THE PASTOR'S WIFE - EPISODE 14 - 15
It took me few minutes to compose myself and face her.
"What do you want from me Ifeoma? What else do you want?" I asked her meanly, while she looked at me with stoned expressionless face.
"I came here to clear my mind to you, to confess and seek for your forgiveness madam."
my heart was beating at a faster rate than ever.
"ghen, ghen! what more do you have to say? we all know you slept with pastor David." Lizzy said and shook her head sympathetically.
"There is more."
"don't tell us you used juju or charms on pastor." Lizzy asked with her eyes wide open.
"tufiakwa, I am a christian, I can't do that."
"if I hear! you? hmmm. what you did to your madam is what a witch can do, it's same as using juju of course? talk please time is going."
Ifeoma looked at me, and then Lizzy.
"I was in love with Usman when I first came here. He loved me too. He even said he was going to marry me." She said stammering and trying to control the catarrh from running out of her nose.
"Who is Usman? this is the second time I am hearing that name." Lizzy asked with a worried face.
"David's Driver. David converted him from being a Muslim to a Christian, he was with us for 7years." I replied with a serious face.
Lizzy shrugs.
"The night we made love, I was ovulating. I was sure. I was scared, but when I realized I was doing it for the man I loved, I took off my mind."
"wait a minute, you mean you and Usman made love in this compound?" I asked, looking amazed.
She became silent for a while, and then spoke again.
"The first day Mama Georgina saw me, she advice me to seduce pastor, so that I can be pregnant for him, that you were barren. She was going to pay me a huge sum of money and then change pastor's mind towards you. I was desperately in need of money. My mother was dying of breast cancer. My salary was not enough."
I felt my eyebrows pull together in a frown as she stared at me tearily and desperately.
"Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me all what you were going through? I sent money to your family every month. even when I was in America, I never forgot. I would have created a sponsorship group to raise funds for your mother."
Everywhere became calm.
"I am so sorry aunty. My baby died just this morning. I am happy he has gone to rest, he was usually very sick. I came here to clear my mind, so that I can live with a clear conscience. "
She said in tears, her frantic voice sounded far away. My eyelids flutter for a few moments before I forced them open, my eyes were filled with tears.
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THE PASTOR'S WIFE - EPISODE 15
I remember the pain in her eyes more than anything else.
Then I remembered the pains I went through when my husband left me for her.
I imagined her in bed with David, I imagined him kissing her and making love to her.
I thought to myself, what if the baby was his, what if the baby wasn't SS genotype? What if?
Then she wouldn't have been here kneeling right in front of me. She wouldn't have been preparing for the wedding, happily preparing to marry David. Bitter resentment crawled inside of me, making my anger boil.
Part of me wanted to just beat her up, scream obscenities at her, and send her out of the house. Then the other part wanted to forgive her and let her go. Then my heart reminded me that God rewrote my story, it was up to me to make it beautiful.
When I finally tried to recollect myself, breaking away from the hurtful thoughts that I had been in. I took a good look at Ifeoma, my fist literarily clenched.
"You can go now, I have forgiven you." A strangles sob escaped my mouth.
There was this new countenance that suddenly appeared on her face. She rose immediately and hugged me. Lizzy stared at us like she was about to cry. While Teye had slept off on the couch long ago.
"you are a good woman" Lizzy whispered, almost in tears.
It began to rumble softly.
"I have to go now madam. Usman is waiting for me." She said in a light tone."
"You saw him?" I asked, looking amazed.
" yes, I found him." She said, almost whispering.
We both left each other's arms as she walked into the rain. The moment I opened the door, a gust of cold wind heralds in and nips at my cheeks. Rain splattered into the house, so I quickly shut the door.
"It is well. I suspected Georgina was right behind all of this."
"I suspected too. But I don't still blame her. David was never man enough to have his own choice and say no to his mother. he always did what she wanted."
I said, sitting carefully on the couch.
"mummyyyyy." Teye cried out, her tiny voice rumbled. Lizzy cuddled her a bit and carried her in her arms, waiting for the rain to stop so that she can go back home.
"I need food!" I cried out, sitting upright. My heart pounded endlessly as if I just finished a race, and the breathing was hard.
I shivered at the external coldness, but I was warm inside. Lizzy rushed to the kitchen to make dinner, I then realized that I was really pregnant.
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