital barefoot, the blood stain was quite visible on her red palazo. Her hands were smeared with dry blood.

There was a burst and clatter at different doors at different corner as she walked by. The door came swinging open and close, wind breezing as she approached. She was trying had to locate Amazing, Bamidele and the Kwame but she had nothing.

It made her angry! Isn't she suppose to be more powerful now? She walked up to the receptionist. Fear splintered through her body, "Where is Yemisi Ojo?"

Amazing sits bolt upright in bed and holds her head in her hands, her heart pounding so loud than the metallic sound of the burglar alarm. She shut her eyes in prayer, while holding on to Yemisi's hand. She was nervous and anxious, part of her felt like running for safety but then scriptures kept dropping in her spirit, assuring her that God was with her.

She closed her eyes and concentrated. God had directed to get water, pray into it all the sickness Benefit inflicted on everyone of them and then spill it on her.

The big question is, how in the world is she going to achieve this? She instruction was to wait till she walks into the trap but will she do this immediately Benefit walks in? What if she misses?

Then they might just have to go through the old fashion spit fire combat. One of the must perish, and it definitely won't be her!

She wondered why Benefit was taking long.

Benefit walked in frowing at her then two nurses followed her in, "Where are the rest? Bamidele, Kwame?" "Why don't you find them yourself, didn't you say you have the power to know everything?"

Benefit scoffed looking at Yemisi, "According to my plan, I was suppose to enter right in time for another funeral.. Your funeral" She hissed but you and your boyfriend have been spoiling my plans.

"You sure have the nerves coming in here?"

"Do you think you scare me? No! It's everyone's funeral today Amazing, we are all dying.That's the plan, even I will die" "If there's any one that will die today, it'll be you! Not me, not anyone of us"

"We are all going to end miserably, no one will be more miserable than the other" "God won't allow it"

"Oh please! What can he do? I got powere and he wasn't the one that gave me the power. I went to the sea and sought for power. Now i suddenly remember Sunday school those days when the disciples said, what manner of man is this that even the seas obeyed him. I have powers, right now, even the seas, thunder and skies obey me. If you've noticed, I made it rain blood"

"Like you promised"

"Awww. You remembered" She pouted leaning against the iron rack. "That's one thing I love about you Amazing, your ability to always remember details and being considerate. You've never missed my birthday, not once, no one has ever beaten your time of calling"

Tears streamed down her eyes as she flashed backed on the wonderful times they've spent.

"You don't have any right to talk about the times we've spent together. You spent everything pretending to care" "Forgive and forget, you'll die soon. I won't want to be the reason why you didn't make it to heaven. Take this precious time to forgive and say your last prayer."

Amazing turned towards the nurses, "What are you guys here for" "They are with me, I asked for a little favour. They'll soon play that part soon" She pulled a chair sitting backwards and laughing hysterically. "At least since I'll die, just let me know what you want to do?"

Benefit gave it a thought, "Okay.... The plan is to.." She trailed off raising a palm sideway over her lips as though she didn't want the others in the room then she whispered, "They are going to give you and Yemisi the treatment you both deserve. Very soon it'll be RIP Amazing and Yemisi. I'll miss you guys"

"So I'm just going to sit and watch?"

"Sweetheart, you can't do nothing. I have powers to tied you down to the place you're seated, powers to shut your lips from praying, like the way I do when I get into people's dream and prevent the from praying or shouting. You know what Amazing?" She paused and sucked her teeth, "My worst mistake was not killing you when I had to, my worst mistake was making you grow spiritually and each time I fed you guys it was to make you guys grow cold but I guess we all have to learn from mistakes once in while but then the mistakes kept increasing and you know me Amazing, I hate mistakes, i'd rather tears a paper off that use a notebook that has been smeared with all sorts of cancelling. You started following that your Pastor's advice and you started fasting! I didn't think you'll take It serious but you did! Even when I brought the food to your house, you didn't even taste from it. Bamidele came and I thought, maybe this might be my perfect chance to make you fall cause i saw your secret dirty thoughts, no matter how much you cast and bind It. But the stupid idiot had to give his life to Christ, another mistake!" She laughed in between her tears, "But I underestimate the grace on his life, I've seen people with that similar grace fall tragically even before they begin their so called God mission." She twitched her fingers in emphasis. 

"Hei God Amazing,  you have suffered,  sorry Benefit,  see me calling your name instead on mine. Because you're the main antagonist in this story! If it was the Amazing of old, my plans would have gone smoothly, all my plans but now you and your stupid boyfriend wants to ruin this for me"

"Don't call him stupid!"

"You're dead Baby, you're so...fucking dead"

Amazing exhaled, her legs were shaking, not out of fear but out of respect for God, look at her thinking the fast was just a mere exercise, listening to this only her realized it was breaking things in the realm of the spirit. Even when she didn't see the result, something was happening beyond!

"Honey we are your friends, Benefit, it doesn't have to end this way" "It does. Everyone abandons me" She laughed hysterically like a mad person. "Those buzzos that initiated me, do you know they abandoned me too? Just like you guys did. That's why I had to get the power Amazing. They ran because Phyna die, because of a simple heat"

Amazing wondered why she was saying all this, for crying out loud, she didn't ask her anything. She was acting like one of those mentally detached patients.

