She was just not that type of girl
She had always towed the straight and narrow path
She had always been religious and moral
She met him one evening during the Christmas season
It was late at night
He was lost
And
He was one of those guys...
The type of guys who would open their mouth and make a girl take off her clothes without any regard for her senses!
She could feel herself eager to do anything for him even before he opened his mouth to ask her for directions
You want people to see you with him
You want to see yourself with him
She turned around and led him right to their family compound
They talked as they walked
His command of the English language and accent tickled her
As soon as she turned to leave...
He asked for her phone number
Wow!
That was how they became familiar
He called her the next day, asked her if she could come around
She practically raced to his compound
She was too smitten by him to think properly
She was just behaving like a brainless sheep
She was twenty-two, a fresh graduate!
She melted at his touch!
It was not against her better judgement!
She had lost her ability to judge anything!
He didn't ask her out or say much
She also didn't ask any questions
She just wanted to be with him
She just didn't feel any sense of responsibility
He saw her off around 8pm!
When she got home, everywhere was upside down!
Her parents had been looking for her
She didn't tell anybody where she was going
She smelt of sex... Smelt of him all over
She told a lie to get out of the fix with minimal scolding
Later in the night, her mother came into her room
Her mother said "You met a boy recently and you went to sleep with him today right? Who is this boy? Who is his father?
Her mother told her to invite him over to their house for a brief meeting the following day
She said No!
She didn't want it to seem as if she was making demands simply because they had sex
Her mother told her it was a matter of life and death!
She decided she was going to do it
But the next day when she saw him, all they did was have sex
She couldn't being herself to say a word
Later that evening, she lied to her mother that he would come around the next day.
Of course he didn't show up!
Her father called some elders
They went to his compound
Her father told his people what had happened
His people summoned him
He denied sleeping with her!
Right in her presence
She couldn't even argue with him
What would she say?
How would she say it?
Nobody told them this but if he owned up they would only have to perform some rites to avert the damning consequences
He insisted he didn't sleep with her
He swore to it!
Her mother beat and bit her
She suddenly found her senses and wept bitterly
What happened to her?
What did he use on her?
It was all water under the bridge
The holiday ended slowly
They returned to the city
She got a job
She met someone else
She got married
She miscarried
She got pregnant again
She miscarried
She got pregnant seven times
She miscarried six times
The closest she got to delivering a baby was when she had a stillbirth
She ran everywhere
She was stuck in a limbo
The broken taboo had a choke hold on her
He said he didn't want anything to do with a cursed woman
He had already impregnated a lady before leaving her
She was bitter and broken
A friend told her about Jesus
She laughed!
She had been a Christian all her life
What didn't she know?
They talked
He led her to Christ
She received the baptism of the Holy Ghost
He told her every handwriting of requirement against her had been blotted out
She suddenly felt peace and cried joyously
She sent the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt a message
"Can I remarry? My husband has moved on and i have a serious suitor. Will God bless the union?"
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt told her to go ahead!
She waited to get pregnant
One month, six month, one year, eighteen months
In 2018 November she got pregnant!
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt told her to confess the Word daily, pray in the spirit and be still!
She delivered a baby girl in July 2019!