BEHIND THE MASK EPISODE 8

BEHIND THE MASK
EPISODE 8
© Jones K. Tagbor
I have always yearned to make her my wife and live the rest of
my life with her. I quickly rushed to my table, grabbed a pen and
an A4 sheet, sat back and begun to draw out plans towards the
ceremony.
Enyonam: ee! What is happening there? She asked me in a funny
but surprised manner.
Me: Just guess what I’m doing.
Enyonam: I guess you’re preparing to meet Queen Sheeba right?
Me: Even more than.
Hahahaaa, we both laughed as she made fun of me.
We then decided that she will lead me to where her parents were
the following weekend. Hmm, wonders they say shall never end.
That day, I used all my strength to penetrate through her still
without protection. In the process, I could feel some burning
sensation around my genitalia. I uprooted myself from her saw
blood around it. Hmm this lady was only sucking my blood
through sex. “Sweetheart just look at what is happening to me? ”
I alerted her. “Oh why? I’m sure you were exertion too much
force. Let me help you. ” she said, grabbed my bleeding organ
and sucked the blood until it stopped. I enjoyed it anyway.
Enyonam was able to influence the church leaders to make me
their financial controller since I was an auditor. She did this
without informing me. After service on Sunday, during the
announcements, some names were mentioned to stay behind to
see the head pastor after closing. I was a bit surprised to hear my
name as part of the people. The church is owned by the head
pastor and has some junior pastors and elders. Since they have
been broken down in spirit, everything they do was inspired by
their own flesh. Let me tell you one interesting thing. Pastors who
are influenced by flesh turn out to demonstrate power to their
members. They try all they can to impress so they begin by giving
false prophesies and if they realize their prophecies are not
coming to pass, they seek for other spiritual means where they
can tell what will happen in the life of a person in future. They
give themselves all sort of names.
At the meeting, the pastor said the holy spirit chose us to add up
to the leadership of the church. There, I was appointed as the
financial controller for the church which I accepted
wholeheartedly. This became another vital ground for me to soil
the house of God. Redirecting church money was nothing bad to
me at all. Eventually, Enyonam’s demands became higher so I
also needed more money to impress her. When people request for
money for any church project, I add my own figures and take my
share from it. The painful aspect was, I was not using those
monies to put up any property for myself, instead, I spent them
on Enyonam.
One day at church, the pastor in his prophesy time called
Enyonam to step forward. He looked into her face and asked the
church to clap for Jesus.
Pastor: Church, God is good. I’ve just seen an engagement ring on
sister Enyonam’s finger. There is some radiation coming out of
the ring which is searching for it’s pair. Church, can you begin to
pray for her. She is about to get her husband right here in the
church.
The church began to pray fervently, especially the young single
men. Until that day, I never knew even the very gentle guys who
normally pray with some swag could become aggressive in
prayers. Some were even rolling on the floor simply because,
Enyonam was the taste of all the single young men in the church
because of her outstanding nature when it comes to praise and
worship. She was also seen to be beautiful and rich. Some ladies
were equally feeling jealous because the prophecy didn’t select
them. The prayer went on until the pastor asked them to stop by
ringing the bell.
Immediately they stopped praying, I had a shock within me as if
an electric shock and the next thing that followed was some
seizures. You will think I was an epileptic patient. The pastor
asked the ushers to bring me forward.
Pastor: The ring on Sister Enyonams finger has selected brother
John as its right pair. Shall we give a clap offering unto God.
The church clapped but some few guys who wanted Enyonam
didn’t clap. Jealousy in the house of God.
After that, the pastor asked me if I already have someone in mind
that I wanted to get married to. I told him Enyonam was the only
person on my mind. The whole atmosphere was electrified
because that made them have more belief in the pastor. It also
made more people to join the church because what happened
was heard through members to their friends on what the pastor
did.
After church, together with Enyonam, we went to see the pastor
and thanked him for his prophecy.
The following day’s evening, my daddy called my line. I saw the
call but didn’t want to receive it. The call came in for the second
time and this time I answered it reluctantly.
Dad: Johnny I hope you are doing well?
Me: Yes I’m doing well. Hope you are not calling to ask for
money.
Dad: John! must I take that as a form of greetings or an insult to
your father? John What has come over you?
I immediately regretted and I apologized
Me: Am sorry dad for being offensive. It won’t happen again.
Please, how may I help you?
Dad: I don’t need your help. I only called to advise you. My son, I
want you to quit your work at harbor and come back home. I will
get you another work here. My spirit tells me that all is not well
with you at where you are now.
That made me surprised and with an uncontrollable anger on my
dad…
Me: What is that supposed to mean? I don’t understand it. Can
you explain why you are saying this? Daddy please, I don’t want
to disrespect you. Leave me alone. Am now of age and I should
be able to tell if something is good for me or not. I don’t think
I’ve complained to you about my work.
With a very low tone,
Dad: my son, I know you’re of age, but don’t forget that the Bible
says you should obey your parents in the Lord. Don’t see it that
am disturbing you. What an old man can see when sitting, can
never be seen by a child when he or she stands on the tallest
tower. You are all I have here in Ghana and besides, I just want
the best for you and not…………
I intentionally hanged up the line even before he could complete
with his advice.
