Wahala nor too plenty, this black mamba is definitely Magdalena.

I see Nerissa coming face to face with Erica

Snake, I hate snakes o, reading this last paragraph was giving me goosebumps.

Thanks for the update..

Abieyuwaero20:
You to correct, oil dey your head @silver1996







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Anger roused every part of Nerissa when she couldn't find Derek anywhere.., after looking at every angle of the house, she returned to the parlour, her attention followed the ringing tone of Derek's phone, she quickly pick it up and Stare at the caller...

"Erica...."She mutter the caller's name....

Her thoughts catch up and she quickly realise she has heard the name and been to her house, the house she could not enter that night, the fact that Derek could have gone back there angered her to the core, she digged her nails into her palm before she vanished from sight......




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"What do you think happened here....?"Officer Martin ask Justin when they were in the compound. ...

"Well it seems somebody burnt some things.."Officer Justin replied as he walk over the ashes and head towards the door.....

"Something doesn't seem right. ....."Officer Martin said...."The cars, the open gate and then ashes from burnt items....."

Officer Justin sighed heavily, without a word, he knocked on the door





Inside the house, the black Mamba snake threw it's head forward while the rest of it's body followed as the knock came on the door again, the wide scales on its belly grip the ground while pushing forward with the others as her eyes roam around looking for any possible place to hide....

Infuriated, Officer Justin turn down the door knob and the door open...., he shift his gaze to officer Martin before he took his gun out and walk in..., before he took another step, he stood and observe incase of any surprises. ...

"Was there a fight. ..?"Officer Martin ask lowering his gaze to the broken bottles and drop of blood on the ground. ..

"Obviously" Officer Justin replied taking a step forward

"I don't think anyone is at home..."Officer Martin said

The snake hid herself and watch them with the eyes of a predator..., she flicked her tongue and the moment she felt one of the officers was edging close, she slither backwards and fold under the couch...

Officer Justin sighed heavily realising there's no one in the house.....

"Something happened here man" Officer Martins said

Officer Justin nodded in agreement. ..."I guess we'll come back. .."

Officer Justin walk towards the door, when he turn back to look at Martin, he saw him staring into space as if he was seeing something he's not.....

"Are you coming. ..?"Officer Justin queried

"I thought I saw something. .."

"What..?"Justin ask with shrugged shoulders..

"I don't know..., I just thought I saw something moving...."

"Can we go now...?"

"Sure.."He replied and step out with Justin. .

The black mamba snake came out from hiding and glided forward pushing it's belly against the tiles, she tilt her head before she tense her belly muscles as she gripped the rough patches of the chair, she slithered up and release movement and crawl it's way to the top of the chair, she flicked her tongue before she poke her head on the opening in the window curtains......, there she watched as the two officers stepped outside the gate, entered their car and drove off, she needs to choose her next victim but until then, she needs to know the human that have told her truth........

She quickly fold part of her length around the window protective bars and basks in golden rays, absorbing sunlight into her scales......., soon enough she will be taking the bright stars of four hundred men and leave their pitiable souls for their maker to judge...., the world shall know the return of the black mamba. .....




To be continued....

Come this girl, I think you're doing this on purpose, what's all this na, pls don't try it again o

What's your problem, you did this before and you were warned and corrected and now you're doing it again. Bia take your time o, I thought silver has updated, you just raise my hopes up for nothing.

Abieyuwaero20:
You to correct, oil dey your head @silver1996







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Anger roused every part of Nerissa when she couldn't find Derek anywhere.., after looking at every angle of the house, she returned to the parlour, her attention followed the ringing tone of Derek's phone, she quickly pick it up and Stare at the caller...

"Erica...."She mutter the caller's name....

Her thoughts catch up and she quickly realise she has heard the name and been to her house, the house she could not enter that night, the fact that Derek could have gone back there angered her to the core, she digged her nails into her palm before she vanished from sight......




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"What do you think happened here....?"Officer Martin ask Justin when they were in the compound. ...

"Well it seems somebody burnt some things.."Officer Justin replied as he walk over the ashes and head towards the door.....

"Something doesn't seem right. ....."Officer Martin said...."The cars, the open gate and then ashes from burnt items....."

Officer Justin sighed heavily, without a word, he knocked on the door





Inside the house, the black Mamba snake threw it's head forward while the rest of it's body followed as the knock came on the door again, the wide scales on its belly grip the ground while pushing forward with the others as her eyes roam around looking for any possible place to hide....

Infuriated, Officer Justin turn down the door knob and the door open...., he shift his gaze to officer Martin before he took his gun out and walk in..., before he took another step, he stood and observe incase of any surprises. ...

"Was there a fight. ..?"Officer Martin ask lowering his gaze to the broken bottles and drop of blood on the ground. ..

"Obviously" Officer Justin replied taking a step forward

"I don't think anyone is at home..."Officer Martin said

The snake hid herself and watch them with the eyes of a predator..., she flicked her tongue and the moment she felt one of the officers was edging close, she slither backwards and fold under the couch...

Officer Justin sighed heavily realising there's no one in the house.....

"Something happened here man" Officer Martins said

Officer Justin nodded in agreement. ..."I guess we'll come back. .."

Officer Justin walk towards the door, when he turn back to look at Martin, he saw him staring into space as if he was seeing something he's not.....

"Are you coming. ..?"Officer Justin queried

"I thought I saw something. .."

"What..?"Justin ask with shrugged shoulders..

"I don't know..., I just thought I saw something moving...."

"Can we go now...?"

"Sure.."He replied and step out with Justin. .

The black mamba snake came out from hiding and glided forward pushing it's belly against the tiles, she tilt her head before she tense her belly muscles as she gripped the rough patches of the chair, she slithered up and release movement and crawl it's way to the top of the chair, she flicked her tongue before she poke her head on the opening in the window curtains......, there she watched as the two officers stepped outside the gate, entered their car and drove off, she needs to choose her next victim but until then, she needs to know the human that have told her truth........

She quickly fold part of her length around the window protective bars and basks in golden rays, absorbing sunlight into her scales......., soon enough she will be taking the bright stars of four hundred men and leave their pitiable souls for their maker to judge...., the world shall know the return of the black mamba. .....




To be continued....

Why is their no update yet? I am becoming impatient

petersononome:
What's your problem, you did this before and you were warned and corrected and now you're doing it again. Bia take your time o, I thought silver has updated, you just raise my hopes up for nothing.

And you are doing what you are correcting him for..

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What's ur problem na


I no like am oooooo

Thanks for the update

IYAWO MAMMY-WATER
EPISODE 20
That day is coming








Seeing the hospital room, pastor Alfred mind drifts back to his uncluttered home, everything pale with clean lines, elegant and calming. Home, where he can draw the blinds and pour his favourite spirit, listen to gospel songs and browse the recordings he has't yet seen. Here he is a unit in an institution, a bed number, a problem to be fixed on the world's slowest moving assembly line. He lets his hand fall to the cotton sheets, clean, stiff, functional..., if that bastard hasn't broken his head with a bottle and punch him severally, he wouldn't be in the hospital thinking of all the possible lies to tell the doctor...., he brood over what had happened in Derek's house.., the ring was supposed to work.., the Elder man told him the ring was going to work, it's his fault he was humiliated....

"How are you feeling....?"Doctor Bright ask..

He still feels pains, the bruises, his head hurt but he knows he needs to get out of the hospital.......

"Am fine..."Pastor Alfred said getting out of the hospital bed..

"No you cannot get up.."Doctor Bright said rushing towards him...

"I need to go somewhere..."

"You wounds are yet to heal..."

"I need to leave..."Pastor Alfred said crisply..

"To where..., you cannot leave in this condition..."

Pastor Alfred said no further words..., he just stood up from the bed and began to search for his shoes..., when he found them, he wasted no time in wearing them....

"Your wife is on her way here...."

Pastor Alfred raise his gaze to him...."You called her...?"

"Yes I did..., I told her you have a broken head and you're refusing to tell me what happened...., who did this, we need to report this..."

Pastor Alfred sighed deeply and quickly dashed out of the hospital room...

"Pastor Alfred.."Doctor Bright shouted after him......







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Skylar moved her gaze from the house to her ringing phone, she sighed before she pick up the phone to answer the call.......

"Is it done...?"Dennis voice sound from the other end..

Skylar move her gaze towards the house again all the while wondering why the gate was open.., she chose to stay outside when she got to Derek's house address, when she saw the open gate, she decided to stay where she is and observed, wait patiently if Derek or anyone will come out from the house to lock the gate.., 30mins had passed and there was no sight of anyone........

"Am outside his house...."

"Outside..!"Dennis reiterates from the other end....."What the hell are you still doing outside.., we need results..."

Skylar almost hissed but she kept her cool...."With all due respect Mr Dennis..., this is my job..."

"Well your job is slow..."Dennis sneer from the other end...."Now get your ass in that house and blow out his brains...."

Skylar huffs..."I'll call you in few minutes....".

The call dropped even before Skylar could make another statement.., infuriated, she dropped the phone and took out her gun...., times without number the Senator has failed to understand her.., before she kills her victims, she study them, try to know almost everything about them and strike when they least expects.....

With the gun tucked behind her and covered with a shirt, she stepped out from the car and walk towards the gate, she stood and observed again, the compound was awfully quiet, she look at the ashes on the floor and quickly realise something have been burnt in the compound, something definitely happened here, perhaps something bad....

She trot forward with her hand reaching behind her every noise she hears..., ignoring the ashes on the ground, she walk towards the door.., she dragged in a deep breathe before she knocked on the door....

Seconds passed and there was still no answer, tensed she knocked again, she waited a few more seconds., after the third knock, she became furious..., her temper spark and she wasted no time before she turned down the door knob...

She look around and swallowed deeply when she saw the broken bottle on the floor....., she took a step forward and then another step before she walk over the broken pieces of bottle.....

"Hello..."She blare out hoping for a reply but when none came but the echoe of her own voice...., she concluded there was no one in the house.., she turned to walk away and that was when she heard a low hiss..., the hiss stopped her in her tracks.., she quickly spun around and there in a twinkle of an eye she saw something move...

