TAMAR. Episode 21.
“you look sad, you are suppose to be happy, this will be a great life for you, you will become the queen of my heart and not only that you will be a great mistress having people to serve you, different servants will be at your service both slave and free, just as you want, is going to be great Tamar, and I will always protect you, I love you and I can’t wait for the marriage ceremony to be over so that the whole kingdom will know you are my wife, you are suppose to be happy and cheerful not looking dejected…why are you sad…what is the problem…whatever you want I will do it for you…don’t you love me, don’t you want to spent the rest of your life with me…what is the problem Tamar…
“I’m fine…an…and I love you Vim, I’m grateful for everything, i feel so honored, really, I feel my heart will boast from all this, is just too much Vim, and I’m really so grateful that you will chose me among all the worthy maiden, I’m so happy you picked me to be yours…I feel so privileged…yet I don’t know if I can take this offer, looking at my belief, I’m a Christian, you know that already …and you are not…I wish you are, I wish you will come to know the one true God, I wish you believe and allow him to baptist you with his blessings…if I marry you like this, you will some day pull me away from my faith, you may chose to stop me from serving my God, life is meaningless without God, God is not a fantasy we create in our heart to get away from pain, no, God is real and his arm is opened wide, beckoning you to come…I so much want to be your wife and the mother of your children but how can that be when we are not equally yoked…
“Tamar, this not a problem, you shouldn’t be worried or sad because of that, I have told you that I will not hold you back you from worshiping your god, you can worship your god and I will serve mine, you will get whatever you want… is fine by me, you don’t have to be sad about that, and about stopping you from serving your god, well is only when is getting out of hand, I don’t want my wife to be a fanatic Christian, acting crazy and talking to herself, no, I definitely don’t like such, so if I feel you are getting out of hand I will bring you to order even if it means stopping you, you will belong to me and you have to obey your husband…that is the truth, I can’t lie to you, if you know me enough you will see that I can be very jealous, yes, jealous if I love someone, so if you devote more time to your god and little to me, I will get jealous because I’m a jealous husband…is funny but is true, well so you know that as much as I love you I will also like you to devote more time to me than you will do to your god, you know when a woman is married , her husband becomes her god, the other god she serves comes second on her list, except if she’s a shrewd woman like that merchant’s wife, and nobody wish to marry a troublesome woman, or a woman who will not give her husband the respect he deserve, well, I love you Tamar and all I want is for you to also love me and respect me, I don’t want to come second before your god, but you can worship whatever, I will not stop you, whatever you want to worship is all your choice as far as it will not take my place…
“that is the problem Vim, you see why it will be hard for us to live together or be married, because we are not compactable, there will be a lot of argument and misunderstanding between us, my God can not come second, as much I want this wonderful life you are offering me but God will always be the first in my life and in my home, if you become my husband and I already know you are the head of the house and the head of your wife but God is your head and I will always put him first before anyone and anybody, Vim, I’m not given you condition on this, no, the truth is I’m not even worthy of you but I can’t substitute my God for this fairy tale life you are presenting to me…
“your god is not real, stop acting crazy Tamar, I want to help you snap out of that fantasy and bring you to reality, your god can not do anything for you, he can not even save you when trouble struck, but I can, he can not even give you children, both male and female but I can, your god can not love you the way I will, why are we even talking about your god, this is about us not about him, I will marry you and lay with you and you will conceive if the gods please and bear children, your god is not even important here…
“stop it Vim, stop it please, without God you will never be born, without God there is no Vim Reese, without God nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing can be in existence, God is not your mate, but I can not fight for him because he alone is almighty and through him everything is being made, don’t bring judgement on yourself, because despite being ignorant it can also lead you to destruction, I pray that God will prove himself to you in a way you have never imagined…your heart is so harden, but God will soften it at the right time, I can’t be equally yoke with you in marriage, God can not be mock, I can’t marry you Vim, not like this, I can’t, I will never bow to any god of this land, I will never put my God second, he will always be first in my life… the word of God said in the book of proverb, in everything you do put God first and he will crown your effort with success, his word also said, seek first the kingdom of God and every other thing will be added unto you. So whatever you are offering me now is minor compare to the gifts from God…he is the first and the last, he is incomparable, beginning and he still the end…God before everything…