From that very day, I started seeing my father as a torn in my
flesh. Anytime he requested for money, I get angry at him
because I felt he wanted my doom. I use to see him in my dreams
fighting me. How wrong I was. Hmm. I used to blame him for his
own problems because he shouldn’t have retired at the time he
did. There was no day that I dreamt of having other siblings. I
was gradually dissociating from my family because I’ve found a
lady that I’ve not even married yet.
A very good weekend came and my visit to Enyonam’s house
came into being. Enyonam came to my place first to pick me with
her car. She said her real parents were abroad so they just came
for a visit which they will be returning soon so we needed to fast
track preparations towards our marriage. They were staying in a
very big house at community 1 of Tema. Her supposed parents
received me very well. They asked the necessary questions every
in-law will ask and eventually, they gave me the go ahead to
marry their daughter. But my worry was that, the parents of
Enyonam that came to the school during the disaster seemed to
be different from this people. Well, I took it that it was a long
time that’s why they’ve changed for me.
I went to my father back home and told him that I was ready to
get married so I’ve started the preparations towards it. He said I
should bring the lady home for him to see before he could give
me the go ahead to marry her. I said that was no problem. I came
back to Tema to invite Enyonam.
I came with her the following week to my father’s house. My
father received her nicely but said, he will invite our pastor to
come and also see her before we go away. Enyonam seemed not
to like the idea. She quickly said she had an appointment so she
couldn’t wait for the pastor who we were told went for a meeting
and will return in the evening. My father tried his best to let her
stay behind but she got more convincing words to free herself.
As soon as she moved her car out of the house, the pastor also
came in. I called Enyonam on the phone to return but she said
she was running late.
Talking to my father,
Pastor: I can smell the scent of an evil spirit around. This was the
same scent I sensed when your wife was admitted at the hospital
and later died. We need to pray.
Dad: Pastor but what do you mean by that? Are you saying my
son is evil or what?
Pastor: Not at all. Your son is not evil but the scent is in the
house.
Me: Pastor, we invited you here to see the lady I wanted to marry
but you didn’t come early so she left.
Pastor: That is the main reason why we needed to pray. Why
couldn’t she just wait? Is her appointment more important than
her marriage?
He raised a song which my farther joined in singing. I stood there
watching them do their own thing when my phone started
ringing. It was Enyonam “sweetheart, I’ve just gotten a flat Tyre
in the middle of my journey. Please I need you to come right
away to help me out”. She pleaded. “Alright, just calm down. I
will get there soon”. I said to her. I asked where exactly she was
and quickly, I told my dad and pastor that, Enyonam needed my
assistance so I needed to go. The pastor said he will go with me so
we should use his car which was also the church’s car.
When we got to where the car was, Enyonam was no where to be
found. She knew I was coming with the pastor so she took public
transport without telling me. We got there before she told me on
phone that she had low battery that was why she couldn’t tell me
earlier.
Pastor: John my son, I don’t want you to marry that lady. She is
not having a good spirit.
Me: Pastor, this lady is God sent to me so Please, I’m not sure I
can let her go. I’m not ready to break her heart.
Pastor: Okay I’ve heard you. But remember that you need to hear
and obey God When he instructs you. You youth of today take
everything into your own hands and do things to suit your flesh
and disregard God. Above all, I wish you well. He said and left.
This is what happens when we become blind to the world. May
God have mercy on us.
I got some people to attend to the car and I drove it to Tema.
I never knew I was under the influence of the spell. I saw myself
as a superior in everything I did.
As quick as Enyonam wanted it, we planned the date for our
engagement and I informed my dad. He disliked it and didn’t
really show any interest for the idea so he requested our
presence as soon as possible. I told my wife to be about the issue
and she disregarded it. I wondered why my dad would be
thinking of this decision since the church I attended had prayed
over it. We started distributing our invitation cards. We both
travelled to Dubai to buy the gown and my suit. The ring was
ordered from India.
At my office, I gave an invitation to the administration and also to
the individuals. I selected Xorsenyo as my best man.
I just decided not to involve my church back home but Xorsenyo
said that would be a bad idea so I sent the invitation to a few. My
father had no other option than to attend. This time around, I sent
invitation to my siblings abroad to come and witness what my
senior brother was trying to stand against. Honestly, the money
we used in just the presentations could build a mansion and even
buy a car. How shameful it was that we needed to borrow
people’s car in addition to Enyonam’s car for the wedding.
Just a week to the weeding, I received a call that my father was
severely sick and rushed to the hospital so I needed to come
home. “Ah! What at all is this?” I asked myself looking very
worried. I called a friend of mine to go and check on him for me
so I will join them later.
Hmm, sometimes, God finds different ways of saving us from
falling into the trap of the devil but we do feel we know better.
At times, even God himself do regret for creating man. But
behold, our ways are not his ways, neither are our thoughts his
thoughts.
…to be continued