Stand By Me - Season 2 - Episode 3

5 years ago

Stand By Me - Season 2 - Episode 3

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RITA
You think so?

KOLA
I know so

He pull me closer and hugged me and we ended up making love that night yet no result. My mother in-law has not started to trouble me yet so I was still thankful to God for that. My father in-law was a great help to us, he was always praying for me, and his words of encouragement.

TEN YEARS LATER
It’s being ten years now that kola and I got married, yet no issue to show for it, I stopped going to church, market and open places because of scorn and insult that I was barren. My mother in-law became very concern for us, she took me to some prophet who I later discovered they are fake, they claim God is using them but I tell you they don’t even know the evil spirit that is using them. Some of those prophet were just asking for money all the time, my mother in-law was doing a good job too by giving them all they needed
Some even demanded for goat, cat, and things that are unimaginable. Since the prophets were not helping we decided to try somewhere else. We started visiting native doctor for help, some we demand for money, some goats, ram and other things. What can I say when I’m desperately look for a child. One day my mother in-law took me to one native doctor, he promise to help us but on the condition that he sleeps with me for one week before he will help us. My was very angry how dare he say such thing because I’m looking for a child?

My mother in-law was so furious that she slapped the native doctor. I was tired of the whole issue so I asked my mother in-law if I could talk to my husband about this issue of going from one native doctor to another but she kicked against it that my husband and father in-law will be so mad if the knew.

She later brought one water for me, she calls it (holy water) that I should be taking it morning, afternoon and night. I was so grateful I took the water for six months yet nothing happened I was still childless.

I couldn’t keep the secret to myself anymore, so I told my husband about it, just as mother said kola was so mad at me, I have never seen him so angry at something like that not to talk of me his angel. I knelt down and cried bitterly begging him to forgive me. No matter how angry kola was he couldn’t bear to see my tears.

KOLA
I’m sorry I yell at you (he pulled me closer)
You know I hate been dirty and going to such place for help is dirtiness.

RITA
I’m sorry baby.

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RITA
I’m sorry baby, I know I was too desperate to give you children but I promise i won’t do that again.

KOLA
It’s ok baby, but mum will sure hear it from me

RITA
No baby, don’t confront mum about this because she will hate me. She told me not to tell daddy and you.

KOLA
She said that?

RITA
Yes baby

KOLA
Well she knows dad and I will never support such madness.

RITA
So are we forgiven?

KOLA
Yes baby (he hugs me)
weeks later I started having strange dreams, dreams I could explain but could not understand it. Every night I see the reflection of myself appearing to me, she will stand at one conner in the darkness close to my bed and cry bitterly. I was I was the one who will leave my bed and stand close to my bed and still be crying, it was so confusing and this continue for a week, I couldn’t bear it so I told my husband about it, he told me when next my reflection appear to me again I should talk to her maybe she would tell me the reasons for her tears.

He advise made a lot of sense to me, so I started praying for me to have a dream again.
Two days pass and I didn’t see my reflection, so I gave up thinking it was just my bitterness of not having a child that is creating stupid things in my head. Then that night it happened again. My reflection came to me in my dream, and this time she brought a book with her and usually she was hiding in the dark and was still crying.

RITA
Who are you, why do we look alike? please come out from the dark so I could see you clearly.

She moves from darkness to where there was light.

REFLECTION
I’m you, that’s why we look alike. You are me and I’m you.

RITA
But how? And why is it that you always hide at the conner and why are you always in tears?

REFLECTION
I’m suppose to be your direction, my work is to lead you to the good part.

RITA
But I don’t understand, are you my guardian angel?

REFLECTION
Something like that

RITA
I heard angels are real so why are you appearing in my dream?

REFLECTION
I’m real, and that’s me lying on that bed, every man is the angel or the devil on himself.

RITA
But why do you always cry? I’m always happy but why is my angel a sadist?

REFLECTION
Are you really happy? Don’t forget you can lie to everyone but you can’t lie to yourself and I’m you. I cried always because I didn’t complete my work as your other half, I didn’t filled your hear with the word of christ. All I taught you was self control.