“You are make him look like he is real, he is not even real, do you know how many Christina have being killed, and your god did nothing, he just watch them die, if he was that powerful like you make him seem then he could have strike down the enemies, he could have destroy the people persecuting the Christians, but he never did, at the fountain years back, me and you when I was still foolish, well I give credit to you for making me to see reason to be a better person not through your word but through your action, I feel in love with you after that, that night as I held you, I felt this strange air behind my head, I almost thought your god came for your rescue until I realize is probably a ghost that gave me that strange feeling or is just a bad air, didn’t your god watch your mother and father die or whatever happens to them but he never saves them, he watched you being sold out as a slave but he never saved you, what kind of god does that, that’s why our people worship different god, if Jupiter or mars or even Venus can not give you your desires, then money will, we that worship money, it has always answered us, Tamar you can’t chose a mare god over me, a god that can’t offer you the luxury life I’m offering you, you can’t do that..
When he saw how serious I was as I stand on my word, he saw that he couldn’t convince me, Vim stood up angrily, and went to the sister, he spoke with her for sometime, I can hear him screaming, “her god can have her since she chose him over me” he later stuns out angrily.
Zity did not call me or ask me anything and she didn’t act indifferent that day or even the next day.
After few days Okra came again, Chakan was out, and Zity who has being avoiding her has no choice than to give her audience, they were in Zity’s chamber, so I stayed out as they asked me to go away but I didn’t go far I stayed close by as I overheard all they were saying.
“You keep avoiding me Zity, why, all of a sudden, you know I know all your secrets, I wanted you to be powerful and to be in charge of your home, I was a good friend to you Zity, no friend will ever go off her way to please you like i did, forget about all this things you hear about me or whatever your brother is saying, I can never do you wrong, you got to trust me, I helped you get ride of Adolfo’s child, I know your secret and you know mine, I was only trying to make you powerful and out of sudden you started avoiding me, is that your own way of saying thank you after everything I did for you…
“is not so Okra, I just wanted to look into my home more than I do outside, it was already affecting my relationship with Chakan, things were going sour over here and I caught Chakan cheating, he was cheating with a servant, Shamara, a slave girl, and it was because I was never around and since then I decided to stay back and make my marriage better…
“you said what…oh may the gods strike him, whaaat…Zity, you caught Chakan cheating, what did you do, why didn’t you tell me all this while, ooh, don’t tell me you forgive him, that will make you a weak woman if you did, because if a man cheats and you just forgive him without teaching him a hard lesson he will take you for granted and will do it again, no Zity, you have to teach him a hard lesson, your husband first then you can think of what you will do with the slave, Shamara, and also your personal maid I wonder why you will allow her to be getting married to your brother, Zity your brother that is every woman’s dream, how can you allow such, that girl will be higher than you because she is indirectly getting married to the second prime ruler of this kingdom if your parents are gone. A common slave, a nobody, a slave girl will automatically become so powerful, you can’t allow your brother to make such mistake…
“she rejected the proposal, she said she can’t marry him because of her so called god, Vim got angry, he has freed all the slaves he bought for Tamar, and given out the chariot he bought for her even the cloths and jewels, he went back to living with father and mother, he doesn’t want to have anything that will remind him of Tamar since she chose her god over him, is a sad moment for vim who seem to be in love with her, I have never seen him so crazy like that, Vim hardly fall in love and when he do is always crazy, I wonder why Tamar will chose a god that can not save her over my brother, I can not even say anything to her because I’m still so speechless, I have never in all my life hard or seen a slave who will say no to such opportunity, to a better life, I still can’t understand, even Chakan can’t comprehend…Vim is so bitter, he said her god can have her, he said that angrily and I felt his pain when he said that, he spoke out loud into the air and cursed her god and said let her so called god have her since she chose him over a better life, over the luxury he was offering her, that many will kill to have, Tamar rejected him…she rejected my brother over some stupid god….
