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20/06/2024

BRIDE OF THE TREE GOD

CHAPTER FOUR

TAhe turquoise green ninety ninety two Mercedes Benz-E class drove into the compound, Doris was outside washing her children's clothes . Asoro had gone to pick Atiti and her children from her mother's house , where she had gone to spend the weekend.

She ignored her husband and acted as if they were in a miniature toy car and she couldn't hear or see them . Asoro was pi**ed to the bone , he knew about the hostility Doris had for Atiti, he knew Atiti was not one to fight or nag so he fought for her . He packed the car and got out of the car .

"Doris do you want to say you didn't see me drive in ?" He barked at Doris , she kept smacking the gums in her mouth . "Are you mad!" He yelled . "I am talking to you and you act as if I am invisible?" Asoro screamed at the top of his voice .

"Oga make that hand no touch me! If you try touch me ehn Na today you go no say Khaki no be leather . Oh you take your favourite family go to shopping, you take your favourite family to go and see their family . Me shebi I no get family? when last did you buy salt or Maggi for my mother ?" Doris asked , she arranged her face for her husband to slap , but when he didn't she continued chewing her gums and putting her clothes on the line .

"What's wrong with you ? why can you not be peaceful for once in your life ? my mother married you , my mother should take care of your family. Any day I enter into this house and this rubbish repeats you're going back to your parents house!" Asoro threatened . Doris wasn't deterred, she ignored him and continued sun drying her clothes.

Atiti second son was still sleeping in the car , Asoro picked the boy and placed him on his shoulder, and took him into the house . Adesuwa had run ahead of her mother who was trying to fetch the luggage from the trunk of the car. When she walked up towards the front door with her son tied to her back , Doris dropped the clothes in her hand .

"Well done madam first lady , you have captured our husband for yourself alone Abi?" Doris asked Atiti blocking her way . "Doris I don't know what you want with me Asoro was here with you and Angela for one month while I was away , he only came four days ago to pick me and ..." Doris cut her off .

"I just want to sound this as a note of warning . I am not going to pretend I like you Atiti . I want to tell you to avoid me like a plague! if I'm coming this side , go the other side , I don't want us to ever clash , because I'll jam you so hard like a Dangote trailer ." Doris threatened Atiti , who was confused , because she had not offended her, she went to her bedroom , Adesuwa was sitting on Asoro's leg , playing with his eyes glasses.

"Honey , you see this Doris , I think you should let her go back to her parents o." Atiti said . "Why would you say something like that Atiti?" Asoro asked his wife , curiousity buttered his face .

"See I'm not jealous of her or anything. You needed children , I've given you three my husband, I'm not comfortable living under the same roof with her , I don't want her to kill me or my children o." Atiti said . "Come on don't talk like that, how can she kill you ? she can't . Atiti you know Doris is my mother's favourite wife , she even brought her to me to marry ."He said , Adesuwa was at this points playing with her father's chin .

"Daddy I want ice cream." Adesuwa cried . "Baby hold on , I'll take you to Mr Biggs so you can get ice cream ." He promised her . "Daddy ..." She wanted to continue, but Atiti's bombastic side eyes made her think twice .

"Okay please you have the money , I can even afford it , let's go to Benin and a three bedroom flat, I can pay for it . I was blamed and welcomed with a threat you're not doing anything honey." Atiti said unsettled . "See you're over thinking this thing , women always fight when they're married to one wife , because one feel cheated and ignored , but I've been trying ."Asoro said .

"See my husband I like what you are doing m But the truth is that I can't leave my around her . Doris left me to die , she even threatened me outside now ." Atiti continued.

"My sweetheart, I'll protect you . She won't hurt you , I'll go and talk to her . When I give her two hours servicing she would change her mind ." Asoro said . ''Please I want my family together, don't scatter us ." He pleaded with her before laying Adesuwa down .

Doris went to a neighbouring village, she had heard of a powerful Juju man who lived in a very small village, she couldn't take the injustice, she wanted a redress , so she waited for when her husband and co-wives had left before sneaking to the village . The road was very bad and muddy , she had come down from the Okada and walk so stretch on feet .

"What did your Co wife do to you that you want to kill her ?" The young man who was the priest asked Doris . "She has charmed our Husband, he only listen to her , he only spends for her , I want you to kill her ." Doris pleaded .

"Really ? I should kill her ? there's a price to pay to take a life , are you ready to pay ?" The man who was tying a red wrapper , and had his eyes encircled with white chalk . "Papa I will pay any price . I just want that woman out of the way so I can enjoy my husband.'"Doris said , the man spike incantations to clay idols in the shape of ugly masquerade men and women.

