Adventures with the diva

Episode 9

” An adventure with the slay Divas? Are you crazy or what? You want me to work with you, a cop? That’s not happening. I won’t get involved in this suicide mission, life is too beautiful for a wild goose chase. Excuse me and don’t ever follow me again”, I yelled at her. She was shocked by my response. I guessed she was expecting something quite a cinch from me but she got it the other way round.

” Davis, please listen to me. I am sorry if I’ve been following you around. It’s just that you are my only hope of catching her. Without you, I would be doomed. Look, I am not requesting you, I am begging you, please help me, help me to bring her to justice” she pleaded. I looked at her for a while, thinking of the kind of response to give her.

” Stay out of my way. I don’t want a complicated life, I want a normal life like everyone does. I'm sorry I can’t help you”, I said, then I made to leave.

” He was my brother; it was my brother that she killed! She killed my brother that night. I became a cop just because of her. Ever since our father became a commissioner, our life has been complicated. Do you know how it feels to lose a brother? I'm not going to stop until I bring justice to whoever had a hand in my brother's death. Now look at me and tell me you are not helping me”, she said with tears running down her face.

I admitted she caught me off guide. I felt sorry for her and I couldn’t help seeing a lady crying.

”I am sorry about your brother, am really sorry about his death. Please accept my condolences. I…I am just afraid of death, am afraid if I get involved…that I might die… Well, I believe what will be, will surely be… So is there anything I can do for you now,” I said with the utmost sincerity.

” Thank you” she said, wiping away her tears.

Back at home, I sat on my bed and began to reminisce about my moment with Janet. I remembered the warnings my mother gave me but it seemed I was receiving her warnings.

I picked up my phone and texted Yemi. She replied immediately with a call after she got the message.

Yemi: hello baby.

Me: hi.

Yemi: I saw your message, and I can’t stop reading it over and over again. Seriously, do you miss me?

Me: yea, kind of.

Yemi: should I send my girls to come take you?

Me: no, I want you to come to my place.

Yemi: can’t you come to mine?

Me: you’ve never been to my place. I want you and I together alone here in my place.

Yemi: that’s romantic, but I am the kind of person that doesn’t do such a thing. The street is dangerous, you know. But since you said you wanted me alone, I am coming right away.

Me: can’t wait to see you dear.

Yemi: me too, love you plenty.

She ended the call and I began to tidy up my room. I placed a voice recorder somewhere around the room. Those are part of the evidence Janet wanted so badly, so I made an arrangement for it.

She arrived in less than 10 minutes. I opened the door for her but I was shocked by what I saw. Standing behind her was a spirit guard, he was armed with a machete and a red ribbon was tied to his head and arms.

” My baby boo” she said, throwing me a hug.

” I—I thought I said you should come alone” I asked, with an unspoken fear.

”Yeah, I came alone, I drive myself here” she said with a grin.

I was at the edge of pointing to the spirit guard behind her when I realized the danger of revealing my gift to her, so I pretended as if I saw nothing.

I allowed her in, but I was surprised when the spirit guard followed her in too.

” What happened to the law of privacy?” I muttered angrily. She looked at me with a weird expression.

” What do you mean?” She asked slowly.

” Not you, I was talking about this… I mean, Emm, we should exercise some laws in physics. Like Newton’s law.” I said, covering up foolishly.

She smiled, then she gave an unexpected kiss. She was about to turn it into a long one when I stopped.

”It’s too early for that, let’s get to know each other better first, I barely know you” I said with the hope of getting something vital from her. I never for once take my eyes off her spirit guard. Sometimes my eyes will meet with his, but I will quickly take them away. He seems to be listening to our conversation which I certainly don’t like.

” So, tell me about yourself, apart from being a student, what other things you do, I would like to know everything” I said with a cozy smile.

It took her a while before she began talking. She felt suspicious but my charms were killing her. I never stop smiling at her and she falls for it.

” OK OK, my life history is not quite good. I lost my parents when I was 10. My aunt took me in and she took full responsibility for me. She taught me how to be strong, how to be desperate and how to protect myself. I work for big people, even the police. If they want to do some s--t and they don’t want to get their hands dirty, they send for us. And we will do the s--t for them. I have girls all over the campus and beyond working for me. I pay them all cos I’m their boss. And they obey every single command I made. Speaking about guys, I hate them a lot. I just don’t know why I am attracted to you. Despite the various warnings…I still just like you ” she said.