“she is cursed by the vengeance god… twail, may the god of thunder, strike her dead, this is serious, what an insult, she has gut to say no to your brother, how can she turn down your brother’s offer, how can she say no to him, that girl is so full of herself, then let her god have her then, I use to tell you back in Adolfo’s house that she is a Christian, but you doubted, now you can see, they are so full of their selves, they believe in purity and put their god first before everyone or anything, I hate them with passion, and she will definitely suffer for turning your brother down, a common slave turning a royal born down, a real son of the soil, is good he washed his hands off her, now she is at our mercy, and the gladiator master, Mandioh, will be so glad to feed her to his lions, or her life will just drain away, she brought this upon herself, choosing a god over your powerful and handsome brother, well let’s just leave her case aside, and talk about your husband, he must pay for cheating on you, you are not a weak woman because is weak women that forgive easily…
“what do you think we should do, I’m almost four months gone, and Chakan so much want this baby, he loves me, and I love him also, so I can’t over stress my self, I don’t want anything to happen to the child, the doctor said I should be careful in what I do and my intake, so I don’t want anything that will affect me or the child, Chakan will be broken, so let’s wait until the child is born, or give him this chance, if he ever cheat on me again then we can plan on what to do…I can’t do anything because he has being a good man ever since…
“that is the sign of a weak woman Zity and I didn’t train you to be weak, look at me, I’m still very attractive and my husband can not even control me, you can’t allow Chakan to get away with his sins, if is me I would have cut off that his manhood, you have to deal with him, and it must be what he cherish most, the child you are carrying, abort it, and watch him weep like a baby…take off the child…you are becoming weak because of that child…
“Okra…I can’t do that, the first one I did was so painful, I can’t do another, I can’t, Chakan will be broken, and my life is in danger, I can’t do that, not again…
“hahahaha, you have truly become a weak woman Zity, do you think Chakan loves you, he only loves his child, he loves the maid you caught him with not you, he is only keeping you and acting all nice because of this baby, just trust me and test him, by doing what I suggested and you will see the real Chakan, don’t allow yourself to be deceive by him Zity, Chakan never love you, he is only here because of this thing, your pregnancy, see me I don’t have a child, and I’m living my best life, I go anywhere I want to go, I travel to meet my lover and my husband does not have a say, I move with powerful people of this kingdom, don’t you want such power, many people may not like me because of the strength I pull, but everybody must not like you Zity, I was not brought to this earth to please everyone, do as I say and you will understand what I’m talking about, punish him for what he did to you, deal with him Zity let him see that you are not the type to be messed with…do you understand me. I can’t allow you to be weaken, no, you are powerful and you are in charge, is only weak people that easily forgive, you aren’t weak, prove it, let me know when you are ready so that I will bring in the physician but do not delay because there’s no time, so it will not happen like Adolfo’s own.
