Thread by @GbengaWemimo

It happened under the staircase
There was no space anywhere else
They met at the party, under the canopy
The musicians were doing their thing
The celebrants were dancing and spraying money
Somebody died
The living were celebrating
burying the dead successfully
It was a big party

She caught his eye sometimes
around 11pm
She had been starring at him
nonstop for several minutes
It was nothing new
He was a Kegite, one of the
lead gyrators from his school
She had been out of secondary
school for a while, waiting for
admission
His music mesmerized her!

When he finished singing, another
comrade took over
He walked over to her
He didn't say much
She liked him enough
He introduced himself and asked
if she was an indigene
She nodded
He asked if she could show him around
He needed to stretch his legs
She had been longing to be with

him
She stood up and beckoned on him
She liked him
He was handsome and creative
He had a good voice
He was a departure from her boring life
He was someone to boast about
He walked behind her
Curiously keeping a certain distance so as not to
attract attention
Once they got away

from the crowd
He draped his left hand over her shoulder
and stretched it to tease her carnally
He was bold and his intention was clear
But she didn't care
She just needed that one day
Away from the crowd and her boring life
Of all the ladies present
He chose her
He wanted her

She led him to the staircase
It was a busy night
People were coming in & out of the house
but nobody bothered to check underneath
the stairs
They both made body music in plain sight
He beat the drums and she moaned delightfully
It was meant to be a quickie but there was nothing

quick about it
He took his time stroking & she took it all in
Later that morning, 5 AM, he surfaced from the east
She surfaced from the west
It was as if they were never together
He had drunk his fill and she had satisfied her curiousity
Nobody suspected that they were together

She watched as he and his friends got into their school bus
She was happy he was leaving
She had sinned
She had done the unthinkable
It was pleasurable while it lasted but the consequences of her indiscretion hit her in the gut as soon as she saw him wink to one of his friends

She had become one of those girls
He met her, rode her and walked away
like superman
It suddenly made her feel used and cheap
What had she done?
What came over her?
He was a total stranger
He didn't even use protection
She bit her lips silently
She knew it was way more than sex

Three weeks later, she got her result
She passed with flying colours
Her parents started running around for
her admission
After one month, she was admitted for
a pre-degree programme
She got to school on a Tuesday
She fell ill a week later
People said it was as a result of the

change in environment
She treated malaria and typhoid
The sickness persisted
One afternoon in the hostel, she fainted
She was rushed to the school clinic
The doctor ordered tests and all
It was discovered that she was pregnant
Wow!
It was the devil's plan to sabotage her future!

She wanted to abort
The school doctor told her the option
was not available on campus
She decided to visit another hospital in town
Somewhere her shame could be covered discreetly
She found her way to the hospital three days later
She had been told to ask for a specific doctor

The doctor was conducting a ward round
She had to wait a bit
Eventually, she saw the doctor
The doctor told her his terms and conditions
He would sleep with her first and then conduct
the abortion
He also told her to come with ten thousand naira
He gave her a list of antibiotics

She got the antibiotics the next day
The doctor had given her an address where
she was to come and meet him
She left the hostel at 2pm
When she got to the address
She saw a tall guy in front of the house
She was too troubled to pay attention to him
She told him she wanted to see

the doctor
He called her name, "so and so"
She looked at him
It was the devil himself, the guy that got her knocked up
The Kegite, the gyrator, the mesmerizer, wicked man
She didn't know that was his school
She didn't even remember his name
She didn't know how he recognized her

She burst into tears
He reached for her
She pushed him away
He reached for her again
She sank into him, her knees weakening
She had thought about a lot of possibilities
Meeting him was not one of them
She told him she was pregnant
She told him why she wanted to see the doctor

The doctor's clinic was the flat next to his own
He begged her not to abort
He told her he would do right by her
He told her he would marry her
He told her he would do whatever she wanted
She was confused
Why wasn't he acting to script?
Nobody ever wanted such a pregnancy
Never!

She refused
She didn't even know him
She had her life ahead of her
Why was he toying with her life
He had no option
He called his parents out from their flat
He told them everything
His parents begged her not to abort
His father, a lecturer, pleaded with her not to abort
the baby

His father promised to help her sort out the academic issues
The following weekend they followed her home
His parents, his relatives, the entire family
They went to prostrate
Her parents couldn't even be angry
Her father especially found everything amusing
She kept the baby

Somehow she pulled through without deferring her admission
She had a baby boy
His parents took full responsibility for the baby
He graduated and started working
She graduated too
They got married
That child was their only child!
She tried to get another child
She was told it was

impossible
In their family for many generations, they always had only
one child
Her husband was the only child of his parent too
Has she aborted the child, he would have remained
childless
It was as a result of an ancient covenant
They had done a lot to break it
It had defied all

The child was fifteen years old when the couple met the Brother in jeans and T-shirt at a social function in Oshogbo
They were discussing generally and the man cited himself as an example of a strange supernatural reality
The Brother in Jeans & T-shirt told him it can be changed

There is a new set of rules for those who are in Christ
They have become new creatures
Old covenants and curses or traditions of the sons of men do not affect such
A Christkind answers only to the realities of Zion
Only Mankind connects to the realities of the fallen world of men

The man and his wife agreed!
They gave their lives to Christ
The brother in Jeans and T_shirt anointed
them with oil
He commanded a new beginning in the Son by the power of the Holy Spirit
The wife swayed and sang in tongues
The husband fell backward, slain in the spirit

That was the day it all turned
Nine months later, Kolade, Kayode and Kikelomo
were born on March 21, 2019
The naming ceremony was done in Oshogbo
The Glory of Zion changed the unchangeable
Happy Birthday to Joshua, James& Joy as they were named by the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt