I turned back from the fireplace about to deny my God, but the unexpected happened. The chief’s daughter took a spear and pierced her father by the neck…. It happened in the split of a second, and the men immediately rounded her up. The chief fell to the ground. There was instant commotion…. Rejoice rushed towards me … “ Let’s get out of here…” Rejoice screamed out loudly at me, because I stood transfixed to the spot… “ Mr Chuks , snap out of it, let’s get out of here” Rejoice pulled me but I was lost . “ Seize them!” I heard a man scream… “ Mr Chuks, Run!” Rejoice left my side and started running. I followed suit, but we didn’t run too far before we were rounded up…. The Chief’s daughter had been tied to the stick over the fireplace, A man had assumed the position of the chief. He looked quite ambitious. “ Thank you for helping me to win a battle I had wanted to win for a long time…For what you have done, you have been pardoned… Thank you… Thank you” He said roaring in laughter… “ Ishmiah…. this religion is evil , to think that I killed my father to stop this religion, yet you are ready to carry on with this evil… You know all these are lies… there is only one true God! “ “ Shut her up” the new chief said to the men… “ You can Shut me up or kill me if you want… Death is a lot better than living in this God forsaken place…” the Girl screamed The new Chief stood up and slaughtered the girl in rage….That calmed the whole atmosphere.. It was obvious he was now in charge… “ Does Anyone Have any other thing to say”. The new chief barked out and no one obviously had anything else to say. He looked around angrily at everyone, afterwards he stormed into his room. The watchmen walked towards Rejoice and I with the intention of doing something brutal to us, but the new chief peeped out of his room and said… “ Treat Him well, he is the reason I am chief…” The watchmen instead of manhandling me led Rejoice and I quietly to our room… ******* “ Are we ever going to leave this place?” Rejoice said pacing up and down “ I know we will!” I said quietly as I was still beating myself up for making the attempt of turning my back against the Lord… “ As much as I have drifted far away from God, Uncle Chuks, I think it is time to really start praying, because that new chief looks like someone who may slaughter us anyday he is not in a good mood.” “ Prayer!” I had been so preoccupied in thinking on how to physically get out of the forest, that I didn’t think about praying… “ Yes, prayer!” Rejoice said in fear…”Let’s pray together”. I was in shock as I saw Rejoice kneeling in front of me joining my hands with hers. The fear of death was pushing Rejoice to God. “ God, I know I have not been a good girl, but please forgive me, please save me from all of this and I promise not to mess up again… I am lost God….Please Find me God and rescue me..” Rejoice said with tears flowing down her face… I sat lost for words… “Is it possible I had to go through this journey with Rejoice for the sake of her salvation?” I thought as the tears flowed involuntarily. Rejoice wept all day long.. Later, that day the new chief asked to see me… ******** “I see that you are not a mere man, you were to be killed, instead two lives were lost because of you…. Who are you?” I started the story of my life again….We sat for hours and he didn’t say a word, he kept looking at me strangely at intervals… I told him all I needed to tell him,hoping my story was going to make meaning in his heart…. It was really late at night before I finished my discussion with him. He looked at me and said… “ You expect me to believe this story …I am wiser than you think… By tomorrow we will have this meeting again and I expect you to say the absolute truth…” With that he stood up and retired to his room. I wondered what kind of heart the new chief possessed not to have been moved by my story… I retired to the room . I met Rejoice asleep. Few hours into my sleep, I felt Rejoice tapping me…. “ Uncle Chuks…Uncle Chuks….” Rejoice was whispering “ Yes… ! What is it?” “ Please follow me, there is something I will love to discuss with you, privately….” “I am all ears!” I said sitting up… “ No, let’s go into the Bush, I have checked outside, seems everyone is asleep!” That caught My attention… I felt this could be our chance of escaping…We tiptoed out of the room and truly everyone seemed to be asleep….As we got to a place far away from the camp… This was how Rejoice had pulled me into the forest… That day was exactly 3 months after I had been given a second chance, I was happy we were almost escaping , but Rejoice pulled me unexpectedly to herself…. “Please Mr. Chuks, just once, just once please… I can’t control myself anymore, I just need to get to the climax, please. I feel like I am running mad and if I don’t get someone to hit me hard right now, I will actually go bunkers,” Rejoice said as she held on to my trousers in the bush. She had lured me into the bush telling me there was something private she wanted to discuss with me. I believed her because of the situation of the place we had found ourselves; we were very careful of what we said or did. I needed to shake Rejoice out of whatever she was feeling or else we both would get fried any moment. “Rejoice stop this, you will get us killed! You know sex between unmarried people is an abomination in this place. Rejoice, what should be in our hearts and heads is how to get out of this place alive,” I said trying to make her snap out of her desire. “I actually don’t feel alive, so yes, I don’t mind dying if I am caught satisfying myself. Mr. Chuks, I haven’t had sex in 3 days and you expect me to be sane,” Rejoice said as she was literally shaking. “Rejoice, listen to me, this thing called sex is a thing of the mind, you should be the one to control your mind not your mind controlling you… tell your mind or your brain ‘sex is forbidden and it will send the message to the other parts of your body.” “It is not that easy Mr. Chuks, I have been telling myself that for 3 days and unfortunately my brain has refused listening.” “Well, if your brain doesn’t listen, my own brain is listening. Rejoice, I won’t let sex get me killed, I won’t let few minutes of enjoyment make me find myself where I found myself 3 months ago… I am not about to go back to Hell for 3 minutes of pleasure and besides, I owe God and mankind a lot, having messed up so much. I need a 100 years to undo all the evil I have done so far so I am not about to let you take this opportunity from me again.” “Whose fault? Who deflowered me? Was it not you Mr. Chuks? The seed you sowed has produced fruits and you don’t want to eat from it?” I desperately wanted her to keep quiet…… To be continued….
