PART 13"ONCE UPON A TIME"

PART 13
"ONCE UPON A TIME"
©️Opeyemi Akintunde

Entering the hospital room was like entering a slaughterhouse. Rachel felt the dark cloud of accusation over her....She could tell that the Host of heaven was disappointed in her.

" Ward 7" One of the Nurses had told her.

With legs as heavy as Iron, she walked into Ward 7, the horror that faced her was unexpected. She couldn't see Redemption in the girl lying on the bed. She saw a monster. A face burnt beyond recognition. Redemption had turned black. There were also patches of exposed flesh like a knife was used to peel the skin....

Tears of pain and condemnation flowed down Rachel's cheeks...She almost let out a gasp but she refrained herself from doing so...

" Rachel! Rachel ? Is that you?" Redemption slurred

Her speech had been affected also.

"Rachel! Say something! Please !" Redemption said.

" I know your Smell Rachel! Rachel everyone has left me, please don't leave..." Redemption slurred harder

Rachel couldn't! How was she going to open her mouth to say anything to the girl she had destroyed.

Without saying anything! She ran out of the hospital.

Rachel's tears poured freely soaking the hospital pillow as she remembered how Kachi did the unimaginable thing two days after she had visited Redemption. In the bid of restituting after giving her life to Christ, Kachi confessed to the crime of the fire outbreak mentioning Rachel's name.

Rachel casted her mind back to how she sat under the tree and from a distance she saw Somadima running
towards her like a horse without control. Rachel knew something was wrong. She rose quickly and looking closely at Somadima, she saw a machete in his hand...

Rachel knew exactly what that meant...

Somadima had found out what she did!

She had run into the house screaming for her mother. She locked the door from inside.

" Mummy, help me!"

Her mother had rushed out of her bedroom. By that time Somadima was screaming at the top of his voice...

" Rachel...come out here! Nothing will stop me from cutting your head from off your shoulder. You wicked soul, I was never into you, so why would you do that evil to
Redemption? Witch... Your fellow witch has confessed to your witchcraft... " Somadima screamed

" I am sorry!" Rachel remembered screaming...

She didn't know which was hurting more; the pain of knowing she had been caught or the pain of knowing Somadima now hated her...

" What is he talking about?" Rachel's mother had asked

" I...I...We...we...Kachi..
Fire on Redem... Redemption " Rachel stuttered uncontrollably

Rachel's Mum fell to the ground in shock. The shock was too much for her... Rachel screamed for help...At that point, she no longer feared for her life, instead her Mother's survival was of paramount interest to her.. She dashed off to the door, unlocked it by herself and screamed...

" Help! My mother ! "

Somadima who had been boiling hard to cut off Rachel's head became suddenly uncertain of what his next move should be... From where he stood outside the door, he saw Rachel's Mum lying lifeless...

" The witch has killed her mother too!" Somadima ran off saying it loudly on the road...

Rachel thought of what she had to do, her father and siblings had all gone out.

She remembered seeing movies where water was always poured on people who fainted. She decided to follow the lead of the movies.

Rachel's Mum snapped out of her unconsciousness after the water pouring. Simultaneously, Rachel looked up and saw a number of people running violently towards their house...

" Run!" Rachel's Mum said "Don't ever come back!

"Mummy...no...I don't have anywhere to go...please protect me."

" Rachel ...me telling you to run away is me protecting...Run as fast as your legs can take you." Rachel's mum said sobbing...No matter how terrible a child was, she was still her mother's child...

" Go...go...." Rachel remembered her mother's last words re-echoing itself in her ears... The words were laced with pain, heartbreak, disappointment and sorrow...

Rachel remembered running like she was at the Olympics. She had no destination in mind, but she knew she had to keep running till she knew it was safe....

" And I have been running ever since then!" Rachel muttered...

Ever since she left , Redemption's horror face had haunted her nights on numerous occasions.

******
Redemption couldn't bear to look herself in the mirror for two years. Two years after the fire accident and disappearance of her best friend turned enemy, she took the bold step of looking into the mirror...

The face that looked back at her was not the face of a human but the face was worse than the face of a monster.

At that point, she made up her mind, Rachel was not going to go scot free...

She paid her paternal Aunty a visit...

" Aunty, people say that you are a witch. Please make me one, there is someone I need to deal with!"

To be continued....

NOTE: This piece was written with the intention of touching lives, feel free to share but please be mindful of the writer by not erasing her credits and that of the HolySpirit who Inspires her. May men be mindful of you too, may you not be deprived of the Credits & blessings due to you in Jesus name. God bless you.

DEEP THOTS NOVELS
INSPIRED BY THE LIVING WORD
Written by Opeyemi Akintunde
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