Must Read: The Cartel (18+)

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Must Read: The Cartel (18+)

FURY

I once had a classmate in boarding house whose mom always visited exactly a day-after, whenever he fell ill and was admitted at the sick bay. For those familiar with unity schools, you know parents/visitors aren’t allowed to see their children/wards except on visiting days. But this lady would cause so much trouble at the gate saying she must see her son who is sick and if anything happens to him at the sick bay, the school authorities would pay dearly.



When it first happened staff felt it was a trick, but after about three separate events (of which she was always right that he was sick), she was allowed to see him whenever she came around. The boarding house staff all agreed that a special connection exited between her and the boy. (PS: Handsets were only seen on tv as at then).
Also, there was a time I witnessed an incident where an acquaintance was about to get in a fight and suddenly his phone rang. It was his mother calling and she simply said “Walk away”. The second time, this same dude had some issues with his superiors and along the line, his mother called and asked “What happened?”.
In both instances, she was hundreds of miles away from him, so i had to asked him “Guy, what’s up? I no understand wetin dey happen. How your mama the take know say you dey wahala immediately?



He simply laughed and remained silent for about 20 seconds before saying calmly “You no go understand. Na so e be since she born me.” He then laughed and said “Even the day i first had S£x, she knew immediately i entered the house and that was when i received my first S£x lesson”.


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Sorry for digressing a bit. But i just had to share those two stories with you (amongst many that i know of) so you can have a better understanding of what I’m about to say.



As humans, a vast majority of us have some sort of “special gift” or what the learned man calls psychic behavior that enable us to see or feel things/events even before they happen or as they happen. Many of us do not know this or are yet to discover and master this gift, and simply dismiss such psychic feelings as mere déjà vu experiences, coincidences or dreams.



Again, a very small percentage of humans have an advanced form of this psychic ability or “gifts” and in our culture, these types are often considered evil or possessed. This group of persons can give (near) accurate predictions of events about to happen either from powerful and vivid dreams or by just mere pronouncement. People who find themselves in this group (like the two moms in the stories above) possess a whole lot of abilities that others consider fake or mysterious.




I belong to this second group and in my own case, I have always seen future events (mostly in my sleep), but sadly the negative e.g. accidents, sickness and deaths of loved, are always more than the positives like impending trouble, when someone is lying and the exact truth, your next move in a fight etc. The one i enjoyed back then as school teen was predicting currently the choir’s next hymn during mass.



While being able to sense trouble feels awesome, does one actually consider the other ability a gift or some sort of emotional and mental punishment? I mean who would love to know a loved one or dear friend is about to die, with him being able to do nothing about it other than watch the revelation play out?

Unfortunately, my psychic ability is being able to see the death of loved ones and friends exactly as it later happens or sense trouble coming my (or my loved ones) way miles away. From my neighbour who died exactly two weeks to his wedding in an accident, to another neighbour’s daughter (SU) who committed suicide because she got pregnant out of wedlock, to my friend’s sister who died at home while we were in school, to my grandmother who died in my cousin’s arms, I saw everything all before they happened in the exact way. Even the evening when my dad was shot by robbers, i felt it miles away.
You might be wondering if i confide in people (or the victims) to pray against it?. I used to, honestly as a child. But i stopped when i was labelled “bearer of bad news” in my local dialect and had to be “delivered” by a herbalist. Incisions were made on my chest, back and palms with some mixtures sq££zed into the cuts. My mother who was against that (fetish) act, warned me later on in private against saying anything to anyone other than herself whenever i get a premonition again. According to her i should learn to keep things to myself so i don’t get into trouble again.





But ever since i stepped into the university, i haven’t experienced any vision of someone’s death. Hence i began to feel i had outgrown that gift or the so called “spirits” had finally left me. Because for sometime now, I’ve been getting into more trouble than i could ever imagine, perhaps my lifestyle and the “gift” couldn’t dwell in the same body
So you can now understand my fear and worry when all of a sudden i saw Vivian die in my dream. It’s one thing to think of something during the day and dream about it at night. But its becomes entirely different when you dream about a thought that has never crossed your mind. In this case you just know deep down someone you love or care about is in trouble. While I’ve never been afraid of these visions in the past, i was deeply scared at the thought of losing Vivi.




Immediately Dera woke me up, i reached for my phone and put a call to Vivi, but her number happened to be switched off. I paid little or no attention to Dera who i had obviously hit when she woke me up from my dream saying stuffs like I’m shouting and stuffs. Vivi was in trouble was all that mattered. I was tempted to call the colonel, but because of the time of the night/morning, i decided to wait until morning.
But i couldn’t sleep again as i la!d awake thinking about the dream. Several thoughts and questions ran through my head like “Vivi wasn’t murdered by ritualist or some hit and run driver but by cultists. Why would such a hit be carried out on Vivian? Who wants her dead? Why? Vivi is anything but a cultist, no way. I refuse to believe she is a cultist. This premonition just had to be wrong. After all when last did i see someone’s death?” But when i remembered i haven’t lost anyone (family or friend) all these years, and that I haven’t really gotten into serious trouble, i began to fret at the realization that my”psychic abilities” were still there.




While Biodun showed interest in my life and brought me to Calabar, Vivi was the person that added “ing” to it thereby making my life interesting. The thought of losing her was terrifying to say the least as i began to realize how much she made a change in my life. I wasn’t sure i could do without her and at that point, i realized i was willing to spend the rest of my life with nobody else than Vivi. I was in love with her.

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Finally she got home and announced her arrival with her trademark banging (she called knocking) on my door. I went out to meet her, a whole lot going on in my head. I don’t even remember what we discussed that morning, all she said was ok. Even when she asked me if everything was ok with me, i simply told her i was ok. I mean, this girl was going to to die soon and painfully too and i know it, how do i tell her?
What can i do to stop this from happening? How do i tell her she’s about to be hit? How do i ask her if she’s a cultist?