Shock raced across her face and she stumbled backwards.....,uncertainty of what she saw became bleak on her face....., she sighed heavily before she moved forward hoping to see whatever her eyes think it saw..., when she saw nothing...., she turn towards the door and walked out of the house........








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As Jasmine wakes, her mind swims with a departing dream, she sighs, reluctant to banish it and continue her day...., Everything about her feels heavy from her arms to her feet before she lets his head loll from one side to another and finally settled them on Erica...

"Wow, see who is awake.... sleeping beauty.."

Jasmine scoffs and wipe the remainders of the sleep from her eyes...."I can't believe I slept off..."

"I almost...."Erica said picking up her phone to reply chats..."The movie is boring..."

"Is not the movie..."Jasmine said reverting her gaze to Erica..."It's the drugs, it makes me drowsy..."

"Then stop taking it..."

"I have to finish the dose..."

Jasmine nibbed and refocus on her phone...
"So keep me up to speed...."Jasmine said moving her gaze to the film...."What has happened so far in the movie..."

Erica chuckle......"I don't even know, I haven't been watching... I've been busy with my phone.."

"Mmm....."Jasmine mutter leaning closer..."Have you been chatting with him...?"

Erica rolled her eyes towards her..."By him you mean..."

"You know the him., him the adorable, him the handsome, him the....

"The Derek.."Erica cut in

Jasmine raise a brow in accertation but didn't say a word..

"No..."Erica dragged between her teeth....."Am actually chatting with Wilson.."

"Wilson who...?"

"Wilson...."Erica replied with a shrug...."Our church youth president, he was here few hours ago..."

"Oh.. that Wilson..."

Erica frown and fused her gaze on Jasmine, it was so obvious Jasmine doesn't like Wilson because she thinks Wilson had another motive behind his visit...., even if that's true, she don't see herself having anything with him, there's no connection..., Derek on the other hand is the man she could form a commitment with.., forty minutes ago, she had tried calling him but all to no avail....

"God am famished..."Jasmine chimes in..

Erica snap out of her thoughts and was about to reply her when a knock came on the door..., she diverted her attention towards the door instead, stood up from the chair and trot towards it...
"Who's there....?"She asked. .

She waited a bit before a voice called her name from outside, her brains catch up as she recognised the voice, she wasted no time before she opened the door.....

"Derek...."She mutter when she open the door to see him standing outside

Derek stood dumbfounded, he was lost in words to say, he never wanted to come to Erica's house but he have nowhere else, everywhere he turns was as if Nerissa is behind him..., everywhere he looks, he sees her, she taunts him and the fact that he can't get the thoughts about her from his head is what scared him the most but somehow he feels been with Erica will be safe......

Erica waited for no reply from him before she ushered him in....

"Good evening. .."Jasmine greeted, a smile that quickly disappeared as it came circling her lips....

Derek just nodded, he was in no mood to talk, what he needed is solution.. he needs to get rid of Nerissa by any means possible.....

"What should I offer you.....?"Erica ask observing his expression..., he looked moody just the way he was looking the previous day he had showed up in her doorstep......

Derek sighed heavily and lower has gaze to the ground...

"Are you okay...?"Erica asked edging closer to him....

"I need to tell you something Erica..." Derek said crisply..

For a minute Erica just stood wondering what Derek have to say..., does he want to propose because that will be really weird. ..., she turned her gaze towards Jasmime who was as curious as her...., she signalled Jasmine to leave but the moment she stood up, another knock came on the door....

"I'll get it..."Jasmine said when Erica made a move towards the door...., she glance at Derek all the while wondering what he's going to say...., she walk past him and Erica until she got to the door...., she hesitated a bit before she turn down the door knob and saw a little boy standing outside....

"I was asked to give this phone to Derek...."The boy said extending his hand to handover the phone to Jasmine...

Jasmine hesitated before she took the phone all the while wondering who had asked him to give Derek the phone.., she collected it and watch until the boy ran off with a smile in his phone.., with a dep sigh, she walked back into the house.....

"Your phone..."Jasmine said waving the phone..

Derek's face washed blank with confusion, like his brain cogs couldn't turn fast enough to take in the information from his wide eyes. Every muscle of his body just froze to the spot as he quickly reemnber he had forgotten his phone at home.....

"A little boy brought it...."Jasmine added..

"She's here.."Derek blare out walking towards the door to peep outside...

"Who's here...?"Erica ask when she saw the shock register on his face.....

Derek shivered when he saw no one outside. .., even if she isn't in plain sight, he's convinced she's around, she wouldn't leave him alone, he's tired of running. ...., how long would he continue running from her...., the mere thought of her been around alone has poured gasoline onto the spark of fear in his belly, he's far away from any inner peace he ever had now, she had taken his words and fashioned them into a knife, sinking it in with cold black eyes....All he ever did was sleep with her...., he didn't bargain for this.......

"I have to leave...."He said heading towards the door again..

"No..."Erica said stepping in front of him..."You're not going anywhere not until you tell me what's going on...., is someone after your life..."

"I don't want to put you in trouble..."Derek mutter remembering Zuba's brutal death and Madam Ibrahim......

