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#Episode_15
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Two weeks later, Kola’s b©dy was la-id to rest in his home town and many church members and his old school friends were in attendance. Though the Pastor tried to keep the story behind Kola’s death a secret, the members of the church council spre-ad the story and everyone got to know that Kola was the one responsible for Sade’s pregnancy.
“Shebi they were in courtsh!p? Highest thing the church for give them back seat and after serving their suspension, pastor for do marriage blessing for them. Why was he trying to run away?” An average woman told her gossip p@rtner as they walked out of Kola’s family compound..
“But, why should acclaimed church people be committing formication in the name of courtsh!p? That’s why I don’t trust all these people carrying Bible up and down in the name of born again..” Her p@rtner in gossip replied and began to walk fast.
“I beg let’s walk fast so we can find a bus o” she said and they doubled their steps.
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Sade who refused to go with the Pastor and his wife for the burial stayed back at home in de-ep thoughts. She thought about the beautiful future she had which was fast becoming a nightmare, her music albu-m and her masters degree program which were p@rt of her two years short term vision had also become a history as she wouldn’t be able to achieve any of them anymore. At a point, a suicide thought flashed throu-gh her mind strongly and she felt like ending it all but the fear of spending eternity in hell st©pped her from attempting it. She felt like praying but couldn’t find the right words as it seemed she had forgotten how to pray.
“Lord plea-se, let me have a miscarriage. This child would remind me of my errors all the days of my life and I can’t cope with the guilt. plea-se Lord,don’t let this child live…” She knelt down and began to mumble prayers…
Sade kept praying to have miscarriage as she wouldn’t want to use her own hands to terminate the child in her wo-mb but the child kept growing inside her and as her protruding stomach bec@m£ bigger and bigger each day. Kehinde and the church mummy made sure that she went for antenatal monthly and also take every medications she was given.
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On one of the few Sundays Sade agreed to go to church, she decided to sit at the back seat and avoided the gossiping looks of some of the church members as she maintained a straight face, focusing only on the happenings at the altar. During the praise and worsh!p, she couldn’t stand to her feet but right there on her seat, all she could do was cry as the worsh!psongs c@m£ forth as she remembered the very same altar upon which she had stood severally to minister and brou-ght down the pres£nce of God throu-gh worsh!pand the microphone she had handled so skillfully being handled by another person who didn’t even seem to be serious with the songs she was singing.
“Lord, if only you will give me a second chance, I will worsh!pyou in spirit and in truth with my life and will never again let either secret or open sins come between my relationsh!pwith you…” She was praying silently when someone tapped her shoulder. She turned to see who it was and standing there before her was Mr Afolabi , the vice principal of the school she was teaching.
“How far?” He asked her rhetorically and bur-sted into a provocative laugh even while the praise and worsh!pwas ongoing.
“How far with your born againism? I heard you are pregnant, so tell me, is it Jesus that impregnated you? because the last time I checked, you are not yet married.” He mocked her still laughing.
” oh! No wonder you are no longer coming to work. But you see, you can’t hide bad news for long,everyone in the school have heard about the mysterious pregnancy of miss Sade the holy Mary… I’ve been coming to this your church ever since I got the information in order to confirm it with my two eyes but haven’t been seeing you and finally here you are,heavily pregnant. Now tell me, who is finally the sinner between you and I ?…” He continued mocking and laughing at her and she couldn’t bear it anymore, so she pushed him aside and ran out of the church back into her room in the parsonage crying.
The church mummy noticed what was happening from where she was sitting and stood up to meet the strange man, but before she could reach there,Mr Afolabi had hastened his steps out of the church seeing that he had created a scene in the church. The ushers rushed at him but he was smart enough to have gone faraway from the church premises, so they returned back to their posts while the church mummy rushed into the house to meet Sade.
She met her on the be-d crying and after so much questionings and trying to calm her down, Sade told her who Mr Afolabi was and how he mocked her because of her condition. The church mummy spoke to her until she st©pped crying but she refused to follow her back to the church service
“Mummy, I’ve become a t©pic of discussion among the church members and unbelievers, I think I nee-d to change location. I nee-d to travel faraway from this area to a place where nob©dy knows anything about my past” she said as the church mummy was about going out and she turned back and sat down on the be-d again.
” Sister Sade, you can’t run away from your shadow. Even if you will change location, it’s shouldn’t be now because you nee-d to stay close to where your spiritual life can be revived back to life.
Daddy and I have agreed that once you put to birth, we would re-lease you to go home to your parents in the village to nurture the child and also cool off your head and then plan your life afresh. Sister Sade, life is not over because you got pregnant out of wedlock, God’s plans for your life is still intact. Don’t give up just yet” the church mummy encouraged her more and then excused herself when she saw that Sade was a bit relieved.
Kehinde kept visiting the parsonage once in a while and took Sade out for walking exercises and also made her laugh in order to make delivery easy for her until nine months were completed. Sade gave birth to a baby girl and stayed in the pastor’s house for an additional one month before the Pastor and his wife drove her in the company of Kehinde to her village in Ondo where she would have to live with her aged parents to raise her baby and possibly start a new life.
After about three hours’ drive from the city, they arrived Sade’s family house which was built with mud and in no time, little children and elderly women gathered around at a distance looking at the car and those coming out of it.
On hearing the car horn in front of their house, Sade’s parents ran out of the room to see for themselves what was happening.
Her father was the first to come out, but couldn’t move any further on seeing Sade in the midst of strange faces with a woman carrying a new born baby which he believed was Sade’s child.