“Hope it won’t be painful Okra…
“Not so painful like child birth, do you remember the pain you feel doing child birth, I know you don’t want to go through such pain again, it won’t be painful, the physician I will call is an old lady who has being into the act for decades, she will give you a substance to drink and before you know the pregnancy will come down, is not painful, trust me, I have never deceived you before…let me know when to bring her because she is well known, and mostly sort after, her service is very expensive, so you have to pay a huge amount of money for her to render her service, I know you are capable, your parents are wealthy and you are also married the son of a wealthy man, so you have no worries, but you got to hurry up, be wise and keep your mouth shut, do not tell anybody, even that your personal slave that will soon be a food to the lions if she doesn’t denounce her god and take up another god of the land, but even if she pick up any god of the land later and deny her god which I’m in doubt, still do not allow her to marry your brother, because she has her chance but she blew it away… time for her will soon come when she will weep and wish she was never born, nobody can save her not even her god, she will die if she don’t chose any god of this land, don’t mention what I told you to anybody, I will come with the physician when you are ready or I will take you to her if Chakan will be around, but I have to go and book her down first, don’t worry your secrets are safe with me. Is between us…you are a stronger than you think Zity…
I went cold, not for myself but for Zity, Okra was a devil’s incarnate deceiving Zity so easily, I know for sure I will never deny God for anything not even in the face of death, I will never, I live for Christ and I die to gain, Abel has taught me that, and what Abel said about sad days ahead is just around the corner.
Tears clouded my eyes, as I ran to the flower cot and knelt down on the ground, pleading with God to have mercy on Zity on Okra and also for Vim who is drunk in sin. I weep as I cry out for God to intervene.
the only picture i kept seeing is that of Okra smiling to herself and thinking she is truly powerful, but she’s as fragile as an egg,but she does not know that yet.
TAMAR,
Episode 22.
The old physician came in Chakan’s absent, she came with Okra, as the physician waits for Zity to get ready I went into Zity’s chamber, shaking all over despite she has asked me not to come in unless I’m being summoned, I went in anyway angrily, I can’t watch Zity drain off this way, I can’t watch such evil, it was better I was never born than to see the person I love so dearly to be deceived twice by an evil friend, who portray herself to be good, as much is I want to see the Satan in Okra that is pushing her to be so evil exposed, I can’t help but blame her for allowing herself to be the devil’s servant and she was dragging Zity into it.
“My lady you can’t do this…don’t do it… I plead with you…
“I can’t remember asking you to come into my chamber, and who are you to tell me what to do, are you my mother…mother and father doesn’t even have that right to tell me what to do again or Vim, my brother, I will do whatever I want to do, you are just a common slave girl what do you even know…is my body, so is nobody’s business not even Chakan, I have already told Okra that I wash my hands off you, she will deliver you to Mandioh and he will feed you to his beast, for you to have the gut to turn down my brother’s proposal, is not only an insult to him is a big insult to me, and Okra is already planning what to do with you, so you better get ready or better still pray to that your so called god to save you, otherwise you are at no ones mercy, the only person that could have protected you, who is my brother Vim, has washed his hands off you and I have washed mine off you too, now let’s see how you will get away from Okra’s hand, leave my chamber right now, oh wait, I need you to go and get me something in the market, the physician said I have to take a certain drug once the deed is done, so go to the medicine shop by the far end of the district, not the one close to the house or on the market road, I repeat far end of the district, go there and get the drugs I will write down for you, you must not hurry, just take your time so that you will not witness what will happen here because it will be bloody, but by the time you will come back the physician will wrapped the embryo in a pieces for you to go and dispose off, you can dig ground at the flower cot and bury it…
i felt cold all over as she gave me the prescription, written in a pieces of paper, I ran as my leg could carry me, like a crazy woman, even though she said I should not hurry so that I will not witness the act, I just kept running, when I got to the first market, I couldn’t continue as my leg began to shake, I don’t know what to do or where to go, or who to talk to, I don’t know to reach Zity’s heart and convince her not to do what she was about to do, my heart was beating, as i ran back again home, I didn’t go to the exact place she sent me or get what the prescription, my heart was not at peace, I can’t be part of that evil.
As I return so quick I saw Okra and the physician in Zity’s chamber, Okra was telling Zity to hurry before Chakan or me returns back, because she doesn’t like my presence where she is.
I came in and Zity asked me why I was back so soon, and I told her I got to the market and came back, that I can’t go, I was angry inside, this anger boiled like hot water as I stood before Zity, in the presence of Okra and the Physician, i boldly told her how I felt, I will receive beating or even worst, I don’t care someone has to tell her the truth and I’m the only one that can do that right now.