"Put what you have brought for the gods." he ordered Doris, she placed a twenty-one thousand naira in the pot , the Juju priest began to speak incantations. He brought a small container containing white powder and handed it to Doris .

"Nobody must see this , when you get home spread it where you know she will pass." He said "Then call her name three times and ask whatever you want done to her , consider it done ." The priest said , Doris was overjoyed, she got up and thanked the chief priest before running towards the house , to go implement the instructions of the juju priest.

20/06/2024

BRIDE OF THE TREE GOD

CHAPTER TWO

Asoro stepped into the room of his first wife , from the rumpled Bedsheet that lay on the bed like he had left it early that morning , he knew she has not gotten up from bed all day , the plate or egg and bread with tea was still on the bedside table he had placed it , he went up and kissed Atiti.

"Atiti you're yet to touch the food ? Are you okay ? won't you go to your shop today ?" He asked his first wife , Atiti sat up and her back rested on her elbows . "Aaarh I don't understand how my body is doing me this morning . I think I'm down with malaria ." Atiti said , her husband chuckled , a smirk curved around his lip.

"Why is that mischievous smile on your face ?" Atiti asked , he continued smiling . "Could it be that you're pregnant? I don't understand this your sudden sickness , you didn't go to your shop ." He said , a smile lighted up Atiti's face.

"Efe would take care of the shop , I feel like resting this today." She said and lay back on the bed . "Should I go and get you some drugs from the chemist ?" Asoro asked Atiti , who shook her head , she asked to be left alone to rest .

Later that evening , she was still in her room when a servant of Ewara appeared in her room , it came inform of an orb of light , the room became intensely bright , it almost blinded Atiti , then it transformed into a glowing dwarf . "Atiti wife of Asoro you have begin to break the rules given to you by Epa, you shouldn't have returned with the wrapper of your purity to the house , you were instructed to burn it , but you brought it into the house , Epa said you must come with the piece of wrapper and a black he goat to the shrine, with a bottle of Schnapp or the gods will have your head instead of giving you a child ." It burst into a smoky florescent and disappeared out of the room . Atiti jumped from the bed , she shivered not from cold but from fear , her heart pounded louder than horse hoofs pounding a soft ground .

She went under her bed and fetched the white piece of cloth she had tied and left under the bed , she had forgotten to burn the wrapper as instructed by the Juju priest ,the sun had risen and she didn't anyone to know she went to Ewara, most members of the community of Iguoma had turned to Christianity, she couldn't be seen patronising the traditional gods.

It was almost eight P.M Atiti snuck out of the house , she went to the house of the goat seller and asked for a black he goat , the man told him he didn't have a pure black , but that he could go to the next town to get for his supplier. Atiti have him seven hundred naira for transportation and to purchase the goat , returned home .

The whole of that night , she couldn't close her eyes to sleep , she kept seeing herself in the stream ,angry demons that looked like obessed masquerades stood watching her , not saying a single word to her .

The next morning Atiti snuck out of the house before the c**k crow , she hurried to the house of the meat seller . He came to the door after she knocked a few times . "Did you get the goat ?" Atiti asked anxiously, she needed to clear everything up before noon .

"Yeah I did , but it was very stressful I had to go to Okakhinawan to get it , you have to add me two hundred naira." Atiti loosen the head of her wrapper where she had tied some money, she gave him , the money and collected the rope he had used to tie the big goat , she dragged the stubborn goat , they fought from side to side of the road , the goat acted as if it had a premonition of its impending slaughter for sacrifice.

He arrived at the Juju priest shirne at the outsketch of Iguoma, his apprentice was already sweeping the brown stony ground with a branch of palm fronds . Coconut trees and palm trees surrounded the compound , with large pieces of clothing wrapped around the trunk .

"Apa good morning." Atiti bowed before the old juju priest , whose eyebrows and hair on his head had turned wool white. "Good morning Atiti wife of Asoro. You saw my messenger yesterday?" The old man asked , he was bent over by age , a white wrapper was wrapped around his waist .

"Yes Apa am sorry , I was in a hurry to get home and forgot to follow your instruction." Atiti said ,as she pealed off her slippers from her leg as they entered the shrine of Ewara .

"Ewara is a merciful god,it grants the wishes of his children, he puts smile on their faces . But when a child chooses to disobey it , the dire consequences are serious . That was a warning . You must fulfil all your promise to the deity , or doom awaits you ." The Juju priest said , Ewara nodded . The Juju man forced the stubborn goat to the ground and began to slit it throat , as the goat fought back trying to stand up , Atiti was surprised how the old man was able to subdue the large goat. He collected the blood of the goat , and mixed it with water , which it used to bath Atiti .