"Am not allowing you leave Derek..."

"You don't understand. .."

"Make me.."

Derek grunts and step away but the ringtone of his phone made him turn his gaze towards it. ...

"Private number..."Jasmine said extending the phone to him. .

"Don't. ...."Derek said stepping away from the phone...."It's her, she's the one calling. .."

"Who....?"Jasmine ask with a hitch of irritation. ....."Who is she..?"

"She's dangerous.."Derek blare out.."She has refused to leave me alone, she's ruining my life.."

"You've got to tell me Derek..."Erica interjects. ..."Who's ruining your life. ...?"

Derek growled with annoyance. ..., he can't tell her, the last thing he wants is Nerissa coming after her.....

"I need to go..."He said

"Who is after you..?"Erica ask with a shrug

"I need to go Erica..."

"Mm-mmm. ....., not like this.."

"I cannot tell you okay...."

"Why..., who is she..?"

"I cannot tell you.."

"Why...?"Jasmine chimes in....."Are you dating someone else..?"

"No.."Derek sneered. ...."I need help okay.., I need to get her out of my life. ...., I need a solid spiritual help..."

"Spiritual. ....!"Jasmine reiterates. ....

Erica said nothing, she just stood and wonder exactly what he needed a spiritual help for.....

"I have to leave..."

"What have you gotten yourself into..?"Erica asked instead. ...

"Erica, I cannot tell you....".

"You said you need a spiritual help, what have you gotten yourself into...?"

"You cannot help me Erica. ..."Derek yelled. ..
"No I cannot "Erica riposte. ..."But God can...."











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It was almost dark when pastor Alfred arrived in the Elder man compound..., he was glad he had put a call to one of the protocols to get a car for him..., he would have hated it if he had board a bus or a private taxi for the journey he embarked on...., stopping the car, he came down from the vehicle.., the Elder man compound looked different, overgrown bushes surrounded the area and the shrine was just few steps from where he's standing....., he pulled off the face mask he had wore to disguise himself and made few steps towards the house. ....

Anger whirring around inside him, he knocked on the door loudly...., the door finally opened and the memories of what had happened between him and Nerissa flooded his head once more when he laid eyes on the Elder man. ...

"Pastor..."The elder man said before he pulled his belt-less trouser up...."I wasn't expecting you today..."

Pastor Alfred walked in when the elder man invited him in.., he screwed up his face when he saw the knife and the oranges on the table...., he scoffs realising the Elder man was in his house savouring oranges while he's been made a public mockery. ....

"Pastor.., to what do i owe this untimely visit....?"The Elder man asked

The thought of the slap fueled the rage inside him and the only reason he's in the Elder man house is to ask why the ring failed him. ....

"If you're as powerful as you say, wouldn't you know the reason am here.. .."

The Elder man laughed and sat down...."No Pastor, it doesn't work that way..."

"Oh it doesn't. ...."Pastor Alfred dragged between his teeth, a mirthless smile following his words before a frown chased it out...."Your ring failed me...."

"The ring.. "

"Yes the ring.. ."Pastod Alfred retorted, he took the ring off his finger and angrily threw it on the table. ..."You told me with the ring I'll win every battle been it physical or spiritual. .."

"But you've been healing the sick, haven't you..?"The Elder man asked

The question added gasoline to the spark of anger in his belly ,all he could do in that moment is look down at the knife on the table...

"You told me with the ring I can do everything. ..., or have you forgotten the sacrifices I made for it...., I buried a child...."

"You wanted to be wealthy and famous..."The Elder man scowled.."Been all that comes with a prize......."

"You told me I can do anything with the ring. ...."Pastor Alfred reiterates angrily. ...."I tried to send a demon back to hell but it failed, you made me a public mockery. .., you and your stupid ring has written a blemish on my admirable reputation....."
"Are you a fool....?"The Elder man retorted.

....."Why would you possibly believe that one ring can do everything. ..."

"So you lied..."

"Your sacrifice was small...., I told you children, you brought a child....., you got what you bargained for, haven't you heard Pastor, the higher the bid, the wealthier it goes....."

Anger burned hot and unstoppable in Pastor Alfred's gut, the memories of what happened in Derek's house and the ere imagination of what the church might be saying about him triggered every fibre of muscles in his body, rage swing it's ugly head in, he lose control of himself and give to the ugly beast that had immobilise him.., he quickly grabbed the knife and in a twinkle of an eye, he went for the Elder man and thrust the knife into his heart...

Shocked, the Elder man try to raise his gaze to him but Pastor Alfred was far gone, he thrust in the knfe deeper until every life the Elder man had left was gone....
Pastor Alfred let go when Elder man finally gave up the ghost.., he spun around to walk away when he saw a kid looking up at him with fear and terror in his eyes.......

"Grandpa. ...."The little boy mutter as blood gush out from the Elder man chest.....

Fires of fury burn in Pastor Alfred's eyes, without hesitation he grabbed the boy and began to strangle him, the boy struggled but all to no avail, seconds passed until finally the boy became stripped of life...
The reality of what had happened dawned on Pastor Alfred.., he has killed two people, a man and a child....., he wipe his eyes with his hand before he ran outside and entered his car....., for wealth and fame he has become this man...a liar, a pretender, a murderer. ...., his conscience has always reminded him, that day is coming, the day everyone will stand before their maker and account for their sins...... the judgement day. ....