“I’m sorry to disobey you my lady, It has never happen before but I have to disobey you on this one, I can’t be part of this evil, if you have the mind to kill your child just because… Okra said so, then go ahead and I promise there will loads of regret in the future awaiting you, I don’t care what you have to do to me, but you have to hear the truth from somebody, and since you can’t tell yourself the truth, since you are so easily deceived by your friend then I will tell you boldly to your face that you are about to embark on a journey of no return, you did the first one and got away with it, God will not forgive you if you repeat this, God will bring judgement on you Okra, and unto you Zity because you are not a child, you know the wrong and the right thing, you wanted Chakan and not Adolfo and that was why you decided to kill Adolfo’s child, now what is your reason for trying to hurt that premature baby, innocently trying to form in your womb, what is the child’s offense, my lady, forgive my dauntless speech, it has gotten to my real nerve that I can’t hold it all in, or watch all of this, when I thought you are getting better or gotten over Okra’s negative influence on you, you will suddenly fall into a deeper one again, what is your main reason for this evil act, yes, Chakan had an affair, he knelt down and pleaded to be forgiven, he is only a human prone to mistakes, which he tried to make amend, and when you have already forgiven and having a good life with your husband, Okra came back again and started putting negative idea into you, making you feel you don’t have a mind of your own, how can you be this fragile and easy to convince, I am not going to plead to you anymore not to abort your child, is your life my lady, like you said, but you will answer for everything you ever did, God will not spare you if you hurt that precious soul, you can not destroy what you did not create, a child forming in you womb was not made possible because you and your husband mate is more of God’s work not by your effort, if your mother has aborted you or destroyed you at an early stage there will never be Zity, you will never have opportunity to know what the earth looks like, because you were given a chance to live also give another, don’t bring judgment upon yourself, let that child live, even if you are not afraid of God but you got a conscience, and deep down you know what you are doing is wrong yet you want to do it so that you can prove a useless power that Okra is putting in your head, you already have power to do good, every other negative feeling is not a power, is a manifestation of the devil, my lady you have a choice, life and death is presented to you, good and bad is right within your reach, light and darkness is staring right into your eyes, make a wise choice, a choice that you will look back tomorrow and be glad you made it, you are no more a child, you were even wiser when you were a teenager, when you face Zain your old friend at the museum, do you remember, she pointed Chakan and his friends to you and told you to walk with her so that she can make her pick among the boys, and you plainly told her that you came to the museum to looks at the beautiful craft and art not to check out boys, and I felt so proud of you right there and then. And now you are no more a teen you area grown woman, you suppose to be wiser than you were years back, you are suppose to know wrong from right and look forward to being a great mother to your children, beautiful God’s gift to you, don’t hurt that precious soul growing in you, if you do, you have hurt a thousand generation that might come from that single child, if you do you may not be able to conceive again, that child may be your last, you have being given second good chance to be a great mother and you want to throw it all away, there may not be another chance except if you repent and God decides to pardon your iniquities, but it maybe too late Zity…my good lady, live and let another live, the world is not just for you and I, is big enough and can hold everyone including your little one, there are other ways to punish Chakan for his sin if you still feel is necessary to do so, punish him but do not hurt him this way, don’t kill your own flesh and blood, I know you love Chakan and he loves you, I also know you have forgiven him because you are a good woman and you got a good heart, you are just like your mother lady Phin, she will never hurt your father for any reason because she loves him and has loved him ever since, growing old with your father and watching her children grow is her greatest pleasure, your mother didn’t raise you to be weak, you are already strong my lady, don’t allow anybody to deceive you, your so called friend, Okra, does not have a conscience, she sold it out to the devil long time ago, do not join her league because the end is filled with regrets, don’t be among the gullible women she has mislead, even if you don’t want the child after birth there are a lot of us that will be so happy to have him or her, think of how happy you will make your mother and father with that child, I know I’m nothing but a slave. Your mother gave me to you for a reason, I was a fourteen years old slave with a shaved hair and was not good to look upon, i was given to you by your mother and approved by your kind father, I was handed over to you to protect and to help you, is being almost ten years and I have never turn away from that, i have not failed in my services to you, I will beg you for the last time my lady, please can you listen, even if is this once to this common slave that has served you all this years with all sincerity, can you…please my lady, don’t do this evil…don’t….