It took me 5 minutes to digest what she said. The only thing I am happy about is that she likes me, and with this I can get all I want from her.

She spent the weekend at my place, and I was able to record some vital information about her. Her spirit guard was all around throughout. Because of that, I couldn’t do anything silly. What if his d--k gets erected? seeing both of us having s*x. I wouldn’t want to risk that.

With the way I see things, she’s in love with me, the wrong guy. Unfortunately, I am not in love and am in for an adventure.

On a beautiful Sunday morning, I was coming back from church when someone covered my face from behind.

” Guess who?” The person said.

After mentioning all the people, I knew I decided to check who the person was. I turned back, only to see a mad man behind me. I waited not. I threw away my Bible and began running like a Poland pig. After running for some minutes, I decided to rest under a tree.

While still resting, a little boy came up to me. He sat beside me and stared directly into my eyes.

” You should be thankful to the mad man, he covered your eyes so you won’t be able to see death passing. There’s a limitation to your gift. There are things you are not supposed to see. No one sees death and lives to tell the story. I see the future and I can see the past. Your future lies in so many unspoken things. But death in your past is hurting your future. Don’t let him win. And if you will excuse me, you are sitting right in front of my house” he said. I stood up and I watched as he disappeared into the tree. He said a lot of things I couldn’t process clearly. I wondered what he meant by being hurt by a death from the past. I tried to walk it off but I couldn’t.

I got back home very perplexed. I found my room open and I wondered who might be inside my room.

I entered only to see the spirit guard standing comfortably beside my reading table. I pretended as if I didn’t see him. I called on Yemi hoping she was around, but I got no response.

” What could he be doing here in my room”, I thought loudly.

All of a sudden, he shifted his attention to me. Looking directly into my eyeballs. I was a bit scared. I tried to ignore him when I saw him walking around my room. I began losing my patience so I voiced out.

” Hey you, stop right there. You can’t just be walking around as if this place belongs to you. You are an intriguer for crying out loud. I think you’ve overstayed your welcome. Please get the hell out of here right now!!!” I shouted. He didn’t reply to me. Instead, he continued walking around. He saw the tape recorder on top of my cabinet. He moved towards it but I quickly grabbed it before he did. He looked at me with great fury. He unsheathed his machete and faced me directly. I fetched a very good cutlass under my bed and made ready for a counter attack. That’s if he attacked me first. I was staring into his eyes with confidence and braveness when a knock was heard on the door. The door opened and Yemi hopped in.

” Davis, what are you doing with a cutlass!!!” She shouted.

” tell this dog of yours, the hell is he doing in my house? ” I retorted.

” I don’t understand you… You mean you can see him” she replied slowly.

” Hell yes!!! I can see the godamn dog of yours”, I retorted angrily.

“No, it’s impossible !!!” she muttered.

I held tight to the cutlass, with my eyes fixed directly on the spirit guard. He wasn’t showing cowardice anyway. He stood strong against me with his eyes burning like red coal.

” Davis, back off, I will talk to him” Yemi said. I took a step backward, without taking my eyes off him.

” I want you back home, right now!!!” Yemi commanded. And within a blink of an eye, he was gone.

I took a deep breath, then fell lifelessly on the bed. I wouldn’t have hesitated to combat with the spirit guard, if not for Yemi's interference. Well, thank God she did, because I am no match for him.

”You know Davis… I don’t know what to say, why’s everything about you so weird, you saw a thing meant for only me to see… For the past few weeks, I have been sacrificing a lot of things for you. I was warned that you would be my downfall, that you would betray me. But I turned deaf to those warnings. And for the first time in my life I am feeling insecure. You let me send away my only guard. I still don’t understand why I am doing all this for you, ” she muttered. I didn’t reply to her immediately, instead I helped myself with some chilled water. I need to cool my head off her spirit guard.

”Do I make you soft? Or do I weaken you? Let's make one thing clear here, I lied to you for being a bad boy. I am certainly not who you think I am. You are bad, a killer, a murderer, whenever things go wrong, you must be the reason. Because of who you are, my whole life is in danger. I am coupled under your circumstances. If you can’t change for good and start doing what is right, I think its best we both go on separate ways. I can never be in love with a lady like you!!!” i yelled angrily at her.

