” RECKLESS REKKY”
©️Opeyemi O. Akintunde
Mayor walked out of Moko’s office, he was weak and not sure of what to do.
He walked back into the deposition Unit. Joan had recovered her sight and was seated on the floor in the deposition unit obviously thinking.
On entering, Mayor realized Rekky’s body was no longer where it had been all day.
“ Where is she?” Mayor asked
“ Disposed!”
“ Why? Can’t you wake her up!” Mayor said
“ Mayor, she is gone… her Spirit ran out so fast. I saw her.”
Mayor joined her on the floor…
“ My son! Can you save him?”
Joan shook her head in the negative.
“ Check me out! Please! Can I replace my son?”
Joan looked up suddenly for the first time.
“ What are you planning to do?”
“ Give up my life for my son!”
“Who does that? Even me as a woman, I can’t do that!”
“ Well we are different… I love my son and I can die for him!”
“ Are you Jesus?” Joan said sarcastically
That struck a cord … That hit him really deep…
Mayor never believed in the death of Jesus Christ. He was logical about his thinking. He couldn’t swallow the thought that a man would die for the world, but here he was thinking of dying for his son.
“ Was Jesus real? Is he Truly the saviour of the World? “ Mayor said out loud
“ You believe in evil and Yet you do not believe in good.!” Joan replied
“ Joan… Did Jesus really die for the world… You know spiritual matters better than I do!”
“ Sure! Jesus is real, He is the Son of the Almighty who came to the World to make Known to the People about God as our Father. He gave up himself as the Ultimate Sacrifice for us to live just like what you are about to do…” Joan said
Mayor nodded.
“ I know everything you are talking about, my mother is a staunch Christian but very poor. That made me h@të Christianity with a passion. I felt Jesus wasn’t real. If he was real, he won’t watch his follower wallow in poverty.” Mayor said
“ My exact plight… Born and Bred in a Christian home, but poverty dealt with me…that led me into search for powers but now though I regret it, I have learnt the truth!”
“ What truth!”
“ My parents were not poor because Jesus wanted them poor… They choose to be poor. My parents were lackadaisical when it came to the reality of life as regards working. They felt Jesus was going to pour His Blessings on them while they folded their arms.” Joan said
“ Hmmm… true… My mother was that way… She got a lot of job opportunities but she kept saying Jesus will not like me working there… She studied Hotel Management and after becoming born again she said she couldn’t work in an hotel and for that we starved. I couldn’t handle the starvation anymore… That made me develop a thick skin against Jesus and anything Christian…”
“ Mistake most Christians make… They are afraid of carrying their light into the darkness… If God had been afraid, He won’t have let his only son, the light to come into this dark world. My parents were scared of shining their light in the dark world and because of that we hid in the house and starved…” Joan said
“Yeah… it’s like …I am hungry and there is food outside, but because it Is raining, I decide to stay indoors.”
“Exactly… meanwhile now that I wiser, I think what my Parents should have done was to carry their light into the dark world and impact people with their light while doing their work which will earn them a living.” Joan concluded
Mayor maintained silence as he waited for the arrival of his son.
“ So are you still going to die for your son?” Joan asked after the long silence.
Mayor nodded in the positive….
To be continued….
