PART 20" ONCE UPON A TIME "

PART 20
" ONCE UPON A TIME "
©️Opeyemi Akintunde

" He is not here yet!" Rogers replied Elder

" He was there Sir! He said you insulted him !" Elder replied

" What?"

" Yes sir!"

"Oh No! That couldn't have been the Pastor?" Rogers said after a brief silence.

Everyone in the room looked his way as Rogers made his way to the door in a rush.

He looked down the hallway, there was no trace of the Pastor... Rogers ran towards the Nurses' station. He asked if they had seen the Pastor. One of the Nurses confirmed she was the one who directed him to the Ward when he told her he was a Pastor.

" Where is he now?" Rogers asked

" I saw him going down the stairs" She replied

Rogers took the stairs also.

On getting to the reception, there was no sight of the Pastor. Instead, his driver was seated watching an African movie showing on the reception TV.

" Carlos! "

" Yes Boss!" Carlos jumped on his feet

" Where is the Pastor?"

" He just left!"

" Why did you let him go?"

" Sir?" The question sounded strange

" Never Mind! Let's go find him. I didn't know he was the one I have been waiting. His appearance was misleading" Rogers said urging Carlos towards the door.

Carlos gave a hidden smile, he knew what his boss meant by the Pastor's misleading appearance. The Pastor looked like a beggar instead of looking like a person representing God.

*******
If Pastor Greg's shoe could talk , it would definitely insult Pastor Greg for angrily dragging it on the ground despite knowing it's worn out and exhausted state. After about fifteen minutes walk away from the hospital, The shoe decided to give up on Pastor Greg since the shoe realized its owner was not concerned about it.

" No way! God what is this? You this Nnamdi's boss, you will see shame ooo, I was sleeping on my own, before you called me to come over to the hospital , but Instead of a celebrated welcome, what happened to me is called Ridicule. By the anointing of God over my head, that man will always be ridiculed in Jesus name...." Pastor Greg said bitterly as he pulled out the sole of the shoe that had given up on him.

The clouds suddenly gathered against Pastor Greg as they suddenly turned dark...

" I hope it doesn't rain or else the curse I will release on this man, his generation will not recover from it oooo" Pastor Greg looked up at the angry clouds.

******
Rogers looked on both sides of the exit of the hospital , the pastor was not in sight....

" This is bad...very bad!" Rogers said regretting his actions of judging a book by its cover...

" Carlos...You take the left, let me take the right."

*******
Kemi wondered why the man left the room in a hurry.

The room was dead quiet. No one was saying anything...

Janet knew it was time to leave, but she couldn't leave without making her mark . She needed to speak to one of the adults in the room .

" Can I have a word with you outside?" She said to Kemisola.

" Sure!" Kemi said following her from behind.

*******
"I got married few days back and my husband died on the wedding day. I still want to believe it's all a lie... Right?" Janet said laughing

Kemi knew that feeling. That feeling of denial. She knew what this woman was going through. At that point, the woman didn't have a hint about what was coming for her...Depression was going to hit her soon, heart pain would hit her heart like the pain from a sledgehammer, she would have migraines pretty soon and the list was endless... She was going to need a good support system.

" So sorry to hear that!" Kemi said

" That's why I want you to please ensure that girl doesn't kill herself" Janet said

" That's why I am here!" Kemi said

" Ok...thanks!" Janet said turning from Kemi.

" Hey sis... if this will make you feel any better, I want you to know that you will be fine. I am a widow also , and I am doing fine"

" No...I am not going to be fine... I am sure your husband died after giving you kids, I never even had the joy of sharing a night with my husband... Married as a virgin, widowed as a virgin... So I won't be fine..." Janet started with a bold and tough front but ended badly with tears

Kemi moved closer, hugging her tightly. She had lost two husbands, so she knew how heartbreaking losing a husband could be .

" You will be fine..." Kemi reassured Janet...

" Madam, Why did you bring a patient out of her room?" A nurse said to Kemi.

" I...I..." Kemi tried defending herself but on a second thought she knew it wasn't necessary...

" Where is your ward?" Kemi asked Janet

" It's on the third floor, room 301" Janet replied

" Let me take you back to your room!" Kemi said.

She looked back towards Rachel's room. She believed she would be fine with Harry.

******
Harry could tell this was his moment...He was alone with Rachel...

" Rachel...Listen...If you do not follow me now. You are on your own. The man and the woman are rich ritualists, my herbalist told me they want to suck all the remaining good luck you have in you. Get up now and let us leave before those people return..."

Rachel nodded.

Out of the three, Harry was the person who had found out the source of her problem. Definitely, he was the one with the Solution.

" I will ask that you should be discharged. Tell them I am your uncle and we believe in traditional healing."

Rachel nodded in agreement.

Harry knew he was running against time.

" Get up and Let's be on our way".

******
Rogers had walked almost 15 minutes to the right of the hospital but still he didn't see the Pastor. It started to drizzle. He knew it was high time he returned.

" Fool, you should have brought the car." Rogers said to himself

He could tell that if he walked back to the Hospital, the rain would beat him silly. He crossed over to the other side of the road hoping to get a taxi.

********
Kemi helped Janet onto her bed.

" Thank you!" Janet said as she sobbed uncontrollably

" Don't mention!"

" How did your husband die?" Janet asked

Kemi knew the story telling was going to take a while...

" Actually, I lost two husbands, but it's a very long story I can't share now. When you are much stronger, I will share my story with you."

" I have all the time now! Please!" Janet pleaded

Kemi couldn't resist it.

" I will just make the story really short!" Kemi said to herself as she took the seat beside her bed.

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. God bless you

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