The Voice
1332 Words
THE VOIICE
©Charles N Okere
Sandra smiled as she glanced at the mirror once again, before walking out of her house. She was only three blocks away from her house, when a reckless driver splashed a muddy water on her.
She was covered all over with mud and the driver didn’t pull over to apologize. She bite her lips in anger and went back home.
She removed the messed up dressed and put on another corporate outfit of white shirt and a black skirt.
She was almost at the park where she can take a transit heading to her destination. When a reversing Keke mapped slightly knocked her down into a mini ditch filled with muddy water.
The Keke napped driver, along with his passenger rushed out to help her out of the ditch. The driver and his passengers apologize to her, as they dust off the mud on her white shirt and black skirt.
She took in a deep breath and accepted their apology in good fate. The driver paid a bike man who convey her back to her apparent.
After taking her shower, she dressed up again. She then looked at the mirror once again and muttered a little prayer.
She was about stepping out of the gate when a mechanic who was working on one of her neighbor’s car, accidentally poured an engine oil on her white shirt.
She almost cried as tears filled her eyes. She brought out her phone to check the time. She took in a deep breath and looked at the mechanic, who was already on his knees apologizing for what he has done.
She had a job interview with one of the biggest manufacturing company in town and she was already 30 minutes late.
The interview means a lot to her, because it was her first interview. After five years of searching for a job. She had written a lot of job applications and even did online test.
But none had ever called her for interview. She did all she could and was even scammed several times. So started a business of her own, while searching for a job.
After a while she gave up hope and focused on her business. Which she was really doing well. She was surprised when the company called her for interview. This was a company that rejected her application some months. Because she wasn’t qualify for the position.
She redressed again and walked to the bus park. There at the bus park she couldn’t find a bus heading to her destination. It was strange and unusual, because on a daily basis there were a lot of transits fighting and struggling for passengers.
So she walked a distance away from the bus park and entered a bus. As the was about to move, there was this loud bamg, that soundedike a gun.
The driver alighted from the bus to check the cause of the sound. One of tyres climb on a broken bottle that totally damaged it. He had no spare to get it fixed.
Sandra, took a deep breath and looked around, thinking of what next to do. Suddenly she heard this soft voice, like that of the wind, saying “it’s a bad omen, go home and forget about this interview. You will surely get a one five times better than it”.
While another voice advised her to take another bus and go for the interview. She shouldn’t listen to the voice of discouragement. She may never get this opportunity ever again. This is a life time opportunity she can afford to miss.
Sandra waited for so many minutes, before she got a bus. As she was about going in, that same soft voice advised her not to enter. But she ignored the voice and entered the bus.
While the bus was on moving, she started feeling sleepy. She tried as much as she could to fight it, but all to no avail.
She notice majority of the passengers were fast asleep, while few were awake. It was then it dawn on her that she had entered the wrong bus.
She tried to screamed for help, but her voice was too weak for anyone to hear. She took in a deep breath.
“if I had known, I would have listened to my first spirit mind and do as he instructed. Oh God please save me from the hands of these evil people.
She fell asleep immediately after saying this. Only for her to see herself in a forest, with her hands and legs tied together.
But she wasn’t the only one, there were many of more, mostly women. She checked the time on her wristwatch, it was 8:00Pm.
She knows she was at fault and she cursed herself for been so stupid. The spirit of God gave her more than a enough warning and signs about the evil that awaits her.
But she was so ignorant to understand the signs. She looked up to the sky and prayed to God to show her mercy and deliver her from the shadow of death.
Few hours later they shaved all the hairs on their head and gave them a red gown to wear. The men were later isolated from the women, they were taken to another part of the forest.
One by one, they were taken into a cave in the forest, and whosoever that goes in, never comes out.
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When it was almost getting to her turn, she lift up her eyes to heaven and prayed to God to accept her soul.
She has already given up hope, she belived today would be her last. There was this particular woman behind her, with her three kids. Whom never gave up hope in praying.
As little as, the children were, they also know what it means to pray. They never stopped calling Jesus.
When it was finally her turn, the woman touched Sandra and said, “the lord said, be strong, fear not. I am in control. We will surely come out of this.
Sandra, nodded and responded to Amen. To her this was a case of a hopeless situation. She could have avoided this if only she was spiritual minded.
As she entered the cave, she was force to get on her knees after which some ritual procession was done on her.
All of a sudden the witch doctor screamed and said… He thought, he made it clear to them not to bring in women who were in their menstrual cycle. Why didn’t they do the normal procedure before bringing her to the shrine?
Sandra was shocked, she couldn’t believed what just happened. She just finished seeing her menstrual cycle just two weeks ago.
The men of the underworld were confused, they told the witch doctor thrice they did the normal procedure on everyone, including Sandra and she was clean.
The witch doctor shake his head in disbelief and ordered them to throw her out. Which they did immediately.
They wanted to bring in the woman, with kids. But the witch doctor ordered them to leave her. According to him they have gotten more than enough for the sacrifice.
The evil men gave them back their belongings. They were blindfolded and led out of the forest to the expressway.
Sandra and the woman, along with her kids. Slowly walked on the road for twenty y minutes, before they were able to see a good samaritan who took them to a nearby police station were they slept.
After that day, Sandra and the woman became very close friends. The woman who’s uncle was a one time governor of the state, gave Sandra a job in one of the leading gas sector in the county.
She earns more than thrice of what she would have been earning assuming she got the job with the other company.
She never stopped thanking God for his goodness, mercies and love.
The End
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Written by Charles N Okere 2024
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