Must Read: Adventures of Yejide - Season 1 - Episode 15

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Must Read: Adventures of Yejide - Season 1 - Episode 15

Two weeks later, Dupe eventually gave up the
ghost, leaving Yejide and others in shock and
grief. Everybody already found out that Dupe
was sick but nobody suspected that she
would be gone so soon. It had been another
day with Yejide sleeping on the chair that
was just by her bed when she woke up after a
nightmare. Before she went back to sleep, she
had decided to check Dupe who then had lost
her breath. Yejide saw the signs and thought
her friend was lifeless so she went out looking
for a nurse. When Dupe was checked, she was
announced dead by 5:00 that morning. Yejide
had almost gone unconscious when she heard
this as she fell to the ground and wept. She
struggled with the workers who were trying to
hold her at this point while Dupe was seen
taken out of the ward. It was over. Her
friend’s life was over. Kelechi had been
contacted so when he heard the news, he
came to get Yejide.
Dupe was later buried at a general cemetery
since not a trace of her family members could
be found. Dupe had previously told Yejide
that she was alone in the world and didn’t
have any relatives as far as she knew. Oga
Lucas, mama ejima and some of their
neighbors and friends as well as Yejide and
Kelechi, were gathered together before Dupe
was la!d to rest. It was a dark period for
Yejide as she was never seen smiling or
saying much. A week later, after’s Dupe’s
burial, Yejide decided to go take her own test
for any sexually transmitted disease. She
hadn’t thought about herself ever since
Dupe’s illness so this time, she went in to see
a doctor. She gave her blood sample and
after it was analyzed, she was called to come
in for her test results the next day. She had
been very nervous that morning upon been
contacted but when she saw her results, she
sighed in relief. She was free from any
disease. The doctor had spoken to her before
she left, advising her on various things as
well as emphasizing on the need to stay safe
as many illnesses don’t appear until it has
probably reached its peak. She thanked the
doctor and left for her house where she met
Kelechi waiting outside for her. As usual, he
had come to check up on her to be sure she
was fine and didn’t need anything.

Yejide and Kelechi became really good
friends. They had a warm relationship but
one day, Yejide thought to ask about his
fiancé that she had only seen twice since she
got to know Kelechi.
“Kelechi? What about your fiancé? Doesn’t
she talk when you come to see me or help
me?”
“Yejide……I know I haven’t told you but we
ended our relationship some time back. I
didn’t bring this up because of what you were
going through at the time and just because it
didn’t matter.”
“Ahn Ahn Kelechi why you just dey tell me?
What happened? How come?”
“You know, like I said, it’s because of what
you were going through at the moment.
Yejide……” he said sighing before continuing,
“…I found out that she wasn’t the woman I
was to marry. As crazy as it sounds and as
painful as it hurts. I knew we couldn’t end up
together if I didn’t want the worst. I spoke to
God about us and I was led in a different
direction. A direction I was not expecting……”
A few months later, Kelechi helped and
pushed Yejide into learning a trade after she
said she didn’t want to go back to school
and so she started her own little business
that soon expanded. She eventually got to
open her very own tailoring store where she
had about three others workers. Yejide tried
and worked really hard, putting God first in all
that she did. She even became a recognized
worker in the same church she gave her life
to Christ, the same church she had been
invited to by mama ejima. Hadn’t she picked
up that invitation and decided to attend the
program, perhaps things would have turned
out differently. She couldn’t believe she had
been able to break the walls that had been
preventing her from seeing the fresh spring,
her new life. She had in the previous months
spoken to some of her friends and people who
used to be in the same prostitution business
as her, concerning the dangers and
consequences of being involved. She had
convinced them into giving their lives to
Christ like she did but many of them, even
after hearing this and the death of Dupe, did
not concede neither did they decide to do
something better for themselves. Some
believed they had made it that way and didn’t
need any other thing while the story was
different for others. Everyone had their
decisions. It was up to each of them to
decide their faith.

Three years later, Yejide was seen walking
down the aisle to meet her soon to be
husband. As she got to the altar, she looked
up at the man whom God had used to save
her from the hands of the devil. The one
whom she previously ignored, thinking he was
a nuisance and had nothing to offer. She
cried knowing that she did not picture herself
getting married to a wonderful man. She cried
knowing that her friend was not alive to
witness everything. She cried knowing that
God had shown her mercy and made a way,
even when her back was turned and even
when everything seemed as though it was
over. She cried knowing that even with all the
circumstances, God put a smile back on her
face. She couldn’t believe someone as God
fearing, educated, and talented could end up
with her. As tears dropped down from her
eyes, Kelechi put a hand to her face and
wiped it off with his thumb before the pastor
began the ceremony. After the pastor had
gotten them to say their wedding vows, the
whole crowd watched as Yejide and Kelechi
exchanged rings.
“I do….” Yejide said as Kelechi placed a ring
on her finger.
“I do….” Kelechi said as Yejide placed a ring
on his finger.
“By the power invested………….I now pronounce
you husband and wife…….” The pastor said in
the declaration of their marriage before he
introduced them as Mr. and Mrs. Iwuchukwu.
After much celebration and singing praises to
God, family and friends gathered together in a
hall to celebrate the newlyweds. Yejide had
forgiven and reunited with her relatives who
kicked her out after many years. They all
danced and rejoiced at her wedding.

Everything had been put behind as Yejide
thought about the wonderful future and plans
God had for her and her husband, Kelechi.

Hope had been like a heartbreaking torment
but when God was involved, the story was
different.

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The End