Atiti's legs began to swell , she was looking more beautiful than she had been, Asoro noticed the changes in his wife , but he was no longer expecting a child from Atiti, he had given up hope , Angela and Doris had given him children , he sometimes wished Atiti would have her own children , so he can see the happy woman he had married.

"Atiti are you pregnant?" Asoro asked Atiti when he noticed the changes in his wife . Atiti Hesitated before replying her husband, as they lay in bed ."No why do you think that ? when last did I take in ? it's been more than eight years." Atiti said . Asoro squeezed her arm softly in his , and kissed her on the fore head . "Don't worry God will give you a child ." Asoro assured his wife , in his minds he doubted she could ever be a mother , the last Juju priest they had gone to see in Ankpa told him privily to go and get other wives , that a curse placed on Atiti's grandmother was reacting on her , that she would never be able to bear children of her own . When they returned back to Edo State , Asoro went to marry Doris , his mother had already been on his neck forcing him to marry , she brought Doris to him , she was daughter to her best friend's sister .

Atiti rubbed her stomach and slept with a big grin on her face . She saw a dream of her playing with her children , a boy and a girl , as they ran up and down her big fabric shop in town , she woke Asoro up with her soft laughter , she called the name of her daughter in her dream out loud . "Adesuwa stop chasing Kelvin he'll fall down !" Atiti chortled in her dream , Asoro almost tapped her to wake up , but wanted her to enjoy some peace in her sleep .

"Adams come back don't run into the road!" Atiti screamed , when Doris's youngest son ran out of the compound, towards the ever busy Clark road , Atiti ran after the boy , she seized the three years old by the hand and dragged him into the compound , the boy refused to follow Atiti . "Leave me alone , I want to follow Andy! I want to follow Andy ." He screamed in a toddler voice .

"Come let's go into the house , Andy and Osa have gone to the grinding engine , you won't see them !" Atiti cried dragging the boy , who was heavy and strong like his mother .

"What is it Atiti leave my son alone !" Doris said as she shoved Atiti into the fence wall , she stumbled and almost fell . "Go and give birth to your own children barren fruitless woman ." Doris said , anger and hatred were buttered on her face .

"Your son was going into the ..." Atiti tried to explain but Doris had no time for balderdash. "Is it your child ? if my child wants to go to Benin City it's my business , if my child wants to go to Kafanchan it's my business. Atiti I am warning you ! never touch my son again if not I'll show you why they call me one bone!" She barked , her voice made the surrounding buildings trembled like an earthquake had hit the earth. She held her son and spanked him hard on the back , the boy let out a loud cry and ran back into the house .

Atiti went to the veranda and sat down quietly wondering where she went wrong , she new Doris hated her , their husband had told her to avoid her, Doris even tried to recruit Angela into her cult of hatred , but Angela bluntly refused to take sides in the family fued . Doris never spared an opportunity to tell Atiti how she would never have a seed to bury her when she died , that she would die a lonely old woman .

When the sickness became consistent , Asoro forced his wife to the hospital, he drove her to the University of Benin teaching , where a series of test was carried out on her , and they confirmed her hunch . Atiti couldn't enjoy the good news , she wondered if the baby would stay , she had lost so many pregnancies in the past , that she stopped being ecstatic anytime she took in .

"I don't want you to do any work anymore. I'll get you another sales girl , so they can take care of all the chores in the market . I don't want you to lift a pin , maybe I should get a maid to cook at home , so you don't have to share turns with the Doris and Angela." Asoro rambled , Atiti just placed her arms over her flat stomach with a smile on her lips , she prayed to God to give her save delivery .
"I don't need a maid at home . I just pray that God keeps this one for me . I can't stand another miscarriage." Atiti said staring at the roof of the car . "Atiti don't worry , I don't know why I've this gut feeling in my stomach that the baby will stay ." He said and held his wife's hand while he drove back to Iguoma.

Every morning Atiti would wake up , and rush to the bathroom to inspect her underwear to see if she had started bleeding , but she would always breath a sigh of relief, when she found that her pregnancy was intact . Angela had taken the kids to their school, Asoro went out to work , Atiti was at home alone with Doris , she was one week away from her due date .

A sharp pain hit her waist , she tried to get up , but couldn't , It was the worst pain she had ever felt in her life . "Aaaasrhhh God!" Atiti cried as she tried to get up from the couch in the living room , but the pain couldn't let her move an inch . Her water burst while she was still sitting on the couch . "Somebody help me! Oh somebody help . Doris please come and help me!" Atiti cried , Doris had cotton wools in her ears , she turned up the volume of the sound system she had forced her Asoro to buy for her , when he had gotten one for Atiti to the loudest , the sound of the Benin music overshadowed Atiti's voice , her cries wee drowned , Doris went back to the bed and put a pillow over her head .

