BEHIND THE MASK EPISODE 11

BEHIND THE MASK
EPISODE 11
© Jones K. Tagbor
*Xorsenyo in Trouble.*
We got to the ward and my dad was fully conscious. This was
around 6:30pm that day. The next was a call from Xorsenyo.
Xorsenyo: Johnny, Charley your wife is in a critical situation now.
I just heard the news and rushed to your house. It seems…
Me: My friend spare me that long talk and tell me what happened
to her. What is it?
Xorsenyo: Hmmm. I’m Sorry to announce to to you that your
wife…
Me: My wife is what? Is Enyonam dead? Can you just tell me
something?
Xorsenyo: Please can you just calm down and listen to me? She is
not dead so just relax.
Me: OK. So tell me what the problem is.
Xorsenyo: Earlier in the day she invited me to your house to help
her move some items and the furniture from one position to
another. After a while, Golder called so I left to meet her. Before
leaving, your wife was very vibrant. Just this evening, the police
came to my house that your wife, who is currently undergoing
treatment at 37 hospital, gave my name to the police as the last
person to come to her house. They said her drink was poisoned
and since I was the last person who left the house, the police
suspected I poisoned her. As we speak now, I’m at the police
headquarters at community four to write my statement and your
wife is on admission.
Me: Xorsenyo what the hell do you think you are telling me? You
poisoned my wife’s drink?
Xorsenyo: John I respect you a lot and I don’t expect you to say
this to me. How can I poison your wife’s drink? Did I even serve
her any drink? She only invited me to help her. What will I
benefit from doing that?
Me: Look, by the time I get there, make sure nothing happens to
my Enyonam if not, I promise you will rot in jail.
I realized I was getting confused and more furious so I hanged up
without allowing him to say a word. “What at all is happening to
me? I have this trouble today and tomorrow is another one. What
at all is going on?” I asked myself.
Miraculously, at the time Enyonam poured the poison into
Xorsenyo’s drink, she also served the drink for herself and no one
knew what happened. At the time she was taking Xorsenyo’s
infested drink to him, she mistakenly took the one she served
herself leaving the infested one on the serving tray to take later.
Xorsenyo drunk a pure red wine and Enyonam later took the
poisonous one. After some time, she started bleeding and that
was when she called for help from our neighbors.
Upon all these, she equally saw that as an opportunity to achieve
her aim of dissociating Xorsenyo from me. The enemy will never
stop following you if his mission is not achieved. Even if
achieved, they still find cause to fight you. This is exactly why we
are supposed to pray without ceasing.
She did same the first time she entered into the church of God.
She stayed with a relative of hers during her childhood days. Her
parents were not staying together due to their nature of work so
they had to let her stay with one of their relatives. When she was
growing, she was sent to a boarding school by her relatives and at
school, she equally joined bad company. One day one of her
friends organized a birthday party where she attended. At the
party, they were fed with food meant for marine spirit. So in the
night after the party, all the girls who took the food saw
themselves at the beach where they were initiated. After the
initiation, their mission was to breakdown the churches in the
community so that they can win more souls for their kingdom.
Unfortunately, Enyonam had an accident and was taken outside
for treatment. When she returned, she was made to take control
of the church.
At the time she joined the church, the holy spirit filled the church
so at a revival service, she was nearly caught but she was quick to
escape. She went to get more powers and in subsequent services,
she joined the choir and initiated most of the young girls. They
were influenced by money. She took over the choir and
championed on that to get most of the young men. She even
made some married men pick up quarrels with their wives. With
the leaders of the church, she used her money to influence them.
She always gave more when it was time for harvest and the likes.
She lent her money to the church and some members. She
seduced almost all the leaders of the church and slept with them.
This time around, she took me as her next prey and Xorsenyo was
standing in her way so she tried to separate us.
I told my brothers and Pastor about the content of Xorsenyo’s
call. I vowed never to spare Xorsenyo if it happened to be true
that he poisoned Enyonam’s drink. The pastor advised that I
should be extra careful in dealing with the issue but with the
state I found myself in, it might be hard to heed to what the
pastor said. We didn’t inform my father about it because we felt
we may be stressing him with it so I left without informing him.
Later after I left, my father told my brothers that he believed his
problem was a spiritual one, so he urged them to pray for him
and also pray for me because he could feel that I was gradually
approaching doom.
I went straight to the hospital to check on Enyonam and thanks
be to God, she was doing well and about to be discharged. The
doctor said she was poisoned but the case have been taken over
by the police. Enyonam insisted they interrogate Xorsenyo very
well because he was the only person who came into the house.
I went to the police station and Xorsenyo was detained in the cell.
I made him know he would rot in jail when it goes to the end of
it. He cried that he knew nothing about the allegation but I never
listened to that.
Xorsenyo: John so you don’t trust me? Upon all I’ve been doing
for you?
Me: None of my good friends will plot against my wife. I’m even
suspecting that you went to the house purposely to do this. A
very bad friend I have is you. You will surely pay for this.
Xorsenyo cried like a baby. “I know my God will speak for me.
John don’t worry. Very soon, you will appreciate the truth of this
matter.
Me: It will be better you say the truth so that I forgive you and
stop the investigation.
Xorsenyo only shook his head in disappointment. Enyonam was
just happy deep inside herself because she knew she had
accomplished one of her major missions. I left him and went
home with Enyonam. She never even asked how my father was
doing but was interested to know how I would handle the case of
Xorsenyo. The authorities of Ghana ports and harbour took
interest in the case and decided to get a lawyer for Xorsenyo
because they had confidence in him that he was innocent. His
parents came around to bail him but investigations still went on.
Since I left my father’s place, it never occurred to me to call back
to find out how he was doing.
The case was still with the police as investigations went on. The
company got a lawyer for him as well. I resumed from my leave
as working in the same office with Xorsenyo. We didn’t talk to
each other not even to greet each other. I was also not happy with
the administration because I didn’t expect them to provide a
lawyer for Xorsenyo. Due to this ill relationship between
Xorsenyo and I, they moved him to another department until the
case was over.
At home, Enyonam started using me as if I was her baby sitter.
She always complained of illness so it’s either I bought fast food
to the house for our supper or I go into the kitchen myself to do
the cooking. Hardly does she also wash my clothes.
For about a month, the investigation was in progress. The police
tortured Xorsenyo for him to accept that he did it but he stood
firm to his words.
The date set for the court hearing was now here. Should Xorsenyo
be guilty, he would serve a jail term for ten years with hard
labour.
…to be continued