Black mistress

The burial

 The burial

The bishop carried his staff up for the final blessing and said "please,the cathechist should not just call up any random member of the church to altar to make the announcement, the announcement should be made by someone confident enough to face the crowd."he bless the crowd with a sign of the cross with his staff .

Mr Benjamin could not resist the stare of the crowd, everyone was staring at him like someone who commited an unforgiveable sin ,he left his seat and rushed out of the building only to be caught by the Archbishop.The Archbishop was doing his normal greeting routine when he saw Mr Benjamin leaving the church in haste,he knew he embarassed him,but he wanted to say it as well.Mr Reuben, the cathechist always take his family as the only family that is qualified to climb to the altar for the service of God,he never allowed another soul that is not his, to climb to the altar,in exception of mass servers.

  "Oh, bless me,your lordship"Ben knelt before the staff the Archbishop was holding ."May you be blessed" he gave the sign of the cross with his staff in silence ."why were you in haste and your face is in mess, one can't even stare at your face twice to avoid a rotten and messy day ahead "the Archbishop knew he was making him feel agitated, though he never liked the Benjamin of a man, he seems too fetish for his look.    Archbishop Geoffrey is a free priest who dislike selfishness and hates egocentric creatures. "The announcement you made was kinda absurd and dull to the laity, but ,incase of next time, hmmmm try and look up to the congregation while saying the announcement aloud .Be courageous and bold ."the archbishop said to Benjamin who was already agitated and edgy. Ben was just staring at the Archbishop like a lost fowl,within ,he want to strangle this Holy father to death.He held his hand at his back and still kept on staring at the Archbishop without saying a word.The Archbishop placed his staff on a low on his secretary palm,that was already open,he tapped Ben on his shoulder and starrted preaching endlessly,been a man of many words, Ben, on the otherhand, ready and already prepared to stand listening to the sixty year old priest,nodding his head at every statement and hmmmmmming at the end of an exclation.He was giving the Archbishop, the gestures of affirmatory,luckily for him, frank george came to his rescue.

  “Hey man,we could not find the key to the car,and visitors already are at the doorstep”frank said.Ben knew that frank was with the key and he expected the rescue mission from him,they were friends and inlaw as well.“ok,thanks dude”he dipped his hand into his pocket to look for the invisible key,he is really a good actor,staring at the Archbishop who already paused,waiting for the permission to be excused.

  Ben smiled at Rev fr Geoffrey with a remorseful facial expression “please,your grace, I think I misplaced the car keys let me quickly go and look for it”the Archbishop never liked been cut short in his one -on-one sermon, he nodded as Benjamin quickly dash off to the back gate avoiding the Archbishop to know his way out. 

    The Archbishop holding his staff with the holy water on his right hand, he sprinkled the casket decorated with flowers laid on a form in front of the altar. Seraphina George , Benjamin Fischer, and Mrs Caroline. All standing at the front pew ,on black with their black shades,looking like bouncers.The choirs sang the rock of ages hymn with only a piano instrument which made all souls move into reminiscence.Many men on black suits where all present at the burial mass service ,some where the business patners and others where Marian societies they dont have a choice, it was Frank George burial, the CEO of saphire club ,a multibillionaire club ."I think we need a househelp ”seraphina whispered to Benjamin. 

  They took the corpse to the cemetery for final blessing before laying him low at rest Benjamin was called upon for his tribute to the departed soul who happens to be his best friend,Benjamin eyes suddenly turned red and went dim, after this ,who would save him for the one -on-one sermon. He was already in tears when a young lady on white and flair black skirt started shouting for help from behind. It was so strange to His Grace that he should have to lay the body to rest without any tribute said, Although the tribute been said is just for the autobiography of the deceased.

  The girl was crowded with Fischer's family,the cathechist knew what the church was expected of him,so, he decided to take the young girl home. She was already weak to stand by herself,he ordered Benjamin to take her home.