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20/06/2024

BRIDE OF THE TREE GOD

Atiti walked quietly in the wee hours of the morning , the cricket kept chirping and tweedling , as her soft palms crushed the leaves that had fallen from the trees to the ground . The ground was wet , it had rained the previous night, her palms felt frozen like she had slept under the cold icy rain water . She could barely see her hand in front of her , but the chief priest had instructed her not to bring with her a lamp or torchlight to illuminate her way , that Ewara would lead her to its shrine .

She tied a white piece of wrapper around her chest , it stretched down to her ankles , and wrapped her head in a white scarf. the path to the shrine was smooth like a shaved scalp of a man , slippery like Ogbonor soup was smeared on the road . Atiti shivered as she made her way towards Okuma stream , where the five hundred years old Iroko tree that housed Ewara was .

It got colder as she drew near the Okuma stream, she could hear the bubbling sounds from the water tumbling downstream over the rocks that sat in it's way , she shivered in terror as the gentle breeze blew the tree and they danced from side to side like the Ekasa dance troupe,the wind whistled as though it had lips .

She stepped into the water it swallowed her up to her waist , before she began to rise from the water at the other bank were the Iroko tree stood , it was different from all the trees even in the dark , it stood over a hundred feet tall , with the terrifying circumference of about twenty feet wide , the roots stretched out of the soul almost ten feet before they buried themselves in the soft black soil .

A white wrapper was tied around the tree , Kola nuts and bottles of Dry gin littered the base of the tree .Atiti knelt before the shrine , with her Calabash stretched before her .

"Ewara! Ewara! Ewara! I'm your child! God of my ancestors! the God who protects Iguoma! the god who gives fertility to the soil! the god who gives children to the barren , I'm your child! For ten good years I've been married to Asoro, my lord I'm a shame to my father's house , my lord I cannot talk amongst my fellow women , they call me unfruitful, a wombless man woman, my co wives mock me , those who came after me now lead my home Ewara ." She paused , with her shoulders she wiped the tears on her face ."Ewara I've come here this evening with this sacrifice of Kola Nuts and Schnapp from my hand. Ewara I don't care if she's a woman , or she's a man , just clean my tears , take away the scourge of barrenness from me , make me a mother I beg you my god ." She dropped the Calabash and broke into a deep cry , she sobbed until her ribs began to hurt .

"Atiti Ewara has answered your prayer ." Atiti heard the thick voice of the chief priest , she and her mother had gone to see him in his shrine in the village , he gave her the instruction of how to appease Ewara , she was a bit startled , she knew the stream side shrine was empty when she got there , she immediately remembered the rumour , that the chief priest could teleport anywhere he wanted in the world . " This morning as you go back home , get your husband to make love to you , so he can fertilise the seed he has put in you ." He said , Atiti face was still covered in the pile of rotten Kola nuts she was lying on , she couldn't raise her head to see the chief priest .

"Thank you my lord , I'll do as you said my lord ." Atiti said crying . "Atiti remember your promise to Ewara , it's a debt you must pay . Every first Okuo market day of every year , you must bring a black he goat , twelve pieces of Kola Nuts, a bottle of schnapps to the Iroko tree." the chief priest said in a cracky old masculine voice . "I will my lord I'll will.''Atiti said .

"And when your first child is born , she must serve Ewara , she must become the priestess of the gods , this is ,most important." He said , the wind blew so fast the trees danced from side to side . "I'll Ewara I'll ." Atiti said , the chief priest had disappeared the way he appeared. Atiti raised her head when she heard no sound , she got up excitedly, she ran across the water , loud plopping sound filled the early morning , the sun had began to rise from the east , she kept running towards the village,she didn't want any of the ladies who were coming to fetch water to see her , where she got to the bush where she had dropped her clothes and shoes , she loosen the wrapper and changed into a gown , a brown flowery gown , she wore her black rubber slippers and began to rush to the village.

She was excited like a teenager eager to meet her groom , she wrapped the wrapper into a black nylon bag , and hid it under her bed . She changed into her night gown , and went to Doris's door to knock , she couldn't blame her husband , she had no fruit to show for his over ten years of labour , she had lost all s*xual starvation, she didn't bother whenever he didn't come to her room . He had married Atiti a virgin, when she was barely out of her teenage years , month after month they waited for sign of pregnancy, she would conceive and the yam never grew .

