PART 14

“MY FATHER’S FARMLAND”

©?Opeyemi Ojerinde Akintunde

Ola found her way back to her apartment with the money she intended to use
as her offering in the church…
She felt afraid, her mind kept telling her, Sukki was following her.
She wrote her experience in summary and gave it to her Landlady.
She wrote to the Landlady to take her to her friend’s place immediately. She
also begged the Landlady not to disclose her new apartment to anyone
including her siblings…

The Landlady obliged her and immediately took Ola to her friend’s place.
When Ola got to the new room, all she did was cry. She didn’t understand
why she was this unfortunate.
“ Was it possible Sukki had suddenly become a Christian? No… Never, God
Could never forgive him?” Ola cried
Her phone rang…It was Ope…
“ Where are you?”
Ola was just crying, she wished she could pour out her mind but she couldn’t
speak. If only she had not seen Sukki, maybe she would have recovered her
voice that night.
She sent a text message to Ope…explaining all that happened…
Ope replied her…
Mrs. Banke has explained all that happened, it’s best you ran… Where are
you now? I am at your place and your former Landlady said she doesn’t know
your whereabouts. We should go make a report at the police station so they
can make an arrest…” Ope had texted
“I am not interested in arresting him, I just want to be far from him. About
where I am staying, I am closer to you than you know, but right now I just
want to be alone…I will be fine. Give me time alone to be with God. You can
still check up on me via chats and video calls…I love you and Oba.” Ola had
texted back.
Ope knew Ola too well not to try to argue with her. She knew Ola’s tone of
finality even through text.
“ Ok, fine… I understand how you feel, I will always text and chat you up
every day… You will overcome.” Ope texted though she did in tears. This
Sukki guy was going to pay for what he had done…
“ Born again my foot!” Ope hissed
Mrs. Banke was heartbroken when Sukki had explained to them he was the
one who r@ped Ola and hit her with charm.
“ We may need him to leave the church…” Banke had said with sentimentality
in her voice
“ No, we can’t lose him, he is a new babe in Christ..!” Pastor Ayo said to his
wife
“ Then do we lose the poor orphan who is the victim here..”Mrs. Banke had
retorted
“ We can accommodate both of them in the church, Our God is the God of
Peter and the God of Paul, Ola is of the Peter generation, the ones who have
always known Christ, while Sukki is of the Paul generation, those who despite
their terrible past, God is willing to accommodate in the body of Christ!”
Pastor Ayo had said to his wife in a heated conversation while returning back
home.

Mrs. Banke had been calling Ola’s number, Which Ola had given her on their
way to church earlier that evening but she had refused to pick up. She and
her husband had traced her to her house but met her absence. She had called
her sister, Ope to inform her of the situation.
“ I can’t afford to lose this lady..” she muttered silently as her husband was
not getting her point.
She felt they could send Sukki to another branch where he could be mentored
by another pastor, while they accommodate Ola…
“ God, am I wrong?” Mrs. Banke said to God in her heart…

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