NOVEL:Woman In Total Control Of Her Self-EPISODE 5...

Continuation from EPISODE 4 Other EPISODE INCLUDE 3 2, 2a, 1

FOUR YEARS AGO.
The St Timothy and Titus anglican church,
Festac, was unusually filled with people
from different walks of life who had come
to witness the event on that faithful
saturday.
Press agencies such as TeamTayoNews A.I.T, S.T.V, Beat FM,
Top Radio, Punch and Sun Newspaper,
Ovation Magazine and a host of other
agencies had sent their representatives to
attend the event and cover it in any way
they could. As the television press agents
recorded the event on video, the radio
press agents tried to record the valuable
sound bits on tape and of course, the
newspapers and magazines agents,
snapped as much picture as their camera’s
memory would allow, which was an awful
lot, thanks to the invention of multiple
memory cards with the data space of over
thirty six giga bite. Some of the
photographers murmured a little prayer of
blessings to whoever invented the “Micro
SD”.
At the alter stood three people. A man who
wore a black versace suit and black Louis
Vuitton shoes, a lady who wore a sparkling
white Gucci wedding gown – don’t bother
asking if Gucci make wedding gowns, it was
a limited edition gown, and a priest who of
course, wore what priests usually wore
when conducting a marriage ceremony
service, Yes! It was a wedding.
A wedding between Nigeria’s “soon to be”
sexiest female celebrity and the then fifth
wealthiest video/ movie producer from
Africa, now second. It was indeed a perfect
union to behold.
The priest looked at the lady as if he was
searching for something on her face, she
smiled. Then he turned his gaze to the man
and gave him the same searching look and
the man grinned. The priest then raised the
Microphone up to mouth and said;
“Dearly beloved, we are gathered together
here in the sight of God, and in the face of
this congregation, to join together Zainab
Okafor and Richard Anderson in Holy
Matrimony; which is an honorable estate,
instituted by God in the time of man’s
innocence…” the priest paused once again
and stared at the couples with his piercing
eyes, then with out looking at the book
which he had been reading from, it was
obvious he knew the next statements by
heart, he added.
“If any of you know any reason, or just
impediment, why these two persons should
not be joined together in holy Matrimony,
let ye speak now or forever hold ye peace”
a long pause followed.
During this pause, Jummy, in her silly and
“always wanting to make people laugh”
attitude, stood up as the priest paused for a
response. All heads and almost all cameras
in the hall, hundreds of them, all turned
towards Jummy thinking she had
something to say.
Zainab who stood at the alter almost fainted
at this point, she was wondering what
Jummy was up to this time.
Richard was already trying to get the
attention of Dr. Daniel with his eyes, with
the intent of passing an instruction to him
concerning the drama he thought that was
about to unfold, yes! The same Dr. Daniel
that was mentioned earlier.
Jummy stared at the A.I.T camera man and
smiled, before she walked out of the hall
sluggishly, purposely dragging her feet on
the floor as she swayed her rather gigantic
hips. As soon as she left the hall, audible
exhales of carbondioxide followed because
almost everyone in the hall had been
subconciously holding their breath in
anticipation.
The Priest just shook his head and chuckled
in his mind, before he continued with the
ceremony;
“If there is no one, then by the power
invested in me, I now pronounce you both,
husband and wife. You may kiss …” Zainab’s
and Richard lips were already inter locked
before the priest could finish his statement.
“Newly wedded” he sighed.
The crowd went wide with cheers as the
new couple kissed like it was their first time,
the press agents kicked, scratched and
punched each other just to stand on the
spot where the view of the kissing couple
was great.
Somewhere in between the loud cheers and
rowdy environment, Jummy made her way
back to the church and up the alter to
congratulate her friend.
“What the hell were you thinking when you
stood up that time?” Zainab asked her as
she got within arms length.
“Shey e get time wey I suppose go toilet
and time when I no suppose go?” Jummy
asked mischievously.
“Naughty you. What are you doing standing
there like a log of wood, won’t you come