The knock was continuous, Doris tried to ignore it , it was around six A.M in the morning, she wondered why Atiti was knocking on her door . Her arms were wrapped around her husband, her palm resting on his Iroko that was pushing to stand at attention . She cursed under her breath as she walked to the door , the she opened the locks and stared at Atiti , with a angry frown on her face .

"Ehn henn ? what do you want here ?" She said spitting venoms like a Cobra at Atiti. "Please Doris I want to see our husband." Doris said pleadingly, Doris shook her head in disgust . "So what you want to tell him cannot wait ? this is my turn with our Husband." She said staring down at the almost revealing nightgown Atiti was wearing .

"Please Doris I don't want trouble this morning , he's our husband , he owes me attention too , you're talking of your turn when last did our Husband enter my room ?" Atiti asked Doris , who hissed . "Is that my fault ? am I the one who ate your womb ? why would he waste his energy on a wombless woman like you ?" She said and tried to close the door , Atiti wrestled the door with her , it made a loud tweaking, Atiti forced her way into the room , Doris grabbed her arms and began to struggle with her .

Asoro suddenly woke up , to his ensuing standoff between his wives. "Atiti and Doris what has come over you two ? it's not yet seven A.M you have started fighting ?" He said with a quiet low voice . "What is it ?" he said to Atiti.

"Our Husband you know I don't struggle with my co wives for attention , I was the first wife , my husband when last did you lie down with me on my bed ? when last did you touch me like a man touches his woman ? My body yearns for you , I want you in me to keep me warm , it's been more than three months you came to my room , I have a burning desire, if you don't lie with me I will die of starvation." She said with no iota of shame , a woman with a cut on her private part couldn't hide it from her doctor.

Asoro chuckled , it infuriated Doris , her nose rose up to the sky , her brows furrowed with anger and hatred . "My husband today is my turn , why didn't she come yesterday when you were with Angela? it cannot be on my turn that she would come and take my morning time ." Doris quarrelled.

"Doris I've been coming to your room more than the others since you put to bed , I've been coming to your room everyday . Don't be angry my junior wife , Atiti also has a right to my body , I've to go and give it to her now ." Asoro said , if an angry face could make the sky fall , Doris's angry look would have burnt the sky .

Atiti grabbed her husband's arms and led him out of the room ,they walked through the well lit corridor to her room at the far side of the bungalow, she shut the door behind them . Asoro saw the passion in the eyes of his wife , he almost laughed out loud . Atiti had lost all hunger for s*x , when her sixth pregnancy refused to stay , he couldn't help it and got married to two young wives that gave him five children already.

She shoved him to the bed , and began to kiss his lips with passion that he had never seen , he pulled off the nightgown, the soft sound of her moaning made Doris cringed , she stood outside the door listening to Atiti swimming in the sweetness of her husband's touch , she hissed and went out of the house , to start her morning duty .

Atiti and Asoro remained in bed till about ten A.M when Angela came in with her husband's breakfast, a tray pan containing cocoa tea and brown bread and fried egg .
"My husband your breakfast is ready ." She said , he grumpily rose from the bed , the Bedsheet fell from his body, Angella turned her face away and left the room , Atiti remained in bed snoring like a little rabbit , that was stressed out from labouring all night .

Asoro took his bath and changed into his pajamas , then returned to Atiti's room , he gently prodded her from sleep with his fingertips. "Atiti wake up come and eat with me ."He said, Atiti rolled in the bed , and mumbled incoherent words before going back to sleep .

He ate his gently and left a plate full of food for Atiti before going to the sitting room to watch the morning news on NTA , he sat with a newspaper on his lap , a bottle of gin rested by his side . The kids were not letting him rest , their constant bickering made Asoro yearn for a little peace and quiet, he only had Saturday and Sunday to rest , but it was impossible, the children he had desired for would not let him have a moment of it .

Atiti woke up very sick and tired , she was feeling so feverish ,Asoro wondered why she had not come out of her room at about three P.M that Saturday, she normally kept to herself since her husband brought in his new wives , but she would come outside to her kitchen . Asoro excused himself from his friends who were arguing politics over the Draft game they were playing he walked into Atiti's room .

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Pray For Rema 🙏🤦‍♂️

You see Fame ? It comes with a lot and if it comes at an early age , you might be unable to deal with it .

Years ago you could never see Rema Smoking but now he can’t make 5 minutes without smoking . All through the fashion show in Paris he was blowing back to back .

The comment section under his post is crazy . People are just praying he gets well because it’s more of an addiction now .

You see drúgs ? Don’t even start, the addiction that comes with it is Crazy . Rema’s recent looks and how he talks is CRAZY . You’ll pity him .

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