The Otherside Of Life
Episode 11
I finally slept off within some minute and I have a dream I saw my parents.
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They were dressed in the same cloth they wore when they died I ran to them to hug them but my hand went through them I couldn’t touch them.
Dad’s cloth was having bloodstains so also is Segun the incident that took place years ago keep refreshing in my memories.
Life without parents or family is useless nothing can be substituted for them.
My mother smiled at me as tears gush out of my eyes.
“I miss you so much!!” I said
“Gloria we miss you too” she said her voice was the same it has been years since I heard her voice and now that she talked it was if she’s never dead.
” Gloria my daughter we are aware of your suffering ever since our departure despite the beating, the pain you have gone through you still stood by what we taught you. You endure and that’s what matters but after all your endurance for years you want to give up just like that” she said.
“You are just like a labourer that was helping a builder to take blocks in the building of a house for hours under the scorching sun and suddenly another labourer came and was taking blocks for the same builder instead of the labourer to finished the work and get paid the labourer flare up in anger and went to another site not knowing that he would have to start from the beginning again under the same scorching sun” my dad said
” Don’t deviate from your faith every believer are always trialed and tested this is your time you just have a little time left Gloria ” Segun said.
I couldn’t hold back my tears anymore as I sprang up from the dream my eyes had become red I was crying from the dream to reality ” For how long will I continue to endure this? I said to myself “It has been five good years and i am yet to get pregnant!!”
My heart melted me that I thought in the next seven days I will finally become pregnant and have own child, I was weak the joy I had vanished like a smoke with no traces. I wept till it was 5am in the morning my face had swollen.
A message popped up on my phone it was from Amanda “It will be better after knowing her real name we should tell Baba to kill her” That was the message.
My door cracked open I raise my head to check who it was to my surprise it was Ajoke she came in and sat on the bed with me she was shocked to see me crying.
“What happened why are you crying!!?” She asked
“Nothing” I said and wipe my faces with my palm.
“Madam Gloria something is wrong with you I am not a child something is bothering you, you can tell me!!” She said
“Why won’t I bother it being five years since Olawale and I got married and I haven’t gotten pregnant for once I have been to different places but they all keep saying God has answered my prayers yet no sign of pregnancy ” I said as another tears gush out of my eyes “If you get pregnant there’s no doubt Olawale will kick me out of the house”
“I understand your pain but I want to assure you this your cry will turn to joy very soon” she said and went out.
When it was 8am she came back into my room I was sitting in the same spot she left me I have received thousands of calls and messages from Amanda but ignore them.
“Madam Gloria you are still here oya go inside and refreshen up we are going out!!” She said and drag me up I was just surprised is this not the same lady that wanted to cut my throat the other day.
After I finished bathing I got dressed up and we both went to her only God knows it wasn’t that far unlike that of Amanda’s. To my surprise It was a celestial church.
To be continued.
