Lekki Sisi - S01 E33

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Lekki Sisi - S01 E33

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 33

I felt better when I woke up some hours later. The entrance door opened. I figured Tola must have returned from work. Before I slept, I had locked the door and pulled out the key so It’d be easy for her to get in.

I heard voices in the sitting room. The room door was slightly opened. Tola was crying. I stood up to go to the living room but stopped at the entrance when I heard a male voice.

‘Tola, please let’s fight this together.’

‘Wale, I am tired. I don’t know if I can do this anymore.’

‘We’ve come too far already. You can’t just let go of what we have built for years.’ That was clearly Wale’s voice.

‘You don’t get it. Your family is not in support of this relationship. Your sister called me twice today and said I should leave you or else she’ll deal with me. She said she’d rather be dead than have us walk down the aisle together. My mum is not comfortable with the way things are going. Wale, we’ve been battling this for five years.’

‘I’m still trying to get my mother’s support. Please be patient with me.’

‘Your mum? A woman who hates with so much passion.’

‘Stop talking like this. I know she can be difficult. But please let’s fight this together.’

‘I’m tired of fighting. By now I should have been settled in my husband’s house with two kids. But I’m here fighting losing battles.’ Tola sighed. ‘Wale, please leave, I want to be alone.’

After a few seconds, I heard the door open and bang shut. Tola walked into the room, surprised to see me sitting on the bed. Her face was smeared with tears.

‘I didn’t know you were back. Is your shift over so soon?’

I shook my head. ‘I wasn’t feeling too well so I had to come home. What’s going on, Tinuke? If you want to talk, I’m here.’

She was close to tears again. Her lips shivered as she sat beside me.

‘Wale father is occultic.’

My eyes widened. ‘What!’

She stared at her fingers. ‘Not just his father, but his mum and two sisters. Wale’s elder brother got born-again on campus and renounced the fraternity his father had put them all into. He was disowned immediately. At that time Wale was still in primary school. When Wale got admission into the university too, in his first year, he met Christ and refused to go home. He ended up staying with his brother all through his school days. His brother had gone ahead to marry years after his parents refused to accept the lady. His uncles were cool with his decision to marry her and stood by him.’

‘Are they still together?’ I asked.

‘Yes, they’ve been married twelve years and they are doing great. They have three kids. My real fear is this, when Wale was born he was offered to whatever gods the fraternity served.’

I jumped to my feet. I sat down slowly, my hands across my chest.

Tola looked away. ‘Wale’s father is somewhere at the top of the whole fraternity thing and he really wants one of his sons to take over when he dies. But now his two sons have met Jesus and the man is angry. He is doing everything to get Wale back. I can’t even begin to mention the kind of attacks my fiancé has faced. Three months into our relationship, his elder sister called to inform him that they’d found a wife for him. She is the daughter of one of the fraternity members.’

‘Tola, when did you know about Wale’s family background?’

‘Few weeks after I said yes to Wale.’

‘And you stayed?’

‘Yes, because I knew what God told me about him. I was sure.’

I tried to stay calm. ‘Tinuke, why do you want to put yourself in this kind of wahala? Back in Akure, I was involved in many cases like this. A woman ran mad when she stepped on her mother-in-law toes. The woman was a confirmed aje. I have seen what these witches can do. They don’t have mercy at all. Do you want to fight spiritual battles all your life?’

Tola shook her head. ‘I’m just confused.’

‘There is nothing to be confused about. This is God saying, run for your life! My neigbour is almost going insane. Nothing he touches prospers. His life has been a mess because of the ancestral powers controlling him. I’m begging you. Leave Wale. I know it’s difficult but that’s the best option right now. He has been sacrificed to the gods and to tell you the truth even his born-again status cannot save him from it. I’m just being sincere with you. If you go ahead and marry him, they will come and block you at the juncture of pregnancy. I have heard where a woman who everybody thought couldn’t walk had all along being sitting on her daughter-in-law’s womb for years. It was after she died that the woman finally conceived. After ten years. Abeg o, don’t drag yourself into the camp of the enemy.’

‘Tinuke, thank you so much.’

Tola didn’t listen to me. She was back chatting and laughing with Wale and I was so angry and decided I wasn’t going to interfere again. I had done my best as a friend. I just wished she was aware of the war coming right at her.

Exactly a week later, around 2a.m, I woke up to find Tola screaming and kicking at the empty air. She was fighting for breath, as if life was seeping out of her. Fear gripped me.

‘Tola! Tola wake up!’

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