Thread by @GbengaWemimo

They were living in her father's four flats apartment when she was assaulted
She was 14
The perpetrator was a 42 years old man
The man rented the flat directly under their own
He was a bachelor, a photo-journalist and well-traveled
Rumour has it he went to Rome to become a priest

but something happened and he changed his mind
So he returned home and started working for a newspaper company
He had a lot of gadgets at home
A projector, all sorts of cameras and so on
Her younger brothers took to him as soon as they moved into the apartment
He taught them how

to play chess and other fun stuff
He looked like a very dignified man, one who couldn't hurt a fly
One afternoon she went to his flat all by herself
(She realized later that it was a very foolish thing to do)
She had watched her brothers become very good at playing the chess game

She had watched them play hoping to learn by watching
but she didn't get it
She asked her immediate younger brother, aged 12 to teach her but he lacked the patience and was using the opportunity to beat her at the game and make fun of her
She decided to go to the expert and learn

She didn't tell anyone where she was going
Her mother would kill her if she knew she went off to the man's house by herself
She was sure she would be fine
He let her in and was all smile and warmth until she sat down on the couch
Then he pounced on her
She didn't see it coming

He pinned her knees apart with his knees and used his hands to pin both her hands
He started biting her breasts through her clothes
She screamed
He slapped her!
That was when she knew she was in deep trouble
He removed one of his hands to undo his belt
She clawed around with her

free hand until she felt a flower vase on the stool beside the couch
She grabbed it & smashed it on his face
His thick lens glasses flew off his face as
he fell off the couch
She struggled off the couch and ran
Fortunately, he didn't lock his door with a key
She let herself out

Escape!
It was a close call, her thigh was bruised and so was her nipples
Her face was also reddish where he slapped her
She was badly traumatized
But she didn't dare tell anybody
Her mother had especially warned her and her older sister never to go anywhere alone especially not

with a man or to a man's place
She had that talk with her mother almost every month
but the words didn't really make sense until that incident!
She didn't know she was capable of hate until she calmed down
The following day when she saw him, it felt as if she should strangulate

him
She lost interest in chess, in fact, she hated the game
Two months later, her mother's older sister's daughter got pregnant in Sagamu
The girl was just a year older than her
It became a huge scandal
Her mother insisted she had to get an abortion and she got one but she kept

sleeping with the same guy that got her pregnant
When her mother's older sister realized that her daughter was still fooling with the guy she was "in love" with
He packed her clothes and tricked her that they were going to say hello to relatives in Ibadan
When her mother's older

sister arrived at their house with her cousin
She told her parents the story and begged her parents to take her cousin in just for a year
Her aunt was hoping that a change of environment would dissuade her daughter from throwing her future away
Her parents took her cousin in that

day
Her cousin was enrolled in SSII
Two months after her cousin arrived at their house, she started throwing up and all
She was the first person to notice
She asked her cousin what had happened
Her cousin said she was pregnant for her boyfriend
The boyfriend had also moved to

Ibadan because of her and they met sometimes during school hours
Her cousin's boyfriend denied the pregnancy
Neither of them had any money nor knew how to go about getting an abortion
Hell was going to be let loose
Then she got an idea
She told her cousin it was the only way

she could get out of the issue
Her cousin listened to her elaborate scheme
The next morning, her cousin went to her parents & told them word for word everything she coached her cousin to say
Her father listened intently
Some minutes later her father sent for her
She was grilled

She told her father she saw everything through the window but was too paralyzed with fear to say anything
She backed up her cousin's story that the man downstairs raped her and impregnated her
She told her father that the man had tried raping her too but luckily she escaped

Her father bought their story
At the time her father was a major in the army
The next morning, soldiers arrived at their house and arrested the "rapist"
Her father also went to the newspaper outfit he was working for and ensured he was sacked and blacklisted
The pregnancy was

aborted
Three weeks later, the "innocent rapist" was released
He had been taught a lesson, just as she hoped
Her father also kicked him out of his apartment
His name and reputation was deservedly ruined
Her cousin's future was equally salvaged
It was a win-win for everybody

Ten years later, just as she was returning home after her masters
She was told her cousin was getting married
They had drifted apart after their secondary school education
Her cousin went to the polytechnic while she was admitted into the University to study Political Science

she called her cousin to get the full story and to her shock, her cousin told her she was getting married to the innocent rapist
Her cousin said she became a born again Christian on campus and realized she had to restitute
They had plotted to ruin a man's life and reputation just

for the fun of it
Her cousin said she went searching for the man and found him working for a big church as an administrator
He had become a born again, Christian, too and was still single
Her cousin said she had decided to make it up to him by marrying him
It was the only way to

right the wrong
She was miffed
What sort of gullible mindset would make a 26-year-old lady marry a 53-year-old "rapist"
She tried to dissuade her cousin but her cousin was determined to make things right
She stayed away from the wedding and never spoke with her cousin again until

her cousin called her in March 2020
By then she had been married for six years & was waiting on the Lord for the fruit of the womb
Her cousin already had three children for the man and the two of them were doing quite well contrary to her expectations
Her cousin's call was a

warning! Her cousin said she had a dream.
In that dream, she was waiting at the reception of the church to see somebody and the receptionist told her she had to go and make peace with XYZ first before she can be granted access to see the person she wanted to see. Her cousin said

I believe you have to seek the forgiveness of my husband and his prayers before God will answer you
She felt it was unfair for God to ask her to apologize to her "assaulter"
She emailed the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt
They prayed
Four weeks later, she was confirmed pregnant!

PS: One had nothing to do with the other
Many of us do this whenever we are waiting for answers to our prayers
We consider the past as an impediment to accessing the blessings from above even after becoming a believer

We need to repent

Our salvation was a gift in Christ Jesus

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He let her in and was all smile and warmth
until she sat down on the couch
Then he pounced on her
She didn't see it coming
He pinned her knees apart with his knees
and used his hands to pin both her hands