“I wonder when a slave becomes bold to speak to her owner in this manner, Zity, is only a fool that will listen to a senseless speech from a commoner who insulted the kingdom by rejecting Lord Vim’s proposal just because of her stupid god, hope you are not considering any of those nonsense she said, if you do it only means you are a weak woman, is your body, is your life, you own nothing to anybody, whatever you do is your business, you were born alone and the day you will die you will die alone, so live your live now and do not listen to any negative senseless talk from a commoner, remember she will soon become food for Mandioh’s lions, for rejection your brother’s proposal and for disobeying you, is a double sin, hurry up Zity, we don’t have the whole day, this foolish slave has already taken enough of our time, the physician is running out of patient…
“I can’t do it, Tamar is right, no one has arrested my attention and make me have fear the way she just did, she made me to flash back to my life, and I feel this is absolutely wrong Okra, there’s other ways to punish Chakan but not this way, I don’t want to do this again, I can’t do this, I don’t mind giving the physician money for coming to waste her time but Tamar’s word really got me, some of the things she said is worth thinking over, she maybe slave but there is wisdom in her word, and she spoke unafraid, she wasn’t trying to impress with her intelligent word or please anyone, but to save me from doing another wrong, I know is my body, I can do whatever I chose with it and I have chosen to keep this child, I may not survive this abortion despite how simple it sound, yes, the child will be off in no time but my conscience will hurt me for the rest of my life
At that moment God made it possible for Zity to sit still and listen to all I have to say, but Okra began to sow evil seed again in her heart, Zity began to look confuse, Okra moved close to me but I wasn’t afraid as I stared at her as if I got bullet in my eyes to shot her and her wrinkled physician out of Zity’s chamber and never to return, she strike me hard, and then another follows, I fell to the ground as she kicked me
“let her go Okra, carry out your frustration on me and not her, I was the one that decided not to go on with this abortion, so be angry with me, leave Tamar alone, she was only looking out for me…she belong to me, do not punish her on my behalf, let her be, I will pay for all your time wasted, and for disturbing your well sorted physician, I will pay but let all this end, don’t hit her again, she is mine and you have no right to hit her in my presence…
“You watched her insult me and call me names and you did nothing, she said I was evil and I was deceiving you, she even mentioned my name without respect, you sat there and did not caution her, I was just waiting for you to do something that was why I kept quiet and now you are even insulting me the more, remember your brother said her god can have her, and you washed your hand off her that day as you were looking for a suitable punishment for her, well I will hand her over to Mandioh, I will tell him that you have a Christian slave living with you, just that information alone and it will cause an outrage, I thank the gods that your brother is no more interested in her so he wouldn’t care if anything happens to her, it would have being impossible for anybody to touch her if your brother was still into her but now he washed off himself from her case, and you too did few days back, I will hold that dearly as I hand her over to her god, in few days time, your dear Tamar will have turn into waste in the animal belle, and her carcass will be among those eaten in the den, for that insult she gave me I will never allow her to go Scot free..
