Behind The Mask – Episode 19

© Jones Kwesi Tagbor

*Battle won, Enyonam and Jessica delivered and confessed.*

Pastor and the elder in the room got shocked upon seeing the war that was about to begin. They both drew back and tapped the elder sleeping to wake up. He woke up and saw these three marine ladies standing before them. He jumped back immediately and joined pastor. Pastor told them to be strong and courageous.

The marine queen walked forward and said if they want to go back to wherever they were coming from in peace and not pieces, then they should leave the house and mind their own business.

Pastor: I should rather be telling you this. I command heavenly fire to consume you all this very minute. Elders pray!

The heavy prayer started and it was as if an exchange of thunder strike. Anyway i was outside by then so i was only hearing the exchange. The elder standing outside with me and Xorsenyo said we should gather courage and go into the room. I was very much afraid but i followed them. We went in and all we could see was Enyonam and Jessica on the floor. The queen vanished because the battle was tough. She took away the powers inside Enyonam and Jessica so they became very empty and weak. Xorsenyo and the elder now started their version of the prayers. I joined as if i was also doing something. I was praying with my one eye opened so that in case of anything i could run. After some time, Enyonam came into consciousness. She woke up from her unconsciousness and showing signs of poor insight. She didn’t know what exactly happened to her and was asking who we were.

Pastor held her hand and asked her to stand. He made her sit in the sofa but very weak. Pastor laid hands on Jessica and also prayed for her. She also gained her consciousness back but not fully.

Pastor brought up a victory song which we all joined in singing. After the song, he asked Enyonam whom exactly she was.

Pastor: Who exactly are you? What was your mission? and where exactly are you coming from?

Enyonam: I’m very sorry please don’t harm me. I will not do it again. Don’t force me to talk because if i do, i will die.

Pastor: You’ve not answered any of our questions. No one is here to harm you and there is nothing to apologize for at this moment. So just go ahead and answer the questions.

Little did we know that the marine queen was going to come back. She only went to fortify herself well and came back in a disguised form. We heard a knock on the door. I went and this lady said she was looking for Enyonam. I asked what was her mission and she said she was her customer so she was coming for a business discussion. I told her to wait for a while because we were busy. She said she wont keep long so i should call her. I insisted that she cant come in. She then said i should follow her to her car so that she discuss what she wanted to tell Enyonam with me. When i started moving to follow her, pastor called me and said i should return because the very minute i step my foot into that car, that would be the end of my life. I asked why he said so.

Pastor: “ramatokayatayaa” praying in tongues. I command you to leave this place now because i know what you are in for. These people are now for God and not your property. John Cant you smell the scent all over her? You are chatting with a fish who just left this room.

The pastor himself went out to meet her and to our surprise, Enyonams car was in serious flams. The car started burning which nobody knows the source of fire. We all ran outside to see what was happening. The lady was also no where to be found.

Pastor said we should be calm so that car was not an ordinary car. He said anyone that sits in that car is automatically initiated into some invisible spirit. I was confused and didn’t know what exactly was going on. Within 30 minutes, a call came that Jessica’s shop was also on fire. Me and Xorsenyo went to the shop side and everything was gone.

Now the problem here too was that, once initiated, everyone swears an oath not to reveal to anybody the practices of the marine world. They keep everything as a secrete and the punishment for unveiling their secrete was instant death or the individual generates a mental disorder. The person also loses all that she/he got from being a member.

Ladies and gentlemen, this made me to come into agreement that the devil doesn’t give anything for free. They give with the left hand and takes back with both hands and legs. Same way with blood money, you take it as a loan and pay back using everything of yours including your family. You will lose everything and lose your soul too. Due to this, everyone keeps the oath as their life jacket.

Enyonam and Jessica knew the consequences involved in confession so that became very difficult for them. After the fire service men managed to put the fire under control, we returned into the room where Enyonam and Jessica were to tell us who they were.

Pastor: Don’t be scared of anything. Just feel free and tell us everything. we are here to help you.

Enyonam: We’ve took an oath of secrecy which if we break it, will cost us our life so we cant tell you anything.

Pastor: You will never die but you shall rather live to tell the whole world the goodness of God. You will have a living testimony. The devil is just scaring you. Bible says He has given you the power over all form of powers of this earth so with God on our side, nothing can befall us. Talk my dear.

All Enyonam could do was to cry. As a matter of fact, i was confused that day. I walked towards her and asked her to stop crying and answer the question. She even cried the more when i was talking to her.

Enyonam: John, am very sorry to tell you all that I’ve cost you. I am the cause of your mother’s death.

Me: What?!!!! so you are a witch. Thunder strike you in the name of Jesus. I raised my hands to smash her to death.

Pastor: John behave yourself. You knew how to pray and never prayed to avoid all this. Enyonam feel free and tell us everything.

Enyonam: John i love you that is why you are still alive till this time. I was sent to ki*ll you. I married you because i wanted destroy your family.

The club at Asamankesi that got burnt during your school days belonged to us. We put it up to get more young people into our camp. We make strong believes fall when they come into that club. When you and your friends came in that night, your mother stood in for you and prayed so we couldn’t get access to you. It was the straggle between your parents and us that led to the fire and burnt many people. We equally benefited from the blood shed that day. I married you so that i could retaliate with your family because of the bond. I charmed you but this pastor saved you from it. Xorsenyo was always there to interrupt in our moves because anytime he goes to pray, he prays for you. I planned the court case to separate the two of you but he was equally strong in prayers. He was always praying so he warn the case. I bribed your company lawyer to lose the case but i didn’t know why he messed up. I poisoned his drink on two occasions but i was rather the person who falls as a victim to my own trap. The first was when i ended up at the general hospital leading to the court case and second was during the reunion. In the process of given him the poisoned drink, i fell down.

Xorsenyo: Oh really! hmm God is wonderful.

Pastor: Was that all you did?

Enyonam: I have infested about 70% of my church members with HIV/AIDS and other STIs.

In chorus, we all shouted eai!!!!!

Enyonam: The head pastor is battling with one because i do sleep with him. He feels he was having fun with me but my target was to bring him down. I equally made him to lust for other church members and never had a peaceful home. I’ve given him marine powers that is what he uses at church now. The instruction is for him to preach about prosperity to members so that all their focus will be on wealth and miracles and forget about their reason for being in church. We know they were to worship God which we are against so we replaced it with wealth and miracle. Many of them hide under the grace of God and do worse things. All they come to church to do was t see miracles and hear messages of prosperity.

Pastor: So what exactly have you done to your husband so far?

Enyonam: Hmm a lot. He is a dead living.

Me: What! what do you mean by that?

She continued. He has an STI which i infested him with. I made him to forget about his father and also he has no money in his bank.

Me: Jesus Christ! Enyonam so you mean i am HIV positive? Let me just die at ones.

I ran to the kitchen to get a knife to ki*ll myself before the elders rushed to take the knife from me. Pastor laid his hands on me and with the elders, they prayed for me and said they remove any kind of STI in my blood. After the prayer, they questioned Jessica and she also confessed everything.

After the prayer, the pastor said i should go to the hospital to test my blood if still the STI was there. As a matter of fact, i was scared to go because going to see myself positive would bring me down more. By the powerful grace of God, i gathered courage and went for the test. The result came and oh my God! i couldn’t believe it. hmm

…to be continued