Chapter 107: We need Help

                       ***WE NEED HELP***

"He is not German, Paula, I have told you this severally. He is not even a human! I found out that I made love with a water spirit, a marine person after the act. Before my eyes, I saw him dive into the sea and turn into a fish."

Mom shouted and burst into heavy tears. Now aunty Paula just stood up from her chair in shock looking so confused, she folded her hands over her chest as she appeared to be dumbfounded at the moment.

Right now, aunty Paula stood up from her chair with her hands crossed having a cocktail of surprise, confusion, and a touch of fear.

"A merman? Sorry, by merman, do you mean a real mame-water? Like a real mame-water, a water spirit?"

Aunty Paula asked still looking dumbfounded and terrified.

"Yes, that Damian you see is a blend of me and that deceptive mermam, a creature I knew nothing about. Well, all this while I have managed to keep him human and hide his other part, the merman part. It was said by one blind prophet who I just got the notice that he is dead, the prophet said that he must never swim any water of any kind if he must keep his human part, now you know where I'm going to, he had swum, not just only the fact that he swam, he had been swimming, now I fear that I am losing him. I fear that I am losing him to the sea, he is gradually slipping off my hand"

Mom said.

"Jesus Christ! What are you saying, Juliet? You are scaring me please, stop this joke, it's no longer funny. How is that even possible? I have heard of spiritual wives, husbands, and children, but I've never seen or even heard of this particular one that you are saying."

Aunty Paula confessed looking truly terrified, her fear was actually visible as her hands shook.

"Common Paula, you know me true well, you know when I'm joking and when I'm serious, this is my son's life that we are talking about here, who joke with things like this? I literally had a one-night stand with a real-life merman, I met him at Elegushi beach in Lagos, or should I even say that he met me, yes he met me there because I was there crying when he came to me with his evil manipulating personality. You can imagine, u said personality as if he was a person."

Mom raised a question at aunty Paula as she appeared to be disappointed at her comment.

"So, seriously? Do you mean that Damian is not a human? Is that your point?"

Aunty Paula asked.

"What is the meaning of this rubbish now? Tell me Paula, are you helping me or not? I need help from you, please take me anywhere, pls help me biko."

"Hmm... What do you want me to do then? How can I possibly help you in this matter?" 

Auty Paula asked.

"Yes, that is it, you see there was this blind prophet that we knew, he knew everything about Damian and his nature, it was his idea that he never swim. He had been helpful to us"

Mom was saying when aunty Paula distracted her saying:

"Aha, why not go meet him? Why not go see him? Why not ask him for help."

Aunty Paula asked.

"That's it... If you had allowed me to talk you would have heard what I was trying to say. You still have not changed this your character of interrupting people when they speak... Well, I as I was saying. I would have gone to him, but he is dead. I just found out that he is dead already. Please I need your help, take us to any spiritual house where we can get help or even advice... Please you know we are still young in Abuja, I know nowhere except for my workplace, so please, help us."

Mom said.

"Hmm... Jesus! This is bad? My friend, you know I have never heard or seen anything like this, please I need time to think, and don't worry, I'll definitely find a place or even places."

Aunty Paula demanded.

"And Damian, does he know anything about this? I meant... Does he know who his father is? So he know that he is a...?"

She ended with a question.

"No, he knows nothing about that, I made sure he doesn't know about it."

Mom said.

"Really? How could you keep such a delicate matter from him? Are you not scared of him? What if he finds out and gets angry? Hmm... My friend, you are supposed to seek for a more comfortable place and time, and words that you may use to explain to him all these things... What if turns on you? You know these creatures could be deadly."

Aunty Paula suggested.

"No Paula, some truth is better not spoken. And my boy is not any creature, he is a human. And my boy is not deadly, he is a respectful and calm boy, I raised him, and I can vouge for him."

Mom responded. All the while aunty Paula was still shocked to the marrows and my mom already started regretting her action, she shouldn't have even told her about this, but she had no choice, she needed urgent help, and if she didn't hell her the full truth, she might not know how to help. So the both ladies: my mom and aunty Paula sat before each other staring without airing any word like kids having a staring contest.