“I take back my words Okra, when I said I don’t want her and her god can have her, just as my brother said, I wasn’t thinking, I do want her, yes, I want Tamar, and I don’t want any harm to come to her…do not tell Mandioh that she is a Christian, Okra, don’t do that, you know how Mandioh hates Christians, I apologies on her behalf if you feel insulted, and I’m saying sorry for causing it all, it was all my fault, to have agreed for you to bring the physician when I’m not ready, let her go, if anybody deserve to be thrown into Mandioh’s lion’s den is not Tamar but Shamara, I swap, take Shamara leave Tamar…please take no offence Okra with what Tamar said…
“I take no offence from you Zity but from a commoner, having the mind to insult me, you gave her that wings but I will break it, your word can not be taken back, you have said it and it will stand, you hand her over to her gods so let’s see if her so called god can save her, and I’m so certain no god can save her from the hungry beast in Mandioh’s den, you can’t swap her for Shamara, both she and Shamara will become food for the animals, shamara’s offence is one, which is going into your husband’s chamber and laying with him, well that is pretty forgivable, if anybody deserve to live then it should be Shamara, but this useless girl here, her offence is a cup full, being a Christian is the greatest of all the offence, and she knows she worship abominable god yet she was never ashamed or afraid, she insulted me…and also insulted you but you chose to over look, that’s your business, me, I can’t over look mine, another of her sin is she turning down your brother’s proposal, which made him so angry and he also swear never to have anything with her again, how can she dare say no to Vim, a great seed of the soil, a very important young man, a well known man, she boldly insulted him, how could she do that, now your brother has turned his back on her so Mandioh’s lion can have her, Mandioh will be so glad to watch his lion consume a Christian girl, he finds it pleasurable, you may even call your brother to come and watch the show, it will be to his delight, he will be glad to watch her get consumed and mock her god, Zity I know you don’t want to abort the child, is fine, is your life I won’t push it anymore, but let’s focus on this your slave, she is a bad omen, she took your mother and father’s love from you, you told me that they did not want to send her to you again, years back when you requested for her at Adolfo’s house, and when she came living with you at Adolfo’s house, Adolfo also took likeness to her and always wants her to keep him busy in his study instead of you his wife, and after you got married to Chakan, Chakan also liked her, and the last straw is your brother falling in love with her, all this I just said is it true or false…?
“okra, please let it go, is all true, yes, Tamar is a good person, I know I told you that my parents likes Tamar, Adolfo, Chakan and my brother fell in love with her, everything you said is true and it made real sense yet I don’t want any more trouble for her, I need all the help I can get here especially this time, and when the baby will be born, and Tamar is the only one that understands me, what exactly do you mean with all this…
“You will get a better personal maid, more than your nugatory termite, and what I’m saying is that…is because she is a witch, she bewitched everyone around you to be on her side, your entire household and then your husband, Adolfo and Chakan, do you think is ordinary, Zity… Zity wise up, you have to be smarter than this, she has bewitched you too, and for you to break that power and hold she has in your family is by handling her over to Mandioh, your brother eyes cleared up from her charm, you too should quickly do same, if her god is powerful or she thinks she has power let her save herself from the lions, you are not doing anything bad to her you are only trying to break loose from her grip over you and your entire family, she is a hindrance to the kind to happiness I want you to experience , she knows Chakan was having affair with a maid, yet she never told you. what kind of personal maid does that, she saw it and knew them to be together but never said a word or even tried to stop Chakan, she didn’t even stop you from going into Chakan’s chamber, she allowed you to see such evil that made you to collapse, and you sit there telling me she is a good person…no think and think again if I’m wrong.
Zity sat quietly without saying a word, she breathed deeply and bent her head, this time I was on my feet relaxing by the wall, I was not showing any sign of fear, I stood as if Okra was just making noise with her words, she gets more angry anytime she looks at me and saw that I wasn’t afraid and I was not going to plead like she has expected me to crawl to her feet and cry out to her like a god, she saw there was no sign of fear and it aggravated her the more.
I am happy that Zity won’t be aborting her child again, I feel so much joy as she listened to me and changed her mind. If this is my only good deed on this earth then I’m fulfilled.
This fight is not for me because I have no strength of my own but of the lord, who got me covered.
God will prove himself in a way they never expect…