She went mute for minutes without saying a word. She couldn’t look into my eyes; her face was buried down. After a while, she got raised her feet. She wanted to say something but she swallowed the words back in, then she left.

I picked up my phone then ran a call through to Janet.

Janet: Ay what’s up?

Me: am sorry to say this. I'm not interested in this game anymore.

Janet: why? What went wrong?

Me: she has foreseen everything, she knows I will betray her. She can change her mind and kill me anytime.

Janet: so?

Me: I told her the bitter truth, I said, I can’t be with a lady like her. And I know, that’s the end of the road. Because she won’t, for any reason, be the person I want her to be. She can’t be the good girl I want her to be. She will always be a criminal.

Janet: Davis, you shouldn’t have said that to her.

Me: I can’t help being a betrayal neither. Even if she’s bad, the guilt of betrayal will always run in my veins till my last breath.

Janet: So, can I have the little evidence you have?

Me: no problem, you know where to find me.

I ended the call, then headed to the bathroom for a cold shower. When evening arrived, I went to my best friend's place. I needed to fill her head with my recent activities. I’ve been hiding a lot of things from her, which is very unusual for me.

I was surprised when I met Jonathan at her place. It seems both of them have been getting along quietly. He was eating rice when I entered.

“Jonathan!! God! See the life of a fornicator. With all the girls on campus, it is my best friend you choose to fornicate with, right? Look at how he is sitting down like a president, eating rice like a very hungry person”, I let out loudly.

” Davis, take it easy, you understand how it is between me and this girl. You know it’s not easy for a guy like me to change like that, but believe me, I am trying, I have to do away with all my side chicks. I love your friend, I love…”

“Whatever” I cut in before he could finish his words.

I was served my own plate of rice too. After I was done eating, I called Agatha from behind, and I filled her up with all my recent secrets. One thing about best friends is that they give the best advice.

Weeks passed; I didn’t hear from Yemi, neither did I have any means of contacting her. Life goes on except for some anomalous misery that does occur sometimes. Joy seems to be in love with me, and Kemi couldn’t sleep without having a thought about me. I was playing my game so cool between the two of them and none of them ever suspected anything.

I hate attending vigils because I do see things I wish I had never seen. Agatha invited me to a vigil one day. I didn’t want to go, but after a lot of persuasion, I followed her. The vigil was scheduled to be held at 10 pm. We got there around 9:45. But before we entered, I saw a big black eagle with only one eye sitting on the church roof. I drew Agatha's attention to it. But she didn’t see anything, she thought that I was overstating the black eagle. So, I kept mute and went along with her.

The praise and worship was awesome. To be sincere, I saw the pure spirit moving majestically in our midst. When the pastor came to the altar, four angels were beside him and every word he spoke came with fire. One thing I noticed about the pastor: he was spirit gifted but he lacks the gift of sight, which means he is not a seer. We got into the prayer section and also the deliverance section. It was a horrific sight, even when the pastor instructed us all to close our eyes. My eyes were fully opened. I saw him casting the demon away from some possessed soul. He casted a powerful demon away from a lady. When the demon was out, he looked around, then he began heading towards me. My intentions were to run, but somehow, I didn’t. He was two steps away from where I was, when he turned and faced the pastor.

” Tonight, there will be tears in your household. You can only escape this if you don’t sleep in your house. But if you do, Hahaha. No one sleeps in that house and won’t be dead by dawn” the demon said, then he disappeared. No one heard him, not even the pastor. I wanted to mind my business but I realized I could save a life with my gift. So, immediately after the end of the vigil, I ran to meet the pastor. I told him what I saw and what I heard.

” Does the holy spirit tell you that?” He asked. I knew it wasn’t from the pure spirit but from the demon himself.

” emmm… I heard it from a demon you casted away, not from the holy spirit” I said with my head facing downward. The pastor didn’t believe me. He said he wouldn’t listen to anything from the devil. Ultimately, he is tagging me as a devil. I tried all my best to make him believe me, but all my efforts were abortive. All because I said I heard it from a demon.

He had a twin girl, and both of them were very beautiful.

I went to Agatha and narrated everything to her.

” Right now, I am less concerned about the pastor. Look at those two girls, they will die just because of their father's foolishness” I said sorrowfully.

