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EPISODE TWENTY-SEVEN
“No. No. No no no no no no no…..no!” Chief kept screaming from his sleep.
Helen had thought she was hearing her husband’s voice in her dream until she woke up to see him struggling on bed.
“Dear please wake up!” She said in a frightened tone and began to mutter words immediately.
“I….I just….I just had a terrible dream.” Chief said, holding his wife’s hands tightly.
Whatever dream it is that he had, really scared him to the uttermost.
“Relax dear. Come, let me pray for you.” Mrs. Helen said as he cuddled up into her arms like a child. Though she tried to brave it and hide her fears, she couldn’t help but be amazed at how frightened her husband is right now. Her husband that she knows very well is one that never shows emotions, most especially fear.
After few minutes of prayer, she could hear him snore. She turned to see him sleeping peacefully in his arms.
“Thank you.” He whispered when she readjusted him to sleep in a more comfortable position.
“Haven’t you noticed that whenever you skip your personal vigils, something happens to your husband like an attack?” A thought came to her while she was still struggling to pray.
The observation made her think for a while.
She recalled the incident of his falling sick right after he woke up from his sleep. She remembered she didn’t observe her vigil that time because she was too tired and worn-out.
“Is he going through something I don’t know about?” She asked herself, staring at him for a while.
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“Mummy?! Mummy ooo, your daughter is home.” Debby said as she dragged her bag into the living room.
“Jesus! My daughter is home. My daughter is home!” Mama Eunice said with excitement as she rushed out of the kitchen to welcome her daughter with a hug.
“But how did you come in? I’m alone so I made sure the door was locked.”
“I have the key nw. Have you forgotten you gave me the spare key before dumping me in mummy Grace’s house like a prodigal daughter?”
“Ah ah, don’t talk like that now……you know it’s not like that.” Mama said as Debby chuckled
“I know mummy, I was just joking.”
“So tell me dear, how was it? Was it what you expected? Did you have a wonderful experience there?”
“Yes Ma, but right now, I’m too famished to give you the full gist. I skipped lunch today so I’d have enough appetite and space in my stomach to devour mummy’s food this evening.” Debby said as her mom chuckled
“Okay, let me get something for you to eat.
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Chief waited quietly for his food as he watched his wife prepare lunch for him and the kids.
He observed her carefulness in cooking and marvelled great. It’s been quite a while since he saw his wife in this state.
As he waited, his mind drifted back to few hours ago and how he woke up from sleep.
He recalled the horrible nightmare he had and how his wife’s voice got him out of his dream state.
“Do her prayers protect me in some kinda way?” He questioned within him because he could remember she was too tired to pray and so threw herself to bed and went back to sleep without a second thought.
He had also noticed that whenever Helen skips her personal vigils as a result of fatigue or seldomly sheer laziness, he ends up having a bad night sleep
“If it’s her prayers that are giving me a good night sleep, I better find a way to make her keep vigil consistently without skipping a night!”
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Debby opened her eyes and yawned lazily. She checked the time and it was 6:45pm.
“I should get ready for prayers.” She whispered to herself as she dragged her body off from bed.
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