and give the new Mrs Anderson a hug”
Zainab replied, and she probably regretted
making that statement because the way
Jummy squeezed her with her XX large
body wasn’t an entirely funny scene for
Zainab.
As the girls talked and fooled around,
Richard slipped away from Zainab’s side
and headed out of the church, he signaled
Dr. Daniel to follow him as he went out.
Richard went to the back of the church
where no one was and waited, few minutes
later, Dr. Daniel surfaced.
Dr. Daniel was a man of roughly fourth
years of age, he was quite short, always
wore a hat and carried a walking stick
because he had an issue with his right leg
which made him always limp when he
walked, either he was born that way or not
is a question no one knew the answer to.
There was something sinister about him
and a cloud of darkness seem to follow him
wherever he went, no one could actually
boast of ever actually seeing his face, not
like they cared to though.
“Did you do it?” Richard asked Dr. Daniel
immediately.
“Young man, you really need to learn how
to greet your elders, especially the ones
who you are indebted to.”
“Oh! Spare me the bull poo! Did you kill the
Dam?”
“When you say Dam do you mean that girl
you impregnate and dumped because you
met Zainab?”
“Whatever you say, just answer the
question. Did you kill her? Yes or no?”
Dr. Daniel paused for a split second for no
reason in particular, that was just the way
he was.
“Yes I did, but you know she didn’t deserve
to die right?”
“I should have let her come to the church
and spoil my marriage like she threatened
to?” Richard asked rhetorically with an
eyebrow raised.
“You know those were just empty threats”
“Whatever you say! I’m not ready to take
the risk. I’ll have my P.A wire you the
money” Richard then attempted to walk out
on Dr. Daniel but was stopped in his tracks
when his name was called, without turning
back he stood on a spot and waited for Dr.
Daniel to say what he wanted to.
“You know how to contact me if you ever
need my services again right?”
“I won’t be needing it again” Richard
replied arrogantly and as he walked away,
Dr. Daniel added;
“Don’t just delete my number, men like you
always needs men like me help. Trust me.”
Richard didn’t reply again. He was so
confident he wouldn’t be needing Dr.
Daniel’s help anymore, but he was wrong.
*****************************************
FOUR YEARS LATER,
PRESENT DAY.
After letting the phone go to voice mail
twice, Dr. Daniel finally picked up the call, it
was just his way to know people who were
seriously in the need to contact him. As he
picked the call, he kept quite and waited for
the called to speak first.
“Hello?”
He cracked his memory hoping that the
voice he just had would match with a name
in his skull, but sadly, it didn’t.
“Who is this?” He replied coldly.
“Am I speaking to Dr. Dan?”
“That depends on who is asking” he was
still sounding cold.
“This is Richard, remember me? Some years
back you did some clean up for me and I
think I need another clean up now”
Dr. Daniel searched his memory for any
Richard he had met in the past but the only
one that came to mind was one of his
former apprentice name, and this couldn’t
be him because Dr. Daniel killed him, but
that’s another story.
“What sort of clean up did the Dr. Dan you
are asking for do for you?” He asked.
“Does the name Chineye ring a bell?”
That question did the trick, just like magic,
Dr. Daniel recalled it all. How Richard
contacted him and told him of his little
problem and for a riduclously large amount,
he had solved the problem for Richard. His
eyes shone in excitement as he thought this
was another opportunity to be paid well.
“Yes, in that case, you are speaking to Dr.
Dan” Dr. Daniel replied, obviously dropping
his cold tone.
“Alright, I’ll text you the details right away,
come immediately!”
“Understood.” And Dr. Daniel hung up, he
always had the knack for being in charge
always and even took such details as who
ended a call personal, so he always made
sure he was the last to speak and the one
who ends all calls he made or received.
Richard on the other hand sent the address
and situation of things to Dr. Daniel who
received it and he replied immediately via
text;
“Piece of cake, I’ll be there in thirty minutes”
Richard read the text and then looked at
Zainab’s body on the floor and he smiled.
TO BE CONTINUED.


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