Episode 33
I wanted to turn back when the red flame suddenly appeared again, with more intensity this time around.
I just silently ran to the sitting room and was glad that flex was there waiting for me already.
Flex: Idris.
Me: Flex I don die.
Flex: wetin kill you.
Me: my next sacrifice na dencygirl. And you know the way I love her very much. How you go want make I kill her now?
I asked.
Flex: your own even better well well.
Me: why you say so?
Flex: me an my blood the useless thing go settle down choose, my cousin for that matter.
Me: Jesus Christ. Wetin we go do now, I no want anything to happen to Dency o.
Flex: the best thing now is to visit that useless baba o. The man go give us useless charm.
Me: na true u talk. Make I go tell dencygirl say I dey go out.
I went to the kitchen where she was preparing lunch.
Me: dency I dey come.
Dency: where una dey go again?
Me: we want just visit some business client, we go come back very very soon.
Dencygirl: OK do come back quick. I no want make your food cold o.
Me: no problem.
I said walking out of the kitchen.
Me: oya flex, make we dey go.
I said to Flex who stood up and followed me.
Me: baba, I greet you.
Flex: baba I greet you too.
We both greeted the old man sitting before his shrine.
Baba: my sons, what brought you here?
Me: baba na the charm wey you give us carry us come here.
Baba: the charm I gave to you guys, what happened.
Me: the next person I am to sacrifice is my love…
I shouted in anger.
Donflex; and I can’t believe that my cousin is the next inline for me to sacrifice.
Baba: oh I understand.
Me: but baba, na you say we go dey sacrifice prostitute wey that fire dey burn for their head.
Flex: wetin come happen.
Baba: I forgot to tell you something. Once in every five years, you are entitled to loose the one closest to you.
Me: what!!!!
Baba: yes, sorry I didn’t tell you earlier. But there’s no cause for alarm. After sacrificing them, you will continue with your normal rituals.
I wanted to shout Jesus Christ but I thanked the unknown force that prevented me from doing that.
Baba: common don’t be sad. Other girls you had been killing since are people’s children too you know.
Flex: so you want me to sleep with my cousin, is that so?
Baba: not me, that’s the demand of the gods.
Flex: God forbid, I no go do am.
Me: even me too. I no go dare temper with my love dencygirl..
Baba: then prepare to face the wrath of gods in three days time.
Me: d–n the gods, d–n you too. Nonsense old and foolish man.
Flex: see him bald head, like sahel Savannah.
Me: sahel Savannah even better. See how the foolish man dey like tropical rainforest.
Baba: insult me all you like. But you have less than three days to offer them up.
Flex: and if we refuse?
Baba: get ready to face the wrath of the gods.
We left baba’s shrine so angry and fraustrated.
Me: flex, imagine wetin the baba talk?
Flex: no mind the useless man, nothing go happen.
Me: then wetin we go do?
Flex: make we just go sleep with any ashawo we find.
Me: why?
Flex: na the way baba program the charm. Make we sleep with ashawo, not our loved ones.
Me; on naw.
Flex: make we commot from here quick quick.
He said as we entered our car and drove off.
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