The Series Of My Life - Season 1 - Episode 97

4 years ago

The Series Of My Life - Season 1 - Episode 97

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In my dream, a woman was chasing me with a knife.

It was in Nigeria.
I had just returned from Market and sat down to eat when a woman busted through my gates with a knife.

I jumped up on top of the roof, she did the same.

I spread my hands and flew, she followed me. We flew for several minutes and each time I looked back, I saw her closing the gap between us.

I landed on top of a Church building, she landed there too.

*Damn, even the Church building won't save me*

I flew out of the Church building and landed in a tree, she landed in the same tree below me. She was still clutching the Knife.

Then it came to me. The only thing I needed was to fight back.

I remembered that I had a knife at home too, I flew out towards my home and she followed. I got home and grabbed my own knife. She landed in the middle of the compound. I came out with my own Knife and confronted her. She started going backward. I pursued her out of the compound and she ran away. I picked up a stone and threw at her, it hit her on the head. She cried out and the sound woke me up.

I looked beside me and saw Jennifer peacefully sleeping. I lay awake on my back and tried to figure out the meaning of the dream.
Who was she?
They said dreams could mean an opposite of what happened.

Was it Madam Grace?

Was it the Olokun herself?

One thing I was pretty sure of was that madam Grace indulged in Petty Juju medicines.

I personally believed so much in Physicality.
During the night before I slept, I had thought about Olokun and the Madam Grace's threats. I had thought that since she had paid some money without seeing Jennifer, she was left with the only option of taking my name to Juju. I somehow believed that even if I had sent Jennifer back to her after the payment, she would still do something about it.

I la!d awake from around 4am until 6am when Jennifer woke up. I was tempted to tell her what happened in the dream but that would have created a lot of panic in her. I waited for a good opportunity to tell her.

If that was all Olokun and Madam Grace could do, then I had discovered the solution; fight back.

I had fought her back physically and defeated her. I had fought whoever it was in the dream and succeeded in chasing her away in the dream.

*One more attempt madam Grace, Just one more move from you; dream or physical and I will bring the war down to your doorstep*

I dialed the room service for coffee and tea. They brought it ten minutes later.

We drank in silence. I had brought a bottle of Jack Daniels Scotch with me from Outside Yesterday.

I opened it and filled my glass to half. Jennifer stared at me as if to say '' why drinking this morning''

But she was gradually becoming afraid of me too.

I pitied the poor girl. In as much as I blamed her for some of my troubles,
my entrance into her life had brought her troubles too.

Destiny had played a large trick on us and it was left for us to fix it. Unfortunately, the larger percentage of the fixing lied with me.
After two gulps of whiskey, I called Madam Grace.