1 THE FORBIDDEN FRUITS
DID HE SAY SO?
When He says it He doesn't really mean it. I can still hear his voice echoing as if it was now. James came in just after lunch and I heard him asking Irene did He say don't taste it? Irene said I was told not to attempt it till am candidly ready to take up this responsibilities or regrets which ever one that shows up.
it all started when I and Irene were in grade three.
we were young and naive, my friend James came from the city and was well experienced in the things of sex.
I introduced Irene to him and the moment he set his eyes on her, he went on and on with his beautiful she is and all that.
I have liked Irene right from when we were little but had never seen her from James view of things.
all I can remember is as soon as James started fantasising about Irene's beautiful endowments, I could think of nothing else than how I long to explore those bodies of hers as James said.
Our school final examination kept approaching, she noticed that I've lost interest in studying after school hours everyday.
My parents also noticed and called my attention to it. But James being the devil he was kept urging me to make a move on Irene or he'll do so if I delayed further. I lost all interest in attending weekly activities, studying the Word of God became punishment for me. Sunday services became a forbidden gathering to me. My fellowship students kept checking and encouraging me, but didn't know what I was going through.
DO NOT STEER UP THOSE EMOTIONS:
It was a Sunday Sermon I will never forget in a hurry. There Pastor Samuel Bamidele standing on the alter started his normal worship routine, usually I'll be slain in the spirit as he starts his usual eulogy of Gods names. And boy that man can worship, but funny enough this very day I wasn't moved. Then something happened. There was this big heavy bang on my chest when he mentioned the title of his sermon that day. THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT and he went ahead to explain what he meant as if seeing through my motives, Anything that is not yours and cannot be yours, craving to have it illegally is called sin. Like the "lamb being led to the slaughter without any choice than to succumb to the wish of the butcher" I was determined to carry through my plot.
NOW THAT I'M HERE:
Day and night I kept thinking and marking my strategies, each time I envisaged fear, James was always there to boost my ego, telling me that he's done this times and again that there was nothing to cower about.
Our examination came and as I expected, I failed and Irene passed. that didn't deter my efforts on my upcoming mission.
Then Irene called me at about 2.pm on Saturday afternoon that she did like us spending the day together since there's been this gap between us before our examination. I informed James and he offered to help with so much gleefulness a lion who have waited for a long time to devour his prey. So with the help of James I quickly obliged, he opted that his place will be perfect since his uncle was on a vacation outside the country.
THERE'S NO TURNING BACK NOW:
All day long on Friday I waited for the hour to come. I have known what it means to have the pleasure of having an affair with a woman, but for all James have told me, I was bent on finding out for myself.
Early morning Hours of Saturday came mum and dad announced that we all are visiting grandma in the nearby village but I quickly came up the excuse of having a severe headache and would prefer staying back home to rest, which didn't seem any big deal to them.
coupled with the fact that I just rounded off my examination. So it was logical for me to want to rest.
THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE
Hours became minutes and minutes became seconds and finally she came. I told her mum and dad just drove out to get some groceries for the house, now I found out that with the hunger to commit sin came with telling lies and other things I wasn't doing or ever thought I was capable of doing.
She came in and for some minutes for the very first time in months I became nervous, asking myself if I still wanted to carry through with my plans. What if she refuses?, what if someone comes in? What if my pastor spotted me out in church? a thousand and one what if's flooded my mind and conscience. Just then James call came through, I hived a sign of just what I needed. He called to find out if the deed was done? I told him not yet. He sounded disappointed but urged me to pull through with our plans.
Now with Irene in our living room, I wasn't able to think rationally. I was between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Suddenly, I heard her calling me to come see this movie showing. She noticed my nervousness immediately I stepped into the living room. she asked O my God Jude are you OK? with a hoarsely voice I replied I'm OK ,its nothing to worry really, but she insisted on looking up my temperature, asked me to come lie on the coach beside her, and that was when I had my first opportunity to plant a harmless kiss on her lip which to my amazement, she didn't reject but chuckle and acted as if she had expected it for a long time.
MY DESTINY WAS DESTROYED IN MINUTES
I made another move on her and this time she welcomed me with an opened arms. in minutes we were done and as the bible said that Adam and Eve's eyes were opened, mine became opened but immediately I felt what I had never felt for Irene since our childhood friendship. HATRED. It all came rushing back on me, what my pastor preached and kept preaching to the youths of the church and that of our generation. FLEA YOUTHFUL LUST.
I sent her out of my house that day and weeks following she kept calling but I never picked her calls. Then one evening I received an SMS from her which read, I'm sure by the time you'll be reading this I'll be far from this community. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HIV VIRUS TWO WEEKS AGO. I was sent to destroy your destiny long ago because we saw the love of God burning in you. It took me this long but it was worth the wait.
From me: Irene.
Authorized BY PASTOR SAMUEL T.A. BAMIDELE
WRITTEN AND EDITED BY
PASTOR MRS. I.J BAMIDELE