TBC

mhizv:





Remember when nerissa told maxwell his destiny/star was taken by a girl he slept with? (Magdalena)

Read the 2nd and last paragraph of this episode "she needs to know the human who told her truth" "She needs to take the stars of 400 men"

So they're definitely linked.

Hmmm

yvonncute:
Why is their no update yet? I am becoming impatient

Pls don't be o..sorry

Hmmm..na waoo, thanks for the update

wow! Getting more interesting

Fake pastors everywhere.

Thanks for the update

Hmm, the judgement day...thanks for the update

Silver1996:
Pls don't be o..sorry

Thanks for the update but Mr Silver we will be very happy if u can be giving us updates daily so we can continue following the story... Am already forgetting some characters

This is what some pastors do, murderous hypocrites.

Yes o we shall all give account of ourselves before God Almighty on the judgement day

Thanks for the update

Thanks for the update

Almost all the characters have anger issues

Jannie1999:
Almost all the characters have anger issues

The anger is justifiable.

What a wonder piece.....ride on man

Wow thanks for the update

Thanks

For

The

Update, Jah bless ya hand work

Still waiting for updates

Shai!! Fake Pastors with their wahala. Money get power sha. Thanks for the update, Silver. More grace to u.

IYAWO MAMMY-WATER




With a heart filled with rage, Priscilla stormed out of the supermarket and head towards the road all the while weighing the pros and cons of every possible way to enact revenge on Derek for everything he's done to her....., she cannot forgive herself for loving hm so much and she can't forgive him for breaking her heart and tossing the pieces into dust. ....

She stood on the side of the road as she wait for a taxi going her direction. ..., she felt a hand touch her and it made her quickly spun around. .., anger roused every part of her when she noticed it was a woman in a wheelchair. .., she tried to take her hand away from her as she felt she's a beggar but when she saw her eyes, she realise the woman was blind. .....

"So cold. ..."The woman said in a hoarse cracking voice...."Your hand, is so cold. .."

Priscilla hissed and took her hand from the woman's grip....

"My psychic powers has never lied to me...."The woman said trying to reach for Priscilla hand again....

Priscilla almost hit her but she quickly refrained from her decision when a young boy came to push the woman's wheelchair away from her....

"When you cross path with her, you must use the salt..."The woman blare out at the top of her voice..

Priscilla ignored her, stopped a taxi and entered......

"Foolish blind cargo..."Priscilla mutter brusquely

"You must use the salt..."The woman shouted as the taxi driver drove speedily away..."

"She's gone.."The boy told the woman..

"She must use the salt..."The woman mutter...."For salt is life and salt is death...."





EPISODE 21
Devil on black suit





Derek portrait painting leans against the wall, dusty and unloved. Nerissa place a finger along the gold framing, her pink nail polish almost purple in the half-light, and it comes away dirty..., his eyes in the painting were as perfect flower buds freshly opened in the dawn...., she roam her finger around the picture and made a few steps towards his wardrobe, this is a man she has come to love but her love for him was taking a toll on everyone else.., the fact that he had chosen to run away from her and be with another woman is infuriating and she'll never accept it..., exasperated, she squinted at the painting through hardened eyes that once had been his salvation, but now they brought only the unfounded accusations of a jealous lover...., every muscle in her face was tense and without a word she communicated intense mistrust, anger, despising...., all that stands between her and her husband is the other woman, the woman she can't get close to, the woman she can't enter her house.., she brood over minutes ago when she had returned to the other woman's house with intention of getting Derek out of there, she couldn't step on her threshold.., it was just like that night again, a powerful force is protecting her..., she had to give Derek's phone to a little boy to hand over to him, for over half an hour, she was standing outside, waiting if he will get scared and Come out from the house but the other woman had to ruin everything...., she held him back, she stopped him from getting out...

She dropped the painting and open the wardrobe, she roam her eyes around his clothes in search of nothing in particular...., when she lowered her gaze, she saw a box..., she carried it out and placed it on the bed.., curious as to what may be inside, she opened it..., shock raced across her face when she saw Erica's picture...., then came anger roaring through her mind as she took the picture from the box...., she check the back of the picture and there it was, the words that would drive any jealous woman crazy, in the back of the picture was boldly written 'I LOVE YOU ERICA..'

Her rage dawned on her and quickly she threw the picture on the ground..., bitterness registered on her mind and with each passing second it grows like a tumour, pushing on the side of her that was serene, enveloping her in toxic darkness....

When she couldn't hold it in anymore, she lashed out on the wardrobe as she pulled every clothes her hand can reach into the ground before she let out a loud scream......

Minutes passed as she just sat glaring at Erica's picture all the while weighing the pros and cons of getting rid of Erica......, her eyes enlarged when she heard footsteps making her quickly realise she isn't the only one in the house......, it couldn't be Derek, he wouldn't come back to the house, wondering who had dared to enter the house, she stood up with intentions of walking to the sitting room but she stopped just a few steps to the door that connects the room and the sitting room..., she turn around when she heard a low hiss..., her eyes roam around the room, when she saw nothing, she return her gaze to the door and trot towards the sitting room.....

