NOT ME…chapter 4
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….I begged and begged but non of the guys seems to listen,I had already sustained some bruises,,,,na thief, make una beat arm,was all I heard,,,, suddenly when I thought all hope was lost,,a car stopped in front of the scene
what’s going on here?,,,,
this girl is a thief ,she stole from me last night,,,,
Its NOT ME,I managed to say,,,
shut up you lair he said,,,
how much are we talking about?
a 100 dollar
what?,you want to have a person killed because of a 100 dollar, the stranger asked
and my expensive watch too,he added
that’s okay,the stranger went into his car and handed some dollars to him,I don’t really know how much,,the boy started singing the strangers praises,, Ahhh,babami ,baddest, real guy,clear road for chairman and the rest of them,he turned to me and said,na your savior be this,and they all started leaving one after the other….
Thank you so much sir,i am so indebted to you, you saved my life,,,I am.grateful,,,, you are welcome,,,but how can a young girl like you that is physically fit,chose to steal…those words got to me badly, I appreciate the fact that you helped me, but please you have no right to judge me,I said angrily,,, ohh I’m sorry,pleas pardon my manners,,,I am Derrick and you,,,I am charity,Nice name he said,,,,so where are headed, so that I can drop you at least,,, I am supposed to be going to Benin ,,,I said, supposed, he asked,yes I said that be cause I don’t have money for transport….so what are you going to Benin to do,,,I am from Benin,I only came to Lagos for visitation,, but these lasts months here have been horrible,,, its best I go to Benin before I die here,,,but why will you say that,,,he asked,,,I’d rather not talk about it sir,okay no problem he said…he took me to the nearest park to Benin and gave me the sum of #10,000,that should take you to Benin,,,, oh yes sir I exclaimed, but it’s way too much,,, never mind,,, so how do I see you again,I don’t know sir ohh,i am not sure I would be coming to Lagos again,at least not anytime soon…I replied,,, at least give me your no to keep in touch, am sorry sir,I don’t have a phone, that’s serious,he said,okay give me anytime I could use in locating you,,,so I gave him my house address in Benin.. .i alighted from his car and boarded a bus to Benin..
Getting home ,my parents were surprised to see me so soon,and with bruises for that matter,I told them everything that had happened so Far,and they were as shocked as I was,,,,my enemies are at work mother cried,mother is not a crying matter,something is wrong with me,anywhere I go,I am mistook for someone else,most times for evil…. Something is not right, and we have to do something,,, this mistaken identity is making life unbearable for me,,,,I had opportunities in Lagos, but the ill luck of mistaken identity didn’t allow me live life well,,,,this is serious father said,mother was just busy crying, that her enemies have succeeded, woman calm down and allow me think father shouted…
My daughter, have your bath,eat and have your rest, by morning I shall fine out the misery behind all these….they also prayed for me and thanked Mr Derrick for coming to my aid…
My parent could barely sleep that night,for they were thinking what the problem might be,,,I was too tired to have a thoughtful night,so I slept off….
At dawn ,father called his sister and explained everything to her,,she told him she has a solution,there was a pastor in town who has the solution,,, mother ,father, aunt and myself went to see him,,,to my greatest surprise we were made to take a card of #5200,I was shocked, I complained, that people didn’t even take card nor paid to see Jesus in his time,my aunt shut me up,that he is a digital pastor, more over the bigger the money shows how expensive and rear my blessings will be,,,mother and father just did as they said,because aunt seems to be certain…
Aftert narrating why we came, he looked at my fore head and my palm,made some prayers and said ,there was an evil spirit using my face to commit crimes,making people mistake the demon for me,that with such spirit I can’t go far,and will even die,or go to jail for what I know nothing, as the spirit will commit bigger crimes and I will be held responsible,,,, my mother knelt in tears,and pleaded for a solution,,,
After some time,the pastor demanded for #200000,saying my problem is too much hence the amount,,,,, Now my parent had to dry their tears,because we certainly can not afford it,,, I just stood and watch the drama,although I knew something was wrong,I strongly believed that wasn’t the solution. We stood and went home,my parents continued their weeping thinking of where to borrow #200000…..
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