He managed to f0rç£ out a smile at the Pastor as they approached him and not knowing what else to do,he pocketed his hands in his old native clothes as his wife c@m£ from behind and shouted Sade’s name in surprise….
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The Pastor sat Sade’s parents down and explained to them all that happened and admonished them not to l@yblames on Sade for getting pregnant out of wedlock but that they should accommod@t£ her in love and accept the newly born child as theirs.
“We are all humans and are prone to temptations of life. Sade is going throu-gh her own tempting time and we all should join hands to strengthen her in love” the Pastor told them and they agreed.
When they were about going back to the city, Sade began to cry and clung her hands around the church mummy who cried along with her.
“Don’t worry, we will keep checking on you from time to time. And don’t hesitate to call us if you nee-d anything” the church mummy consoled her as wiped off the tears on her face while Kehinde and the Pastor walked up to the car and waited for the church mummy to join them in the car. Sade and her parents waved at them as the Pastor drove out of the compound and finally out of sight.
Kehinde entered his room struggling over the thought that has long been disturbing his heart. He knew he truly loved Sade and had wished he was the lucky one when Sade told him she was engaged. He did hoped that things work out for her and Kolade before the tragedy that struck the two of them. He had planned remaining Sade’s friend even after marriage, little did he know that Kola and Sade would end up the way they did.
The thoughts that have been troubling his mind was the possibility of still marrying Sade as a single mother, though he still loved her and wouldn’t mind marrying her regardless of her condition, he was afraid his royal parents won’t support him to marry a woman who alre-ady has a child.
He was confused and didn’t know whether he should keep Sade’s condition of being a single mother a secret from them or let them know about it. But his heart didn’t accept keeping secrets from his parents, so the matter began to give him sleepless nights from that day.
Sade quic-kly adjusted to the village way of life, as she joined her parents in going to farm, fetching of water and doing other strenuous house chores along with taking care of her daughter Toyin .
Kehinde took it upon himself to visit her and her daughter once every month and he usually bought baby wears and foods with other things along with himself for Sade and her baby. Before leaving them, he would give her money and also urge her to call him if she nee-ds anything.
The Pastor and his wife also kept to their promise and gave Sade a surprise visit on Toyin’s one year birthday and she couldn’t contain her joy.
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In less than three years, Sade had exhausted her life savings due to the fact that she supported her parents financially and also fend for herself and the baby. As if Olori Ade, a village titled man knew that Sade was in nee-d of money and friendsh!p, he began to make advances at her and as he woo her with money and gifts, Sade’s parents who held the Olori in high esteem began to pressurize her to accept his proposal.
“I can’t befriend a married man. That man alre-ady has three wives” Sade objected in a heated argument with her parents.
“But you couldn’t keep your self to marry aright. Listen, you are alre-ady in the same clas-s with Olori Ade because you are a single mother without a husband. Befriending him which will later turn into marriage is even to your own advantage, because you can never find a young man to marry you o” her mother lashed at her to her consternation.
“Mammi!” She called her mother in dismay.
“Yes, your mother is right. Olori Ade is rich and and capable of taking care of you and your child. Can’t you see that all his wives are living comfortably? You will even be treated more special because you are educated and younger than his old wives. Give him a chance Sade” her father ch!pped in too.
The pressure from her parents and Olori continued for months until she began to give it a thought when things began to get so tough with her and her aged parents. Her father was down with sickness and only the little she and her mother were able to gather was what was sustaining them.
Finally she accepted Olori’s friendsh!pproposal and he began to spoil her silly with money and gifts which her parents also enjoyed.
He re-leased a hvge amount of money to Sade for the treatment of her father on the condition that once her father gets well, Sade will in turn give him a kind treatment in be-d and she agreed.
During one of Kehinde’s monthly visit ,he observed a great change in Sade’s physical look and approach which he knew were not p@rt of her life before. As he was trying to get her to talk about her challenges and other things, Olori Ade showed up in Sade’s house and tickled Sade on her w@!st pla-yfully from behind which got her embarras-sed before Kehinde.
” Olori plea-se st©p!” She shouted standing up to her feet.
“Ah! Oremi kilode?( My friend what is it?)” The surprised Olori queried because he had done the same thing to her several times, and she never reacted that way.
” plea-se Olori, I have a visitor now. Can you come back later?” Sade said feeling uncomfortable.
“Sade mi, have you forgotten our appointment today?” The surprised Olori queried looking suspiciously from Sade to Kehinde who was looking him, then turned around and left. When he left, silence followed.
” Is he your uncle? ” Kehinde broke the silence. He knew Olori was not her uncle but he wanted his suspicions to be confirmed by her.
“Uhm… Not really… He he is my frie..nd” she stammered in response.
“So this is what you are doing in the village Sade? flir-ting around with an old man?.” Kehinde flared up in anger.
“Brother Kehinde what do you expect me to do? I have to survive, he has been the one helping my family… Besides, I nee-d a man in my life..” Sade blurted out before realizing that she had spoken too much.
“Yeah, that’s it! You nee-d a man in your life that’s why you are flir-ting with an old man, not really because of money” Kehinde spoke up and stood up to leave.
“Brother Kehinde, I’m a single mother alre-ady and no responsible young man is going to marry me. Are you expecting me to remain like this for…” She was talking but he short her up
“Sade you lie. Being a single mother cannot st©p God from bringing you a godly young man. Sade how come you suddenly forgot you are a child of God? How could you stoop so low to the extent of flir-ting with an old man?” Kehinde fired at her and she broke down in tears. He left her in anger and drove back to the city ignoring her plea-s to hear her out.
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