EPISODE 19
When Captain came in the morning, I reiterated that I had to get back to school for my exam. I was discharged and given some antibiotics and other medications. He wanted us to talk but I told him it could wait until after my examination the following day.
He drove me back to his house to get my bag but I didn’t go inside. I told the maid where my things were and she helped to get them. Captain drove me to school himself…he didn’t think I shouldn’t drive in my condition and actually, I didn’t want to drive that car either. I didn’t even want the car anymore.
When I got to school, Deola also wanted to talk about it but I told her I had less than 12 hours to study and we would get to it later. .In the middle of my studying, I dozed off a little and had a dream
I was holding a dead child and sobbing. I was naked, dirty and out in the open. One would expect at least one of the passersby to help if they saw someone in that state; but everyone just walked past me…like they didn’t even see me.
Then an old man in white flowing agbada appeared out of nowhere. He walked up to me, wiped my tears and took the child from me. He pulled me up and poured water on me and all the filth disappeared. I could see my skin glowing, and then he gave me robe.
He smiled at me and as he was about to leave said “Job 11:16-18”
I was physically drenched when I woke up…from head to toe, but there was no water on the floor. I had to dry myself with a towel and change my clothes.Deola had also slept off with a book on her laps…I wanted to tell what just happened to me but something told me not to. I knew what the old man told me was from the Bible…we all knew the story of Job growing up but there was no Bible in our room for me to check the referenced passage.
I was almost late to the exam hall; I was really tired so Deola had to drop me off. As I was about to enter I bumped into “Bro Charles”, that’s what everyone called him. A staunch Christian guy that was not ashamed of his religious beliefs and convictions…everybody knew that about him, even the lecturers. He was already a Pastor at the University’s Christian Fellowship…he had been since our first year.
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