She tamed down her irritation when she saw someone, a girl sitting on one of the chair with her legs crossed...., she watch as the girl puff out a ring of smoke from the cigarette she's holding.......

"Who are you..?"Nerissa ask quietly applauding her guts....

Priscilla exhale and the cigarette smoke twirled skyward as if the wisps were dance partners of ancient myth......."You must be bitch number 49..."

Nerissa raise a brow, certainly whoever the bitch is, she have no idea who she is...."Who are you...?"

Priscilla felt a flicker of irritation and quickly, she turn her gaze towards Nerissa...."Is he in the bathroom, he loves the cold water before the sex....."

Nerissa took a step towards her...."It seems been nice is not your best suit...., so am going to ask one last time, who are you....?"

"Where is Derek...?"Priscilla fling back....

Nerissa took a step back when she noticed there was a gun behind her, whatever reason she's in Derek's house, it's not a good one.....
"What do you want with him..?"Nerissa ask curiously

Priscilla giggled...."What has he told you.., did he tell you he'll marry you....?"

"Am his wife..."Nerissa scowled....

"Oh..., the bastard has a wife..."

A grin form across Nerissa's jaw but she said nothing....

Priscilla inhale the cigarette and puff it out seconds later...."How long have you been married...?"

Nerissa huffs and look away only to return her gaze to her a second later....."Are you here to kill him..?"

Shocked, Priscilla shift her gaze towards her....

"If you are..."Nerissa said tilting her head forward...."Am not going to stop you....."

"Isn't he your husband...?"

Nerissa stood up and walk towards her..., for a few seconds she just stood looking at Priscilla before she collected the cigarette from her..., she inhaled it and exhale it in few seconds......"You think you're the first woman with same intentions....., this isn't marriage, this is hell, that bastard is dead to me already..."

"Bitch never take a cigarette from my mouth....."Priscilla warned with puckered face..

"You have no idea how I am feeling right now...."Nerissa said walking back to sit down....

"Where is he....?"Priscilla ask, her edge of irritation returning with a full force....

"Where else....."Nerissa riposte with frown lines on her forehead. ."Than the new bitch house....."

"New bitch.."Priscilla reiterates. ....

"You didn't know....., that bastard left me for her, first I thought it was just a fling like he usually does but just yesterday he served me the divorce papers.., that bastard is really leaving me for her......."

"Oh...."Priscilla sass.

"You see why I don't give a damn what happens to him...., I was even planning on killing him myself...."

"Why haven't you...?"

Nerissa inhaled the cigarette, the odour that foretold of tar-infested lungs..... There was something rotten in her eyes as she took each drag, as if she perversely lured on that morbid end to punish those who had caused her pain.....
"Follow me.."She said getting up from the chair..

"Bitch, am going nowhere with you..."

"You'll want to see this....."

"You better not be messing with me.."

"I wouldn't do that...., you're the one with the gun..."

"How did you know I have a gun....?"

"Let's just say, you aren't good at hiding things...."

Priscilla brows knitted before she took the gun out from hiding. ....

"Shall we...."

Priscilla hesitated before she stood up to follow her holding the gun by her side incase of any surprises, she followed her until they got to Derek's room. .....

Nerissa picked up Erica's picture and handed it to her..., she waited for her to look at it..., she needs to get rid of Erica and since she can't get close, she needs a pawn and Priscilla is just the right person for the job....

"That's the bitch...."Nerissa said ..."That's the bitch he left me for..., look at the other side of the picture...."

Priscilla did as she was asked, her anger sparked...., Derek ruined her life and the only thing she wants now is to kill him, she has made up her mind to get rid of him even if it will cost her own life...., he has put her through the worst turmoil anyone could go through., the day he pushed her out of his house was the day he pushed her to the her limit.....

"If you truly want to hurt Derek...."Nerissa said....."Kill that bitch...."

Priscilla scoffs......"Why would I do that..., is that bastard I want dead...."

"The worst punishment for Derek is seeing the one he loves slowly wisp out from his arms and embrace the cold hands of death......, killing Derek will be too good for him...., true vengeance is showing him the depths of torment......"

"What do you gain from this.....?"

"Gain..!"Nerissa reiterates. ......"Nobody wants that bastard dead as much as I do...., you must have seen the ashes outside. .. Derek burnt my clothes. .., gave me an ultimatum, if I don't get out of his house before he returns, he'll kill me himself....."

"Then kill the bitch yourself. ...."

"I would gladly do it but our interest seem to overlap...., I see you and I see a person who have the resource..., who have the puissance, we can work together. ..., if you want him dead, it simply explains he has ruined your life as much as he has ruined mine......, let's destroy this snake that had ruinated our lives with it's poisonous venom...., let's trap this very snake, cut it, cook it, chew and swallow it, bones and all......"

