Olamide recited the poem happily as Martha prepared him for school. He took to her and practically forgot about his mum. Yeside felt a little pang of jealousy. How could her son quickly take to a stranger like that?
‘Martha, I’ve dropped the list of chores I need you to complete today. You did well yesterday, well done. Please ensure that Olamide gets to school in time, okay?’
‘Okay ma. Have a nice day’
Yeside popped into the room and said goodbye to Wole. He quickly said goodbye to the person he was talking with on the phone. The way he ended the call was a little suspicious but Yeside was running late. She had an 8am meeting with Barrister Ikedia so she had to hit the road immediately; she would check up on Wole and his suspicious behavior later.
‘Goodbye darling. Have a nice day’
Wole was so relieved that Yeside was not very discreet when entering a room. He thought she had left so he was making plans on how to spend the day with Kunle when she came in. That was pretty close! He had to be more discreet with his plans.
‘You can ask Martha to make you some eggs when you’re ready for breakfast. I bought some bread on my way home yesterday. Please ask Martha to serve you breakfast when you’re ready, I’ve told her where things are. I have an 8am meeting with Barrister Ikedia. Have a great day. I’ll ping you as soon as I can’.
She gave him a quick peck and practically ran out of the house. Wole wondered why their case was different. In the movies he watched, it was usually the husband who would rush out of the house and leave a sleeping wife behind. Welcome to the home of a ‘High Flyer’… Well, we’ll see how high Madam ‘High-Flyer’ would fly when he was done with his plans…
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Adekunle Agunbiade had an urge to pray. He wasn’t sure why but these days, he was often woken up by the Holy Spirit to intercede for his family.
“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.”
He had woken up about a month ago with that word ringing in his spirit. He quickly searched his Bible and discovered that it appeared twice in the same book of Proverbs – Proverbs 22:3, Proverbs 27: 12.
He knew that a storm was brewing against his family but he didn’t know where it was raging from. He knew he had to pray. He called his prayer partners and they agreed on a 21 day fast. He knew Anjola would disregard what he was sensing and would mock him. She was a Christian by religion but definitely not by practice. He had resolved to keep interceding for her. A couple of his friends had advised him to divorce her. He quickly distanced himself from everyone he believed was not favourably disposed to his marriage. He knew that he indulged Anjola; that was a weakness he kept confessing. He had resolved to just seek for opportunities for peace and not tick her off. They had been through so much together and weathered so many storms. He knew that marriage was a lifetime journey between two forgivers. He was in it for life.
Today, he had an urge to pray for Wole and Yeside. He wasn’t sure why or how so he spent some time praying in the spirit. He also prayed for darling Olamide, his little prince. Gbenga, his first little prince was resting in heaven with his Maker.
Kunle remembered his darling son and the battle with leukemia. It was a traumatic experience for all of them. Gbenga died in his laps. That was a day he would never forget. He was about Olamide’s age when he passed away. There were so many similarities between Gbenga and Olamide. Kunle couldn’t visit Olamide in the hospital when he had that horrible fall because he wasn’t sure he could handle the strain again. He wasn’t a young man anymore. Gbenga took a part of him to heaven when he died. He hadn’t fully recovered but he had to soldier on. Anjola appeared to fare better than he did. As Yeside recounted how Anjola ran the show while in the hospital, Kunle realized that she never really healed from the loss of their first child. Yeside was born two years after Gbenga died. She was their comfort from God. It pleased God to bless them with only that child. Kunle remembered the pressure he had to endure from his family when they realized that Yeside would remain their only child…
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