"Witches are stronger in number but they had to abort the mission, just like you aborted your mission to protect me that day. You were suppose to be my big sister Amazing, you were my defender"

"You can put a stop to"

"Shut up! I just fucking stabbed my own mother because of you guys"

Amazing scoffed, "Because of us? Can you just own up to what you did for the first time in your life? Everything that happened to you at the party may have been our fault. We own up to it and it breaks my heart when I think of it too" Amazing cried then she picked up where she left. "But everything that happened afterwards was your fault and your choice. It's no one's fault, yet you're so comfortable pushing the blame to people, It's not fair. No one deserves this, not me, not Yemisi or your sister. Your own twin Benefit! You know deep down that she loves you even after this betrayal, we all do! We were supposed to be sisters, you can choose the right way, the Jesus kind of life"

Benefit cringed then she pouted, "But... I've ... I've done bad things, I tried destroying your life, I just threatened to kill you, my friends, will they accept me back, will God accept me?" "Heaven rejoices over that one sinner that repents, sweetheart no matter the things you've done, he'll forgive you and work on your heart to forgive us. We might not be all that close again cause I'm not sure the girls will forgive you just yet but as time goes on, the wound will heal"

"Are you sure?" She asked and Amazing rose up smiling as though she just had a major breakthrough. "Yes." She replied and Benefit busted out laughing, "Wait.. You thought I was serious? Wow, to think I direct years pretending and you still believe me. How gullible can you be Amazing? I deserve an oscar, I do deserve an oscar"

"You're acting crazy"

"Don't you ever call me crazy!" She thundered and Amazing cringed covering her eyes, the noise amidst shattered her ears. "It's you guys fault" "There she goes again!" She snapped, eyes opened.

"You guys transferred it from Fisayo to me, she was the owner of the madness, she's the one fit to roam mad, look at me Amazing, do I look like a mad person to you?"

"No one deserves all the ailment you inflicted on us. If you got mad it was God fighting for us!"

"God? All these talk about God is beginning to annoy me lately. What kind of religion do you guys hold on to? What kind of selfish, careless God do you guys serve? Where was your God Amazing, when I made you have fibroids, where was your God when I destroyed Ema's life, where was your God when I took Blessing's womb? Where was that your God when I made Nene paralytic, when I broke her legs from limbs to limbs, or when I almost killed Uche or when I gave Yemisi cancer she never had or when I turned Fisayo's life around and made her mad. Where was your stupid God when I was raped? Where was he? Sleeping?" She yelled in tears.

"Your stupid God is slow! Slow, slow, slow!"

"Even the worst things happens to we believers to make us stronger, if you had been patient, you could have turned things around! You could have been a great woman but we'll never know that will we?"

"Your God has proved powerless Amazing once again, I will win and you all will lose." Amazing swallowed her fear and inched closer towards the blue bowl. "Let me tell you a story of a man called job Benefit. The Devil walked to God and God said have you considered my servant job?"

Benefit rolled her eyes, "I know the story, and then the devil said, it Is not because you've built an hedge around him" "The worst thing you can ever imagine happened to him, so the worst things can happen to people but your ability to trust God helps a man get out of it"

"Bullshit Amazing! Bullshit!" She yelled rolling her eyes, "Do you have anything you want to chip in, any last sermon you want to give before you die? You might want to pray for Yemisi's soul"

Amazing nodded, "I trust God to intercede" "How? Through fire and brimstone, through what means?" She grinned turning towards the nurses "Treat them, start with this one on the bed" "Wait!" Amazing yelled wondering how she was going to pour the water on her.

What if she misses? If she gets close, Benefit might notice.

"While we were praying, God asked that we come here and I was scared to say the truth. I asked God, what should I bring to this gun fight and he then he reminded me of David and Goliath. Benefit you come with me with powers you've acquired but I come with you in the name of God " She held on to it now pouring it on her face, some of the water sprinkled over Yemisi's body.

Benefit gritted her teeth angrily while Amazing moved back gradually praying silently, she expected her to scream and roll on the floor but she was still standing and very angry. "What did you put in the water" "Faith" "You thought pouring a stupid water, probably mixed with some stupid anointing oil will what? Kill me?"

Amazing moved backwards, "Pastor Tunde will always tell me that God uses the foolish things to confound the wise. That's God for you" "Do you know what I carry? The power" "Well I carry a power greater than yours, I am a royal priesthood, if some herbalist can concoct a few water and incantation and make someone go blind. How much more a whole me, that has been given authority and directive by the King himself"

Moving more quickly now, Benefit walked past hospital bed in the ICU and dresser drawers. Now, as she edged closer, Amazing noticed every pause in her movement. Something was affecting her, she could tell.

A beam of light hits her, and she shut her eyes and clattered over a medical tray on the hospital cabinet. "No!" She gasped shaking her head then she rose up stretching her hands at Amazing when she heard baby cries.

"No! Babies are crying in my ears again Amazing, what have you done to me, make it stop! Make it stop"

"Let me urgh!!!" She screamed staggering side to side then she fell to the flor unable to move. "What are you doing to me? Amazing I'm not feeling too well, help me" She fell on the floor, gasped, gurgled and rolled with pain burning deep in her soul.

Amazing shook her head, she looked pitiable but she had to take a stand, "No" she whispered, "I'll kill you Amazing" She laughed hysterically, "I'll kill you and everyone you love, I'll kill your mother, your father, your sister and everyone you love, even your precious Bamidele"

"You know what they say about touching the apple of God's eyes right? It's almost like trying to dip your hands into God's eyes and you my dear, just got burnt"

"Ochanya help me!!!!"

The nurses finally snapped out of Benefit's control, "When did I get to the ICU?" "The same question I was about to ask"

The written names inside a bottled jar got burnt and the flame eventually penetrates the rubber lid burning it. The bottle tilts and the melted plastic drops on the red table cloth starting a fire.

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