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It was almost nightfall when pastor Alfred arrived at his house....., when he finally stopped and parked the car...., he took a moment to take a deep breathe as the memories of what had happened earlier came like flashes in his head reminding him of the disdainful thing he has done......., anger, guilt towards what he has done dawned on him and that was when he came out from the car ignoring every worker in the compound that greeted him..., he made way to the door Turning the knob down with a force.......

"Oh sweet Jesus....."His wife Beatrice said hurriedly getting up to meet him.....

Pastor Alfred shivered as he look past his wife and saw two policemen. ....

"Pastor Alfred....."Officer Martins said getting up to meet him with Officer Justin behind him.....

"What's going on....?"Pastor Alfred ask anxiously, the memories of what he had done made way to his head again..., a cold wave embalmed him as the thought that someone had seem him and called the police.........

"What's going on...!"His wife Beatrice reiterates. ....."You left the hospital unwatched. ....., you haven't been answering your calls, the church and I have been worried sick...."

"Pastor Alfred...."Officer Justin called as he walk closer to him, he noticed he was shivering like he had done something and finding it difficult to hide it....."Who did this to you..?"He added pointing at the bandage in his head.....

Pastor Alfred brood over what had happened in Derek's house, how Nerissa had hit him and he became unconcious. ., then the broken bottle, the punches......

"It was an accident, one am not in the mood neither the time to talk about...."Pastor Alfred said and quickly walk past them ignoring their calls until he got to his room and slammed the door..

"Thank you officers...."Beatrice chimes in..."My husband is safe now, I think you should go...."

"Is that blood I just saw on his shirt..."Officer Martins said crisply. ...

"Blood. ...!"Beatrice reiterates shocked....."It could be from the accident. ..."

"He should be more careful. .."Officer Justin said..., he glance at Officer Martins who kept an eye on Beatirce until they step out of the house.....

Beatrice inhale deeply before she turn towards the room door like an engraved panther heading for destruction. ...., her anger sparked before she pushed the room door open. ...

"Are you ready to tell me exactly what the hell is going on here....?"Beatrice queried. ....

Left with just an underwear, pastor Alfred grabbed a clean towel from the wardrobe. ......

Annoyed, Beatrice grabbed the shirt Pastor Alfred had tossed on the bed......"Is this blood....?"

Refusing to give her the dignity of a reply, pastor Alfred tried to head to the bathroom but she blocked his way..

"I am talking to you pastor Alfred..."She hollered. ...."Incase you haven't realised, the team you went with for a healing session are talking. ..., the talk of how you were slapped by a girl and fainted is spreading so you might want to drop the charade and tell me what the fuçk is going on..."

"Woman...."Pastor Alfred yelled. ...."I am not in the mood..."

He pushed her out of the way and head for the bathroom but quickly stop walking when she mentioned, something she shouldn't know.....

"The ring. ..."Beatrice said spuning around to face him.....

Shocked, pastor Alfred look back at her......

"Oh yeah I know about the ring..., I know what our wedding ring look like and I have eyes to see you always touch people's forehead with the ring to heal them...."

"I don't know what you're saying..."

"Oh cut the bullshit.."She sneered......"This is not the church, we don't have to pretend like we're direct descendants of Jesus christ..., I completely understand why you never told me about the ring. ... and I don't even want to think about what you did to get it as long as my children are still breathing, I have no problem with you possessing more power to grow the business. ......"

"Let me stop you..."Pastor Alfred chimes in......"I had no ring and I still have no ring....."

"I don't see it on your finger considering the fact that you never take it off.., did you lose it....?"

"I am not in the mood. .."

"She broke your head too..., I've always told you to stay within your Lane but no..., you want to cast out every demon from every skirt and trousers that comes with a problem....."

"Am not doing this with you....."He said and head towards the bathroom again....

"Chief Henshaw called...."She said

Pastor Alfred stopped and took a deep breathe to calm his panic. ...."I have nothing to say to that man....."He retorted over his shoulder

"He thinks this is scandalous and may affect the church and when the church is affected, business is affected and so the cash flow....., if what happens to you comes out more than it already is, it'll be a big blow on our face and such scandal is not good for us......., we need a push. ..."

With a heavy sigh, he return his gaze to her..."What push....?"

"A show...., before this gets out more than it already is, we need to show the church and your followers that you're still the pastor they've always known...., let's wow the world...."

"Am listening. ..."

She sighed before she said the unthinkable. ...."Let's raise the dead...."

Pastor Alfred scoffs....."Are you mad...."

"Chief Henshal has a plan, the whole thing will be orchestrated. .., someone will play dead, a grieving family will bring him in...."

"And......."

"You have to call Henshal to hear the rest of it..."

Pastor Alfred scoffs, his forehead puckered before he walk angrily to the bathroom.......

"Alfred...."Beatrice shouted after him....








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Drinking cold water to quench his taste could have been the greatest luxury on earth but in his case, Derek felt pain and no amount of water he drinks could possibly get him from the situation he has gotten himself into...., he finally drop the glass of water on the table and riase his head to look at Erica who was patiently waiting for him to talk...

"Your friend..."Derek mutter as he pondered on thoughts of Nerissa. ."Where is she...?"

Erica sighed, its been hours and Derek is yet to tell her the truth...."She stepped out...."

