Chapter 113: The gossip

"Can you imagine that bastard? He called me into his office and started asking me all questions about my life. He asked me about my name, the job I do, where I leave, my state of origin, my salary, my son and his name, how everything happened, he even asked me to be detailed in my explanation. After all the questions, he insisted that I must pay five hundred thousand Naira to his account before he could help deliver my boy from the sea. I even said that I should write him a cheque but he refused, he insisted that I must make a transfer to him it was after the transfer that you saw me back from his room of extortion. After everything, even plus the money, instead of doing his part, he didn't, of course, he didn't because he can't. He had done his worse, or is that not his worse? What more can he do to me that could be worse than that which he just did. Now he took all the information that I gave to him, he made a remix out of it and started saying trash about my son and me. But you see that man? He will surely pay for this, he will surely pay."

Mom said still fuming in anger. "God will surely punish that scammer of a man of God, I swear, I didn't know that this is what this man usually do o, you noticed the way I acted when you said he asked you all those questions in the church, that was because I was shocked that he was asking you and you happened to be the one telling him, instead of the way around... You see, this is one among the numerous reasons why people do not go to church, now if tomorrow I stop going to church, someone will start blaming me, they won't know that the number of fake people running much church has really killed many people's morale."

Aunty Paula said

"So Paula, this is the Man of God you took me to, a senseless idiot, trust me if he did not send back my money he will not like the part this trouble will trail. I will take this to anywhere, he better pay me back that money, else he will go to prison,"

Mom said so furiously. 

"Truly my babe, I do not know this about this man, I had been here once before, a friend of mine invited me here, and I saw him prophesy and perform miracles right in the church, I thought he was legit, I swear to God, I really thought he was legit, if I had known he was this low I would not have brought you here for this kind of insult and embarrassment now, you know me now. Really, when he was saying these things in the church, I felt like beating him up, I could even arranged about to toughen himself up."

Aunty Paula explained in her most sympathetic mood.

Now I felt even more lost, it was only recently that I started getting the inkling that something was wrong about my birth. The two ladies, mom, and aunty Paula were literally gossiping about me, right in my present, at least so I thought. What is really going on? Who is my dad? Could it be true tag mom said those vile things to the prophet and he came out only puking out what mom said to him? What is truly happening? 

"Now what are we going to do?"

Aunty Paula asked. Poor aunty Paula, that day she was so uncomfortable, she just can't believe that she took her friend to that kind of a quack place, a house of scam in the use of the church, she probably couldn't forgive herself as this led to her wanting to do anything to make up with the mistake she had made, though she never did that intentionally, she was only deceived by the man just like he had managed to deceive all of his congregation.

"I should be asking you. We need help, I have shown you, I have told you, and we know nowhere and no one around here, you are our only hope I really."

Mom said.

"Hmm... Ok, I know of a friend that patronizes some spiritual houses, I'll contact her and ask her for help maybe she can help. But... Hmm."

Aunty Paula said.

"Hmm... Please do, but please do not go announcing our predicament to the world all because we needed help. And what is but doing in the talk again"

Mom suggested.

"Common, what do you take me for? She don't even have to know about the reason I needed her assistance, trust me. Aha, as for the but aspect, I hope that you are ready to go anywhere because this lady that I'm telling you about is a kind of a strong lady o, I am sure you understand what I am talking about. She does some shady things."

Aunty Paula pointed out, and mom chuckled and said.

"My dear, right now I can even accept help from the devil himself, if the devil should come out of the hell right now and ask me to join him in hell but my son will be made hold and safe, my dear I will do it. If the place that she goes will save my son from those disgusting sea people, why will I now go there?"

So she did say. Hmm... Disgusting sea people, I only swam in a pool, not a sea, I've never even seen a sea, I have only seen the sea in the movies which mom even always complained about. She had disagreed with my watching any movie that has a sea in it. According to her, they can initiate people into the marine coven through the movie. Very funny, right? You know, before now, I used to think that my mom was overreacting about this allergy until this transpired, now I have seen for myself, I shouldn't have gone close to any water just as she had advised. 

In no time, we were already at Maitama, mom drove like someone competing in a death race,