”Maybe you should give it one more try, but this time try the weaker vessel, his wife” Agatha advised. And immediately, I ran quickly to them. They were already inside the car and they were about to leave.

”Excuse me ma, is it really compulsory you go home tonight? I was thinking maybe you could stay back in the church till dawn. At least, this is the house of God, it is the safest place anyone could be. And besides, I need some counseling from you and your husband ”, I said. As God may have it. It worked. She convinced her husband and they both agreed to counsel me till dawn. Now I understand why the snake approached eve in the garden of Eden.

I couldn’t go home either. I had to wait for important counseling. I shared my experience with them and also my gift. The counseling wasn’t as boring as I thought. Their two daughters contributed to the talk, and it was also a great pleasure talking to the twins. Apart from the fact that they are beautiful, their voices could melt a metal heart. Their names are Vanessa and Victoria. We exchanged contact during the counseling and, to be sincere, the talk was awesome. We didn’t know when the clock ticked 7:00 .

Exactly a minute after 7am, a call entered the pastor's phone. And he received the greatest shock of his life. There was an earth tremor which swallowed his whole house.

Immediately, the news was passed to him. He shifted his gaze towards me. I could see tears gathering in his eyes. Everyone was in confusion about his sudden change of mood. He later breaks the news to us.

“As I am speaking to you right now, our house is the victim of an earth tremor. And God used this young man here to save our lives from a sudden death. If not for him, we would all be dead by now. I am sorry that I doubted you. I will be forever grateful to you. Please help me appreciate this young man” he said slowly. I can’t explain how I felt that day. The news travels fast across the church and before I knew it, I was the talk of the town.

I felt really great doing something great. The pastor counseled me to use my gift in helping people, so from that day, I stopped minding my business.

Examination was fast approaching, and every student knew the importance of having a good grade and the importance of having a carry-over. No one would want that.

Some weeks before the exams, a night tutorial was arranged, which was scheduled between 7pm to 9 pm. But due to some difficulties, the tutorial ended at 11:30 pm. I walked joy to where she would get a bike before I began heading back alone to my villa.

I was about to get home when I began to feel the presence of a ghost. My head began swelling up and my palms and feet were as cold as ice.

I knew the ghost would be somewhere close, so I increased my pace. I got home only to see the ghost sitting right in front of my door, while preventing me from entry. I knew he must be there for a reason. So I voiced out.

”Hello young man, you are blocking my way, I need to go in and sleep” I said assertively. He faced up and his face resembled someone I know but I couldn’t remember clearly.

”My name is Johnson, Janet Brother. I need your help” he said. I wonder how he was able to discover my sight ability. From the stories I have heard from some elderly people , contact is not meant to be made with ghosts, let alone to be communicating with them.

”I am sorry, you are dead, and am a living. There should not be any interaction between us. So I certainly can’t help you ” I muttered.

” I think you should reconsider my offer because I can help you with your past death, which is hurting you” he said. I never expected that from him. The death of the past was a great misery for me. The fact that I don’t have an idea of when, where and how death operates has become an unsolved puzzle to me. Reconsidering the situation, I have to rethink my decision. I gave it some minutes' thought, then made up my mind to help him, since he got help to offer in return.

”So—what is it you want from me?” I mumbled.

” I want you to reveal the misery behind my death, for everyone to know ”

I laughed at him, because his death seemed not to be for misery to me. All I know was that he was shot dead on his birthday night by Yemi. That seems to be a cold-blooded death. I couldn’t imagine it being misery.

” I don’t think you need my help here, your sister is actually taking the lead on the case, she knows the killer, and she’s working on getting justice for your death”, I said calmly to him. He stood up and walked up and down for a while. He seemed uncertain about what to say, but after a while, he let loose of the cat.

” The main reason why I need your help is because of my sister Janet. I don’t want her to become the way I am. You might find this like Suprise… I wasn’t killed by who you thought I was. You were both wrong about my killer.”

That got me puzzled. I began to wonder about what he meant about being killed by someone else.

” I’m in darkness. What and where exactly are you driving at? What did you mean by that statement?” I asked with a puzzled face.

” Let's start from the source and take it step by step. The first step is understanding the whole situation. And the second step is reconciling back with Yemi. She’s the key to the truth …”

I cut it along the way.

” Reconcile back with Yemi? Urggghh… That will be hell”

I muttered.

To be continued.......