He inhale Softly, he wants to tell her but he fears she'll panicked and stop seeing him entirely if she learns the truth... but for her own safety, he felt obligated to tell the truth... he owe her the truth.......

"Do you believe in God..?"Erica ask

"This is not it"Derek said crisply. ....

"Do you..?"

He heaved a deep sigh before he lower his head.., few seconds passed before he raise his head to look at her...."I slept with a mermaid....."

Erica didn't flinched as expected, then it hit her, the reality of the words that just came out from his mouth.., shock registered on he face as her gaze flickered from one to another........

"A mermaid...!"She reiterates in accertation. ...

Derek grunt deeply..."Yes and since then she's been troubling my life, she has refused to let me be, I.....

"Wait..."Erica cut in unable to digest the information. ....."A mermaid, how is that possible. ..?."

"She was a human when i slept with her , one day I got home ad she was there, then she started saying these crazy things about me been her husband. ., she's been after me, she's crazy....."

"She's a mermaid. ....."

"That's what she told me...."

"I need to take you to the church....."Erica said getting up from the chair.....

"No... am not going to the church..."

"You have to....., do you understand the full spiritual implication of what this is......, if what you said is true, except you come back to God, you'll be lost forever.."

"I don't want any pastors praying for me, I tried that once, it didn't work..."

"Then do it yourself...., For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses....."
Derek exhale...."You don't understand. .., this is a spirit.."

"Derek, you're viewing this from the perspective of a canal minded person....., you slept with a mermaid, there is nothing normal about it...."

"I know OK..."He blare out before he realise it.., he inhale deeply to calm his panic before he return his gaze to her......"I know this is bad for me okay.., which is why am seeking for solution. .."

"The only solution here is God...., not by might, not by power but by the spirit says the Lord of host.."







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Maxwell strip off the topmost layer of the injury... On each arm there were great purple welts that will only deepen over the coming week. Against his ghostly skin they were grotesque, but he knows he's lucky not to have broken bones, he sigh and reach for his long sleeved top again, he look as beat up as he did in his early days of training, sparring with guys two heads taller and over twice his mass.... he suck in a deep breath, it's been a helluva weird day but why should he be the one to suffer these pains alone...., just then an idea crossed his mind.., he has promised himself to get back at the policemen who had beaten him up and left him for dead but first he had to call out the fake pastor they had taken to Derek's house to get rid of Nerissa......

With a deep sigh, he pick up his phone and began to make a video, his body hurts, an aftermath of the kicks and punches he got from the policemen.....

"Hello...."He said crisply. ...."I want to call out someone, someone who everyone thinks highly of, pastor Alfred of the Chosen ministry..., my friend and I met with this pastor, explain our problem to him but he told us before he can help we had to provoke the heavens...., my friend sowed a seed of five hundred thousand just so pastor can follow us to get rid of a problem but he turned out to be fake......."
He took a deep breathe and continued......."few members of his church that were there when this awful incident happened can affirm to what am saying, pastor Alfred is fake and will lead everyone following him to hell and if you're hearing this pastor Alfred, we need our five hundred thousand back or come Sunday I am coming to that useless church of yours to get it myself... fake pastors everywhere. ..."







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Shaking, sweating profusely, the psychic pulled away from the trance......., her heart pounded as she began to grope her hand around to hold on to something. ....

"Grandma....."A boy shouted running towards her to lend her a hand....

The psychic held on to the boy before tears rollesout from her eyes.., with her hand clutch on the boy's shirt, she shook her head.......

"Oh beloveth. ...."She shouted..."When will you know that the devil is a strategist. ..."

"Grandma....""The boy called as she old on to him tightly.....

"Mude. ..."The psychic called walking her hand to the boy's head....."Promise me, promise you'll not deviate from the righteous path..."

"I promise Grandma, I promise..."The boy replied..

She sobbed heavily, beads of tears rolling down her cheek....."They've failed to realise that the enemy has only come to steal and to destroy.., when he gives you a cap......, oh the devil, the devil..., when he returns, he doesn't take the cap....he comes, he comes for your head...., Mude when...., when will people wake up from their slumber and understand the man on the black fine suit is not their friend....., he shows them a path littered with nails and thorns but the greed of men have blinded them.., they've forgotten that their creator cannot be mocked. ......Goddd cannot be mocked......., here they come, they're lined up for destruction. ..., the mermaid, the serpent, the political ones in power the vengeful ones, the hypocrites in white cloak spreading their infectious tongues in the synagogue. ...., oh I weep, I weep for us, where will our soul go when they get released from these earthly bodies, when the grave knock on our door........, oh lord have mercy....."






A man running away from his sins, a mermaid who will do anything to get her beloved, a serpent whose mission has led her to the world of men, a couple who will do anything to maintain the business even if it means disguising as servants of God......

Little did they all know that someone is watching, someone darker and beats down beyond their imagination..., waiting for the right time, the right moment to deliver a message and show them the depths of extraordinary powers.....




IYAWO MAMMY-WATER..... Few Episodes to mid-story finale...




Not your usual fairytale story....

Jannie1999:
Almost all the characters have anger issues

1Teethosin:
What a wonder piece.....ride on man

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