Reborn In Darkness – Episode 21

Reborn In Darkness – Episode 21

 

© Tisa Phiri

 

Felicia`s POV

5 Years later……

As years went by, I worked so hard to cover the truth about myself. Even though things had not been so easy, I managed to live under the same roof with my loving husband and my reborn self. Feli was vent on taking my life into ruin by ensuring that I never had a child.

Every time I got pregnant I ended up losing my baby just after 4 to 5 months of conceiving. It was so disheartening how sad this made Daniels. Even though he tried to play and act strong and okey, I knew he was hurting that in 5 years I had not given him a child.

Here I was seated in our house relaxing after doing some house chores, well, in years I never hired any maid to help with the house chores. I was not going to risk that person finding out about Feli who I had found a good spot to hide in the third bedroom of the house.

My mind flashed back recalling how I lost my first pregnancy.

“My love, now that you are stronger I want us to go and have our long delayed honeymoon, this can be our way of taking a break from everything and enjoy ourselves” Daniels was standing behind me as he spoke. We had just gotten home from the hospital and I was still panicking to find a way of bringing my reborn self in Daniels house.

It was hard to leave his side as he wanted to do everything for me. I tried to ask him that I go back to my place to get some of my things and he quickly rushed to go with me.

“Babe, did you hear what I said?” Daniels asked seeing I was not responding.

“Yeah, sure my love, honeymoon somewhere nice sounds great though I don’t think I am in position to do it” I declined sighing sadly and facing him.

“Well, why not, you still feeling sick? I thought you said you are okey” he made a sad face at me.

“I know love, it’s just that the Doctor insisted I take a lot of rest, besides we are alone here we can have all this time to ourselves in here”

I looked around to convince him to change his mind.

“You understand right?” I asked teasing his torso to seduce him.

“I do but.”

“Shshshs! Stop it now my hubby. I love you and I want us to be okey. We cannot do things that will jeopardize our baby” I pleaded and he sighed smiling at me.

“Okey babe whatever you want”

I was relieved I had sorted out one issue but I had to find a way of bringing Feli home. So that night I sneaked out and went back to my house.
Feli was coiled on the couch as I turned on the lights to the room I had her locked up.

“Finally you decide to show up huh?” she hissed looking at me with a furious stare.

“I could not let you ruin my wedding, I love Daniels and there is nothing you or anyone will do about it. Just let me have him for myself please, that’s all am asking from you” I spoke standing next to her.

Without responding she wagged her tail across my body making me feel pain where the tail hit me.

She wrapped it around me and squeezed hard around my waist I could feel so much pain.

“Please stop you will ki*ll me!” I cried as she tore my clothes apart her tail still around me.

I could not remember what happened later on but I woke up an hour later my body weak. I felt something inside my womb move as I tried to sit up.

“That is the punishment you will have for making me a fool. I will eat every child you will ever carry in your womb.” Feli came closer to my face with a wide smile.
“What? What do you mean? What have you done to me?” I screamed.

“The consequences of going against me. You and that man will never have a child. Never will you bare the pride of womanhood. Your womb belongs to me and everything that will be planted in it thereafter” she hissed the more coiling herself to the carpet and leaning her head slowly and proudly.

I was crying failing to do anything about it. Being so lose to pure evil my hope was gone. From that day I never felt any signs of pregnancy, I noticed I had my menses a month after and Daniels and I went to the hospital. The Doctor told me I lost the baby. I could not look at Daniels, his face was so sad he cried.

“I was so happy and excited about being a father but I guess it’s not our time yet” I overhead him telling his mother when she came to see us.

“I know my son, that’s the way to go, trust God will grant you other children” his mother had comforted him as I listened in from the kitchen door.

Well, years went by and it was evident I was not going to give him any seed. Feli cautioned me to never tell Daniels I was pregnant. She always took our baby every time the pregnancy was 4 months and some weeks. According to Daniels, I never got pregnant again.

“Hey love! Am going to pick up Chalwe from the station now, are you coming with me?” Daniels shouted snapping me from my memory.

“No my love remember I got to go to that church meeting today” I sighed standing up and walking towards the bedroom Daniels was.

“Oh yeah! I forgot about that. Am proud of you my wife, always committed to doing God`s work, the more reason I trust our God will one day answer our prayers and give us kids” he smiled wrapping his arms around me.
I looked away ashamed. “Sure we need to have faith right?” I smiled looking back at him.

‘Yea sure, there is nothing impossible with God. Now let me go before this boy gets tired of waiting” he sighed kissing me before grabbing his car keys.

I watched him walk away. Later on, I was locked up in the spare room talking to Feli.

“I don’t like the feel I have over the visitor coming to this house” she winced

“There is nothing I can do about it, if I continue rejecting staying with people in this house, Daniels will not like it. So far I have refused to stay with some sisters of his. Hm, I have no way of denying this one especially that Daniels says he will be going to the university and couldn’t find a room, it’s just for this semester am sure next we will secure a room for him” I explained but Feli was not herself. I noticed she seemed uncomfortable and whatever she was feeling I too was feeling it.

There was something about the boy who was coming to my house and I hated it. To confirm my fears, I looked at him the moment Daniels announced their arrival.

“How are you sister in law?” he had shaken my hand and I saw him look up at me sharply.

He whispered something to himself that I couldn’t hear and I immediately walked away.

“I told you so!” Feli yelled at me the moment I run into the room she was.

“What am I going to do now?” I asked panicking.

“Don’t worry I will have him out of this place soon enough” she assured

me and I shivered. Something about Chalwe gave me strong dangerous vibes and I could not bare to look at his face. Every time I tried to, I could see some kind of flames of fire surrounding his face.

Chalwe`s POV

I cleared my throat standing next to my cousin as he washed his car outside.

“Hey young man how was school today?” he asked me with his usual smile.

Daniels and I where close since we were kids though he was 4 years older than me. He inspired me a lot in many things. I remember when I first visited my aunty his mother year’s back, he introduced me to the charismatic prayer group and since then I was a staunch member.
However, since I got to his house I noticed he was no longer the prayerful man I used to know. What puzzled me was his wife. The first time I saw her my heart leaped. I looked at her and saw two faces, even though the other one was hiding on her back, my instincts told me something was deeply wrong in that house. I could not sleep well that night as I kept dreaming of a very dark place within the house.

Waking up to pray, my sister in law walked into my room and asked me to tone down as I was disturbing her sleep. From that day it had been one battle night to another. Even though I could not point a finger on what it was about my sister in law, I surely was aware of the dark presence surrounding her. She always avoided me. We barely talked to each other and every time we deed she never looked straight at my face.
Here I was a month later trying to open up to Daniels, I felt it in my spirit he needed to be aware. The spirit within me was not at ease seeing him living in darkness.

“Are you going to keep standing there or you will tell me what you called me for?” he asked wiping the windscreen to his car.

“Oh yeah, I wanted to ask you to join me for a prayer group meeting this weekend. I notice you have not been going there since I came.” I smiled trying to sound as casual as possible.

He let a laugh and walked towards me.

“I love that you have become prayerful Chalwe, however, I don’t feel the need to go for the prayer group these days, you see my wife and I have always been going to the Sunday service and am sure you have noticed the way she prays, she most of the time locks herself in the spare bedroom to pray and is always doing some work at church” he explained patting my shoulder.

“I know that for sure, but am still of the view you went back to being that prayerful man I knew before. “ I smiled praying in my heart he agrees.

He however excused himself and said he will join me next time.

From that moment I knew I needed to get myself in God`s fire. I declared a fast for days and planned to spend my time in prayer till God showed me the darkness I kept seeing around the house..

 

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